In an instant, the pirate ship's deck fell silent. None of the pirates or laborers dared speak. Every eye turned to One-Eyed Gomez.
Gomez swallowed audibly. He forced his mouth into a smile uglier than a grimace, lowered his head, and said, "Well... I'll follow your orders, General."
Though he was a Legendary Rank powerhouse himself, Gomez had spent enough years at sea to know when to stand his ground and when to surrender without hesitation.
As for the sailors and laborers, none looked down on their captain when he bowed his head. They all breathed a secret sigh of relief. They had already exchanged glances and reached a quick understanding: if Gomez stubbornly refused, they would attack him first.
Even together, they were no match for Captain Gomez. But with a formidable boss like Green there, they did not need to kill him. They only needed to show where they stood. Otherwise, the terrifying behemoth in the sky could overturn their pirate ship with a single dive.
But when they looked up again, hoping to find that enormous, fearsome figure, the Dragon Lich had already vanished.
Black Forest Port lay in the waters off the border between the Lorenzo Kingdom and the Rune Federation. A mobile city floating on the sea, it was a paradise for the many pirates of the Eastern Sea. Anyone could move freely there and obtain supplies, or even buy a warship straight from the shipyard. All they needed was enough Gold Pounds.
Black Forest Port was like a massive tumor growing deep in the Eastern Sea. It supported pirates who plundered merchant ships along the trade routes and returned to the port to sell their stolen goods. The Gold Pounds they earned then flowed back into Black Forest Port to buy weapons and supplies