This pirate only wants to farm.

Old Tony quickly disembarked with a full load of cargo. Seeing the furry people on the Scholar struggling to row, their faces flushed, he knew just how much they had brought.

Lynch watched the Scholar disappear into the rain, tracing his chin with a hint of anticipation. "I wonder how many fish Old Tony can catch," he said. "I'd rather those blind pirates rob us than actually make this deal."

Elizabeth, who appeared out of nowhere, widened her eyes in surprise: "Captain, so you deliberately released these supplies to let the pirates deliver them to your doorstep?"

Even if Elizabeth was naive, she realized at this point that her captain's real purpose in emptying the entire warehouse at once was not to make a deal, but to send those pirates to their doom.

This cargo was nothing more than bait thrown out by the captain!

Elizabeth had been thinking that the captain was putting the moral limits of the pirates on the Calm Sea to the test by sending out so much cargo.

Only now did Elizabeth realize that the true bottom line of the Calm Sea was right beside him.

Lynch coughed lightly and patted Elizabeth on the shoulder: "Of course I'd prefer to make a deal. If those guys come here to die, then they can't blame us."

The news from old Tony gave Lynch a sense of urgency. He now just wanted more farmland. With farmland, he could expand the types of crops he could grow and also grow some strange and unusual plants to protect himself.

Pirate Lynch didn't take it seriously, but he had to be wary of the corrupted and mutated monster.

Who knows what those monstrous things will become? On the windless sea, the only thing that can limit corruption and mutation is the ocean itself.

But Lynch couldn't guarantee that the ocean's isolation would still be effective after the changes.

After seeing the scholars off, Lynch turned to Elizabeth and asked, "What kind of goods did Old Tony bring for this trade? Did you see them?"

Upon hearing this, Elizabeth immediately perked up, nodding her head rapidly: "I've seen it, and it's all good stuff."

"nice one?"

Lynch became interested and followed Elizabeth back to the cabin.

Old Tony didn't bring much this time, just some wooden barrels and a few boxes. Lynch even saw three astrolabes on one of the boxes.

This was something Lynch had instructed Tony to acquire at all costs, because before that, the astrolabe was a crucial strategic resource for the Pluto. But now, with the Face Disc Mushroom, these things were no longer necessary.

Elizabeth cleared her throat and began to report: "This time, old Tony brought mostly basic living supplies, such as bedding and tableware. Oh, and it seems he also got some gold ornaments from those pirates."

Lin Qi wasn't surprised at all. Since those pirates were willing to trade gold and the like, it meant they were truly desperate, otherwise they wouldn't have brought out these hidden treasures.

But then Elizabeth said happily, "Most importantly, old Tony brought some winter supplies, some warm clothes, and a heater."

Lin Qi didn't feel much about the warm clothes, after all, he was a living dead and his perception of temperature wasn't very clear. But he was still alive, and he could still get frostbite if he encountered extreme cold weather.

Lynch looked at Elizabeth with surprise: "Where's the heater?"

Elizabeth looked around and then spotted a black, square stove among the clutter in the corner. She walked over and casually lifted the heavy iron stove, which weighed over a hundred pounds, out of the way.

It's less like an iron stove and more like a small, portable fireplace, with some openwork patterns cast on it, clearly something the pirates took from some ship.

Lin Qi went up and patted the small fireplace, a smile involuntarily spreading across his face: "This is a good thing, we'll be able to use it in a couple of days."

Elizabeth chuckled: "Captain, we'll install it for you today."

Lin Qi thought for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "I don't need it now. You can contact Wangcai to put it in your cabin. When it gets colder, I'll ask Old Tony to help me find a bigger one."

The current weather isn't enough to affect Lynch's body, but Elizabeth's flesh and blood body can't withstand the increasingly cold temperatures.

While Elizabeth was expressing her gratitude and loyalty by offering to give up the fireplace, Lynch finally returned to the deck, and Elizabeth eventually took the small fireplace back to her room.

It wasn't that Lin Qi was being deliberately generous; it's just that such a small fireplace wouldn't be of much use to him. Making the captain's cabin warm wasn't something such a tiny thing could do.

Moreover, they were about to go find the Storm's Fury, and Lynch felt that given the nature of those imperial nobles, there should be something better in the captain's cabin.

In fact, even without Lin Qi's command, Wangcai had already controlled the Underworld to turn back to the small island they had been on.

Meanwhile, after arranging the supplies and having Elizabeth take away the winter clothes, Lin Qi began to observe the direction of Storm's Fury. However, what he saw made Lin Qi raise an eyebrow.

"what?"

"There are still living people on this Storm's Fury?"

On that magical sea chart, the Storm's Fury had changed course. They turned their bows and slowly moved forward in the direction they had come from. Although the speed was slow, it was still clear that they were moving away from the island.

Elizabeth had finished organizing the supplies and jogged over to Lynch's side. Seeing the Storm's Fury moving, she widened her eyes in surprise: "It's really moving!"

Lin Qi frowned: "If there are still survivors on their ship, we won't be so easily swallowed by Wangcai..."

Elizabeth tilted her head to look at the speed of the Hades and then at the speed of the Storm's Fury. She then grabbed the measuring instruments on the table and began to calculate the speeds of the two ships.

Lin Qi had originally intended to stop Elizabeth, but seeing how familiar she was with the task, he didn't stop her. After watching Elizabeth work for quite a while, he nodded and said, "This speed isn't a problem. At our speed, we can catch up quickly."

"And there's probably no need to worry, they're probably not ships under their own control."

Seeing Elizabeth's rare flash of wisdom, Lin Qi even wanted to lean over and scratch her head to see if it had been replaced by something unclean on the ship.

How did you know?

Lin Qi's expression was incredibly strange.

Elizabeth poked her chin with her index finger, tilted her head, and said, "I remember my father telling me that this magic warship was engraved with a special magic when it was created. If the magic warship encounters an insurmountable danger, and if a portion of the ship remains intact, then the ship will automatically return to the nearest friendly force according to the magic's setting."

"This magic was developed by dozens of mages from the empire, and it is said to involve some kind of divination and astrology."

"My father's assessment was meaningless. At that speed, and with no one operating the artillery, it was just a moving target."

Lin Qi's eyes lit up immediately upon hearing this: "You mean there's no one left on this ship?"

Elizabeth scratched her head, looking a little bewildered: "I'm not too sure about that either, but if I remember correctly, even if there are people left, there probably won't be many. The only time this magic can be triggered is when the situation is at its most critical."

After saying that, Elizabeth realized she might have been a bit too bold, so she quickly waved her hand: "Captain, I can't guarantee there won't be any problems. Should we be more cautious?"

Lynch glanced at Elizabeth, thought for a moment, and then smiled: "No need, I trust you."

Or rather, Lynch believed in Elizabeth's good fortune.

Ignoring Elizabeth's slightly smug look, Lin Qi patted the cabin hard and said to Wangcai, "Adjust course, let's go find the Storm's Fury!"

Ever since he learned about Storm's Fury, Lynch had been suppressing his desire. Now that the moment of reward had finally arrived, how could he give up because of a small accident?

With such a powerful roar of storm, there must be a considerable gain after swallowing it, right?

Lynch suddenly realized that he had been grinning like Elizabeth, and quickly composed himself.

Damn it, I've gotten infected!

………………

Inside the captain's cabin of the Stormfury.

The middle-aged mage Daniel awkwardly stretched out his hands, and an invisible gray beam of light enveloped the doors and windows of the entire captain's cabin.

However, outside the door, a dozen twisted and deformed humanoid creatures were pounding on the window. The protective shield formed by the ever-expanding gray beam of light was hissing as these monsters pounded on it.

Daniel gritted his teeth, his eyes already bloodshot. He reached for his waist with one hand, took out a jar of magic potion, and poured it into his mouth.

Although he felt nauseous, he forced his full stomach to begin ruminating and once again reached for the small bag at his waist.

However, this attempt to touch it resulted in nothing.

Daniel couldn't help but look down, only to find that there were more than twenty bottles of magic potions densely packed on the floor beneath his feet.

"Oh no, we drank it all."

"captain!"

However, Julian, who was tending to the injuries nearby, also gave a pale, weak, and bitter smile: "The rest of the magic potions are in the storage room."

Upon hearing this, Daniel swayed slightly, causing his spellcasting speed to falter. Immediately afterward, a shattering sound came from the captain's cabin window as a sharp bone spike pierced the center of the protective shield.

The howling rain poured in through the broken window, and the mutated monsters seemed to smell the presence of living people, becoming even more ferocious.

"Damn it!"

Daniel roared and quickly raised his other hand to continue casting magic.

Julian took a couple of deep breaths, leaned against the wall to his feet, picked up the longsword stuck in the floor, and a resolute look flashed in his eyes: "We can't stay here and hold out. These damned monsters are impossible to kill completely. If they touch us even once, we'll turn into these corrupt and evil creatures."

"Daniel, we now only have two choices: either hold on here and wait for death, or jump into the sea and seek the last chance to survive."

Daniel gritted his teeth and roared, "You damned idiot! Is that going to find a chance to survive? That's clearly going to die!"

"In this godforsaken place, in this weather, if we fell into the water, we'd both freeze to death within an hour!"

"And that damn island, do you still dare to go there?"

Daniel has now completely let go of his so-called identity and status, and has vented all the pent-up frustration he had before.

Julian just smiled, not caring at all about being called an idiot by Daniel.

In fact, he felt that the other party's insults were not wrong.

Because if he wasn't an idiot, how could he have gradually turned Storm's Roar into what it is now?

If he had known about the Windless Sea sooner, so many people wouldn't have died.

Julian shook his head, took out a bottle of healing potion and drank it. Feeling that the wound on his waist from the wooden splinter seemed to be getting better, he said, "During the battle earlier, I saw one of these monsters fall into the sea and be destroyed by the seawater."

"Although I don't know what caused this phenomenon, I think this might be our only chance to take them out on this ship."

"Make an opening for me later, and I'll find a way to let them fall into the sea."

Upon hearing that Julian was going outside to fight these monsters, Daniel, who had been somewhat annoyed, panicked: "Are you an idiot? Your waist injury was just luck—you were lucky to get pierced by a splinter. But if those monsters hurt you, you'll end up like them!"

Julian smiled and said, "Don't worry, I'll take down as many as I can. When I feel like I'm losing myself, I'll jump into the sea and leave you no trouble."

"All you have to do is find a way to hold on, bring this ship back, and tell Morgan everything that's happened here."

"Tell him the storm's fury has not yet subsided..."

"Shut up!"

Julian was reciting his last words when Daniel suddenly shouted at him.

Julian frowned, wanting to hear an answer, and then saw Daniel looking in a direction not far away, his eyes filled with fear and he even held his breath.

Julian followed the gaze and saw a thick black cloud of smoke on the rain-washed window, within which a black ship could be vaguely seen slowly approaching.

The moment he saw the ship, he felt a sense of foreboding.

Julian felt his heart skip a beat and involuntarily held his breath. At that moment, he noticed that the mutated monsters outside the door and window seemed to have sensed something as well, and they all turned their heads...

He looked toward the ominous ship.