Bounties on His Head

Yang Mu saw the bounty on himself here as well. It was the same old fare: juice, salad, fruit, and meat steaks. But this time, he could finally order an actual steak. Shipwreck Island was nothing Pirate Island could compare to.

If Pirate Island was a small county town, then Shipwreck Island was an international metropolis. The two were utterly incomparable.

"So, can you tell me who put a bounty on me?"

After finishing his meal, Yang Mu ordered a glass of whiskey and sat at the bar, speaking calmly to the bartender behind it.

Yet his calm words made the bartender shudder. Just moments ago, the entire tavern had been discussing how Yang Mu's group had killed three fairly renowned pirates immediately after landing on the island. Anyone would shudder in his place.

"Th-this... Dark Wizard, sir, I don't know either. I'm just a bartender. How about I ask my boss for you?"

The bartender spoke with a stammer. This man was a lawless fiend. He had heard that Barrel had found a buyer who swallowed a batch of his goods and even beat one of his subordinates. The man had been slaughtered on the spot, and Pirate Island had then been looted clean.

He was not sure whether saying he did not know would cause his head to explode the next moment.

Fortunately, Yang Mu was not a natural-born murderer and was quite reasonable. Seeing the bartender's reaction, he nodded and agreed.

The bartender looked as though he had been granted a pardon. He ran off in a flash and only returned after quite a while, following an old cripple.

Lame Henry. Jack had mentioned this pirate to him before. He was one of West Sea King Kakun's men. Yang Mu had not expected him to be the owner behind this tavern.

He was fairly strong, probably at First Order. Yang Mu had already seen the First-Order Lifeforms of this world, so he could roughly judge their strength now.

"Dark Wizard Yang Mu?"

Old Henry looked at Yang Mu warily. He had heard about what happened when Yang Mu landed on the island, especially Steel-Bone Tyrant Barrel's performance. He knew he could not match it.

He was merely one of West Sea King Kakun's many officers, and not even one focused on combat. Yet Yang Mu had not truly made a move, so no one knew how much strength he still had hidden.

He had no intention of offending the other party. Pirates might be mad, but at their level, they were no longer mere small fry. Without a conflict of interests, they rarely offended people for no reason.

Yang Mu's request was not excessive. These bounties had not been issued exclusively to pirates, but were open to everyone. Nor were they an organization specialized in accepting bounties. The notices had merely been passed over from elsewhere and posted here to draw customers.

As long as one had the right channels, one could naturally discover where the bounties came from.

After Yang Mu nodded to confirm his identity, Henry spoke directly.

"There are two bounties on you. One comes from the Englundi Empire, and the other from the Kingdom of the Netherlands. As for exactly who issued them, I imagine you know better than we do."

"Also, the surrounding countries have already issued warrants for your arrest. Those three fellows from Wild Beast learned of the bounty through us, but even without us, they would have found out in a few days. They would still come looking for trouble, so I hope this matter will not create any unpleasantness between us."

"Very well. Thank you."

Yang Mu nodded in thanks. Following his usual custom, he treated Lame Henry to his drink. As for whether Henry dared to drink it, that was his own problem.

But now he knew who had put up the bounties. It was not difficult to guess. He had only offended two major powers during this period.

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One was Duke Xis's family of the Yinglandi Empire, while the other was the royal family of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. He had merely wanted to know who was offering the bounty, but had not expected both sides to place one on him.

This Sith Lineage—he had not even gone looking for trouble with them, yet they had come looking for trouble with him first.

The Sith Lineage offered four hundred thousand Gold Shields, dead or alive. The Dutch Royal Family offered one million Gold Shields, but required him to be captured alive.

Their main objective was presumably not Yang Mu, nor revenge for Eudora, but the Holy Spirit Book. If they learned that their Holy Spirit Book had become Yang Mu's Spellbook, he wondered whether they would rage so hard that they sent a massive army to hunt him down.

Although he now carried two major bounties, Yang Mu did not care much. Having a bounty on one's head was perfectly normal. Any pirate with a name had one.

It was also normal for those who believed themselves strong enough to come hunting. If they lacked the strength, they would simply be killed. But if they survived hunt after hunt, their fame would soar, they would recruit more subordinates, their power would rapidly expand, and they would eventually become a major force in their own right.

At that point, the bounty would exist in name only. Unless the reward was raised again, stronger people would not make a move, and the next cycle would begin.

Many pirates had risen to prominence this way.

Yang Mu did not care whether anyone pledged allegiance to him. If not for improving the Dark Forge Meditation, he would have burned those crew members to ashes long ago after completing the Undead's transformation.

If he wanted, he could casually unleash a plague and kill people by the masses. He could quickly raise an undead army numbering hundreds of thousands. He simply did not want to. Those low-level undead were not very useful, especially against powerful opponents.

In his previous life, he had been the most traditional kind of Mage. Every day, he was either researching or studying, always walking the path of exploring truth, never paying attention to anything around him.

Until his fall, his life had contained only war, study, and research.

Now, he had a chance to start over, and he had done so with his memories intact. The road ahead was already clear, so naturally he was in no hurry. Only then did he have the leisure to play this pirate game.

Yes, to him, all of this could only be considered a game.

He had already drawn the aggro of two great monsters. Now he only needed to wait for them to come deliver experience themselves.

Before Yang Mu could even find a place on Shipwreck Island that sold extraordinary materials, Jack came looking for him. He had already found them a place to stay.

Yang Mu was not in a hurry. He followed Jack to their lodgings. Due to its foundation, Shipwreck Island had no tall buildings, so Jack had spent money to rent out a large area for them to live in.

Of course, he did not need to pay for it himself. Pirate crews had operational funds.

Once they were temporarily settled, Jack immediately rubbed his hands like a fly, chuckling as he approached Yang Mu. What he wanted went without saying.

Yang Mu extended a finger and pressed it against Jack's forehead. His mental power poured a stream of information into Jack's mind.

"Get lost!"

After instilling an improved Apprentice Rank spell model into him, Yang Mu kicked Jack out with one foot.

Many crew members who had long been waiting outside immediately crowded around him, asking all at once.

"How was it? How was it? What magic did the captain give you?"

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