"Reporting, Colonel Xiluo. The target pirate crew is approaching another pirate crew. The newly appeared pirate crew is extremely powerful, a massive fleet with fifty ships. Please advise."
"Hmm? Damn it, are all the Marines in the North Blue useless? They actually let such a huge pirate force grow unchecked. And what the hell did those people at Headquarters mean by the orders they issued?" Colonel Xiluo cursed under his breath, his sword hanging at his waist, realizing that the situation had become rather troublesome.
Even if the massive fleet on the other side consisted entirely of rookie pirates, there was no way he could defeat them in a short time. After all, before becoming a Master Swordsman, a swordsman like him might possess sharp close-range attacks, but still lacked large-scale offensive methods.
"The most important thing is that we can't let the target pirate crew leak the information. Looks like this is our only option. Open fire at maximum power. We must sink the target pirate crew before the two pirate groups make contact."
"Yes!"
By this point, Roy and the others had more or less figured out what was going on. They had wondered how any pirates could dare charge straight into their gunsights, but it turned out they were treating them as a refuge.
"Still, these Marines are getting a little too full of themselves. They actually dared kill people right in front of us." King was somewhat surprised. Since when had the Marines of the North Blue grown such guts?
"Captain, we've identified them. The pirate crew ahead is the Ironclad Pirates, led by Ironclad Ford, who has a bounty of 24 million Beli," Kayou reported.
"They're just a small-time pirate crew, yet the Marines are biting down so hard. They even wanted to sink