As the pirates formally tied the two ships together with a hook and rope, the impatient Gault charged straight at the pirates.

Faced with the oncoming fierce pirates, the defenders of the Black Pearl were not afraid this time. On the contrary, their eyes were full of fanaticism and excitement.

After most of the pirates had rushed the Black Pearl, they finally charged head on, swords in hand.

At the same time, to the shock of the pirates, especially Captain Gault, a tall golden oak appeared in the sky above the Black Pearl.

Under the golden oak, a symbol of honour and bravery, the sailors and guards of the Black Pearl fought with all their might, shouting fiercely as they fought the pirates.

But as soon as they came face to face, the battle-hardened pirates realised something was wrong.

When their cutlasses struck their enemies, they could see a golden glow for a moment, and the enemy's weapons struck them with great force, slicing open their bellies with a single blow.

With this ability and the morale of the enemy, one person could often hold off two pirates.

And this is the power of the Golden Oak Brooch, after Richard turned it into an extraordinary item, the 'Blessing of the Golden Oak'.

Simply activate this ability and a Golden Oak phantom will appear.

All allies within the shadow of the Golden Oak will receive the Blessing of the Golden Oak, which not only protects them from damage, but also increases their physical strength and courage.

Even sailors who are not good at fighting can become brave warriors under the blessing of the Golden Oak.

Realising this, Cole immediately thought of retreating, but before he could act, Ivan had led another group of sailors to surround them from behind, blocking the pirates' retreat.

He was originally the second most powerful fighter on the ship under Richard, and after enjoying the blessings of the Golden Oak, he was even more invincible. A few old pirates who tried to escape were beheaded by him on the spot, and then he charged at the pirates, covered in blood and swinging his sword. For a while, the pirates on the Night Owl's side were on the verge of collapse.

Struggling to block the attack of one of the guards, Cole recoiled uncontrollably as the sound of clashing swords filled the air. Looking at the other man's physique, which was far inferior to his own, Cole was filled with shock.

Though it wasn't the first time he'd seen it, each display of extraordinary strength made him believe in his heart that only the extraordinary could face the extraordinary.

After glancing at the captain, who was besieged by several people, Cole gritted his teeth and pulled a pirate beside him over to push him towards his enemy.

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Without having time to see the situation of the scapegoat behind him, Cole rushed to Gait's side and swung his machete with all his strength to help him hold off his enemy, shouting 'Captain, use this, hurry!

Get quickly assessed the situation. Blessed by the golden oak overhead, the pirates on his side had suffered heavy casualties. In a short time, only a third of the men were still fighting, while the rest had either fled and been beheaded, or jumped overboard and fallen into the sea, their fate unknown.

To see the manpower he had built up over the years destroyed in an instant made Gert's heart bleed.

With an angry glance at Richard, who was walking away with some unknown happiness, Gault removed his blindfold.

Under the blindfold he saw a bright yellow piece of amber stuck in his dry eye socket, and a bloodshot eye frozen in the amber.

And when Gault removed the blindfold, the lifelike eye seemed to turn a little.

Coupled with Gault's spiteful expression at that moment, it was clear that what Cole had always feared in his eye patch was what was under his eye patch!

But at that moment, Richard suddenly moved in the distance.

He looked at this place with his eyes, then snapped his fingers and a gold coin fell in front of Gault.

'Jingle, jingle...'

As the gold coin landed on the deck in front of him, Gault's eyes were suddenly captured by the small golden treasure, which made an enticing sound.

The hideous expression on his face vanished, replaced by greed and desire for the gold coin in front of him.

So, with Cole's desperate expression on his face, Gault dropped the weapon in his hand, stretched his hands out in front of him, opened his fingers, stretched his legs, bent over and lunged forward with all his strength!

He must, he must get that tempting gold coin!

With Gatte's desperate action, he succeeded and managed to grab the gold coin with his hand.

But before a satisfied smile could appear on his face, a curved knife fell from the sky!

The light of the knife fell on Gault's neck, without the slightest obstruction, and cut off his head.

As Gatte's body fell to the ground and his head rolled to the side, his face still had a slight expression of a smile about to bloom, a smile that died with a smile.

Richard, the killer, had no extra expression either. He crouched down and used Gault's clothes to wipe the blade, then picked up the gold coin in his hand and dug out the amber in his eye socket.

“No wonder I felt there were treasures around me just now, it turned out to be a secret treasure!”

Richard looked at the amber in his hands with satisfaction. Even after being dug out of his eye socket, the amber was still clean and hadn't been stained with the slightest bit of blood.

Having placed it back in his own 'secret treasure', Richard glanced at the situation on the ship and saw that the pirates had almost all been killed. He gestured for the fighting to stop.

Seeing that their captain had given the order, the previously fearless warriors immediately obeyed and, under Ivan's leadership, began to count the dead and capture the prisoners.

When they saw the results of the count, there were no dead on the Black Pearl! Most people were only slightly injured, and only two or three people were seriously injured!

Richard was very calm about the outcome. But the sailors and guards were very excited. They knew that this was the unpredictable sea, and it was normal to have more than ten casualties on a single voyage.

But they had no casualties in this battle! This was considered a minor miracle!

At this moment, not only did the sailors' chests swell with pride, but even some of the captured pirates envied their captain's good fortune.

This included Cole, who was tied up as first mate. He even had some expectations, for as the victors, Richard and the others would certainly want to plunder the Night Owl's riches. If he gave them all the information honestly, the Black Pearl might even take him prisoner!

But as a 'jeweller', Richard obviously had no use for Cole.

He simply boarded the Night Owl, looked around, and added all of Gault' hidden wealth to the [Secret Treasure].

Then, with a satisfied look on his face, Richard left the follow-up work to Even and went back to the captain's cabin to study the newly acquired secret treasure.