Three days later, in the early morning, a storm hit an island more than 20 nautical miles away, and seven ships docked not far from the beach.

There were crowds of people on the beach and on the boats, and more than a dozen small boats were constantly shuttling back and forth between the beach and the boats.

The small boats were constantly transporting people and goods from the sea to the shore. There were majestic soldiers, as well as crying women and children. This was the fleet that had just returned from the Larkin Territory after three days of traveling quickly.

Mr. Gervais is currently on the beach with a face full of pride. This robbery can be regarded as a bumper harvest. Not only has it brought enough labor for him to develop the island, but he can also plant the magic coconut pomelo on the island.

Tree.

Gervais was not prepared to let the people in the Storm Territory know about these people and coconut palm trees. After all, there were many people and he was still too weak. Being caught out would be a big trouble.

"Sir! Water and food are ready!"

Ike quickly jumped off the boat, and all eight of his guards were carrying backpacks made of animal skins.

"Well, let's go then!"

Gervais nodded, and then turned to Gandalf and said: "Father, I'm sorry to trouble you! I'll go explore the island and I should be back before dark!"

"Haha, go ahead! Little Gervais! Father is watching over here!"

Gandalf sat on a wooden box, drinking the wine that Gervais brought with him on the ship together with Nathan, and happily waved to Gervais.

Ever since he left Gibb Town, Gandalf has been in this state, looking overjoyed. Obviously, this time he has truly seen what his son is capable of, and he no longer has to worry about it.

After bidding farewell to Gandalf, Gervais took Ik and the others into the dense woods. The island was not big, but it was covered with woods and there were no passable roads.

Gervais's main purpose this time is to explore the water source, and also to determine whether there are any dangerous creatures on the island, such as Warcraft.

Gervais's exploration plan was to first search around the edge of the pirates, and finally head to the center of the island.

The terrain of the island is relatively flat, and there are no mountains in sight. This is the main reason why Gervais decided to develop the island. The lack of mountains means that the island was not formed by a volcanic eruption.

Otherwise, maybe after spending a lot of energy to develop the island, Rong Guang, the boss, will be unhappy and the volcano will erupt, and the entire island will be reduced to nothing. He will definitely burst into tears.

It was difficult to walk through the dense woods. Even though Ike and others took turns to clear the way ahead, it still took the group a whole morning to complete the exploration around the pirates.

I didn't find anything strange or dangerous along the way, but I did find two flowing streams. The water flow is not big, about two meters wide, and the shallowest part only reaches a person's knees.

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But this already made Gervais extremely happy. This water source is enough. There is no need for too much water source, just enough for drinking and irrigating a small amount of crops.

After a short rest at noon, Gervais and others changed their direction to head towards the center of the island, and they kept moving along the creek they had just discovered.

"Sir, there is a lake ahead!"

After marching for about an hour, the bodyguard who was leading the way excitedly turned back and reported loudly to Gervais.

"oh?"

Gervais immediately quickened his pace, and it suddenly became clear behind the dense forest. There was a lake in front of him with an area the size of four basketball courts. The water in the lake was crystal clear, and the deepest part was green. It was impossible to see how deep the lake was. There was still water in the water.

You can see some small fish swimming and playing. The stream just flowed out of the clear lake.

Gervais walked directly to the lake and put his hand into the water. He immediately felt a refreshing feeling. He didn't care if there were any bacteria in the lake water. He just took a hand and started drinking. Anyway, he was a knight with the title, so this thing couldn't do anything to him.

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As the clear lake water descended into his stomach, Gervais suddenly felt refreshed. After walking in the woods for a long time, he was already exhausted.

"Sir, there is a stone house over here!"

But at this moment, Ike, who was scattered around, shouted again.

"Stone house?"

There was a strange look in Gervais's eyes. There was actually a stone house on this island. He really didn't expect it. Gervais didn't care about feeling comfortable. He stood up and ran towards Ike quickly.

The place where Ike is located is not far away, only about 20 meters away from the lake. However, because there has been no human activity all year round, as the woods grow, the stone house has been surrounded by dense forests.

Gervais originally thought it was just a simple small stone house, but when he actually saw the stone house, he found that the scale of the stone house was much larger than he imagined. The stone house covered an area of ​​at least a hundred square meters, and it was not four square meters.

Instead of being square, they are arranged in a straight line.

"Could it be that this place was once the fiefdom of a certain noble?"

The style of this building became more and more familiar to Gervais, and finally he saw the clues. Isn't the style of this house the typical stone house on the Lord's Manor?

Just because of the obstruction of trees, vines and numerical values, Gervais did not recognize it for a moment.

The appearance of this stone house is exactly the same as that of Nathan's house. On the left is the big house where people live, and then the stone house extends seven or eight meters to the right. At seven or eight meters, there is a five or six meter high stone tower. This kind of building is both

It is habitable and has a little defensive power. Once the door of the house is closed, it becomes a small fortress.

It was a necessity for small nobles who did not have enough land and money to build a castle.

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Soon Gervais came to the interior of this stone house. The furniture and various objects in the interior were covered with dust and grass, obviously because they had not been inhabited for a long time.

But what's weird is that the house seemed to have been rummaged around, and all the tables, chairs, and furniture were overturned and scattered everywhere. Gervais went to Nathan's house not once or twice. For such a stone house,

The layout is very clear.

After all, these stone houses basically have similar structures for their solid defense.

Gervais just glanced at the door of the hall casually for a few times, then stopped and continued walking towards the stairs of the stone house.

Gervais felt that if he wanted to find any useful information in the stone house, he could only go to the second floor. The second floor of the stone house was the private space of the little noble, and servants were not allowed to go up there without permission.

When Gervais came to the second floor, it was still in a mess, with dust everywhere.

Gervais covered his mouth and nose and opened the first room, which should be a small bedroom, but the bedroom was empty, with nothing except a broken bed frame.

Gervais went to the second room, which was considered the noble master's master bedroom. It was very spacious.

"Were you attacked? Or something happened?"

Gervais still found some useful information in this bedroom. Although the bedroom was messy, he saw a silk blouse hanging on a crooked hanger.

Before the nobles went to bed, the servants would hang the prepared clean clothes on the hangers so that the nobles could get up in the middle of the night or wear them in the morning. Obviously, the dusty blouse looked like this.

Another point is the bedding on the ground. If you get up normally in the morning, the bedding will be taken away and stored by the servant. Obviously when the owner of this stone house left, the bedding was still on the boat. It should be night, and it must be

What emergency happened.

Gervais carefully walked into the bedroom and searched around, but found nothing except dust. He even opened the bedroom window and used a long sword to take apart the bedding and found nothing.

Even if Gervais guessed that the owner here must have encountered some unexpected situation, he had no way of knowing what happened when he fell to the ground.

Next, Gervais exited the bedroom and went to the next room. The door of this room was open. This was a study room. Although the space was not as big as the bedroom, there were four or five bookshelves against the wall.

There isn't even a book on any bookshelf.

"Meet pirates?"

Gervais frowned and thought for a moment. There were so many bookshelves but not a single book. This was strange. Moreover, the owner of the stone house obviously encountered an emergency. There was no way he would have time to move all the books, right?

Gervais first guessed that this place had been plundered by pirates. After all, books could be sold for money, but Gervais then gave up this idea.

Although the books were valuable, the silk bedding, silk clothes, and some copper furnishings were also valuable, but they were thrown on the ground in a mess, which did not look like pirates at all.

What's more, if such a thing happened, Gandalf would definitely know about it and would mention it to himself.

Gervais walked into the study and inspected it carefully. If there was any place where he was most likely to learn information about a noble, it was definitely the study.

For example, Gervais's study contains many of his personal belongings. Thomas was originally planning to find a painter for Gervais to paint a majestic portrait of him to hang in the study, but Gervais refused.

Sir, I haven't even done anything yet, but I'm just hanging a portrait of myself on the wall. How can I look at this?

Of course, only Gervais, who came from time-travel, thought this way. Nobles of all sizes in this world all like this tone. After all, there are no cameras in this world, and portraits are the only thing that can allow people to retain their 'youth'.

, there is a portrait of the old earl hanging in Alice's study.

Gervais looked at the surrounding walls. There were no pictures, bookshelves, desks, or drawers. Still nothing.

"Is there a secret room? It shouldn't be possible. At most, there are only hidden compartments!"

Soon, Gervais began to move the bookshelves and furniture against the wall in the study room, and sure enough, he soon discovered a small hidden compartment behind a bookshelf.

But it is a pity that this secret compartment has been opened. The secret compartment is not big, just the size of a wooden box, but it has been completely destroyed at this moment, and it is empty inside.

"His grandma is so stupid and cruel. He didn't leave anything behind."

Gervais let go of the bookshelf and kicked the still intact desk to the side angrily.

Click!

"Huh?"

Suddenly, Gervais heard the sound of wood splitting, which was a warning to both the world and the world. His kick just now was not very forceful. After all, he still couldn't destroy other people's relics.

"It looks so strong, but he's a Xibei guy. No, it's a secret!"

So Gervais took out his long sword and dug into the crack, and sure enough he found a small hidden compartment inside.

This secret compartment was very small, only enough to fit a book. Gervais took out the contents of the secret compartment, and it turned out to be a book.

Gervais quickly picked up the book and checked it. Because it was placed in a hidden compartment on the desk, the book was still brand new and undamaged.

So Gervais couldn't wait to open the book and check it out.

"Who is the owner of this stone house? What kind of writing is it?"
To be continued...