Chapter 706

It was a legend.
Once something was labeled a legend , countless vers
ndless versions of the story would begin to emerge. The map was one, and so was the island
According to rumors, long ago, a sailor accidentally stumbled upon the island during a voyage. There, he saw mountains of gold, endless treasures, and a vast collection of rare herbs and plants
When he left the island, he secretly marked its location, planning to return with a larger crew and ships to claim the wealth.
But when he came back, the sea was calm, and the island was nowhere to be found.
Unwilling to accept deleat, he meticulously searched the coordinates he had written down, yet the island remained hidden. Obsessed , he spent years patrolling the area, refusing to give up Then, by sheer coincidence, during an unusual celestial event combined with a shift in the tides, the island reappeared
However, too many years had gone by, and the sailor was too weak to set foot on it again. So, he documented the location on a map, hoping his descendants could one day claim the vast
wealth.
Unfortunately.ne
news of the map and the legend was leaked, spreading far and wide. From that moment on
Regardless, one ever succeeded
t moment on, droves of people set out to find the island generation after generation.
“And then” Feliciased.
“My father went looking for it too. I was very young at the time.” Stephan absentmindedly played with a strand of her hair as he spoke. “My mother was gravely. She had seen many highly regarded medical musters, but in the end, it was Mr. Walth Senior who told us there was a rare herb that could cure het.”
Felicia listened intently, surprised to hear that her maternal grandfather had been involved in this part of Stephan’s past. “And then?” she prompted.
“Then, my father exhausted every possible lead, hiring teams of people to search for the herb. The ones sent to that island. Most of them never returned. My mother’s condition was dire, so my father decided to go personally, hoping for a miracle. Unfortunately, he never came back.”
Stephan’s vore was calm and steady. “If I have the chance, I want to find his remains. Or
After so many years, whatever evidence that could have existed was likely long gone
Felicia inched closer to him, parting his shoulder. “I want to comfort you, but it’s been so long, and I know you don’t need that. So lutead, I’ll say this—no matter what you do, I’ll be with you.
A look of happiness flickered in Stephan’s eyes. “Alright.”
The two of them leaned against each other, sitting side–by–side as the ship cut through the waves, leasing a trail of white foam in its wake. Above them, the night sky stretched vast and endless, dored with countless stars and a glowing fall moon.
ningly endless ocean, she couldn’t help but fall
On the seventh day at sea, Felicia held the map , checking the coordinates multiple times. Everything matched. But as she gazed out at the seemingly into deep thought
The ship had stopped moving. Now, all they could do was wait.
Felicia set the map down, feeling oddly at peace. Both Pete and the robed man had claimed that only she could activate the island. If that was the case, then all she had to do was wait. But the one who couldn’t afford to wait was Maurice
The venomous creature inside his body bud be restrained for a week. During this time , the backlash had been suppressed. It was still painful, and he had been enduring it the entire time.
But after this night, the restraint on the backlash would be gone. The venomous creature would subject him to excruciating pain, and it’d be beyond anything he had suffered so far.
In other words, if they didn’t find the legendary island by sunrise,