The battle soon came to a complete end.
After several ringleaders and a batch of ordinary pirates had been killed in succession, the remaining pirates faced the terrifying Charles.
And Bruce, clad in heavy armor and reeking of blood as he prepared to charge. They wisely chose the best course of action.
They fell to their knees and surrendered.
The pirates who had gone up the mountain threw down their weapons and equipment one by one, kneeling together in one place.
Charles called over his men and had all the pirates tied up with ropes to prevent them from resisting.
All the surviving members of the Undertow Pirate Crew emerged from various parts of the Outpost Base.
There had originally been around four hundred of them, but after the battle reached this point, only a little over two hundred remained alive, and every one of them bore injuries.
It was merely a matter of how severe those injuries were.
Quake, whom Charles had found so useful, was grievously wounded and on the verge of death.
"Captain, I'm afraid I won't live to see the day you become the Pirate King."
Quake felt his body gradually turning cold. He shivered from the chill as he spoke in a broken voice.
Looking at Quake being carried out, Charles sighed. Then he charged the Book of Orenis and cast Star-Tear Healing.
A single Star-Tear Healing stopped Quake's bleeding, barely kept him alive, and restored some of the damage to his internal organs.
He said to Quake, "Hold on. You won't die. You'll live to see the moment I become the Pirate King."
He arranged for Quake to be carried away to recuperate.
One Star-Tear Healing could not directly restore him to his peak condition. He would still need time to recover afterward.
Charles