Chapter 369 - 368. Gaze Island
Two days later...
The White Pearl glided gently through the skies, its sails catching the wind as it approached a mysterious floating island. From above, the island looked like an uneven oval, its curves resembling a sleeping beast. But it was the massive hollow in the center that caught everyone’s attention—perfectly round, deep, and dark.
From a distance, the entire formation resembled an enormous eye.
And when one aligned their gaze just right—looking at the sun or moon through that central hollow—it truly felt as if a giant, unseen eye was staring back.
Because of this strange optical illusion, the island had long been called Gaze Island.
The White Pearl was immediately intercepted by a scanning beam the moment it approached the vicinity of the floating island. The beam enveloped the ship in shimmering light and lifted it effortlessly toward a designated docking platform hovering near the island’s edge. This was the work of the Island Master, who used advanced formations and mana arrays to operate the docking process.
Of course, such service wasn’t free.
"Another Ten Thousand Lydia gone," Darla muttered, pouting as she watched the payment transfer automatically through the ship’s embedded formation. "This island better be worth it."
But despite their usual excitement over exploring new places, shopping, and sightseeing, the girls didn’t rush off the ship as they normally would. Today, they waited.
They were waiting for their captain.
A tense silence settled over the ship, only broken by the occasional breeze and the sound of distant waves below.