One week later in the morning.

The weather is sunny and there is not a cloud in the sky.

In a vast blue sea, a large sea turtle with a diameter of more than five meters is swimming swiftly and steadily on the sea surface.

What was strange was that on the spacious and flat turtle back, there were two ordinary-looking young men sitting cross-legged.

These two people, one is Rosen, and the other is Rosen’s No. 1 puppet, Sage Levin.

Of course, both of them used Transfiguration to carefully disguise themselves, and this big turtle was encountered by chance while flying in the sky, so it became a temporary mount.

The giant turtle from another world swims much faster than the sea turtle on Earth. With two people on board, its cruising speed is 50 kilometers per hour.

Although its speed is only one-fourth of that of flying, it is both labor-saving and safe, and is a naturally powered biological ocean-going vessel.

At around ten o'clock in the morning, the giant turtle brought the two people to a shallow sea covered with reefs and small islands. It was the sea area between the three islands of White Sturgeon, St. Ann and Hank.

“Stop~~”

Rosen used a mental hint to the giant turtle under him: "Feed freely around here, but don't go too far."

'Hash~'

The turtle exhaled from its nose, dived into the sea and disappeared.

Rosen and the puppet Levin flew to a black reef that was exposed above the sea nearby.

After finding a flat place to sit on the reef, Rosen reached out his hand to Levin in front of him, filled the Philosopher's Stone in his body with magic power, and then recited silently in his heart.

"Laifu, connect to the control core of No. 1."

'Connected.'

Rosen felt a slight light flash in front of his eyes, and suddenly a window of vision appeared, which was the world as seen by the sage Levin.

With a slight thought, this extra vision became Rosen's main vision, while Rosen's own vision retreated behind the scenes and displayed the words "on alert".

Rosen's mind moved slightly, and he thought about standing up.

His own body did not move, but Sage Levin's body stood up according to his will, completely becoming Rosen's substitute.

It feels very similar to playing VR games on Earth, but the difference is that Levin's perspective is 360 degrees without blind spots.

The reason is that Rosen also installed a pair of insight eyes on the back of Levin's head.

After controlling the puppet, Rosen first used a 3-ring air-type flying technique "Eagle Wings".

In a faint blue light, a strong airflow pushed Sage Levin into the sky.

The so-called air system refers to a series of spells that efficiently control airflow.

The disadvantage of this type of spell is that it produces a green light and makes a lot of noise when used.

The advantages are that the threshold for acquiring spells is low, casting is simple, it saves mana when flying, and the speed is acceptable.

All in all, this was far from the best flying technique, but Rosen had to use it.

Because he only mastered three flying techniques in total, and this flying technique was most suitable for the current situation.

Pushed by the air current, Sage Levin quickly rushed into the sky, looking down at the sea below from a height of nearly a thousand meters.

The color of the sea water is blue-green, and even yellow-green in many places, which shows that the sea water is very shallow and there are abundant phytoplankton and zooplankton in the sea, making it a natural fishing ground.

He used the arcane spell "Levitation" to maintain his altitude at high altitude, and the light spell "Eagle Eye" to observe the details of the sea surface.

You can vaguely see a lot of seaweed, cold-water corals, swimming fish in the sea, and strange algae balls floating on the sea surface here and there.

These algae clusters are generally round in shape, with an average size of between 30 and 100 meters, and one can be seen every few kilometers in the sea.

On the algae balls, you can see many strange creatures that look like human-shaped toads.

The World Natural History says: "It has a tough and slippery skin, a white belly and a black back, webbed hands and feet, and breathes with lungs, but has gills on its ribs, which allow it to hold its breath for a short time in the sea. It looks like a giant frog, and is a sea fish man."

Rosen had only seen crude illustrations in books before, and now he saw the real thing for the first time.

There are both the wonders that Earthlings have never seen before, and the troubles that come with being a lord.

"This shallow sea is more than 200 kilometers in radius. It should be an extension of the continental shelf of the giant island of Weilan. Judging from the color, it is indeed quite rich, but it is owned by someone."

The World Natural History also said: "The sea fish people have low intelligence, brutal temperament, strong territorial awareness, and especially like to attack passing ships, making them the biggest threat to navigation."

When his father was alive, he often wrote to him to introduce the situation of Hongyou Island.

The letter also said that it is basically impossible to go fishing around the White Sturgeon Island, and the coastal areas are often harassed by marine fishermen. So although it is an island, it is basically isolated from seafood, and the only things on the table are freshwater fish caught inland from the island.

"Judging from the condition and distribution density of the algae nests, it is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands of marine fish people living in this sea area."

"Well, now I have something to do."

After controlling the sage Levin to look around for a long time, Rosen directly used the flying technique to check out the two islands that the princess came with as a dowry.

The flying skill can fly very high, and the eagle eye skill can see very far. When the two are combined, the flight distance can be greatly reduced, which naturally saves mana.

Otherwise, given the vastness of this sea area, Rosen would have run out of energy and fallen before he even reached the ground.

After a while, Rosen had a general understanding of the two uninhabited islands, St. Ann Island and Hank Island.

St. Ann Island is located at the northernmost part of the triangular sea area. It is an irregular circle with a radius of about 10 kilometers. It is the third largest island in this sea area.

This is a volcanic island. It is pitch black, with no grass growing on it, and black smoke billowing from several places.

"Come and explore the mines when you have time. You may find something."

Hank Island is located in the southeast of the triangle sea area and its shape looks like a curled-up caterpillar.

Its diameter is about 20 kilometers. The island has a flat terrain, all plains, and a fairly deep sheltered bay.

The good news is that Hank Island is thriving and covered in a dense forest.

About a thousand kilometers southeast of Hank Island should be the Kingdom of Levinder on the Witt Continent.

If it can be developed, it can be used as a midway supply island for the trade route from the White Sturgeon Island to the Kingdom of Levender.

The bad news is that the sheltered bay, which looks like an excellent harbor, is actually the lair of the mermen, and the mermen inside are even denser than a school of sardines.

"It seems that I am in conflict with the sea fish people."

Filled with emotion, he rode on the turtle's back again, and while letting Lai Fu meditate to recover his consumed mana, he rushed to the White Sturgeon Island, the largest of the three islands in the territory and closest to the giant Weilan Island.

After arriving near the White Sturgeon Island, Rosen repeated his old trick, hiding himself in a safe place and controlling the Sage Levin to fly high into the sky to investigate the situation on the island.

The White Sturgeon Island is very large, and there may be unknown powerful creatures lurking on the island.

To avoid any accidents, Rosen asked Levin to fly to an altitude of 5,000 meters and at the slowest speed possible to minimize the noise of the flight.

His father had shown him a map of the White Sturgeon Island, which was recorded in Lai Fu's database.

So, Rosen checked everything with the map in his mind while flying in the sky.

First of all, the White Sturgeon Island is indeed quite large.

It is generally elliptical in shape, running from north to south, more than 80 kilometers long from north to south and more than 50 kilometers from east to west. It is a continental island formed by mountains that extend from the continental shelf and rise above the sea.

Because of this, the main body of the White Sturgeon Island is a north-south mountain range called the Crescent Mountains.

The highest peak in the mountain range is called Longmian Snow Peak, and a strip of white snow can be seen on the top of the mountain.

Rosen estimated that the mountain was probably more than three thousand meters high. There was nothing but snow and rocks on the top of the mountain, and no sign of life at all.

After thinking it over, he decided to land at a place on the top of the mountain with a wide view, which would not only save mana but also allow him to overlook the entire island.

Everything was normal, but the moment Sage Levin's body touched the ground, Rosen felt something strange on the soles of his feet.

"Hey, there's something strange about this stone!"

At first glance, it looks like just ordinary weathered sandstone, but it feels very hard to the touch and has a faint metallic feel.

"Stones. No, it should be that this entire land contains a strange magical energy."

"This kind of magic energy has a very strange effect. It can turn objects into metal. It may be emitted by some kind of metal magic weapon. But where is this magic weapon hidden?"

The energy was too thin and the mountain was too wide to figure out what was going on in a short while.

The only thing that is certain is that there must be some secret hidden in the Crescent Mountains, especially inside the Dragon Sleeping Snow Peak.

"Hmm~ Once I take over the White Sturgeon Island, I'll do a thorough search."

"No, that's not right. Since it's hiding an unknown secret, I have to act more cautiously."

As for now, the natural thing is to continue exploring the situation of the White Sturgeon Island.

Standing on the highest peak of the island and looking down with the help of Eagle Eye Technique, you can see that the entire mountain range is like a scimitar, splitting the island into two parts, east and west.

The good news is that the arc of the Crescent Mountains arches eastward, so the east side is mountainous, while the west side is obviously flatter and more spacious.

The bad news is that the island is still dominated by mountains, which account for two-thirds of the island's area.

Although there are plains, they are cut into pieces by mountains, making communication between them very difficult.

There are six largest plains among them, the largest of which is called the Crescent Valley, which is the main part of the Barony of Saxony.

After looking around, Rosen sighed softly.

"No wonder my father conferred titles of nobility on five people in such a small place. It turns out that he has to confer titles of nobility on them."

The mountains between one plain and another are extremely difficult to travel through and form a natural fortress.

On the way, they had to face the threat of forest spirits in the mountains and forests. Using traditional means of rule, the various plains could only be divided and governed.

In other words, although the entire White Sturgeon Island nominally belongs to the Saxony family, the territory actually controlled by the Saxony family is only the Crescent River Valley, which is less than one-tenth of the area of ​​the entire island.

After taking a bird's-eye view of the entire island and roughly figuring out the terrain distribution, Rosen took off again and headed straight for the Crescent River Valley.

As the largest plain area on the island, it also has the largest population, with farmlands and houses visible everywhere.

As he watched, Rosen realized something was wrong: "Hey~ why are they fighting again?"

I saw two groups of ragged guys fighting in the fields. Most of the fighters were farmers, and a few were warriors wearing leather armor and riding skinny horses.

The fighting was quite intense and the winter wheat planted in the field was trampled beyond recognition.

Rosen immediately used an invisibility spell and went down to observe.

About half an hour later, he figured out the general situation and couldn't help but sigh again.

"Hey~~ These knights are actually causing internal strife."

Why is there civil unrest? The five knights on the island are divided into two factions, fighting for the position of the supreme lord of the White Sturgeon Island.

Rosen felt like two skinny wild dogs fighting over a meatless bone.

As soon as this metaphor came out, I immediately felt something was wrong and quickly slapped my mouth.

"Slap your mouth, slap your mouth, how can I call myself a wild dog?"

Since there was war on the island, Rosen became more cautious.

Give up flying and use the ground acceleration force spell "Wolf Charge" instead. It takes into account both speed and stealth, but its disadvantage is that it consumes energy.

He headed straight for Crescent City, the only city on the White Sturgeon Island.

Although it is called a city, it is actually not as big as a small town in Chenxi Territory. From a distance it looks like a slum.

The baron said in the letter that there were no official wizards on the White Sturgeon Island, only some wandering wizards who were not up to standard. Their magic power was only intermediate at best, and their spells were a mess.

So, after using the invisibility technique, Rosen swaggered into the city.

First, he asked someone in the city about the latest situation on the island. After getting a general idea, he quietly sneaked into the Baron's Crescent Castle to check on the relatives of this body.

There are only two relatives left in this body, one is the mother and the other is the 12-year-old sister.

Rosen had no personal feelings for these two people, but since he occupied their son's body, he naturally had the responsibility to take care of him.

After observing quietly, he found that the castle had been occupied by a group of rebels, and the leader of the rebels was Rosen's uncle.

The two women were driven into the prayer house in the backyard.

'Well, my mother didn't mention that in her letter, so it must have happened after she wrote it.'

After a closer observation, he found that he had no worries about food and drink, and there was an old butler and several servants taking care of his daily life, so there was no danger.

Come to think of it, after all, no one would care about two helpless mother and daughter, especially when these two women have a son who is studying magic in Dawn City.

It was not convenient for him to take the two women away now. To avoid any accidents, he used Levin as a spell relay and cast the spell himself, quietly releasing a super high-ring lucky blessing to the two women.

This is a wonderful, very secretive, but extremely powerful mysterious destiny spell.

The effect of blessing is similar to "confusing cause and effect" or "saying is the law".

The mantra is 'My mother (my sister), I wish you could avoid all misfortunes and wait for my return intact.'

It seemed like an ordinary sentence, but each sentence consumed 20% of Rosen's magic power.

But this alone is not enough to be completely safe, because the essence of all magic is power, and magical techniques can have the effect of amplifying power, but this amplification is not infinite.

This blessing can only interfere with the present world 30 times. If it takes effect more than that, it will be useless.

The rebel leader is his uncle in the physical body. Just by making him feel cautious, the consumption of blessing power can be greatly reduced.

So Levin left the castle and came to the Crescent City area, where he quietly spread the news that the eldest son of the baron was about to return in a strong manner.

Considering that he would only be outside for two weeks at most, this powerful blessing plus the shock of this news should be absolutely safe.

After doing all this, the investigation of the territory is almost complete.

Rosen didn't leave immediately because he had run out of magic power.

He first found a safe place to meditate for more than two hours, and after recovering about 60% of his magic power, he set off again and flew back to Shire County on the other side of the sea.

At about three o'clock in the afternoon, he returned to the fields in the southern part of the Shire. After all this ordeal, he still had about half of his magic power left in his body, but Levin simply exhausted his strength.

Rosen sighed secretly: "Flying is really energy-consuming."

In addition, the 40-kilometer remote control distance limit for Sage Levin is barely enough in Dawn City, but it is too short in the new territory, so we have to find a way to increase it.

He found a secluded spot in the woods beside the road and sat down, letting Lai Fu practice in the background to restore his magic power while he waited.

About an hour later, he gave all his recovered mana to Levin, leaving only 10% for himself for emergency use.

At this time, a high-end travel carriage drove over from a distance.

There was a rider following outside the car, it was the mercenary Kruber.

Sitting at the front of the carriage were Arya and Stonard, two trusted attendants who were also responsible for driving the carriage.

In the attendant seats at the back of the car sat the two mages, Alonso and Vigo.

In the carriage, Rosen's puppet No. 2 was curled up in a corner pretending to sleep, while Selena was carefully flipping through a spell book.

Rosen followed quietly, found an opportunity to stop and rest, switched places with Puppet No. 2, pretended to sleep for a while, and then "woke up".

"Shitou, are we almost at Xialin?"

Shireen is the capital of the Shire.

"Master, the farmer on the roadside said that we will be there in an hour at most."

"Oh~~ Very good, then let's go to Xialin City to rest tonight."

(End of this chapter)