Chapter 182: Dream Islands
Hearing that the female sub-human who broke into the castle yesterday had woken up, Owen went to ask her about the situation.
A group of people suddenly appeared and surrounded Winnie’s bed, which made her a little uncomfortable.
After Theresa’s introduction and explanation, Winnie realized that these people in front of her were not bad people, but benefactors who saved her.
The silver-haired man in the middle of the crowd seemed to be a patriarch-like figure, and everyone present obeyed his orders.
The other party just wanted to talk to her, and Winnie thought there was nothing to hide, so she answered their questions truthfully.
“Oh? Are you from the Winged Tribe of the Storm Islands?”
So that’s it. They’re not a subhuman race from land, but from an island.
Owen locked his perspective on land from the beginning, which was a bit narrow. No wonder he couldn’t find any information about Winnie’s race.
“Yes.”
Winnie nodded.
“But where are the Storm Islands? I’ve never heard of such an island group.”
When talking about islands, we have to mention the Xiayue Federation, which is a country composed of a group of islands and has developed trade.
In Owen’s impression, there seemed to be no island in the Gorge Moon Federation with the word “Storm” in its name, and he had no idea about the other islands.
“It’s a long way from the land,”
Winnie said.
A very far place? This explanation is tantamount to saying nothing. The key is the direction.
“Where exactly on the mainland is it? Can you be more specific?”
“What direction?”
Winnie tilted her head, thinking hard for a long time, and then she said.
“I know it takes a long time to fly before I can see land. No, it’s still an island, a very large island, I think it’s called Channel Island. That’s where I was deceived!”
“Oh! Channel Island.”
Finally, we came to the place Owen knew, Gorge Island, which is the southernmost and largest island in the Gorge Moon Federation and is actually controlled by the Gorge Island Chamber of Commerce.
Although the scope has been narrowed, the exact location of the Storm Islands is still unknown.
“Can you describe what the Storm Islands are like?”
This girl looked about the same age as Theresa, but she couldn’t even tell her location.
In this case, we can only ask the people of the Gorge Moon Federation about the location of the Storm Islands based on the island conditions she described.
“There are countless islands, large and small, and the archipelago is surrounded by thick black clouds. It’s often windy, rainy, and thunderous. There’s rarely a moment of peace. We, the Winged Tribe, hardly ever…”
“Wait!”
Owen suddenly interrupted..
“Are you saying that the Storm Islands are surrounded by violent storms?”
“Yes!”
“It’s the legendary island group, the Dream Islands in the Sea of Death.”
Owen said in disbelief.
“I thought it was a fictional adventure story.”
After listening to Winnie’s description, Owen immediately remembered a story circulating in the Gorge Moon Federation.
“What kind of adventure story is that?”
Theresa asked curiously.
No one present had probably heard of this story. It was something Owen accidentally mentioned when he was dealing with merchants from the Gorge Moon Federation.
“Then I’ll just briefly explain…”
A long time ago, before the establishment of the Gorge Moon Federation, maritime (offshore) trade had just begun to emerge. Many navigators sailed with great enthusiasm, hoping to discover new islands and open up new routes.
However, there was a taboo at that time, which was to never challenge the Sea of Death.
The weather in that sea area is extremely unusual, with frequent strong winds, heavy rains and thunder. It is the nightmare of all sailors.
But there was a navigator named Colendi who didn’t believe it. He believed that there must be a new island that had never been discovered at the end of the Sea of Death.
Having made a lot of money through maritime trade, Colendi successfully bought five ships and gathered a group of like-minded people to form a fleet, ready to challenge the Sea of Death.
Despite being looked down upon, Colendi led the fleet on its way out.
The result is predictable. Soon after entering the Sea of Death, Colendi’s fleet encountered a violent storm. The huge waves overturned two ships, and the other three ships were frightened and turned around and fled.
And Colendi happened to be on an overturned boat, but he was lucky enough to hold on to a piece of wood and survived temporarily, drifting around on the sea.
There were thick dark clouds overhead, and no sunlight was visible. Although Colendi didn’t know how long he had been drifting, he was very clear that his physical strength had long been severely exhausted.
In a trance, he caught a glimpse of what seemed to be a small island in the distance.
Thinking it was an illusion before death, Colendi didn’t take it seriously. Even if it was true, he didn’t have the strength to swim over.
Before losing consciousness, Colendi vaguely saw a big bird flying towards him in the sky.
When Colendi woke up, he found that he was not dead, but was rescued by the birdman.
What was even more exciting was that he discovered a new island, no, a group of islands. At the end of the Sea of Death, there was indeed an undiscovered Dream Islands and a new sub-human race.
Since it was the first time for the birdman to see humans, he warmly entertained Colendi and invited him to visit various islands.
As he followed the birdmen around, Colendi discovered that every island was rich in resources, and the birdmen made a living by collecting and eating delicious fruits.
On the island in the middle, he saw gold everywhere, and even magnificent buildings built with gold, which were magnificent and gorgeous.
In addition to his joy, Colendi also felt a little lonely because he learned that the islands were surrounded by strong winds and rainstorms and he could not leave.
Seeing that Colendi was depressed, the birdman reported the matter to the patriarch.
The patriarch secretly told him that if he really wanted to leave here, there was still a way.
Upon learning that he could leave the Dream Islands, Colendi immediately became excited and began to cut down trees on the island to build a boat.
After the boat was built, the birdman chief told Colendi the method to leave and warned him not to try to come back after leaving, and the method could only be used once.
In this way, Colendi boarded a ship loaded with food and headed for the Sea of Death.
Following the instructions of the birdman leader, Colendi avoided the storm and successfully escaped from the Sea of Death. His return surprised everyone.
After returning, Colendi showed off his deeds everywhere, which attracted the attention of the most powerful chamber of commerce on the island at that time.
The president was very interested in the island full of gold and paid a large sum of money to ask Colendi to lead their fleet there.
In fact, Colendi had always been obsessed with the gold. When he left, he did not take the gold back because his ship was not big enough and he wanted to carry enough food.
At the same time, he believed that the bird people just didn’t want to be disturbed by outsiders, so they warned him not to come back.
So, Colendi ignored the warning of the birdman chief and led the Chamber of Commerce fleet to challenge the Sea of Death again.
As a result, the fleet encountered a terrible storm, half of the ships were overturned, and Colendi and his men ran back in disgrace.
Due to the huge losses, the president of the Chamber of Commerce angrily killed Colendi.
Since then, although some people have challenged the Sea of Death, no one has ever succeeded. The legendary Dream Islands have become a laughing stock among the locals and eventually turned into a bedtime story to lull children to sleep.