Pirates?
Luo En's heart skipped a beat as he felt the noisy environment around him.
He didn't expect to encounter pirates.
It wouldn't be the captain and his crew, would it…? Luo En shook his head.
The Golden Dream's position was on the other side; it was impossible for its route to collide with the passenger ship's.
His impression of pirates mostly came from the people on the Golden Dream.
But those on the Golden Dream were only part-time pirate adventurers.
There are many types of true pirates: some only want money and not lives, while others want both money and lives.
"Get out of the way! Quickly, get out of the way!"
A fat merchant rudely pushed away passengers blocking his path, almost knocking Luo En over. He quickly retreated, his back pressed against the cold cabin wall, making way for the panicked crowd.
"Damn it, this isn't lucky at all…"
"My luck feels even worse than when I was a 'Robot.'"
…
Luo En didn't choose to stay in his room. After all, if the other side was a group of vicious pirates, the second-class cabin room was too small to maneuver in.
He brought Lachi to the deck, wanting to observe the situation first.
A thick fog, like a white wall, enveloped the entire ship. Visibility was pitifully low, with only a few blurry lights flickering in the mist.
"It's you. I thought it was some short-sighted pirate who snuck on board."
That provocative tone… Luo En turned his head and saw Anderson leaning against the wall.
"Why are you here?" Luo En asked warily.
"Why are you here?" the other party retorted.
"I want to see real pirates," Luo En casually fabricated a reason fitting a "new adventurer" persona, deliberately putting on an excited tone.
"This is my first sea voyage."
"What about you?"
"Me?" Anderson chuckled softly. "I came up to find my wallet."
Wallet?
Seeing Luo En's confusion, Anderson tilted his head, motioning him to look at the lights in the mist not far away.
A pirate ship? Could "wallet" refer to bounties?!
"You're a Hunter."
"Are you… that confident?"
"Of course." Anderson smiled.
Although people who smile a lot usually don't have bad luck, Luo En suddenly had a premonition looking at the confident Anderson.
This guy is definitely going to have terrible luck in the future!
…
On the pirate ship not far away, a beautiful figure dressed in a white linen shirt and a dark red coat appeared at the bow.
She stared at the passenger ship in front of her, casually filing her nails.
"Captain, ready." A Sailor came to report the situation to her.
"Because of the fog, the people on that ship didn't even notice us earlier."
"We can act at any time."
"Very good." She raised her eyes to glance at her subordinate, a slight smile playing on her lips.
The moment their eyes met, the Sailor became completely dazed. He unconsciously took a step forward, his eyes filled with infatuation.
"Prepare to act."
"Yes… Yes…"
Watching the Sailor retreat in a hurry, Tracy sneered contemptuously.
She didn't expect that merely trying out a new ship would lead to stumbling upon a fat fish along the way.
…
"Isn't this route supposed to be very safe?" Luo En looked into the depths of the thick fog. "Why would we suddenly encounter pirates?"
"It's probably off course," Anderson analyzed casually.
"With such heavy fog tonight, it's normal for the navigator to make a mistake." He narrowed his eyes, his voice suddenly deepening.
"The navigator is probably going to have bad luck."
In this era, there was no satellite navigation system, so accidents like getting lost were not uncommon.
Seeing Anderson's eager demeanor, Luo En wisely decided to stay away from this Lunatic.
After a brief exchange of pleasantries, he quickly left the deck and returned to the relatively safe cabin area.
"Ka Lu."
Not long after returning to the cabin, Luo En saw an acquaintance. This native Sailor was kneeling in the middle of the corridor, his expression focused, muttering something with extreme piety.
"What are you doing here?"
"Don't disturb me," Ka Lu said without raising his head, gripping the exquisite sea snake wood carving tightly with both hands, whispering, "I'm praying to the Sea God."
"The favored of the Sea and the Spirit World, the protector of the Rorsted Archipelago, the ruler of underwater creatures, the controller of tsunamis and storms, great Cavituva, I implore your gaze, I implore you to cast out those foolish pirates…"
This… Well, Luo En wisely didn't disturb him. Although he didn't believe in these superstitious things, if this Sea God could truly manifest and drive away the pirates, it would be a good thing.
Wait, there must be many storm lord believers among the passengers too. If their prayers drew the storm lord, would it fight with the Sea God?
…
"Calamity…"
"Why is there calamity everywhere…?"
In the luxurious suite of the first-class cabin, the Calamity Priest who had collided with Luo En at the dock was kneeling on the carpet, his face as pale as paper.
As a Calamity Priest, although he would passively encounter various calamities, theoretically he should receive revelations in advance and have ample time to prepare.
But at this moment, an unprecedented sense of crisis was frantically assaulting his spirituality, like the low pressure before a storm, making it almost impossible for him to breathe.
"How could this happen…?" His voice trembled uncontrollably, and he covered his face in utter despair. "Did the betrayal of Roy King get exposed? They want to purge me, no, impossible…"
"I must escape… I must escape."
He rose in a panic and began to pack his things.
However, just as he opened the Door, the ship shook violently.
Being on edge, he lost his balance and fell to the ground, sliding from one end of the corridor to the other, where he passed out.
…
Strange, is it raining?
Raindrops suddenly fell, at first only a few sparse drops, but in an instant, they turned into a torrential downpour. The fog outside the porthole was blown away by the strong winds, replaced by surging giant waves.
"Boom!"
A startling thunderbolt split the dark night sky, and the bright white electric light illuminated the approaching pirate ship.
Luo En saw through the porthole that the pirate ship was violently swaying in the waves, and the pirates on deck were scrambling to furl their sails; their attack plan was clearly interrupted.
"Lord Cavituva!" Ka Lu held up the sea snake wood carving. "You are indeed protecting us!"
Did it really manifest?
"Clang!"
Just as Luo En was wondering, the passenger ship suddenly shook violently, and Luo En stumbled, almost losing his footing.
"Crack." The wooden structure groaned under the strain.
"This isn't right…"
He came to the porthole, gripping its edge tightly, and found that the rain outside was forming strange spirals.
The raindrops sometimes went left, sometimes right, as if invisible forces were contending in the air.
"Storms… Two storms have collided."
"And this ship is right in the center of the confrontation."
This… Did the storm lord really fight with the Sea God?