Finding Dodo Island (Fifth Update, Bonus Chapter for Alliance Leader "Battle Hymn of Glory" 1/13)

This bonus chapter was sponsored by Alliance Leader "Battle Hymn of Glory." One chapter for now; the remaining thirteen will be made up later.

There were four islands around Black Horse Island.

Mangrove Island, Beach Island, Rocky Island, and Seagull Island. Mangrove Island was Nami's hometown, where many Green Caterpillars and Green-Headed Ducks were raised; Beach Island was planted with many Fragrant Coconut Trees, and the Fragrant Coconut Tree Bug Grass had also been transplanted there; Seagull Island likewise had a stretch of mangroves, though it had not yet been developed.

Rocky Island, meanwhile, had always been overlooked.

The island was covered in basalt pillars, and it had once been mined. When no volcanic glass was found buried beneath the island, it was completely abandoned.

Standing atop one of the island's basalt pillars, Liszt carefully identified the surrounding directions. Once he located the bearing A Ke had indicated, he mounted Rose, the Seven-Colored Whale, again and swam toward those waters. Diving down to the seafloor, he saw that the island's underside was all rock, with little silt.

Many corals clung to the rocks, forming coral reefs.

All kinds of fish and shrimp lived among the reefs.

Liszt cast Magic Eye and searched the seafloor continuously as Rose swam, hoping that while finding Golden-Lipped Clams, he might also stumble upon some unexpected delight.

Unfortunately.

Though the ocean appeared boundlessly vast, there were not many objects that bore magical light. Even sea monsters were far fewer in number than Magic Beasts on land.

So after swimming for half the day, he had not discovered the faintest glimmer of magic.

By the time he detected a glow from magical feedback, he had entered the Golden-Lipped Clams' habitat, not far from Rocky Island. However, they were already far from the rocky reef zone,