Saleen was not worried that these pirates would cause any trouble for him. Among the pirates that were completely devoted to him, two of them had already broken the barrier of a high-grade swordmaster. As for the ones that were not devoted to him, there were only two beginner swordmasters among them and the rest of them were normal swordsmen.
As mercenaries, these swordsmen would have been a formidable force, but Saleen was not lacking swordsmen.
The only problem was that if he and Aini were to leave the city, who would be responsible for the safety of it? With the three kings gone, if any trouble were to arise, Saleen was afraid that the mages from Sregl Island would not be able to hold it back.
Saleen and Aini talked within his cloud of mist for over an hour before they were sure of how to tempt the three kings.
