After being knocked unconscious that time, when Allen went to deliver food again, the girl's attitude towards him seemed to be different from before. Although her face was still blank and there was no expression, she would say thank you to him every time.
Allen once tried to communicate with her, but every time he asked, the girl's response was either nodding or shaking her head, which made him have no intention to continue talking.
There was only one exception. After he put down the food that day, the girl suddenly stared at him and asked, "Will you be my friend?"
Allen was shocked. He thought the other party could only say "thank you".
"Of course I do," he replied sweating profusely.
"Thank you!" Those two words again.
As the days passed, everyone seemed to have become accustomed to their status as slaves, and Allen no longer thought about how to escape every moment.
On No. 17, before dawn, a large number of slaves were woken up from their sleep. The pirates ordered them to work on the dock fiercely. Even young slaves like Allen, Tom, and Paine were driven away.
The dock area is a natural haven, and Loach Pirate Crew has built various facilities here.
When Allen arrived here, he found that there were already many slaves carrying various materials onto the ship.
Although several of the children, including Allen, were still minors, the pirates did not give them special care because of their age. They were also ordered to work and carry some scattered supplies onto the ship.
After a few hours of tossing, the sun rose and they saw the entire dock area, including a dozen boats gathered here. After being kidnapped on the island for so long, this was the first time they had seen pirates displaying such a large array.
Hundreds of pirates gathered on the dock. They looked very excited and scrambled to climb onto their ships. A large number of slaves who served as oarsmen were also rushed onto the ship. After they entered their respective positions, they would be chained firmly to the ship to prevent them from escaping.
However, not all oarsmen were slaves, and many were newly joined pirates.
The pirates raised the Skull Flag, started the ship, and quickly left the dock.
"Go back to where you were before and continue your work! Don't even think about wandering around the beach and being lazy!"
The overseers immediately came with whips to disperse the slaves and ordered them to go back to their original work.
Allen and others reluctantly looked at the seaside scenery for a few times, then turned and walked back to the original camp.
Along the way, he and Tom and Paine from the same village whispered about what the pirates were up to.
"Let me tell you, I heard a drunk pirate talking nonsense before, vaguely saying that he wanted to fight with Arda Navy..."
Paine told his two companions with a mysterious look on his face.
Allen asked, "Arda? Isn't that the county to the north of us?"
"Yes, yes! It's the Arda that was recently called the pirate forbidden area!"
Tom on the side said, "I heard from the adults that Lord Arda has surrounded and suppressed a large number of pirates in the past six months."
"Since the disappearance of the great pirate Edward, Northwest Bay's two most powerful Pirate Crews - sharks Pirate Crew and Quirk Pirate Crew, all fell to Arda."
"It is said that the lord there is not much older than us."
"So, the pirates on this island are going to provoke Arda? They are so brave."
"Lord of Light, we Father in Heaven, please bless Alarda People so that they can destroy this gang of pirates who do all kinds of evil and rescue us by the way."
How amazing. Listening to the words of the two companions, Allen sighed in his heart. The people living in Arda must be very happy. After all, there is a powerful lord protecting them, so they don't have to worry about the invasion of pirates.
"Hey! What are you mumbling about?"
The pirate who was guarding them shouted at them, which made the three of them tremble and shut up quickly.
Not long after Allen they left, a small boat sailed into the harbor and docked at the pier.
The pirate standing guard recognized that it was his own ship, but it seemed that the sailors on the ship had been gifted to a certain big shot some time ago. He immediately called his immediate superior.
Soon, a man who wrapped himself tightly in a black cloak stepped out of the boat.
When the little leader who was called looked at the face under his hood, he immediately put on a respectful look. He carefully bowed to the other party and greeted softly, "Master Barnett, you are here."
A slightly hoarse voice came from the hood. "Well, take me to see your leader."
The pirate leader said with a slight embarrassment, "It's unfortunate that you came here. Our leader led the fleet out early in the morning. But if you are anxious to see him, I will send a clipper to chase him back. Uh... if we can find him."
Barnett waved his hand and said, "No, I'm here to deliver things to you, not just to see him."
Then he reported the name of another person. At that time, Gaden made an appointment with him. If he was not on the island, he would be responsible for contacting him.
"Ah! This one is still on the island. I will take you to see him right now."
The person responsible for receiving Barnett on behalf of Gaden was an old pirate with gray hair and a wooden leg prosthesis. He looked like a think tank at first glance. Barnett gave the old pirate the medicine he had brought.
The old pirate was extremely grateful. As a trusted confidant of the leader Gaden, he knew that the development and growth of his family Pirate Crew to what it is today had a lot to do with the mysterious figure in front of him.
The wizard talked to him calmly for a few words and then hinted that he was a little tired after a bumpy trip on the sea. The sophisticated old pirate could see that the other party did not want to talk in depth, so he asked Barnett to have a good rest before leaving, and then resigned.
Before leaving, he told the pirate leader who brought Barnett to take good care of the master.
The pirate leader rolled his eyes. This was a good opportunity to express himself. This mysterious figure named Barnett was a person that even the leader was polite to. He had personally seen Gaden's appearance in front of this person. He was completely different from his usual self.
"How to please this gentleman?" The pirate leader racked his brains and kept thinking.
"Ha! Got it!" He slapped his palm and came up with a "wonderful" idea.
In an elegant room, Barnett was relaxing with his eyes closed, when suddenly there was a knock on the door.
"Who?"
"Master Barnett, it's small."
He remembered that the voice belonged to the little leader who had brought him here just now.
"Come in."
The door opened, and the little boss bowed and walked in with a flattering look on his face.
"What's the matter?"
"Hey, Master. You've had a hard time on the bumpy journey. I'd like to give you two gifts to relieve your fatigue."
The little leader shouted out the door, "Everyone, come in."
Then two women came in, one tall and one short.
The tall woman is only of average height, but has a good figure and a nervous look on her face.
The short woman, no, it should be said to be a girl, is very cute, but she has no expression, and her eyes are looking forward blankly.
Barnett Suddenly understood what this pirate wanted to do.
"Those bastard pirates! Who do they think I am?"
He couldn't help but burst into anger, and he was about to explode on the spot, and suddenly stretched out his arm.
Just when the little boss was about to be in trouble, Barnett suddenly stopped.
The wizard's eyes rested on the girl. There was something about the girl that attracted him, something that was the same as him and his companions.
The arm that was about to deliver a fatal blow stretched out a finger and pointed at the girl.
"She stays, you take the other one away."
The little boss, who still didn't know that he was walking around the gate of hell, smiled obscenely, "Hey, Master's taste is really unique."
Barnett glared at him. "Get out of here!"
"Yes, yes! I'll get out now, you can enjoy it slowly."
The little boss thought that Barnett was impatient, so he immediately closed the door and led the tall woman away quickly.
"Bah! What kind of master, he doesn't have the same virtues as ordinary people like us." He secretly spat in his heart.