After Dunn and the others arrived at Cutlass Harbor following their long journey.
Dunn immediately gathered all his officers and laid out their next course of action, setting them to work on intensive preparations at once.
Their first task was to recruit new crew members. Even if these pirates were only ordinary people whose combat strength had become all but irrelevant to Dunn, he still could not do without them. After all, he could not operate four ships himself every day.
Unless he got his hands on that fruit, recruiting large numbers of ordinary crew members remained very necessary for Dunn.
This time, Dunn once again assigned Hans and Lewis to recruit pirates.
They had prior experience, after all, and their last recruitment effort had been very successful. They should be able to find enough hands quickly this time.
Meanwhile, Hawkins was put in charge of repairing the ships. Several had sustained considerable damage in the previous battle, and these pirates alone could not repair them properly.
They could only contact a professional shipyard in Cutlass Harbor and leave the repairs to them. Hawkins's extensive experience would allow him to handle this well.
In addition, Dunn needed to dispose of the goods they had obtained while plundering Pulan Harbor: weapons, pills, supplies, medicines, and even some Non-Elemental Transcendent Potions. Aside from keeping some things he could use,
he planned to sell everything else in Cutlass Harbor. Though the prices here were a rip-off, this was the only place available to Dunn as a pirate.
Now that they had offended the Kingdom of Wesley, they could no longer freely engage in actual dealings with Annie's family, either. Because of Annie's identity, the Kingdom of Wesley had already called the Boll Family to account.
Unwilling and afraid to offend the Kingdom of