Pirate Kingship.

Chapter 156: West Coast Pirate King: Ocean Throne!
"A grim throne resting on a pile of skulls.

That is the emblem of the West Coast Pirate King [Ocean Throne] Barbarossa Hayreddin!! "

Almost all sailors with a little experience in the Bantaan Islands know what this pirate flag represents.

The Bay People pirates who came here with Byron from Anchor Bay were better off.

Many of the local Bantaan pirates couldn't help but exclaimed:

"Barbarossa, Ocean Throne!"

Byron, who already had access to a lot of cutting-edge intelligence and had received the memories of many local [Undead Servant], certainly had heard of this name.

Just like the Bloodthirsty Cult's Zerg and Major General Newman, their faces turned serious when they heard the name of Wild Hunt:
“Could it be the Barbary Pirates?

But that's right.

Given the temperament of these guys, it is understandable that they would indiscriminately plunder all forces on the East Coast, big or small, even their fellow pirates.

After all, this is a group of bandits who made their fortune by robbing the Pope of the Holy Silver Empire!"

That’s right, it’s the Pope who is the most supreme being in the Old World besides the Creator.

As we all know, the three major pirate groups in the world today are:
The oldest East Coast Gulf Pirates; the once powerful and legendary West Coast Barbary Pirates;
Gradually taking over the banners of the first two, the Southern Bantaan Pirates are the most vital and have the greatest potential for development.

One of the reasons why the previous attacks in Anchor Bay occurred was that with the advent of the Age of Navigation, a large number of powerful Bay Pirates and Barbary Corsairs all migrated southward to the Bantaan Islands where official power was weaker.

Only here can they provide fertile soil for them to continue advancing on the road of [Pirate].

The Old World was left with only a bunch of old, weak, sick and unambitious people, and it naturally gradually declined.

The status of the fifth-level pirate king [Ocean Throne] Barbarossa Hayred al-Din among the Barbary pirates is equivalent to that of [Whale Hunter] Jack Harold among the Bay Pirates.

Moreover, he has a twin brother named Barbarossa Haile-Din, who is also a famous pirate.

Because of the iconic blue hair, he also has another nickname, "Blue Hair", which sounds impressive as soon as you hear it.

It is said that a simple look can paralyze even the most ferocious pirates and make them surrender without a fight.

In particular, the Barbary pirate group led by these two brothers also received support from the Star-Moon Empire, the most powerful country on the west coast of the Old Continent.

Even in the Bantaan Islands, they are far more powerful than the Bay People pirates where the Pirate King [Whale Hunter] disappeared.

They robbed the richest Castile, the royal Habsburg family of the Holy Silver Empire, and even the church's ships.

But they are still living a comfortable life now, and have even begun planning to establish their own pirate kingdom in the Bantaan Islands.

This shows how powerful these Barbary pirates were, and how many enemies they had!
"These are a bunch of lunatics who won't let go once they bite. It's not easy to deal with them."

Even if the ships of the Vanguard Navigation Colonial Company were also full of pirates, they knew that a legendary pirate king of level five would not come out to rob in person.

Just thinking of the name made him frown, and even the privateering fleet that had just been integrated began to waver in morale.

"Ten Commandments of Pirates, Commandment Six: Those who delay the battle will die. Those who flee the battle will die. Do you want to pee your pants in front of those lunatics?"

Fortunately, with the suppression of the natives of Chichen Itza and the pirate officers stationed on various privateering ships, morale was restored.

The pirate captain on the flagship climbed onto the forecastle surrounded by a group of his men wearing white turbans.

But he was a huge fat man who was over two meters tall and two meters wide.

He found that the pirates on Byron's side had recognized the force he belonged to, and the smiles on their fleshy faces became more and more wild.

Standing at the bow, he took out an hourglass from his waist bag and placed it on the bulwark.

The yellow sand flowed rapidly, which immediately put tremendous psychological pressure on Byron's side.

His voice also turned cold:
"The flag is the Vanguard Pilot Colonial Company under the Hattings Colony? An unknown company that no one has ever heard of.

But it doesn’t matter if I don’t know you, as long as you know who we are.

The return route of this route is already full of our Barbary pirates, and if you want to pass through here, you have to pay a toll.

Before the hourglass runs out, lay down your weapons, drop anchor, and accept my search!

If you cooperate well enough, we will only take 70% of your harvest, leaving 30% for you to go home.

So, were the Barbary pirates very kind?

After saying this, he pulled out a conch shell with special symbols engraved on it from his waist and blew it hard.

beep--!
Sounds that are inaudible to human ears travel rapidly beneath the water.

Then a huge dark monster suddenly emerged from the water, raised its head high above the water, and looked down at everyone with a fierce look.

It has a diamond-shaped head, similar to a cobra's head, with a mouth located at the front end of the head, and several rows of extremely sharp teeth arranged inside.

Each tooth is like a trident, with three spikes, and the overall shape looks like a thorny gear.

The most frightening thing is its gill slits, which have six pairs.

There is a layer of wrinkled flesh membrane and bright red fleshy fins between each pair, like a horrific torn wound.

The red fleshy fins extending from the gills vibrated violently, making a sharp and strange sound, causing many pirates to subconsciously cover their ears.

This is a [Small Species - Pseudo-Eel] whose subjugation level is roughly equal to that of a level 5 cruiser.

It looks like a combination of an eel and a snake, but it is actually a very ferocious alien shark.

"Sea monster, it's a sea monster."

The hurried voice of Alfred, the Blood Red Whiskey, came from the Nautilus on Byron's waist:
"Captain, that is the sea monster crawling at the feet of the Ocean Throne.

I heard that the pirate king was a wilderness-level beast tamer who had trained a giant beast, the [Deep Sea King], whose subjugation level was at least comparable to that of a first-class ship.

Relying on the special ability of the Deep Sea King, an unknown number of sea monsters were cultivated. Those who performed well among the Barbary Pirates had the possibility of being granted a sea monster.

As long as you blow the special conch shell, you can summon sea monsters to fight for you. "

Seeing the panic-stricken pirates on the privateering fleet's ships, the other Barbary pirates led by Feilong all burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, after hearing that we only want 70%, these guys must be so happy that they don't know what to do, right?"

"That's right, this route connecting the east and west of the Bantaan Islands will be named Barbarossa from now on.

Not only will we collect 70% today, but we will also collect 70% every time you pass by here in the future.

We are not robbing, but the Barbarossa Pirate Kingdom is collecting taxes."

"By the way, next time if you deliver it directly to our base, we can only charge you 60% of the tax.

Our tax collector will also issue you a tax bill, and with it you will never be robbed by Barbary pirates again, isn't that great?"

In fact, most pirates are not a group of bloodthirsty devils who love killing for fun. In the final analysis, they are just seeking money.

They also knew that if they carried on killing people all day long, everyone would be terrified.

If you encounter pirates, you know you will be killed, so you might as well fight to the death.

Therefore, if the pirates slaughtered indiscriminately, not only would the efficiency of the looting be low, but they might also easily get themselves involved.

After more troubles, merchant ships will never leave from here again, and the source of income will be cut off.

It is also easy to provoke retaliation from the enemy navy, and be beaten and hanged on the beach.

So although the Barbary pirates were crazy, their crazyness had limits.

This time they faced the Pioneer Navigation Colonization Company which had returned with a full load.

They were used to plundering with the help of the pirate king's reputation, and never thought that a group of unknown pirates would dare to refuse their requests.

I even feel that I am very generous and have not exhausted all the resources, which is much better than my peers who always raise the blood flag.

But in Byron's view, even if they only asked for 10% like the Admiralty Court of the Kingdom of Hattings, it would still be totally unacceptable.

"If we surrender without a fight, we will have to pay tribute and taxes to these Barbary pirates.

This newly established privateering fleet and the little centripetal force that they had cultivated with the successful looting of the city of Tlaxcopan would immediately fall apart.

Others might be able to back off, but I can't.

No one wants to follow a spineless captain.

It is just like in troubled times, there are no wise men who would follow a prince who only wants to live in peace in a corner and does not want to conquer the world and achieve unification.

If people's morale is low, it will be difficult to lead the team.

Not to mention, every time I meet them in the future, I have to give them money. This is not something else, this is all money!
Want to collect taxes from me? No way!
However, it would not be appropriate to keep all of these people here. I hate these guys who obviously have powerful backers.

We have to think of a way to have the best of both worlds and get through this hurdle first."

So, under the gaze of many pirates behind him, Byron raised his hand.

The six pirate ships under his command lined up in a row, forming a battle line and pointing their guns.

At the same time, a red light flashed in his eyes.

The group of man-eating sharks following the Golden Deer immediately surfaced and swam slowly around the Golden Deer.

The large black shark fin also makes people realize that they are not to be trifled with.

Moreover, the size of this group of man-eating sharks has been growing. The largest one has exceeded ten meters in length, and the others are seven or eight meters long.

The deterrent power of such a group of huge creatures is not much less than that of one or two sea monsters.

If it weren't for the abundant resources in this sea, we wouldn't be able to support them.

Seeing this, [Fat Dragon] on the opposite side couldn't help but reveal a hint of fear in his eyes.

"This privateer fleet is so well-trained?
Could it be that the intelligence was wrong? Isn't this a fat sheep that is easy to bully?
If you hadn't told me, I would have thought it was Hattings' regular army conducting a sting operation.

"He has so many big sharks. Is he a tamer? Or does he have some forbidden knowledge?"

Even if he also has a sea monster under his command, he may not necessarily win if he fights one against twenty-seven.

Moreover, if his men suffered heavy losses at the hands of such a tough guy that even the name of the [Pirate King] could not intimidate, his status in the Pirate King's fleet would surely plummet.

At this time, [Fei Long] saw Byron holding a wisp of sea breeze in his hand and floating up, slowly landing on the top of the bowsprit of the Golden Deer.

As he opened his mouth, the ubiquitous wind carried his voice to the ears of Fat Dragon and the other Barbary pirates.

“Since you are so confident in collecting taxes on the east-west route, why don’t we take a big gamble.

According to the common rule of 'fighting with ships' or 'fighting with generals' that pirate groups use to seize territory, I choose fighting with generals!
If you win, I will give you everything we looted from the Azik Empire this time.

But if you lose, just go home and leave the tax collection to me.

You don't want your men to suffer heavy losses, do you? "

The display of strength and another squeeze immediately forced the already fearful Feilong into a corner.

"you"

Before he could agree, Byron jumped off the bowsprit like a hunting hawk, used the crest of the wave to gain momentum, and swooped down on Feilong's pirate ship.

"I, Sea Hunter Byron Tudor, declare war on you. Winner takes all!"

(End of this chapter)