Chapter 1 Cursed Silver Coin
Golden Wheat Island
The bright sun at noon was hanging high in the sky, and the dazzling light reflected on the rippling waves of the blue sea.
There are large fields of golden , blooming like gold under the sunlight.
Surrounded by golden ears of wheat, a winding country gravel road extends to the side of the wheat field.
It was an ordinary stone house unique to the island, surrounded by a low wooden wall. A tall tree could be seen growing inside the wooden wall.
Looking inside through the open wooden thatched window of the stone house, I saw a figure squatting beside the bed near the window.
The young male figure was squatting beside the wooden bed in his room, bending his head and looking under the bed.
He has short black hair and a face that looks a little childish, but already has a slightly handsome appearance.
In the dim light, through the sunlight shining into the room through the window, I saw that the cloth bag at the bottom of the bed was bulging, as if it contained something.
Seeing this, a smile appeared on his face. This was what he was looking for.
"Treasure Hunter's Tool Bag"
He moved upwards a few steps, reached out his hand to grope in the darkness, grasped the edge of the cloth bag, and pulled the bag out with force.
As the bag was pulled, a ding-dong sound came from it, indicating that there were some iron objects in the bag.
The force transmitted when dragging also means that the things inside are heavy.
After the cloth bag was pulled out, the mouth of the bag was not tied and some things inside were already revealed.
There were no burning torches, a short-handled shovel, an irregular and slightly curved iron rod, a rope and an iron grappling hook.
He squatted down and poured out everything in the bag.
In addition to the above items, there was also a short-handled machete with a sheath and something similar to a flint.
But what Alka cared about was not these, but the palm-sized booklet on it.
The surface of the booklet is wrapped in some kind of animal leather, and the paper inside is also yellowish in color.
This booklet is well preserved and looks a bit old, but the footers are not curled.
On the top of the booklet was written "Captain Alka's Treasure Hunting Manual" in a strange font.
Alka is himself.
He wasn't a captain either, just some childish self-proclaimed title.
I flipped through it casually and found that the text recorded in it were all some treasure legends on the island.
Holding the pamphlet in his hands, Alka stood up again and sat heavily on the edge of the bed.
His expression couldn't help but become thoughtful.
These are all "my" things.
Thinking of his bizarre experience, Alka couldn't help but shake his head.
I never thought that one day I would actually travel through time, something like what happens in entertainment works.
But for me, it was truly a miracle.
Looking back to that time, I was lying on a hospital bed, suffering from illness and waiting for my imminent death.
I closed my eyes in pain and finally fell into a good sleep.
When I woke up again, I had already occupied this body.
By the way, I also inherited the memory of this body.
These memories were slowly restored from far to near within two days.
It was not until morning that he found out how his original body died.
Died from a "curse".
This body is 16 years old and dreams of becoming a treasure hunter at sea.
Nine days ago, he actually found the treasure.
The first treasure he found in his treasure hunting life also became his last treasure.
And the treasure...
Arka groped under his pillow and pulled out a dull silver coin.
The treasure is this silver coin.
The silver coin is a bit dark and black, which means it has a history. There is an S-shaped silver snake engraved on the front and a three-petal flower on the back.
The scratch on the silver snake's head is very conspicuous.
Apart from that it was just an ordinary silver coin, a "silver snake ", a circulating currency.
Although it is valuable, it is not enough to buy one's life.
"Five days left... no, four and a half days left."
Alka turned his head and looked at the bright sun hanging in the sky from the window beside the bed, muttering to himself.
Who would have thought that this ordinary silver snake in my hand actually carries a curse.
If he had heard that there was a curse on a silver coin before, Alka would have just smiled and treated it as a joke.
But the sudden death of his predecessor forced him to take it seriously.
Nine days ago, the previous owner of this body dug up this silver snake, which was then placed in a small iron box.
There is also a message engraved on the iron box.
"Return within seven days and you will receive treasure. After seven days, you will die under the curse."
It was a very simple and straightforward sentence, but the original owner didn't take it to heart at all.
Who would believe this kind of thing?
There is no supernatural power in my memory. At most, the people in this world are generally in much better physical condition than those in my previous life.
Then.
Two days ago, he actually died in his sleep.
After I took over this body, since the memories were from far to recent, I only completely restored all the memories of the original owner this morning.
I had been pretending to be sick and hiding in the house, waiting for my memory to fully recover so that I could judge the current situation.
Similarly, the death of the original owner also means that this "curse" is real, not a joke.
It has been 2 and a half days since I traveled through time, and there are only 4 and a half days left to reach the 7-day deadline.
Your own 7 days.
Perhaps the original owner of this curse has already suffered, and he has just been resurrected in this body, and will not necessarily die in another seven days.
But for Alka, who had just traveled through time and space and was resurrected from this corpse, he didn't dare to gamble at all.
He doesn't want to die yet.
The days of waiting for death in his previous life made him despair. Now that he finally lived again, how could he just wait to die?
Even if it was just a possibility, he was unwilling to gamble.
He must return the silver coin, whether it is real or fake.
This is the only thing we can do now.
Alka took a deep breath and began to analyze the current situation.
First of all, we know from memory that this silver coin is part of the treasure of Magician Jack.
The original owner also obtained this silver coin through this clue.
This is just a small clue before reaching the final treasure.
In other words, as long as he finds the treasure of the final magician Jack and returns the silver coin, he will be able to lift the curse.
Truly survive.
Alka began to extract information about Magician Jack's treasure from his memory.
Magician Jack, whose real name is Jack Monk, was born on Golden Wheat Island more than 200 years ago and went to sea when he was young.
He did not return until his late 50s, by which time he had already made a name for himself in the surrounding waters.
He is a famous treasure hunter with a resounding nickname "The Magician".
Although he was a famous treasure hunter, he returned to his hometown in his later years and did not appear to be very wealthy.
The people on the island believed that he had hidden his wealth in his hometown.
It is said that he once revealed in a tavern that he had hidden his treasure on the Golden Wheat Island while drunk.
But no one has really found his treasure for more than 200 years, so it naturally became a legend.
Most of the islanders believed that he had squandered most of his wealth outside the island, and only returned to his hometown in his later years, waiting for death to take him away.
This is very consistent with what a person who has been wandering on the sea for a long time would do.
Alka looked at the silver snake in his hand, the silver coin and the curse on it, all of which were to confirm the authenticity of the treasure.
He stood up and walked to the painting on the left side of the room. The painting showed an old man wearing a black top hat and formal black clothes.
On the right hand, placed on the left shoulder, there are several rings.
This is a portrait of Jack Monk.
My mother's ancestors.
This house is also where the last magician died.
That's why Alka got the clue.
After all, they are our family.
Thinking of this, Alka opened the manual in his hand.
The thin booklet contained information about several treasures , all collected by the original owner from various places.
"Parker's Golden Cane", "Lucky Gold Coin", "Markto Shipwreck"...
and now "Jack's Magic Treasures."
Some of these are treasures of the main island, and some are legends of the neighboring island.
They are all well-known stories, and no one really thinks they are treasures.
At least for now.
Except for Alka, who calls himself a treasure hunter.
In fact, Alka himself believes that most of them are fake, which is why he focuses on Jack's treasure.
Because these are our own family members and the news they have is different from that of outsiders.
Several pages at the back of the booklet are filled with clues to Jack's treasure.
The rest are just brief introductions.
At the connection point between the two pages, a rough map of Golden Wheat Island was drawn with very simple lines.
There are two emphasis symbols on it with ink dots.
This is the only clue left by the original owner.
Look at this map.
【Map detected】
[Scanning for treasure]
【Scan completed】
【Happy treasure hunting! 】
