The Bloodred Plunderers swiftly closed the distance between them
and Cortez.
They were trying to save lives instead of running away. Maybe they
knew they wouldn't be able to escape.
The Oscar Islands was after all the home of the Bloodred
Plunderers and even when considering the size of the ships, the
Bloodred Plunderers would be much faster.
The fact that he didn't have to go through any annoying chases
made Kunst feel better.
After the pirates got close enough to the Cortez, they threw planks
and ropes to connect the ships and some of them even directly
jumped onto the ship.
Kunst looked around and laughed loudly.
"Kukuku. This is amazing."
He hadn't had high expectations because it wasn't the Nitilus, but
this ship had quite a few students on it.
There seemed to be at least 40 of them.
Most of the students in the academy were children of nobles.
Since they valued their bloodlines and seeds so much, they would
have no choice but to accept any offer he gave them, even if it was
ridiculous.
'If I do it well this time, I can earn enough to play around and eat well for the rest of my life.'
Then a middle-aged man with a stiff face came forward.
It was Mac, Captain of the Cortez.
He quickly realized that Kunst was the leader of the group of
pirates, so he addressed him directly.
"Do you know what this ship is?"
"Of course I do. It's the treasure ship that's gonna make us
rich. Kuhahaha!"
"Kuhahaha!"
The pirates behind him laughed as well.
Mac realized that they had indeedencountered the worst
situation.
These pirates had intentionally attacked the Cortez.
He'd had a rough idea when the warships had been destroyed
before, but he couldn't believe that they dared to lay their hands-on
Imperial ships.
Ice Spears had destroyed the two escort ships in an instant.
'How did pirates get a wizard-like that?'
The sky seemed to turn yellow.
When the battlemages had suffered such gruesome deaths in vain,
Mac knew that there was probably nothing he could do or say.
"You dirty pirates…you picked the wrong opponent."
A student rose up from his seat.
As soon as he saw the student's angry expression, Mac became
flustered.
He urgently turned to the student.
"Wa-, wait a minute."
"Shut up. As the son of the Gilassion Family, I can no
longer tolerate these scum acting in such a manner."
The male student who said that, closed his eyes and began
channeling a spell.
No, more like he tried to.
The moment the student tried to speak.
Swish.
Puk.
"Kuk."
A dagger flew out from nowhere and got stuck in the student's
throat.
The student grabbed his neck like he could not believe what
happened and it wasn't long before blood poured from his lips.
"Ku-, kuk…kuk…"
The wheezing student fell to the ground and soon stopped moving.
He was dead.
"Kyaaaa!"
"Hiiik"
The student all screamed in horror.
All of them were fine bred nobles, believed to be at the top of the
food chain, but just a moment ago one of their own was killed in a
bloody manner right in front of their eyes which caused them to
scream loudly in terror.
The students' screams made the pirates laugh loudly in enjoyment.
"Puhahaha! Do you think anyone will give you time to cast
your spells?"
"I guess you all haven't realized your situation yet. If you
wanted to use magic, you should have done it before I came
over here."
The pirate captain laughed loudly.
Of course, if they had cast their magic before he boarded then it
wouldn't have made much of a difference anyway.
One of the students collapsed and peed himself.
Of course, the pirates wouldn't miss such a sight.
"Kuku. You disgusting bastard. It smells."
"Ah! I can't take it, throw him into the sea so he can get
clean."
"Waaah!"
"U-, uwa!"
The student was so frightened that even though the one-eyed
pirate approached him slowly, he did not have the strength to resist.
One eye carried the student into the sea and the student seemed
like he didn't know how to swim as he was flailing around like a fish
out of water.
The student swung his hands, trying to find something to grab on
to, however, the fragments from the broken ships were all quite a
distance away from him.
"Puhp…! Help…! Sa-…save me..!"
The student eventually got tired and sank into the dark cold water,
never to be seen again.
To the students on the ship, it looked as though he was buried in
the darkness.
"O-, Oak is dead…"
"I don't believe it. He was a 2-star wizard."
A 2-star wizard could tackle ten normal men on their own.
At least that's what the students were led to believe.
However before they could even do anything, two students had
already died.
Helplessness and fear slowly enveloped them.
The students had never encountered a situation like this and they
did not know what to do.
Only a few of the group manage to keep their resolve.
The rest were huddled together, embracing each other.
And that was exactly what Kunst wanted to happen.
Each one of the students was a valuable piece of treasure, but he
had killed two of them to get rid of the chances of any bothersome
rebellion.
He smiled and stepped forward.
"Now. Sir Captain, now that the mood has been set, how
about we talk business?"
"…I'm just an employee."
"I know. Still, none of these brats would be able to talk to
me."
"…"
Mac couldn't help but think of one person, who didn't seem to be
affected by the situation at all but soon shook his head and stepped
forward.
It was at that moment.
A dark shadow appeared behind Kunst and began forming into an
ominous shape.
Mac was shocked at its appearance.
"Li-, lich? Yo-, you joined hands with an undead?"
"I'm just getting some assistance from Sir."
"Yo-, you're crazy! Undead don't care about living!
You're nothing but a toy to him!"
"Huh? That's just bullshit spread by some foolish old men."
Mac grit his teeth.
It was only then that he realized why the two 4 star battle mages
had been defeated so quickly.
From its power, this lich had to be 5 stars at least.
'It wasn't just pirates, this is more dangerous than I
thought.'
Kunst didn't understand how dangerous the undead was.
Mac hurriedly opened his mouth again but was interrupted by the
lich.
[Come out.]
His voice was horrible, sounding like demons screaming.
Some of the students trembled at the voice.
[I know you are hiding here. If you don't come out, I'll kill
them one by one.]
Clang.
At that moment hundreds of ice spikes appeared above the heads
of the students.
If the lich made a move, dozens of students would die.
Sik.
Then someone stood up from among the students.
The Lich's red eyes shined brightly.
[Hoo…it was you…who stopped my magic.]
Mac recognized that person's face and couldn't help but make a
hard expression.
He was the most important person on the Cortez and he was who
Mac believed to be the best wizard there.
Mac didn't want anything to happen to him because he was quite
possibly more valuable than all the other students combined.
However, the person simply raised their head and spoke in an even tone.
"That's right."
[What's your name?]
The man's reply was as firm as his expression.
"Peran Jun."