Escape and Wait

Without its status as a trade hub, Iskanbel Island was nothing.

Besides, none of the factions would give up their interests on the island. Perhaps all they needed was an excuse to turn it into a public Trade Island for good.

The Iskanbel Family needed someone to back them, to stand behind them with enough power to deter those greedy factions.

Only then could they act freely, rebuild their kingdom, force the factions to compromise, and truly make the island their own.

In fact, the Kronos Kingdom had already contacted the Iskanbel Family in secret.

The Kronos Kingdom would support the Iskanbel Family in founding a nation and keep all outside forces at bay.

The price was that the Iskanbel Kingdom would become a vassal state of the Kronos Kingdom. The deal also included the island's silver mines and a tariff exemption for the Kronos Kingdom's merchant ships.

It looked like a one-sided deal, but it was what the Iskanbel Family had sought for years without success.

And in their eyes, the terms were remarkably generous.

Without the Kronos Kingdom's backing, their dream of rebuilding the kingdom would remain a castle in the air.

As for the one who would carry it out, that was Hades.

Everything hinged on Hades's arrival.

Once he dealt with the "Poison Demon," the island would be Hades's territory until he returned to the Kronos Kingdom.

Could the "Poison Demon" stand against the Pluton Pirates?

How could he?

Just look at how many senior officers of the Rocks Pirates were now with the Pluton Pirates.

The "Poison Demon" Mecrel was only one man. The Pluton Pirates could send any two of their members to deal with him.

The Farazul sailed straight ahead, and from its course, everyone soon worked out its destination.

Iskanbel Island.

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