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"Ghost Ship! Blackbeard!"

Major General Jackson's pupils shrank.

He had long been prepared for Fang Yuan's arrival, but when he saw the Ghost Ship quietly moored on the moonlit sea, seeming almost unreal, and Blackbeard accompanying Fang Yuan, he still couldn't help crying out in shock.

Though he had heard many stories about Ghost Ships, in the Major General's eyes they were still nothing more than unreliable legends.

At most, they possessed some supernatural power and could control a few undead, enough to scare ordinary sailors half to death.

Only now, seeing that sailboat that seemed to have come from the underworld and feeling the chill that pierced his very soul, did he realize that those bloody tales were no joke!

What's more, Blackbeard, who had come with Fang Yuan, was the Pirate Governor of the Nightmare Sea. Though he had already lost his power, his reputation still rang like thunder.

No matter how he tried, he couldn't understand how the Purgatory Pirate Group, with its current strength, had managed to recruit this Pirate Governor.

"My daughter!"

Viscount Queya was practically in tears. "I agree to all your terms. Give my precious girl back to me!"

As he spoke, he waved repeatedly, ordering his men to carry out an ancient-looking chest.

"Gips!"

Fang Yuan nodded, and Gips stepped forward. With a creak, he opened the wooden chest, revealing layer upon layer of thick leather.

The instant the chest opened, Fang Yuan seemed to hear the sound of waves in his ears, and knew that what the Viscount had offered was genuine.

At that moment, the man opposite him looked no more than a panicked father.

All right... I overestimated the abilities of Ingsman's ruling aristocrats at this point...

Fang Yuan smiled wryly to himself, then turned his gaze back to