Chapter 171 - - 171 Forever maximized earnings_1

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“Safra?”

Looking at the heavily made-up woman opposite him, Duge silently sighed to himself—none of the candidates had jumped out to oppose him. How could these people be so compliant? What were they thinking?

Had they given up on competing for first place?

With nearly five hundred more to go, how long would he have to clean up?

“It is I, the esteemed Paul Wolfs, leader of the Sea Fish Pirate Group. Safra is willing to submit to you in exchange for the peace of Phoenix Tail Island. You are the true king of pirates,” Safra said, gracefully bowing to Duge with a bitter tone.

“Safra, do you have a fragment of the Destiny Sea Map in your possession?” Duge asked directly.

“I have one.” Safra hesitated for a moment, then took out a yellowed piece of sheepskin map from her pocket, holding it respectfully above her head.

Duge took the Destiny Sea Map, opened it, and scanned it briefly.

It only showed a few unknown islands and an unnamed sea route. From this map alone, nothing could be discerned.

He drew his sword across the map.

The map remained unharmed.

It was genuine!

This was the quest item!

Duge scoffed disdainfully, stuffing the map into his pocket, “Safra, are you willing to submit to me?”

“Great King of the Ocean, I am willing,” Safra lowered her head, kneeling on one knee before him.

Facing a situation mightier than oneself, if she couldn’t kill Paul, then surrendering to him was the best choice.

Duge glanced at her, then suddenly flashed in front of her, his Sword of the Giant Dragon cutting her arm.

Safra cried out in pain, looking up at Duge in confusion. Bearing the pain, she pleaded in a trembling voice, “Lord Paul, I have already expressed my submission. I have been operating on Phoenix Tail Island for many years, and I can help you subdue the entire South Ocean, and of course, the North Sea as well.

“Laurent Swann’s eldest son, Amy Swan, just died in an accident. With the armed forces of both the South Ocean and North Sea at your command, conquering Mahamadu and Jon Ludi is just a matter of time. To conquer the four seas, even without the Sea God Scepter, you are indeed the true King of the Ocean.”

Not a candidate!

Safra’s wound showed no sign of healing. Duge shook his head, taking out a bottle of healing medicine and tossing it to her, “Safra, this is the witch’s sacred healing medicine. Apply it to your wound, then gather all the pirates and residents on Phoenix Tail Island. I need to root out the heretics hiding among them.”

If they don’t come out, I will force them out…

See who can outplay whom?

“Heresy?” Safra was taken aback.

“Yes, a bunch of remarkable folks with strange abilities. I had thought that there would be a few such powers by the side of the King of the South Sea. Who would have thought that those guys would let me down so much?” Duge said with disdain, shaking his head.

“Paul, let’s work together!”

With a sigh, a figure emerged from the cabin, carrying a hammer in his hand, jacket filthy with paint and wood shavings.

“Mans, what are you doing?” the first mate shouted at him.

Safra looked curiously at the sailor who had stepped out.

Sailor Mans gave a bitter smile, his gaze never leaving Duge, “I am the heretic he’s talking about. I can’t hide anymore. Instead of waiting to die, I’d rather come forward proactively and look for a sliver of hope.”

“What’s your keyword?” Duge asked.

“Repair,” Mans swung the hammer in his hand, “A keyword without any combat capabilities. You don’t need to fear that I will harm your interests. I just want to survive to the end.”

As he spoke.

He raised the hammer and gave a few light taps to the mast that had been broken by cannon fire.

Something miraculous happened.

As if time was reversing, the fallen mast stood erect again, the scattered wood shavings returned to their places.

In the blink of an eye, the mast was like new.

Seeing this, Safra, and everyone else on the ship were dumbfounded.

“Like New, that’s my advanced skill,” Mans shrugged nonchalantly, “I haven’t even figured out what role it could play in this world. But if you’ll spare my life, I can help you repair all the damaged warships. I see that the damage to your ship is also quite substantial…”

Damn!

A divine craftsman!

What a pity it’s not maintenance.

No, wait.

Repair also includes maintenance. He misunderstood the growth direction of the keyword.

Duge shook his head and asked, “Can people be repaired?”

Mans shook his head, “No, it’s only limited to objects.”

Safra darkened her face as she applied medicine to her arm, shooting Mans a fierce glance. She gritted her teeth, thinking to herself, this idiot, with such a miraculous ability, yet not knowing to come out and serve me. Do you know how hard it is to build a warship?

If he had come out earlier, all those scrapped warships left in the harbor could have been put to use. How large would her fleet be?

And moreover.

With the speed at which you repair things, do we really need to be afraid of Enke at all?

No matter how quickly Enke dismantles things, he can’t match your speed in fixing them!

The most critical point is, I don’t know how many such heretics there are on Phoenix Tail Island…

And not a single one took the initiative to help us; they only stepped forward when Paul was about to kill them.

It’s truly baffling!

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“Do you have any other skills?” Duge asked.

Mans shook his head.

Haven’t you ever thought about fixing this broken world?

Duge sneered internally, not bothering to remind him. Instead, he took out the map fragment he had just pocketed and said, “Come on, fix this.”

Mans looked at the Destiny Sea Map in Duge’s hand, standing there stunned with the corners of his eyes twitching. After what seemed like an eternity, he let out a bitter laugh and wished he could hammer his own head: “I am such an idiot!”

“Get me into the top ten, and I’ll help you fix the map,” Mans said through gritted teeth, making his condition.

“Deal,” Duge agreed readily.

“Can I trust you?” Mans asked.

“Of course,” Duge nodded with a smile, “Why do you think Antonio attacked Mahamadu? Because General Mikaro has our people over there too. Safe and useful, why leave them behind? Your skill is essentially a support role, isn’t it? Supporting me will definitely be more profitable than supporting someone else. And besides, your life is in my hands, why wouldn’t you take a gamble?”

Mans looked at Duge, fell silent for a moment, then walked up to him and slammed his hammer down on the Destiny Sea Map he was holding.

Bang!

Just as the hammer touched the sea map.

Whoosh!

The sound of cutting through the air came,

A map of the same material as the Destiny Sea Map flew in from behind Duge and automatically adhered to the piece he was holding in his hand.

Duge turned around and saw Marsha lunging towards the edge of the ship, stretching out her hand to grab the map.

He chuckled wryly.

Well, well, keeping a spare map for himself, he truly had made thorough preparations…

Seeing the second piece of the map fly in, Safra’s eyes widened, and her breathing grew rapid. She clenched her fists tightly, her furious gaze seemingly piercing through Mans. The idiot, this idiot if only he had shown his abilities earlier, the Destiny Sea Map would have been hers.

After finding the Sea God Scepter and exchanging the Feather of the Sea God with Jannie, she would have been the Pirate Queen.

At the same time.

Mahamadu, who was holding his own against Antonio without falling behind, suddenly felt his pocket grow heavy. He instinctively covered his pocket only to grasp at thin air, watching in dismay as the Destiny Sea Map inside flew up into the sky.

Mahamadu’s eyes turned red in an instant as he roared through clenched teeth, “Damn it, whose keyword is theft? Pass my order, destroy that bastard’s ship ahead…”

On an unnamed island.

A twenty-something young man unlocked a treasure chest and took out the yellowed Destiny Sea Map with a smile on his face, “Who needs divination? Probability is the most powerful keyword, no one will assemble the Destiny Sea Map before me.”

The next second.

His grip loosened.

The Destiny Sea Map suddenly broke free from his hold and flew away, his eyes turning red the instant it happened, “Fuck, who did this? Open robbery! Damn it, how did my odds drop to zero?”

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In Mikaro’s drawer, a sunken ship at the bottom of the sea…

One map after another was summoned by the powerful force of restoration.

Ten minutes later.

A complete Destiny Sea Map had assembled in Duge’s hands.

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