Chapter 379, Encountered a Ghost
The man's head exploded, sticky blood splattering all around.
The people nearby were stunned, their faces changed abruptly when they saw the blood on their hands and bodies.
Just as they were about to make a move.
Bang~!
The railing exploded, and another man's chest burst open, his upper body flew into the air, and his internal organs spilled all over the ground.
In an instant, everyone showed expressions of terror.
They scattered chaotically in all directions.
Philipa was also startled, but quickly realized this was helping her.
Most of the people trying to take her position were dead.
It would also be difficult for them to pose any threat to her now.
She immediately shouted, "Don't run around, take cover, lie down on the deck."
Hearing Philipa's shout, the rest of the people looked for cover or directly lay down on the deck.
The thunderous explosions didn't happen, and no one else was shattered.
After a while, someone cautiously raised their head to look outside and said, "Captain, it seems like it's over."
Philipa whistled into the air, and a parrot flew out immediately.
After some scouting, she stood up and said, "It's fine now, put down the gangplank, let's check out the cargo ship."
The other pirates also stood up.
The gangplank was laid between the two ships, and the pirates raised their weapons and boarded the cargo ship.
Philipa followed behind, surrounded by a few people who were flattering her in low voices, "Captain, your plan was perfect."
"Yes, I knew following the captain was the best decision."
"Captain, watch your step."
As if they'd all forgotten about the crew members who had just been shattered.
Every pirate wore a look of excitement and anticipation for the cargo on the ship.
Philipa enjoyed the praise from the crew, though her face remained calm.
"Go check the cargo hold, don't crowd around me."
"Yes, Captain!"
With a loud cheer, everyone rushed into the cargo hold.
Soon after, someone ran out quickly.
Shouted, "Captain, it's all high-quality fabrics, with embroidery and patterns, we'll definitely make a lot from this trip."
Philipa entered the hold.
Inside, she saw piles of neatly stacked fabrics.
The patterns and designs on them were obviously not the cheap kind that ordinary people could use, all were exquisite, detailed, and brightly colored.
Philipa's eyes gradually widened; such fine goods were actually brought to her.
These were much more valuable than leather or grain.
Seeing the pirates touching the fabrics, Philipa stepped forward and kicked, cursing, "Don't touch them recklessly, cover them all up, move them to the main ship."
The pirates pulled their hands back.
They began to carry the goods.
Once all the fabrics were moved to the main ship.
Philipa stood on the deck and said, "Kam, you're now the captain of the separated ship, prepare to set sail, we're leaving."
"Yes, Captain." Kam, dark-skinned and strong, responded loudly.
Unable to hide the joy on his face about suddenly becoming a captain.
He felt fortunate that during the earlier stand-off, he had chosen to side with Philipa.
Now, he had become the captain of the separated ship, while many of those who tried to overthrow Philipa had died.
The rest would probably be dealt with by Philipa later.
Philipa continued to shout, "Everyone else, return to your posts, we're leaving."
"Yes!"
The pirates responded, returning to their respective positions.
The two ships maintained distance as they sailed away.
...
On the other side, under the cover of night at sea.
Glenda passed through the night and returned to Wu Heng's side.
She said softly, "There's nothing wrong on the pirate side, that 'Philipa' woman seems decent, appointed a new separated ship captain, and the pirates seem to respect her."
"Those people she had killed earlier, who were they?"
"From what she said, they seemed to be pirates trying to seize power."
Wu Heng nodded, then pulled out a tablet, compared it with the nautical chart, and said, "Let's go, let's leave here too, find an island to land on first."
Splash~!
The ship sailed away into the distance.
...
Morning.
Wu Heng sat on the side of the ship, wringing his clothes over the sea.
The sea waves, coupled with the morning mist, left him and the skeletons soaking wet, like drenched chickens just pulled out of the water.
Around him, there was still an endless expanse of ocean.
The target island was still not in sight.
Sailing at sea was not as close as it looked on the chart.
At that moment, Xiaoxiao flew back from afar, shouting, "Another pirate ship is coming over there."
Wu Heng paused his actions, looking off into the distance.
The daytime view was a bit better.
In the distance, a ship flying a black pirate flag appeared on the sea.
He took out his binoculars and looked at the pirate flag.
The pattern was a 'rapier piercing vertically through a skull'.
He pulled out the tablet again, quickly comparing it with the information on the pirate bounty notices.
Rapier Pirates, Captain, Level 12 Swordsman.
The same rank as Philipa's pirate group.
"Uncle, the ship's about to leave!" Xiaoxiao continued.
Looking up, he saw the pirate ship directly ignoring them, turning towards the 'Sinanya Shipping Route'.
He looked at the pirate ship, then down at the wooden boat beneath his feet.
"Sharkfang, Keramu, you two go over, seize the ship," Wu Heng said directly.
Sharkfang jumped into the sea.
Keramu stepped directly on Sharkfang's back, crouched slightly, and quickly moved towards the pirate ship.
...
On the other side.
On the Rapier pirate ship.
The pirates frowned as they looked at the two wooden boats in the distance.
Someone asked, "Captain, are those the two wooden boats? They look like fishing boats."
The middle-aged man wearing a captain's hat looked at the two wooden boats in the distance.
He frowned as well, "The letter said it was a cargo ship."
"Could the intel be wrong?" a crew member continued.
The captain said, "The letter has never been wrong, these two fishing boats shouldn't be it, let's keep searching."
"What about these two... should we seize them first?"
"Leave them alone, continue searching for the cargo ship on the route," the captain ordered.
"Yes!"
The pirates took the order, and the ship began sailing into the distance.
Just as they were about to leave.
Someone shouted, "Look, someone is rushing over from the sea!"
The pirates who were about to leave turned to look at the sea.
A figure was charging quickly across the waves, holding a sword with one hand, as if running atop the waves.
Moving incredibly fast.
"What is that?"
"How can he stand on the waves?"
"Wait, it seems like he's stepping on something."
The captain frowned deeply and immediately ordered, "Attack, kill him."
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~!
Arrows and bolts flew, shooting towards the approaching figure.
The figure on the sea kept approaching quickly, soon reaching the ship.
Suddenly, thick smoke enveloped the charging figure.
In the next second, the pirate captain's face changed drastically, and he turned around sharply to see that the person who had been on the sea had now appeared behind him.
Thud~!
The sound of a blade cutting through flesh echoed, and the head wearing the captain's hat fell from the neck.
It rolled to the side, still showing fear and disbelief.
At this moment.
The other pirates finally reacted, drawing their weapons and charging forward.
Keramu, holding a sword in one hand, became a blur, rushing into the group of pirates.
The Level 17 Ronin displayed overwhelming power over the pirates.
A large number of pirates fell, and blood covered the deck.
...
Wu Heng and the skeletons approached the pirate ship.
A rope ladder was thrown down from the deck.
Climbing onto the deck, Wu Heng saw the corpses scattered all over and Keramu standing there with a sword in one hand.
He looked closely at Keramu, apart from several arrows lodged in his chest, there were no other major injuries.
And arrows and bolts had little effect on the undead.
He glanced around briefly.
Pirates could be seen hiding in the corridors of the cabin.
Wu Heng said directly, "Kill them all, kill every pirate inside."
Splash~!
A large group of skeletons rushed into the cabin, starting a massacre against the hiding pirates.
Wu Heng walked around the deck.
His gaze landed on the head wearing the captain's hat.
After thinking for a moment, he directly used [Speak with the Dead].
The head suddenly opened its eyes, its cloudy eyeballs turning.
Wu Heng had a skeleton bring over a wooden crate to sit on, and he asked directly, "Why are you here?"
The head spoke, "Last night I received a mysterious letter saying a cargo ship was passing through this route, so we came over."
Hearing this, Wu Heng raised an eyebrow.
Another mysterious letter.
Moreover, at this time and place, the only cargo ship coming from Gold-Silver Island was his.
How did the other side know about this information?
He hadn't mentioned it to anyone, and Philipa had a slave contract, so she wouldn't say anything either.
He hadn't even had time to inform Imiro.
How did the other side know?
Encountered a ghost.
"Did the letter say anything else to you?"
The corpse replied, "No, just this information."
Wu Heng continued to ask, "How much do you know about the letters?"
"The letters relay information to the nearest fleet, and the information they provide is quite accurate. They have high prestige among pirates, and some pirate groups consider them a gift from the sea god."
After thinking carefully, something still didn't seem right.
By proximity, it should've sent the information to Philipa.
Wu Heng thought for a moment and then said, "Recently, what news is there among the pirates?"
"Recently, the pirates have been acting according to the letters' intel. Some pirate groups and hunters are planning to kill the deputy steward of Gold-Silver Island. Leonid had his ear bitten off by a siren, Kahill had an affair with the captain's woman, ..."
This time, a lot of information was provided.
Wu Heng wasn't interested in some of the pirates' gossip.
He continued to ask, "Who are the pirate groups planning to kill the deputy steward of Gold-Silver Island?"
"The Devil's Hand pirate group, I'm not sure if anyone else is involved."
Five questions over.
The head closed its eyes.
Still, he got some useful information.
A Devil's Hand pirate group was organizing people to kill him.
Crazy.
They really didn't consider Imiro.
Inside the cabin, the battle ended, and the corpses were moved onto the deck.
Wu Heng had the equipment removed from the corpses, then cast [Battlefield of the Dead], and a large number of corpses stood up.
They began to put on their equipment again and clean up the deck.
Wu Heng walked around the cabin.
There wasn't much cargo inside, but in the storage room, he did find several barrels of silver coins.
He returned to the deck.
Ordered, "Take down the pirate flag, hoist the guild banner, and head to Gold-Silver Island."
The ship set sail towards Gold-Silver Island.
These pirates had arrived just in time.
Otherwise, it would have taken a long time to approach the island.
...
Near dusk, the ship entered the port of Gold-Silver Island.
Wu Heng settled the skeletons and took a carriage back to his residence.
He greeted the two maids.
Then went straight to the room on the third floor where the radio was kept.
He picked up the microphone and said, "Philipa, everything going well on your side?"
Soon, Philipa's voice came through, "Smoothly, you gave me such good cargo, you're too kind."
Her tone was full of delight.
The cargo in the hold was taken from the warehouse in the trade city.
It seemed that Philipa was quite satisfied.
In this world, common people typically wore plain-colored clothes, while bright, intricately patterned clothes were worn only by those with good financial standing.
Modern fabrics were indeed more refined in both color and craftsmanship.
"Glad it helped," Wu Heng continued, "Did you receive any blank envelopes?"
"No! Why?"
"On my way back, I encountered the Rapier pirate group; they received a letter to hijack my cargo ship."
There was a pause from the other side, "Huh? How could that happen?"
"That's why I asked if you got any letters."
Philipa thought for a moment, "The letters usually appear when people are sleeping or not paying attention. I didn't sleep at all last night, so I couldn't have received one."
Hmm, that explanation made sense too.
"Alright then, did you get the spatial ring I prepared for you?"
"There's also a spatial ring? I haven't seen it!"
Wu Heng said, "I put it in the captain's cabin, stuck under the desk, marked it too. Didn't you see it?"
"How would I know if you hid it there, I'll go look for it now." After saying this, there was no response from the other side.
Not long after, Philipa reconnected.
She exclaimed, "Wow, you gave me such a big ring, and there's even a weapon. How did you know I like curved blades?"
"It's a 10-cubic-meter ring, store plenty of food and water for yourself on the sea."
"Oh!" Philipa responded, seemingly examining the items.
Wu Heng continued, "That weapon is the Illusory Blade. Its effect is that it allows the user to create illusion clones, useful for confusing enemies or escaping."
"Damn, is it the one sold at the auction? That thing costs hundreds of gold!" Philipa exclaimed again.
Wu Heng said, "You know about the auction?"
"That kind of thing spreads quickly outside. There was talk about a fat sheep buying all the magical items... uh... that... person wasn't you, was it?" Philipa asked suspiciously.
"Yes, it's the Illusory Blade. Wrap the scabbard with something so others don't recognize it, just to avoid any danger."
"Oh my god, dad! You're too good to me, I've never had anything so good in my life."