The news that the [Black Pearl] was about to set sail again plunged all of Harman Island into an unprecedented bustle of excitement.
The once-quiet island became extraordinarily lively, as though ignited by an invisible force.
The main reason for this was that, once they set sail, their captain would be away from the island for a while.
Without Dunn's oppressive presence on the island, the remaining pirates could finally breathe a little easier and enjoy a rare spell of relaxation.
All of this stemmed from the "savage" image Dunn had previously established, as well as his chilling fear aura.
Fortunately, after the constant tempering of Dunn's Conqueror's Color Haki, even the ordinary pirates under his command now generally had willpower stats above 11 points!
Coupled with their prolonged contact with Dunn, these pirates, though still inevitably somewhat shaky in his presence, at least no longer wet themselves in terror, fled on the spot, or panicked and made fools of themselves.
Now that Dunn was leaving Harman Island, even if only temporarily, these pirates were still quite happy.
Dunn also knew that these ordinary pirates were almost always trembling in his presence and could hardly be of much use.
Thus, aside from a few Classholders, the main crew of the [Black Pearl] consisted of several dozen Homies.
Over the past few months, Dunn had asked the pirates who went out raiding to bring back some captives whenever circumstances allowed.
Although there were not many, they were enough for Dunn to make around a hundred Homies.
Most of them were ordinary ones, with only a dozen or so second-tier Homies. After all, their main task at this stage was to amass wealth, so they could not squander those transcendent materials.
Once animated, the [Black Pearl] no longer needed any hands at