Chapter 90
“I’ve never seen Drew make that face before,” Emelia said and laughed.
Adam glanced around the captain’s quarters of the Golden Slug. After the White Flags’ captain had seen the hoard of treasure, he’d immediately called three more ships over, and a total of forty pirates had run back and forth carrying almost all of it off the ship.
Emelia and Adam had made sure to hide some of the truly valuable items in the trap chamber that’d held the compass, but according to her calculations, they’d given the White Flags the equivalent of 20,000 Doubloons.
What they’d gotten in exchange was definitely worth it though. Instead of the ten crew they’d asked for, they’d been given twenty. On top of that, Herrman and three of the portsmiths had come on board as well, allowing them to upgrade and repair the ship as needed. With that many people, they could almost man every ballista on the ship, giving them an incredible amount of firepower. Not to mention, the White Flags were extremely skilled in close combat, so on the off-chance that they were boarded, they’d have nothing to fear.
The giant airship still floated outside Windtop Cove, but now its deck and lower levels were buzzing with activity.
“You don’t think giving them that much money will curse them, right?” Adam asked.
“They know how to handle it,” she said. “They usually spread out the money they have instead of storing it all in one place, or they trade it for things that are valuable but not a currency by themselves.”
“Like those statues we kept,” Adam realised.
“It’s a clever workaround to the gold curse,” she said. “And all the settlements are fine with bartering, so you don’t really lose anything by converting gold and jewels into things of equal value to trade later.”