Chapter 43: Meeting Brent Again
After a period of boring voyage, Ethan once again boarded the Central Island.
After entering the port, unload the goods in the warehouse and deposit them into the guild's personal account, sell the remaining food and water, contact the shipyard to carry out routine maintenance and maintenance of the Goddess of Dawn. Only when these are done will Ethan have time to find a hotel to enjoy his own dinner and rest.
This time, he gained a lot of money, and his already exhausted family wealth became richer again. With the "free money" in his hand, he seemed to have a lot of confidence. Ethan directly asked the shipyard to speed up the processing of his ship so that he would not have to wait in line, otherwise he would not know how long it would take for his ship to be his turn and waste time out of thin air.
After a good night of rest, Ethan strolled around the island.
This time he deliberately stopped and logged in in another direction, and became familiar with the situation in this area. As a result, he found that the layout of the central island was obviously someone had interfered with the planning, and the distribution of shops in this area was roughly the same as the previous area.
Shops, hotels, etc. are concentrated in relatively fixed areas, and even if there is a difference, it is very small. After getting familiar with one area, you will not be able to find the store you are looking for.
It is not realistic to expect the store owner to do this spontaneously. It can only be because there are powerful figures or forces that require them to do this.
"guild?"
The most likely one is the guild, which has become more and more mysterious in Ethan's eyes.
After realizing this situation, Ethan did not give up going to the other two unstoppable directions. Although there was such speculation, he still had to see it with his own eyes. Considering that the maintenance of the Goddess of Dawn took some time, he was idle and idle, so he took advantage of this time to transfer the entire island.
The final result was the same as he guessed, and the only surprise was that Ethan ran into Brent on the island.
"You have indeed come to this sea area, but it's later than I thought."
This adventurer, who also has a great reputation in this sea area, was very happy when he saw Ethan and enthusiastically invited Ethan to sit down and chat.
"I've been here for a while, but I just didn't stop on the island much, this time because my boat is under maintenance."
Ethan passed through the storm waters, arrived at Central Island for the first time, and then went out to sea again, staying on that island for several months. Even if he did not count the time he spent on Paradise Island and the Caribbean, he had been here for more than a year.
In addition, even if he didn't count the time spent in other worlds, Ethan, who went out to sea at the age of seventeen, is now in his twenties, and the immatureness on his face has long disappeared. Enough experience has made his temperament much calmer.
Diligent practice and sufficient nutrition also allowed him to catch the last bus of his own development, and his body no longer looked so thin. He may not have realized these things, but after a long time he saw Brent again, he could clearly discover his changes in his body.
"You've become stronger."
"I also want to thank you for your mercy." Ethan was not a ungrateful person. The big reason he was able to kill Keno in Brent's hands was that Brent did not use all his strength.
Brent didn't want to get involved in this topic, so he directly asked about Ethan's recent situation. He didn't understand anything. If he needed help, he could just look for him.
"It's okay for the time being, I'm gradually starting to adapt to life here."
Although the two people have very different values, the other party expressed kindness very clearly. Ethan could not shy away his face, so he expressed his gratitude very sincerely.
"That's good. Seeing more and more outstanding adventurers, I feel that the future is full of hope."
Ethan gently turned the cup on the table, not knowing how to take on this topic.
Philip had already learned a lot about the situation in this sea area. However, Philip was only more familiar with the sea area near the Central Island. The two extended sea routes were just about to talk to Ethan.
Brent always keeps kindness to all adventurers, provides help to new adventurers, and is committed to uniting all adventurers. It must be because those two routes are too dangerous, so they must unite all forces that can be united. But how dangerous is it? Even a strong man like Brent has to choose this method?
This question has been buried in Ethan's heart. Now that I have encountered Brent, I can just ask.
"What exactly are the situations of those two routes?"
Ethan's question made Brent understand that this young man did live well in this sea area, and he had even begun to target those two routes.
Brent originally wanted to persuade Ethan to live in this sea area for a longer time, accumulate his own family, and adapt to this sea well. Don’t consider those two routes for the time being.
Because this sea and the calm sea are completely different worlds.
Compared to this, the calm sea is like a lake, which is really as calm as the name, without any complicated sea conditions. Occasionally, the next light rain blows and some strong winds will be considered a big trouble.
In this environment, even a small boat about three meters can sail back and forth at will on a calm sea.
This place is different, with a variety of environments, complex ocean currents and even more violent storms. When many adventurers came here through the storm waters, they thought it was the same sea as the calm sea before, so there were quite a few who lost their lives.
But after noticing Ethan's eyes, Brent changed his mind.
This young man doesn't seem to be affected by the words of outsiders to decide his own personality. In addition, he has lived in this sea area for a while and must have had a clear understanding of the situation here. This can be inferred from the fact that he can ask about the situation on those two routes.
“Those two routes will become more and more dangerous as they continue to go deeper.”
Since this is the case, it is better to let Ethan understand the situation of those two routes well. If he is determined to attack those two routes, he will have enough understanding and make sufficient preparations in advance.
“Complex ocean currents, changing climates and increasingly sparse resources.”
Changes in water flow and wind direction will directly affect the sailing conditions of sailing ships, and the climate will also cause a lot of trouble for adventurers. According to Brent's description, any kind of climate will appear on those two routes. Perhaps he was sailing under the high temperature of forty degrees a while ago, and then he will rush into a minus thirty degrees area.
There have been storms and blizzards that have been raging in turn, and the wind direction is not regular. You may sail with the wind the previous second, and there may be no wind at all in the next moment.
If this is just a trouble for navigation, then it is possible that there will be no island in half a year of sailing, which is a huge crisis in survival.
"You know that there is only one non-sinking island like Central Island in this area."
Ethan nodded. If you start with the Central Island, the further you sail on those two routes, the further you sail from the Central Island. If you cannot find the floating island on the road to replenish enough supplies, then you will be exhausted and starved to death at sea if you cannot support the destination.
But it is not easy to find floating islands on these two routes, and even if there are floating islands in some areas, you cannot find them in advance with your pointers. Sometimes it is purely based on luck.
"Magnetic field interference?"
Ethan always thought that the island pointer issued by the guild would not be disturbed. It seems that it is not the case now. It’s just that the calm sea does not have the environment that can interfere with the pointer.
"besides……"
Although these troubles are difficult for Brent, they are not difficult. The biggest trouble is that food and supplies are not easy to replenish. If a large enough fleet is formed, then all full of food and supplies will not be able to directly support from the Central Island to the end of the route.
With Brent's reputation, it seems not impossible to gather a group of adventurers, so Ethan believes that there must be greater trouble. Otherwise, why does Brent hope that more excellent adventurers will be better?
"Apart from that, the biggest trouble on the route is the various monsters."
"monster?"
This sea area is enough to produce various creatures, and there are creatures on many islands, such as Xiao Ou, who was caught as a pet.
Xiao Ou looks like he has no lethality, but in fact he uses magic stones as food and can use the energy contained in it.
Then it is not strange that there are more cruel and powerful creatures? Then these creatures will undoubtedly cause a lot of trouble for adventurers.
Considering the extremely long voyage and the consumption of clean water, the number of crew members must be controlled within a suitable quantity. Loading a large amount of food means a reduction in weapon reserves.
The number of people is small and cannot carry a large amount of weapons to replenish. It seems that only enough strong people can gather to cope with this situation. No wonder Brent has always hoped that more excellent adventurers will appear.
This is not the end. The situation Brent said next directly denied Ethan's idea of avoiding these monsters as much as possible.
Many of these monsters born and lived here on the route have the ability to fly or move in the sea. They also need to find food to maintain their own survival - the targets of these monsters are the few floating islands and adventurers who want to pass through this sea.
Therefore, adventurers not only have to face various harsh sea conditions, but also face competition and hunting of monsters. Only by perfectly solving all problems can they reach the end of the route - and then attack the more terrifying storm waters with scars.
Chapter completed!