On the Undertow Pirate Crew's ship, combat training for the newly arrived pirates began.
Quake was mainly in charge, along with several Tide Warriors.
The twenty slaves were also integrated into it.
These slaves had likely once been caravan guards. When it came to coordinated combat, they were even more skilled than the pirates.
Charles watched the pirates training aboard the ship, and one of the slaves caught his attention.
He had a pirate bring the slave over.
He was a young slave, still an apprentice Tide Warrior. His body was lean and gaunt, but he had plenty of muscle.
He was so gaunt because the slave traders had never allowed him to eat his fill every day.
Since coming aboard recently, he had begun putting flesh back on his bones.
All the slaves had shaved heads, and he was no exception.
Charles looked the slave over and asked, "Introduce yourself. What's your name, and what did you do before?"
The slave fell silent for a moment before saying, "Master, I am Qiu Qi. I was originally a guard on a merchant ship. Two years ago, pirates plundered the ship, and I was sold to slave traders. I remained there until now."
Charles nodded.
Having spent two years as a slave under slave traders was nothing unusual. There were even those who had spent longer.
The slaves in the traders' hands were not all kept locked up on Ship Island and fed for nothing.
These slaves still had to work in the traders' hands.
Breaking and torturing slaves into obeying orders could take as little as a few days, or at most no more than a month.
Those who resisted too stubbornly simply died.
Some of the slaves who could obey orders were kept on Ship Island to be sold,