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Chapter 378
🕑 Added 2025-02-14 02:00:03 +0000 UTC“Why did you tell them it will take you a month to craft the huge mana power bank?” Frederick asked while they were eating lunch.
“I don’t want them to know that I can make items anytime they want. I don’t want to be treated as some one-man factory since I imagine that once we arrive in New Drennor, the organization that those Supreme Wizards belonged to be huge and that their place would probably need a good amount of huge power banks to fill their places with tamed mana. I know that those locations were probably located in a rich mana environment already, but our mana power bank had a huge advantage since one can select a special place where they can have a concentration of tamed mana for practicing magic. If they find out that I can churn several items in a day, they might try to persuade me to create several at once, leaving me no time for myself,” Anton answered the mage.
“Not only that, scarcity will allow us to control the price we can set for those items bringing wealth to the family,” Nemina added.
After lunch, Anton and the mages return to practicing their magic while Anders and the others return to doing the family business. Antonia and Lucia were very busy with the Cosplay Event since it was a good distraction for the rich passengers of the ship. Everyone could feel the excitement in the air regarding the event, and some were already wearing their costumes while roaming around the ship.
Antonia even told them a funny story about a few noble ladies who admitted that the costumes that they were wearing were not the ones that they would wear during the event. That meant that some of the truly rich passengers prepared several costumes.
During the last week before they arrived in the islands of Norbuna, Anton concentrated on leveling up his Assassin character, even declining Torun’s invitation to hang out with them in the tavern. He just replied to them that he was on the verge of a breakthrough, so he couldn’t leave his room.
Anton did join his family during lunch and dinner so he could avoid being called a complete recluse. When the announcement arrived that the Amelia would arrive in Norbuna in a few hours, they were eating breakfast. Anton quickly reviewed his gains from the last week. His Assassin leveled up to level eighty-five. The only thing he needed to do for the Assassin was to reach the maximum level and hunt for the “Best in Slots” Assassin’s gear.
He also spent at least an hour a day practicing the skills of the Assassin since Anton wanted to make sure that not only he had the skills but was also well-versed in using them, especially the Shadow Discipline skills.
After breakfast, everyone got busy in preparation for the disembark to Norbuna. The excitement in the air was palpable. The only disappointing part was there were very few items, enchanted or otherwise, that their family could sell.
Anton did tell his father that once everything was sold, they would have to purchase a lot of aesthetically pleasing items and other raw materials that he could use to create enchanted items since he wanted to have a lot of enchanted items that they would be able to sell when they reached the next stop or even when they reached New Drennor.
Anna urged Anton to provide them with a generous amount of mana water for bathing so they could bathe in mana water before disembarking from the ship to Norbuna.
Anders and Nemina were excited as well since the stop to Norbuna would inject a lot of funds into the family since even though a few items were left, most of the items were valuable. Nemina would have preferred to have a few more of the enchanted items, but Anton didn’t manage to create new ones because of the lack of materials. That was one of the reasons why he asked his father to try to purchase a lot of them when they reached the islands.
While everyone was preparing, an announcement from the captain came out from the hidden speakers that surrounded the Amelia.
“We will be arriving in the Islands of Norbuna in a couple of hours. Please make sure to behave well while we disembark. We will be staying on the islands for a total of five days. For more questions about the Islands, I’m sure that the islanders prepared several people to be the guides. You can also ask the ship’s staff if you have questions.”
After that announcement, the feverish excitement that exuded from everyone more than doubled, and even Anton was affected, but since he had nothing to do, he decided to check the pier by going to the deck that faced the islands.
There were a lot of people roaming around, but Anton noticed that the sailors were also scattered all over the place to make sure that everyone was being looked after. There were also several mages that were patrolling around.
He was glad that Anders still decided that everyone should stick together while they were guarded by the wolves. Anton had to dismiss the Dire Bear and the Clay Golem since they were simply too big to move around.
When Anton arrived at the deck overlooking the pier, there were a lot of people who went there to observe as well. When they reached the pier, several staff from the Amelia disembarked first and set up a station where the passengers could register first. Everything looked organized, but Anton was glad that since his family was considered one of the elite passengers, a dedicated staff came to their room to register their information, and then they would disembark using a special gate, which would result in them reaching the islands first.
While looking at the pier, Anton was so tempted to just fly to the islands, but he didn’t want to add to the chaos, so he simply returned to their rooms to join his family in disembarking the ship.
Soon, they joined the other passengers in lining up to get off the ship, but since they were surrounded by ten wolves, the other passengers kept their distance from them. There was no fear in the faces of the other passengers, though, since they had gotten used to the wolves surrounding their family whenever they were around and about the ship.
According to Harun, who was following them, the Islanders had several hotels nearby that passengers could rent while they were staying in Norbuna, which made Anton glad since he wanted to rest on land, at least for a few days.
Their exit from the ship went smoothly, and Harun declined the offer of a guide for Anton’s family since he would undertake that job. According to Harun, he had become familiar with the Islands since he had been part of the Amelia for several years and had been visiting the islands ever since he started working for the ship.
At first, Anton thought that Norbuna was some sort of tropical place, but unfortunately, the islands looked cold and gray, much like the islands in Europe that he had seen in movies. He actually thought that they would be greeted by the islanders wearing some sort of national costumes that resembled those the Hawaiians wore back on Earth, but instead, the few citizens that he had seen resembled those people from the Victorian Era based still on the movies and shows that he had seen.
So, instead of arriving in Hawaii as he thought, they arrived in some sort of parody of England, which hugely disappointed Anton.
