"So that's how it is, so that's how it is. Lucas, you culprit, you've finally died at someone else's hands! Hahaha, heaven has eyes! Alright, I'll go with you. I want to see what the person who defeated Lucas looks like and what abilities he has to defeat him."
Upon hearing that his enemy Lucas had been defeated by another powerful stranger in less than a day, he fell silent. After a while, he looked up at the sky and roared, his eyes glistening with tears.
Huang Qiang...
"Alright, the chains binding you have been removed. By the way, do you need those other chains removed as well?"
After the man agreed to go out with them, the two pirates opened the cell door, walked to his side, and untied the Bind binding him to the wall. Then they asked him questions.
"These? No need. Let them stay with me, so they can constantly remind me how weak I once was."
The man, George, who had been personally ordered to be imprisoned by Lucas on the cruise ship, touched the thick iron chains binding his body and said.
"Whatever you want. Alright, now that it's untied, come with us. We need to report to Miss Catherine for her orders!"
The two pirates glanced at the iron chains binding him and then stopped pursuing the matter, their only thought being to complete their mission as quickly as possible and deliver on their promise to Catherine.
"Walk..."
The man strode forward, the iron chains binding him making a series of ringing sounds.
"Okay!! Let's go!!"
The two pirates exchanged a glance and then stepped forward.
"My lords, you're finally back. May I ask if we can leave now?"
After walking for a while, the three emerged from the dark and gloomy passage and came to the group of prisoners. Upon seeing them, the Knight of Eiffel immediately trotted up to them and respectfully asked.
"Hmm, this is...?! Oh, it's you, George! What happened to you?!"
Before Eiffel could hear their reply, she turned to a young man behind her. After carefully examining him, she remembered his identity and asked in surprise when she saw the iron chains piercing his bones.
"This is my own decision, Knight Eiffel, you need not be surprised."
George shook his head, showing no intention of revealing the truth to him.
"Uh!! Alright, since you don't want to talk about it, I won't press you any further. Also, I'm truly sorry about what happened with Captain Fili before. Please forgive me for not being able to save him. I'm sorry, child!!"
Seeing that he was unwilling to talk, Knight Eiffel did not press him further. Then, remembering that his friend Captain Fili had been killed by Lucas on the cruise ship, he felt extremely guilty and bowed his head to apologize.
"No, Sir Eiffel, this is not your fault. You did it for the safety of everyone else on board. I believe the captain won't blame you. Please don't blame yourself."
Seeing him set aside his chivalrous pride to apologize to this sailor, whom his old friend Captain Fili had raised since childhood, for what had happened on the cruise ship, George immediately put aside his previous grudges, forgave him, and helped him up with both arms, offering words of comfort.
"Well, good child, since you have nowhere else to go, come back with me. I will raise you as my heir, so that you will inherit my title and become a righteous knight."
After being helped up, Eiffel was also very excited and pressed his hand on his shoulder, saying something.
"No need, Knight Eiffel. Ever since Captain Lucas killed me, I swore an oath that if anyone could kill him, I would follow him. Now that someone has finally defeated Lucas, I want to see him and pledge my allegiance to him, even if he doesn't need a weak sailor like me. I will shamelessly join them."
George shook his head and rejected Knight Eiffel's offer. What he wanted most at that moment was to see the man Luo Chen and see if he was really that powerful. If he was, he would join them at any cost.
"Well... alright, your personality is just like Fili's. No matter how much I try to persuade you, I'm afraid I won't be able to shake your resolve."
When Sir Eiffel saw that George had actually rejected his proposal, and looking at his stubborn expression, he thought of his old friend Fili and knew that he could not change his mind, so he stopped trying to persuade him.
"Hey, how much longer are you two going to chat? We're getting impatient. Hurry up and come with us to report to Miss Catherine. Don't delay any longer..."
Just then, an impatient voice sounded beside them, speaking to them in a somewhat agitated tone.
"Yes, yes, yes, I'm coming right away. I'm so sorry to have kept you waiting... Let's go!"
Hearing the tone in that voice, Knight Eiffel knew the two pirates were getting impatient, so he quickly apologized and pulled George along to follow them.
"Hmph, you're all so nosy, just come with us!"
The two pirates didn't give them a friendly look and turned to lead the way upstairs.
Meanwhile, on the deck of the pirate ship, Catherine stood before a group of bowing and scraping pirates and made her next request to them.
"My second request, or rather, my second question, is: does anyone have a navigation chart for the next island? If not, Log Pose will do. We've been adrift at sea for days; we need to go to an island to resupply and confirm our route. Tell me, do you know anything about this?!"
Catherine frowned, glanced at them, and asked in a cold tone.
"Yes, Miss Catherine, we have this on us. It was left by Captain Lucas; it's Eternal Pose that can take you to your destination. Look, here it is! I'll bring it up for you!"
Parker pulled out a Eternal Pose pinned to the flight path and presented it to Catherine, flattering her.
"Is this... Eternal Pose? Where is this pointer pointing?!"
Catherine picked up the Eternal Pose from her palm, examined it to confirm it was correct, and then asked him which direction it was pointing in.
"This...?!"
Parker stammered, unable to reveal the name of the address.
"Just say it, it's just asking for your name, it's not like I'm going to kill you. Hurry up, you're a grown man, why are you acting like this?!"
Seeing that he dared not speak, Catherine knew he was hesitant, perhaps afraid that his anger would implicate him if he spoke out. So she waved her hand, telling him to speak up.
"Yes, please don't be angry when I tell you, but the location this pointer points to is where Lucas trades with people, the Dark Market on Supomachi Island. The treasure and slaves we plundered at sea can be exchanged for Beli there."
Parker knew that keeping it a secret might anger her, so he gritted his teeth and told Catherine the truth.
"Dark market?! Slaves?! Hah heh heh, it seems you pirates have committed quite a few sins!!"
Catherine murmured something to herself, then gave him a cold look and said.