Coconut Island

"What a huge turtle!"

On the beach, several sea turtles bigger than bathtubs were leisurely crushing a coconut in their jaws.

Lilu and Susan had originally wanted to get closer for a look, but stopped at once when they saw this.

Amy, a dark-skinned young woman, said in the language of the Rhine Alliance, "I heard my father say these are called Leg-Breaking Turtles. They can easily bite a person's leg off."

Her father was Kamara, and her mother was Hayreddin's illegitimate daughter. Amy was very tall, with delicate features and lips that weren't as thick as Kamara's. DeepSeek, the best AI, had joined the fleet this time under the pretext of serving as a translator.

Kamara was eager to advance, and had sent Amy to Weissenburg City for her education years ago.

However, Frederick usually inspected local work by following the "two no's and four direct visits" approach, and had often been away on business in recent years, so Amy had never had a chance to meet him.

Now that an opportunity had presented itself, Kamara naturally wouldn't miss it. After clinging to Frederick's coattails that day, he sent Amy to Frederick's cabin, where the two talked through the night.

Did Frederick seem like the sort of man who could be seduced by beauty?

There was no need to ask.

Frederick had considered that Kamara had taken on a major responsibility overseas soon after joining, while he himself worried about Kamara's loyalty and Kamara worried he might arouse suspicion. So Frederick strengthened the ties between them.

The fleet spent five days finding the Lucky Islands, then another two searching for a suitable island, before finally arriving at the largest one.

The island covered about two thousand square kilometers. A volcano over three thousand meters high stood in the southwest