Slaying a Sea King!

"Cardiff must be so anxious on the ship that he's watching hula dancers!"

"Hahaha, he definitely is!"

The two shouted back and forth from the bow.

Neither of them noticed the approaching danger.

The next moment, the stern shook violently.

"What? What's happening?"

"Is the ship about to split apart?"

They looked into each other's eyes and saw nothing but terror.

"Look! There's something underneath us. It looks like a giant bird."

"Don't be stupid. How could there be a bird in the sea..."

"Idiot! That's a Sea King!"

"We're done for! We're really going to die here."

The two were frantic as ants on a hot pan, and Captain Cardiff was equally frantic.

"Trouble never came alone!"

He rushed into the cabin and rummaged through a wooden chest, pulling out a small gun.

"Good thing I didn't throw this away as junk."

Cardiff walked to the bow and fired into the sky.

"Bang!!" Pink fluorescent powder blossomed two or three hundred meters in the air, spreading in every direction and standing out vividly.

"God bless us! I hope a passing ship nearby sees it!"

Cardiff held his hands before his chest, looking exceptionally solemn.

"Let's hurry over to Cardiff."

"Maybe we can still be saved!"

At that moment, the two traitors looked at Cardiff as if he were an unmatched beauty, desperately yearning to get closer to him.

However, it was already too late!

The Sea King beneath the ship surged upward from the water, smashing the bottom of one of their ships into two pieces.

"No!" Only one unwilling cry followed the sinking vessel into the depths.

With life and death hanging by a thread, Cardiff was naturally terrified when he saw the scene.

Fortunately, he had sailed for many years and immediately calmed down.

He personally took the helm and urgently turned the wheel in the opposite direction, barely avoiding the sweep of the Sea King's tail.

"Damn it! If I were sailing a warship-class vessel this time, I wouldn't be in such a miserable state."

Sea waves churned up by the Sea King crashed over him. The man who had looked like a gentleman moments ago now looked like a drenched rat.

On the island.

"Old man, something seems to be happening over there," Swain muttered.

His mouth was already stuffed full of roast meat.

"I noticed."

"Leave it alone."

"Can we really ignore it? That looked like a distress signal."

"Don't get involved in things like this. It could bring unnecessary trouble." Knowing Swain's personality well, Woli reminded him.

"Anyone who comes here should be lost merchant ships."

Woli suddenly said, "What if it's a pirate ship? Or Navy Warships?"

"Aren't you afraid of putting us in danger?"

Swain thought for a moment, then flashed a row of white teeth in a grin. "What if it's a merchant ship? Don't worry, old man. I know what I'm doing!"

He stood in the air and looked into the distance, but he still could not see the ship. After taking two more steps through the air and launching himself far away, he finally approached the area near the Signal Flare.

"It should be nearby!" After judging from the direction of the Sea Waves, he flew southwest.

"Get lost! You damned ugly fish!"

Swain could already hear someone cursing.

Sure enough, he saw a man steering a ship, with a lanternfish-like Sea King chasing behind it.

As Cardiff fled, he fired the cannons in an attempt to teach the Sea King a lesson and injure it, but he had severely underestimated its defenses.

"Damn it!" At the same time, he noticed someone standing in the air ahead.

Cardiff was instantly overjoyed:

"Save me, young man! I can pay you with precious treasures!"

Upon hearing that, Swain no longer had any doubts. The fleeing man was neither a pirate nor a Marine; he was undoubtedly a merchant.

He decided to help.

Swain flicked one finger upward, and the Sea Waves beneath the ship immediately split apart. The waves behind the ship became resistance, while those in front became propulsion that accelerated it.

Feeling the change in the ship's speed, Cardiff exclaimed in amazement, "How incredible! The Sea Waves can actually be diverted!"

Then something even more astonishing happened.

Swain clasped his other hand, and the Sea King in the water was blasted into the air by a surging water column.

Sea Thrust! Hundreds of arrow-like projectiles formed above the sea, their tips black from the Armament Haki Swain had coated them with.

Thud thud thud thud!!

Arrow after arrow struck the lanternfish-like Sea King. Its life ended instantly, and its blood dyed the sea several meters around it red.

Swain snorted. "That weak?"

He turned to look at the stunned Cardiff.

The contrast was stark.

One moment ago, it had been hunting Cardiff down; the next, it had been slain by this handsome youth.

That was right, an instant kill!

Cardiff inwardly marveled, This boy is incredibly strong! He probably has the strength of a Marine Headquarters Rear Admiral.

Cardiff had a decent eye for judging strength and could estimate it at a glance. Even so, that was only a conservative estimate, since Swain had not displayed his full power.

"Hey! How did you end up in a place like this?" Swain asked.

Clearly, he was asking why Cardiff had entered this Dead Silence Sea.

Cardiff first thanked Swain for saving his life before saying helplessly, "We got lost and ended up here. We didn't come on purpose. This place is far too dangerous; no merchant convoy would want to come here."

"We? Where are the others besides you?"

At the mention of them, Cardiff cursed, "Those two bastards betrayed me at the last minute. They've already been swallowed into a Sea King's stomach."

"You're safe now. You can leave," Swain said coldly.

He had also taken Woli's words to heart: only save people.

"Young man! I have many treasures here. You can pick whatever you want."

"Just help escort me safely out of this damned place."

"I don't need your treasures!"

Cardiff thought Swain was bargaining, so he gritted his teeth. "How about I give you every treasure here as payment for escorting me?"

In the past, the treasures on this ship would have been enough to hire someone with the strength of a Vice Admiral.

But Cardiff did not understand Swain. He had no interest in wealth. If this had been his previous life, he definitely would have been tempted.

But in this world, where strength was everything, wealth and power were inexhaustible so long as one possessed enough strength.

"I already told you, I don't need money."

"Do you have a newspaper?"

"What? You mean the Times? The other two ships had the latest papers, but they've already sunk into the sea."

Swain nodded to show that he understood, then said:

"You can leave on your own. The Sea Kings in these waters will be resting for the next three hours, so you can leave safely."

Cardiff had no choice but to give up. He truly could not understand why someone would not love wealth and instead want newspapers worth less than a cup of tea... but at least the youth before him was like that.

"My name is Cardiff! If my benefactor ever needs anything, come find me in Uwin Town."

"I will do everything in my power to help you!"

Cardiff gave a half-bow in thanks.

Looking at Cardiff, Swain thought that the old man would let him go to sea once he came of age anyway. He would need a place to settle down first, and knowing where Uwin Town was would also make it easier to gather information later.

"Where is Uwin Town?"

Cardiff took out a map and tossed it to Swain.

"I understand." Swain nodded.

The two went their separate ways.