"I..."
Hancock, who was only 12 years old, wanted to say something, but suddenly, her face changed drastically. She turned her head and looked at the cabin behind her. She stretched out her hands to protect her two sisters behind her and shouted toward the cabin, "Who? Come out!"
At the same time, she was wondering in her heart, "Has an enemy sneaked into the cabin?"
At that moment, a voice came from the cabin, accompanied by the sound of footsteps.
"Don't worry! We are not your enemies! We just broke in accidentally!"
"Can I ask where this is?"
Soon, two figures, one tall and one short, emerged from the cabin.
The visitors were Ethan and Sarah.
They hadn't expected that their first teleportation location would be on a ship.
As soon as Ethan stepped out, he looked around. From the ship's appearance, particularly the two giant snakes, he instantly judged that this was a ship from Nine Snake Island.
Then, he looked at the three Hancock sisters.
Based on their appearance and what he knew about the Nine Snake Island ship, Ethan quickly deduced: "Could these be the three Hancock sisters? So, the current timeline is before Hancock became a slave?"
This was good news for Ethan.
"So beautiful!!!"
When the three Hancock sisters saw Sarah, they couldn't help but admire her subconsciously.
Sarah was not only stunningly beautiful, but more importantly, her mature and gentle demeanour was incredibly attractive.
Of course, the three Hancock sisters only admired her subconsciously.
Although Hancock felt that Sarah and Ethan did not seem like bad people, she still did not let her guard down and asked, "Who are you? What is your purpose here?"
"Don't worry!"
Sarah noticed their wariness, looked around, and gently reassured the three Hancock sisters: "My name is Sarah, and this is my son, Ethan. We are here seeking medical treatment! We arrived here by accident."
"Have you been attacked? I can help you defeat the enemy. In return, you tell me where this place is and then take us to Magnetic Drum Island. How does that sound?"
"Huh?"
Hancock was stunned when she heard that. "Medical treatment? Magnetic Drum Island? Can you really help us?"
"Hahahaha!"
At that moment, an unpleasant laugh rang out from the distance, drawing the attention of Hancock and the others.
A pirate over two meters tall, rough and ugly, approached with a sinister grin. He looked at Sarah and Hancock with amusement and said proudly, "Look what we have here! Not only three little beauties but also a stunning mature woman and even a delicate-looking pretty boy."
"It's a shame that you, pretty boy, are sick and won't live long! Otherwise, you would make a fine commodity!"
Ethan: "....."
If he were stronger, he would have killed this brute on the spot.
"Surrender to me obediently, and you will suffer less. Otherwise... hehehe!"
Hearing the pirate's threats, Sarah ignored him and instead turned to Hancock, saying, "Hold on. Let me deal with this trash first."
"What did you say..."
The pirate's face darkened upon hearing this, and he prepared to swing his machete at Sarah to teach her a lesson.
The next moment, Sarah turned her head and looked at him. At some point, her left eye had changed, revealing a strange, powerful gaze.
"Illusion!"
The pirate suddenly froze in place, completely motionless!
"Slash!"
Sarah moved swiftly, passing by the pirate and attacking the others nearby.
The pirate under the illusion suddenly spurted blood from his neck, and then his head rolled to the ground, his eyes wide open in shock, as if he had died without understanding what had happened.
"Fire Strike!"
"Wind Slash!"
"Tornado Blade!"
Sarah continued using her attacks, unleashing devastation on the invading pirates who were not from Nine Snake Island.
Soon, the battlefield turned into Sarah's solo performance.
The warriors of the Nine Snake Pirates were left in awe by her strange abilities.
Sarah's efficiency in eliminating enemies was terrifyingly high.
After some of the pirates were killed—especially after seeing several leaders fall effortlessly—others began to flee in panic.
In just a few minutes, the battle was completely over.
Except for a dozen pirates who managed to escape, the remaining hundreds were slaughtered by Sarah.
"Your mother is amazing!"
The three Hancock sisters had witnessed everything, and Hancock couldn't help but turn to Ethan with bright eyes.
"Haha! Of course!"
Ethan grinned proudly.
Yes, this was Sarah!
"Thank you for saving us. May I ask who you are...?"
The leader of the Nine Snake Pirates dragged her injured body closer to Sarah, expressing gratitude and curiosity.
"We're just passing through. No need to worry too much!"
Sarah smiled, waved her hand, and walked toward Ethan and the others.
Then she turned to Hancock and said, "Alright! I kept my word. Now, I ask you to take us to Magnetic Drum Island. Can you do that?"
"Uh..."
Hancock hesitated and looked toward her leader with uncertainty. "Leader?"
She was at a loss. She hadn't agreed yet, but Sarah had already helped them.
However, she couldn't deny Sarah's kindness.
Without Sarah's intervention, their entire pirate crew might have suffered greatly.
But this wasn't a decision she could make alone.
She was not the future Pirate Queen yet.
Seeing this, the leader quickly grasped the situation and said to Sarah, "Magnetic Drum Island? You mean the Magnetic Drum Island of the Iron Bucket Kingdom? I've heard that their civilization has superb medical expertise."
She glanced at Ethan, who appeared unwell.
"Yes!"
Sarah nodded firmly. "Can you take us there?"
"Of course!"
The leader nodded without hesitation. "We all owe you our lives. We, the Nine Snake Pirates, are not the type to forget a favor!"
"We will take you there!"
"But repaying your kindness with just this is far from enough. Do you have any other requests? As long as it's within our ability, we will try our best to fulfill it!"
"Also, many of our crew members are severely injured. We've already requested help from our former captain, so we need to stop at Sabaody Archipelago to recuperate first."
"After the repairs, we will take you to Magnetic Drum Island. Is that acceptable?"
"You can also take this time to think about what rewards you would like."
The leader wanted to inform their former captain, Shaoyao, first, hoping she could provide a more suitable reward.
She herself might not have enough resources to express proper gratitude.
"Is that so?"
Sarah didn't answer immediately but turned to Ethan. "Ethan, what do you think?"
"Alright!"
Ethan had no objections. In fact, this was even better.
It was a chance to meet Shaoyao and Rayleigh.
"Then it's settled!"
Sarah smiled in satisfaction and said to the leader, "We'll do as you suggested!"
"Thank you!"
The leader breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing this.
Hancock immediately went to prepare a room for Ethan and the others to rest.
Meanwhile, the crew began clearing the battlefield, treating the wounded, and repairing the ship.