Chapter: The Pirate Stronghold
The pirates' treatment of prisoners was extremely miserable.
Unless you were of noble birth, you were treated no better than a slave.
Of course, if you could afford to pay a large ransom, it was a different story.
But we had to go deep into Billygert's stronghold.
So, it would have been much more advantageous to just sell them off as slaves.
But when the situation actually arose, my thoughts changed a bit.
"Oh, should I just say I'll pay the ransom? These guys are way more serious than I thought."
All the way back to our base, we weren't offered even a drop of water.
The reason was told to us by our veteran helmsman.
"Probably to drain your strength until you get there. Sailors are rough as hell."
"But you still have to live."
"Male slaves are not that expensive. The spoils of this ship and its holds are worth much more. They probably won't care much if we die. It's a sad reality."
