I guarded Impel Down for a hundred years in the pirate world.

"President... the surrounding waters are under strict surveillance by the Cassie Merchant Guild, so we really can't conduct a large-scale search..."

"Keep searching! And Xiuba too, I'll tear them to pieces!" Mulunbu said with a ferocious expression, "Bich's wife and son are in our hands, he won't go far! And he wouldn't dare tell the dukes the truth!"

Damn it! Damn it!

If the six dukes found out that his actions had prevented them from accurately pinpointing the location of the level-five lights, he couldn't even imagine how horribly he would die!

What's more, there was also the King of the Stars who lit the sixth lamp right in front of him, becoming the second six-lamp king on the Lamp Star...

Those who defect to the demons will not survive!

……

"call……"

With a heavy sigh, Beach, the Taoxin man lying on a straw mat, suddenly opened his eyes.

Waves of excruciating pain surged through him, causing his face to twitch as he awoke. Every part of his body ached, as if no part of his body was unharmed.

His expression faltered slightly as memories of his previous unconsciousness replayed in his mind. His face changed again as he used his remaining left arm to prop himself up.

He noticed that his surroundings resembled a cave, and his body was wrapped in layers of bandages, indicating that his injuries had been carefully treated.

what happened?

Damn Mulunbu!

His memory returned to that day. After his arm was severed by the level-five lights, he struggled to swim back to a nearby island before losing consciousness.

He was a big shot in the nearby waters, and when someone recognized him, they immediately notified Mu Lunbu, the president of the Mu Lunbu merchant group.

When he awoke, his severed arm had been carefully treated. Before him stood Mulunbu, who looked concerned, asking him how he had been so careless and what kind of sea monster he had encountered.

He was a little carried away and couldn't quite contain his joy. In addition, Mu Lunbu was the president of the merchant guild he had cooperated with for a long time and an old acquaintance. After the abnormality was noticed, he told him about the level five lamp.

After saying that, he saw the undisguised shock and greed in Mulunbu's eyes and realized that things were not going well. He was injured and on the other side's territory. Wasn't he a lamb to the slaughter?

The value of a level 5 lamp is difficult to determine.

Report the appearance of the Level 5 lamp to Duke Capri. If the Duke manages to obtain the lamp, he will remember your favor!

Sure enough, the next moment, Mulunbu grabbed his arm and demanded to buy the location of the lamp.

Ibich's true desire was to trade directly with the Cassie Merchant Guild, the largest merchant guild in the Xijian Sea, and sell the information directly to Duke Cassieus of the Ghost Clan.

But the situation left him no choice, and he was unwilling to miss this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so he hesitated before offering a price of 10 billion.

A news item worth 10 billion is not an exaggeration for a Level 5 Lighthouse.

However, this was still enough to cripple the small merchant group, the Mulunbu merchant group.

But Mulunbu hesitated for only a few seconds before gritting his teeth and saying to him, "I'll buy it! However, I only have a little over 5 billion lamp coins right now, so I can only give you 5 billion. For the rest, I'll give you lamp flames and wicks, using the lamp flames you can use!"

This condition is actually acceptable. Anyway, once Beech gets the lamp coins, he'll have to buy lamp wicks, so there will always be some waste and premium.

But his intuition told him that he probably couldn't take the money and the lamp wick, even though Mulunbu added another condition: "I'll give you the money and the lamp, but you can't say you discovered the level five lamp!"

Beech couldn't believe it either.

So in the end, he told Mulunbu a location that was several tens of kilometers off.

As expected, after the transaction was completed, while he was on his way home by boat, he was intercepted by the speedboat of the Mulunbu merchant group, who wanted to take back the money he had spent on the information.

Having just lost an arm, he was powerless to resist.

"I'm telling you, the location of your guild leader's lights is fake!" This statement successfully saved his life, causing the merchant guild's thugs to change their mind from killing him to capturing him.

This time, however, Mulunbu completely tore off his hypocritical kindness and had his subordinates subject him to inhumane interrogation and torture. For several days, he suffered a fate worse than death, but a piece of information that Mulunbu's subordinates let slip allowed Bich to persevere.

That fool Mulunbu couldn't wait to report the news after he left.

It's already alarmed Capri!

Beech believed that as long as he could hold out until the Duke arrived, he would most likely be saved.

And then...

He frowned slightly in confusion, and then suddenly woke up in this place.

Where is Mulunbu? Where are the thugs?

Am I saved?

"you're awake?"

Just then, a man entered through the cave entrance, immediately making Beech wary.

The man looked to be around 50 years old, with gray hair, a slightly overweight build, and a somewhat weathered face bearing a simple, honest smile.

Beach realized he had seen him before.

"You are... Mulunbu's subordinate? What are you doing? What, have you finally decided to kill me?!" Bich sneered.

"No, no, no, that's not how it is." The man shook his head slightly and said, "You're saved."

"...Saved? Who saved me?"

If the dukes come, they shouldn't have put me in this godforsaken place.

“I rescued you. Chairman Mulunbu went too far. He actually sent people to arrest your wife and son. I couldn’t stand by and watch, so I found an opportunity to rescue you.”

Beech was startled and his eyes widened.

"What did you say?!"

Chapter 318 Xiuba

With the man's explanation, Beach gradually understood the current situation.

He was surprised that there were such kind guards in the Mulunbu merchant group, but instead of feeling excited about surviving a disaster, he was extremely anxious.

He has been in a coma for almost half a month!

After so much time, his wife and son have probably already fallen into Mulunbu's hands!

Have the Dukes of Capri arrived yet?

Calm down, calm down...

He took a deep breath, his face twitching slightly from the pain, and said to the man in front of him, "Brother, thank you for saving me. I will definitely repay your kindness if I have the chance. But right now... I have to find a way to rescue my wife and son first. I'm sorry."

"They should be fine. Mulunbu won't dare to do anything to them unless he catches you."

Beech nodded slightly; this was the key reason that allowed him to calm down.

Now that he has escaped, he has turned the tables and seized leverage over Mullenbu. As long as the deception of the dukes is exposed, Mullenbu will have no chance of being tried under Capri law.

If this is utilized effectively...

He struggled to his feet and said, "Brother, I still don't know your name?"

"My name is Shuba."

"Brother Xiuba, please leave me a way to contact you, if there's a chance..."

"No, no need." Shuba shook his head slightly and said, "I'm sorry I can't go with you to rescue your wife and son. Good luck."

"What are you saying? Saving me is saving my whole family. Don't you have children? From now on, my son is your son, and my wife is... your sister..."

After the two men offered to each other repeatedly, perhaps something he said moved Xiuba, and he finally shook his head helplessly and said, "Then I'll wait for you here for a while, maybe... two days."

Because Beech's injuries were too severe, Shuba did not take him away from Bartley Island, where the headquarters of the Mulunbu merchant group was located; three days was long enough.

Beech thanked him again and left the cave with his injured body. Xiuba shook his head, sat down on the straw mat, and fell into a daze.

Half a day passed in a daze.

The sound of hurried footsteps came from outside the cave.

Shuba saw Beech appear at the cave entrance, panting heavily, his face contorted in a ferocious expression.

"...What happened?"

"That bastard Mulunbu! That bastard!"

Beech roared angrily, "I haven't even seen him yet, and I've already heard the news! A huge fire broke out in the Mulunbu merchant family quarters this morning, and a four-year-old boy suffered severe burns. By the time he was treated, he was already... already..."

That's bullshit. As long as it's not a fire ignited by an ability, it's just an ordinary fire that any expert could easily extinguish.

The force of a punch is enough!

A four-year-old boy?

Xiuba's face contorted with rage: "Your son? He used this method to force you to show yourself?!"

"That bastard, it must be the dukes who have arrived, and Mulunbu is panicking!" Beach clenched his left fist: "Damn it, I'll take him down with me!"

I want to spread the word about the Level 5 Lights completely, so that everyone knows!

"Afterwards, Mulunbu will definitely go mad too. Once things are exposed, he'll do anything. Brother Xiuba, I'm here to inform you to leave this island, and... to say goodbye!"

Shuba clenched his fists, blaming himself, "No, I'll stay with you. That bastard even killed a child, even a child... If I had known it would turn out like this, I should... blame myself..."

Beech froze, looking at Xiuba whose face was full of self-reproach. The ferocity slowly faded, and he became somewhat lost and dejected. His legs went weak, and he sat down on the ground.

He chuckled bitterly and mumbled, "Heh, there really are stupid people like you."

Xiuba was stunned, and his clenched fist gradually loosened.

A burst of laughter came from outside the cave, and a group of people appeared.

The one laughing the loudest was none other than Mulunbu!

In his arms, he held a boy of about three or four years old who was looking at his father sitting on the ground with a blank expression. Beside him was a long-haired woman of about 30 years old, who was also looking at Beech with a look of disappointment and pain in her eyes.

“Shuba, you’ve been with me since I established the trading company. Although you were a bit conservative before, I never realized you were such a fool.” Mulunbu gestured to Bich.

“We made a bet, or rather, Beech hoped that you were also eyeing the wealth symbolized by the five-level light location that he knew. That way, he wouldn't feel too guilty about betraying you.”

Haha, I lost my bet, but you guys managed to cheer me up a bit!

Xiuba remained silent for a long time.

"why?"

Beech's voice was hoarse: "The dukes have arrived. Just yesterday, Mulunbu gave them the false location, and the dukes and their men have been searching all day."

The actual location of the lamp was no longer important to him; he could only hope that because its location wasn't too far off, the dukes would be able to find the level-five lamp easily and silence them.