"Everyone, behave yourselves!"
A burly man with a scarred face shouted loudly.
"We are the Ace Pirate Group, and I am First Mate Sakazuki!"
"Where is the Captain? And the First Mate, step forward!"
The merchant ship's leadership obediently stepped out, but the merchant Lowry hid in the crowd.
After the pirates controlled the situation and surrounded the crew, they immediately cleared a path, and a man with his head held high and disheveled hair walked out.
"Captain!"
Sakazuki quickly scurried over.
"Everything is under control!"
Ace, the leader of the pirate group, nodded, very satisfied with this plunder. They had taken a ship without any casualties.
He walked up to the merchant ship's Captain and patted the Captain's cheek with his knife.
"Very sensible. Don't worry, I'll let you go," Ace reassured the Captain.
The Captain, however, breathed a sigh of relief.
Pirates indeed wouldn't kill all the crew, but the Captain was another matter. Fortunately, he hadn't resisted.
"So... Sakazuki," Ace waved his hand, "Move all the valuable things back!"
Usually, if a merchant ship robbed by pirates was larger and better than their pirate ship, they would switch ships. But since this merchant ship was about the same size as theirs, Ace couldn't be bothered.
"All of it?"
At this moment, the merchant Lowry couldn't sit still. He stood up in a panic.
"You can't take everything, this is all my property!" he shouted.
Ace glared at First Mate Sakazuki, who immediately realized he hadn't done his job properly and had let someone slip through.
So Sakazuki immediately dragged Lowry out of the crowd.
Taking advantage of this small commotion, Fang Yuan also quietly moved his steps, getting closer to the center.
Sakazuki kicked Lowry onto the deck.
"There's nothing of yours on this ship now!" Sakazuki snarled.
"No, if you take everything, I won't be able to live!" Lowry quickly argued, "I can give you half... no, two-thirds!"
"I can work for you!"
Seeing that the pirates didn't respond at all, Lowry, in his desperation, could only threaten loudly: "I am an English Baron, if you rob me, you will definitely be hunted by the Royal Navy!"
The merchant ship's Captain closed his eyes in despair.
It's over.
The Captain cursed inwardly, "You won't be able to live, but we want to! What a stupid, selfish &...%##!"
Sure enough, upon hearing Lowry's reckless words, the pirate group leader Ace's eyes instantly changed.
Since Lowry said that, there were only two paths for the pirates.
Either stop and leave, or—
"Kill everyone!" Ace ordered furiously.
Letting anyone go could attract the Royal Navy. Ace didn't dare to gamble, so he could only cut the weeds and pull out the roots.
Lowry was dumbfounded. He hadn't expected the pirates to be so decisive and ruthless.
He quickly ran backward, and at the same time, the pirates had already started killing people.
The crew naturally wouldn't wait to be killed. They quickly scattered to flee for their lives, and if they couldn't escape, they picked up whatever was at hand to fight the pirates.
Fang Yuan originally wanted to wait a bit longer to wear down the pirates' strength, but his gaze suddenly fell upon a little boy.
The boy was about eleven or twelve years old, dressed in a servant's clothes. Most importantly, Fang Yuan noticed the glittering golden necklace around the boy's neck as he ran.
The pendant of the necklace was a gold coin with a carved skull, which looked very familiar to Fang Yuan.
"aztec gold coin, that person is... Will Turner?"
Upon realizing it was one of the protagonists, Fang Yuan no longer observed.
Seeing that Little Turner was about to be caught by a pirate, Fang Yuan rushed over, kicked the pirate down, then snatched the knife from the pirate's hand and ended his life.
Little Turner turned back, panting, staring at Fang Yuan in surprise. He hadn't expected anyone to save him in this situation.
Fang Yuan scanned the surroundings, then pointed to a safe area nearby and said, "Hide behind those boxes over there!"
Little Turner quickly complied.
Normally, as pirates rampaged, there would soon be no safe areas on the ship, but this time was different.
Fang Yuan picked up his long saber and quickly cut down two charging pirates. He then moved before the pirates could surround him, dodging and weaving among the stacked cargo on the merchant ship, even finding time to strike two blows at the pirates, not letting them advance another step.
His performance naturally caught the attention of Ace and the others.
Without Ace needing to give orders, First Mate Sakazuki proactively led about a dozen men to block him.
However, although the pirates had a numerical advantage, most of them were gaunt and simply no match for Fang Yuan.
Among the pirate community, strong individuals like Fang Yuan were already a minority, not to mention Fang Yuan was also very skilled in combat.
After Fang Yuan eliminated three more pirates using his footwork and movement techniques, he suddenly noticed that the pressure on him had lessened.
He observed his surroundings and found that the remaining pirates were all cowering, not daring to meet his gaze.
Only First Mate Sakazuki, relying on his strength, exchanged two blows with Fang Yuan, but after Fang Yuan used his saber to trap Sakazuki's weapon and then mercilessly punched his wrist, chest, and cheek several times, Sakazuki also fell to the ground, incapacitated.
At this, the other pirates were even more terrified, surrounding Fang Yuan but not daring to make a move.
Fang Yuan understood immediately.
In a word—
Why risk your life for three to five hundred a month?
Why risk your life when you're already a pirate?
Fang Yuan had already killed seven or eight of them and showed no signs of weakness. Who would dare to go up now?
"Shoot! Shoot!"
Ace, the leader of the pirate group, also panicked. He completely disregarded that his own men were more numerous there and quickly called for the pirates to pull out their guns and shoot.
"Wait!" Fang Yuan shouted, standing near the mast, "I want to be a pirate!"
Ace immediately raised his hand to stop the pirates from shooting.
Speaking of this, he was no longer sleepy.
Fang Yuan's skill was evident to all. If he joined his crew, it would be a huge improvement.
What? Fang Yuan killed many of their men?
That's not a problem!
"But I have conditions, I want to choose my own position!" Fang Yuan shouted again.
"No problem!" Ace beamed, "I can give you the First Mate position directly!"
But Fang Yuan shook his head. He stomped on a mechanism on the mast, and using a rope, he instantly ascended, then quickly swung towards Ace's direction.
"Pfft!"
Fang Yuan descended like a god, plunging his saber into the chest of the caught-off-guard Ace.
"I want to be the Captain!" Fang Yuan then declared.
Seeing this scene, both the pirates and the crew on deck were stunned.
Fang Yuan stood up, pulled out his long saber, picked up Ace's hat, and held it above his head.
"My name is Fang Yuan, you can also call me My Lord Black King."
"I'll be your new Captain. Who agrees, and who opposes?"
The pirates looked at each other, silent as crows.
Just then, a 'Lao Liu' tried to sneak a shot, but Fang Yuan had already noticed the man with the gun. Upon seeing his arm raise, he directly threw his saber.
"Puff!"
The long saber pierced through his throat, pinning 'Lao Liu' directly to the wooden board behind him.
First Mate Sakazuki was astounded by this sight, as were the other pirates. Where had they ever seen such a formidable person?
So, the pirates quickly surrendered.
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
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