Chapter 781: Pirate Port

Banamo Port.

Walking on the street, Lu Mian always had the feeling of having arrived in Backlund, the capital of the Loen Kingdom. Although he had never been there, the sky was always foggy, the environment was damp and cold, and it was exactly the same as the mockery of Backlund in those Trier newspapers and magazines.

Of course, the architectural style here was still significantly different from Backlund. It was mainly divided into two types: one was huge but not rough, with typical Feysac characteristics; the other was built from a mixture of stone and wood, simple and rough, lacking planning, sometimes crowded together, and sometimes far apart.

Most of the pedestrians coming and going on the street were dressed in typical pirate attire, with short swords slung across their waists and flintlock pistols tucked in, without any concealment. Those who were more like local residents, with brown skin, always wore smiles and a fawning expression.

Lu Mian could fully understand the mindset of the indigenous people. After all, if they really made any pirate unhappy, they might be forcibly dragged into a corner and killed, or someone might sneak into their room at night and finish them off, and the killer would turn around, board their pirate ship, and leave in style.

The current rulers of Banamo Island tried to recruit pirates and adventurers as a force to maintain order, and they also hoped that the great pirates could negotiate a pirate code to constrain the pirates' behavior in the port, but the effects of these measures were quite limited.

This was because people who were used to being pirates, even if they became bailiffs or police, couldn't immediately become law-abiding and strictly demand things of themselves. Moreover, the local area lacked a powerful force to suppress them. Thus, the behavior of bailiffs breaking the law while knowing it was common, and cases of taking bribes to shield criminals were too numerous to record.

The pirate code negotiated by the great pirates had no mandatory force. Even if someone really violated it, they would at most suffer some punishment within their own pirate group. After all, no one was willing to hand over their own people to others for handling.

The greatest effect of these measures was to make Banamo Port look like it still had a certain degree of order. Lu Mian enjoyed the lively street scene while occasionally hearing screams or *bang-bang-bang* gunshots from the depths of the alleys on both sides.

"This place is just too suitable for a 'Hunter'......" He sighed sincerely.

When two groups of pirates started a chaotic battle in the middle of the street over a disagreement, Lu Mian suddenly had an idea:

"The great plague needed for the 'Despair Witch' promotion ritual wouldn't be impossible to hold here......

"It's just that one would have to develop a potion that wouldn't cause infection or lead to serious illness for the intended plague in advance, and secretly distribute it to the residents here to drink......

"The only problem is, there clearly aren't 30,000 pirates. Hmm, there are quite a few Beyonders among the pirates. If they were really infected and made to suffer pain and despair, it should significantly reduce the number of people needed for the ritual......"

Lu Mian watched the pirates' shootout with great interest while pondering the feasibility of holding the "Despair Witch" ritual at Banamo Port.

When the pirates' shootout reached its end, the bailiffs finally arrived, dispersed the two groups, and symbolically arrested a few people.

This was just waiting for the corresponding pirate groups to pay the fines!

As for which group suffered a loss and wanted to get it back, sorry, the local bailiffs were only responsible for maintaining order, not for upholding justice. You can go fight another battle on the sea yourselves.

During this process, several pirate corpses left on the street that hadn't been carried back in time were quietly dragged away by adventurers and local residents.

Lu Mian felt like applauding such order.

Taking advantage of the fact that it wasn't dark yet and sunlight was still penetrating through the mist, he continued to stroll through the streets of Banamo Port.

Passing by a stone house with a small square, he saw a dozen or twenty people gathered there, most of them looking like local residents, while on the stone platform in front of them stood a pirate wearing a bicorne hat and blue woolen clothing.

The pirate was shouting loudly in Feysac:

"You are just a bunch of puppies who have just left your mother's arms. If you want to become qualified pirates, you need to receive corresponding training. Now, I will give you your first lesson, which is who you can provoke and who you cannot provoke on the sea......"

Feysac was the language with the least difference from Ancient Feysac. Lu Mian, who was proficient in Ancient Feysac, could barely understand what the pirate was saying and discovered that this was actually a pirate group recruiting newcomers and providing basic training.

"How did they make it like a big company in Trier hiring new employees......" Lu Mian muttered to himself, seeing the pirate on the stone platform hang out bounty posters and portraits one by one, introducing the Seven Pirate Kings, the Nine Great Admirals, and well-known adventurers in turn.

This was exactly the intelligence Lu Mian wanted to gather. He stopped and listened leisurely from a certain distance.

Without any surprise, he saw Louis Berry's portrait and detailed introduction.

At the end, the bicorne-hat pirate pointed to a portrait and said:

"Although his bounty isn't high, you absolutely must not underestimate him, and don't even have any contact with him."

Can't have any contact? Lu Mian focused his gaze and found that the protagonist in the portrait was a sturdy man in his thirties with thick brown body hair, wearing overalls and a white shirt.

Immediately after, the bicorne-hat pirate introduced to the new pirates with a solemn tone:

"His name is Frank Lee, the first mate of the 'Queen of Stars,' and he is a 'Druid.'

"What is a 'Druid'? I'll tell you when I introduce Beyonder common sense to you later. In short, a 'Druid' is Sequence 5, just like the pirate admirals. So, do you understand Frank Lee's terror now?

"But that's not the main reason why adventurers and pirates on the sea dare not mention his name. I don't know what the real reason is. I only know that every pirate and adventurer who has met Frank Lee seems to have suffered from some kind of mental illness. Mentioning this person makes them jump up from their chairs in fear, and some even vomit on the spot. They always tell me very nervously to stay away from Frank Lee, and also, don't leave your own blood near Frank Lee, and don't eat food that appears around Frank Lee......"

So the legendary Druid Frank Lee is the first mate of the pirate king "Queen of Stars"...... However, why are so many pirates and adventurers afraid of him like this? Even if he has the strength of a pirate admiral and a cruel style, it shouldn't cause this phenomenon...... Lu Mian listened to the bicorne-hat pirate's introduction and muttered silently.

He was a bit curious about what exactly made Frank Lee special.

After watching the pirate group recruit newcomers, Lu Mian turned into a carnival bar not far away.

He squeezed through the pirates who didn't hide their identities, sat on a high stool at the bar, and ordered a glass of Rhenish.

The common language of Banamo Port was Feysac, but the pirates coming and going spoke all kinds of languages, and none of them were people who loved to learn. Not many were proficient in multiple languages. Thus, those who spoke Feysac were in one circle, those who spoke Intis were in another circle, and so on. The reason Lu Mian chose the carnival bar was that all the words on its sign were from Intis.

In the noisy and enthusiastic environment, Lu Mian drank two sips of Rhenish, put down the glass, looked at the bartender, and asked loudly in Intis:

"Do you have detailed information on the nine pirate admirals? Not including those mentioned on the wanted posters."

Suddenly, the sound in the entire bar disappeared, and all the pirates present cast their gazes at Lu Mian at the bar.

It became extremely quiet here, to the point where even the faint sound of some people swallowing saliva could be heard.

The bartender's expression became awkward, yet with a hint of playfulness. He said to Lu Mian:

"Are you an adventurer?"

To actually run to a bar where pirates gather and ask for detailed intelligence on pirate admirals!

Lu Mian didn't answer the bartender, turned his body halfway, and looked at the pirates watching him.

Firelight lit up around him, and one after another, crimson, near-white fireballs condensed and floated in mid-air.

Then, Lu Mian smiled, slightly raised his chin, and said:

"Although your bounties aren't high and I'm too lazy to do it, if anyone wants to take the initiative to send money to me, I don't mind accepting it."

The pirates' expressions changed immediately, but Lu Mian's gaze didn't retreat at all. He swept across the pirates' faces and asked with a sneer:

"Do you want to come?"

Silence, still silence. The entire carnival bar remained silent.

Every pirate present could intuitively feel the danger contained in those dozen or so crimson, near-white fireballs.

Lu Mian stopped provoking and pointed to a chair a few meters behind him:

"Don't appear behind me, and don't think about getting close to assassinate me while there are many people here.

"Whoever crosses this chair, I will kill."

After saying that, Lu Mian turned his body back and, set off by the dozen or so fireballs, smiled at the bartender and said:

"You can answer my question now."

Seeing that this adventurer hadn't introduced himself or boasted about his past deeds, yet every word and action showed strong self-confidence and an attitude of killing as if drinking water, the bartender put on a smile:

"What we know is about the same as what's on the wanted posters. If you really want to understand the more secret parts, you can ask the enemies of different pirate admirals. Emperor Roselle once said that the person who knows someone best is their enemy."

"Tell me specifically about the enemies of each pirate admiral." Lu Mian took another sip of Rhenish.

In the bar hall, seeing that this adventurer was easily maintaining the existence of the fireballs, the pirates had no choice but to resume their loud discussions with their companions. Some also left quietly, seemingly to find help.

Lu Mian didn't stop them, nor did he even take a look.

By the time the bartender finished speaking, he roughly understood who the enemy of the "Admiral of the Deep," Haer Constantine, was:

This pirate admiral with sea monster blood had always been low-key and mysterious. Apart from doing the basic work of a pirate, his methods were relatively bloody and cruel, and he rarely had conflicts with other pirate admirals or other major forces. However, the former "Twilight Lieutenant General," now "Twilight King," Bratov Ivan, suspected that Haer Constantine's two "stealth ships" were obtained from a legendary treasure on the sea—"Lost Newins"—so he targeted this "Admiral of the Deep," wanting to get intelligence on Newins from him. The two sides had clashed many times.

By the time Bratov became a king on the sea, the "Admiral of the Deep," Haer Constantine, had to always avoid this powerhouse and his fleet.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 782 =====