Episode 130
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The Pirate King was quite favorable.
That would have cost him not only his own life, but also the lives of his subordinates due to betrayal.
“Then I won’t hold back. I want to hire a mercenary who is good at hand-to-hand combat.”
“How much?”
“Enough to fill the boat I brought.”
The Pirate King walked to one wall and opened a window.
clap.
You can see the sparkling harbor through a small window at a glance.
“It’s a pretty big boat. Roughly 800 people will fit in?”
“yes. Is it possible?”
“hmm… … .”
Hiring 800 pirates is not a job.
Approximately 3 to 500 people operate on a pirate ship, and due to the nature of pirates, almost half of them are hand-to-hand combat agents.
“Seeing that you mention hand-to-hand combat, you intend to fight on land?”
“yes.”
He intends to take advantage of the chaos in Airy Island and drop the Earldom of Ormond.
Rumors are already circulating that the former Earldom of Ormond’s seal is in the Earldom of Oslager adjoining above.
The relationship between the two counts must be rapidly deteriorating.
“Whoop whoop. The naval war must be over. I don’t have much work, so I’ll give you a huge discount.”
“Still, I don’t have much spare money… … .”
Rian was thinking of paying for the mercenaries with the money from the goblin dungeon he found in Count Atrone’s family.
“Even the guys on the pirate island are in need of money right now. Ingleson is not paying the balance.”
“ah… … .”
The down payment has been received, but the non-committal award is being delayed.
The naval battle was no different from the end, but it was on the verge of spreading to land battles.
Ingleson’s King is increasing his war budget.
Some even openly talked about the fact that Ingleson, who was at war with a huge country called the Serang Empire, might go bankrupt.
“There are a lot of pirates who urgently need to put out the fire.”
What kind of pirates are they, they will try to get the balance somehow.
Even by plundering Ingleson’s coastal cities.
The problem is right now.
Even repairing ships damaged by naval battles costs a lot of money.
The longer the waiting time, the more difficult it is to maintain the crew.
“Just feed them and let them sleep. I will cover the hiring cost.”
As expected of the pirate king, the barrel was big.
‘what. It’s not even a pirated New Deal… … .’
The Pirate King intends to hire almost all the sailors on the pirate island where they play and eat.
Come to think of it, since I’ve been playing the pirate king for quite some time, wouldn’t the money rot in the treasure chest?
“I think we can do something about that.”
I roughly shook my head.
What if you could hire most of the pirates on Pirate Island?
“Looks like you have more money than you thought. ha ha ha.”
The Pirate King smiled heartily and held out his hand.
It was a separate contract and I didn’t need anything.
It’s a story about pirates anyway.
The moment you reach out and hold that hand, the contract is established.
“i look forward to.”
“I am.”
The pirate king’s hand, which was the size of a pot lid, was grasped by Lian’s bracken-like hand.
Count Artrone, who was watching the scene, was frightened.
‘How on earth is this going?!’
Even Count Atronne knew roughly the size of the pirate island.
Excluding the pirates who come and go, almost 100 ships are anchored at all times.
Even smaller pirate ships carry a crew of over 100 people.
About half of them are combatants, so even by the standard of a small ship, a combat unit of 5,000 is born.
‘Among the pirate captains, there are quite a few great warriors… … .’
The captains of the 300-class pirate ship were considered almost warriors.
If you take less than half, 150 combatants, the company commander will be a great commander.
‘It’s a power that can only be seen in an all-out war… … .’
If all these pirate islands are mobilized, it will really resemble a national war.
no. Rather, the quality may be better.
Conscripts are sometimes mobilized for total war, but they are the ones who live and die in battle.
“Then I’ll see you in a fortnight.”
“I’ll finish the preparations inside.”
Lian came out of the pirate king’s room.
Count Atroné, who followed, hurriedly called Lian.
“no way. Are you planning to devour Airy Island?”
10,000 quality troops.
Enough to devour Airy Island.
“Please. Fighting Ingleson head-on is crazy.”
Ingleson Kingdom is not a country that is so easygoing.
They will never just watch Airy Island become independent.
If so, what if we suspend or stop all external businesses and focus on Airy Island?
“but… Ingleson is a scary country.”
The mainland of the Ingleson Kingdom is a small island nation, but they are already one of the top five powerhouses in the Yul Continent.
It has a strong national wealth with huge amounts of money pouring in from all over the world.
As I said earlier, it is difficult to imagine giving up various businesses and turning them into military expenses.
Airy Island is a fire that fell on their feet.
“I wish I could eat three of them.”
“three? If you don’t want to provoke the Ingleson Kingdom, you’ll need a clear justification… … .”
Eating three would be enough to stimulate the Ingleson Kingdom, but I wouldn’t use force to suppress it.
Soon there will be a bloody battle with the Thrang Empire on land.
“I told you. Airy Island is cluttered right now.”
What the hell is wrong with it?
Clearly, until Count Atronae left for the capital of the Ingleson Kingdom, it was so peaceful that he was about to yawn.
He could never have imagined that his grandchildren would have had an accident.
“song. Mealtime is over. Since you came to the pirate island, you should also try the black fish dish.”
“You eat that?”
For reference, the area around the pirate island is the Black Sea.
Most of the fish that live are black fish, which are difficult for people to eat.
It was a pirate island that was neglected because it had no resource value.
“You will be able to eat it in the future. Especially tonight, I will cook a special meal for my maternal grandfather and the vice-captain.”
“That’s great.”
* * *
Even among the shadowy pirate islands.
A place that even pirates turn away from due to the fishy smell.
A small shantytown in the corner of Pirate Island.
Kirik! Kirik!
People with dark faces were busy moving something in a small fishing boat.
Its identity is a hideous-looking fish covered in black.
It was a fish that people couldn’t eat because it was poisonous as well as tasty.
rumble.
At that time, a group of people walked to the entrance of the shantytown.
People’s eyes wandered.
“Are you from the shipyard? Still not complete… … .”
A man who seemed to be the leader stepped forward and spoke.
He doesn’t look very good either.
Half of his face was distorted, perhaps because of the burns, and his arms were twisted as if he had not been treated in time.
“It didn’t come from the shipyard. I’m here to get some fish.”
In contrast to him, a boy with fair skin and a handsome face.
“like… if! The captain of the Lian Pirates?!”
The chief’s mouth began to open as he gazed at Lian thoughtfully.
Already on Pirate Island, Lian was a celebrity.
“yes. Although I am Lian.”
“oh my. A noble person in such a shabby place.”
The chief and the surrounding villagers prostrated themselves on the floor.
Pirates are vicious. Famous pirates are even more tyrannical.
Even if you make eye contact, you will be beaten to the brink of death.
Then I actually died.
“So, do you have any meat?”
“one… Take as much as you like.”
Black fish are worthless.
However, these are the ones who live off of it.
Not without much value, they are steamed to produce oil.
It’s bad quality oil, but the shipyard bought it at a cheap price and used it for boating.
“If I take them all, won’t you guys be in trouble? Please bring me two strong bastards.”
“All right!!”
When the leader looked at someone, a man with a wooden prosthetic limb hurriedly ran to the fishing boat.
“Doesn’t everyone look better than that?”
Lian squatted down and met the leader’s gaze.
“that… That is. Now that the situation on the whole pirate island is not good… … .”
“Still, I know you need a lot of oil to repair the boat.”
“The price is no better than usual. In fact, fish oil is not a very good ingredient… … .”
I use it as I regret, but it is not a necessary material.
The pirates returned by obtaining repair materials on the way back.
I only buy things that I don’t like here.
“It must be hard to live on.”
“What can I do? We are just outcasts.”
Ryan glanced around.
Most people are not in good health.
Those who were pirates or those who were captured as slaves from outside and abandoned due to poor health.
In addition, there were those who could not adapt to pirate life and fled on their own.
“Do you need a job?”
“oh my. There will be no useful ones among the people here. Captain.”
The head of this place knew what kind of people were here.
That’s why I’m barely making a living by squeezing fish oil.
“I need a fisherman. Able to sail long distances.”
At those words, the boss carefully looked at Lian.
For a very brief moment, his eyes seemed to sparkle.
“bump. For what reason do you want to be a fisherman… May I ask?”
“I was thinking of having a small island. I’m trying to make something there. We need a lot of black fish.”
The boss doesn’t understand Lian’s words.
That’s why black fish are really useless.
“It guarantees a much more affluent life than now.”
“… … .”
The boss whose eyes twinkled again.
“Are you really saying you’re going to take everyone out here? Your Excellency Count!”
After all, the boss was not an ordinary person.
He must have been a captain before his body became like that.
The information wasn’t dark either, and he knew that Lian was the Count.
“There are no slaves among my people.”
“I believe. dismissal!”
Embarrassingly, after a few words, he believed Lian’s words.
You must have judged Lian based on his age.
Even if he was fooled by Rian, he would have thought that life was better than life here.
“but… dismissal! We are a ship to do the original port… … .”
“I will tell the port manager. Captain. I wish you well in the future.”
Ryan held out his hand.
“I don’t know what His Excellency wants, but I’ll do my best.”
“then. I’ll see you at the port tomorrow. Bring the people who will migrate to my island.”
After a while, a one-legged man appeared with two large black fish.
Lian took the fish and left the shantytown.
“Little boy, what the hell are you thinking?”
The vice-captain covered his nose and held the fish.
The black fish had a particularly strong fishy smell compared to other fish.
“I told you when I first arrived at this sea. He said he had a manor.”
A territory had already existed, but at that time I thought that the first territory would be a small island in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Atlantic Ocean was a huge sea between the new continent west of the Yul continent.
“Great. What are you going to do again this time? With fish like this.”
“I won’t be able to sell it in the future because I don’t have it.”
“this?”
“It will be one of my specialties.”
Traditionally, war cannot be fought without money.
The time has come for Ryan to need special products.
Of course, if Baron Segibara built a factory in Leon’s territory, it would become industrialized, but that is still a long way off.
Prior to that, money was also needed for industrialization.
“I have to pick it up and eat it in a short period of time.”
Besides that.
‘I have to wake up too.’
Land battles are more dangerous than you think.
At least he needed the power to defend himself.
“First, go to the hideout. Grandpa must be bored.”
“under… that inspiration. I’m tired… … .”
It was Count Artrone who didn’t even bring an attendant properly.
So I often asked the vice-captain for sparring.
“I’ll probably do it without a circle for a while.”
Lian smiled and headed for the Going Misha in the port.
“Ahh!! What is this smell?!”
When Lian arrived on the Going Missha, Chef Cooker jumped out onto the deck.
“Please steam this and apply only the lean meat.”
“that… that?! Are you going to commit suicide?”
“no way. You can eat the flesh here.”
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Just because it was a black fish didn’t mean that he couldn’t eat it unconditionally.
Certain parts were not poisonous and could be eaten.
Of course, most people will have diarrhea.
“eww… Since the captain ordered… … .”
Cooker reluctantly accepted the fish.
smart.
Lian went straight to the Dog King’s brother.
The brothers were given a private room, a small room decorated like a study room.
“how is it? Any progress?”
“that is… It’s harder than you think. young master. sorry.”
Both brothers looked at Lian’s eyes.
Appears not to have yielded satisfactory results.
“are you okay. what can’t you do You just have to give up the taste.”
On the table was a small plant with fluorescent powder in front of it.