Once morning arrived, everyone was up, had breakfast, and cleaned up, and they had to organize what they would and wouldn't take on the boat.
With all that arranged, as soon as the new log pose route was set, they set off.
They spent two more days in the island cluster, visiting one island with no human life. You could say they were lucky that when they reached the open sea, the tropical air was quite pleasant, but they still decided to escape as quickly as possible.
During this time, they had plenty of time to talk.
The Häyhä family has always been a fishing family, having spent much of their lives at sea, just like a pirate.
Ruminoff specializes in fishing with a pole and its derivatives, while Trinity is more skilled with a harpoon and crossbow. Before the accident, she practiced spearfishing by holding her breath underwater.
It's a shame all that was lost and only three rods were found.
And there we were, the three of us fishing, in total silence, concentrating completely on fishing, at least the two of us.
I was focused on browsing the system shop. With what I'd learned on the ship I was traveling on earlier, I'd earned 100,000 LP, of which I spent 70,000 LP on the fencing styles book and such.
I looked for ways to use the remaining LP, but there wasn't anything useful or interesting. The most I could do was buy gems and sell them at a random shop, but I knew it was better to save the remaining LP just in case.
Besides, I still had Hunter who could find me some shiny things to sell. Curiously, he went with me on the boat, so in theory there are four of us.
But speaking of things that interest me, I have my eye on two specific weapons. The first is the Sun Wukong staff, the stick that stretches and contracts. I think it also increases and decreases in size, but I don't know if it varies according to the legend of the monkey, or if I was just too high at the time.
The second is Thor's hammer, Mjolnir. Unlike the staff, there were several different hammers here, almost all different. The most expensive and, I think, the strongest is Mjolnir, the god of thunder from Marvel, since if I'm worthy, and I obviously would be, I could obtain Thor's powers.
But I wasn't aiming for that one, but rather the hammer from the anime "Shūmatsu no Valkyrie." That big hammer that has a life of its own and that makes you look terribly badass, well, that's what I think.
There's still a long way to go, though; after all, the staff costs 25,000,000 PL and the Mjolnir 40,000,000 PL. Just so you know, the Marvel hammer costs 150,000,000 PL.
We spent several days wandering in the sea without seeing anything, just the blue of the ocean and our faces.
At one point, I felt the need to say what I was doing before ending up stranded on the island.
There I had to tell them again that I was a writer and that I traveled the world writing stories, but my real goal was to become a great hero recognized by the entire world.
With this, I had to tell stories every night to entertain them both and not lose my cover.
These days I've gotten to tolerate Trinity; she's too free-spirited, plus she wants to be a wealthy lady in the future and all that.
I sincerely wanted her to join me on my hero's journey. She's good at aiming and shooting, and she has vision that can go quite far, even looking down at the bottom of the sea.
I have a way to convince her to join my pop group—I mean, a group of heroes—but I'm going to wait until we get to the island. I don't want Ruminoff to influence her decision too much.
After two weeks and five days wandering at sea, we arrived at the island marked by the magneto clock.
It wasn't a large island, with a town and a port and a ship without a flag.
Too bad we didn't have any telescopes to see further.
As we arrived, we realized there was no one around, as if it were an abandoned village. Given this situation, I can only think of one thing:
Pirates.
Or it was a surprise party for us.
I just hope it's the latter.
As we were about to reach the entrance to the island, my instincts kicked in. Something was going to happen, or we'd find something bad here.
We stared at the harbor for a few moments, not knowing what to do.
Dante: "This gives me a bad feeling," I looked at Ruminoff, "How long will it take for the log cabin to be ready for us to leave?"
Ruminoff: "I have no idea." At that moment, he jumped out of the boat and headed back to the harbor. "Stay with Trini and look after her. I'll keep an eye on the place."
I didn't like that idea, but there was nothing I could do; he was already exploring the harbor.
The place wasn't that big, so I quickly reached the town.
Dante: "All this gives me a bad feeling," I say to the air. Trinity looks from her father to me.
Trinity: "Why are you saying that now?" she replies, then looks forward again.
I see Ruminoff peek out from behind a bar, open his eyes, and shout.
Ruminoff: "Run away-!" He didn't manage to finish shouting as a large rock hit his head.
At that moment, several pirates who were hiding in the town came out.
Dante: "Fly!" I said to Hunter to get him off my shoulder.
With a jump and with all my strength and weight, I landed on the boat, flipping it over.
As we fell, I grabbed Trinity by the hug so she wouldn't stick her head or body out of the water.
We had to get out of here, and we couldn't go through the port. The place was full of pirates. I didn't know how many of them there were, so running away and hiding was the best option.
Once in the water, she stares at me, and I signal for us to head to a secluded spot on the island.
I swim as fast as I can to the shore, while Trinity is right behind me.
Once out, I scan the area to see if it's safe.
Luckily, there's no one around.
At that moment, Trinity runs off in the direction where the town should be.
I run after her and catch her, knocking her to the ground.
Trinity: "What do you think you're doing, you piece of shit," she said to me in a furious tone.
What a clean mouth.
Dante: "Keeping yourself safe from getting killed." Before she could reply, I said, "Think before you act. Don't show up there and try to rescue him. You won't succeed, and you both might end up dead or worse."
She remained silent.
We started hearing noises. They must have come to find us and capture us.
We hid in some bushes. I saw two men appear near where we were.
I signaled Trinity to be quiet and not move.
As soon as one of the men was a certain distance from us, I punched him in the jaw with a single movement, knocking him out.
As soon as he fell, I used the Soru to get close to the other man as quickly as possible. He couldn't react in time, and with a little more force and speed, I punched him in the stomach, causing him to crash into a tree and fall unconscious.
I looked around and saw something peeking out.
I used Soru again to try to knock him out, and as I was about to get there, he said:
"Wait, I'm not a pirate, I'm a survivor who lives on the island."
I managed to stop myself before hitting him.
I stared at him.
He was a young man about my age, about 5'9", with short black hair and brown eyes.
I looked around to see if anyone was there, and sure enough, it was just the three of us.
Trinity came out of the bush where we were hiding.
???: "You're planning to defeat those pirates, right? Let me help you. I want to avenge my family and the people who lived in this town."
I stared to see if he was a pirate hiding or something, but my instincts told me he wasn't. I decided to calm down since I didn't see or feel any danger.
Dante: "I've been planning to do that from the beginning." I looked at Trinity. "But for that, we need a plan and everyone's help."
I looked back at the young man.
Trinty: "What's your name?"
???: "Arthur."
Dante: "Well, my name is Dante."
Trinity: "And I'm Trinity."
I pulled the two of them to my side, like a circle. To emphasize that I would be the leader of this adventure.
Just like everything must be perfectly balanced.
Dante: "Before I can make a plan, I'll need both of your help and some important things to do."