It didn’t take long to deal with the Bloody Pirate Crew. After clearing out all the pirates from this crew, the Moonlight continued on to the next location.
Jude continued to provide information on the whereabouts of the remaining pirates.
The next destination was a large island, which was controlled not by one pirate crew, but by five pirate crews united together.
In the Moonlight Sea, although there were many islands, it wasn’t possible for every pirate crew to have their own exclusive island. Furthermore, a smaller island ant fewer resources.
Thus, so of the larger islands were jointly controlled by multiple pirate crews.
But even multiple pirate crews were nothing to worry about. The existence of the alchemy ship allows them to move freely among the nurous pirates. As long as they didn’t provoke any pirate Crews related to the Ten Great Pirate Crews, no problem was a problem.
Amidst the sounds of battle cries, the island with five pirate crews was, unsurprisingly, conquered.
Likewise, the pirates beca even more in awe of Alia, and the number of nas on the Soldier Roster increased once again.
...
Over the next few days, things went very smoothly.
The Moonlight advanced triumphantly, finding one island after another that harbored pirates, and hunting down the pirates on each.
The number of nas on Alia’s Soldier Roster continued to grow.
After most of the subdued pirates had been added to the list, Alia began to subdue new pirates. After subduing them, she had these new pirates stay on the Moonlight, doing the sa tasks as the other pirates, slowly bringing them under her control.
When the Moonlight couldn’t accommodate too many people, she had these pirates sail their own ships around the Moonlight.
Within a few days, the reputation of the Rose Pirate Crew spread rapidly. After all, many islands had not only pirates but also so residents, and Alia wouldn’t harm these people.
As their reputation spread, once a pirate fleet saw the Rose Pirate Crew from afar, they turned around and fled without a word. The fearso reputation of the Rose Pirate Crew was evident.
Unconsciously, the Moonlight had reached the deepest part of the Starlight Sea.
The wind at sea was particularly brisk, and the boundless azure scenery made one deeply feel their own insignificance.
Carlotta and Alia stood on the deck, looking at the distant scenery.
"Ahead lies the Forbidden Sea, doesn’t it?"
Alia calculated in her heart and made the judgnt.
The color of the sea ahead seems a bit darker, forming a very distinct boundary with the current sea area.
Carlotta nodded: "I heard the Forbidden Sea is a very dangerous place. We’d better not enter it."
"Naturally, let’s turn around."
Alia directly controlled the Moonlight to change direction.
The Starlight Sea is the area near the eastern coast of the continent, and the sea beyond is called the Forbidden Sea.
Legend has it that in ancient tis, there was a continent in the location of the Forbidden Sea, known as the Central Continent. For so unknown reason, this Central Continent sank into the sea, subrging all the civilizations on that continent.
This is a sea full of mysteries. Many adventurers have reached the Forbidden Sea, wanting to explore the ruins of the ancient Central Continent, but not everyone who entered the Forbidden Sea had the chance to co out unhard.
This sea is full of dangers, with various bizarre and inexplicable phenona, making it extrely perilous. Those who are lucky enough to escape cannot describe it in words, only letting people know that it is extrely dangerous.
There are too many legends about that place, but corresponding to the legends is endless danger.
Carlotta and Alia naturally had no intention of adventuring into the Forbidden Sea and decisively chose to stay away.
They began their return journey, but they didn’t take the sa route back, deviating slightly to continue hunting pirates along the way.
At this point, Carlotta said to Alia, "Alia, how about letting control the Moonlight on the way back?"
"No problem."
Alia nodded, not thinking much of it, just assuming Carlotta was in a playful mood.
In fact, Carlotta wanted control of the Moonlight to avoid so trouble.
While controlling the Moonlight’s navigation, she also checked her intelligence.
The intelligence from the past few days was mostly related to pirates at sea. Most of the intelligence she didn’t pay much attention to, but one piece of intelligence that arrived early this morning couldn’t be ignored.
[ 1: The Soul Reaper Pirate Crew heard about the existence of the Rose Pirate Crew and sent a fleet to recruit the Rose Pirate Crew. The current navigation route of this fleet is as follows...]
Accompanying the intelligence was a map, describing the route of the Soul Reaper Pirate Crew’s fleet.
And the Soul Reaper Pirate Crew is one of the Ten Great Pirate Crews of the Starlight Sea.
Their leader, the Soul Reaper General, has a fearso reputation in the Starlight Sea, with the ambition to unify the pirates of the Starlight Sea. He particularly likes to turn other pirate crews into his subordinate crews to strengthen his forces.
It was not surprising that the Rose Pirate Crew, having gained so fa, was targeted.
But Carlotta obviously couldn’t let the Moonlight encounter the Soul Reaper Pirate Crew. With the Soul Reaper Pirate Crew’s knowledge, they could easily discover that they were not a real pirate crew but from the official Wendell Empire.
It is said that the Soul Reaper General had clashed with the Wendell Empire’s navy many tis and had suffered so losses. He harbors deep resentnt towards the imperial navy. If this pirate general learned of the Moonlight’s origins, there could be significant trouble.
So Carlotta had to avoid them.
Knowing the navigation route of the Soul Reaper Pirate Crew, avoiding them wasn’t difficult. Just a slight adjustnt to the route would suffice. A small deviation at sea can bring about a big change.
While Carlotta was steering the ship, Alia closed her eyes and looked at the Soldier Roster that appeared in her mind.
Now, most of the positions on the Soldier Roster were filled with nas. As long as they deal with so pirates on the return journey, they could fill the entire list.
This was an additional force that belongs solely to her.
Apart from the 1, 500 prisoners who joined the Carnation Knights, Alia hadn’t yet decided what to do with the remaining 3, 500 pirates. But even if she hadn’t figured out how to handle them, filling the list first was always the right move.
Perhaps she could find an opportunity to have the pirates harass the coastal areas of the Velmoria Empire?
Four hours later, Carlotta steered the Moonlight, accompanied by a large number of sailboats, and arrived in front of an island.
When they arrived, and the pirate flag of the Rose Pirate Crew fluttered in the wind on the ship, the pirates on the island all showed expressions of despair.
On the pirate ships, flags with blood-red roses fluttered in the wind, standing out prominently.
"It’s the Rose Pirate Crew, the ruthless Rose Pirate Crew!"
"Damn it, didn’t the Rose Pirate Crew head towards the Forbidden Sea? Why are they here?"
"This is the Rose Pirate Crew we’re talking about!"
"What do we do? What do we do? I don’t want to die yet!"
Many pirates looked terrified, their bodies trembling uncontrollably, filled with despair as they watched the approaching fleet.
The events that had occurred during their voyage had already given the Rose Pirate Crew a notorious reputation on the Starlight Sea.
But these pirates were lucky because Alia intended to recruit this batch of pirates.
So, after the Rose Pirate Crew landed on the island, they only killed a few troublemakers, thus ending the battle.
After recruiting pirates, there was usually a routine interrogation process, mainly to make the pirates hand over their treasures.
However, during the interrogation, an important piece of information caught Carlotta and Alia’s attention.
It was news about the Pirate King.
A pirate stamred, "The news actually ca not long ago. It’s said that in a sea area that originally had no islands, a massive island suddenly appeared. This made many people curious, and they went to check it out. They found that it looked very much like the legendary Lionheart Island."
Lionheart Island was the island once occupied by the Pirate King. After the Pirate King’s death, Lionheart Island disappeared overnight, becoming a well-known mystery on the Starlight Sea.
Now, this long-lost island has abruptly reappeared!
Finding Lionheart Island might lead to the Pirate King’s treasure. Legend has it that whoever obtains the Pirate King’s treasure can beco the next Pirate King, a prospect that would attract all the pirates on the Starlight Sea.
Without even guessing, Carlotta and Alia knew that with the spread of this news, all the pirates on the Starlight Sea would converge on Lionheart Island.
The pirate crew in front of them was not strong, but faced with such news, they had originally planned to go and see the spectacle. However, before they could set sail, the Rose Pirate Crew attacked them.
"The legendary Pirate King once caused significant losses to the Imperial Navy, otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many pirates on the Starlight Sea."
Alia knew of the Pirate King’s past glory. Although the textbooks ntioned very little about this Pirate King, as a noble, she naturally knew many things.
She told Carlotta that she wanted to go and see Lionheart Island.
Carlotta was sowhat surprised, "But if we go, we might easily be targeted. Currently, the Rose Pirate Crew is quite conspicuous on the Starlight Sea. If our identity as fake pirates is exposed, we might be surrounded."
Pirates love to fight each other, but they are also very xenophobic.
Alia smiled, "Don’t worry, Carlotta, we won’t expose our identity so easily."
Carlotta knew that Alia had a list of soldiers and wouldn’t let her subordinates say anything they shouldn’t, but it wasn’t just that which could expose them.
She said, "The Moonlight, as an alchemical ship, is only possessed by the top ten pirate crews. If discovered, it would be too troubleso. Ordinary pirates aren’t a concern, but the top ten pirate crews will surely co. I’m not sure if our mimicry or invisibility abilities can fool them."
The strength and insight of the top ten pirate crews were clearly not comparable to those of ordinary pirates.
Alia smiled, "It’s fine, we can store the Moonlight first and take it out when needed."
Carlotta was slightly stunned, "Store it? How?"
Alia raised her fair arm and shook the bracelet on her wrist, her alchemical artifact, the Ten Heart Pearls.
"Of course, inside this."
"Your Ten Heart Pearls can even store sothing as massive as the Moonlight?"
Carlotta couldn’t help but be amazed.
Her storage card could only store a bedroom of the Moonlight, and even then, it had to be a smaller one.
Seeing Carlotta’s surprised look, Alia didn’t know what to say. After thinking, she said, "The Ten Heart Pearl are indeed a bit bigger."
A bit? More like a lot!
Carlotta thought to herself.
This result surprised her, but if the Ten Heart Pearl could hold the Moonlight, then there was indeed no need to worry about exposure.
"If safety is guaranteed, we can indeed go and check it out. We might even gain sothing."
Carlotta was also quite interested in the legend of the Pirate King.
...
Three days later.
It was nightti, and the thick twilight enveloped the Starlight sea.
Ahead in the ocean, a massive island appeared, with towering mountains and primitive forests faintly visible.
Around the island, nurous ships had already arrived, clearly those who had co upon hearing the news of Lionheart Island.
Seeing Lionheart Island, Alia ordered the Rose Pirate Crew to stop and then gathered the many pirates.
Scanning the pirates, Alia sighed inwardly.
Most of these pirates had already entered the Soldier Roster, but there were still a few who, even after being recruited for a long ti, had not entered the list. These people were a potential threat. Now that they were to explore Lionheart Island and their identity needed to be kept secret, Alia naturally saw no need to keep these threats.
She began calling out the nas of the pirates, having those called move to various ships, while those not called were gathered on one ship.
The pirates didn’t know what Alia was doing, but Carlotta had a vague idea.
After the list was called, Alia looked at the more than a hundred pirates on that ship who still hadn’t entered the Soldier Roster and, without hesitation, activated the Moonlight’s energy cannon.
"Boom!"
A blazing light shot out, carrying a destructive force, instantly turning these pirates and their ship into debris.
This was all too sudden for the pirates, so sudden that they didn’t even have ti to scream before their consciousness sank into eternal darkness.
The pirates on the other ships watched in fear, not knowing why Alia had killed these pirates, thinking she had randomly chosen so to kill.
In an instant, Alia beca a ruthless and capricious figure in the hearts of the pirates, making them more fearful and respectful of her.
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