Chapter 16

The crowd instantly fell silent, every gaze landing on that small, retreating back.

Luo En turned his head to look at the man who had been inciting the others: "Hand me over and that'll be enough, right?"

"Luo En!"

Harris and Mary immediately grew anxious.

"Uncle Harris, Auntie Mary."

Luo En smiled at the two of them. "Don't worry, I'm not going to my death. I've long wanted to leave this little island and see the outside world, so I'll take this chance."

As he spoke, his gaze fell on that man, his eyes narrowing slightly:

"I'll go alone, that should be fine, right?"

The man, somewhat intimidated by his gaze, said meekly, "I, I think it should be, should be fine."

"Luo En…"

Auntie Mary's eyes glistened with tears. She still wanted to say something, but Harris pressed a hand on her shoulder.

"Mary, let's just… trust him."

Harris said through gritted teeth.

He could see things more clearly than anyone.

After the crowd released the wretched-looking pirates, several pirates with vicious expressions took ropes and came to Luo En's side, wrapping the ropes around him and tying him up tightly.

"Thank you all for taking care of me these past few months. I won't forget you. If I get the chance, I'll come back to visit."

Luo En said with his back to the crowd.

Harris reddened around the eyes and clenched his fists.

Auntie Mary wept uncontrollably.

"Little Luo En…"

Brian, a big burly man, crossed an arm in front of his eyes to keep the tears from falling.

"You want to come back? You won't get the chance!"

Smoa, whose vision was terribly poor from the searing pain in his eyes, stared ahead viciously and said, "Soon you'll be buried at the bottom of the sea."

"Boss, that's a wooden post. He's not over there."

"What! Damn it! My eyes hurt so bad I can't open them, I can't see a damn thing."

"Boss, the guy's already tied up!"

"Good! Carry him onto the ship for me. Once my eyes get a little better, I want to have a good look at his miserable state."

"Yes!"

Before leaving, that Smoa also threw out some harsh words: "I'll spare you this time. If you dare pull something like this again, next time it'll be an officer of the Evil Dragon Pirates who comes!"

"Boss, the guy's over there. What's in front of you is a wall."

"What!"

After that band of pirates left with Luo En.

Mary buried her face in Harris's chest, sobbing beyond words.

The whole little town was silent, as if only her crying could be heard.

The snow gradually grew heavier.

At the coast, waves battered the reef rocks, and a pirate ship was moored there.

The bound Luo En was thrown onto the deck. Soon, Smoa and the rest of the pirates were all aboard.

"Set sail!"

Heavy snow drifted down.

The pirate ship slowly pulled away from this little island.

…………

On the pirate ship.

"Ow ow ow! Damn you, easy!"

Smoa, whose wounded face was being dabbed with medicine by his subordinates, cursed and let out cries of pain.

Luo En, tightly bound by ropes, sat on the deck and gazed at the sea ahead. That little island grew smaller and smaller in his field of vision.

【Beep, detected departure from initial island, opening world map.】

The system's voice suddenly rang out in Luo En's mind.

At the same time, a virtual screen only he could see appeared before his eyes. It displayed a map of the entire pirate world, with a red dot representing his current location. Every island and sea area had its corresponding name above it.

For example, Moxi Sidao, which he had just left.

As well as the island nearest to him, to the northwest, sixty-three kilometers away, called the Malay Archipelago.

Besides that.

Luo En also spotted some familiar names.

For example, Windmill Town, Frost Moon Town, Cocosia Village in the East Sea…

"A navigation map of the entire world…"

Luo En's eyes were full of pleasant surprise.

This thing, the dream of every navigator, was now in his mind!

9. The boy like a vengeful ghost, the despairing pirate captain (9/10)

Swish!

Luo En's body shifted to one side as a fierce whip lashed past him, striking the deck heavily.

"Oh, still dare to dodge?"

Sitting on the chair, Smoyahti held a whip, looking down at him from above, his inhuman face full of viciousness.

"Someone come, hold him down for me, I want to see how he dodges!"

The two pirates who had been beaten by Luo En walked toward him with cold, vicious sneers.

"Wait."

Luo En spoke up.

"Now you know to beg for mercy? Too late!"

Smoyahti sneered coldly without end, "Hold him down for me!"

"I just want to ask one question. Do you really know the Evil Dragon?"

Luo En asked, looking at him.

Hearing this question, Smoyahti was first stunned, then an incomparably smug, ugly smile appeared on his inhuman face.

"Ha je je je je, I don't know any Evil Dragon at all, those idiots actually thought I was the Evil Dragon's subordinate!"

"So you're not the Evil Dragon's subordinate."

Luo En frowned slightly.

"If I were the Evil Dragon's subordinate, would I still need to come rob such a poor little island?"

"So-called common people, for the sake of their peace, will do anything at all, ha je je je je!"

"Just based on a single name, they wouldn't dare resist." Smoyahti gave Luo En a sinister smile, "Do you feel it? This is the power of evil! This is what being a pirate is!!"

Luo En nodded lightly:

"On this point, you actually said it well. This world is indeed a tangled mix of good and evil, a chaos."

"Done asking? Then it's time for you to die, brat!"

"Everything you've done to me, I will return to you twofold. First, breaking your four limbs — get him!"

Smoyahti waved his hand, and the two pirates charged at Luo En with savage grins,

"Oh? Return twofold? Can you do it?"

Luo En took a deep breath, and the Sun Breathing technique operated at full power.

He exerted force with both arms.

The tough rope binding him was instantly snapped apart.

Those two pirates were sent flying by the small fists that suddenly appeared right before their eyes.

"What!!!"

Smoyahti opened his mouth wide, the cigarette in his mouth dropping without him even noticing, horrified and terrified.

Luo En bent down, picked up a long saber on the ground about as tall as himself, slung it over his shoulder, looked up at the terrified Smoyahti above and smiled: