World-Ending Demon Emperor
Chapter 825 - 395: Yan Chuo’er is gentle! Zhi Li hears the terrible news!_2

Chapter 825: 395: Yan Chuo’er is gentle! Zhi Li hears the terrible news!_2

However, after the Yan Tribe chose to pledge their allegiance to Suo Lun, their wealth once again amounted to nothing.

The only possession of the Yan Tribe was merely a ship full of Gold Coins, and this treasure had been handed over to Queen Yan Chuo, for her to distribute among the Rock Pirates and the citizens of the Yan Tribe.

From this, it could be seen how indifferent the Yan Tribe was towards the concept of money, truly treating it as if it were dung.

It was not that they were above worldly possessions, but rather because they lived by pillage and had never lacked anything. Moreover, the Yan citizens never landed on Human Kingdom soil, hence they could not engage in any trade, and with money, they could buy nothing.

Whatever they lacked, they would plunder. Whatever they needed, they would seize.

Initially, the Yan Tribe plundered to survive, but eventually, they plundered for the sake of plundering, never for money.

Perhaps, this was the root of their strength.

They lived to fight, not fought to survive.

...

Suo Lun, with Haigang’s Fleet Coalition, majestically sailed southward from Thunder Archipelago.

At this time, this maritime force was already the strongest power in the Eastern Sea of the Continent. Any merchant fleet or pirate encountered them, all would hasten to give way, and sound the horn of submission.

Once this horn was sounded, it meant that the entire fleet was open to you, and you could board their ships and take anything you desired.

The rising sun glinted on the horizon, with the pirate harbors just a few dozen miles ahead beginning to materialize out of the mist.

Suddenly, a long, stirring welcome horn resounded across the sea, blown by at least a hundred horns in unison.

Then, ahead appeared a welcoming fleet, made up of over a hundred ships.

Each ship was adorned with red silk and beauties danced upon them. Each ship had a band playing music.

The leading ship, a magnificent tower ship, was roughly three thousand tons in weight.

Standing on its deck were a dozen people, young and old, men and women, of all skin colors.

Among this group were maritime magnates, pirate leaders, leaders of merchant guilds, and there was also the City Lord of the pirate harbor.

Of course, these dozen individuals shared a common identity, that of members of the Marine Guild.

The so-called Marine Guild might as well be called the Pirate Union, ruling the entire trade order of the Eastern Sea of the Continent.

Any merchant wishing to conduct maritime trade had to pay taxes to the Marine Guild.

Any merchant wishing to set up shop in the pirate harbors had to pay taxes to the Marine Guild.

Of course, it’s more accurate to call this protection money rather than taxes. If you dared not pay, your ship would be destroyed and your people killed within minutes, leaving you bankrupt.

The annual income of the Marine Guild was truly like a mountains of gold and silver; previously, the taxes Suo Lun paid to the Marine Guild each month amounted to a total of twenty thousand Gold Coins, and that was just from Suo Lun alone.

Nearly two hundred thousand pirates in the eastern waters, eighty percent of whom depended on the Marine Guild for their livelihoods.

Before, the leader of the Marine Guild had always been one person, that was Hai Gang. He held this position for a full fifteen years.

Later, repeated failures in the great battles to annihilate Suo Lun and the rise of Yan Mo led to Hai Gang stepping down a year and a half ago, with Yan Mo becoming the new leader of the Marine Guild.

Thus, Yan Mo dared to tear up the maritime conventions, accepted the monthly protection fee of twenty thousand Gold Coins from Suo Lun, hijacked his ships, and blockaded his maritime trade.

Now Yan Mo has been defeated and met a horrific death, with tens of thousands of Rock Pirates surrendering to Suo Lun.

As a result, Suo Lun took his place, becoming the sole hegemon of the eastern waters and naturally, the de facto head of the Marine Guild.

Moreover, the entire Marine Guild was anxious, fearing that Suo Lun would directly dissolve the guild and wipe out all the pirates or simply swallow all the interests of the Marine Guild.

Because, Suo Lun had the power to do so.

Originally, with only twenty-five thousand naval forces, he had been able to annihilate the entire army of Yan Mo.

Now, having won over fifty thousand Rock Pirates and with the support of Hai Gang, it could be said that he alone could easily defeat all the pirate forces in the eastern waters.

Therefore, hundreds of miles away from the pirate harbor, the Marine Guild organized an unprecedented welcoming fleet with the most respectful etiquette to greet the arrival of Suo Lun.

They didn’t care that Zhi Li and Suo Lun were contending for the world, nor did they care that Zhi Li’s eight-hundred-thousand-strong army was preparing to besiege Suo Lun.

In their eyes, everything on land was irrelevant to them. They only knew that Suo Lun was now able to decide their destiny.

Hence, they would employ all means to grovel and fawn over Suo Lun.

...

"All members of the Marine Guild pay their respects to Lord Suo Lun!"

Still several hundred meters away from Suo Lun’s flagship, the dozen or so bigwigs of the Marine Guild had already all knelt down, pressing their foreheads tightly to the deck, not daring to rise!

These people really had no shame.

Zhi Li and Suo Lun had yet to determine the victor and Suo Lun was not yet the Regent King, yet they were already hailing him "Your Majesty."

Aren’t they worried that Zhen Yan Princess would think too much?

However, Princess Zhen Yan truly stood on the side, heedlessly, finding everything before her very amusing.

Suo Lun stepped out of the cabin and came to the prow of the ship.

To his left stood Queen Yanchuo.

At this moment, the Yan Queen unabashedly clung to Suo Lun’s arm intimately, leaning against him tenderly.

She was demonstrating to the maritime forces that the Yan Tribe had utterly pledged their loyalty to Suo Lun, even she, as the Queen of the Yan Tribe, had become Suo Lun’s woman.

And as the widow of Yan Mo and daughter of Hai Gang, Haidei’er was not dressed in mourning, but rather stood resplendently and beautifully to Suo Lun’s right, her eyes full of affection as she gazed at Suo Lun.

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