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60 – 3rd Floor, Navy Formation.

The more skills, the better.

‘It’s just a pity I can’t have that many.’

Skill slots are limited.

Players have to choose which skills to acquire.

In the process, some skills are discarded.

But a mana expert can gather soul remnants.

It was shocking information.

‘It’s really unreasonable.’

I gained virtue, but injustice is still injustice.

I followed Abella.

Abella was relentless in killing pirates.

“What will you do if there’s a player stronger than Grandma?”

“Then I’ll have to die.”

“……”

There was no answer.

Fortunately, no one strong enough to defeat the Mana Expert appeared.

‘They must have all gone up.’

There was no way a superhuman who could freely manipulate mana would be playing king in a pirate crew.

Thanks to that, Abella was able to sweep away the pirates as she wished.

In the process, she captured many large sailing ships.

There were so many that it was regrettable she couldn’t register ownership due to the lack of pirate hats.

“Engine. It seems possible to make engines behind Island No. 7.”

The mana stones mined diligently so far.

They were used for this engine.

Of course, it didn’t mean much.

The pirates had far more mana stones stockpiled by grinding down slaves.

‘Even if I mined alone for half a month, it’s impossible to beat hundreds of people.’

Unless I were a superhuman like a Swordmaster.

There were limits to a human body from Earth.

But I wasn’t disappointed.

‘It’s enough to know that Earthlings can acquire growth skills.’

In the case of the Three Talents Swordsmanship, there was no dantian, so I didn’t see the growth benefits.

Who knows.

There might be skills like mining or logging somewhere.

“Here, here it is.”

Miscellaneous tasks were left to the pirates.

The pirates captured by Abella somehow found work to do.

It was no different from how pirates treated slaves, but Abella didn’t care.

“Rehabilitation through labor, huh? Still trash, though.”

In some ways, Abella was a step ahead of me.

Her skill in rationalization was extraordinary.

I couldn’t help but be impressed.

“There might be poison.”

“If those b*stards poisoned it, that’s even better. We can kill them. Unfortunately, they didn’t. They realized it was useless.”

We went around busily, smashing the branches of the Skull Pirates.

In the process, we liberated many players.

The resources and ships that the pirates had accumulated.

We distributed them to the former slaves.

Their choices were split.

Some left immediately, while others joined us, watching our every move.

Abella didn’t drive them away.

If they wanted to stay, she accepted everyone.

‘There are too many people. It’s awkward for the pirates to move.’

There were no overwhelming strongmen in the Skull Pirates.

At best, the captains?

‘The Lunacolises we met on the second floor. Similar or slightly weaker than them.’

That level of skill was enough to strut around on the third floor.

Even the Lunacolises couldn’t make it to the third floor and all died.

The outcome depended on who you faced.

The important thing was, you couldn’t block ten hands with one.

The Skull Pirates’ officers weren’t invincible either.

If many attacked, they had no choice but to be helpless.

Then what about the pirates below them?

‘The pirate group was almost annihilated, and the former slave players were glaring.’

Choosing to assassinate and run away wasn’t easy.

The positions of the pirates and slaves had reversed.

“We have to kill them.”

“Keeping them alive doesn’t make sense.”

The players freed from the Skull Pirates did not welcome the living pirates.

But there is no choice.

If all these pirates are killed, the path to the Skull Pirates will be cut off.

From Abella’s perspective, who wants to annihilate the pirates, they are absolutely necessary.

“Does anyone know the coordinates of the Skull Pirates’ base?”

“…I know.”

Someone raised their hand.

‘A beauty.’

She was a woman with rare beauty.

Regardless of the dimension, she was pretty enough to make any human passing by turn their head a dozen times.

‘Is she a celebrity?’

With my poor expression, this was the limit.

No words of praise for her beauty came to mind.

“You know the coordinates?”

“…Yes.”

“Then the story changes.”

If there are coordinates, there is no need to keep the pirates alive.

“Can everyone operate a sailing ship?”

At Abella’s question, a few men stepped forward.

Despite being slaves, they had quite thick arms.

“Hmm. Good.”

Abella readily went to the pirates and cut them down.

“Pirates deserve to die. If they are useless, killing them is the right thing to do.”

They were no better than the players who had been captured as slaves, if not worse.

‘Crazy woman.’

When it came to matters related to pirates, Abella was out of her mind.

“Rest. We set sail tomorrow. The target is the Skull Pirates. We will erase them from this sea.”

The next morning.

Abella boarded the ship early.

The players followed her in droves.

‘They are all quick-witted.’

They are also players.

Knowing how to become stronger, they couldn’t miss this opportunity.

They led the captured sailing ships straight to the headquarters of the White Skull Pirates.

They boasted a grandeur close to a fleet.

It feels like just yesterday when they crossed to Island No. 2 on the raft of the Ice Spirit.

They skipped all the processes.

‘By taking others’ things.’

The headquarters of the White Skull Pirates was on Line 9.

Further ahead was Island No. 10, which could be called the entrance to the 4th floor, the Treasure Island.

‘They were almost reigning like kings.’

They settled at the end of the 3rd floor.

This was an arrogant choice of location from the start.

“What’s this? They’re coming out to greet us?”

Sailing ships crawled out from the headquarters of the White Skull Pirates.

As if not allowing the landing itself, the cannons roared.

Boom-!

“…Evasive maneuvers!”

Abella shouted loudly.

“Cannons!”

The sailors hurriedly loaded and fired the cannons.

The unfortunate cannonballs only plunged into the sea.

The sailing ships of the White Skull Pirates’ main base were on a different level from ours.

In size and firepower, they were a step above.

‘The gap is palpable.’

We were inferior in every aspect.

“They must be A-rank.”

“Captain! No. 3 has been half-destroyed!”

A barrage of cannonballs rained down.

Ships were hit by stray cannonballs and began to sink.

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“Damn it.”

Yuki touched the bottom of the ship.

Tzzzzzt-!

White ice shards spread out like roots.

They froze the sea and held the tilted ship.

“Hikari!”

“Yes!”

Hikari’s body flashed.

He quickly moved the crew of the third ship.

Yuki wiped his nosebleed and frowned.

“Are you just going to watch?”

“Ah.”

For the past few days, it had become routine to follow Abella.

A routine, you could say.

‘Without realizing it, I was waiting for Abella to jump in.’

Even the senile Abella seemed to feel that jumping into the sea during a naval battle was a bit much.

His hesitation was amusing.

[Cannon fire]

They exchanged cannon fire.

In the meantime, I mixed my cannonball in.

The skill, aided by the soul system, hit the target.

“It’s sunk!”

“Who hit it?!”

I fired a cannonball at a ship in the Bone Pirate Fleet that looked low-grade.

One shot, one kill.

[Absorbing the soul of Moria (Dwarf).]

[Health increases by 0.01.]

[Absorbing the soul of Gairus (Midlander).]

[Strength increases by 0.01.]

[Absorbing the soul of Wisan (Martial Artist)…]

[Strength increased by 0.01…]

When we destroyed a sailing ship, the people on board were massacred.

The reason was simple.

If you fall into the sea and a certain amount of time passes, you take dot damage.

Even if you know how to swim, you can’t avoid it.

‘There was a reason why the ship was treated as a mount.’

It was a judgment of the soul system that players summoned to the Tower of Struggle had to endure unconditionally.

Thanks to that, I was able to absorb a large amount of souls.

The thrill was immense.

“Good. Well done. As expected of Ryuin. I believed in you.”

Abella patted my back.

“Hikari! Can you move me?”

“…J-just a little rest.”

Even the seemingly strong-willed psychic had a limit.

“Is it impossible to cross with the ice spirit’s raft?”

“…We’ll probably get hit by cannonballs and die.”

“Fire the cannons! It’s okay if you don’t hit, just fire away! Practice. Practice now!”

The exchange rate was the worst.

Either way, the Skull Pirate Crew was active.

They had the upper hand in cannon accuracy.

[Cannon fire]

Boom-.

Of course, there was an asymmetric force that overturned that exchange rate.

What good is it to shoot hard and hit?

One shot could turn everything around.

“Hikari.”

“Yes.”

“Make me a dragon.”

“……”

Hikari’s arm slipped under my armpit.

My body floated gently into the air.

Wings of light unfurled.

“Let’s enjoy this properly.”

【Species – Gold Dragon】

A radiant breath of light burst forth with power.