The warden who guards the witches

Half a month later, in the north of the Dragon Spine Empire, the sea of ​​tranquility.

A cargo ship was sailing slowly on the sea. Today was calm and it was a good day for sailing, but the captain at the helm was nervous and looked around nervously. The crew members busy at various positions on the deck were also uneasy.

"Oh, why are you all acting like thieves? You are not smuggling." Not far away, a guest on the boat couldn't help but speak. He was wearing a hooded gown that covered his body and face tightly, leaning against the cabin with his hands folded, hiding in the shadows.

"Guest, we really can't deviate any further... We are already far from the coast." The captain advised with a sad face.

"What's wrong with being far from the coast?" The guest asked nonchalantly.

"I told you there are pirates in this sea area!" The captain cried, "If we encounter them here... With this small boat, we can't escape!"

"That means we didn't deviate." The guest shrugged, "We are here to find pirates."

"Guest... I really beg you to let us go! I-"

"Okay, okay!" The guest raised his hand impatiently to interrupt his plea, "I will compensate you twice the price we agreed on, okay? Can you shut up and be quiet for a while?"

"But no amount of money can buy my life back!"

The captain is now in a regretful mood, very, very regretful. Now he just wants to go back to the morning and slap himself twice.

He shouldn't have taken this business for money.

This morning, three travelers wearing hooded cloaks, two men and one woman, came to the port to find him and asked him to take them out of the city for money.

At that time, the captain saw that the three people were unwilling to show up, and guessed that they were gang members being hunted by their enemies. They were afraid of being discovered when they traveled by land, so they chose to buy off the cargo ship at the port.

After weighing the risks, the large amount of "ship fee" played a role. The captain himself happened to be only stopping at this port for a while and was about to set sail. There were dozens of ships coming and going in this port every day. I think no matter how powerful the local snakes offended by these three people were, they could not find him.

This extra money is worth making.

So he took the three guests and left the port in advance to the Coral Peninsula in the northeast.

Unexpectedly, less than three hours after sailing, the three guests revealed their true colors and hijacked the ship, asking them to sail north, make a big circle, and then go to the Coral Peninsula.

"With us here, what are you afraid of pirates?" The guests didn't care at all, "When the pirates appear, you all roll into the cabin, we will handle the scene."

"Are you... bounty hunters?" The captain asked cautiously.

"You don't have to worry about this. I can only say that we will try our best to ensure your safety." The guest spread his hands.

"Guest..." The captain wanted to say something.

"Oh, do I have to bite you to hypnotize you so that you will shut up and sail quietly?" The guest raised his face.

He had light makeup on his face, which made his skin look more like a living person, but the dark red eyes and the fangs in his mouth showed that he was a vampire.

The prince of the vampires, Kyle Kaoduo.

The captain immediately shut up.

Facing the guest in front of him, the captain did not speak his mind. He was not really afraid of pirates, because he was also very sure that the pirates would not be able to beat these three vampires who seemed to have a high bloodline.

What he was really afraid of was when these three guests would kill all the people on the ship, suck their blood dry, and then throw the bodies into the sea.

After all, the vampires are a race known for hunting living people.

Although the guest repeatedly assured them that he would never hurt them as long as they obeyed, the captain was still unsure.

He really didn't dare to say this, for fear that he would accidentally anger the guest and become the first victim.

"Kyle, has the target not appeared yet?" Another female vampire came out of the cabin with a dark face, "I feel a little seasick."

"If you want to vomit, go to the side." Kyle waved his hand nonchalantly.

"This mission is so troublesome." The female vampire muttered in a low voice.

"I rushed all the way to the Empire after finishing my work in the Autonomous Prefecture and I haven't said anything yet. You two have much more free time than me." Kyle smiled.

"What's wrong with 'father'?" The female vampire was still complaining, "What can he do with the pirates in the north of the Empire? Are we preparing to join the Imperial Navy?"

"What does his purpose mean to us?" The voice of the third vampire came from the cabin.

Kyle and the female vampire looked at each other and shrugged.

They all made a blood pact with the ancestor, and had no choice but to obey the ancestor's orders. Although the three of them were confused by the ancestor's sudden request for them to capture a pirate leader in a specific sea area, it was meaningless for them to explore this purpose.

After all, they could only complete the ancestor's orders as much as possible.

About a quarter of an hour later, the lookout on the mast shouted: "There is a ship! There is a ship coming at ten o'clock!"

The captain immediately got a start and called the first mate who was checking the deck to take over the rudder. He picked up the telescope and looked into the distance. The large ship in the distance appeared in the field of vision, pointing straight to this side.

The speed of the ship was obviously faster than that of the other side. After half a minute, he felt that the outline of the ship in his field of vision had become slightly larger.

The distance was obviously getting closer, and the difference in magnitude was too great. Even if the merchant ship ran as fast as it could, it would be caught up sooner or later.

Then, the ship took down the imperial flag that was originally used as a disguise, and instead hung up a pirate flag for intimidation, with a skull and an hourglass painted on it.

"It's pirates! They're coming!!" The captain shouted in horror.

"Surrender to them and wait for them to catch up." Kyle said to the ship calmly.

The captain did it without much hesitation: "Lower the flag!"

In this sea area, not all pirates are brutal. Some pirates have formulated their own "rules of conduct" in order to make it easier to rob in their own waters. After locking the prey, they will hang up the pirate flag for intimidation, indicating that the prey should not make unnecessary resistance.

If the robbed merchant ship cooperates enough, they will not only not hurt the lives of the crew, but also "mercifully" leave some supplies depending on the situation.

But if the prey completely ignores their "mercy" and flees or even resists, they will be greeted by another blood-red skull flag. If the people on the prey's ship are caught, they can only go to the sea to feed the fish or be taken to the pirate ship as slaves.

The merchant ship lowered the flag, put down the sails, and waited for the pirate ship to approach.

Then the captain looked at Kyle.

"Now you and your crew can go back to the cabin, curl up in the quilt and cover your head with a pillow." Kyle made a "please" gesture to the cabin, "I'll call you when the matter is resolved."