"Not good, it's pirates—!!!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
"How could there be pirates here?
The Treasure Ship's Key has never been breached, any accidental losses over these past decades have all been due to Calamities, how could the three dignified Fifth Order Confidential Guardians leak secrets?"
But no matter how incredulous the sailors were, the approaching pirate fleet left them unable to deceive themselves any longer.
Standing on the deck looking towards the windward direction, all they could see was...
Black sails! Black sails!
Countless black sails, black pirate flags, densely stretching to the horizon, in numbers far exceeding the Treasure Fleet.
Although most were single-masted schooners without the capability for oceanic voyages, like "third-rate cripples" compared to their large Garen ships.
But even ants can bite an elephant to death when there are enough of them, especially when it's a group of ruthless pirates?
Clang! Clang! Clang!...
