[Alex’s POV: ]

The first time I met GM was a few years ago.

Back then, I was simply a strong person that was finishing a certain quest and somehow ended up in this coastal town.

There were many quests in this place since I was the first discoverer of this place, so I did as many quests as I possibly could.

‘One of the memorable quests was from the pirate groups that owned one of the best ships in not just this town, but in the entire world.’

The pirate ship was a unique construct made from a unique material called Dragonwood, one of the hardest materials known to mankind.

‘The person who made this ship, the first captain of Black Hawk, must have been a great craftsman to use a material that could not be cut with any kind of ax and make it into a ship as beautiful as this one.’

But, we don’t know much about that person, just like how we don’t know much about the insignificant things that had happened a few centuries ago.

Still, the ship was made in a way that made it impenetrable. It was an attractive ship and yet it wasn’t really something any less sturdy than a warship of modern times.

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The main material was so strong no metal ball could harm it, the ship had so many mini components to support its entire structure that it was incomprehensible to even me.

‘Many of the archeologists and researchers as well as Experts had observed and studied this ship for many years, and with the changing times, and with the changing chaplains of these pirates, the legacy that their founder had left for them had continued on.’

GM, the current captain, was a capable old man much older than his looks. He was short but his beard was funnily big enough to offset his short stature.

He looked normal and acted respectfully around me, but he was still one of the most notorious pirates in this world… he had robbed more than half of the ships that have ever entered their territory.

He had killed creatures that were simply unfathomable even to me at one point.

‘If I go against those monsters right now, I know I’d die instantly.’

They weren’t simple creatures. The silver fish that they had killed was a tough challenge even to the High rankers.

GM himself was a (Level-230) so he was an especially high leveled native.

‘Not many people in this town, or this continent would be able to go against him, I know that much.’

The only reason Odin was still safe was probably because he was lucky. Had GM acted himself, he would have most definitely died a few times already.

“Apologies to them.”

These pirates were all egoists even though they don’t give off that kind of vibe. They aren’t your typical people that kill others and steal their stuff on sea and they don’t have an eyepatch or wooden limbs.

They are people who live on water. Have their own culture and societies that follow their own values and traditions.

Not many outsiders can be a part of their culture, but if someone was present on this island, it was evident that they were somehow connected to one of the big pirate groups.

“I’ve apologized many times… they just don’t want to believe me.”

“I wouldn’t believe you if you destroyed my house, dumbass.”

“I didn’t do it because I wanted to! Besides! I didn’t know anything about any of these people or this place when I came here. I was just running away from that awfully powerful thing!”

Odin obtained a certain quest item from a quest he did that transported him near this island.

He was in the middle of the ocean when he obtained that item, but thankfully, with his familiar that could walk on water thanks to its ethereal body, he was able to travel on the ocean.

Sadly, he caught attention or a certain playful (Pink Orca). A mid-boss rank (Level-198) creature.

Odin was barely (Level-160) so there was no way he could defeat that creature, so he instinctively started away from the creature: one thing you do not do when you encounter a pink orca.

‘Those playful creatures think that the person running away from them is trying to play with them so they chase them, and those who do not know about these creatures, under pressure or overwhelmed by fear, run from them until they can not.’

In this case, Odin and his little horse ran away from this creature until they crashed into a ship that they did not see in their way.

‘The creature had long lost interest in them but they thought they were still being chased by it when they crashed into the ship.’

And when they destroyed the ship, since they knew they had fucked up, they bolted away from there.

The pirates were facing a crisis with one of the greatest ships on the verge of sinking due to a small hole, so instead of chasing the bastard or killing it outright with the magic cannons, they all got to work and somehow saved their home first.

And then they chased Odin all around the town, the sea, and even across this island.

“Apologies again. And do it sincerely! You too!”

“Meeeehehehehehe!”

Sleipnir wasn’t at fault here since the one riding it was his dumb master, but they still had to apologize.

“Just do it.”

“…”

GM and his entire crew was here right now. The rest of the inn lobby was empty with only us left here.

Misha was playing with GM’s beard and he didn’t mind it but the way he was looking at Odin and Sle made it seem like he wanted to rip both of them apart right here, right now.

But he held himself back since I was here…

“We apologise.”

“Miiihehehe!”

The two apologized, and Miu fell off the wall it was trying to climb, so one of the crew members helped the little creature.

Az was already playing among them and it was having fun with these people so we didn’t pay attention to them.

Rin was chatting with Sera on the side, Victor was gone on an errand and Elio was observing GM’s hammer, the special relic that was bound to him.

“He apologized, ok? I’d appreciate it if you can let this one go with a light punishment. Have him work for you for a month or something. Beat him up, until he’s almost dead or torture him. But he did not know what he was doing.”

He would let this one go if I asked him to, he would do most things if I asked him to, but I didn’t want to force him.

Odin made a mistake, and he deserved to be punished for not destroying the ship, but for running away without saying anything.

Had he helped them with the repairs instead of running off to some other pirate crew, he would have been fine. But he didn’t do that and instead ended up doing something that further angered them.

And he had to take responsibility for his mistake if he wanted to finish whatever quest he had.

“Lady Roxanna… you know the best not dying by our hands will be much more difficult for him than simple death.

Torturing him doesn’t seem to be a good choice given his oblivious attitude towards this place, but if we aren’t going to kill him, he will have to endure much more than a few simple deaths.”

The pirates were strict with their own logic.

Odin had destroyed their house so he gotta pay and he will have to pay one way or other.

But, instead of dying and losing his progress and losing on time to finish his quest when there wasn’t much time left before the ‘timer’ in our world ends and Something happens, it was much better for him to learn from these people.

Though difficult, he will end up in a much better position if he were to stay with them until that day comes.

“He’s not exceptionally smart or intelligent, but you will find him useful. I guarantee that much. You’ve seen his horse already, but he can do a little more than running away with this darkness energy.”

He had fucked up enough to know what I was doing for him right now as nothing less than a divine grace.

He better be thankful to me, buy me a drink or something.

It was fate that we came here to save his ass, or else these people would have spawn killed him for the rest of the time this World was still separate from ours.

“Hmmm…”

GM looked at him up and down and thought about it for a little longer.

He knew this person was useful at the very least if he was able to get away from his people for so long.

Having him as a slave boy on deck would be better than having him on a side that he didn’t really get along with.

“Alright.”

His horse that can walk on water will be a good tool when they have to fight in the storm waters against the beings that will come their way when they go with Alex.

Dropping them off to the underwater kingdom was their next task as she had told them already, so they were going to depart in a few days.

Until then, he will make sure this Boy learns all about them and his own work…

He will have to work to his bones if he wanted to atone for his sins.

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