The once-glorious Bone Anchor Pirate Crew had now met its downfall at the hands of the Undertow Pirate Crew.
Iron Claw Marcus, Shatterbone Isabel, and Rottooth Benny—the three leaders—were all dead. A number of Tide Warriors had also fallen in battle.
As for the ordinary pirates, even more had died, while those still alive had been forced into captivity.
After Bruce finished clearing out the pirates, he kept all the men he had brought down behind to guard the ships.
That was to prevent any prisoners from escaping and sailing away.
After Bruce returned, Charles handed him the task of overseeing the overall situation, while he himself returned to the Teleportation Beacon to meditate and restore his magic power.
Once his magic power had recovered, he began charging the Book of Orenis and cast Star-Tear Healing, pulling Quake back from the gates of hell.
He also cast several healing witchcraft spells on the other pirates, saving a number who still had a chance of being rescued.
The construction plan had to be put on hold for now.
With nearly everyone wounded, construction was simply impossible. Moreover, there were too many prisoners, and men had to be left behind to watch them.
Charles planned to wait until his men had recovered somewhat, then have them oversee the prisoners as they continued the construction work.
While Charles treated the wounded, Bruce and Dalle selected a group of weaker prisoners with no serious injuries to clean up the battlefield.
All weapons were sorted out, armor was stripped away, and the corpses were carried outside the Outpost Base.
The corpses of several hundred people were divided into two piles. Charles extracted the souls from the enemy corpses, but when faced with the bodies of those under his command, he did not hesitate to give