606 Nautical Char (1/2)

”Who can predict such things…” Lin Yun rolled up the map and put it back into his Spatial Ring, ”But think about it, a blueprint representing a Heaven Rank Array, and a coded message saying to deliver something to Red Beard... Don't tell me you aren't curious about it.”

Enderfa remained silent. He was forced to admit that Lin Yun was right, as that thing was definitely very important. It might be related to the Intrepid turning into a Ghost Ship, or it might be related to that monster. Enderfa felt that he wouldn't be able to forgive himself if he missed it.

”Alright…”

Without wasting any time, the group made a beeline for the First Mate's room, ignoring everything else on their way. They would occasionally encounter slaves that had turned into Lesser Undead, but those would be shattered by Xiuban in a few swings.

They soon reached the entrance to the First Mate's door.

The entrance was over six meters tall and had two exquisite hand-carved wooden doors, and even the wood was made of the cores of Tree Spirits. An array gate was enchanted into it, but it was a lot bigger than the previous rooms.

After spending a few minutes cracking the array gate, Lin Yun softly pushed the door open.

He was suddenly startled by the mana fluctuations that he sensed.

What appeared before them was a large area that was half a dozen kilometers in length. It was just like land, but the floor wasn't smooth. There was a small hill, and on the earth, some yellow, dried up weeds could be seen.

On top of that hill was a pitch-black castle.

”That damn First Mate's room is so luxurious! Let alone the land, he even built a castle here, and most likely made out of Obsidian!”

Enderfa smacked his lips. From the declining area in front of them, he could see how extravagant the First Mate had been.

This wasn't the continent, this was the Intrepid… And not only had he brought all this soil here, but the construction materials he had sent over weren't common bricks.

Enderfa didn't need to get closer to know expensive it would be to construct such an environment.

He took a deep breath before looking excited.

The rest didn't matter, because there was mana in the environment around them!

Most of the rooms of the damn Ghost Ship had no mana, and in the few places with mana, it was so sparse that it could only be considered negligible.

They had consumed a large amount of mana after continuous battles, especially after meeting that monster, and they hadn't been able to recover more than half of their mana.

This had made Enderfa feel insecure.

Although there wasn't much mana in this room, it was a lot better than in the other areas.

When he first set foot in that room, Enderfa started greedily rousing the Ten Thousand Spell Wheel to absorb mana in the atmosphere to replenish the Elemental Amber.

Lin Yun kept sending out one Mage Eye after another, as well as Detect Life and Detect Undead spells.

No danger!

Only a few of the most tenacious weeds remained, spreading on the ground like parasites.

”None of the Undead are here, and there are no signs of life. I detected nothing worthy of attention. Obviously, the First Mate knew how to enjoy life. There is no mess left in his room. Everyone, spread out, see if you can find something useful.”

Hearing Lin Yun's words, everyone's tense nerves relaxed. Even Reina, this usually expressionless Frost Dragon, looked quite relieved.

No danger, not even a Lesser Undead, and this room had mana flowing within. They just had to find some clues, nothing more. This could be considered the safest task they had faced in the Intrepid.

The First Mate's castle was huge, and as far as they could see, the castle had no defenses. Everything was built based on comfort and luxury.

From the castle entrance, not even an alarm array could be seen. Remains of rotten carpets covered the floor, while lamps enchanted with Light Spells were still there. Everything with metal was already covered by a layer of rust.

The group entered the castle, and they each chose a direction to search for things that had yet to decay, looking for any clues or treasure.

It was specified on the Intrepid's map that the things to be given to Red Beard weren't treasure, but something very important.

They searched one room after the other and found that none of these rooms had any array gates. The doors were made with top-notch magic wood and could still be considered extravagant when compared to those of the higher nobles of a kingdom. But as time passed, the doors had decayed and could barely obstruct them.

Xiuban kicked a door open and only found a pile of dilapidated furniture and metal inside. After searching for a while, he didn't find anything useful.

”Such a poor guy! He appeared well-off from the outside, but not even a gold coin could be found inside,” Xiuban mumbled as he left the room, only to see Lin Yun standing in front of him with a dark expression.

”Sir Merlin…”