After negotiations, Raging Shark agreed to serve as the navigator for this voyage and returned to the third floor of the dungeon under A'Mu and Drey's escort.
In the office, Su Xiao studied the map on the desk. To reach Nightmare Island, the nearest route was to travel overland to the west and arrive at "Ghost City," then set sail from its coast and head into the western waters. This sea route belonged to a trade route, and merchant ships from the Alliance, the Northern Empire, and the Saint Lan Kingdom all passed through it.
For Su Xiao, sailing here was perfectly safe. Even if he were unlucky enough to sink, his physique would let him swim back with ease.
The Thieves' Sea farther west was not dangerous to Su Xiao either. Pirates were indeed a group of desperadoes, but the danger these desperadoes could bring was relative. If they encountered Su Xiao, they were the ones in danger—not him.
In Su Xiao's plan, he first needed to borrow a warship from the Alliance. However, it was impossible to sail that ship through the Dark Sea. At most, it could reach Skull Island in the Thieves' Sea.
Skull Island was quite large, which had nearly turned it into an island nation. The Four Kings of the Seas—the four Pirate Kings—were the owners of this pirate island.
That was why the pirate groups under the Pirate Kings could possess heaps of gold coins even if they did not often burn, kill, and plunder. However, only two of the Four Kings of the Seas remained now.
There had originally been four. One of them, Raging Shark, had been imprisoned in the asylum because his subordinate had struck it rich through plunder. Another of the Four Kings of the Seas had been lured