Chapter 341.1
The first thing the sailors felt was a bone-chilling cold, an unusual sensation for the southern seas. Already drenched, they felt their body heat rapidly dissipate, but Isaac only stoked the flames of the Luadin Key even more fiercely.
“Why are you so late, you pirate bastards?!”
Isaac shouted with a face filled with exhilaration as he watched the ghost ship approach.
Eidan was slightly horrified at the sight. Though the sailors of the Salt Council didn’t harbor superstitious fears toward ghost ships, since they understood their origins and nature, these spectral pirates were still terrifying in their own right.
“Captain Eidan, prepare the harpoons! We need to capture them!”
“What?! What are you saying?”
“Hurry! They’re the only way we can pass through the Nightmare Strait!”
Eidan, shocked by Isaac’s plan to capture a ghost ship, quickly rallied the crew. Though the sailors were flustered by the sudden order to engage in combat, they swiftly loaded the harpoons. Eidan, observing their efficiency, suddenly realized that the storm had calmed somewhat.
‘Could it be that there’s a relic on that ship capable of calming the sea?’