"Captain."
Qiao Rui and Cecilia were both waiting at the ship's side to welcome them.
Seeing Bai Xiaowen and Li Shuyi arrive, the two women also felt calmer, as though they had found someone to rely on.
"Thanks for your hard work." Bai Xiaowen nodded slightly.
Escaping the Snakefolk's ambush had been anything but easy. So many human fleets had been destroyed, and only the Freedom Legion led by Qiao Rui, along with a small number of other Ghost Ships, had escaped. Qiao Rui's Mental Scan and the Ghost Ships' concealment had certainly played a part, but the effort Qiao Rui had expended maneuvering around the Snakefolk had undoubtedly been immense as well.
Qiao Rui smiled. "Let's not talk about the rest just yet. Let me introduce them first..."
Beside Qiao Rui and Cecilia stood three other human Leader Tier experts who looked somewhat unfamiliar.
The tall, lanky man on the left was Kitrich, an agile Leader Tier expert known for his speed. The short, stocky man on the right was Batma, a Leader Tier expert with a physical specialty. As for the pale-faced man standing in the middle, with sunken eyes that made him look malnourished, his name was Paulson. He was a Leader Tier expert with a mental specialty.
Kitrich, Batma, and Paulson had originally each commanded a Dwarven ironclad warship. However, their vessels had been sunk by the Snakefolk Ghost Ships during the battle, leaving them in grave danger.
As luck would have it, before Qiao Rui's Ghost Dreadnought submerged, it passed by the wreckage of those three ironclads and rescued the three captains along with some elite sailors. It had merely been a convenient act. As for the other ships, Qiao Rui had been powerless to help.
Bai Xiaowen nodded slightly at the three men.
"Prophet..."