The captain on the merchant ship gave the order to retreat, and the sailors steered the vessel to change course, intending to leave.
Marcel leaned over the ship's railing, peering into the distance with his telescope, wanting to know what exactly was happening.
Boom, boom.
The sound of artillery fire echoed from afar. Seeing this, Marcel's jaw dropped, and he shouted, "They're firing! They're firing!"
"What are they dealing with?"
The captain looked into the distance, his expression puzzled.
The merchant ship was turning, heading away from the pirate ship. The captain continued to observe the situation of the pirate fleet in the distance.
"The pirate ship is sinking."
After a while, seeing the rate at which the pirate ship was descending, the captain made his judgment.
At this moment, on the right flank of the pirate ship, closer to their position, two small boats began to lower.
"They're trying to escape," Marcel shouted.
"Quick, they're heading this way. We need to get further away."
The captain waved his hand but kept his eyes fixed on the distance.
"It's Dominic and his men," Marcel said, looking at the people boarding the small boats, his gaze filled with hatred.
Marcel had desperately wished for Dominic to sink with the pirate ship, but it seemed that wouldn't happen now.
The merchant ship gradually pulled away, increasing the distance, while Dominic's two boats sailed towards them.
The pirate ship slowly sank. As the merchant ship moved further away, the pirate ship became smaller and smaller within their line of sight. The approaching small boats could only be seen as blurry shapes.
But just as Marcel lowered his telescope, about to leave.
Splash.
A massive black shadow slammed into a small boat. In an instant, the boat splintered into pieces, and the figures on board were flung out.
"Huh?"
Marcel stared intently through the telescope. He then saw a giant fish emerge from the seabed, open its maw, and swallow a pirate.
"Is that a Sea Fish? The Sea Fish attacked them?"
Beside him, the captain saw this and raised an eyebrow.
"It looks like that Sea Fish..."
Marcel looked at the Sea Fish, finding it somewhat familiar.
In the distance, while the Sea Fish was devouring pirates, Dominic, in his small boat, attempted to flee. His obese figure was quite conspicuous.
"Attack him! Attack him!"
Marcel clenched his fists, shouting repeatedly.
Then, as if the Sea Fish had heard Marcel's thoughts, it charged towards Dominic and crashed into his boat.
Dominic fell into the water and was then caught by Xia Qiu, who bit down.
"He's dead! Dominic is dead! That's great!"
Marcel yelled, his expression ecstatic, tears welling up in his eyes.
The death of the man who killed his father filled Marcel with immense emotion.
He had wished to avenge himself and kill the man with his own hands, but he knew that with his own strength, it would take him many years.
Now that Dominic was dead, and he had witnessed it with his own eyes, it was enough.
"Marcel, what are you talking about? What happened?"
Marcel's words attracted attention. Joezer jogged over, asking curiously.
"Uncle Joezer, look over there."
Marcel pointed into the distance and handed the telescope to Joezer. The latter took the telescope and looked towards the distance.
...
After killing Dominic, Xia Qiu didn't stop hunting. He locked onto a pirate wielding dual swords, who was lying on a piece of wreckage, spitting blood.
"And you."
Xia Qiu circled around, changed direction, and charged at the other man.
This person was Xia Qiu's hunting target. He was not weak and was his second target.
"No, don't..."
Leo weakly cried out, trying to escape, but his broken bones rendered him immobile.
"Ahhh."
Accompanied by Leo's despairing scream, Xia Qiu bit him to pieces and swallowed him whole, then looked around.
The strongest two were eaten.
Xia Qiu looked around. Two pirates were swimming away into the distance, and three pirates were lying on the deck, in bad condition and barely alive.
But the other pirates, besides those he had eaten, were either hit and injured by him or had fallen into the sea.
"Eat them and let me escape this place."
Johansen swam rapidly into the distance, praying that the sea fish would eat someone else, giving him a chance to escape.
After seeing Xia Qiu charging at him, he fired a shot and then dodged, jumping into the sea.
He was the only one out of the twelve pirates who hadn't been hit by Xia Qiu and was completely unharmed.
"You're fast. You must be strong."
But in the distance, seeing Johansen falling behind another pirate, Xia Qiu's eyes filled with a hint of amusement. "Wasn't it you who shot me just now?"
Xia Qiu thought, then charged forward at high speed, rapidly closing the distance.
"Here it comes. Damn it, why is it chasing me?"
Johansen felt the figure rapidly approaching from behind, his face filled with despair. He turned and shouted, "Spare me, please spare me."
But the answer was a gaping maw that swallowed him whole.
"I hope you can provide me with some energy."
Xia Qiu grunted, turned, and ate the two pirates lying on the deck. He ignored the pirates sinking into the sea and swam towards a pirate ship in the distance.
There, seven or eight more pirates were visible.
Xia Qiu charged towards them, not hiding his presence at all.
"The sea fish is coming, run!"
These pirates panicked and tried to escape, but it was futile.
One, two, three.
Xia Qiu devoured the pirates one by one, swallowing them all into his belly, a look of satisfaction on his face.
Fourteen pirates.
The man holding the saber was stronger than Moor, whom he had eaten before, but slightly weaker than Colonel Lido.
And the one wielding dual blades had a strength comparable to Moor.
Not to mention the others.
A bountiful harvest.
Xia Qiu grinned and swam towards the merchant ship, waiting for the heat flow to appear and strengthen him.
...
"They've all... all been eaten."
Joezer stared blankly into the distance, his expression dazed.
That sea fish had annihilated the pirate crew. He had never witnessed such a scene before.
"It's that sea fish."
Marcel shouted excitedly, "It's the sea fish that's been following us! It attacked the Dominic Pirates and killed Dominic."
"Truly amazing."
Kafur couldn't help but sigh. "I didn't expect it could sink a ship when its body length is less than twenty meters."
"It's coming this way, swimming towards us."
Marcel cheered as he saw the sea fish swimming towards them.
"Quick, turn thirty degrees to the left, catch the wind, and escape it." The captain looked at the small flag by the ship's side. The wind direction and the ship's course were not aligned; there was a thirty-degree deviation. Although they could still use the wind's momentum, it wasn't the strongest.
"Why should we get away from it?"
Marcel asked, confused.
"It might attack us next," Joezer said softly.
"But it's been following us for so long and hasn't attacked us," Marcel said from a distance.
"It probably wasn't hungry earlier."
The captain said worriedly, "Now that it's started eating, having consumed so many pirates, it might attack us. Hurry!"
As the captain spoke, the ship slightly adjusted its course, catching the strongest wind and accelerating away.
However, even with the increased speed, the ship was still slower than Xia Qiu.
Xia Qiu charged rapidly underwater, instantly closing in on the merchant ship.
"Watch out for a collision!"
The captain shouted loudly, but the next moment, Xia Qiu stopped, stood upright, slowed down, and followed the ship quietly.
The heat flow had already appeared, and he needed to wait for the strengthening process to finish.
Then, they followed the merchant ship to the next island.
"See? He didn't attack us."
On the merchant ship, Marcel shouted excitedly, as if he had received validation, "He doesn't intend to harm us at all."
Joezer asked with a confused expression, "That's strange, why isn't he attacking us? But he attacked the pirates who plundered us?"
"Hahaha, do you think he might be avenging us?" the burly Kafur said with a loud laugh.
"It must be."
Marcel flashed a brilliant smile, leaned over the ship's railing, and watched the large black fish. He cupped his hands around his mouth and shouted down, "Mr. Sea Fish, thank you for avenging us."
"Hmm?"
Hearing the voice from beneath the sea, Xia Qiu inwardly sneered.
Avenging you?
I attacked the pirate crew for reasons unrelated to you; I just wanted to eat.
You're thinking too much.
Xia Qiu suddenly turned sideways, his massive fish tail flicking upwards, sending a surge of water flying into the air and drenching the people on the ship.
Splash.
Seawater rained down on everyone above. They looked at their soaked clothes and exchanged glances.
"Hahaha."
The next moment, their laughter rang out, filled with joy, happiness, and goodwill.
Hearing their laughter, Xia Qiu felt as if his actions had gained a new meaning beyond just eating and killing.
But then, Xia Qiu snorted coldly, closed the nictitating membrane over his eyes, rolled his 'eyes,' and slowly began to sink.
Boring humans.
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