Is the person you sculpt as cute as me?

To ensure the safety of their cargo, shipping owners always offer generous prices. Pirates can earn high returns and be quite fun. Regardless, for Yu Man, who was poor in the first round, the black market provided her with a living.

"When the black market is booming, we'll have to come here more often—and then you'll have something to chop."

"I understand! After all, we have a huge amount of goods in Himlabakken..."

"Ah."

Those goods are basically raw materials. If they are all dumped on the market, it will cause price suppression and reduce profits.

Therefore, a large part of Yu Man would entrust craftsmen to process it into various finished equipment, and then take them to the black market for cash.

But today—they weren't coming to the black market.

Yago was so anxious that the two of them felt embarrassed to go to the island for a walk first.

"There are quite a few pirates... I wonder if they're the ones we're looking for." The deer was working diligently. "It looks like there are several groups... Each group has completely different forces... It's so complicated, Eel—"

"Don't look at me, I'm also the younger sister being taken care of today, it all depends on your performance."

"...Then how about we seize a ship first? We can find out about the situation on the Pirate Island. If the enemy there is too strong, we can be prepared."

Yu Man looked at the deer and thought that the players were all natural pirates.

Well, let her practice and adapt in advance.

After getting Yu Man's affirmation with his eyes, Xiaolu did what he said - but he had to keep a low profile.

The figure of the Ice Prison Dragon is always hidden in the dark clouds, mixed with the oppressive feeling of impending storm.

The dark clouds were not going anywhere, but just lying quietly across the road - waiting.

After a while——

When a ship left the black market, trying to bypass the dark clouds—

The dark clouds seemed to be swept up by the wind, slowly engulfing the lonely pirate ship.

……

At first, the pirates who had bought supplies thought it was just an ordinary storm.

So even as they sailed into the dark clouds, they were still singing and hoping for a free shower.

But neither rain nor wind came, nothing came.

There was only darkness as dark as night, in which nothing could be seen.

And two lights that quietly lit up from who knows when.

The pirates were still drunk and hadn't realized what was happening. The ship was moving forward unsteadily, but suddenly stopped.

And—it’s cold.

No, I'm freezing!

Then, I don’t know who spoke first.

“—It’s the eyes!?”

"—Dragon! Oh my god!"

The only light in the darkness was actually the gaze of a giant dragon...

And, everyone recognizes it.

Anyone who lives in this sea area will hear such stories in their childhood: the immortal Ice Dragon, whose ferocity destroys everything. This dragon, which accompanies the cold winter, is only one in the world.

"The rumors—are true."

"Why did it come after us? Didn't it beat up those monsters before?"

"The story of that fierce dragon going out to sea...is actually true."

But the evil dragon did not bring death, it simply lowered its wings towards the deck.

Then--

A young girl, holding a two-handed sword, slowly stepped onto their boat.

"Stranger?"

"The leader of some evil cult..."

"This ominous aura is so terrifying..."

They didn't even think about fighting, but instead suffered defeat easily.

……

In this way, the two girls and an accompanying Ice Prison Dragon successfully seized the entire ship.

The one holding the two-handed sword is interrogating the most powerful person here.

His strength is probably only level five, but his appearance is even worse. He is a fat man with rotten teeth and a bald head. People here call him "Little Village Chief", which is a rather strange title.

"From here, at your speed, sailing east for another half an hour, there will be a pirate island, right?"

"...Yes." The young village chief nodded and cooperated.

"What kind of island is that?" the deer asked again.

"It's a very small subsidiary island, originally part of the Black Market Island. But twenty years ago... it was cut apart by a big shot and forcibly pulled to its current location." The young village chief spoke with anger and helplessness.

Yu Man was listening on the side. Anyone who could do this kind of thing had to start from the ninth level and could have any profession.

But why would you do this? It's strange.

The deer then asked, "Is that where you are from?"

The young village chief tried to lie, but immediately felt a sense of frozen astonishment... coming from the magician next to him. She saw through his thoughts completely, and this was a warning.

The village chief could only speak the truth. "Yes... We're from the same pirate group called 'Hate.' We were sent to the black market to restock our alcohol supply, as there wasn't any left on the island. We also bought some glassware. We didn't do anything wrong."

"Who is the strongest person on the island?"

"My father, a sixth-rank axeman... is also the leader of our pirate group."

Suddenly, he lowered his head.

"I beg the great Ice Prison Dragon and the two extraordinary figures to spare us. At least... at least give us a few more years. We still have work to do."

Without saying anything, Xiaolu knew that this would trigger the plot... She was not good at this, but she still had to do it.

There was no way, she had hijacked the ship herself and triggered it herself.

Fortunately, even the little deer knew what to ask now: "So... what are you going to do?"

157. Female high school student

The influence of the "Youshi Chamber of Commerce" is even greater than Yu Man imagined.

Even remote black market islands like these have suffered from the hardships it brings.

"Our pirate group is called 'Hatred', and the target of our hatred is a behemoth called the 'Ghostly Chamber of Commerce'..."

Thanks to Xiaolu's clumsy plot advancement, they successfully learned the whole story before arriving at their destination.

They were not pirates at first, but a group of ordinary residents living on the Black Market Island in a village of moderate size.

Until that day, their lives had been pretty good—though not clean.

Their income came from cheating and stealing from the endless stream of people who came to the island, or from the occasional business venture to make a profit. Even the tiny scraps that slipped through their fingers from their countless large-scale illegal businesses were enough to support their entire village.

but--

"That day, a monster claiming to be affiliated with the 'Underworld Chamber of Commerce' and holding the title of 'Price Setter' arrived on the island."

Yu Man recognized this title, which meant that he was a ninth-rank figure at the level of a branch leader, who controlled the trade in the entire sea area.

Yu Man asked, "Does he look like a subhuman... a ratman?"

"Yes—you actually know—"

If it's a rat man...it looks like it's the one in the video a few days ago.

He was very arrogant at first, but was then scared to death by the relentless attacks of hundreds of thousands of players.

Alas, no wonder they are so arrogant - to normal residents, they are like natural disasters.

"Go on."

"It had a ritual to perform, and it needed the right sacrifices in the right place. So... it split the nearest island and moved our village there..."

They moved in their sleep.

That is what is now called Pirate Island.

"It summoned a great demon and imprisoned our flesh, blood, and souls there for sacrifice. But strangely, many people had their bodies rewritten by the great demon, becoming subhuman babies... and were all taken away by it."

The pirate members who are still alive are all survivors of that night.

They swore revenge, but in fact they could do nothing but loot, not even move the island back to its original position.

"The great demon is still on the island, watching over all souls. We—"

"……soul?"

Yu Man had a flash of inspiration and asked immediately.

"Does that method of rewriting the body squeeze out the soul? The souls of those villagers who were transformed into subhumans and taken away are still floating around in the ritual, watched over by the great demon?"

"...How did you know? I thought this would take a long time to explain."

To be exact, Yu Man didn't know what this was about, but he had indeed heard of it.

A top magician attempted to pursue immortality, but in the process, several vicious byproducts were born.

One of them is to make the body immortal, but the body will suffer various "errors". The price is not only that, their souls need to be bound in special rituals and cannot occupy the body.

Yu Man figured out some things, but there were still many things she didn't understand.

"The Netherworld Chamber of Commerce is made up entirely of subhumans, seemingly born from this ritual. So what are the souls within their bodies now? I don't think anyone is particularly immortal... I beat them all to death..."

"Didn't the big devil attack you?" asked the little deer.

The village chief replied, "No, it was ordered to guard the ritual. Even if we were pirates nearby, plotting to rescue those souls one day, it would remain indifferent... but it is extremely powerful, and we are no match for it."

Hatred is right beside my pillow, accompanying me day and night.

They live like this until today.

"We've done nothing wrong. We've only attacked ships belonging to the Ghost World Chamber of Commerce... I admit there have been occasional incidents of accidental injuries and counterattacks, but for the most part we've followed the rules. Please... don't kill us."

Really? That's highly doubtful.

Xiaolu had a ready-made case in his hand: "Recently, an innocent stranger drifted to your island, but was imprisoned by you."

"Ah...ah? A stranger?" The young village chief was stunned for a moment, then flew into a rage. "Damn it, that...ferocious and incredible...monster—huh?! We imprisoned her!? God damn it, protect her!"

His voice even trembled.

Yu Man and Xiao Lu looked at each other in surprise - it seems that Ya Ge's daughter is in a good situation?

……

The ship has docked.

The island is like a nail, lonely and strangely embedded in the sea.

The dark sea around was covered with smelly foam and had nothing to do with beauty.

The shabby, dilapidated, and dilapidated dock creaked with the vibrations of the docking ship, and the drunken old sailor almost sank to the bottom of the sea with his anchor.

A one-eyed woman had been waiting there, knocking on the boat with her cane and shouting hurriedly:

"Where's the wine? Did you buy enough?"

The village chief responded: "We bought as much as we could, all strong liquor, so it should be fine this time. But there is a problem. We were -"

"Stop talking so much, unload the goods quickly, and start the battle directly... No, wait——"

Before Man and the others could introduce themselves, and before Xiaobing, in her little girl form, could transform back into a dragon to intimidate the pirates... a strange movement spread from the other side of the ground. Then, it turned into vibration and commotion.