Black Sail
Chapter 368: Ⅲ. Boss Lady

Chapter 368: Ⅲ. Boss Lady

Rein: "My precious."

Shadi: "It’s mine."

Archer was even schizophrenic, looking at his own reflection on the glass bottle of liquor. Now his demeanor turned menacing, now harmless, "We should hide it, ah, you’re right."

You might not understand what it means for three goblins to circle a woman, but let me put it this way: it’s more terrifying than Silent Hill.

"Stop imitating the Hobbits."

Alicia smoked, better off locked in the tower than now, where she was indeed not under house arrest but had been thrown into Hell.

Four people gathered together to play cards and gamble.

A large card room in the deputy castle had become an internal gambling den.

There were many people here, and many maids and waiters. Those with nothing better to do came here for drinks or tea to take a break and enjoy the bustling scene, and the abundance of waiters was quite convenient.

In this card room, Goria and Meredith were also present. Their eyes were firmly fixed on Alicia, who was excessively bizarre. This woman might not be staggeringly stunning, but the classical, sculptural quality of a stage actress nearly overflowed from her, growing more endearing with each glance.

Unfortunately, "Reda" showed no reaction.

Furthermore, this woman was too worldly, wearing a long dress and cocking her crossed leg while one hand stirred her pink hair. The way she flicked cigarette ashes, not with her index finger but by pressing the cigarette end with her thumb and flicking, was too suave to be from a supposedly 18-year-old who had been under house arrest for several years.

"No scissor-legged sitting!"

Archer, noticing the gaze of the two women, surprisingly blurted out such an enigmatic statement.

"What scissor-legged sitting? You already know too much."

Goria, unable to believe it, spoke irritably, finding Archer a foul-mouthed drunkard, detestable and repulsive, unappreciated by all. Considering that after hearing the news here, Dreya had hurried back from the continent, it was fortunate that everything had already concluded.

Dreya had initially come to collect the Junlin Sword for Liszt before setting out to sea, but things had progressed too swiftly. They had only found clues to the whereabouts of the Junlin Sword Master Sword and a descendant of the Radiant Knight related by blood, making it difficult to obtain the master sword from him.

But time waits for no one; even if the sword had been retrieved, since Liszt had already perished, it would have had no meaning.

Caroso, with a complex expression, somewhat understood the implication within the words. Images had already formed in his mind, obviously contrary to the teachings of the Church, prompting him to consciously leave the card room.

After over a month of collaboration with Liszt and finalizing cooperative matters, Fafna had been placed here for custody.

Moreover...

The Holy Spirit Church would establish a church and preach in the East Sea, appointing a Cardinal to both oversee Fafna and keep an eye on Liszt.

Caroso, of course, couldn’t escape this duty, and along with several other personnel who came for appraisal, they would be stationed long-term in Heaven Port to follow this matter.

"Both of you have come back; then that mad woman must have arrived too. Isn’t Liszt supposed to be discussing matters with Garscek? It’s best not to disturb them."

Shadi suddenly remembered this point; Black Sail was in a dire financial state, struggling to manage affairs in the East Sea. Day in and day out, it was uncertain how many things needed purchasing, and how many people needed salaries disbursed.

With such a large operation, the authorities of the subordinates also increased. You couldn’t expect everyone to be upright and honest; once the budget was allocated, as long as the tasks were completed, whatever you could earn was your own skill.

The first quarter’s financial statement was definitely explosively negative. With dividends settled every four months, the first round of Black Sail’s twelve core members couldn’t share even a single copper coin; without any surplus, how could they distribute?

It was easier to deal with insiders, and corrupt pirates would manage regardless.

But for the people from the second round of investment, many allies from the big prison, if it was still a loss in August,

Then the Seventh Amendment and the Cangshan Tobacco Company, allies who had fought together against Doringger, might consider whether to continue their investment.

The registered capital was forty-eight thousand Golden Dragons.

Taylor invested eight thousand, Plank four thousand, Qui Li barely scraped together four thousand, and Wen Kui contributed one thousand.

Before the war, the public funds amounted to sixty-five thousand Golden Dragons.

Various expenses of the East Sea campaign.

After settling the accounts post-war, only about thirteen thousand were left.

Even though they had conquered Doringger, most of the holdings were in real estate, with not much cash.

After many from the Triad Gang followed with investments, besides the Seventh Amendment contributing eight thousand, the average investment from others was also about four thousand.

Currently, the board of directors had twenty-two members, excluding Black Sail’s core, there were ten.

Considering the potential for future cooperation and the shared experiences of life and death, offering just Class B shares was too limiting—decisive voting rights had to be granted.

At present, there should still be around forty thousand Golden Dragons in the accounts, which seemed a lot, and indeed it was, but now, they were managing the entire East Sea!

Reconstruction post-war replaced work for relief, and additional expenses for new district development, transport costs, labor costs, and materials money continuously transported in from the mainland in the form of livestock and food.

Heaven Port, being a place without any productivity, relied entirely on imports, and the consumption was damn horrifying.

At this rate, by the second quarter, it would completely collapse.

As long as Garscek funded them and they overcame this difficulty, they would truly dominate the Four Seas, even stronger than Doringger.

"Hehe, yiyi xiulololo."

Mika let out an extremely horrifying laugh.

Shadi was shocked by it. It would take eating ten Soul Hall Elders, accompanied by side dishes like Moonlight Moria and the dessert, Gas-Gas Fruit user Caesar, to produce such a laugh.

Wasn’t this guy out there mixing with the street Queen of Heaven Port? Since his recovery, Mika had started his wild whoring life again; he must be worn out and came back to rest for a couple of days.

"There’s no chance left now, I just met that mad woman and told her Liszt’s location ahead of time, whoever wants to drive the big vehicle must bear the heavy load!"

Mika’s gaze turned cold.

Shadi was utterly convinced. If Liszt didn’t drive the big vehicle, the East Sea would collapse!

"Damn it, you drived it hard, do you realize this could even ruin everything we’ve achieved so far?"

Shadi didn’t know what to say.

"I would rather betray the whole world than have the world betray me."

Mika burst out laughing.

He wanted to speak ill of Liszt to Goria and Meredith and flirt ambiguously with a gorgeous beauty, but those two women had already left.

"Damn it, even though they are both Heroic Level adventurers, wouldn’t that Dragon just directly snip them to death?"

Shadi watched the backs of the two women. Was the attraction of the big vehicle so strong?

"Stop talking about that nonsense, and continue betting five silver coins."

Alicia slapped the table, telling the other three to focus on the cards and stop making those neodymium copper jokes.

"Big sister, you really do have the presence of an Overlord."

Shadi continued the game. This woman’s aura was extraordinary, and the most insane part was after spending over a month with her. Initially appearing gentle and weak, now he knew why Doringger had confined her in a tower.

She was purely crazy, the kind that defied death.

Although she claimed not to know any Combat Skills, after being well-fed and taken care of for a month, she had toughened up.

Skilled in eighteen types of martial arts.

Simply put, based purely on skills, no one could match her.

After Fen researched many ancient books,

he managed to find some clues from the unfalsifiable and unprovable folk vague clues, the Magic Technique contained in the markings on Alicia’s back possessed some powerful force.

In the imprint, there was a pathway that transcended time, connecting to...the memories of ancient kings.

At least that’s what the ancient texts said.

The kings of the Ancient Era, two thousand years ago in the blank history, left no information due to various complex reasons.

Starting with the Overlord.

It’s only then that Historians were employed.

Alicia herself obviously couldn’t understand it, denying any such memories, which weren’t true, at least she thought so. Her background was unbelievably simple; since she could remember, she lived with a noble family at a border of a small country on the Southern Continent, until the noble offended Doringger and his house was confiscated.

She had been abducted and held captive since. She remembered that when she was very young, a man dressed as a Magician had visited the noble’s house to see her, perhaps related to her by blood, but that lead turned into nothing.

She knew nothing else.

"Hey, the big lizard and the Merfolk are here too, join the card game."

Alicia, holding a cigar, shuffled the cards and called out to the two.

Ox: "..."

Wolman: "Little sister’s quotes are copied from the internet, be careful or you’ll start spouting steel pipe jokes."

Wolman was speechless too; this so-called Descendant of the Overlord was too streetwise.

"Bright fight, flowers from the other shore, Sister Ai gives you a home, everyone sit."

Alicia took a drag of her cigarette, the smoke swirling, her hands dexterously dealt the cards. Cards flew from the deck, landing precisely in front of each person, dealing for six people. Without a decade or two of gambling experience, you couldn’t pull off this stunt.

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