"Galmo? Long Bread? They sound a bit familiar... are they characters from the anime in my past life?"
Charlotte Linlin repeated these two names in her heart, trying to search for relevant information from the memory fragments of her past life.
Sigh~ I can't remember. Whatever, forget it. If I'd known, I would have watched more of the Pirate King.
After thinking for a moment to no avail, Charlotte Linlin withdrew her thoughts and spoke to the people in front of her.
"Let's go, take us to find the Gourmet Pirates."
"Mia, you and Lilith arrange for these Nine Snake Island warriors. From now on, we are each other's partners."
"Yes! Captain!" Lilith and Mia replied in unison.
Subsequently, Charlotte Linlin followed Kurozumi Mushi and departed.
After they left, the Nine Snake Island warriors had hearts in their eyes, discussing animatedly with infatuated faces:
"Lady Linlin said we are her partners! So happy!"
"Lady Linlin is not only powerful but also so gentle!"
"I've decided! I must become Lady Linlin's most loyal lackey!"
Mia looked at this group of clearly "fallen" women, her mouth twitching slightly as she asked Lilith in a low voice beside her:
"Are they... always like this?"
Lilith returned an awkward but polite smile:
"Forgive the embarrassment."
She then turned around and spoke sternly to the infatuated Nine Snake Island warriors:
"Everyone quiet! Don't let Lady Linlin's old subordinates see you as a joke! Furthermore—"
She suddenly raised her voice, emphasizing as if declaring ownership:
"I am the one who's Lady Linlin's dog!"
Mia's eyes twitched slightly as the invisible pressure doubled. It turned out her competitors weren't just that first mate, but the entire ship of people!
...On Beehive Island, the hierarchy was clear; the closer one was to the top of power, the more startling the resources and privileges they could enjoy.
The privileges enjoyed by the great executives were far beyond what ordinary pirates could imagine.
They not only had the qualification to form their own exclusive Pirate Crews and own private mansions in the center of the island, but more importantly, they didn't need to hand over their loot when raiding, and they enjoyed high distribution ratios and priority in picking spoils during collective actions.
Of course, for Gloriosa, it was more important to use this to spread the news that "she had joined the Rocks Pirates" across the sea.
Only by doing so could she use Rocks' fearsome reputation to deter other pirates, making them hesitate to act against Nine Snake Island.
Under Kurozumi Mushi's guidance, Charlotte Linlin and her companion crossed Beehive Island to a relatively prosperous area on the other side of the island.
"My Lady, ahead is the territory of the Gourmet Pirates," Kurozumi Mushi said, pointing to a group of buildings ahead, among which stood an extremely conspicuous tall house.
That house was extremely tall; Charlotte Linlin estimated it to be about twenty-five meters, clearly prepared for the Giant Race.
The color of its walls was out of place with the surrounding buildings, obviously a new construction.
Under normal circumstances, building a house of such height would take at least several months, but calculating from when the Gourmet Pirates had just been promoted to great executive not long ago, this building probably only took a few days—should it be said that it truly is a strange pirate world?
"My Lady, I shall take my leave first," Kurozumi Mushi bowed.
She was unwilling to be discovered by the Gourmet Pirates as the one who led Charlotte Linlin here. For someone like her with weak strength who relied on information to maneuver and survive, the hostility of any great executive could be a terminal disaster.
"Mm," Charlotte Linlin nodded slightly, then said to Gloriosa on her shoulder:
"Next, it's up to you."
"No problem! I am the first mate of the Heavenly Punishment Pirates!"
Gloriosa smiled confidently, jumped lightly from Charlotte Linlin's shoulder, and strode toward that area.
"Stop! Who... so, so beautiful!"
The pirate responsible for guarding was about to block her, but the moment he saw Gloriosa's face clearly, his will collapsed, and he was completely intoxicated by her beauty.
"Filthy eyes, I hate them the most! Great Perfume Femur!"
Gloriosa's face turned cold as she kicked him away without mercy. That pirate smashed through several houses like a cannonball, making a thunderous boom.
Gloriosa, who often appeared cute and even infatuated in front of Charlotte Linlin, finally revealed her true aura as the former Empress of Nine Snake—arrogant, domineering, and powerful!
"Who is it?!"
"Enemy attack!"
"So beautiful..."
"Is she a goddess?!"
The huge commotion drew more pirate lackeys; they rushed over exclaiming, but most of them lost their will to fight the moment they saw Gloriosa clearly, obsessively submitting to her peerless appearance.
Charlotte Linlin watched from afar, understanding it in her heart.
Although the Captain of the Gourmet Pirates was a giant, she was also a woman, and few male pirates with any ambition were willing to serve under a woman.
Because pirates are a group that cares greatly about face; submitting to a woman was a kind of shame for them.
Unless they were weak-willed or bound by emotions like family or friendship, it was difficult for male pirates to willingly pledge loyalty to a woman.
The people before her eyes clearly belonged to the former. With their weak wills, they were directly submerged in Gloriosa's beauty.
Gloriosa completely ignored these people, entering as if into an uninhabited land, easily kicking aside anyone in her way and destroying the surrounding buildings to create an even bigger commotion.
Finally, a massive figure appeared along with a roar:
"Who are you? How dare you touch my people!"
A massive blonde Female Giant appeared, roaring.
She wore a huge golden Captain's hat and held a strange tachi with fangs; her figure was curvy and tall, but her face appeared somewhat youthful.
Charlotte Linlin frowned as she looked at this Female Giant.
The voice the other party emitted was very strange, like a coarse mixture of an old woman's and a little girl's voice, giving people an extremely weird feeling.
"You're the new great executive of the Rocks Pirates? The Galmo who killed the Giant Hero and fled Elbaf?"
Facing the twenty-plus-meter-tall Female Giant, Gloriosa showed no fear and questioned her arrogantly.
"It's me! You woman... huh?!"
Galmo gradually approached, and after seeing Gloriosa's appearance clearly, a flash of amazement crossed her eyes, but it was immediately replaced by rage.
"Truly a pretty face... if you hadn't come to provoke me, for the sake of this beauty, I wouldn't mind being friends with you."
Her voice suddenly became eerie and terrifying: "But since you dare to run wild on my turf, you must die here today! I will turn your corpse into my most perfect Homie! You will become my most precious collection! Mamamamamama!"
Hearing this, the cold light in Gloriosa's eyes intensified, and her Conqueror's Haki surged slightly, showing the full arrogance and majesty of the Empress:
"Collection? You? Ridiculous! My beauty is not something you can covet! Great Perfume Femur!"
As she spoke, she leapt into the air, her long legs wrapped in advanced Armament Haki, and with a momentum that could crush everything, she kicked toward Galmo!
Galmo swung her blade to meet her, her slender jade-like legs covered in Haki colliding violently with the hideous, massive blade!
"Clang—!!!"
A deafening roar erupted as the violent shockwave instantly exploded, turning into a raging gale that swept away all the rubble and debris on the surrounding ground!
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