For these merchant associations, the additional ransom greatly increased the cost of this shipment. If Carl had not kept her demands for ransom extremely restrained, a single raid might have broken the cash flow of several small merchant associations and directly caused their collapse.
These merchant associations would not feel grateful to Carl for such "kindness." On the contrary, it was precisely because of this practice that Carl had become the pirate gang around Vast Sea City that killed the fewest people yet made the most enemies.
Who told Carl to leave her victims room to catch their breath for the sake of "sustainable development"? The more victims she robbed, the wealthier and more powerful they were, so naturally she made the most enemies.
As for those pirate gangs that had slaughtered countless people and committed every evil imaginable, because they wiped everyone out without leaving a soul behind, no news leaked out. As a result, they were actually less likely to catch the navy's attention.
Thus, the Merchant Alliance joined forces with the navy to formulate a meticulous plan, setting a virtually inescapable trap to wipe out Karl's Gang in one stroke and eliminate all future trouble.
The Merchant Alliance hired a team of Soul Masters to resist Karl's Gang head-on, while the Heaven Dou Navy was responsible for cutting off Karl's Gang's retreat, joining the Merchant Alliance in trapping them like turtles in a jar.
Karl's Gang traveled aboard a lightweight single-masted sailboat. Although this kind of ship was less stable than large cargo ships, it was far faster, capable of both fighting and retreating. It was the ideal vessel for pirate gangs carrying out reconnaissance and harassment missions.
And this ship was also Karl's Gang's flagship.
After all, they were an unconventional pirate gang. Compared with traditional