While being submerged halfway, Lily, standing next to Sage, made a decisive move. After a moment of breathless fear, she immediately ordered Gin and the others to distance themselves and the Death Star to retreat quickly.
Others might not know, but Lily does.
She had heard Sage mention that with his bad luck, he couldn't go into the water.
Back when they were in the East Sea, just casually going into the water would attract Sea Beasts. In Sage's words, that was when his luck seemed to improve. If it wasn't for good luck... it would definitely be a Sea King!
And after that, Sage wouldn't go into the sea easily.
In fact, except for when he first started out as a pirate, he hasn't gone into the sea since.
This time wasn't really going into the sea, just an accident due to the rising tide.
Indeed, just as Lily gave the order and the Death Star retreated, the sea near the island boiled, and a tsunami as big as a mountain rose. Beneath those waters appeared one gigantic Sea King after another.
And then...
It turned into this situation.
The enraged Sage, unable to use Supreme King to intimidate these creatures, simply punched them, each punch creating a hole.
Sea Kings may be huge, but their threat lies in the sea. Around the island, Sage stands on solid ground, so there's no big problem.
These creatures aren't any special type of Sea Kings, just large in size, merely unprotected flesh. With Sage using 'Fist Bone: Galaxy Impact', he naturally punched holes in them.
However, the fallen Sea Kings...
Lily looked in the direction the Sea Kings fell. A few Sea Kings with such colossal sizes occupied half of the island as they fell, and Gourmet City wasn't half an island away; the city was nearby.
Judging by the situation, even with good luck, Gourmet City would be half-destroyed.
If unlucky, the entire Gourmet City would probably be crushed.
"There's nothing that can't be taken."
Though angry, Sage was still full of confidence, "Just a few Sea Kings, can they stop me from robbing? You all drill through the holes I punched and go raid Gourmet City!"
The reason he's pulling a sour face isn't because of the appearance of Sea Kings; it's purely because his fishing process was inexplicably interrupted.
In this fish-filled sea area, he was absolutely capable of catching some fish!
But now his mood was ruined.
With such big Sea Kings appearing, the fish around had already been scared away.
"I refuse to believe it, fishing from the ship, change locations to fish!"
Sage shouted, instructing Lily to command the Death Star to return as he headed back to the ship.
Though it was a beach, the Death Star wasn't afraid of getting stranded; this ship had a power device, capable of leaving even the most challenging environment.
As for Gin, he had already followed Sage's orders, moving towards Gourmet City through the holes punched in the Sea Kings.
"Ah, come down a bit, the meat quality of these Sea Kings is quite nice. It's superb ingredients, don't let them go to waste."
Marika, stroking her face, pondered, "Sometimes having too many ingredients is also a joyful trouble."
Gourmet City was definitely a place Marika wanted to visit as she was very interested in all sorts of cuisine.
Originally, according to plan, she was preparing to explore the place first, discover some culinary methods, then start looting. Now, that can't be done; she can only check out what rare ingredients are available.
As for these Sea Kings, it's impossible to take them all, even if throwing a feast, they'll only select the finest parts because they are too big indeed.
"Is this fate..."
On the Death Star, after seeing Sage return, Hawkins glanced at the Sea King's corpses and remarked, "Sometimes the unpredictability of fate cannot be foreseen, just like this sea voyage, nobody knows what will happen next..."
"What are you pondering about!"
Sage glared at him, "If you've got nothing better to do, get down there and rob!"
"Success rate of 99.8%, this operation has already succeeded, no need for me to go." Hawkins pulled out a Tarot Card, took a look, and said.
This is virtually a guaranteed success operation, naturally, no need to go, and he isn't that interested in gourmet food; he even dislikes meat.
What he likes are fortune cookies.
"What's my fishing success rate then?" Sage asked.
"..."
Hawkins paused, subtly glanced at him, thought about it, and said, "If you use a fishing rod..."
"Get out of here! Annoying! Go design the captain's cabin for me! Don't be an eyesore, seriously..."
Sage rolled his eyes, got a new fishing rod from his subordinates, and cast it towards the Outer Sea location.
He wasn't even bothering to heed Hawkins' divination.
What does it mean by using a fishing rod...
What? Was he the bait himself then?
Using bait fails to catch fish, using him as bait not only catches fish but catches big fish—so big they're called Sea Kings, huh?
"Got it, Captain."
Hawkins nodded, didn't feel neglected, and turned to walk towards the deck buildings.
Aside from divination, he liked doing some decorative art, especially having his own aesthetic for interior settings.
This was better than Renedia, who was skilled in making things, but her taste...
The appearance of the Death Star itself was first conceived by the King of the Nadia Kingdom before it had the blueprints; her taste was the kind that prioritizes functionality over aesthetics.
Sage wanted to redecorate the captain's cabin and banquet hall, preferably matching those two thrones to create a fitting style.
Now this task was assigned to Hawkins.
Three hours later, Marika dragged a sturdy giant cloth bag with collected rare ingredients back onto the ship.
Also boarding were Gin and the three hundred Demon Race he led.
For this raid, Sage specifically named the Demon Race, letting them practice robbing alone and get familiar with this pirate craft so they wouldn't become rusty.
Just like in the City of the Spring Queen, this time there were over twenty boxes, plus a few leather bags of Belly.
Compared to the City of the Spring Queen, Gourmet City was closer to the route, naturally more prosperous.
The treasures were about the same, but in terms of Belly, this time they snatched quite a bit.
Gourmet City gathered many affluent people there to eat, businessmen owning high-end restaurants, and nobles mastering nearby land, profiting from selling ingredients.
These people were all worth robbing.
When they arrived, they saw the heads of two Sea Beasts had crushed half of the city.
However, the people inside all ran out, saving them the opportunity to find them one by one, thus collecting quite a lot of Belly.
Gin was about to report when Lily shook her head, pointing to the banquet hall on the first floor, indicating for them to go rest first.
Three hours...
The sea was calm and serene.
Not to mention fish, not a single fish bone was caught.
He's really angry right now.
Reporting at this time won't bring much joy to Sage. It's better to wait until he gives up by himself, that might even make his mood a bit better...