Charles's Undertow Pirate Crew was expanding.
Quake, Dalle, and several Tide Warriors brought back a few pirates to join them every time they returned.
This time, Charles planned to expand his manpower to around a hundred.
He had already bought twenty slave sailors, so he only needed to recruit another fifty or so.
Among the people Dalle and the others brought back, some did not meet Charles's standards.
Every pirate had to pass Charles's interview before joining.
It did not need to be too complicated. With his male Succubus abilities, Charles could get a fairly good understanding after asking a few simple questions.
Those unsuitable were sent away directly, while suitable ones were kept.
Of course, these screening standards could not guarantee that everyone recruited would be reliable, but that was not much of a problem.
Once aboard ship, they would be forced into becoming a collective. That was enough.
The twenty slaves were assigned between the two ships, temporarily under Bruce's command.
After some time, and after one or two battles, Charles would consider selecting a few of them to be promoted to first-rank Tide Warriors.
Before Charles's side had even finished recruiting everyone after several days, the two twin-masted ships of their enemy, the Garrote Pirate Crew, returned.
The Garrote Pirate Crew's two twin-masted ships did not immediately enter the harbor. Instead, they sailed more than halfway around Ship Island, sending people ashore at every port in small rowboats to take a look.
In the end, Gus of the Garrote Pirate Crew found the Undertow Pirate Crew's two single-masted fast ships.
Aboard the Garrote Pirate Crew's ship, Gus heard his subordinate's report and ground his teeth in rage.
"That useless Third really is dead!"
"These bastards have some nerve. Did they think we wouldn't be able to find