Chapter 305: Captives! Spoils of war!

His Highness the Prince is super embarrassed!

Recently, Kalaier had been pouring all his focus into the repairs and resupply of the "Golden King," having absolutely no energy to spare for other matters.

Unfortunately, when he finally finished his work and looked back, he discovered that his beloved Miss Vivian had brought him immense... immense trouble!

It is known to all that the Pales Archipelago is the most important resupply point for pirates and smugglers on the northern route, and calling the islands other than the main one a "pirate paradise" would not be an exaggeration.

Miss Vivian had traveled across the entire Fairytale World, and now that she had arrived at such a famous location, she naturally wouldn't miss it.

Thus, a spontaneous trip to tour the islands began.

As the absolute main force in defeating the sea monster Kraken, Miss Vivian's great name naturally spread rapidly across the entire Pales Archipelago.

"That person is... Miss Vivian! Blonde hair, green eyes, golden armor shimmering—that must be Miss Vivian! It can't be wrong!"

"Where? Where? Let me see what the legendary war goddess who cleaved the sea monster Kraken to death with one sword looks like!"

"What kind of bullshit 'cleaved to death with one sword'! I didn't expect anyone to actually believe such rumors. 'Broken Anchor' is truly a pirate group that can't be taken seriously."

"What? What did you say, you bastard? Hmph, so it's you scum from 'Angry Shark.' No wonder your mouth is so foul. Bullying the weak and fearing the strong has always been your tradition!"

"Bullying the weak and fearing the strong? Then let me see if you guys from 'Broken Anchor' are tough! Ha!"

"Who threw that chair? Damn it, forget it, all of you go die for me!"

Escalating from an argument to a brawl is a daily occurrence in this pirate paradise.

But this time, there was a different change!

Watching the originally bustling, shouting, and cursing street turn into a brawl scene in the blink of an eye, Vivian's eyes immediately lit up.

"Hahaha, the guys here are so enthusiastic! Shasha, I like the customs here!" Vivian shouted while waving her fists and joining the fight. "Brothers, I'm coming!"

Ping-pong!

Clang-bang!

After a chaotic battle, the entire street was in a mess, and Vivian stood with her hands on her hips, laughing loudly.

"I won! Hahaha!"

Agasha, who was eating snacks at the end of the street, helplessly stepped forward to drag away this female demon. This guy truly couldn't stay idle no matter where she went.

Vivian and Agasha left, and the guards who had been ordered by the Prince to follow them looked at the pirates wailing on the ground, having other thoughts in their hearts.

Pirates all have bounties on them!

Thus, the pirate paradise standing on the northern route, secretly protected by Duke Ross, welcomed its greatest disaster in history today.

Vivian treated fighting as a custom of the Pales Archipelago and excitedly embarked on an island-hopping rally, which led the guards following the two to decide to give up on ordinary small-time pirates and specifically target those with famous names to tie up.

Vivian constantly challenged the pirates of the Pales Archipelago; during this period, naturally, there were pirate accomplices who had been caught coming to rescue them, only to be caught again.

This directly led to the fact that when Vivian triumphantly returned to the main Pales Island, she was actually followed by a battalion of captives.

Deep-fried sea spiders, a specialty of Pales Island; Vivian held three in one hand, eating with great relish.

"Shasha, why are we bringing them along? Is the rule here that if you win, you have to take the people away?"

Agasha swept her gaze backward, just in time to meet the guards' ingratiating smiles.

"Yes, they are spoils of war! The guards will share the bounty with you after they collect it!"

"Really? I didn't know there was a bounty! Shasha, I still want to buy that... that... and that!"

The Traveler's personal space is truly very convenient; no matter what kind of delicacy is put in, it remains fresh when taken out.

"Got it, got it!"

This guy has an astonishing amount of physical activity and doesn't worry at all about getting fat from eating too much.

Compared to Vivian and Agasha's sightseeing, Prince Kalaier, besides personally supervising the repair work of the "Golden King," naturally also arranged for people to investigate the entire Pales Island.

The deeper the investigation went, the more shocked the Prince became; the situation on Pales Island was far more serious than he had imagined.

According to the investigation, the reason why Pales Island, the most important stronghold on the northern route, could become a "pirate paradise" in just three years was entirely due to the indulgence of Duke Ross.

Because all the private commercial channels on the Pales Archipelago directly or indirectly belonged to Duke Ross's industries, and these industries all had huge black profits because of the pirates. It can be said that 80% of the harvest of all pirates on the northern route of the Storm Sea eventually entered the Duke's hands.

Not only that, many of these pirates were directly Duke Ross's black gloves. Striking down disobedient pirate forces, robbing merchant ships of hostile forces, and even ambushing the islands or fleets of political enemies—these black gloves used the name of pirates to help the Duke cleanse all the disobedient guys on this sea.

Looking at this investigated information, Prince Kalaier was very angry, but even more wary, and secretly swore in his heart that after he ascended the throne as King, he would definitely clean up these parasites of the kingdom.

Although Duke Ross was the core, the entire northern route had been managed by him like an iron bucket. Relying solely on the title of a Prince, he had no capital to confront Duke Ross.

Just as Kalaier secretly made the decision to retreat temporarily, Vivian appeared before his eyes with a long string of captives.

"These... these are... Miss Vivian, you guys..."

Kalaier clearly saw that half of the captives behind Vivian were directly or indirectly Duke Ross's subordinates.

"Hahaha, these are my spoils of war!"

After speaking, Vivian looked at Prince Kalaier with an expectant face.

Kalaier is a Prince; collecting the bounty from him should be fine, right!

"Spoils... of war?"

"Haha, Sister Vivian, leave the bounty matter to His Highness the Prince. Let's go back, take a bath, and change clothes. You smell, you're almost stinking!"

Agasha laughed it off, grabbed Vivian beside her, and ran away.

When Prince Kalaier learned the ins and outs from the guards, he was completely stunned.

But after only a moment, the Prince felt that this might not be a bad thing.

Although it was embarrassing, Miss Vivian's momentum could indeed be borrowed. Otherwise, once Duke Ross truly figured out their strength, it was possible that the "Golden King" would be destroyed and everyone killed as soon as it set sail! ===== CHAPTER 306 =====