Rigel smiled slightly, looking at the kneeling pirates, then glanced at the Adventure Book.
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[Congratulations to the writer for discovering the Brethren Court and receiving the reward: "Pirate Eye Patch"]
[Pirate Eye Patch]
[Rank: Silver]
[Type: Bound Item - (Returns to the Writer after a certain distance and can only be used by the Writer.)]
[Effect 1: Agile hands(Passive) -> Your hands can move fluidly and mimic complex movements with ease.]
[Effect 2: Plunder -> Within a range of 1 meter, you can steal an item directly that is not being held. (This ability consumes magic and is limited by magical protections and the weight of the object, in the latter case, the writer needs to be able to carry the item with one hand for the effect to work.)]
[The Pirate Eye Patch was placed in your bag.]
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[Congratulations, writer, for updating the attributes of the "Pirate Hat".]
[Pirate Hat (Platinum)]
[Type: Bound Item (Can only be used by the Writer. it returns to you within a certain distance.)]
[Effect 1: Leader's Authority -> Increases the loyalty of all followers by a minimum of 90/100. (Note: This effect only works while the follower is under your command, if they resign, are expelled, or betrayed, this effect is lost.)]
[Effect 2: The wind and tide are always in your favor -> When commanding one or more ships, you gain 90% more speed while enemy ships lose 90% of their speed.]
[Effect 3: Captain's Blessing -> Subordinates receive a boost during battle, becoming more motivated, focused, and courageous, increasing their overall power by 100%.]
[Effect 4: King's Call - You can use the King's Call to summon the entire subordinate fleet, regardless of its location at sea. (One-month cooldown and only works at sea and in its vicinity, pirates not on their ships but near the sea are sent to their ships before the ships being teleported to the Writer.)
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Rigel smiled as he saw the changes to the Pirate Hat, loyalty had increased to 90/100, his fleet's speed was now 90% faster, and his enemies 90% slower, plus the Captain's Blessing was now enhanced to 100%.
The new ability is also interesting, although somewhat useless in the future, it's still a good skill in this world, regardless of where his subordinates are sailing, he can summon them all at once, and he'll never again face the situation of being surrounded at sea again.
The only downside is the one-month recharge, so he can only use this thing in critical moments.
As for what he received upon discovering the Brethren Court, the pirate eyepatch is... very useful, although it needs to be worn for its effect to be useful, which would also complicate its use outside of this world, unless Rigel wants to walk around with an eyepatch all the time.
Agile hands will be very useful for his wand movements, the 'Plunder' is a great tool for stealing. One meter is a very short distance, but still useful. As for the weight limit, with his current physique, he could carry hundreds of kilos with one hand.
Besides, the ability has no cooldown.
In the end, although it would be difficult to use in other worlds, at least in this world it would be very useful.
Rigel finally looked up from the Adventure Book, glancing at the Brethren Court, and spoke. "Rise."
The pirates all felt strange looking at Rigel, that feeling of loyalty was already 90% evident, to the point that those who had plans had unknowingly already given up.
It was a very strange feeling, Jack just bit his nail looking to the side, clearly thinking about how to get rid of it this time.
It wasn't just the Pirate Lords, but even their crews, here or around the world, as long as their lords were loyal to Rigel, they too would be affected by the hat's effect.
Rigel wanted to keep it that way, so he looked at Calypso. The woman smiled, taking her wand from her pocket, she was ready.
An hour later, the hall was particularly silent as the 8 pirate lords wore expressions of resignation, Jack even seemed to have lost his soul, each of them having taken the unbreakable vow.
Now they could no longer turn against Rigel in any way and had to obey his laws, even when he left this world, his orders would still be in effect.
Rigel's subsequent requests were simple, they could plunder, after all they were pirates, but they were strictly forbidden from participating directly or indirectly in the slave trade, rape, and killing for sport.
Rigel only limited Killing for fun because they were still pirates, death followed them all the time.
Rigel also made them promise that they would not act against each other of their own volition, directly or indirectly, and if possible, for a fair price, they should help each other. Furthermore, he spoke about the Mermaid's Horn, explaining how to answer the horn's call with the phrase: 'I hear your call'.
Finally, with that matter resolved, Rigel was ready to spread the news that he had become the King of the Pirates, which would greatly increase his fame.
But his eyes were fixed on a man in the distance, playing an old guitar while seated in a chair, from beginning to end, he barely glanced at what was happening.
Edward Teague. Jack Sparrow's father. Although their relationship seems more like that of acquaintances than a true father-son relationship.