Regsal stared fixedly at the pinpricks of light on the dark sea ahead, boundless greed gleaming in his eyes.
Ever since the damned Rulson Kingdom had announced its plans to develop Nixi City into the largest, most prosperous port city in the southern Sains Continent, life had become rather difficult for the pirates operating near the kingdom's waters.
To ensure peace and security around Nixi City, the Rulson Kingdom's southern First Fleet and Second Fleet had practically gone mad over the past two months, putting out to sea to patrol at every opportunity and ruthlessly attacking any pirates they encountered.
In the past, the pirates had relied on their flexibility to play hide-and-seek with the Rulson Kingdom's regular fleets. Now, however, the First Fleet and Second Fleet had spread a vast net of ships across the waters around Nixi City, patrolling constantly and leaving the pirates no room to survive. They could only retreat far from the city's waters.
Information from other pirates indicated that even Soss Karg, the greatest Pirate King in these waters, had been seized by the First Fleet and thrown straight into prison.
Count Milito, the lord of Nixi City, who had privately treated Soss Karg as a brother and helped him sell stolen goods, had also been exposed and imprisoned. Word had it that he would be beheaded in two months.
This had left every pirate around Nixi City, and even throughout the Rulson Kingdom's waters, in a state of panic. The more timid ones had fled the kingdom's waters altogether.
Those like Regsal, who refused to leave the Rulson Kingdom just like that, had headed out into the open sea and made their base on an island he had discovered and developed long ago, waiting for an opportunity to strike.
However, given the general