He wanted these pirates, who had once submitted to Dereg, to serve him.
Simple faith could no longer deceive them, nor could it make them pick up weapons and fight, regardless of life or death.
A person who bullies the weak and fears the strong, who is greedy for money and lustful, probably only has Dereg as his sole belief.
In their hearts, he was a king who could rival the gods.
Hiccup sat on Night Fury's back, soaring through the night sky.
It wasn't until the bright moon disappeared from sight and the world returned to darkness that Hiccup returned to the castle with Night Fury and slept peacefully.
At the same time.
Dereg, along with Grimmore's elite guards, sailed on a large ship, searching for the location of the Savage Dragon Hunting Group.
This second-ranked maritime overlord had always regarded Dereg as his lifelong enemy.
They were both overlords of an era; who would be willing to always be second?
Dereg occasionally looked through the monocular with his scarred eye.
"If Alpha were here, he would have already boarded Savage's warship and been drinking."
"Hiccup, Berk Island, one day you will both be destroyed by my hands."
The current Dereg was like a stray dog.
His instant noodle-like hair no longer fluttered in the wind; it seemed to be stuck together as if it had been soaked for three days.
His once domineering Dragon skin cloak was nowhere to be found, swept away by the sea, and his hook-shaped spear was also missing.
He wore tattered leather armor, which Grimmore had kindly found from a dead prisoner.
Initially, all the guards around Dereg treated him as a slave, but after receiving Grimmore's approval, they now followed Dereg with fervent eyes, just as they did now.
"Dereg, the waves in Devil's Bay are getting bigger and bigger. Can we find the Savage Dragon Hunting Group?"
"Dereg, our ship is not as good as your fleet; it's hard to cope with such large waves."
"Without the Dragon King pulling the warship, we will sooner or later be overturned by these huge waves."
"Why don't we find the nearest island to dock and set off tomorrow?"
Listening to the voices behind him, Dereg's only remaining good hand clenched into a fist.
If anyone had dared to speak to him like that before, they would have long since become Alpha's food.
Helplessly, Dereg said in a gloomy tone, "If we can't pass through Devil's Bay before dawn, don't even think about seeing Savage again."
The elite attendants dared not refute him upon hearing this.
The warship beneath their feet looked huge, but on the sea, it was like a leaf that had fallen into a lake.
It bounced up and down rapidly with the rising and falling of the waves.
The speed of the warship was erratic, and even experienced sailors couldn't help but vomit everywhere.
In contrast, Dereg stood on the deck the entire time, swaying with the warship's movements, showing no signs of discomfort.
When Alpha took him through the ocean, it was much more difficult than this…
"There's light! I see light!"
"Is that a lighthouse? Or a watchtower? Why does it look so strange?"
Across the distant sea, the people on the ship could only see two very close lights.
Generally, neither a lighthouse nor a watchtower would be decorated like that.
Pushed by the waves, the large ship finally passed through Devil's Bay and clearly saw the source of the two lights.
It turned out to be a giant skull carved into a cliff.
And the two lights they had seen earlier were the flames in the deep eye sockets of the skull.
The moment the warship entered Devil's Bay, the waves noticeably lessened.
More and more lights appeared before their eyes; those were the torches on various warships.
Looking out, mist enveloped the sea, and Dragon oil lamps flickered like bright eyes with the sea breeze.
"My goodness, how many warships are there?"
"Legend says the Savage Dragon Hunting Group has a million-strong fleet; it seems it's all true."
As they spoke, the elite attendants subconsciously looked at Dereg.
After all, the maritime overlord Dereg once also had a million-strong fleet, and even a Dragon King.
"Roar~~"
"Howl~~"
Dragon roars occasionally came from within the mist—some intimidating, some wailing, some growling…
The elite attendants stood ready, staring at the huge warship ahead.
This massive warship was surrounded by countless other warships of varying sizes.
From time to time, angry curses from pirates could be heard from the ship.
"You damned stupid Dragon, behave yourself!"
"Get in, get in, quickly get in!"
"Everyone move faster, we're setting off tonight."
Iron cages were chained together.
"Who are you? Stop your ship immediately, or we'll set fire!"
Hearing the angry shouts from afar.
The attendants following Dereg quickly stopped the ship.
"Roar~~!"
A deafening Dragon roar came, and a black shadow immediately flashed across the sky.
The attendants subconsciously looked up.
They saw a knight in full armor, riding a similarly fully armored Dragon, soaring.
He seemed to be looking for a place to land.
At the same time, on the distant sea, small boats were approaching Dereg's warship.
"Thump, thump, thump."
Iron hooks bit into the deck, as if afraid Dereg and his men would escape.
Anyone who dared to come to a pirate's lair was either a pirate or an idiot.
"Bang~"
The Dragon Knight from the sky crashed heavily onto the deck.
Under the enormous inertia, the entire warship swayed up and down.
The Dragon stared at Dereg and the others through the gaps in its iron helmet, and the Dragon Knight on its back loudly demanded, "Who are you?"
Dereg slowly raised his head, his gaze calmly fixed on the Dragon Knight before him.
"I am Dereg, here to see Savage."
Dereg?
Upon hearing that name, the Dragon Knight subconsciously trembled.
Titles like "Ocean Butcher" and "Maritime Overlord" all belonged to that man.
He was also the insurmountable mountain that the Savage Dragon Hunting Group could never surpass.
He stared intensely at Dereg, quickly suppressing the fear in his heart.
"Impossible! You are definitely not Dereg."
"How could Dereg come to see our leader on such a broken ship?"
Dereg directly showed his prosthetic limb and said, "Stop wasting words! Immediately… immediately take me to see Savage."
In that instant, Dereg had wanted to say, "Immediately have Savage come to see me."
But now, he was even weaker than a lamb and had no choice but to bow to Savage.
Otherwise, a mere Dragon Knight would not be qualified to stand here and speak.
And now, the Dragon Knight in front of him clearly didn't believe that the person standing before him was Dereg.
After all, he was just a guard Dragon Knight within the Savage Dragon Hunting Group.
Even his own leader had only seen Dereg from afar twice.
Let alone knowing what the maritime overlord Dereg looked like.
He slid down from the Dragon's back and stood in front of Dereg, asking, "You'd better give me proof, or I'll twist your head off."