Chapter 12: Ethan the Honest and Trustworthy
This sea area is indeed much larger than the Calm Sea, and according to Philip, he did not deviate too much from the direction after coming out of the Calm Sea, and generally headed towards the central island.
However, it took nearly a month to sail after rescuing these people before Ethan saw the central island. And that's not counting the time he had spent sailing alone before, if he did so, it would take a lot of time to go straight towards this island through the storm sea passage, and if he suffered heavy losses in the storm, he probably wouldn't be able to reach the central island.
With acquaintances to guide him, it didn't take long for Ethan to find the dock on the central island.
According to Philip, he doesn't have to worry about finding trouble at all, because there are several piers in all four directions of the central island, and any one of them provides boat berthing services, and only needs to pay a small part of the boat parking fee.
"It's not like the Sea of Calm has only one dock, and it's almost completely controlled by the guild. β
When Philip docked, he and Ethan explained some of the details of the difference between this place and the Sea of Calm.
"The docks here have different ownerships, but the guilds all have a certain say in them, and the cost of parking the ship seems to be different, basically according to the size of the ship and the difference in the various services chosen. β
To put it simply, the better the location and the better the service, the higher the price.
At the same time, the guild will not frequently urge adventurers to go out on adventures, here as long as you have supplies you can live forever, if you don't have supplies, you can't live if you want to.
"Next, let's go through the transfer of property. β
Since it is a customary rule, there are naturally many people who deal with related matters, so the guild has specially prepared a small hall to deal with this kind of business.
A single small hall can also avoid the presence of outsiders and ensure that the transfer of property is not disturbed and watched by anyone, causing unnecessary disputes.
While the guild is neutral about strife between adventurers, it is suggestive that they tend to avoid this from happening.
In the following time, Ethan followed Philip to hand over the property smoothly. These properties do not belong exclusively to Philip personally, but to the entire Advance group, and are generally only available to the captain at will. It was only after Philip, the first mate, testified that the ship was wiped out, and the rest of the people were all saved by Ethan and were all here, the guild quickly made an accounting and transferred half of the property to Ethan's name.
"What if someone betrays his captain and claims that the captain and crew have been killed, and that they are the only ones who come to collect the goods and property?"
"This kind of thing has not happened before, in that case, the guild will first compensate the ship's adventurer for the loss, and then pay for it itself to issue a huge bounty, whether it is a guild member or not, you can receive the bounty based on the person's head or corpse. β
"Then if there are a lot of people like this, isn't the guild a big loss?"
"Ever since the guild killed a few of these guys regardless of the cost, no one dared to do that. β
After the formalities were completed, Ethan wandered around the Central Island under Philip's guidance, answering some of Ethan's questions.
"At the beginning, there were indeed people who relied on their own strength, and the bounty offered by the guild could not attract the top powerhouses, and they lived a fairly prosperous life at sea. β
"But as the guild began to increase the bounty, and it doubled: one ship of supplies is too little, then give two ships! If two ships are not enough, give four ships! Even the famous and powerful began to be tempted. β
"With a powerful adventurer of this level, those people are not able to return to the central island to maintain and replenish various ships, and the end result is that they are killed and exchanged for bounties. β
This kind of fraud can make you rich in an instant, but you have to endure irresistible revenge, and lose your life for the sake of momentary pleasure?
What do they do at sea every day begging for a living? After all, they are not living. This behavior is fundamentally the opposite of their original intention.
Ethan still thought of a situation, that is, after he silently accumulated enough strength, after defrauding enough money and materials, he immediately drove towards the two routes and directly hit the storm sea.
As long as this person is strong enough, even if he is caught up by some adventurers, he will not be killed, and then quickly rush into the stormy sea to get rid of the pursuers. This seems to be the only way to escape the guild's retaliation.
"No, who knows if there will still be guild forces in the next sea?"
Thinking about it, this possibility is particularly large, maybe this kind of person tried his best, braved all kinds of dangers and finally rushed through the stormy sea area, and found that what awaited him was a more terrible and powerful revenge than the previous sea area, that kind of desperate mood, just imagination makes people feel cold.
"Therefore, if you want others to do things according to your own rules, you must have enough strength to suppress them. β
The guild's style is almost a perfect illustration of this: my rules have loopholes, but if you dare to take advantage of this loophole, I'll kill you!
The central island is very large, and Ethan has been around for most of the day, but he has only become familiar with the vicinity of one of the guild's offices.
"The island has an office in each direction that can handle simple problems while also having the facilities to do so. There is also a headquarters-like hall in the central part of the island, which is more equipped and sometimes needs to be visited for large business. β
"What kind of big business?"
"For example, if you complete some large commissions issued by the guild, you have to go there to hand over and receive rewards. β
What is the commission Philip didn't talk about in too much detail, the commission given by the guild is not fixed, once it is released, each office can be seen in the most conspicuous place, and when Ethan sees it, he will naturally understand.
"For example, the guild no longer provides a place to stay, and adventurers need to find a place to stay in the taverns and inns run by themselves. β
Again, if you have money, you can live and eat well. If you don't have money, you can find a small hotel and even coping with a rest in some corners of the tavern.
After following Philip for most of the day, Ethan saw a good place with an elegant and comfortable environment, and also saw the bottom world where the environment was so dirty that no one paid attention to the rats crawling all over the ground.
In Philip's opinion, with Ethan's strength and conditions, there was no need to go to those places, and he didn't know that if it weren't for half of the property of the Advance, Ethan would not have spare money available now.
Thanks to this half of the Advance's property, Ethan did not treat himself badly.
I found a restaurant, and several people had a big meal together, and after this meal, it also meant that several people were going to separate.
"Thank you so much for your help and teaching during this time. β
When everyone wiped out the food on the table, Ethan was the first to thank Philip.
"Thank you so much for taking such good care of the Aurora. β
After all, Ethan was born in the wilderness, although he taught himself a lot of knowledge, but he couldn't take care of many things, and some details were much worse, such as the maintenance and maintenance of the ship's various voyages, which Stephen and Sean taught him with practical actions during this time.
"The Aurora is a good ship, a goddess as her name suggests, and I hope you will treat her well. β
For seafarers, a ship is like a wife. Ethan's Goddess of Dawn was a goddess-level existence in their eyes, and the two people who had been adrift at sea for many years liked the ship very much. During this time, the Goddess of Dawn was taken care of inside and out, just like a new ship that had not been launched.
"I will. β
Ethan said this a little weakly, and he remembered the ships that he had simply abandoned with this name.
Of course, he kept telling himself in his heart: this is different, this is a specially customized ship that he has spent all his wealth. It's a boat that truly belongs to him, and he will definitely treat it well - not only that, but he will also use all the good things he can think of for her, so that she can become beautiful and powerful.
Philip, Sean, and Stephen finally thanked Ethan for saving his life, and then left the hotel together. They have to take care of their own business, such as taking out the spare ship for some maintenance, and then recruiting the crew to prepare supplies and start their journey.
Ethan sat in place for a while, then booked a room at the hotel after settling the bill.
The environment here is OK, not top but not bad, the room and restaurant are very clean, plus the location is good, between the familiar area that I have turned and the area I have not seen, so that I can continue to be familiar with the central island.
What's more, just now he used the space-time pointer and discovered the existence of space-time energy nearby, so he simply stayed here for convenience.
To his surprise, when Ethan was led to the living quarters of this hotel and was about to choose a room, Ethan summoned the space-time pointer again with the help of his body, and found that the pointer changed direction violently with his movementsβwhich meant that the energy was nearby.
Under the pretext of looking at the situation in a few more rooms, Ethan finally found the cloud of space-time energy, but absorbing the energy would cause too much movement, and he didn't do it in front of the waiter.
It wasn't until he had checked in, put his salutes in place, and done a good job of covering up that he began to extract the energy.
It was only when the energy started that Ethan began to struggle.
"What should I do? Go to a new world and continue my adventure?"
But he promised Hippolyta to go to the paradise island to see it properly.
He didn't dwell on it for too long, and since he was an honest and trustworthy person, he decided to use this energy to go to Paradise Island and see what was going on over there.