Chapter 341 The Secret on the Island
Three days later in the morning, on an island more than 20 miles away from Storm Territory, seven ships were docked not far from the beach.
The beach and the ships were crowded with people, and more than a dozen small boats were shuttling back and forth between the beach and the ships.
Small boats kept transporting people and goods from the ships to the shore. There were majestic soldiers as well as crying women and children. These were the fleets that had just returned from the looting in Lajin Territory.
Master Gervis was standing on the beach at the moment with an uncontrollable look of smugness on his face. This time the looting could be considered a great harvest. Not only did it bring him enough labor to develop the island, but he could also plant magic coconut and grapefruit trees on the island.
Gervis did not intend to let the people in Storm Territory know about these people and coconut trees. After all, there were too many people and his current strength was too weak. It would be a big trouble if someone caught him.
"My Lord! Fresh water and food are ready!"
Ike jumped off the boat quickly, and his eight guards were all carrying a backpack made of animal skin.
"Well, let's go!"
Gervis nodded, then turned to Gandalf and said, "Father, I'll trouble you here! I'll go to the island to explore and should be back before dark!"
"Haha, go ahead! Little Gervis! Your father is watching here!"
Gandalf sat on a wooden box and drank the wine that Gervase brought on the ship with Nathan, and waved happily to Gervase.
Gandalf has been in this state since leaving Gibb Town, looking extremely happy. It is obvious that he has truly witnessed his son's abilities this time and he doesn't have to worry about him anymore.
After saying goodbye to Gandalf, Gervase and Ik and a few others went into the dense forest. The island was not big, but it was covered with trees and there were no passable roads.
Gervis' main purpose this time is to explore the water source, and also to determine whether there are any dangerous creatures on the island, such as monsters.
Gervis's exploration plan was to first search around the edge of the pirate island and then head to the center of the island.
The terrain of the island is relatively flat and there are no high mountains. This is also the main reason why Gervis is determined to develop the island. The absence of mountains means that the island was not formed by volcanic eruptions.
Otherwise, after spending a lot of energy to develop the island, maybe Boss Rongguang gets unhappy and the volcano erupts, and the entire island disappears into thin air. He will definitely be in tears.
The dense forest was difficult to walk through. Even though Ike and others took turns to clear the way ahead, it still took the group a whole morning to complete the exploration around the pirates.
We didn't find anything strange along the way, nor did we encounter any danger, but we did find two flowing streams. The water flow was not strong, about two meters wide, and the shallowest part was only up to a person's knees.
But this has made Gervis extremely happy. This water source is enough. There is no need for too much water, just enough for drinking and irrigating crops.
After a short rest at noon, Gervis and his companions headed towards the center of the island, moving along the stream they had just discovered.
"Sir, there is a lake ahead!"
After marching for about an hour, the guard who was leading the way turned back excitedly and reported loudly to Gervis.
"oh?"
Gervis immediately quickened his pace. Sure enough, the view behind the dense forest was clear. In front of him was a lake the size of four basketball courts. The water in the lake was crystal clear and you could see the bottom. The deepest part was emerald green and you couldn't tell how deep the lake was. You could see some small fish swimming and playing in the water. The stream just now was flowing out from this clear lake.
Gervis walked directly to the lake and put his hand into the water. He immediately felt a cool breeze. He didn't care whether there were bacteria in the water or not. He just scooped up a handful and started drinking. After all, he was a titled knight and this thing couldn't do anything to him.
As the clear lake water went down his throat, Gvis felt refreshed immediately. He was already feeling stuffy after walking in the woods for half a day.
"Sir, there is a stone house over here!"
At this moment, Ike, who was scattered in all directions, shouted again.
"Stone house?"
There was a strange look in Gervis' eyes. He didn't expect that there would be a stone house on this island. Gervis didn't care about being comfortable. He stood up and ran quickly towards Ike.
Ike's place was not far away, only more than 20 meters away from the lake. However, due to the lack of human activities for many years, as the woods grew, the stone house was surrounded by dense forests.
Gervis originally thought it was just a simple little stone house, but when he actually saw the stone house, he found that the scale of the stone house was much larger than he had imagined. The stone house covered an area of at least a hundred square meters, and it was not square, but arranged in a straight line.
"Could it be that this place was once the fief of a certain noble?"
The style of the building became more and more familiar to Gervis, and finally he figured out the clue. Isn't the style of this house a typical stone house in a lord's manor?
It was just because of the vines and the numerical obstacles that Gervis didn't recognize it for a moment.
The appearance of this stone house is exactly the same as Nathan's house. On the left is a large house for living, and then the stone house extends seven or eight meters to the right. At seven or eight meters there is a five or six meter high stone tower. Such a building can be lived in and also has some defensive power. Once the door of the house is closed, it becomes a small fortress.
It was a necessity for minor nobles who did not have enough land and money to build castles.
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Soon Gervis arrived inside the stone house. The furniture and various objects inside were covered with dust and grass, obviously because no one had lived there for a long time.
However, what was rather strange was that the house seemed to have been rummaged around by someone, with all the tables, chairs and furniture being thrown everywhere. Gervis had been to Nathan's house more than once or twice, so he was very familiar with the layout of this stone house.
After all, these stone houses have basically the same structure for the sake of solid defense.
Gervis just glanced casually at the entrance of the hall and did not stop, continuing to walk towards the stairs of the stone house.
Gervis felt that if he wanted to find some useful information in the stone house, he could only go to the second floor. The second floor of the stone house was the private space of the little nobles, and servants were not allowed to go up there without permission.
When Gervis arrived at the second floor, it was still in a mess, with dust everywhere.
Gervis covered his mouth and nose and opened the first room. It should be a small bedroom, but the bedroom was empty with nothing in it except a broken bed frame.
Gervis came to the second room, which was the nobleman's master bedroom and had a very large space.
"Were you attacked? Or something happened?"
Negvis still found some useful information in this bedroom. Although the bedroom was turned upside down, he saw a silk shirt hanging on a tilted clothes hanger.
Before the nobles went to sleep, the servants would hang the prepared clean clothes on the hangers, so that the nobles could get up in the middle of the night or wear them in the morning. Obviously, that was what the dusty shirt looked like.
Another point is the bedding on the ground. If one had gotten up normally in the morning, the bedding would have been taken away and stored by the servants. Obviously, when the owner of the stone house left, the bedding was still on the bed. It should have been at night, and something unexpected must have happened.
Gervis walked carefully into the bedroom and searched everywhere, but found nothing except dust. He even opened the bedroom window and tore apart the bedding with his sword, but still found nothing.
Even though Gervis guessed that the owner of this place must have encountered some emergency, he had no idea what exactly happened.
Next, Gervis left the bedroom and went to the next room. The door of this room was wide open. It was a study. Although the space was not as big as the bedroom, there were four or five bookshelves against the wall. However, there was not a single book on any of the bookshelves.
"Did you encounter pirates?"
Gervis frowned and thought for a moment. There were so many bookshelves but not a single book. This was very strange. Moreover, the owner of the stone house had obviously encountered an emergency. It was impossible for him to have time to move all the books away, right?
Gervis first guessed that this place had been looted by pirates. After all, books can be sold for money, but Gervis soon dismissed this idea.
Although the books were valuable, the silk bedding, silk clothes, and some copper ornaments were also valuable. However, they were thrown on the ground in a mess, which was not like the style of a pirate at all.
What's more, if such a thing happened, Gandalf would definitely know about it and would mention it to himself.
Gervis walked into the study and looked it over carefully. If there was one place that was most likely to get information about a noble, it would definitely be the study.
For example, there are many of Gervais' personal belongings in his study. Thomas originally planned to find a painter to paint a majestic portrait of Gervais to hang in the study, but Gervais refused.
I'm not even dead yet, but you've already hung your own portrait on the wall. It's disgusting no matter how I look at it.
Of course, only Gervis, who traveled through time and space, thought this way. Nobles of this world, big and small, all liked this style. After all, there were no cameras in this world, and portraits were the only things that could allow people to retain their "youth". There was a portrait of the old earl hanging in Alice's study.
Gervis looked around at the walls, but there were no portraits. He also looked at the bookshelves, desks, and drawers, but still found nothing.
"Is there a secret room? That's impossible. There must be a hidden compartment at most!"
Soon, Gervis began to move the bookshelves and furniture against the wall in the study, and soon found a small secret compartment behind a bookshelf.
But unfortunately, the secret compartment has been opened. The space is not big, about the size of a wooden box, but it has been completely destroyed and is empty inside.
"What a ruthless person! He didn't even leave anything behind."
Gervis let go of the bookshelf and angrily kicked the relatively intact desk next to him.
Snap!
"Huh?"
Suddenly, Gervis heard the sound of wood cracking. Heaven and earth were his witnesses, he had not used much force in that kick just now. After all, he could not destroy other people's relics.
"It looks so solid but it's actually a fake one. No, it's a hidden compartment!"
So Gervis took out his sword and dug into the crack, and sure enough, he found a small secret compartment inside.
The secret compartment was very small, only big enough to fit a notebook. Gervis took out the contents of the secret compartment, and it turned out to be a book.
Gervis quickly picked up the book and checked it. Because it was placed in a secret compartment in the desk, the book was still new and not damaged.
So Gervis couldn't wait to open the book and check it out.
"Who is the owner of this stone house? Why is it written in that kind of language?"
When Gervis opened the book, he was shocked. The characters on the book were not the common characters on the mainland, but the same characters as those used in the book "Detailed Explanation of the Blazer Race" in Alice's study. More importantly, this book was handwritten. It was a diary!
Gervis began to flip through the book quickly, feeling a little excited.
"In the year 197 of the Gregorian calendar, after my hard work, I finally got the title of Lord today, and my territory was sealed on an island! This was also my own request, only in this way can I avoid their pursuit! It will also make it easier for me to find my way home."
"After two months of hard work, my stone house was built, but my heart still doesn't belong here. I miss my wife and children."
"Today is the 35th day of my voyage. I have brought two ships to the farthest place I have ever been, but I still haven't seen land. The vastness of the ocean is beyond my imagination. It is hard to imagine how people escaped to this island."
"Today is the 39th day. I lost a ship. Without any warning, a huge hole appeared on the bottom of its hull. Seawater poured into the entire ship. In just over ten minutes, the entire ship sank. Fortunately, a rope on my ship's sail suddenly broke, and the distance between us and them was four or five nautical miles, so we escaped the disaster."
"I returned to my fiefdom, but I lost one of my only two ships, which I had spent all my savings to buy."
"During the time I was returning home, I kept thinking. I seemed to see hope of returning home, because I felt that the sinking of the ship must be related to the sea people. The existence of the sea people means that my direction is correct."
"But the existence of the sea tribe has become an obstacle for me to return home! The damn sea tribe is overbearing and heartless. Human ships cannot pass through their waters!"
"No, I have to think of another way!"
"Oh, I thought of a better way today! They build a teleportation array every year, and I can use this channel to return to my home! I must make their crimes public and submit them to the alliance!"
"But when the teleportation array is opened, there will be countless orcs. And if I rely on myself, no one will believe me when I go back!"
"I felt that I needed to find allies. I would do anything to get home. I told the Lord who appointed me everything I knew. He was unbelievable, so I could only tell him my cultivation method!"
"He has been practicing the cultivation method I told him! He believes me. In just half a year, he has gone from mid-level silver to peak silver. He no longer has any doubts!"
"My feudal lord has finally decided to go back with me. He is full of longing for my hometown. What a pitiful man! In just two hundred years, he has already forgotten where he came from!"
"It's the year 203 of the Gregorian calendar. There's only one month left before I can embark on the journey home. I'm excited, but at the same time I feel a little uneasy. Sometimes when I go to the feudal lord's castle, I feel like someone is staring at me!"
"Will someone discover me? Probably not. If they do, they will definitely capture me immediately!"
Then, the text of the book came to an abrupt end, and there was blank space afterwards.
In fact, rather than saying that this is a diary, it is better to say that it is a notebook for casually recording one's mood, because there are very few clear times and dates on it, and most of them are just random thoughts, written down whenever I think of them.
(End of this chapter)
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