A ship with black sails is sailing across the blue sea.

“Haven’t you found the clues Elton deliberately left?”

A muscular man in a dirty sailor's shirt asks the sailor next to him, who is holding a pair of binoculars, with an unhappy expression on his face.

First mate, there's still nothing,' the sailor shakes his head and asks timidly, 'has he been found yet?

The muscular man doesn't answer, just tells him to keep an eye on it and goes to report to the captain himself.

When he arrived on deck, the captain of the Night Owl was leaning over the rail, gazing into the distance.

He looked to be in his thirties, in the prime of his manhood.

Though shorter than the first officer, he had a strong, well-proportioned build.

He was dressed similarly to the first officer, except he wore a captain's hat and a black patch over his good eye, meaning he was blind.

Before reporting to the captain, Cole, the burly first mate, took a few deep breaths to try and control his anxiety.

Even though he had worked for the captain for two years, every time he faced him, his body trembled uncontrollably.

Not only because of the Captain's identity and ruthless methods, but also because of the terror that lurked beneath the black eye patch.

After adjusting his condition slightly, Cole stood respectfully behind the Captain.

“Captain, we can't find any trace of the Richard ship at the moment.”

Despite trying to adjust his mental state, Cole's voice trembled uncontrollably as he reported to the Captain.

Captain Gault did not respond immediately, but remained silent for a while.

In that short time, however, a cold sweat broke out on Cole's body.

“Cole, you should know how much wealth Richard's ship carries.

Gold coins, jewellery, antiques, land deeds... If we can catch up with him, it will all be ours!

But now you tell me we've lost him?’

As he uttered the last sentence, the anger in Gatte's tone was unmistakable, and in a trance he could even hear insects chirping around him.

Hearing the captain's tone, Cori's body began to tremble.

“Captain, give me a little, little time and I will definitely be able to...”

Just as he stuttered and promised Gatte, the sailor from before came running over with an excited look on his face: 'First mate, I found their trail!”

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In the captain's cabin, Richard is adjusting his clothes in front of a small mirror.

He is wearing a brooch on his jacket and a ring with a black gem on his left thumb.

These two pieces of jewellery were taken from the previous treasure chest, and all the other wealth was placed in Richard's [Secret Treasure]. Only these two jewels were transformed by him into extraordinary items.

At that time, even though he was dressed exactly like a pirate, anyone who saw Richard would subconsciously think he was a merchant.

Even Even, who had broken into the captain's quarters to report the situation, subconsciously jumped when he saw Richard. Why does the young master have the same temperament as the previous master? !'

But the tense situation forced him to dismiss the thought and report briefly, 'We found traces of the previous pirate ship!

Richard's face did not change on hearing this, and he snapped the mirror onto the table. Then, as if by magic, a gold coin appeared in his hand, which he threw into the air and caught with pinpoint accuracy.

“Let's go! Show me what's going on.”

By now, quite a few people had gathered on the deck of the Black Pearl, many of them looking very uncomfortable as they had just seen the pirate ship's flag fluttering.

The sailors looked embarrassed because they didn't know if the pirates on the other side would accept their surrender.

The guards looked determined, but also a little worried, afraid that they might not be able to withstand this battle.

It was then that Richard and Even arrived on deck. Ignoring the pirates on the other side, Richard activated the extraordinary power of the Golden Oak Brooch in front of everyone.

In the next second, amidst the shocked, ecstatic, stunned and bewildered looks of everyone, a huge golden oak phantom appeared behind Richard, glowing in the sunlight!

'Huh? Instead of running away, he's preparing to fight?”

Gert was a little surprised to see through the binoculars that the Black Pearl had stopped in front of him.

But at the thought of the wealth it carried, his eyes instantly turned greedy. Licking his dry lips, Gat gestured to Cole at his side.

Cole then commanded the pirates at the rear. Under his shouts and desire for riches, the pirates all worked hard, preparing to plunder first in the boarding battle that would follow!

Under Cole's command, the Night Owl quickly approached the Black Pearl and adjusted its position to facilitate the boarding of the other ship.

By this time, the pirates were already on deck, swords and sabres in hand, their hearts full and their lips parched with the lust for riches and killing.

As second-in-command of the Night Owl after Captain Gates, Cole naturally did not want to be left behind.

Compared to the other pirates, he is more physically fit, and the scimitar in his hand is a specially purchased sharp weapon. He killed three guards alone in the last battle with Richard and the others.

At the moment, the ships of both sides are extremely close, and you can even see the number of people on the other ship.

What Cole finds a little strange is that even though the other side, the Black Pearl, is on high alert, none of them are standing close to the ship's rail, but instead have retreated some distance.

This was a bit odd. As a pirate, Cole knew that the danger of a boarding party lay in the fierce counterattack of the first wave of enemies.

To prevent pirates from landing on their decks, the enemy would do everything in their power to prevent them from gaining a foothold, so the first to charge during a boarding party were often the pirates who didn't care about their lives.

But today, the people on the Black Pearl had even taken the initiative to close the distance, so there must be a trick!

Thinking this, Cole immediately pretended to take a few steps back, standing slightly behind Captain Gault.

Gault, of course, also noticed the unusual situation on the Black Pearl, and even Cole's movements were in his field of vision, but he didn't care if there was anything strange on the Black Pearl, because he had his own trump card. At the same time, he was very dissatisfied with the cowardly actions of Cole, the first mate.

After adjusting the position of his eye patch with his hand, Gault was convinced of one thing:

“No plan can help in the face of absolute power!”