Extraordinary Voyage-Chapter 580 - 512: Pirate Resolution and Return to the New Continent

The Phaletis people's divine land "Ugor Island" took a full three days to completely unfold.

Eventually, it formed a massive island resembling an ellipse, stretching three hundred kilometers east to west and five hundred kilometers north to south. Its foundation has thoroughly merged with the continental shelf, inseparable like a naturally occurring island.

The terrain is high in the north and south, low in the middle. The highest peak on the island is only 1042 meters, and the center is an extensive wide plain. Rivers crisscross, the water system is dense, and clear lakes abound like stars.

Just in the process of unfolding, with slight interaction with the outside world, the fertile land has gradually shown some greenery.

From a high altitude perspective, it looks like a gigantic pale green gemstone.

If one hadn't witnessed this miraculous unfolding process firsthand, even the kingdom's most authoritative geologists would assume this was due to their ancestors' blindness, rather than suspecting this as a newly planted artificial island.

It is naturally so.

The series of profound and widespread impacts following the island's descent certainly affects the Phaletis Kingdom, the Tulip Alliance, and indeed the whole Old Continent, pulling a single thread to move the whole fabric, impacting the future destinies of many, many people.

For the island itself, destined to be of immense value per unit of land.

The vacuum area's land and interest distribution, assignment of various levels of officials, large-scale immigration plans, the planning of the navy's fourth and even fifth fleets... all kinds of tasks require the upper echelons to methodically organize.

And for the Tulip Countries, their interactions with Phaletis have suddenly become much more frequent.

Even though the fat piece has already fallen into Phaletis's bowl, sharing some alliance development dividends so the home country can have a taste of the soup is good.

Currently, everything happening in Phaletis Kingdom has yet to affect the New Continent.

Major forces sending people to confirm the news will take time, and transmitting messages via seagull will also require time.

The subsequent effects of this unprecedented change will likely fully manifest only by the time of the rain season's end and the subsequent large-scale navigation.

In contrast, the Hilus Empire has shifted from small skirmishes to formally declaring war against the Pirates under the pretext of maintaining maritime safety, truly stirring the center of maritime trade in the Golden Sea.

Beneath the eternally unchanged gray dome, the world's only Pirate City seems shrouded in a deathly silence, like the calm before a storm.

In the city's center council hall, though hundreds of whale oil lamps brightly illuminate it, the low pressure inevitably suffocates.

"Codex Guardian, two Pirate Kings, we unanimously believe Bradley is undoubtedly a traitor among Pirates, completely reduced to a pawn of the Hilus people.

The claim of gaining Hilus support to build a nation is just his excuse; we only see him exploiting the persecution of our pirate brothers to gain merits, continuously being promoted and wealthy in Hilus!

Now his crime of obliterating Malon Port gravely endangers the pirates as a whole.

I earnestly request you, esteemed ones, to declare Bradley, who violated the Pirate Code, guilty! Ban him from ever entering 'Sunken Ship Bay,' this free land! He and his pirate gang are the common enemies of all pirates!"

An old pirate with a weathered face stood in the middle of the hall, eyes red, tearfully accusing the "Oathbreaker" Bradley from the depths of his soul.

His voice choked several times, hinting at how many friends and companions he lost in the Malon Port catastrophe at Bradley's hands.

Surrounding him are leaders among the "Sunken Ship Bay" pirates, with many more ordinary pirates without access inside waiting by the gate, eager to understand decisions affecting everyone's interests and even lives.

Inside the council hall, only three have the privilege of sitting.

Edward Teach, the Codex Guardian, with dense black beard, dressed in vest and shirt, meticulously groomed.

A wizard in a gray robe with short white hair and pale skin, one of the Golden Sea Pirate Kings, "Dead Bone" Rudolph.

Behind him guard two tall "men" with bluish-white skin; one is covered in black centipede-like suture lines, the other has remnants of shark-like tattoos on his body.

If Aiven were here, he would certainly recognize the latter as the Araucan Clan Chieftain Manguenke he sold to Rudolph, once a vessel for the "Totem God" Great Sea Shark Oveg!

Finally, a newly appointed female ruler, "Jade Light," with a white floral sleeve shirt, brown tailored long pants, and a glamorous golden mask.

At her side leans a dragon-slaying sword as tall as a person, with "Tidal Messenger" Jasmine and Senior Knight "Iron Bone" William standing behind her.

After hearing the old pirate's accusation, the distinctly opposed and inherently adversarial "Jade Light" was the first to express her stance:

"Agree! Our 'Oathbreaker,' intends to clear all pirates on the Golden Sea for his master; no one here can remain unaffected.

Additionally, let's not forget those staunch supporters of the pirate cause above the hangman's scaffold in Malon Port."

Representing the victims, the old pirate immediately cast a grateful glance at her. Her conduct and ideology over these six months have garnered much trust and high prestige.

The adjacent "Dead Bone" Rudolph, of course, would not speak for his old rival. Coincidentally, he thought there were rather too many Pirate Kings, giving a simple nod, succinctly:

"I second! Bradley betrayed his origin; he's guilty!"

With agreement from both Pirate Kings, some in the crowd started quietly cheering.

Finally, Codex Guardian Edward stood up and announced the final resolution on behalf of "Sunken Ship Bay":

"Bradley's actions have harmed the interests of every pirate, trampling the credo of pirate 'freedom', and is destroying the soil on which the pirates survive.

I declare 'Oathbreaker' Bradley an enemy of the pirates! He shall never set foot in 'Sunken Ship Bay' for life!"

After the two most powerful and prestigious Pirate Kings in this sea area nodded, the Codex Guardian confirmed that according to the rules, it was sufficient to issue an official announcement, declaring the position of Pirate City to all pirates.

Pirates survive by clinging to the trade routes of the ocean. In the Black Sea, Golden Sea, Treasure Sea, and Eritrean Sea, which are the main sea areas in the known world where humans are active, there are Pirate Kings present.

Other places where people are not prominent or special cannot foster pirates, who are regarded as high-level professions in human economic and social life, and at most only have scattered Sea Hunters and adventurers.

The Pirate Kings meet every three years in "Sunken Ship Bay", mostly acting independently, and for internal affairs like those in the Golden Sea, they are already sufficient to make decisions. 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

As for the "Black Wing Order", which should be presiding over justice at this moment, it has already been automatically ignored by them.

Pirate conflicts are quite normal, as long as one is engaged in the pirate business, representatives of the "Black Wing Order" do not interfere.

Moreover, Bradley himself was one of the main leaders of the "Oathbreaker" forces, the armed forces of the "Black Wing Order" in the New Continent. What the higher-ups of the Order think, they cannot guess and do not intend to guess.

At this time.

Upon hearing the final verdict of the Codex Guardian, the group of excited Pirate Captains and chief cadres loudly shouted, vowing to seek revenge!

They struck their scabbards with their curved swords.

Clang! Clang! Clang!...

"Guilty!"

"Guilty!"

At last year's Battle of the Kings, the "Jade Light" only served as the Common Lord, gathering everyone for the collective hunt against Hilus. After all pirate big and small profited, they went back home freely.

But this time, Bradley broke Malon Port, forcibly recruiting free pirates into his fleet. Yet he ate from the bowl of meat, put down the chopsticks and cursed, and finally wanted to kick over the stove.

Simply inexcusable!

Compared to enemies, traitors are more detestable.

As for those who were recruited by Bradley, it is now impossible for them to return, after surrendering without delivering one or two bloody tokens of loyalty, the "Oathbreakers" would never release them.

Ultimately, whether Bradley can be executed depends on the strength of both sides, which is the main reason the "Oathbreaker" is so confidently fearless.

"Lord Rudolph, how about joining forces this time?"

"Haha, that's exactly what I intend."

Taking this opportunity, the two new and old Pirate Kings, temporarily without conflict, also formed an alliance.

While others can cheer and shout, whether Bradley can be kicked out eventually still depends on them.

....

It was also amidst this tense atmosphere of an impending storm,

In early June, as the half-year vacation was about to end,

Aiven selected his deep-water harbor on Ugor Island, bid farewell to the disputes of the Old Continent, and embarked on the return journey to the New Continent with Olivia.

Whoosh—

A brilliant white line over the ocean like a sharp knife cutting through the blue waves surged forward at a terrifying speed close to 100 kilometers per hour.

What would take others more than two months of sailing is only 7 to 8 days for it.

During this period, under the sufficient supply of large Essence Fruits, the growth speed of "Thorny Crown Sea Serpent" Pipi was extremely rapid, shedding its skin repeatedly in a short time, leaping from the initial 32 meters to 40 meters, and it continues to grow quickly.

Maybe it won't be long before Pipi Snake can reach the minimum size standard of 50 meters for a large Sea Monster.

Similarly, both its speed and combat power are also rapidly increasing, effortlessly maintaining a speed of 100 kilometers per hour.

However, at this moment, Aiven upon Pipi's head was quite unsettled.

Because just as Olivia said back at the battlefield protecting the "King of Sea Monsters", their first task upon returning to the New Continent is... to go home and meet the parents.