Only My Magic Levels Up - Chapter 49



Only Noblemtl

Ghost of the Sea (5)

A bucket of water was splashed hard on the scarred pirate’s face.

“Ahhh!”

The pirate, who had been forcibly coming to his senses and wearing his habitually grim expression, soon realized the situation he was in.

The body was tied up tightly, and the sailors were looking at him with murderous intent.

Above all, Galen and Lilia are watching calmly behind the sailors.

The pirate’s legs began to tremble as he recalled the events before he fainted. He held back his emotions and raised his voice.

“Hey, get out of here you son of a bitch!”

“Where did this kid raise his voice!”

The sailors’ merciless clubbing struck the pirates.

Even among the most brutal pirates, he was the most vicious one to be appointed captain.

Sailors are just as rough as pirates, although they don’t go out of their way to do so.

There was no reason to fear pirates who had been completely subdued. The hostility towards pirates had only grown stronger recently.

Just as sailors were not trained professionally to inflict torture, pirates were not trained professionally to endure torture either.

“This kid, aren’t you going to answer?”

“Kuaaaak! Ma, I’ll tell you······.”

“Looks like you’re short on hawks! Step on them!”

“Fuck, I’m telling you!”

As a result of using brutal violence, whether it was to vent one’s anger or something else, one was able to get him to open his mouth.

Since the captain is the highest position on a ship, if there are 100 pirate ships, it means that he is in the top 100 of the entire pirate hierarchy.

Even if I couldn’t do it, I could say that it was a position that was at least mid-level, so I knew quite a bit.

The captain asked questions about the parts related to the existing pirates, and Galen asked questions about the part about the pirate leader who was presumed to have newly joined.

“I don’t know anymore, I don’t know anymore… Just kill me….”

The rag-faced pirate muttered in a dying voice. The captain turned to Galen and spoke cautiously.

“As you can see, I don’t think I can go any further. I feel like I’m going to die soon.”

“It looks like that.”

Galen nodded.

Of course, if we put Lilia in, we could save him, but why should we waste our precious power on someone like that?

“Please clean up slowly.”

“yes!”

The pirate, whose face was more tattered than the scars he had originally had, disappeared into the sea.

Galen asked the captain.

“How long does it take to get to the Dawn Archipelago from my current location?”

“The largest city in the Dawn Archipelago is Bannan, located in the southwest of the archipelago. It is generally considered to be two days’ journey from Belpass. If there are no delays due to fighting, I think we will arrive by tomorrow morning at the latest.”

“I see. Then we will continue to advance eastward.”

“Oh, I understand.”

“There is no guarantee that all the information obtained from the dead man is true, so we need to cross-check it. We also need to understand the situation in the Dawn Archipelago. Unless something special comes up, we think we will go to Banan.”

“yes!”

It was clear that it would be a dangerous voyage, requiring passage through the watchful eyes of pirates, but no one was afraid.

By showing that it was possible to turn a ship over, he was able to dispel any doubts about Galen’s abilities.

The captain and crew returned to their original positions, and the voyage resumed. In fact, due to the ship’s characteristic of moving on its own even when left alone, it had been heading east since a while ago.

When the two of them were left alone again, Lilia glanced around and opened her mouth.

“Where on earth did these people come from? If you just listen to their names, they’re at least a hundred, but seven of them with such skills have joined the pirates.”

“Well, if the captain can be as golden as you are and provide a secure future, it wouldn’t be impossible for Baek to take six subordinates with him······.”

“Pirating doesn’t seem like a very promising future, does it?”

“It seems like there is a special reason, even if I don’t know what it is.”

According to the information revealed by the Scar Pirate, the Seven came looking for the pirates a few months ago.

To be exact, the group consisted of six men and one woman.

The pirates who had gone out to pillage as usual encountered the ship carrying the Seven and were robbed in return. The Seven threatened the remaining pirates and forced them into their base.

There was a clash there, and the Seven, who had killed dozens of people in one breath, proposed a grand unification to the pirates. The pirates, whose morale was dampened, accepted for the time being.

Of course, given the nature of pirates who throw away loyalty, it was only natural that they dreamed of betrayal.

As time went on, the effect of the grand unification was better than expected.

It was not because some great strategy or tactic was introduced, but because the Seven took turns helping with the piracy.

With the skill to cut down dozens of pirates, he can rob merchant ships, so the profits are bound to be lucrative.

My only concern was that they might run wild and overstimulate the surrounding cities.

The pirates’ confidence was sky-high after they annihilated Belpass’ fleet not long ago.

“Hmm, the ghost of the sea.”

Lilia trailed off.

The Scar Pirate spoke with awe, literally respect, yet fear, the only woman in the Seven-Man crew.

When clashes broke out at home or when helping out with regular piracy, only the men exerted their power while the women just played around.

It is said that a woman stepped forward just once, when facing Belpass’ fleet.

I couldn’t see it in detail, but it was said that something unidentified emerged from the sea and sank Belpass’s fleet one after another. Every time, a creepy wailing sound was heard.

The pirates who participated in the sea battle at that time all said in unison that the woman must have been summoning the ghost of the sea.

This was the words of a superstitious sailor, so there may be some exaggeration involved, but in any case, it was true that Belpass’s fleet was annihilated, so caution was necessary.

“Then there’s no guarantee that he’s a magic user. He could be a water magician like Brother Galen.”

“Then it would be better.”

“yes?”

“There is no known female gem mage who uses water magic.”

There is a saying that if you work hard to the limit, it becomes silver, if your talent blossoms to the limit, it becomes gold, and if even your luck shines to the limit, it becomes a jewel.

If gold was a rare level even for prestigious families, jewels were a level that few people had achieved even by world standards.

It’s not a place you can reach without others knowing. It would be different if there was a status window like Galen.

If it wasn’t known, you could just assume it didn’t exist.

“There’s no need to be afraid, as long as it’s not a jewel. There are two golds here.”

“I see! Then I only have to worry about the horsemen?”

“That’s right. If the pirate’s words were not an exaggeration at all, then its power is certainly terrifying… but since it would require a lot of sacrifices, it wouldn’t be possible to use it freely, right?”

“So you’re saying I don’t need to worry too much?”

“That’s right. No matter how disadvantageous it may be, I don’t think you can’t run away.”

Galen added with a smirk.

“It would be best if we could catch it ourselves.”

*

On the way to Banana, pirate ships continued to be encountered.

There were also ships that were intended for plundering like the first ones, and as they got closer to the Dawn Archipelago, ships with the purpose of patrolling increased in number.

Any ships they encountered were slaughtered. The Vanity Heat Wave, which was of little help in fighting the Seven-Man Clan, was actively utilized. A total of sixteen ships disappeared into the sea.

The captain, who was initially delighted, gradually began to look more and more worried.

“I don’t know if this is okay. I didn’t know they would use these unruly pirates to this extent.”

“Are you talking about patrol?”

“Yes. Even regular troops wouldn’t patrol this thoroughly in peacetime. If the patrol route and time are set, you can roughly calculate which side was breached and when by looking at the ships that didn’t return. It won’t be long before they know we’re heading to Banan. Maybe they already know······.”

“Isn’t that a good thing?”

“···yes?”

Galen kindly explained to the captain, who seemed not to understand and asked again.

“If the Dawn Archipelago was controlled so thoroughly, wouldn’t there have been chaos if someone had broken through it and gone to Banan?”

“I guess so?”

“Then they’ll show some kind of reaction. Either send out a reconnaissance mission or bring a bunch of pirate ships. If the Seven-Man Group doesn’t show up, you can take your time and beat them up. If they do show up, you’ll have achieved your reconnaissance objective, so that’s good.”

“Ha, but… if it appears, the ghost of the sea….”

“Captain, you will be on land by then. What are you worried about?”

“yes?”

“No matter how quickly we realize that the border has been breached, we will arrive at Banana first. From there, I can handle it myself. A small boat will suffice in the open sea.”

“ah······.”

“Don’t worry, I didn’t bring you here to participate in battle. Please tell the other sailors that too.”

“All right!”

The captain’s expression brightened. Although he didn’t show it, the crew must have been secretly anxious, because when Galen’s words were delivered, the atmosphere on the ship became more lively.

Just after noon the warship arrived at Banan.

The port’s size and facilities were inferior to those of Belpass, but it could still be called a city.

There was not a single large ship except for a small fishing boat. The gloomy appearance of the harbor was almost grotesque.

“Oh, where are you from?”

The reason why a few people approached it hesitantly was because the appearance of the warship was clearly different from that of a pirate ship.

In times like these, there is a special remedy. Galen immediately came to the ship with Lilia.

“I’m from Belpass. I’m a mercenary who came to investigate this situation. This is a priest from the church that came with me.”

“Oh, from Belpass!”

“Welcome, Father!”

The white robes, which would never be associated with pirates, had the effect of instantly releasing one’s guard.

“Does the mainland know about the situation here?”

“The pirates are running wild!”

“If we continue like this, we’ll end up dying of thirst!”

“Okay, okay. Calm down. First, I’d like to visit a church. Can someone tell me the way?”

Galen and Lilia headed to the church, barely able to calm down the screaming people who had appeared in an instant from where they had been hiding.

“Thank you both for coming.”

An elderly priest in charge of Banan’s church welcomed the two.

“You came from Belpass? The pirate surveillance network must be unusual······.”

“I came here breaking everything.”

Galen briefly explained the route. The priest looked half-doubted, but he did not express any doubts because Lilia was by his side.

“The primary objective is reconnaissance. We must convey the exact situation of the Dawn Archipelago to the Eastern Archdiocese. Can you tell me what you know?”

“As you may have seen from the port as you came, Banan has now completely lost its sea power.”

The priest responded to Galen’s request with a dark face.

“The pirates completely blockaded the nearby seas, and the fleet that had no choice but to go out to intercept them was destroyed. Then the pirates came rushing into the harbor. All the remaining ships were destroyed or taken.”

“Are there still pirates left on the island?”

“No, they retreated. But it wasn’t us who drove them out, they retreated themselves. The looting during that process was a bonus.”

“Umm······.”

“In the meantime, there was a family that was wiped out. I don’t know if it was because they were examples or because they had some kind of grudge, but they died horribly. They were the most powerful family in Banan.”

“How could you do that!”

Lilia clenched her fists in indignation. The priest let out a heavy sigh.

“If you ask about the situation of the entire Dawn Archipelago, I’m sorry, but I don’t know. There’s no way to contact the other islands. However, there’s no place better off than Banan. If the blockade continues, how many people will not survive this winter······.”

“We need to deal with this as quickly as possible.”

Galen nodded heavily.

Two people who had comforted the priest with tears in their eyes left the church.

“Duke Lilia.”

“yes.”

Galen patted Lilia, who was looking much more gloomy than usual.

“Today, just focus on recovering your sexual strength. Don’t do anything like training.”

“I will do that.”

“I’m going to rest thoroughly today too.”

Galen muttered softly.

“Because tomorrow could be quite a long day.”

*

The next morning.

While Galen and Lilia were eating breakfast in the church cafeteria.

“Oh, my lord! Oh, my lord!”

The captain came running in, out of breath.

“Out on the sea! The pirates are coming like a pack of dogs!”

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