Slave

The moon hung high in the night sky, its bright light shining over the sea like an enormous mirror.

A massive sailing ship drifted across the ocean.

Yet the scene aboard the ship was nothing like that peaceful view. Blood flowed like rivers, severed limbs lay everywhere, utterly at odds with the sky above.

The battle on the ship had ended.

Only four people remained aboard now. Besides Ye Feng and Teach, there was a cook and a navigator.

After all, sailing required a source of food and an experienced navigator. They would be your second life.

At that moment, Teach said to Ye Feng, "Ye Feng, come with me for a moment."

Ye Feng was currently bent over at the bow, vomiting.

In his previous life, he had been a shut-in who rarely ever left home. Where had he ever seen such a bloody scene? At most, he had seen it a few times in anime. How could that compare to seeing the real thing?

Hearing Teach call him, he immediately ran over and asked, "Bro, what is it?"

Teach was already used to seeing him vomit and said, "Come on, go downstairs with me. I'll show you what true darkness is."

Two or three minutes later, led by the navigator, they finally arrived at the ship's lower storage hold.

Ye Feng was stunned by the sight before him.

There were countless iron cages here, taking up two-thirds of the ship's space. But upon getting closer, he discovered that some of the cages held people, while others even held animals. It seemed these traffickers captured anything.

With a thud, Teach knocked the navigator unconscious with a single punch. Then he said to Ye Feng, "Ye Feng, you check the first level. I'll take a look at the second."

After saying that, Teach turned and headed upstairs. Ye Feng picked up an iron rod from the ground and walked toward the cages. Looking at the people inside, some struggled while others cried out. When Ye Feng reached the last cage, he discovered a child inside, sitting on the floor with their head resting on their knees, completely motionless.

Just as Ye Feng wondered whether the child was dead, dying at such a young age—

At that moment, Teach came down from the second level, bringing someone who looked half-dead with him.

Teach laughed loudly. "Come, Ye Feng, let me introduce you. This is our new companion. His name is Doc Q, and from now on, he'll be the ship's doctor."

Then Teach said to Doc Q, "Doc Q, this is my younger brother, Marshall D. Ye Feng."

So this was where Blackbeard had met the future Grim Reaper, Doc Q.

Ye Feng and Doc Q briefly introduced themselves. Then Ye Feng pointed at one of the iron cages and said to Teach, "Bro, I want to go inside and take a look."

Teach said, "No problem," and raised his right hand. A thick layer of black coated it as he threw a punch at the cage! The steel cage was like paper before Teach's fist, and a huge hole was instantly smashed through it.

Then he said, "Ye Feng, go in!"

At that moment, Doc Q, who was sprawled on the ground, said to Teach, "Captain, can you come with me to get my weapons and my mount?"

Teach nodded and said to Ye Feng, "Ye Feng, once you're done looking, come find me in the captain's cabin. I have something to tell you." With that, Teach and Doc Q left together.

Ye Feng nodded and continued toward the cage. The noise from earlier had awakened most of the people, and some turned their heads to look in this direction.

Only when Ye Feng reached the child did he realize that she was not dead. She lifted her head and looked at him. To his surprise, she was a girl—a standard little loli at that.

Ye Feng crouched down before her and asked, "What's your name?"

The little girl stared at Ye Feng with her big eyes for a while. Just as she was about to speak, she suddenly collapsed onto the ground. Seeing her faint, Ye Feng quickly stepped forward and gathered her into his arms. "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

At that moment, Ye Feng thought of Doc Q. Wasn't he a doctor? He should know some medicine. So Ye Feng immediately carried the little girl in a princess carry and ran toward the captain's cabin.

After reaching the door and opening it, he found Teach sitting in the captain's chair, with a large pile of things on the table.

Ye Feng ignored those things, first laying the little girl on the sofa before saying to Doc Q, "Take a look at her. What's wrong with her?"

Teach asked with a strange expression, "Ye Feng, who is she?"

Ye Feng replied, "I don't know either."

Two or three minutes later, Doc Q still looked like he was on the verge of death as he said, "It's nothing. She just fainted from hunger after going too long without food."

Ye Feng breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that. He then went to tell the head cook to prepare food.

After finishing all that, Ye Feng looked at Teach and asked, "Bro, what about those slaves? Are we going to kill them too?"

Teach said with a serious expression, "Yes. We have to kill them all. If word gets back to the Celestial Dragons, we'll be in trouble."

At that moment, the little girl on the sofa woke up. After looking around, she immediately shrank back.

Seeing that she was awake, Ye Feng turned to her and said, "Don't be afraid. What's your name?"

The little girl said fearfully, "I-I'm Avril. Y-you... who are you? What happened to those people on the ship today?"

Teach burst out laughing. "We're pirates."

Doc Q added from the side, "We killed everyone outside."

Ye Feng saw Avril shrink back again and hurriedly said, "Bro, don't scare her."

Then Ye Feng took Avril's hand and said to Teach and Doc Q, "Bro, we're going to sleep." After that, he randomly found a bedroom on the ship, opened the door, and went inside.

After entering, he briefly tidied up the room. Then he pinned Avril onto the bed and said...