There were visitors even in a situation like this? Yu Lian paused in surprise, then realized they were probably the "fishing boats" from Great Freedom City.
Half a month ago, the administrators of Great Freedom City had noticed the gathering of the Tiyangkai nearby and sent word to their subordinates. The result that followed was, of course, obvious.
Captain Nemo looked eager to get started. Even his breathing had grown heavier. If his eyes had been bloodshot too, he could have passed for a furious bull with its blood up.
Come to think of it, this was no different from the way an ancient noble warrior, after getting his hands on a fine sword, would find some unlucky commoner passing by to test it on.
Sure enough, deep down, this man was the sort who loved nothing more than stirring up trouble. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been recommended as Yu Lian's captain.
Of course, by the time Yu Lian had returned to the commander's chair, which was decorated to resemble a throne, Captain Nemo had finished his report.
After Yu Lian and Feifei had left the Pilgrim with the dragon, they had activated the Eye of the Firmament again and sent it back in stealth mode to set up surveillance around the gravity well entrance from which they had arrived.
This advanced, automated drone might not have been able to get past the Imperial fleet's full blockade, and might have alerted the ancient skywhale or the ghost dreadnought, but it should have been able to evade the pirates' detection.
And that was exactly what had happened.
Two hours earlier, just as Yu Lian and Feifei had entered the ghost dreadnought by space jump, the distant gravity well entrance had rippled with a distinct gravitational disturbance. Three heavy ships had then