novelraw Chapter 241: Secret of the Ranks (Two-in-One)
Chapter 241: Secret of the Ranks (Two-in-One)
"Sizzle... The surface of the scroll has a magic-level Curse attached to it. It's very similar to the application principles of magic. I can feel the fluctuation of a World's Echo."
On the sandy beach of the island, the steam-spewing magician Herdor looked at the gold box in front of him, roughly extending his hand to determine the type of Curse inside, arriving at a conclusion extremely similar to Fisher's.
However, it was clear he didn't know that the World's Echo caused by magic was related to the Spirit World, nor did he possess Fisher's Soul vision enhanced by the Soul Completion Handbook, unable to clearly see those illusory eyeballs peppering the gold box like the Milky Way.
"You mean, this thing is a magic used by the Phoenix Race, not a Curse of Destiny?"
Balthazar and Herdor were the main forces studying the scroll. Besides these two and the bodyguard Filis, Valentiina had actually also hired a logistics person and a mechanic.
"Hey, Herdor, I brought your arm. Hurry up and come over to dismantle the one growing long bird feathers."
The person speaking to Herdor at this moment was a petite, green-haired young girl. She wore the iconic black robe of Kadu, but unlike other devout believers of the Mother Goddess, she didn't wear complex ornaments or have a kind expression.
Her expression was somewhat impatient, and a malt sugar lollipop dangled from her cherry-like small mouth. Carrying a mechanical expansion backpack much larger than her body on her back, she spoke while familiarly squatting on the ground, using screws to tighten a new arm.
"Sizzle... Thanks, Sertil."
The mechanic named Sertil, with the lollipop in her mouth, took the feather-covered arm Herdor had removed. She poked it here and there for a while, truly unable to figure out how bird feathers grew from this inorganic machinery."Ha, truly miraculous. I should add this thing to my collection... A mechanical arm growing bird feathers."
"There's no more space on the ship for miscellaneous items, Sertil."
At this moment, a big sister with a kind smile stood behind Valentiina's wheelchair and spoke to the mechanic.
She had a generous bosom and shared similarities with the nuns who taught Fisher his lessons at the church school during his childhood. She seemed to have just disembarked from the ship, wearing a Northern-style white dress. On the chest of the dress, there was a five-pointed snowflake symbol identical to the one on Valentiina's hat—the symbol of the Turan family.
She even held a plate of freshly baked butter cookies in her hand. Her gentle gaze swept around before asking everyone,
"Does anyone want dessert? Miss, Sertil, Balthazar, and Herdor... Ah, sorry, I forgot you can't eat. Huh, where is Filis?"
Upon looking at Herdor's body composed entirely of steam machinery, she embarrassingly reached out and touched her cheek, her smile carrying a faint hint of apology.
"Heh, that miser knows nothing but money. She's probably gone off somewhere to dig for treasure. The beach is full of it. I bet she wishes she could die here."
"Ah, I see... Previously, when I cleaned Filis's room, I found her bedding was neatly stacked full of gold coins. If she brings more back, the room on the ship won't have space for it all."
Two more people had appeared from Valentiina's team on the beach. It seemed Valentiina had already decided to open the scroll and read its contents right here on the island.
At this moment, sitting in the thicket and holding Pakhz's telescope, Fisher rubbed his chin, taking in the entire situation over there.
Aoxi had temporarily flown back to the Iceberg Queen to take the large denomination check back, and incidentally check how long it would take to repair the steam engine on the ship. Meanwhile, on the island, Pakhz had taken the crew to search for food. Alajina was injured and temporarily resting, so Fisher, who had nothing better to do, came over to observe the situation.
He wanted to know the contents recorded in the scroll. If necessary, he could provide a little help to Valentiina's team, but it didn't seem necessary right now.
However, it would still take a while for them to resolve the Curse and then open the scroll. The Iceberg Queen couldn't leave temporarily either, so Fisher still had opportunities, and thus he wasn't in a hurry.
Moving outward from the beach where Valentiina was located, one would find small pits appearing on the sand at some unknown time.
Looking down along those small pits, the Lion-kin Filis was hiding in a sand pit, her eyes shining as she dug at the beach with claws. With her rapid movements, a gold bottle half-buried in the yellow sand gradually appeared before her.
Her eyes lit up, and her nose twitched slightly, but she suddenly caught the scent of an unfamiliar aura. She turned her head, only to see a chubby, large face suddenly appearing beside her, smiling as it looked at her. This scared her into subconsciously hugging the gold bottle she had just dug up.
"Waaah! What are you doing? Damn pirate, I found these treasures, don't even think about snatching them!"
With two crew members behind her, Pakhz shook her head upon seeing her action of hugging the bottle. She pointed at the treasures dug up behind Filis and said,
"These treasures you dug up previously are naturally yours, but what comes after might not be. I have three people here, you only have one, and we even have tools. There's no way you can dig faster than us with just your bare hands and claws... Come here, handle her."
Following Pakhz's command, the crew members behind her took out shovels from their backs, clearly intending to snatch the treasures on this beach from Filis claiming 'a share for everyone'.