The group sat in a circle in the captain's room. After some talking, both sides had a general understanding of each other.
Finally, Tik made an offer of recruitment to Trueking and the others.
Trueking stood up and looked around the room, finally lingering on Raine for a few more seconds.
"Captain Raine, I am grateful for what you have done for the Sea King clan. That can't be described in words, and I am willing to repay this kindness anytime if I can!"
Raine listened quietly, and he didn't feel any joy. In his experience, such opening words are always followed by a twist.
"But..."
Raine nodded, sure enough!
"With all due respect, despite all those incredible accomplishments you've made, you are... too young after all. Even if you are a natural leader, you still need to grow in the grind."
"I'm not comfortable leaving the clan in your hands."
"I couldn't get there in time for that disaster three years ago. I've made a vow to never leave the clan half a step again. I will protect them with my own hands!"
At this moment, a woman behind Trueking said, "Captain Raine, in fact, I have an idea, why don't you join us? My brother is a stage 4 level 5 mutant, Windbell and I are both stage 4 level 4, and Muling, Trueword, and Walter are stage 4 level 3. Bruce and Pete are stage 4 level 2. We are very strong and we just lack a powerful fleet. As long as you are willing to join us, our strength can be significantly increased!"
This young woman should be Trueking's sister Turequeen, who almost fought with the people of Black Hell on Solomon Island.
"Yes, child, you are only an eleven or twelve-year-old kid. The road is still long. Follow us, you can learn a lot of things. When you mature, we definitely will not limit your freedom." The woman who spoke, Fancy called her Windbell.
Raine frowned slightly, this group of people actually want to turn from a guest into a host?
A group of people who are dealing with him is indeed very strong, and because of this, as the saying goes one mountain does not allow two tigers, someone must make concessions if they want to merge.
Fancy wanted to say something. Trueking and the others had a lot of things do not know, and now they saw that one is not the real captain.
At this moment, Raine raised a hand to stop Fancy and stood up.
"I do need to grow, but I don't need the experience of failure. And I don't want to join a bounty group that could go bankrupt at any moment, much less put my crew in danger of being killed at any time."
Raine did not politely at all, and it made Trueking and the others freeze.
These two points Raine mentioned were the two biggest problems of their Revenge at the moment!
Buying clansmen is only the first step, they still need to feed everyone. Now normal clansmen on board had become a huge burden for them, and they have to find more clansmen. Under the double pressure, they can't even buy additional ships.
As for the danger, it is not necessary to say. This infiltration assassination is a desperate act, even if they leave the clansmen on the ship and park at a distance, the clansmen will no longer have any reliance if they failed.
Raine continued, "My bounty group has no risk in any way! My fleet is financially sound, the safety of my crew is guaranteed, and not only that, I have a base where the people of the Sea Kings live in peace and well-fed, and get special protection from the island army."
"If you are willing to join me, I can purchase another adjacent piece of land on Bankera Island and merge the two bases, so that they can still live in abundance even if we fail in our conquest outside."
It would be false to say that Trueking and the others were not impressed. Bringing a large number of clansmen with them was not only a burden but their safety could not be guaranteed. On Raine's side, the safety and livelihood of the clansmen were not a problem at all, and they could also provide help to the fleet, the difference was not a little bit.
The reason why Raine said so much is that he was also looking at the strength of Trueking and others, and they are the Sea King clan that is more trustworthy.
After being rebuked by a kid, Truequeen was a bit unconvinced and asked Tik, "Mr. Tik, is it really that good over at the base?"
Tik nodded, "A thousand percent, it has formed a virtuous circle." At this time, Tik also had to speak up, "Trueking, I was like you at first that didn't believe Captain Raine's ability, but now I have made a vow to follow him."
"Indeed, his purpose is different from ours. He is not looking for more Sea King clansmen, but he had us search for them with all our might on every island he visited. He bought them all no matter how much it costs."
"Now we still have 15 clansmen on board, which he bought from Ubatan Island, and we will send them back to our base on Bankera Island. All the clansmen on our ship are voluntarily following Captain Raine, you can ask any one of them."
Seeing that Mr. Tik said so, Trueking and the others didn't know how to answer.
The conversation had come to this point and it became a little difficult all of a sudden.
Raine was not in a hurry, "I think everyone is tired today, I'm gonna rest first, just give me an answer tomorrow."
Fancy pulled Raine, "Captain, can I stay? I haven't seen brother Trueking and the others for a long time."
Raine smiled, "Of course."
This detail made Trueking freeze for a moment.
........................
In the evening, Tik went on deck with Trueking and they looked at the warship that was moored next to them.
"Mr. Tik, now that the kid is gone, tell us what you really think." Trueking said, "I can't believe neither you nor Fancy is willing to come with me."
Tik sighed, "Trueking, our Sea Kings are no longer the original Sea Kings. I know you've been working hard, but the only one who can save us is that person."
"Is he really as powerful as you say?"
Tik couldn't help but laugh, "That guy, although he's a bit unreliable a lot of the time, we trust him completely."
"You mean, I'm no match for that kid?"
Tik looked at Trueking and shook his head with a smile, "If you want to hear the truth, I can only say that you are no match for him."
"Mr. Tik, I was the student your most favored, aren't you afraid of hurting my pride by saying that?" Trueking laughed helplessly.
"Hahahaha, Trueking, you clearly have the answer in your heart. You should have noticed the details before, he only used a small trick to get you back. If you fight him, you have no chance to win."
"My ship is inferior to his, but I can assassinate him."
"Assassinate?" Tik shook his head again, "If you assassinate him, you will probably die at his hands."
This statement made Trueking quite surprised, "Impossible... I am now stage 4 level 5. In the human class sea, no one is higher than me except for Star-Lord."
"Yes no one is higher than your level, but someone is stronger than you." As soon as Tik closed his eyes, he could as if see the eyes as Raine trained Naga's gaze, and he hurriedly shook his head.
With his powerful base attributes, plus his twice mutated skills, Raine was already getting scarier and scarier.
"Trueking, take my advice, we... the Sea Kings need him and he needs us too, go and become his arm."
Trueking looked at Tik in surprise, the words were a bit familiar, "This is... the prophecy?"
Tik didn't answer Trueking and just looked at the ship at the night.
The group sat in a circle in the captain's room. After some talking, both sides had a general understanding of each other.
Finally, Tik made an offer of recruitment to Trueking and the others.
Trueking stood up and looked around the room, finally lingering on Raine for a few more seconds.
"Captain Raine, I am grateful for what you have done for the Sea King clan. That can't be described in words, and I am willing to repay this kindness anytime if I can!"
Raine listened quietly, and he didn't feel any joy. In his experience, such opening words are always followed by a twist.
"But..."
Raine nodded, sure enough!
"With all due respect, despite all those incredible accomplishments you've made, you are... too young after all. Even if you are a natural leader, you still need to grow in the grind."
"I'm not comfortable leaving the clan in your hands."
"I couldn't get there in time for that disaster three years ago. I've made a vow to never leave the clan half a step again. I will protect them with my own hands!"
At this moment, a woman behind Trueking said, "Captain Raine, in fact, I have an idea, why don't you join us? My brother is a stage 4 level 5 mutant, Windbell and I are both stage 4 level 4, and Muling, Trueword, and Walter are stage 4 level 3. Bruce and Pete are stage 4 level 2. We are very strong and we just lack a powerful fleet. As long as you are willing to join us, our strength can be significantly increased!"
This young woman should be Trueking's sister Turequeen, who almost fought with the people of Black Hell on Solomon Island.
"Yes, child, you are only an eleven or twelve-year-old kid. The road is still long. Follow us, you can learn a lot of things. When you mature, we definitely will not limit your freedom." The woman who spoke, Fancy called her Windbell.
Raine frowned slightly, this group of people actually want to turn from a guest into a host?
A group of people who are dealing with him is indeed very strong, and because of this, as the saying goes one mountain does not allow two tigers, someone must make concessions if they want to merge.
Fancy wanted to say something. Trueking and the others had a lot of things do not know, and now they saw that one is not the real captain.
At this moment, Raine raised a hand to stop Fancy and stood up.
"I do need to grow, but I don't need the experience of failure. And I don't want to join a bounty group that could go bankrupt at any moment, much less put my crew in danger of being killed at any time."
Raine did not politely at all, and it made Trueking and the others freeze.
These two points Raine mentioned were the two biggest problems of their Revenge at the moment!
Buying clansmen is only the first step, they still need to feed everyone. Now normal clansmen on board had become a huge burden for them, and they have to find more clansmen. Under the double pressure, they can't even buy additional ships.
As for the danger, it is not necessary to say. This infiltration assassination is a desperate act, even if they leave the clansmen on the ship and park at a distance, the clansmen will no longer have any reliance if they failed.
Raine continued, "My bounty group has no risk in any way! My fleet is financially sound, the safety of my crew is guaranteed, and not only that, I have a base where the people of the Sea Kings live in peace and well-fed, and get special protection from the island army."
"If you are willing to join me, I can purchase another adjacent piece of land on Bankera Island and merge the two bases, so that they can still live in abundance even if we fail in our conquest outside."
It would be false to say that Trueking and the others were not impressed. Bringing a large number of clansmen with them was not only a burden but their safety could not be guaranteed. On Raine's side, the safety and livelihood of the clansmen were not a problem at all, and they could also provide help to the fleet, the difference was not a little bit.
The reason why Raine said so much is that he was also looking at the strength of Trueking and others, and they are the Sea King clan that is more trustworthy.
After being rebuked by a kid, Truequeen was a bit unconvinced and asked Tik, "Mr. Tik, is it really that good over at the base?"
Tik nodded, "A thousand percent, it has formed a virtuous circle." At this time, Tik also had to speak up, "Trueking, I was like you at first that didn't believe Captain Raine's ability, but now I have made a vow to follow him."
"Indeed, his purpose is different from ours. He is not looking for more Sea King clansmen, but he had us search for them with all our might on every island he visited. He bought them all no matter how much it costs."
"Now we still have 15 clansmen on board, which he bought from Ubatan Island, and we will send them back to our base on Bankera Island. All the clansmen on our ship are voluntarily following Captain Raine, you can ask any one of them."
Seeing that Mr. Tik said so, Trueking and the others didn't know how to answer.
The conversation had come to this point and it became a little difficult all of a sudden.
Raine was not in a hurry, "I think everyone is tired today, I'm gonna rest first, just give me an answer tomorrow."
Fancy pulled Raine, "Captain, can I stay? I haven't seen brother Trueking and the others for a long time."
Raine smiled, "Of course."
This detail made Trueking freeze for a moment.
........................
In the evening, Tik went on deck with Trueking and they looked at the warship that was moored next to them.
"Mr. Tik, now that the kid is gone, tell us what you really think." Trueking said, "I can't believe neither you nor Fancy is willing to come with me."
Tik sighed, "Trueking, our Sea Kings are no longer the original Sea Kings. I know you've been working hard, but the only one who can save us is that person."
"Is he really as powerful as you say?"
Tik couldn't help but laugh, "That guy, although he's a bit unreliable a lot of the time, we trust him completely."
"You mean, I'm no match for that kid?"
Tik looked at Trueking and shook his head with a smile, "If you want to hear the truth, I can only say that you are no match for him."
"Mr. Tik, I was the student your most favored, aren't you afraid of hurting my pride by saying that?" Trueking laughed helplessly.
"Hahahaha, Trueking, you clearly have the answer in your heart. You should have noticed the details before, he only used a small trick to get you back. If you fight him, you have no chance to win."
"My ship is inferior to his, but I can assassinate him."
"Assassinate?" Tik shook his head again, "If you assassinate him, you will probably die at his hands."
This statement made Trueking quite surprised, "Impossible... I am now stage 4 level 5. In the human class sea, no one is higher than me except for Star-Lord."
"Yes no one is higher than your level, but someone is stronger than you." As soon as Tik closed his eyes, he could as if see the eyes as Raine trained Naga's gaze, and he hurriedly shook his head.
With his powerful base attributes, plus his twice mutated skills, Raine was already getting scarier and scarier.
"Trueking, take my advice, we... the Sea Kings need him and he needs us too, go and become his arm."
Trueking looked at Tik in surprise, the words were a bit familiar, "This is... the prophecy?"
Tik didn't answer Trueking and just looked at the ship at the night.
