Basked in darkness, they stealthily made their way to the mountaintop and arrived at the cave entrance


    under Winston’s lead. It was a perfect hideout, and the pirates would not be able to find them easily


    even if they entered the ind.


    Meanwhile, out at sea, two ships engaged in a fierce battle. The bodyguards that Willow had brought


    along this time were well-versed in navalbat, and they were trained sailors as well. With their skills,


    they quickly led the pirate ship toward the outer seas. Little did they know, five silhouettes floated in the


    dark ocean-a part of the pirates’ n.


    They spected that the crew had already taken refuge on the ind, and if they managed to capture


    them, they could force the ship to lower their defenses. Moreover, kidnapping was their specialty. And


    yet, they had no idea that someone else was awaiting them on the ind.


    In the darkness, the pirates finally arrived at the shore. At the sight of the tents, theyughed wickedly,


    their eyes filled with greed as they prepared to ransack the tents. Just then, the leading pirate, still


    oblivious to the danger, was struck in the forehead by an unseen force, causing him to copse


    lifelessly to the ground in a split second.


    Immediately, the remaining pirates huddled together, firing their weapons in every direction possible.


    They had not expected such a skilled warrior amongst a team of archeologists and were taken aback


    by the military-issued equipment on their ship. Now that an assassin was lying in an ambush on the


    ind, they were caught off guard.


    “Disperse and find that man!” the leading pirate ordered. The four pirates immediately spread out at his


    words, not knowing that this would be their doom. If they attempted to flee at that moment, they might


    have stood a chance at survival, but their dispersion only led to nothing but their death. After all, the


    man in hiding excelled at taking out his targets individually.


    “Ahh!” With a sharp gasp, a pirate who had walked into the distance noticed another shadow next to


    his. He whipped around in fear, and the next moment, the gun in his hand was pressed viciously


    against his chest by the looming figure that reached out toward him. In a fit of panic, he pulled on the


    trigger, not realizing it was pointed at his chin.


    The sound of the gunshot quickly attracted the other three, but theirrade had long departed from


    the world of living by the time they rushed over, and his gun had vanished in thin air.


    That frightened the three pirates, and only a single thought crossed their minds-head back to the sea


    immediately and return to the ship.


    However, as they fled wildly toward the ocean, the man at the group’s tail took a shot to the back of his


    head while the other two turned around in fear as they fired frantically. Yet, the man in the darkness


    was devilishly skilled, and he was able to aim urately even with the moon as his only source of light.


    Bang! Another gunshotter, a wild pirate copsed into the sea, the water around him turning crimson


    with his blood. The sole remaining pirate trembled with fear, and just as he thought he had finally made


    it back to the ocean, he heard a voice call out to him. “Hey!”


    Uncontrobly, he turned toward the source of the voice, only to see a cold figure standing by the


    shore, the gun in his hand pointed toward him. In a blink of an eye, his head became the man’s target


    as soon as he emerged from the water, and he was unable to react at all. Just like that, the five pirates


    were wiped out without even knowing the face of the man who took their lives.


    Meanwhile, the two ships were still engaged in the crossfire, separated by the ocean. As the pirate ship


    was afraid toe into the range of their opponents, neither of the vessels was damaged. At that


    moment, Jasper disappeared from the beach and leaped into the sea.N?vel(D)rama.Org''s content.


    An hourter, with the pirate ship’s departure, the bodyguards steered back to the shore and returned


    to the dock. Halfway up the mountain, Winston noticed that the pirate ship had disappeared, followed


    by a message from the bodyguards, reporting that they were now on the ind.


    Immediately, Willow suggested, “Let’s go down!” “Miss Presgrave, we have to wait for a little longer. We


    can only head down once Ricky confirms the safety on the ind.”