It's been almost 3 days Danis together with Rias and his troops exploring the area around their island, and during these 3 days in the middle of the sea they managed to get 3 bronze boxes and 2 silver boxes which left Danis quite satisfied with the harvest.
He never thought that he would get 5 treasure boxes on the way he was doing at this time, if it weren't for him to go back to the island and see the situation, Danis wanted to go further outside the water area of his island, only he also understood.
That he had to return, and there was still another opportunity where he could carry out a further sea expedition and with a better fleet and troops, because Danis had predicted that in the future there would definitely be a share of conquests among the existing island rulers in order to rise to a higher level higher.
It's just that when the time comes, Danis doesn't know, what's clear is that it won't be too long because the day when the next exam comes is coming soon and Danis has to be well prepared.
"Master...our island has been spotted!!" The cry of a soldier in charge of monitoring the situation.
"Good... we finally arrived, I'm tired of being at sea" Rias complained when she felt bored being on the ship for a long time.
This is understandably the case because the ship is not too big, so there are only a few facilities that make the passengers of the ship not have many activities to do, luckily both Danis and Rias are magicians and spend their free time by meditating to collect mana.
" Hahahah.... soon we will have a much bigger ship and in it you won't be too bored" Danis responded to Rias' laziness.
"Yes, you have to help him quickly Danis !!" Rias exclaimed very seriously.
" We can be sure but when we return to the island a hard job awaits" Danis spoke again.
" About what?" Rias asked.
"The second exam will arrive soon, and something big seems to have been waiting" Danis answered again.
Not long after that they arrived on the island and this time their return was greeted by Maximus and also several soldiers who were on duty to guard the coast.
"Welcome back sir" Maximus greeted Danis.
"It's nice to be back home" Danis replied.
"Maximus how is the situation on the island?" Danis asked while going home with Maximus on the horse.
"Everything is safe sir, there are no signs of invasion from other races seen around the island" replied Maximus again.
"Oh I see... it seems that not many people take the initiative to look for treasure chests like me at sea" Danis thought for a moment and then came to the conclusion that it seems that not many are aware of this.
But Danis didn't find it strange but she felt happy, because this meant that there weren't many powers equal to her current self, where she could go to the ocean to find the whereabouts of the treasure box.
This indicates that the strength they have is not as strong as their own, which basically does not have the extra power to be sent across the open seas.
So in this case Danis feels happy, because this will prove that his rivals don't seem as many as he thinks or in other words only a small portion may have the same level of strength as himself, even though Danis is also aware that above the sky there must be another sky and he wouldn't be arrogant enough to claim to be the strongest, but Danis could claim that he was the one sucked in for the upcoming second test.
Because in addition to his high level of luck he also has far-sighted vision, he proves this by not limiting the search for treasure chests that are only on the island, but also searching the vast ocean and with that assumption he makes preparations and in the end what which he hoped to achieve and this once again proves his good vision of seeing things.
"How is the training of the other auxiliary soldiers?" Danis turned the topic to the soldier training program she had asked Maximus to do when he left the island.
"Everything is going well, sir, we have found some good seeds, and according to the instructions that you have given, they will carry out a long selection phase where in the end they are intended to become special troops," replied Maximus.
"Good....I hope they will survive and in the end be able to make many of them qualify, just don't reduce the rating points because right now what we are looking for is the elite so even a little is very valuable" Danis gave his input to Maximus .
"Yes, sir, everything will be done according to what you have instructed," replied Maximus obediently.
"Then what about the life of the townspeople?" Maximus again asked about another situation in his city.
"For the life of the city people it can be said that it is very good, sir, when compared to when they became refugees" replied Maximus.
" Oh...speaking of their origins, I don't know could you explain it better Maximus?" Danis asked again because he felt quite curious about their origins, even though he only knew that they were refugees but where were the refugees from and why he was still quite interested, because from this information he might know more about the Nuswantoro world situation further.
And can make a difference where in the end the difference will make him even better and stronger in the eyes of his people and with good satisfaction the reward will definitely come.
So what Danis said was something she had been thinking about long ago when she first understood there was a reputation for being of great help to the lord of an island.
"Ohhh.. about that I have asked several of their representatives, and the answers vary sir.
Among them, they came from island owners who lost a war with other rulers who defeated their island, and in the end they were sold to wholesalers whose whereabouts are unknown.
It can only be said that these merchants are very mysterious because they collected many victims like them.
Next is the escape from the ruler of their island, where they fled as a result of being dissatisfied with the cruel treatment carried out by the ruler of the island.
As for the others, they are generally victims of the war of rulers and also those who do not have a permanent place to live and then leave it to the mysterious merchant to find a good master for them or a good place for them to live again" Maximus told Danis at length.
"Ohhhh....I see, and about this mysterious merchant I seem to have a faint guess but it doesn't matter at this point" Danis didn't continue to find out who the mysterious merchant Maximus was referring to because he already guessed that the mysterious merchant referred to was a system it's just that they as objects do not understand this except for rulers like them. Thought Danis in his heart.
"Then what about our food reserves that come from cleared land?" Ask Danis again.
"Everything is growing well, sir, and for some crops such as potatoes and vegetables, we have harvested several times," replied Maximus.
"Ehhh why so fast?" Danis was surprised and surprised by what Maximus said because basically he was aware that for normal these plants needed dozens or even several weeks to be harvested, but in fact when he asked Maximus he found that these plants had been harvested several times.
This shows that the time flow of the plants on his island is different from what he knows, or it can be said that the speed of time in the Nuswantoro world is much faster.
"Is there something wrong sir?" Isn't it normal for potatoes to be harvested in 1 week and vegetables 2 or 3 days?" Maximus asked Danis with a confused face.
"Ehhhh what did you say Maximus???" Danis was shocked by what Maximus said, 7 days of potatoes and 2/3 days of vegetables, isn't that fast???" But from what Maximus said something naturally happened.
" Huuu....hu.....hu....Danis took a breath to make himself think further to calm the surprise he got.
"This is definitely something good, what about rice and wheat ?" Ask Danis again.
"Rice and wheat only take 2 weeks, sir to be harvested," replied Maximus again.
"If it's so fast, isn't there no need for refugees?" Danis suddenly thought if food could grow so fast then no one should go hungry right.
"Only land lords have lords capable of making food grow well, as for other places that don't have masters it's very difficult to grow not to mention attacks from bandits or wild and magical beasts who will happily destroy the farmland, so basically no one can make agricultural land outside an area where there is no ruler" replied Maximus again.
And in this case once again Danis is presented with very important information, it turns out that there is such a fact, this is clearly something that encourages these refugees to find other masters so that they can return to live well, but if you think about it, the value of satisfaction in this makes sense where in the end if they are not satisfied there is an option for the people to rebel and overthrow the ruler, but in the end they have to return to find another ruler to stay.
This is like the side of a coin where in the end both the ruler and the people have their own authority and rights.
After a few moments of sobering Danis became more determined than ever to create an empire or even an empire that completely matched what he had in mind, and this time he new goal seemed to excite he even more.