Chapter 528

The next thing he knew, the sharptooth ray was going to run away.

It's just that it still has a hard time dragging the fishing boat with its body, and it can easily pull out the harpoon.

With its tenacious vitality and speed, it can escape even if it encounters bloodthirsty fish.

He would not let this huge sum of money, worth up to 3 gold coins, escape from his eyes.

The best way is to follow it with a boat and slowly exhaust its power.

The old-fashioned half-steam, half-sail fishing boat under his feet had just the right speed.

As the fishing boat started, a tug-of-war officially began.

In the end, the sharp-toothed ray still failed to withstand the test of the angler.

After swimming more than twenty nautical miles, the tenacious vitality began to weaken.

Finally, completely exhausted, Rin and Emilia used nets and hooks to get onto the deck.

When it came up, it was still half breathing.

Rin was not polite, killed him on the spot and disemboweled him.

No way, it's too big to be kept alive like other fish.

For example, other small marine fish stay in the fish cabin. Both sides of the bilge of the fish cabin are connected to the sea water, and a net is deployed to block the window.

In this way, the fish holds are all immersed in the sea, and most of the fish are still alive when they reach the shore.

The sharptooth ray is too big and takes up too much space.

Moreover, it can speed up its recovery by eating other fish, which is equivalent to having a beast in the cabin that can overturn you at any time.

So it must be executed in advance.

The internal organs of the sharp-toothed ray are useless and are most likely to deteriorate and feed parasites after death.

Therefore, the internal organs would be disposed of first, stuffed into the abdominal cavity with arrowroot juice that has a certain antiseptic effect, and then the whole body would be wrapped and sealed in a box.

In this way, leaving it for more than ten days is not a problem.

Arrowroots are not cheap, so Rin usually only prepares so much. If he adds another one, there is really nothing he can do.

Rin is very experienced and took an hour to completely handle it.

After covering it with several layers of waterproof and moisture-proof tarpaulin, it was placed directly on the deck.

"It's done. Let's go back to the previous place and fish for three days. Regardless of whether we have caught the Black Abyss salmon or not, we have to return."

The return trip will probably take another week.

Just as he was about to let Momo go back to sleep, he steered the boat back to Little York Bay.

Vaguely, a piece of fluorescence appeared in the distance.

Pieces of fluorescence lingered on the tops of a group of trees, like flaming trees and silver flowers.

Such a scenery looks quite spectacular on the sea at night.

But Rin had no intention of watching and frowned.

Yes, this is the sea, and there are no islands nearby.

Since there is no island, how can there be fireflies in the forest?

If you look carefully for a moment, you will find that the fireflies and trees are still slowly moving in one direction.

It's a moving island!

Rin's eyes suddenly opened wide, remembering a legend.

Castaway Island!

The Drifting Island is not a land, but a very strange and docile creature.

Some people call it Shikun.

It has been swimming on the surface of the sea, and its back is full of rocks and mud. After eighteen hundred years, it will form an island.

So it continued to move forward on the sea carrying the island on its back, occasionally resting on other coasts, and animals climbed on its back and became new residents.

There is a particularly famous story about a defeated king who swept away the treasures in the treasury and fled to an island with his wife, children and bodyguards.

The rebels who followed closely surrounded them and finally captured them.

Before being captured again, the king hid all the treasures on the island.

After the rebels inquired and found out, they went to the island again, only to find that the island disappeared out of thin air.

Only then did they realize that they had landed on Drifting Island inadvertently.

Rin never imagined that she would meet him one day.

If Castaway Island is true, then the legend of the treasure...

The so-called money can make the mill push the devil.

With money, 99% of things in this world can be accomplished.

Even if it is to retrieve the correct memory and find that important person, there is greater certainty.

He swallowed and clenched his fists.

"Salmon counts as a gil, I want to settle this treasure!"

Chapter 47: One wave has not subsided, but two waves have arisen again

"Wow, it really is Castaway Island!"

Momo in the cab let out an excited exclamation.

The closer the distance, the clearer the whole picture can be seen.

The island in front of you looks like a hill at first glance, like a cut-out semicircle.

Moreover, it is smaller than expected. At first glance, it is estimated to be about 20,000 to 30,000 square meters.

The island is covered with virgin forests, which look particularly dense and dense under the light of fireflies.

The entire island is moving slowly, and the surrounding water waves are spreading layer by layer without making too much splash, making it look very low-key.

Under the cover of darkness and pitch-black water, only a huge shadow could be seen below the sea level.

However, it was vaguely visible that there were many dotted green spots in the shadow.

Rin estimated the distance, turned around and shouted: "Momo, slow down here, it's too dangerous to get closer."

Although legend has it that Shi Kun had a docile temperament, that was just a rumor after all.

With such a huge size, the fishing boat is weak in front of it and cannot withstand any accidents.

When the boat slowed down, Rin continued: "Emilia and I will go up to explore. You wait for us here."

"But Momo wants to go too!"

"No, the boat needs to be watched by someone, and no one knows about the dangers on the island. Momo must stay."

"Oh, brother, you're such a fool. You never take me with you when you have fun. Humph."

"I'll find something interesting for you when I get it."

"It's a deal... brother, you must be careful."

Momo was still very obedient and didn't make a fuss. Before they parted, she repeatedly told Rin to be careful.

Who doesn't like such a cute sister?

Rin took off her clothes, carried a ropeless harpoon and a fish skin backpack, waved goodbye to Momo, took a deep breath, and jumped off the deck.

Another sound of falling into the water soon came from behind, and she and Rin swam towards the drifting island one after another.

Emilia quickly caught up with Rin, and her figure in the water was as agile as a fish.

This surprised Rin.

Logically speaking, cats don't like water very much. Although they can swim, they have no desire to go into the water.

Emilia is very good at swimming. It's no problem to say that she has lived by the sea since she was a child.

After about ten minutes, Rin and Emilia finally swam to the side of the drifting island.

They found a low place and went ashore.

After going ashore, Rin immediately opened her backpack and put on her coat and pants.

Emilia, who was standing beside her, was also wearing only underwear, and now she changed into a dress again.

After that, the two of them made a temporary torch, carried a backpack and a harpoon, and headed towards the large forest together.

There were insect chirping and rustling sounds on both sides, and the noise of some animals stepping on the grass and leaves could be heard vaguely.

Rin and Emilia moved forward slowly with caution, not only to be careful of poisonous insects, snakes and ants hidden in the bushes, but also to be aware of the beasts that hunt at night.

The forest was damp, there was no road, and there were some puddles of water on the ground, and the reflection of the light flashed by.

"These don't seem to be fireflies."

Emilia looked up at the yellow-green light hovering and floating on the treetops, and said in confusion.

There were many light spots, gathered together like small light bulbs, which made the torches seem useless.

Rin was also observing these light spots, and as they went deeper into the forest, there were more and more light spots.

When people approach, the light spots will disperse.

But when they walk a distance, they will gather again.

"It seems to be a giant spore carried by a mutant firefly mushroom. Hmm... It is very likely. The large green light spots under the island should be fireflies."

Rin used a torch to disperse a group of flying mosquitoes and continued; "Their spores are quite strange. After floating on the water, they can still brush towards the sky. I don't know why they are attracted to trees."

"Rin, you know a lot."

"Thank you for the compliment."

As they were talking, Emilia's cat ears suddenly trembled twice, and even the face on them stood upright.

"Something is approaching."

The hearing of cats is naturally much better than that of humans.

Rin glanced at the regularly scattered fluorescent spores in the distance and immediately made a decision: "Climb the tree first."

Emilia was extremely agile, and she had already jumped onto a tree in just one breath.

Rin also tried her best to climb up as fast as possible, and then grabbed Emilia and jumped onto the branch.

The tree they were in was quite high. Looking towards the place where the spores were scattered, they could barely see an outline with the help of fluorescence.

It seemed to be... a bear?

As the thing got closer, Lin finally saw its appearance clearly.

It was indeed a brown bear. It looked to weigh at least one ton, fat and strong, more than three meters long, much larger than an ordinary brown bear.

Just this size alone, if it had any special abilities, it would be enough to reach the level of an extremely dangerous monster.

According to Lin's memory, monsters are rare and only appear in deep areas far away from human habitation.

He often heard rumors of sea monsters from fishermen, but he had never seen one so far.

Also rare are magicians who can use spells.

They are even rarer than orcs and elves.

The brown bear has a good sense of smell and soon came to the bottom of the tree where they were.

Lin was a little nervous and held the harpoon tightly. When he was about to attack, Emilia was no longer by his side.

Without saying anything, the cat-eared girl jumped down with the harpoon.

The harpoon pointed downwards and pierced the brown bear's body. She kicked the bear's body, pulled out the harpoon, and flipped back to the ground.

The brown bear had thick skin and flesh, and the harpoon did not pierce its flesh, but instead aroused its ferocity, and it pounced on Emilia.

Rin also quickly slid down from the tree for a distance and jumped down, fighting side by side with Emilia.