The Communicator rang for a long time before the other side finally answered.
"Your Excellency Ghost, your gang's haul this time has made us all jealous. Congratulations!"
Messiah opened with a beaming smile and congratulations, as though there had never been any friction between them.
Red Dragon was beside her, though his smile was rather awkward.
"Heh! Likewise. I hear your fleet has more than doubled in size. Compared with everyone else's gains, my little haul hardly bears mentioning.
"But I never expected even these scraps to catch your eye, Your Excellency Messiah." Nie Yun was smiling too, without the slightest trace of anger.
At the veiled barbs in his words, the smile on Messiah's face gradually faded.
"Your Excellency Ghost, you plundered the entire Ryan Race this time. Surely parting with a portion won't hurt. We are allies, after all. An increase in our strength means an increase in the alliance's strength, doesn't it?"
Although the Twin Dragons and the Ghost Pirate Gang currently shared the same interests, they also needed an offensive and defensive alliance to maintain the balance of power in the Shattered Star Region in the face of ambitious players like Black Sail.
But for pirates, whose moral standards were generally below par and who had virtually no foundation of trust, an overly powerful ally was hardly good news.
When the Ghost Pirate Gang had first emerged, its strength had been nowhere near that of the major pirate gangs. Naturally, Messiah had welcomed such outside support with open arms.
Yet during the last great melee in the Shattered Star Region, the Ghost Pirate Gang had suddenly become the biggest dark horse and winner. Its strength had grown so quickly that everyone had been caught off guard and left dumbfounded.
Though its reserves still fell short of