"Huh? Where is everyone?"
When Golden Fang returned to the base with a huge shipment of supplies, he found that the pirates had all cleared out. The normally bustling port had only a handful of people left.
"Lord Golden Fang, you're back! I'll arrange for unloading right away!" A port duty officer came trotting over.
"Say, where did all our people go? Why is it so quiet?"
"Huh? You didn't know, Lord Golden Fang? The commander took everyone out yesterday. I hear it's a big score this time!"
"A big score?" Golden Fang froze, then brightened.
Their backer might have deep pockets, but watching the number of mouths at the base steadily increase had long since begun to worry Golden Fang.
Living off your reserves was a cardinal sin for pirates!
As an aspiring "chairman-to-be" with dreams and ambitions, Golden Fang had repeatedly urged Nie Yun to go looking for fat targets, but Nie Yun couldn't even be bothered to move.
He had even said something about lying low until they could make a score big enough to last three years.
How many "three years" did a person get in a lifetime?
It seemed the boss was getting anxious too. That was a good thing!
"Go on! I bought some good liquor this time. Bring a few bottles over. I'm in a good mood today, so I'll have a few drinks with the boys!"
"Right away!"
"Enemy approaching! Everyone, stay alert!" a minor leader of the Gold Coin Pirate Gang shouted at the top of his lungs.
Even with several other directions drawing some of the fire, the Gold Coin Pirate Gang's base had extensive defenses, and Nie Yun's meteorite arrowhead formation still came under heavy bombardment throughout its approach.
By now, the "missile-defense drones" had almost all been