Chapter 850: Chapter 686, Rotten to the Core (One update today.) Chapter 850: Chapter 686, Rotten to the Core (One update today.) Most of the slaves in the ship's hold were women and children, which led Wu Heng to some unpleasant suspicions.
He released Xiao Xiao, who floated beside him.
“Uncle, are they bad people?”
Wu Heng glanced at the kingdom flag hanging and the slightly panicked kingdom sailors on the deck.
“We can't be entirely sure yet. They might be the families of pirates from a pirate village,” Wu Heng said.
Pirate Island, pirate villages.
Wu Heng had encountered them before. After the pirates were killed, arrangements had to be made for the women and children.
They generally weren't all killed together.
“I don't think they seem like good people,” Xiao Xiao muttered on the side.
“Then let's have them stop the ship for inspection,” Wu Heng said, then turned to someone behind him, “Bring Philippa and the Fifth Princess, 'Brittany', over.”
The skeleton attendant quickly left and returned with Philippa and Brittany.
Following Wu Heng's gaze forward, “A ship from the Yeko Kingdom.”
Wu Heng nodded, his eyes fixed on the flag fluttering in the wind, and continued to ask, “Could it be returning from a pirate raid?”
“You mean pirates?” Philippa rested her hand on Wu Heng's shoulder, “We're nearing the kingdom's port. Have you ever seen anyone raiding pirates at the doorstep?”
“Then there's no problem,” Wu Heng watched as the other ship intended to leave, he told Philippa, “Announce for those three ships to stop for inspection.”
Philippa was stunned for a moment, then her eyes lit up, “Damn, searching official ships, I like that.”
She then quickly walked into the cockpit, picked up the microphone, and said, “Ships ahead from the Yeko Kingdom, stop for inspection, I repeat, stop for inspection.”
The voice echoed across the sea through the ship's loudspeakers.
The crew below on their ship were startled by the loud sound. Everyone came out of the cabins, watching the distant ships.
The sailors on the ships of the Yeko Kingdom, hearing the loudspeaker, were also startled.
Their movements sped up, but they didn't plan to stop, and instead accelerated full speed away as if they hadn't heard.
This action made everyone feel uneasy, as normal ships, even those unwilling to interact with the association, wouldn't behave this way.
Wu Heng saw that the ships had no intention of stopping and mounted a bone dragon, “Let the association's people intercept the ships.”
Whoosh whoosh whoosh~!
The sound of breaking air rose, and several bone dragons with crew flew up into the sky.
They forcefully landed on the other ships.
Then, an array flashed, and the figures of three level-18 professionals appeared.
The crew on the deck looked terrible, hands clutching their waist weapons, their eyes flickering momentarily, but still, they did not draw their weapons.
“Association sirs…” A burly man quickly came out from the cabin, wearing a captain's uniform with a standard saber at his waist.
He called out, then scanned all the people on the deck, his pupils contracting again, and stepped forward to ask, “May I know what this is about?”
Wu Heng looked around, and the team leader behind him, Cavina, asked, “Are you from the Yeko Kingdom fleet?”
“We are the Yeko Kingdom fleet, currently on a patrolling mission,” the burly man replied.
The Yeko Kingdom navy's uniform, marked with wave patterns, also represented their naval identity.
“Why didn't you stop just now?” Wu Heng walked over and asked.
“That…” The burly man licked his dry, cracked lips, then said, “We had never seen such a big ship before and thought it was pirates, so we wanted to leave first.”
“Didn't you see the association's flag?”
The man hesitated, then suddenly realized, “Understood, it was our mistake, please don't take offense, sirs.”
Saying so, he stuffed a bag full of coins into Wu Heng's hands.
It was heavy to the touch, containing at least fifty silver coins.
He wanted to bribe him to overlook this ship.
Meanwhile, the other association members behind him were also watching this.
Especially the level-18 dwarf investigator, staring intently at this as if ready to take notes on the spot.
Members of the association were not as clean as one might imagine.
The stewards of Black Stone Town, Yazde in Lundham City, all relied on their local steward status, their worth surpassing local merchants.
Plainly speaking, they all had their profits.
“Wu Heng, what have you found?” Gianvito directly asked from behind.
It was also a reminder to him, as there were many people here.
The burly man, seeing no one taking the bag of coins, looked even more troubled, pulling his men back a bit.
Both parties stood still, and the atmosphere instantly tensed.
“Search the ship!” Wu Heng ordered.
“Act!” The burly man across also burst out shouting instantly.
Whoosh~!
But the man hadn't even drawn his sword when a streak of lightning struck his chest, followed by a skeleton attendant stepping forward, the longsword slashing across his neck.
His head fell, blood spreading out.
The others, who had just thought of fighting desperately, looked shocked.
They froze in place, their faces showing struggle.
“Association handles the case, non-leaders may live,” Wu Heng said coldly.
“I, we surrender,” someone said, directly throwing down their weapon.
With the first one surrendering, the other uneasy people also threw down their weapons, choosing to surrender.
Wu Heng commanded, “Tie them up.”
Cavina and the others immediately pulled out ropes, binding all the remaining people.
On the other two ships, the headquarters' crew, after receiving the news, killed some who resisted and controlled the rest, tying everyone up.
In the end, the dead burly man was just a level-12 professional.
The others were level 10 or even lower.
Locally, that wasn't considered low, matching even the level of local stewards.
But in the eyes of the association's headquarters investigation team, fighting him was no different from fighting a child.
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