「Not long ago.」
Aboard the Blood Copper.
In the captain's cabin.
A frantic knocking echoed.
Captain Qi Maoxin opened his eyes, annoyed at being disturbed.
Taking a deep breath, he sat up straight in bed. Only then did Qi Maoxin speak, his voice stern.
"Enter."
The very next moment,
a figure burst through the door in a hurry.
The door slammed against the frame with a BANG!
"Uncle Maoxin, something's happened!" Qi Changxin gasped, breathing heavily.
Seeing this younger kinsman, a man he held in high regard,
Qi Maoxin suppressed his annoyance and gestured for him to elaborate.
"There's trouble at Copper Drum Bay! The entire harbor is ablaze!"
"The Luo Family has launched a surprise attack on Copper Drum Bay!"
Qi Changxin's face was anxious, his expression grave.
"What?!"
Hearing this, Qi Maoxin's expression turned grim as he asked in alarm,
"When did the Luo Family assemble a fleet? Why were we completely unaware?"
