Chapter 36: Where Do I Look Like a Good Person from Head to Toe?
The storm persisted, but those accustomed to the sea were not afraid of it.
Sag left half of his crew on the ship, including Renettia.
It wasn't because ability users couldn't use their powers in this storm. In fact, unless more than half of an ability user's body was submerged in water, it wouldn't have much effect.
But someone had to stay and guard the ship. Renettia was still a little girl, and it wasn't appropriate to send her out in such a storm. Besides, she was familiar with the ship, and in case of an emergency, she could use her abilities to move the ship.
Otherwise, with so few subordinates, he really couldn't even manage the sails.
Facing the wind and rain, Sag walked up to the fainted fisherman. "Gin..."
Gin stepped forward, grabbed the fisherman's collar, and slapped him twice.
The stimulation caused the fisherman to wake up slowly. He opened his eyes and saw, under the gloomy sky, a black face that looked like a demon.
"Ghost..."
*Clang!*
Gin pulled out the mace hanging from his waist. The iron ball flew, and the mace pinned the fisherman's throat, pressing him heavily onto the beach.
The heavy iron mace with the iron ball pressed down on the fisherman, causing his eyes to bulge. He was clearly out of breath, and his hands instinctively grabbed at the mace, trying to break free.
"Are you awake now?" Gin asked.
The fisherman nodded desperately.
Gin retracted the mace, looking at the fisherman who was gasping and coughing. He said, "We're not ghosts. We're pirates."
"Pi, pirates..."
The fisherman was stunned. His first reaction wasn't fear, but he turned his head and shouted to the back, "It's pirates! No need to run, it's pirates! Quickly collect the things in the sandcastles!"
Sag was puzzled. "Hey, I'm a pirate. Aren't you afraid?"
The fisherman waved his hand. "What's there to be afraid of pirates? I thought it was a ghost ship."
"I'm a pirate. I'm here to rob you!" Sag emphasized.
"I know. What else would pirates do but rob?"
The fisherman looked at Sag strangely. "From your outfit, I can tell you're a robber. But there's nothing here..."
*Splash!*
Behind them, the sound of a large wave crashing could be heard. The sound made the fisherman's face fill with fear.
"High tide!"
From the sandcastles on the beach, panicked cries could be heard.
"Wooo—"
Following that, a dull and strange sound from a bone horn could be heard. With that sound, many people ran out of the sandcastles towards the inland area.
"Sag..."
Lily's expression became serious and she called out.
Behind them, the sea waves surged towards them like a pack of galloping wolves.
If they were hit by this, it would be like experiencing a shipwreck.
"What are you waiting for, to drink seawater? Run!"
Sag just glanced back, and immediately ran forward.
Of course, he had to avoid such a large wave.
Especially Sag himself.
Although he wasn't an ability user, he was no different from one. Once more than half of his body was submerged in seawater, although he wouldn't lose his abilities, something even more terrifying than losing his abilities would occur.
It would summon sea beasts, or even Sea Kings!
That's right, he was always extremely confident in his bad luck!
A group of people also began to run forward, dodging the surge of the waves behind them. This surging tide engulfed the shallow beach, and soon reached the sandcastles built on the beach inside. With just one rush, the sandcastles collapsed, revealing stone beds, shells, and other things inside.
A woman holding a child stumbled and fell while running. She looked in terror at the approaching wave, and instinctively hugged her child tightly.
*Whoosh!*
A gust of wind inexplicably blew, and the fallen woman suddenly flew into the air. She bounced in the air for a while and was placed on the top of the highest slope on the beach.
Only then did the woman look up and see that in the air, a man wearing a lot of jewelry had bounced a few times and landed back on the ground.
"Thank, thank you!"
The woman hugged her child tightly and knelt towards Sag, her eyes filled with tears. "Thank you so much! Thank you so much!!"
The tide continued to surge, but it stopped just before reaching the top of the slope. The beach, which had been a fairly large area, had now become a small, shallow beach, with two to three hundred people gathered on it.
At first glance, they were all the old, weak, women, and children. There were occasionally men, but they were all thin and weak.
In their hands, they held things like stones and tools made of shells, and a few fire-starters... Other than that, they didn't even have decent clothes. The clothes they were wearing were patched with all kinds of patches.
"You guys are really poor..."
Sag clicked his tongue and sighed helplessly.
Even at his most unlucky, he would at most go hungry. He wouldn't be so poor that he had to use stone pots and shell bowls.
He looked back at the beach area that had now turned into seawater. "What's going on?"
"The Shallow Sand Kingdom is built on a tidal flat. Every so often, we experience high tide, and the sandcastles we build are washed away..."
From the crowd, a woman walked out and said, "Thank you very much for saving Silty and her daughter."
This woman was tall, at least two meters tall, much taller than this group of pirates. But she wasn't strong, she was a gentle and weak woman, wearing a white robe, with a few shell ornaments hanging on it. Her long, silky black hair was casually spread behind her, straight and bright.
And that face, although it didn't look old, it shimmered with an unusually gentle motherly...
A black-haired, straight-haired beauty.
"That kind of thing doesn't matter."
Sag waved his hand. "I have no interest in poor people. It doesn't matter if you're poor. Your king is rich. For the sake of saving your people, show me the way. Tell me where your king is, so I can go rob him."
The black-haired beauty was stunned. "Rob the king... Aren't you good people?"
Sag grinned, rushed to the woman, raised his hand, and said, "First of all, should good people give things away for free? Second, look at me from head to toe. Where do I look like a good person!"
An open-collared pirate shirt, loose breeches, and black boots. A gemstone-decorated pistol hung from his waist, a red jade necklace around his neck, and jewelry and gold rings on his fingers. Plus the large cloak he was wearing, and the fierce-looking people with weapons beside him.
He didn't look like a good person at all.
On the contrary, it was a very standard pirate outfit.
"Marika, they're pirates!" the fisherman who had encountered them earlier shouted.
Hearing this, the black-haired beauty showed a helpless smile. She bowed slightly to Sag and said, "So you're pirates. I'm sorry to disappoint you, but as you can see, we are very poor. As for the king you mentioned, let me introduce myself. My name is Marika, and I am the... king of this Shallow Sand Kingdom."
Sag: "..."
"You're the king?" He raised an eyebrow and looked Marika up and down, disbelieving. "Don't joke. What kind of king are you? From head to toe, it seems like only you are worth any money."
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