The size of Dragon Island was beyond Ron's expectation, and the endless sea beyond Dragon Island was far beyond imagination.
Endless Sea, which means endless, no one can ever reach the edge, and according to legend, the end of the endless sea is connected to another space.
Ron didn't care about these things. What he cared about most was how to find the ancient ruins on the scroll—the floating island.
It's a pity that Ron searched all the islands around Long Island, but none of them were floating in the air. Facing the hundreds of thousands of islands scattered like a star, Ron couldn't help feeling worried.
No way, Ron had to ask the nearby fishermen for help.
The afternoon sun shone on the beach, scorching the whole beach hot. In the calm harbor, on an old fishing boat, an elderly fisherman was smoking hookah, enjoying this rare leisure time comfortably.
The old fisherman half-closed his eyes, as if he was dozing off. He seemed to be recalling the long-gone youth. At this moment, a voice interrupted his thoughts.
"Hello, old man, can I inquire about something?"
The old fisherman opened his eyes, only to see a young man in a black robe standing in front of him at some point, looking at him kindly with a pair of dark eyes, with a questioning expression on his face.
Seeing that he was a young man, the old fisherman let go of his guard, smiled enthusiastically, and stood up, "Hehe, what do you want to inquire about, a guest from afar? In this area of the sea, there is nothing that is I don't know!"
The old fisherman smiled kindly, and he didn't speak too much. He has lived here all his life, and he can't hide any troubles in this area of the sea from him.
"Really? Great!"
The young man in black robe was Ron. When he heard that, his eyes lit up. He finally found the right person, and asked quickly, "Then old man, do you know where the floating island is?"
"Hehe, the floating island... Of course I know... this floating island..." the old fisherman said with a smile, his mind spinning rapidly.
Huh? Why is the name Floating Island so familiar? Could it be...
At this time, the old fisherman suddenly seemed to remember something, his face changed, and he said loudly, "What... you asked about the floating island? I don't know! I don't know! I don't know..."
The old fisherman said "I don't know" three times in a row, and he stood up with a very troubled face.
"Old man...you..." Ron was startled, he didn't expect the old man's expression to change suddenly.
Ron felt that the old man knew the truth, but why didn't he say it
By this time the old fisherman had stood up and pushed Ron out angrily.
"You go... don't ask me about the floating island! I don't know anything!"
After saying this, the old fisherman pushed Ron out the door and closed it with a bang.
"Old man... old man..." Ron knocked on the door a few times and yelled again, but unfortunately the old man ignored him. Ron could only sigh, and walked down the old wooden boat step by step down the stairs.
He turned around and saw that not only the door of the old man's boat was closed, but even the curtains were drawn.
"Forget it, ask someone else!" Ron thought helplessly, he did not expect such a big reaction from the old man.
However, things are so weird. Those simple fishermen were polite to Ron at first, but when they heard Ron asking about the "floating island", everyone's face changed drastically, as if they had met Ghostly, with a look of fear on his face, he walked away quickly, avoiding answers to Ron's questions, and some even turned him away, which made Ron quite depressed.
"What's the matter?" Ron scratched his hair as he walked on the hot beach, "Why does everyone have such an expression, but they don't say anything!"
"They must know something!" Ron thought, stopped, and came to a conclusion in his mind.
But how can we get them to speak out
"It seems... we can only take some unconventional means..."
At this time, Ron's eyes flashed, thinking silently, he fixed his eyes on a fisherman's family not far away.
…
With a bang, someone kicked open the rotten door of a dilapidated house, and a person was thrown violently onto the ground. It was a tall, middle-aged man. He is like a rolling gourd.
Although it seemed that the force was very strong, the middle-aged man was not injured. He has been fishing all year round and is in great health.
It was a boy in black robe who threw him, needless to say, it was Ron. At this moment, he covered his face with a black cloth, and then captured the middle-aged man without anyone noticing.
The room was very dark, filled with a pungent fishy smell, which was very unpleasant. Through the dilapidated ceiling, the sunlight shone into the dark room, adding a bit of gloom.
This is a house used by fishermen to dry fish. It is located in a remote place and few people come here.
The face of the guy thrown in by Ron was full of horror. He got up "clucking", knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, and said, "My lord... respectful lord... I'm just a poor fisherman. I don't need any money... I still have a wife and children to support, so please let me go as a show of kindness..."
When the middle-aged man came and begged desperately for mercy, he regarded Ron as a pirate who was doing all kinds of extortion and extortion.
"shut up!"
Ron shouted sharply, and the middle-aged man immediately stopped daring to speak.
But when the man heard Ron's voice, he felt a little strange. The pirate didn't seem to be very old.
Ron snorted coldly, stretched out his hand and slowly groped around his waist, the middle-aged man saw it, and his heart suddenly turned cold.
he! He wants to kill
But the middle-aged man was wrong, he just heard "哗啦—", the boy raised his hand, and a golden light shone in front of his eyes, but he saw gold coins falling to the ground one by one, bouncing like rabbits with.
"Gold coins! A lot of gold coins..." The middle-aged man stared blankly, he had never seen so much money.
Ron said coldly, "Answer my question, these gold coins are yours... otherwise... hum!"
Ron snorted coldly, making the middle-aged man's body tremble.
At this moment, he had already confirmed that the young man in front of him was not a pirate, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and asked, "What does your lord want to know? If a villain knows everything, he must know everything and say everything!"
"Hmm! Very good!" Seeing the guy's cooperation, Ron nodded in satisfaction. He glanced at the middle-aged man, "Then tell me... where is the floating island!"
"Floating island?" The middle-aged man froze for a moment, and suddenly, a look of fear appeared on his face, "This... this... my lord..."
"Say!" Ron snorted coldly, he raised his voice, and at the same time took a step forward, "Say it quickly! Or I'll kill you!"
Ron unleashed the coercion of a strong man in the sanctuary, making the middle-aged man feel as if the threat of death was coming, his body trembled, and he broke out in cold sweat, "My lord... I said... I said... don't kill me!"
Only then did Ron put away his coercion. He straightened his clothes and said casually, "Speak, I hope your words satisfy me!"
"Yes... my lord!" The middle-aged man looked at the gold coins on the ground, swallowed hard, and gritted his teeth fiercely, "My lord... In fact, the location of this floating island is not a single one of the fishermen around here. I know, it’s just that they generally don’t talk about it, because there… it’s been a place full of taboos since ancient times!”
"A place full of taboos?" Ron read these words silently, and only then did he know why those fishermen were afraid to avoid them.
"Go on!" Ron said in a deep voice.
The middle-aged man paused, "This is also a rule handed down from my ancestors. It was passed down from my great-grandfather's great-grandfather's great-grandfather. They said that you must never go to that place, and you can't even get close!"
"Although I have never been there, I heard from the old people... that place usually looks calm, but as soon as someone approaches, it will immediately change drastically..."
"The clear sky turned dark, as if death enveloped the earth, the wind blew up, countless lightnings fell, a whirlwind blew up on the sea, the sea boiled, and the floating islands floating above the endless sea looked like the eyes of devils..." The middle-aged man With a look of fear on his face, his body trembled involuntarily when talking about the things passed down by word of mouth among these fishermen.
"How could this be?" Ron frowned. The news was beyond his expectation, but it also strengthened his determination to go.
The middle-aged man glanced at Ron, "My lord, it's a place full of taboos, and it's very dangerous. I don't think my lord should go there! Besides, there's nothing worth taking risks there!"
"You don't need to worry about these!" Ron took a deep breath and said calmly, "Just tell me where the floating island is!"
"In... the sea area about 1,000 kilometers away to the east! There are few islands there, and it is easy to find!" The middle-aged man swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and said with a wry smile, "We fishermen never dared to go there to catch fish. fish… "
"Yeah!" Ron finally knew the approximate location of the floating island, and he nodded with satisfaction, "You can go!"
"Thank you, sir!" The middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief and was about to leave when Ron stopped him, "Take away the gold coins on the ground!"
The middle-aged man originally wanted it but didn't dare to, so he was overjoyed when he heard the words, "Thank you sir for the reward!" He happily picked up the gold coin on the ground, carefully put it in his arms, and then thanked Ron. After a salute, he went out the door.
Just as the middle-aged man was walking towards the threshold, he suddenly seemed to remember something, turned around and said, "By the way, my lord, I remembered, according to our fishermen, this floating island is not actually called a floating island, it is There is another name!"
"What name?" Ron frowned and asked.
"It's called the Island of Death!"
The middle-aged man left after finishing speaking, leaving only Ron standing there quietly in the dilapidated wooden house.
"Island of Death?" Ron raised his head slowly, his eyes narrowed slightly, and the corners of his mouth turned up, revealing a smile, "Hehe! This place is getting more and more interesting!"