"What's going on?"
In the evening, when the crew member brought dinner, Vladimir couldn't help but ask.
"Reporting to Lord Guardian, are you asking why we don't intercept merchant ships?"
"Yes, our pirate ship has been cruising in this sea area, and we've encountered three or five merchant ships."
"This is because of Empress-sama's orders." The crew member explained with a smile, "Those are just small merchant ships. Even if we rob them, we won't get anything good."
"I see," Vladimir suddenly realized, and asked curiously, "Do you mean that there will be large caravans passing through this sea area?"
"Yes." The crew member nodded, "This sea area is a must-pass for connecting several islands, one of which is the wealthy Sabaody Archipelago, so there are often large merchant ships coming and going, and even 'Heavenly Tribute' fleets dedicated to the Celestial Dragons."
Vladimir immediately understood.
"I see. You can go down. Don't disturb me if there's nothing important."
"Yes."
After the person left, Vladimir began to enjoy dinner.
Whether it was because of this person's jinxed mouth, the next morning, the Kuja Pirates encountered a large merchant ship from afar, and it also flew the "Celestial Dragon" flag, representing that this ship was the "Heavenly Tribute," a ship dedicated to serving the Celestial Dragons.
According to estimates, the size of that ship was even larger than the pirate ship, even two or three times as large.
"Intercept them!"
The Empress walked out of the cabin and ordered the two swimming snakes.
Immediately, the two swimming snakes fully supported the ship, and quickly pursued the merchant ship.
In just over ten minutes, the pirate ship had caught up with the merchant ship, but the people on the merchant ship didn't seem to be willing to sit still and wait for death. They set up cannons on the deck and prepared to fight back.
"Behave and drop anchor, stop the ship!" A crew member shouted, "We are the Kuja Pirates. Hand over your cargo and all valuable jewelry!"
Hearing the name of the Kuja Pirates, there was a commotion on the merchant ship.
After a moment, a pot-bellied middle-aged man came out and shouted angrily, "Kuja Pirates! I've heard of you. Do you know what you're doing! This is a Heavenly Tribute merchant ship. Everything on the ship belongs to the Celestial Dragons!"
"Celestial Dragons?" Several burly women sneered, "We don't care who you are. If you know what's good for you, stop the ship! Otherwise, we'll kill you all!"
The two ships were about a hundred meters apart, and there was no need to use signal flags. They directly shouted at each other.
Vladimir was sitting on the edge of the ship, watching with great interest.
He wanted to continue watching the show leisurely, but the Empress turned her gaze over.
"'Guardian Deity,' you're eating and drinking for free on my territory, and you can't even teach a few protector warriors well. Now, it's time for you to do something."
"Huh?" Vladimir was stunned, and said strangely, "Are you sure you want me to take action?"
Hearing this, the Empress suddenly had a bad feeling, but she snorted lightly on the surface and said, "The opposite side is the Celestial Dragon's ship. Are you afraid?"
"Haha, little girl, you still want to use the aggressive method."
Vladimir laughed and made up his mind to take all the valuable things on the ship and run away later, saying goodbye to the Empress.
"Since you say so, then okay, this dragon will take action once!"
As soon as the voice fell, Vladimir let out a dragon roar.
In an instant, dazzling white light flashed, and a giant sea dragon appeared!
"A dragon!?"
On the merchant ship, everyone's faces changed in horror...
"A dragon!?"
The people on the merchant ship were inexplicably shocked. Dragon-shaped creatures were relatively rare.
The one in front of them was more than twenty meters long, with its claws and teeth bared. After entering the water, it stirred up the sea constantly.
"Don't be scared! It's just a Sea King!" The pot-bellied captain roared, "Aim at it and fire!"
As soon as the voice fell, a sailor immediately did as he was told.
Immediately, with a roar, a solid cannonball shot towards Vladimir.
The naval cannons of this era didn't even have grapeshot. A mere solid cannonball was like tickling for Vladimir.
With a wave of his dragon claw, the flying cannonball was immediately swatted away.
"If you use saturated attacks, you might be able to cause a little damage. A few cannonballs? Are you kidding me?"
Vladimir moved his claws, and his dragon eyes, across dozens of meters, stared directly at the people on the ship.
"It can talk!?"
This time, a group of people were frightened. Dragon-shaped creatures were rare, but they still existed after all, but a sea dragon that could talk was unbelievable.
"C-Captain?" The sailors looked at the pot-bellied man.
However, the captain was also confused at this moment. It was the first time he had encountered a pirate crew that dared to rob the Heavenly Tribute, and it was the first time he had encountered a talking sea dragon.
Seeing the people on the merchant ship fall into a daze, Vladimir suddenly felt bored, "It seems there aren't even any combatants on the ship. Well... who would want to rob the Heavenly Tribute? Only the Empress is so bold."
After a pause, he asked in his heart, "Phantom, scan it. Is there any Mysterious Power on the ship?"
In the blink of an eye, the Fantasy Gene replied, "Scanning result: None!"
"None? In that case, then I won't be polite!"
With a dragon roar, Vladimir suddenly moved.
His dragon tail, hidden under the water, swayed. Suddenly, the entire body was like a sharp sword, suddenly flying out.
Even those two sea snakes had extremely high speeds. As a sea dragon, Vladimir was even stronger in terms of instantaneous explosive power.
Whoosh!
The huge body separated the sea current, and Vladimir's dragon head plunged into the merchant ship.
Boom!!
With a violent shaking, the entire merchant ship almost capsized due to the impact. Many sailors on the edge of the ship fell into the sea because of this impact.
"C-Captain! It's leaking!" Someone exclaimed, his face pale with fright.
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