840 Level (1/2)

The top rule among pirates was that there were no rules.

Other than that, there were some conventions on a ship.

Strictly speaking, there was no generally accepted codex among pirates. In fact, even the Pirate King would not be able to command all pirates.

But a pirate captain had absolute authority on his own ship.

Fang Yuan declared that he would set a new rule, and the pirates had to listen to him despite their pride.

Someday, pirates all over the four oceans will know and follow the codex I've set. I'm the one who will bring about rules… Hmm, that's a method to amplify my influence and hence probe into the world, but even the position of Pirate King seems insufficient for this purpose.

”Mister pirate captain… may I know your name?!”

Elizabeth covered her body with a white veil, staring at Fang Yuan with both hatred and gratitude.

Hmm… the name of my pirate team and my alias…

Fang Yuan was stunned for a moment as he thought of something that had slipped his mind.

How could a pirate team that was going to conquer the four oceans have a mediocre name?

Even he was a nobody on the seas near Ettoman now.

”I…” With that thought, Fang Yuan laughed out loud. ”I am the pirate Roche! Someday, I will lead my Purgatory Pirate Team to conquer all the oceans!”

”Pirate Roche!”

Elizabeth gazed at Fang Yuan deeply, as though she wanted to thoroughly remember this arrogant pirate. But the next moment, two pirates cursed at her and pushed her into a cabin.

”Purgatory Pirate Team?” Bill repeated.

”Yeah, this is my pirate team. As for the flag…”

Fang Yuan picked up a brush and casually added some flames to the edges and corners of the black skeleton flag, just like the flames of negative karma.

”The Fiery Lotus Pirate Flag represents the flames that burn up the world, and it'll be my symbol in the future! The day will come when all the pirates on all the oceans surrender to the Fiery Lotus Pirate Flag, and even ocean empires will have to pay tribute to it!” Fang Yuan said eloquently.

His domineering aura seemed to astound the pirates around him, who were unable to utter a single word.

”All right… I've declared my ambition. Now let's talk about something more pragmatic. The total gain this time, including goods and other spoils of the war, is worth about five thousand gold coins. Two thousand gold coins and diamonds will be distributed as the reward. For the other goods worth three thousand gold coins, we must find a port to sell them at… And there are these three ships.

”Carpenter!” Fang Yuan summoned a ship worker. ”Repair these three ships as soon as possible. Assign two groups of people, one each to Ferocious Tiger and Merchant Ship Rose, and try to make the ships sail… But if you can't fix them, move the goods and sink the ships!”

Earlier, he had steered Mockingbird to crash into Ferocious Tiger, severely damaging both ships.

The bow and the ram of Mockingbird were destroyed, while Ferocious Tiger was almost broken in two.

The poor ship worker trembled in fear when he reported that Ferocious Tiger was beyond repair, but that Merchant Ship Rose was in the best state among the three ships due to its lack of armaments and therefore the less violent battle.

”Sink Ferocious Tiger and try your best to repair Mockingbird. Then sail toward the nearest pirate port!” Fang Yuan ordered immediately. ”Oh yes, and carefully preserve Tiger's corpse. It's worth quite a lot of money!”

Since Tiger was a well-known pirate team leader, a number of bounties were offered for his capture.

Honestly, Ettoman was relatively miserly in this aspect, offering only 500 gold coins as the bounty. But together with the offers from the victims, the bounties added up to around 1000 gold coins!

Tiger's life was really not worth this much. If Tiger had not disguised himself as an Extraordinary using the Ferocious Tiger Ring, even his subordinates might have tried to kill him for the money.

”However, this is nothing compared to those great pirates on the Golden Sea Route, who are wanted with bounties worth more than ten thousand gold coins…”

Truly great pirates were pirate governors active in their respective regions. They even had their own fleets and ran some businesses. Ships passing by the region, and even some small countries, had to pay tribute to them.

Moreover, they had their own territories, which were typically one to a few large islands with many inhabitants. These pirates were like nobles with many privileges in their territories.

A pirate governor at this level was very similar to a king.

Even the Pirate King might not be able to conquer all of these pirate governors. The relationship between them was similar to a king and powerful nobles.

”Still… Mockingbird is way too small, and its armaments are insufficient. So is Ferocious Tiger. I have to get myself a new warship!”

Fang Yuan learned about the ships in this world from the ship worker, together with the detailed explanations from Bill and the others.