Chapter 206: This Is Just Bullying an Honest Man
Leon was still worried about whether Gus would be able to move properly after getting ashore like this. Fortunately, Willy spoke up at that moment.
“We’re almost there.”
Hearing Willy’s words, Leon looked toward the bow of the boat and spotted a streak of dazzling crimson on the distant horizon, like a mass of fire burning atop the water.
As the fishing boat sped forward, Leon gradually made out the fiery shape—it was a volcano, and not a dormant one, but one spewing molten lava.
Beneath the volcano lay a stretch of dead trees and a jumble of massive boulders. It was an island, but no matter how you looked at it, it didn’t seem safe.
“Is this the island we’re landing on?”
“No. But seeing it means we’re close to our destination.” Willy shook his head. “That’s a death island, also called Lava Island. Anyone who sails the Gem Sea knows there’s no reason to go near it. Old Hans isn’t stupid—hardly anyone who’s gone ashore there has come back alive.”
“I dared to bring you out here because I know where Lava Island is. On Old Hans’s map, the treasure point is marked near it. Without a landmark like that, I wouldn’t be able to pinpoint the spot from just an ordinary nautical chart.”
“I don’t see any other islands nearby,” Gus said from where he was leaning over the rail, scanning the surroundings. Indeed, aside from Lava Island, there was nothing else in sight.