On the empty sea, only a battered pirate ship sailed along.
"Damn scum! How dare they ambush us!" Hak roared unwillingly. Now, his pirate ship had truly become a "Blood Sail."
"Captain, how about we throw away the sword?" one of the crewmen asked boldly.
"Throw it away?" Hak grabbed the crewman by the collar and lifted him into the air like a chick. He roared, "Then tell me, who's going to compensate me for my losses? We had ten pirate ships, and now only this one remains. If I don't sell this sword, how am I supposed to rebuild my fleet?"
"B-but we can't get through, Captain!" the pirate being held up wailed. "Those bastards have blocked all the waters leading to the Neutral Zone!"
"Hmph! How long can they keep it blocked?" Hak's eyes turned gloomy. "At worst, I'll hide on some island. I'll lie low for ten days or half a month. I refuse to believe they can keep blocking the way forever!"
The other crewmen heard this and thought, Huh? That does make sense!
At that thought, everyone grew faintly excited.
"Captain, there's a deserted island ahead!" a pirate shouted.
"I snatched the Supreme Great Sword from so many pirates, escaped from the encirclement of so many pirates, and now I can see a deserted island just when I can't go any farther..." Hak threw his head back and laughed, his heart swelling with pride. "Hahahaha! I really am a man destined to become the Pirate King!"
Crack! Crack!
After a mechanism was triggered, the ground in the forest slowly pulled apart, exposing an underground tomb.
"Haha! The treasure must be down there!" Ace shouted excitedly.
"How did you discover this mechanism?" Deuce asked in astonishment.
In his impression, Ace shouldn't have possessed such intelligence!