Having recruited enough people did not mean their combat strength was sufficient.
Qiu Qi was put to use once more, beginning the training of these pirates and slaves.
The slaves were more receptive to the training. They could meet any demand or requirement.
After all, the price was right there.
The pirates, on the other hand, had grown used to being lazy and undisciplined. Nearly every one of them had plenty of bad habits.
Not every pirate could accept the Undertow Pirate Crew's style of training, either.
During this period, quite a few pirates were recruited aboard, only to flee the ship not long afterward, refusing no matter what to keep working for the Undertow Pirate Crew.
However, Charles had expected this long ago.
Pirates who ran away like that were not worthy of becoming his subordinates.
Charles did not have much money left to begin with. Under normal circumstances, it would have been impossible for him to support buying so many slaves and maintaining so many pirates.
Yet while there was not much left from what he had looted from the Claw Pirate Crew, the ships seized from the Garrote Pirate Crew and the Cutlass Gang had solved Charles's pressing need.
Although they had not carried many Golden Shells or Water Magic Stones, it was enough to cover Charles's expenses for the time being.
At sea.
Charles stood on the balcony outside the upper cabin of the two-masted ship, watching the pirates training below and nodding slightly.
Qiu Qi was responsible for training the pirates, using his half-baked naval training methods.
They had already put to sea, sailing across the ocean while training the pirates.
"Qiu Qi, come up!" Charles called after watching the training for a while.
Qiu Qi, on the deck, jolted and hurriedly turned around, jogging