Phantom Black Pearl! Robbery!

Adam had not originally planned to make a move. Before, there had simply been too few people—only two in total—but now their numbers had doubled.

But that was only when dealing with an ordinary merchant guild fleet. Gabriel, Hank, and Hans should have been enough to deal with all the guards.

Now that they had run into Midnight Sun, Adam could only save his chance to slack off for next time.

Hearing Adam say that, the other three all breathed a sigh of relief.

Hank was one thing, but Hans had fought Adam head-on before. He even suspected that this first mate was stronger than the captain.

As for Gabriel...

Wasn't it perfectly natural for Adam to be stronger than him?

As long as the two of them joined forces, they could slaughter any enemy with ease!

Right, Gabriel would handle the slaughtering.

"Let's leave the Black Pearl here. The supplies aboard are quite valuable, and these ships are pretty good too. We can keep them for future fleets."

Once the battling merchant fleet and pirates came into view, Adam spoke.

"But... First Mate, how are we supposed to get over there?"

In Hank's mind, even if they did not pull alongside them, they at least needed to bring the ship close enough to reach the other side's deck—there was no helping it. Flame Conversion Magic was exceptionally waterproof, but it could not make him fly.

"Of course, we'll walk over."

Adam opened his Grimoire.

"Walk over?"

Before Hank could react, he saw Adam extend a hand toward the distance.

"Ice Magic: Ice Age!"

Extreme cold spread across the surface of the sea. In the blink of an eye, a thick ice shelf formed over the ocean ahead of the Black Pearl, stretching all the way to the battlefield at