Treasure Hunting System： The Ocean Conquerer

It wasn’t until the sky was draped with the curtain of starlight that Simon finally returned to the inn.

”Hm? It’s just the three of you? Where are the others?”

As soon as he walked in, Simon only saw Alka and the other two, who seemed to be casually chatting about something. He looked around but didn’t see any sign of the others.

”It’s free time now, of course everyone’s off doing what they like. Gemini Island isn’t exactly small,” Alka replied nonchalantly.

Although everyone was a companion, generally speaking, aside from being at sea or during dangerous operations, they wouldn’t go out of their way to always stick together.

Simon nodded and said nothing more. He came over to the table and sat down, producing a large stack of documents from his hand and placing them directly on top.

Chadite and Lucilia picked up those documents and took a quick look through them.

”Star Summoning Ceremony?” Chadite read the document in his hand, asking with a hint of doubt.

These documents were all about stars and the starry sky. Most of them were spells—their origins and branches, as well as descriptions of some large-scale rituals.

The stars were more related to divination—various divination theories, almost all inseparable from the motif of stars.

”Fallen Star Gemstone.” As Simon spoke, a fist-sized blue-black gemstone appeared in his hand, its shape irregular and angular.

In the dimly lit room, it was easy to see the gemstone’s starlight gleaming faintly with a yellow hue within it.

Just like the twinkling stars in the sky.

Simon then took out some meteorite iron and other materials—gathered from the aftermath of falling meteors—from his Pocket Ring.

”These are all the star-related materials I could collect. See if it’s enough.”

Alka looked at the pile of materials and nodded directly.

”It’s more than enough.”

Chadite leafed through the information in his hand, then turned to Alka and asked, ”So what kind of equipment vessel are you planning to construct to carry this Divine Essence?”

This question actually stumped Alka a bit. It wasn’t that he hadn’t thought about it, but that he couldn’t quite figure out what kind of vessel would best suit the purpose.

He’d originally decided to go through all the information first, then decide based on the available materials.

But now, with so many materials, there was really no need to worry; as long as the equipment wasn’t too extravagant, everything was sufficient.

So now he needed to think carefully about it.

”How about making this?”

Lucilia placed some information in front of everyone as she spoke.

Simon glanced at it and immediately knew what she meant, while Alka and Chadite both examined it carefully.

The documents described a very ancient method of divination—but ancient didn’t mean primitive, for this world’s ancient era featured an incredibly grand civilization of the gods.

Much more prosperous than the civilizations barely scraping by in this shattered world today.

And this particular divination method was passed down from that era.

Pictured on it was card after card—

Every card bore a different emblem and image, but it was clear that they were all linked to the legendary heroic deities of the time.

For they could clearly see the Sea God’s symbol.

”A classic Astrology Card. The making of each card requires star, moon, sun, and other mystical materials and rituals—plus, they’re still cards,”

said Lucilia.

Even Simon and Chadite next to her nodded subconsciously in agreement.

The more you thought about it, the more it did seem perfect for Alka.

It truly was a near-perfect suggestion, especially since Alka was very experienced in crafting cards of all kinds.

She finished and looked up at Alka.

Yet what they saw wasn’t satisfaction or excitement, but Alka frowning and shaking his head.

”No, it can’t be that theme.”

”Why?” Simon couldn’t help but ask in puzzlement.

To him, it seemed absolutely fitting for Alka.

Alka’s fundamental identity was, after all, that of a Magician. Even in everyday life aboard the ship, Alka would practice little tricks and play at flying cards.

Of course, it was more for amusement—during combat, such things had little practical use anymore.

Most of Alka’s fighting methods now didn’t rely on cards as vessels at all.

Mostly he just crafted mirrors into thin cards for maintaining the old habits; even if the mirrors were replaced by blades or other shapes, it wouldn’t really matter.

Facing the puzzled stares of the trio, Alka shook his head and sighed, ”I don’t know, I just can’t seem to put the feeling into words. But making it as a card just doesn’t seem right. Or rather, you don’t need to consider my user experience that much.”

This was an intuition arising in Alka’s heart—and the source of it was very clear. It came from the last line the Flower Fairy left him during their information exchange.

It was because of that line that he developed this premonition.

He himself was actually quite pleased with Lucilia’s proposal, and if he could, he would have loved to go with it.

The other three heard Alka’s words, mulled over them with furrowed brows, and said nothing more.

Every intuition is important.

”So what kind of form do you plan to give it?”

Alka thought for a moment and offered his idea: ”It’s best to make it simple—something common and practical.”

The other three nodded in agreement; something ordinary, not strange or outlandish, was best.

”A ring?”

”A bracelet?”

”A necklace?”

They each started suggesting ideas, one after another.

The main thing was that the core material needed to be the Gemstone from the meteorite, and at a glance, such a Gemstone naturally brought to mind all sorts of jewelry and ornaments.