For the merchant ship that had just surrendered, Dunn strictly followed the Pirate Code, plundering only half its cargo. Partly, he still needed to operate along this shipping route for the time being, and partly, leaving survivors would allow the trading company behind them to put a bounty on him.
As for the Golden Tangerine last time, as long as he left no traces, no one cared about a little merchant ship like that, nor would any high-tier professionals come specifically to hunt down the killer. After all, countless incidents like that happened on the sea every day.
Besides, the Pirate King might not care about a single exception. He knew perfectly well that getting these unruly pirates to obey the Pirate Code completely was impossible.
So as long as they did not openly violate the code and slap him in the face, the Pirate King would turn a blind eye.
"Hey, Dunn, the cargo we plundered this time is only worth a dozen or so gold coins. That isn't even enough to pay the men!" Annie finally realized that Dunn had thoroughly duped her.
A haul like this was the norm for pirates. Making nearly a thousand gold coins in one go, as they had when plundering the former Giant Tooth, was rare even among third-tier pirates.
And with Dunn's fleet at its current size, paying the crew alone cost over a hundred gold coins a month. Annie could already foresee her little private treasury gradually drying up as Dunn's fleet grew.
If Dunn's newly awakened Career Ability had not possessed the astonishing effect of training the willpower attribute, Annie would probably have already run off with Green.
Hearing this, Dunn could not help sighing. "What else can we do? Is there any way to increase our income?"
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