Ethan followed Logan, taking a detailed tour of the small log cabin.
"I did not expect you to be so skilled."
The main structure of the cabin being built by Logan himself was not much, but the key was the furniture inside, which Logan also made himself. This included tables, chairs, beds, and cabinets, all handcrafted by Logan.
Even more impressive was that Logan used very few materials from the Prinz Eugen's reserves. The raw materials for this furniture all came from the island. The furniture retained as much of its original flavor as possible. For instance, looking at the sofa, if Ethan's observational skills were not extraordinary, he might even suspect Logan had used some strange natural magic to make a tree grow into the shape of a sofa.
Thinking of Druid magic, Ethan recalled another matter.
"Your natural magic has been improving rapidly lately. Have you had some special insights?"
Logan could not quite explain what was going on with this.
Hill thought something happened during this trip that caused Logan's natural power to increase so quickly, but in reality, the rapid increase in his natural power began after they returned from that world.
"Could it be the unicorn meat?"
"Probably not. I think it is because of this island."
Regardless, his natural power had been increasing rapidly for a while now. Even without figuring out the exact reason, Logan had some guesses.
He had considered the unicorn meat, but quickly dismissed that speculation. They had brought back a lot of unicorn meat and let everyone on the ship try it. Almost everyone had eaten unicorn meat, and he had not seen anyone else, besides himself, suddenly experience a rapid increase in their understanding of natural forces.
Even if others did not cultivate the Druid path and were not skilled in natural power, Laura was more likely than Logan to become a true Druid. After eating the unicorn meat, her natural power also did not show a phenomenon of rapid increase. Her overall strength had been improving, but the rate of increase for her natural power was normal.
After much thought, he could only guess that it was this island that put him in a better mood. Coupled with the fact that he had started to engage with nature more during this time, attempting to use his Druid magic to bring the island into a state of balance, Ethan had already considered balance when he created this small world, unintentionally aligning this small space with Druidic principles, which benefited Logan, who happened to have a suitable mindset and had been staying on the island for a long time.
Laura did not gain any benefits in this island world because she was a lively young person and could not settle down to do some elderly things on the island.
"So you were unintentionally doing the right things with the right attitude, and that is why your natural power increased so quickly?"
Logan thought about it and agreed that must be it. There was really no other possibility he could think of.
"Alright, congratulations anyway."
"Thank you."
"You are welcome... Speaking of which, can you cast Druid spells now?"
Ethan was not referring to simple introductory cantrips. He was asking about some offensive or disruptive spells.
"I can already use some simple offensive, disruptive, and even healing spells."
In addition, Logan had also mastered some transformation abilities, especially the bear form, which he was best at. However, he did not mention this because he was not planning to use such spells. It felt strange to him.
Ethan casually asked about Logan's situation again, and also learned about the current state of the island from Logan.
Overall, the island was now infinitely close to the island they had landed on before. Apart from the fact that plants would not automatically recover to their peak appearance quickly after being cut down or damaged, there was not much difference.
Considering Ethan had also made some specific adjustments to the island, with snow on the mountains and hot springs, it could be said that this island was an even more perfect place for vacation and relaxation.
Recently, the people on the ship had started coming here frequently to relax. Although life on the ship was good, the Prinz Eugen was a very advanced ship, and the living environment was comfortable, living there for a long time could become monotonous, and they occasionally wanted a change of scenery.
The island world perfectly met everyone's needs, except that apart from Logan, they had not built their own houses on this island yet.
"The construction work on the island is complete. I think it will not be long before everyone builds their own houses in their favorite spots."
"I will build one too then."
"Are you planning to build a mage tower on this island?"
Mages seemed to always build their own mage towers. Because Ethan was in a special environment, constantly building better ships, he never had the opportunity to build his own mage tower.
Now that he had such a place, it seemed very suitable for building a mage tower?
But Ethan had no such intention.
"No, the original purpose of a mage tower was to do more things with less occupied area, which is why they were built in a tower shape. I do not lack enough space, so there is no need to specifically build a mage tower."
Mages might need space to store data and various materials, conduct various magic experiments, sometimes raise magical beasts, or grow medicinal herbs. There were too many things to do, and these things could not be mixed in one area, and each task required considerable space.
If ordinary house designs were used, the occupied area would be astonishingly large. Even mages, known for their wealth, were unwilling to spend large sums of money on buying land.
Tower-shaped architectural structures, combined with spatial expansion spells, perfectly solved this problem. With just a certain base area, they could arrange all the necessary facilities using the convenience of multiple floors.
At the same time, because the various facilities in a mage tower were too important to a mage, mages also needed to consider defense. Too vast an occupied area would be a big problem for defense. Relatively speaking, a tower-shaped structure with a smaller occupied area was conducive to defense. Therefore, mages began to favor building a tall tower to meet their various needs, and it gradually developed into the familiar mage tower everyone knows today.
If there was enough space and no need to worry about safety and defense issues, then they could build whatever they wanted.
Ethan wanted to build a large castle, just west of the high mountain, Logan's cabin was southeast of the high mountain. That area, besides the peak, was the highest point on the entire island. It also had a forest and a very open, flat grassland. Ethan wanted to build the castle on that plain.
However, building a castle was too much trouble. For now, he was just thinking about it. Even if he were to build it, it would not be something he would do in the short term.
After leaving the island world, Ethan went straight back to his room to rest, while Logan stayed there, continuing to tinker with his vegetable garden.
The following days were very calm, almost to the point of being boring. Besides Sherry officially using the enhancement potion, nothing else particularly special happened.
Unlike Laura, Sherry used the standard enhancement potion. Her appearance did not change much, only her skin became more delicate and smooth, and her facial features were slightly optimized, similar to micro-adjustments. She was still the Sherry everyone was familiar with.
So Sherry's enhancement did not receive much attention from anyone else. Only Ethan briefly checked Sherry's mental strength after the enhancement to see if she could start learning true magic.
Since Sherry began learning the application of mental power from Ethan, and subsequently the control of magic power, she had been steadily improving over the years.
Sherry's talent in magic could only be described as ordinary, or rather, she had no talent at all. Under normal circumstances, even if she practiced her whole life, she would only barely reach the introductory level. In a magical world, she would not even be able to become a formal mage, at most spending her life as an apprentice.
However, with the input of various resources, the situation would be different.
Becoming a legend or a great mage was out of the question, but being able to cast some basic or ordinary low-to-mid-level magic, like a regular mage, was not a difficult task.
Coupled with her constantly improving physical fitness, Sherry's combat power might not be much on the Prinz Eugen, but in most worlds, she would not have to worry about her own safety, and in some worlds, she would even be an existence not to be provoked.
As for the specific types of magic to learn, Ethan did not use spells like Little Fireball or Little Water Ball as Sherry's first officially mastered offensive magic, because offensive magic often had considerable requirements for magic power. If the total magic power could not be increased, the power would always be limited.
With various tools and weapons available on the ship, Sherry did not need to worry about her output. The correct choice was to learn various supportive spells, or spells with various side effects.
For example, attributes like lightning and frost could effectively disrupt opponents during combat. These were very suitable for the current Sherry.
For some reason, the first piece of exclusive equipment Ethan made specifically for Sherry was a retractable short staff with lightning attributes.
Unfortunately, Sherry herself did not like this weapon and strongly requested Ethan to exchange it for another one.
"Why give me a stun gun? Is it for self-defense against wolves?"
As she spoke, Sherry swung it a couple of times, and unexpectedly found it quite handy.
Ethan did not say things like, "You are a big girl now, if some clueless guy comes near you, just electrocute him until he cannot take care of himself." He simply said that the first magical equipment he ever obtained was a short staff with lightning attributes just like this one.
"Is that so?"
Sherry looked at the short staff in her hand and suddenly did not dislike it so much. She found that it was quite good to use, especially when her mental power was released, the entire staff crackled with blue electricity, which looked very cool.
Ethan saw Sherry's expression and thought she was willing to accept the equipment. However, Sherry still strongly requested an exchange, for a reason that left Ethan speechless.
"This thing is not cool at all to use."
(To be continued.)