" is everything in order?* Danis asked Maximus.
"Yes sir, you can be sure that the supplies are properly prepared" Maximus answered back.
"Good, then in a while we can leave, this time I will be with Rias and 30 other soldiers, for you Maximus I entrust the security of the island" Danis told Maximus the plans he had made and asked him to guard the island while he went around the area. around from the existing ocean.
This was done by Danis not without reason, because he felt that another big event would come soon, so he needed additional strength, but unfortunately after a few months of harvest, even though he was rich on the island, it was very minimal to find treasure boxes.
And for that reason he, who had tasted the success of hunting marine animals in the seaside area, now shifted his new target, which was in the middle of the vast ocean.
Of course, not only to look for the treasure city, but Danis also intends to find out if he can see other islands around him, if there is, of course Danis must be prepared to plan other actions.
Moreover, then the same thing applies to the rulers of other islands, where they have conditions that are not much different from Danis, take advantage of the ships they get from the first attacker, then they use these ships to explore the area around their island and also look for resources anything else they might find out in the middle of the ocean.
After completing the preparations, now Danis accompanied by Risana and also 30 soldiers using 1 ship, sailed away from her island.
As for their goals, nothing is certain, except that Danis estimates that at least he will explore the strong outer area of his oulaun for about 5-10 km, forming a circle that will eventually return to his island the next day.
"Danis...are we going to look for another treasure box?" Rias asked Danis.
"Yes, we need Rias's treasure box, because I feel that maybe soon there will be a different event that will be waiting for us," Danis replied.
"You're right, we have to keep preparing. In this Nuswantoro world, we can't stay still. Only by continuing to move to strengthen ourselves can we survive," Rias replied, agreeing to what Danis said.
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In the middle of the sea at this time a medium-sized ship that accommodates 40 people seemed to be sailing slowly in the middle of the ocean, the ship was moving slowly along the area around them.
"It's been more than 4 hours since we left the island but there is no sign of our treasure or marine animals" Danis spoke with a feeling of worry about his unsuccessful expedition.
"Don't get impatient, we'll just go with the flow and see if our luck is good" Rias replied in response.
"Should be good" Danis answered naturally.
He who has a high attribute of luck clearly understands, that sooner or later his luck will surely work where something good will surely be his.
Sure enough, as Danis had expected, in the distance from where he was standing, a small object was seen floating in the middle of the sea.
"Captain quick!!!!....Rush forward!!" Danis shouted instantly making the soldiers on alert.
" Ready Sir!!" There was a reply from the captain, then immediately with the command from the captain of the ship, the soldiers who had the ability to sail started, changing the direction of the mast so that their sailing ship went faster.
Until a few moments later when their ship was getting closer to the floating object, Danis shouted excitedly at Rias...." Look...that's Rias's treasure box...my guess was right!!!!" Danis is very happy to share his happiness with Rias.
And Rias, who felt happy feelings from Danis, of course, was also happy, because in the end, it was true as Danis suspected that the treasure box was not only on the island, but also in the middle of the ocean.
The difference is that he can only find out if he sails the ocean using a sailing ship, like what he is currently doing with his soldiers.
After a soldier managed to raise the box, Danis immediately approached and examined "yes....this is a treasure box!!!" Back again Danis exclaimed happily.
(Found a bronze treasure box, does the host want to open it?) The sound of the resounding system confirmed what Danis had guessed.
"Don't just collect it in space" Danis asked the system to save it after the box was successfully saved Danis then began to instruct his soldiers to be more observant looking around from the ship to see if they could find another treasure box.
Then a few more hours passed, but Danis didn't find another box, so he could only wait patiently, but then Danis knew that he couldn't work like this, he had to divide the team on the ship, where every few hours the soldiers in charge of supervising the whereabouts of the treasure box should be replaced with those who are not on duty.
So after the discussion Danis finally decided to divide up several work shifts where every 4 hours the personnel on duty would be replaced by other personnel.
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"Master there is a situation!!!" Shouted an officer who was on the right side of the ship, he shouted at Danis when he saw an object similar to the treasure box Danis was looking for, only around the area of the treasure box a bunch of starfish appeared to surround it.
As if they guard the treasure box.
" What is it?" Danis asked the soldier
"Sir, it looks like there is a treasure box in front of you that you are looking for, it's just that around the box there are lots of fish crowding like trying to protect the box," replied the soldier.
"Ohhh... something is different this time" said Danis.
" The captain stopped at a distance of 50 M from the box!!!" Danis shouted to the captain.
"Yes sir" replied the captain obeying orders from Danis.
Not long after, the sailing ship Danis was traveling on began to approach the box, until at the distance determined by Danis, the ship stopped.
"Why are we stopping?" Rias asked confused.
"Just look at what kind of fish it is?" Danis said pointing to the crowd of fish around the box.
"Swordfish!!" Rias exclaimed.
"Yes, a fish with a long and sharp beak !!"
"Looking at their size from 1 -2 M they are definitely big, so you can imagine what would happen if their beaks penetrated our wooden ship!!" Danis spoke again.
Hearing what Danis said, Rias seemed to think that it made a lot of sense.
Their ship, in fact, even though it is large, the layers of wood used are practically mediocre, the thickness of the ship's walls is generally under 20 cm, meanwhile, the beaks of the fish do not look nearly 30 cm, which is clearly longer than the thickness of the walls of their ships.
"Why?? You still doubt??" Danis asked seeing Rias' doubtful face.
"Don't look at them individually, but look at them as a group, how many of them are currently in front of us, from my observations there are not less than hundreds maybe even thousands!!!"
"Just imagine if hundreds of swordfish attack our ship, then what are we waiting for?" Even though you and I are fire magicians, it won't be that effective if we have to face them in the ocean, especially when we lose in numbers." Danis explained the confusion Rias felt.
After being explained in detail by Danis, then Rias felt she understood what Danis meant, it turned out that her thoughts were not as broad as what Danis had thought.
It's understandable that Danis thinks that way because basically they are not in an advantageous position, moreover they are right in the middle of the sea far from land and there is no help they can ask for, so they can only depend on themselves.
" So what should we do???" Rias asked Danis again.
"Yes...don't reach their crowd, maybe we can try fishing method" Danis replied again.
"Fishing??? How come??" Rias was confused again.
"Not fishing for fish, but using a fishing rod to hook the treasure box with a hook and then pulling it out!!" Reply to Daniel again.
"Ohhhh...I see!!" Rias blushed at what Danis said.
So after thinking about this method Danis immediately ordered his men to take action.
"Practice first" Danis ordered his soldiers. This he meant so that they would not make too many fishing actions from the swordfish.
After more than 15 minutes of practice and Danis saw that his parajulit skills were good enough he ordered to try.
"Throw a small object towards the crowd of fish, we'll see what reaction they give"
"Throwing..." A palm-sized piece of wood was flung in the middle of the swordfish, and not a few seconds later, a swordfish appeared stabbing into the wood.
"See!!!" Exclaiming in shock and horror the soldiers and also Danis saw the scene.
It seems that even though they look calm, they are basically always on guard.
"Ok give it the first try" Danis said to the soldier in charge of throwing the fishing rod.
"Shooosh...." The fishing hook was thrown and it hit the treasure box, unfortunately it didn't stick and just sank in the water.
However, because of this action, the swordfish guarding immediately went wild...trying to attack the fishing line, unfortunately because it was only in the form of a hook, the attack failed, however, Danis and the others saw that when the fishing hook left the swordfish area, they stopped attacking.
" Continue...!!!" Daniel's orders.
Until finally when the 7th toss finally the hook managed to stick in the treasure chest, and from there a tense withdrawal process ensued where as long as the box was being pulled the group of swordfish followed the direction of the treasure chest.
Seeing this, Danis thought quickly "prepare a net so the box doesn't fall!!! Or else be prepared to drown!!" Danis loudly warned his soldiers to be ready.