2026-10-22 00:01:28Apparently the evening tired me out more than I thought, because before I could get Jess’s feedback, or check the amount in the leather bag on my chest. I passed out again.
When I woke up again with first light, Jess was nowhere to be seen. Thad was snoring behind me. As I moved my body, I felt incredibly stiff, but the pain was mostly gone.
Feeling and sounding like an old man, even my body sounded old with all the cracking from my joints, I got up from the hammock. As I
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Chapter 72: Secret of the Island
Getting back to the ship, all of us jumped into the sea as Paige did her step. Grumbling in my head, I swam to the ship before quickly getting back on board. Taking a look around, I saw six new corpses. Demon Crabs.“They appeared a short while after you all left,” Jack calmly informed us. Right, we were so familiar with Demon Crab’s that we didn’t even see it as an issue unless there were more than 50 coming at a time.“We killed the two 2 star beasts on the western beach. There is something weird on the island, something here is attracting them, I think,” I told Jack. Staying quiet for a while, Jack offered his own suggestion, “Maybe Miranda has some knowledge in her herbology book.”“Herbology book?” I asked. “She got it from the priest on Pacling Isle,” Elara responded from the side. Nodding my head I walked over to Miranda.Getting to her side I asked, “Miranda, in your her
Chapter 71: Reclaiming the Island, Danger on all sides
The second after I shouted my command, everyone hit the deck, some of them even rolled out of the hammocks to the deck. Before anyone could ask, they heard a whistling sound as objects flew overhead. Some of them hit the mast as well. As everyone turned their gaze to the mast, they saw a few quills embedded into the wood.“Cruqum, high-grade 1 star beast, they remain at range until a ship is sunk from their spines. The spines are also poisonous. They never board. Weak points are the head and chest. They are also weak underwater as their spines don’t work underwater. They are known throughout Lovill Kingdom as the 1 star beasts with the most deaths attributed to them,” I summarised the beasts quickly to the crew.“So a ranged battle unless you can breathe underwater. Skye get overboard on the opposite side from them. Jerry, Drake, get into positions to start shooting. Thad provide cover with your shield for everyone to get downstairs. Miranda, ge
Chapter 70: Reclaiming an Island, Part 3
We all settled down as we continued with our fishing, it feels like we haven’t had an opportunity for serious fishing since arriving in Brislam. This might be biased from me, but I really want to upgrade the talent to see what the next level has to offer.As the sun set, we continued fishing. With someone getting up every hour to throw a bit of bait overboard, we were doing quite well. Elara, Drake and Miranda had also joined us on deck at this point. Looking around, I realised the furniture I had asked Drake to make for the ship had fallen behind. Shrugging it off, I continued relaxing as I fished.I think the only reason we were still awake was that the fish biting on our poles would wake us up. Seeing a sleepy situation develop, I told everyone to hang up the hammocks, excluding Josh, Thad, Skye and Paige. I told them to sleep in the hammocks for now.If we got a sea beast attack, we would wake them up, but I suspected we wouldn’t have one tonight
Chapter 69: Reclaiming an Island, Part 2
After a few minutes of silence, Clark eventually asked, “What does it even matter?”“Knowing which beasts prefer to group up, knowing when the nest will be empty to leave behind poison. Just a few examples of what you could do with that information,” I responded with a smirk.Clark was glaring, while also looking confused at the same time. “There is a famous quote from a tactician in my world, Sun Tzu. ‘If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles’” I explained to him.As Clark digested the quote, I carried on, “Sun Tzu’s book, The Art Of War, was a leading book on military strategy for over a 1000 years. The quote I just gave is one of the most famous quotes from his books. Something to think about, right?”Clark remained silent before he changed the topic by asking to see the materials he would be purchasing today. Chuckling I pointed
Chapter 68: Reclaiming an Island, Part 1
“What do you think that was about?” Jess asked as we stepped outside. Shrugging my shoulders to indicate I had no clue, we made our way to the town hall.It was actually empty at this time of the day, seeing Tilly at the counter, we walked over to her.“Welcome back, I thought you had just left to complete the tasks?” Tilly asked when we appeared in front of her.“We did, we finished them. The island isn’t that far away. Will the town hall be sending a team to my ship to collect all the heads? By the way, there were a lot more than 180 beasts on the island,” I said with a small smirk.“I will lead the team in 3 hours to pier 6 to retrieve the heads. I will also have your follow up tasks ready for you,” Tilly responded with some surprise evident in her tone.“Follow up tasks?” I questioned her. “Right, you are new to Brislam Enclave,” Tilly responded as she gathered her th
Chapter 67: Strength Concerns
Fortunately we had a peaceful night. It seems that islands with two star beasts are usually avoided. Gordon, Thad and Paige had returned to the deck by midnight, finished with the turtle butchering. Gordon had also finally gotten a new recipe. And this one was extra special. He could make a turtle stew that provides one vitality to anyone who eats it, but it only works once.The sun rose and everyone started heading off to sleep before I stopped them. “Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if we go to sleep now, we won’t get back to Brislam today. So, Jack, Thad and Josh, go fetch the Bulwark Turtle materials. The rest of us will move the waste to the inland to decompose,” I said as the crew started groaning. Even Jess was glaring at me.“We will be back in port by tonight, then you can all sleep as much as you want to,” I tried to console them. Today was going to be a long day.“The earlier we start, the earlier we finish,
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