On the boundless sea, a merchant ship was advancing at high speed. Behind the merchant ship, a pirate ship was biting it tightly. It was like a hungry wolf that had smelled blood, relentlessly chasing after the merchant ship in front.
After receiving news of the pirates, an atmosphere of fear began to spread uncontrollably in the merchant ship, making almost everyone feel uneasy.
Due to human nature, after knowing that they were being pursued by pirates, everyone on the ship began to gather in the largest living room in the cabin, trying to find comfort and a sense of security among the crowd.
Unfortunately, these people had obviously forgotten that emotions were contagious, and fear was undoubtedly one of the fastest contagious emotions among all human emotions.
The people gathered in the hall did not feel at ease because of the crowd. Instead, they could not help but feel afraid because of the extreme fear of some of them.
In this tense and dangerous atmosphere, almost everyone cooperated with the others willingly or involuntarily. Their faces looked as if the sky was about to collapse.
"What should we do? What should he do? The pirates are coming…"
"Wuwuwu! I don't want to die yet. Who can save us…"
"Damn it! Why did I step on this ship? If I had known that I would encounter pirates, I would have…"
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In this extreme situation, only a small number of people could barely remain calm, and Pax was one of them.
Under the protection of the guards, Pax looked coldly at the panicked crowd. Although he wanted to step out and calm the anxious crowd, he gave up on this thankless act after thinking about it.
In any case, if they were unfortunately caught by the pirates, no matter how hard he tried to appease them, these people would eventually collapse. Pax, who had dealt with pirates a few times, knew this very well.
"Sigh! " I hope the pirates we encounter this time are all law-abiding pirates. Otherwise, it'll be troublesome…" Pax said worriedly as he looked away from the crowd.
Generally speaking, pirates only robbed and did not kill. After all, robbery and murder were completely different crimes. Not all pirates had the confidence to be lawless and dare to ignore the existence of the navy.
Moreover, no one was stupid. If a merchant ship was killed by pirates on that route, then there would basically be no more merchant ships passing through that route.
After all, humans more or less had some superstitions, especially for those who worked at sea. They didn't want to take an unlucky route.
Therefore, whether it was for the sake of their lives or for the sake of their wallets, pirates would more or less restrain themselves under normal circumstances. They would only rob and not kill. This was also an unspoken rule between pirates and merchants!
However, since it was said that it was under normal circumstances, there would naturally be extraordinary circumstances. There would never be a lack of breaking rules and touching restrictions in this world. What a lunatic, let alone those lawless pirates!
Pax himself had encountered this kind of unfortunate situation twice. If he hadn't been alert enough to offer the ransom in time to move those greedy people... The greedy and crazy pirate would have died in the sea and fed the fish long ago.
Although nothing had happened to him, those two nightmarish experiences had caused Pax to bleed profusely each time. Even if he didn't die, he had lost a layer of skin.
Pax couldn't help but shiver when he thought of this. He prayed to the gods in his heart that they wouldn't let him be so unlucky.
As the saying went, things never happened more than three times. Pax was already so old. If he had to go through this kind of experience again in his later years, he would really not feel at ease even if he died!
Pax didn't think too much about it after praying to himself. Instead, he looked at a guard beside him.
"Peter, before you entered the cabin just now, did you see clearly what the pirates chasing us looked like?”Pax asked nervously. He had been thinking about the past and realized that he had forgotten to ask such an important question.
"I don't know him, and I'm not sure. The crowd was too chaotic just now. In order to protect you, I only glanced at it slightly just now. I vaguely saw a dog head symbol on the pirate flag.”The guard named Peter replied.
"Dog head symbol? What the hell! Dog head symbol! You said you saw the dog head symbol on the pirate flag.”Hearing Peter's answer, Pax first tried to recall. Then, as if he had recalled something, his expression changed drastically.
"Did you see clearly if there was a scar on the dog head symbol?”Pax asked with an ugly expression. His voice was unusually low.
Seeing their lord's expression become so grim, the hearts of several guards, including Peter, sank. They all had a bad feeling.
"There seems to be a scar on the dog head symbol!”With some hesitation on his face, Peter looked at Pax and answered his question hesitantly.
"What?! Are you sure you didn't see wrongly? I don't want such a vague answer." Pax's face turned even uglier as he stared at Peter and questioned him.
"I'm sure that there's really a scar on the dog head symbol!”
Under Parker's pressure, Peter racked his brain for a moment before he braced himself and answered affirmatively. Although he also wanted to say that he was not sure, there was no point in hiding it in this situation.
"Damn it! Damn it! Damn it! " I didn't expect it to be the Mad Dog Pirates. I didn't expect us to be so unlucky to encounter this damned pirate group…" Pax was so anxious that he kept spinning around. He cursed three times in a row, and his face had turned as black as charcoal. Clearly, he was in a terrible mood.
"Sir, could it be that this so-called Mad Dog Pirate Gang is very strong?”Seeing Pax lose his composure, Peter said in shock.
"They are indeed very strong, but that is not the main point. The main point is that the captain of this pirate group is a madman. Every merchant ship that he has robbed, he has never left a single one alive.”Pax said with a dark face.
"What?! " This... this..." Guard Peter finally realized the seriousness of the problem. He could not help but show a trace of panic on his face.
"Don't panic!"
Seeing his guard's panicked expression, Pax bit the tip of his tongue to calm himself down. At the same time, he calmly gave orders. "Peter! Hurry up and inform the captain of this news. Tell him to get his crew to hurry up…"
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Not far away from Pax's group, Sakaski, who had sharp ears and accidentally overheard their conversation, had a strange expression on his face.
"Mad Dog Pirates? Interesting! Is this considered a dogfight?"
Sakasugi couldn't help but smile. He didn't know what he was feeling right now. He didn't even know what expression he should use.
F * ck! Was it that light?
Before Sakasugi could continue his rant, the violent shaking caused by the collision made everyone present collapse. Even Pax, who was calm at the moment, was pale.
"It's over! We are finished! The Mad Dog Pirates are catching up…"
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