Endless Ocean: Escape Starting from a Canoe

Chapter 31 The Female Captain's Bargaining Chips
For the female captain of the Sakura, this powerful skill was originally saved to deal with Junichi.

Defense counters speed.

The skill "Iron Shell" surpasses Junichi's "Swiftness" in both grade and ability. If the two were to fight, Junichi would be helpless against her defense.

Those who cannot even break through the defenses will naturally find it difficult to win.

Previously, there was no direct confrontation between the two sides, simply because the woman was wary of Junichi's connections. Only those who knew Junichi understood the complexity of his network. Now that Junichi is dead, what is there left for her to fear?
"Boy."

The woman looked at Shi Ming and said, "You are also an Awakened One, so use all your abilities!"

She picked up the heavy longsword and stood on the deck like a female Titan.

The Titans launched a fierce attack.

Wielding a level-three horizontal sword and possessing a wealth of combat skills, Shi Ming naturally had complete confidence. The woman in hunting attire was also full of confidence, and she completely stopped making any defensive moves, simply raising her heavy sword and slashing at Shi Ming.

click!
Shi Ming seized the opportunity and slashed at the woman's arm with his sword, sending sparks flying.

Good guy!
It's really that hard!
I'd like to see how many times my power needs to be increased before I can break through your defenses!

As the attacks clashed, the woman in the hunting outfit became increasingly alarmed. She thought that after activating her awakened skill, she only needed to focus on attacking, but under the increasingly fierce offensive from her opponent, she found herself struggling to withstand it!
Where did such a powerful figure come from on Chunyi's ship?

Her awakened power surged wildly into the longsword in her right arm, abandoning all active defense. The enormous sword, carrying an overwhelming momentum, slashed straight down at Shi Ming's body.

Shi Ming has fully unleashed the Power Arm!

Ten times the power!
Ten times the force was transmitted through the horizontal blade, and Shi Ming's right hand remained as steady as Mount Tai!

boom!
The woman in the hunting outfit felt as if she had encountered something unshakeable. The powerful, violent force traveled through the sword to her right arm, and through her skin, it brought her excruciating pain as if her bones were being shattered!

click-

Her right hand bones, along with her right arm bones, were completely cracked from the inside!

With a scream, the weapon in her hand fell straight down, and she could no longer hold it!
The limp, collapsed wrist clearly indicated that the arm was ruined.

The defenses weren't breached, but all the bones were shattered into pieces by the shockwave!

"Don't you have any other trump cards?"

Shi Ming coldly pointed his sword at the female captain in front of him.

The female captain's heart skipped a beat, and for a split second she wanted to run away!

But where could she escape to on this poorly maneuverable drifting boat?
"If not, go keep Junichi company."

"Wait. I surrender!"

She endured the excruciating pain, abandoned all other thoughts, raised her only remaining left hand, and reluctantly and heavily knelt on the ground.

At the same time, the armor on her body quickly faded, and she returned to her previous appearance.

Shi Ming looked at her, his voice carrying throughout the entire ship.

"Your captain has already surrendered, are you still going to put up a stubborn resistance?"

"Put down your weapons, or die!"

This was to avoid unnecessary casualties on their own ship.

The crew members all need to work.

The crew of the Sakura, who had suddenly started fighting, were caught off guard and found that the battle was already coming to an end!

In just about three minutes, their mighty captain was utterly defeated!
Even kneeling at the feet of the enemy?!

The opposing captain is a much more powerful Awakened One!!!
Realizing this, they dropped their weapons.

For ordinary people facing awakened beings, surrender is the only way out.

……

"They won just like that?" Shi Ming's teammates were completely dumbfounded.

In this battle, they were outnumbered and had little hope, but unexpectedly, it ended so quickly!

Shi Ming's sword was still pointed at the woman in hunting attire. "Raiders should consider the consequences of failure when they plunder, especially someone like you." Shi Ming's voice was devoid of any emotion.

"The consequence of failure is death."

The female captain truly felt the approach of death.

She looked into Shi Ming's eyes, and in those eyes was the composed and ruthless air of someone who had been through many battles.

The victor is king, the loser is villain; the leader of the defeated force is destined to die.

But she wanted to struggle a little longer.

“Kill me, and the gang will not forgive you. If you let me go, you will have a true ally.”

"ally?"

Shi Ming's knife sliced ​​across the female captain's skin and pressed against her throat.

"I don't need allies like that."

"I...I am a woman..."

The woman in the hunting outfit had nothing but humiliation in her eyes. At this moment, she was desperate to survive.

Shi Ming sized him up.

"I don't need women."

When did gender become a bargaining chip?
"you……"

"You have three seconds to consider."

"3"

"2"

After sailing the seas for so many years and managing all the resources of a drifting ship, who would believe there was no opportunity involved? If you don't squeeze it out, some value will never be revealed.

"Wait!" The woman in hunting attire finally broke down completely, her knees buckling to the ground, half-paralyzed with exhaustion.
"I can tell you a secret, a secret that is absolutely worth it!"

"Hmm?" Shi Ming raised an eyebrow.

"You think you can exchange a secret for a life?!"

"Let me finish. If you think it's not worth it, you can kill me anytime. After all, I don't have any other bargaining chips you're willing to use..."

"tell me the story."

The female captain looked around at the people around her.

"Take your prisoners and get back somewhere far away." After the only awakened female captain of the Sakura was captured, the others also gave up resisting and naturally became prisoners of the exploration team members on the Shi Ming ship.

There was no one else within ten meters of Shi Ming.

"Okay, let's talk."

"If this secret is leaked and the underworld finds out, my fate will be worse than death. I hope that after you learn this secret, you will keep it a secret for me..."

“If I were you, I wouldn’t think that far ahead,” Shi Ming replied.

The woman in the hunting outfit sighed.

She seemed to have exhausted all her strength, and finally saw reality clearly.

"Do you know why the Black Society, a powerful admiral-class drifting ship, only drifts near the oceans of its homeland and never strays far from its sunken homeland?"

"Isn't this the loyalty you claim to have?"

"Loyalty? That's just a facade; the real secret is—"

"Deep within the sunken Phujing volcano, they discovered a super sea monster that surpasses even S-class, the absolute pinnacle of power..."

"Beyond S-rank? There are such sea beasts?" Shi Ming became interested. "But you're just a lowly Bronze-rank captain, how could you possibly know such a secret?"

(End of this chapter)