Bonus Chapter [6] - 960 Power Stones.
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The sea wasn't the only thing that fell silent, the crew was stunned in their shock as the sapphires fell back onto the deck, as if they had never done anything.
Rigel swallowed hard, turning to Calypso, he asked. "That... I thought the jewels were for letting us pass."
Calypso shrugged, smiling gently, running her hand across Rigel's face, she spoke. "Triton wanted to protect his island, he was going down a path he thought there was no return from, he was right, he made the sapphires a focal point of this seal, without them, there was only one way in, to enter through the eye of one of the tornadoes, that would be difficult for any human ship."
"What we did was borrow Triton's own power to break the seal. As for the words, that guy used them for everything, saying 'For Poseidon' here and there. It wasn't hard to figure out how to open the seal." Calypso shrugged.
Rigel nodded, still slightly dazed, shaking his head, he wanted to know what he would find on the island.
Picking up the items that had fallen to the ground, Jormungandr quickly got the ship running again, sails fully unfurled, and with the power of the pirate hat, Rigel grabbed Triton's sword and pointed it forward, heading towards the island as fast as possible.
Curious about what he would find there.
The black dot grew larger and larger in his vision, then other colors appeared, mainly green, the ship finally began to seem smaller than the island, and soon giant trees filled Rigel's view.
"Atlantis is an island created by that guy. It spends 140 years above sea level and 140 years submerged. The big animals became small, and the small ones became big. When the island submerges, those animals become amphibians." Calypso explained, her face showing a cold indifference. "I never understood why that guy created that place. I think he was just bored."
Rigel rolled his eyes, he saw that the mermaids had also reached the shore. They slowly emerged from the sea, a group of naked women crawled along, smiling, struggling to stand. It was quite a sight, especially for these pirates.
Rigel ignored them, taking a boat to land on the island.
Calypso followed him easily, Tamara had already left the sea. She was the only mermaid standing there, walking excitedly. In the other boats, the pirates fought to board, they wanted to reach the mermaids.
"You stay. Calypso and I are enough." Rigel said.
The group of pirates stared at Rigel in shock, but Rigel rolled his eyes and ignored them.
"Captain! And what about us?!" Elizabeth smiled at Rigel, referring to herself, Anamaria, and Anna, acting sweetly, she knew that always worked.
"Not yet, you wait on the boat." Rigel didn't know what was on the island, he didn't want to waste time taking care of them.
"But..." Elizabeth pouted, still unwilling to give up.
"Jormun." Rigel said simply.
The ropes came undone and pulled Elizabeth away, the woman let out a cry of surprise and protest, but Rigel ignored her.
Will hid his relieved smile when he saw this, he didn't want Elizabeth to see him smiling at that moment.
Jormun helped the boat land smoothly while Calypso laughed and Rigel ignored the event.
They didn't need oars, the boat sailed as if pulled by the water, clearly the work of Calypso, although Rigel could do the same with his sword.
When he finally landed on land, the Adventure Book opened again.
Rigel wasn't in a hurry this time, so he looked around, curious to see what he had received.
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[Congratulations to the writer for discovering the lost island of Atlantis and receiving the reward: "Triton's Crown"]
[Triton's crown]
[Rank: None (Upgradable)]
[Type: Bound Item - (Returns to the Writer after a certain distance and can only be used by the Writer.)]
[Effect: Can concentrate the power of the 3 Triton Sapphires, their effects are focused on the crown.]
[The crown was placed in your bag.]
//-//
Rigel stared at the item's description, confused. Had he just received a crown whose sole purpose was to hold the Triton Sapphires to strengthen his powers?
Not that it was bad, but... it was like he had a telephone, a camera, and a calculator, and someone suddenly gave him a cell phone.
It wasn't useless, in fact it was quite convenient, it just left him stunned for a moment, feeling like he didn't know he needed something until someone gave it to him.
Anyway, he shrugged, he asked the million-dollar question to the Adventure Book.
"If I put the sapphires in this, will I need a magic passport to take it back, or three?" Rigel asked, confused.
[None, the sapphire(s) become(s) an integral part of the crown after being attached, however, they cannot be removed after being attached.]
Rigel blinked thoughtfully, so this thing was more useful than it seemed. He'd needed three magic passports to take the three of them before, but now he didn't need any!
Even so, he still hadn't removed the crown, prepared to use it as a symbol of having received Triton's lineage.
Rigel took a deep breath, looking at the island with curiosity, finally turning to Calypso, who seemed to be deep in thought as she gazed at the island.
"What was it?" He asked, curious.
"My power has diminished here, that guy's power still covers this land." Calypso shrugged.
Rigel nodded, not caring much, he looked towards the center of the island, directly at the smoking volcano.
"That's the 'mountain of gold'." He asked jokingly.
Calypso laughed. "That was his forge, he loved creating things, including this city. The gold was just decoration, but without it, it seems the 'furnace' got out of control. Now the gold flows like blood down the mountain of fire."
Rigel glanced at the bright golden light visible even from afar and shrugged.
"Come on, let's go find the city." Rigel said.
Calypso looked at him and started walking ahead, she knew where it was.
Rigel simply followed her, without caring much.
The mermaids stayed behind, they couldn't walk. Only Tamara followed them, excited to find the city.
Rigel couldn't stand the woman's nudity and made her wear the dress he had taken from Elizabeth.
[A/N: So, two announcements:
First: As expected, Harem + Calypso won with 71% of the votes. I'm changing the book's tag to include "Harem" from here on out. I apologize to readers who don't like this, but I must inform you that there will be a maximum of 1 Female Lead per world, some may not even have one, so don't ask me to go around picking up every woman who appears.
Second: Starting next week, the chapters will be synchronized with my other stories. There will be no more bonus chapters. Chapters will be released Monday through Friday, 5 chapters per week. Even so, I appreciate all your help so far.]