Bewitching Flame City, inside the great hall where the Pirate Kings held their council.
By now, the doors Dunn had destroyed had been repaired, and the hall had been cleaned.
Nine figures still sat around the round table.
Unlike before, Dunn occupied Ronald's seat.
Dunn had killed Ronald in full view of everyone, and Karagon, the Legendary backing Ronald, had been forced to leave.
The other Legendaries had already acknowledged Dunn as a Pirate King, so even if the other Pirate Kings had their own thoughts on the matter, they had no choice but to accept Dunn replacing Ronald.
With the urgent threat of the United Navy looming, the Pirate Kings had dragged Dunn back to continue the meeting after the Legendaries left.
"I only ask for the same terms Ronald had before."
After leaving them with those words, Dunn sat in his seat without taking much part in the Pirate Kings' meeting.
For Dunn, the most important advancement requirement had already been fulfilled. Facing the United Navy was no longer that important.
Especially since Dunn actually had no Legendary backing him and was merely borrowing Alice's prestige to bluff.
Even though that Legendary Spell had intimidated the Legendaries, the fake "Legendary Wizard" could not show himself. Sooner or later, the deception would be exposed.
Dunn therefore lacked the confidence to compete with the other Pirate Kings for benefits. After all, if he encroached too much on their interests, it would fall to the Legendaries themselves to negotiate.
Had he not feared arousing suspicion, Dunn would not even have wanted anything.
So he had only asked for what Ronald had previously secured. He trusted that the Pirate Kings and the Legendaries behind them would grant him that much consideration.
Moreover, with one fewer Legendary on the Pirate Kings' side, their