The three drunks staggered.

They didn't notice the four night watchers around them.

The pirates' words made Mysella fall into silence.

She looked at the captain of the special operations team, Anna, and couldn't help but ask:

"Captain, can we kill Rhecia Von before he releases the plague?"

Anna Karenina shook her head and said regretfully:

"This is Pirate Bay, the enemy's stronghold. If we don't use the plague box of Captain Pestilence, our mission is likely to fail."

"What about the innocent people on the island?"

Mysella's words were what Su Li wanted to say.

Not all of Pirate Bay's inhabitants were pirates. There were also a large number of slaves being raised here.

They were captured and brought to the island, working hard every day, being played with by people, living a hellish life.

Constantine played with the cigarette in his hand. The carefree expression on his face had long disappeared. He said lightly:

"If we hadn't come here, the suffering people would have continued to suffer."

"The captain of the Pestilence might still slaughter this place."

"Just like a mountain flood after a heavy rain, we are not gods and cannot save every anthill. Ending evil is only within our power. Destroying Pirate Bay and killing the captain of the Pestilence is equivalent to saving countless people."

Upon hearing Constantine's words, Su Li said softly:

"I'm starting to feel like you're not that annoying."

A smile appeared at the corner of Constantine's mouth. He held the cigarette again and regained his carefree appearance. He smiled and said:

"Although my mouth stinks a bit, I am indeed trying to be a good person. Let's go. Let's find Rhecia Von as soon as possible so that we can make more plans."

Different from the mainland cities like Delan Becca, Sederi, and Budra, Pirate Bay lacked gas supply, and the street lamps here were sparse.

Su Li noticed that there were huge kerosene tanks hanging above the street lamps, which needed agile slaves to climb up the lamp posts and light the wicks one by one for illumination. (Note 1)

Unfortunately, the sea breeze started early today, and the few street lamps on the road were blown out by the wind, making the already dim streets even darker.

As night fell, the main road of Pirate Bay was still lively because of the visits of several large pirate ships like Blood Dragon and Wild Rose. Many shops were still open.

Among them, the business of the tavern and inn was the most prosperous.

The four of them walked on the street and could always see pirates fighting and punching each other, and even in some shops, they could hear gunshots and curses from overturned tables.

Many girls who were captured on the island shouted loudly. They mostly wore loose dresses and stood at the door or on the second floor of the inn, attracting the attention of passing pirates with their infinite charm.

The darker corners and alleys were even more unbearable. Drunk pirates and slaves mingled together, mixed with various crude music, forming the entirety of Pirate Town.

The further they went into the island, the more desolate it became.

The main city of Pirate Bay was located near the cannon fortress, where the lights were much brighter. Unfortunately, Su Li and the others' destination was not in that direction, but on the windward side of the valley that covered the entire Pirate Bay.

Passing through the inn, restaurant, and the fruit and vegetable stalls that were open all night, the four of them arrived at the residential area of Pirate Bay.

The thin mist made this area feel desolate. The narrow streets were lined with two-story houses with closed doors and windows, pitch black.

Most of the houses here were for pirates to live in, some with pirate families, and some were locals who had served pirates for generations, adhering to the cautious custom of not going out at night.

The four of them walked quickly on the extremely quiet street, approaching the direction marked on Constantine's map.

"Turn right at the alley ahead, the third house, go straight through the wall."

Constantine pointed.

As the four of them quickly entered the house, Constantine, who was holding a pocket watch, urged them.

The time for secrecy was about to end.

For safety reasons, they had to find a quiet and windless environment to voluntarily release their secrecy.

After entering the designated house pointed by Constantine, Su Li quickly scanned the surroundings with his spiritual sense.

Indeed, no one lived here, and the furniture around was covered in dust.

The four of them stood dispersed in the center of the living room, and Constantine was the first to release his secrecy.

Then, one after another, the figures of two men and a woman appeared in the air. At this time, Constantine had already lit a kerosene lamp and checked the surroundings.

Before Su Li and the others could fully adapt, Constantine had already walked quickly to a wardrobe. He quickly moved the wardrobe, revealing a wall covered in cobwebs but without much dust.

The wall was not plastered, and large red bricks were neatly stacked on the wall.

He extended two fingers and firmly pulled out one of the bricks.

The brick was successfully pulled out, and to the astonishment of the three, Constantine successively pulled out six or seven bricks and took out a large bag of gold coins from behind the wall.

"It seems like you're... familiar with this place."

Upon hearing Mysella's question, Constantine rolled his eyes and said in a matter-of-fact tone:

"Of course, this house is my property from my adventuring days."

He handed the bag of gold coins to Su Li and said leisurely:"Do you have a small spirit realm ring? Help me store this money, and return it to me after the mission."

Su Li numbly took the money bag, watching as Constantine took off his mask and lit a cigarette in his hand, taking a deep puff.

Then, with a grim expression, he stubbed out the cigarette on the wall, reattached his beak-shaped gas mask to his face, and said darkly:

"The air is problematic, the intelligence was indeed correct."

"Rhecia Von has already taken action, his location should be somewhere upwind."

Upon hearing Constantine's words, Anna's face gradually turned serious:

"So soon? The toxin has already started to spread?"

"Why didn't our spiritual sense detect it?"

Constantine said:

"There's no mistake, Rhecia Von's Plague Box is quite distinctive. Under normal circumstances, this toxin is colorless and odorless, but once it comes into contact with smoke, it becomes bitter."

"It has a faint bitter almond smell."

Almost at the same time as the four were discussing, a desolate horn sound suddenly came from the direction of the distant coastal port.

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Su Li opened a crack in the blinds and looked towards the coast through the window.

With his excellent eyesight, he clearly saw several giant sailing ships coming from a distance in the dark night.

Anna's face was solemn, and she urged:

"We need to move fast, it looks like the Plague Ship is coming."

However, Su Li seemed to not hear her, still peering through the blinds at the sea level.

He said:

"Wait a minute! The number of ships is wrong!"

Mysella frowned and asked:

"What's wrong?"

"The intelligence said that the Plague Fleet should consist of four all-green ships with the emblem of a death snake's head."

"But there are eight giant sailing ships on the sea, in addition to the four with green sails, there are four even larger ships!"

Upon hearing this, Constantine's face changed drastically. He rummaged through a cabinet for a monocular telescope, came to the other side of the window, and under the illumination of the moonlight, he saw the emblem on the giant sailing ships.

They were four giant ships with the emblem of a captain's hat and two revolvers.

"Damn it, it's the Death's Herald!"

"The intelligence was wrong, Rhecia Von didn't come to raid Pirate Bay alone, he has also allied with that madwoman, Baroness Nicholas Close."