"Thank you. I'll go when I have time."
As soon as Charles finished speaking, his expression immediately became a little ugly, not because of Elizabeth next to him, but because the auditory hallucinations in his mind started again.
Charles, with a distorted expression, began to tap his forehead with his wrist, each time harder and harder.
Elizabeth, who was standing next to him, immediately noticed Charles's abnormality and her eyes widened in surprise.
"My goddess, how long have you not rested?"
She pulled out a piece of green jelly-like substance from her chest and handed it to him. "Eat it quickly, it will effectively relieve the pain."
Charles looked at her hesitantly, but finally took it and swallowed it in one gulp.
A cool feeling slid down his throat, the whispering in his ear was still there, but the irritation had dissipated.
"Thank you, what is this?" Charles looked at Elizabeth with a much friendlier look.
Elizabeth chuckled a few times. "You're welcome. I don't know what it is, but I know it can relieve the whispers of the god Futan. If you want, you can go to Redwood Island to dig some. Don't eat too much, or you'll get addicted."
Mahogany Island... Charles silently memorized this new place name in his mind.
The muscular man had walked behind the two men and patted Charles on the right shoulder. "Newcomer, the whispers of the God of Futan have had such a big impact. You should take a rest."
Charles's guard was mostly gone. Although he didn't know why, he could feel that these people were kind to him. He hadn't felt such obvious kindness for a long time.
Elizabeth glanced at the staff who were still operating the machine, then pulled Charles and walked towards the sofa next to her.
"Come with me, I'll tell you something most people don't know."
Charles wanted to refuse, but the burly man next to him put his arm around his shoulders and carried him forward.
"Don't be shy. As the old saying goes, if you want to survive at sea, you have to make more friends."
By the time Charles reacted, he had been pressed down on the sofa, and seven or eight captains in strange clothes were looking at him curiously.
There was curiosity and doubt in his eyes, but no hostility.
Elizabeth sat down next to Charles, her soft body leaning directly against him.
"Do you think we are a little enthusiastic? Haha, it's already dark enough on the sea, so just be friendly when you get ashore." Elizabeth said.
"It's a bit unexpected. It's really different from what I found in the museum." Charles relaxed.
Hearing Charles' words, a fat man glared and shouted loudly.
"What does the book say we are? A bunch of legal pirates? Madmen who value money over their lives? Anyone who says that should be fed to the fish!! If I become the governor in the future, I will cut off the tongue of anyone who says that!"
Elizabeth glared at the fat man, then smiled and said to Charles, "This is a gathering place for coral island explorers. You can exchange information here in the future."
Charles understood that this was a communication salon for the exploration captains.
"What kind of information is being traded? Intelligence on the island?"
"We have everything. Islands, routes, relics, and useful information can all be shared. Maybe someone else can solve the problem you can't solve. If you have any questions, just ask us and we will answer them for you."
After thinking for a few seconds, Charles asked his question, "Does anyone have any clues about the bright land in the north?"
The power of Charles' question was greater than he had imagined. The sound of stools rubbing against the floor could be heard one after another, and everyone kept a distance from Charles, as if he had some plague.
Even Elizabeth, who was sitting next to him, sat on the other side of the sofa, frowning. "Are you from the Church of Light?"
Charles laughed dryly. "I am not, and I don't believe in any gods."
Elizabeth breathed a sigh of relief, patted her plump chest and said, "That's true, you don't look like those crazy people."
The tense atmosphere immediately eased and everyone started talking.
"You scared me. I don't want to deal with those lunatics. The Land of Light? Why are you asking about it?"
"If you're asking about the legendary ballad, I have heard of it. Let me sing you a verse. It's located on the northern island. There is a ladder leading to light on it, eternal light and... what is it? Sorry, I forgot how to sing the rest."
"How can we possibly know about those legendary things? We are not gods."
"Newbie, you're really humorous."
There was a trace of disappointment on Charles' face. He had originally thought that the knowledgeable exploration captain might have some clues. It seemed that the humans here had stayed in the Earth Sea for too long, so that their real homeland had become a distant legend.
Just when everyone was discussing, a woman at the counter came over with a pile of books in her hands.
She said with a smile: "Mr. Charles, you are now a qualified explorer. The islands you explore will be protected by the Explorers Association for the first three years. Please take this certificate. Now I will introduce the mission content to you."
She opened the stacks of books in her hands and found that they were nautical charts with pages of densely written text.
"As long as any exploration mission is reported to the club, food, fuel and other supplies will be reimbursed by the club. The rewards will vary depending on the danger level."
Charles took the chart and looked at it carefully.
He could see that along the edge of the area that had already been explored, the unexplored dark area was divided into several small pieces by white lines like dividing a cake, and the amount of reward was marked on each piece.
What surprised Charles was that scattered islands in the unexplored sea area were actually marked out, including the Golden Statue Island he had visited before.
A white finger stretched out from the side and pointed at the sea, and Elizabeth's sexy and magnetic voice rang in his ears. "Charles, you just arrived, I advise you to explore the sea for a few years first, and then explore the island when you are familiar with it."
Although what she said was right, Charles didn't think so. He pointed to the Golden Statue Island and asked, "What does this number mean?"
The island is marked with a bright red 4.
The fat man next to him interrupted and said, "That's the danger level. The danger level of the explored islands is always 0. Every time the captain of an exploration fails to come back, the danger level increases by 1. For a level 4 island like this, forget it for a newcomer like you. Go explore the sea for two years first."
Elizabeth glanced at him, put her mouth close to Charles' ear and said, "Ignore him. I think you have great potential. You can explore this island in a year at most."
"I've been to this island." Charles said lightly, and the conversations around him stopped instantly. Everyone stared at the young man in front of them with wide eyes.
(End of this chapter)