Voyage With The Pirate King

Chapter 130 - Scavengers In A Ghost City

Ji Yao was in such a terrible emotional state that he was merciless. Thinking this beast had attacked Red Bane and possibly left a hole in her, Ji Yao was pretty much pissed. He grabbed Xunshi Zhe's battle axe and did the unthinkable.

The beast was roaring and snarling as it should but Ji Yao was unfazed. He carried that heavy axe and finished it off. He tried to lift the battle axe out off the creature but it wouldn't budge. It must have been lodged in the wound.

He gave up and told the owner of the weapon to summon it. He was in desperate need of a shower. As though he had read his mind, Old Du showed up in a rowboat coming to the rescue. He was into poisons not fighting so he didn't jump in with them.

He might have had a poison potent enough to kill this big boy but everything happened so fast. By the time he ran over with a harpoon laced with poison at its tip, a huge tsunami rolled up out of nowhere rocking everything.

Actually, that tsunami wasn't necessarily a tsunami. It was more like hurricane Rui Fei wreaking havoc at sea. Old Du excitedly ran to shore without even pulling the rowing boat out of the water. He was rushing over to the carcass of the dead masterpiece.

He wanted to harvest every piece of it and study this magnificent specimen. It was like a mutant straight from the deepest part of hell. It was a lizard like creature with snakes on its back which was out of this world even for Hyesong.

Thinking that he had found a new species he rushed over and stroked the creature's skin affectionately. He stabbed his silver dagger into its eye to examine it while complaining, "You could have left one of the snakeheads intact to extract some venom."

Ji Yao almost rolled his eyes. Who would be thinking about saving snakes when the slippery suckers are busy striking at them. Obviously they would be no leftovers after that. Ji Yao ignored him and went to grab the rowing boat that was about to make a break for it into the sea.

As he approached the boat, Xunshi Zhe and Big Hei were struggling to pull the battle axe out of the lizard-like creature while Old Du was scolding them for tearing the skin. Just as he touched the rowing boat he felt something off.

When he turned around he found a group of people sneaking out from the dead forest. Some were peaking their heads in the bushes while others were brazenly sneaking towards them with tools and sacks in their hands.

Thinking they were a threat he drew his sword but as they approached the creature they started butchering it like it was a buy one get one for free sale.

They were so skinny and sickly that you wouldn't be able to tell there were half breeds. It seemed the port city of Shoji had not only been isolated from the rest of the continent, but it also trapped people here. One can understand why.

It was because each ship that hit the port would suffer the same fate as Red Bane and the only difference being Red Bane is strong enough to withstand the blow.

Ji Yao looked at these poor people and his heart sank. He could feel the weather was excruciatingly hot but he didn't think it was hot enough to result in a food shortage. These people were obviously starved and pathetic but Old Du didn't see that.

He just saw people robbing his specimen. He lunged forward about to fend them off with his fists and poisonous tongue when he was carried away by Big Hei. Xunshi Zhe finally rescued his battle axe that Ji Yao had lodged into the creature before getting out of the way for the scavengers to do as they please.

Two minutes later half of the creature was gone and nothing was spared. Whether it be the remains of the vipers on the creature's back or the eyeballs. They weren't discriminatory. These people were weak but with their sunken eyes and lifeless gaze, it was wise not to mess with them.

The three people scurried off to join Ji Yao and rowed back to Red Bane. As expected Ji Yao wasn't pleased with what he saw once he went on board. There was damage but not severe enough to cost him a fortune. The problem was his personality that obsessed over the smallest of details which meant for him it was a lot to handle.

But this little distraction wasn't as much of a priority as the ship's hold. The ghastly creature had bashed against the hull twice. He had to assess the damage. Ji Yao climbed down the stairs and entered the flooded hold with the crew members repairing. The water had stopped coming in and now they were taxed with the task of removing all the seawater.

Ji Yao thought he could handle seeing this disaster with his own eyes but he was wrong. He had never felt this frustrated in his entire life. Unable to stay there any longer he climbed back up the stairs to the captain's cabin and shut himself in. Feeling rather uncomfortable he took off his clothes and slipped into the wooden tub full of hot water.

The steam concealed his smooth skin that was pinkish red from the heat. The hot bath seemed to wash away all that pent up anger from earlier on. He immersed himself in one of the simplest joys of being alive. His damp hair hung loosely at the edge of the wooden tub as he slowly unwound.

By the time he left the tub, he was feeling refreshed and in a much better mood than before. But his good mood fell a little when he saw Rui Fei coming into the cabin with soaked clothes and boots filled with seawater tracking mud all over the floor. 

He was a little peeved but kept a straight face the entire time. His skin was still a little pink from the bath and his hair wasn't fully dry brushing over his shoulders. Rui Fei walked over with a look of worry on his face.

That's because when his uncle got to the ship first before he did. He seemed fairly determined to get back at Rui Fei for the smack in the face which meant he put his all into getting here first. He even forgot his male god's OCD striding in with wet boots tracking mud all over the floor.

Assuming Ji Yao's irritation was because of what his uncle said he stood farthest from him and said, "I mean it. Everything he said is true and I will take responsibility."

Ji Yao, "...."