"B-boss, I think we're surrounded," his deputy said, his voice trembling.
With this degree of "closeness," there was no way Madman looked as though he had come to help.
Ghost, Kalon, Red Dragon, Dragon Cavalry, and Madmen-five pirate gangs had encircled them. No matter how he looked at it, this treatment seemed like a repeat of Gold Coin's fate.
The two sides' warship counts stood at roughly 1,800 to 800, an almost hopeless disparity.
The next instant, something even more despair-inducing happened. Light flashed within each of the four pirate fleets other than Kalon, and a mecha flew out from each.
"Gulp..." Every one of the Black Sail Pirates swallowed involuntarily.
Legendary, Legendary... and yet more Legendary!
Four mechas stood before their eyes, all unmistakably gleaming with the distinctive radiance of Crystallized Shields!
Besides the Madman, the Red Dragon, and Nie Yun's Fifth Lost, which they already knew, even Dragon Cavalry had deployed a Legendary Mecha they had never seen before!
Together with the Kalon Beast, that meant the enemy had fielded no fewer than five strategic-class units!
They were outnumbered in warships and utterly overwhelmed in Legendary Mechas... how could they possibly fight this battle?
"Beep! Beep-beep!"
Just then, following a series of alerts, virtual projections of the Ghost Captain, Red Dragon, Messiah, and Madman appeared together before Flint.
"Flint, how about we talk?"
Nie Yun was the one who spoke, which also meant... he was their leader!
Flint looked at the Ghost Captain, feeling somewhat dazed.
Not long ago, those very same words had made him abandon his attempt to destroy the Twin Dragons, drawing him step by step into this man's schemes.
Only last time, those words had been an invitation to make peace. This time, they were a demand for surrender...
Thinking back now, would things