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Bangcheon stood bewildered, wondering what he had just heard. Muwon then casually ruffled Bangcheon’s hair.
“Bring me an axe.”
“Yes, hyung-nim!”
Bangcheon hurriedly turned and ran to the tool cabinet stored inside. The usually cheerful guys were quick to respond in an emergency. They divided into groups by the dozens, heading towards the stern and bow, and securely locked the two steel doors leading to the cabins to protect the crew.
Striding down the corridor, Muwon reached in front of cabin 107 and extended his hand. He twisted the doorknob, but it just clicked, not opening. His lips twisted. He had expected the guy inside to lock the door thoroughly since he cared about his well-being so much, but it still irritated him openly.
“Hyung-nim! Here’s the axe!”
Following Muwon, Bangcheon offered him an axe with dried blood on the handle. Holding the axe, Muwon knocked on the door with a loud sound.
“Guest, pirates have arrived, so stay inside and console yourself or something.”
Once again, only Bangcheon blinked in confusion. Muwon chuckled and slung the axe over his shoulder, moving away.
“Pirates…?”
A voice tinged with fear hit Muwon’s back. He rolled his eyes upwards and sighed. “This bastard is scared of pirates but not me,” he muttered before turning around. Cheongyeon’s face, now clean and pale, peeked out from behind the old door.
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When he snapped at him, Cheongyeon quickly withdrew his face and locked the door again. Bangcheon, who was standing in the middle, was left unsure of what to do next. Following Muwon’s gesture to come along, he hurriedly followed.
Muwon briskly walked up the stairs towards the deck, turning the round lever to open the steel door. Pushing the door open, he stepped out onto the deck. Then, looking down at Bangcheon standing below, he gave an order.
“Don’t open it until the situation is resolved.”
With a swift motion, Muwon pushed the door closed. Standing on the deck, he lit another cigarette. The loud siren and the shouts of the crew shook the surroundings.
He moved straight to the bridge. The bridge, a high structure at the front of the deck designed for commanding a battleship, towered seven stories high. From the top of the bridge, searchlights cut through the dark night with intense beams.
Muwon passed by the lower ammunition depot and the observation post, ascending to the command tower. In the command tower, where the front and rear were clearly visible, Saturn was issuing commands.
When Tae Cheonoh or Muwon were absent, the Peira members were commanded by those with planetary names holding senior ranks. Although the news of Muwon’s arrival had been known, without specific instructions, Saturn temporarily took on the role of commander.
As soon as Muwon appeared in the command tower, the subordinates straightened up. Saturn immediately handed over the communicator he was holding to Muwon as if he had been waiting already. It was a communicator connected to the entire Peira.
“Lower the anchor.”
As soon as Muwon’s command was issued, the Peira’s engines were turned off, and the anchor sank deep into the sea.
“Move Jupiter’s team to the 2nd merchant ship, Saturn’s team to the 3rd merchant ship. Tell Venus to guard the interior of the cabins. Ha, damn it. Those bastards have lost their minds.”
He looked towards the rear as he held the communicator. Three pirate ships were approaching the dome at the stern. They were bold enough to try to take over the Peira, as if just raiding the merchant ships was not enough.
“Escort teams 1 and 2, guard our ship until the boats are launched.”
Snipers covered as the Jupiter and Saturn’s groups launched boats to reach their assigned merchant ships. The kraken-flagged pirate fleet consisted of six ships. Two of them pressured the 2nd merchant ship, and one targeted the 3rd merchant ship. The remaining three charged towards the Peira’s stern, but because of the high-rise botanical garden dome, they couldn’t fire their main guns in that direction.
Two of the pirate ships were battleships armed with six cannons each, but they lacked the firepower to penetrate the Peira’s armor. It seemed the cannons would only be used as a last resort. The Peira also refrained from firing its main guns as much as possible. At night, visibility was poor, reducing accuracy, and there was rarely a situation that necessitated the use of main guns.
“Don’t attack until those dunces hook their anchor onto our ship. Once the anchor is set, slide down the ropes immediately. I’ll take the ship at 6 o’clock, Mars’s group at 8 o’clock, and Neptune’s group at 4 o’clock to capture the leaders.”
The Peira crew swiftly executed Muwon’s orders. Unlike the Peira teams that operated in groups, Tae Muwon acted independently. This was why the Peira seldom fired its main guns. Tae Muwon and Tae Cheonoh were themselves equivalent to main guns.
Muwon stepped out of the command tower and climbed to the top of the bridge. The searchlight at the top shone brightly from a position higher than the botanical garden dome. The enemies below did not spot Tae Muwon, but he had a clear view of the situation.
Effectively, for the Peira to fully function as a battleship, it would be necessary to remove the dome, which was practically an obstacle. Cheonkang, who once seized the Peira, tried to remove the dome but was executed before he could carry out his plan.
Swish! The anchor shot from a pirate ship clung tightly to the stern railing. Muwon hooked the handle of the axe onto the rope connected from the top of the dome and slid down towards the dome’s stern without a second thought, snickered as the rough sea breeze slashed at his face. The thought of fighting the pirates made his blood boil.
Tae Muwon was born with a love for fighting. Although he couldn’t say he loved blood, it was an integral part of fighting, so he didn’t particularly dislike its red color.
His mother, who enjoyed immersing herself in the beauty of trees and flowers, despised Muwon for his nature. Muwon liked flowers as much as he enjoyed fighting, but his mother scoffed, considering it a lie just to please her. Muwon wondered if he had come to like flowers just to gain his mother’s favor. However, there was no specific reason for his affinity for flowers. Both his love for fighting and flowers were part of Muwon’s instincts.
Muwon crouched on top of a dome overflowing with green flora, looking down. The anchor shot from the pirate ship clung like suction cups to the stern railing. The Mars and Neptune’s groups followed Muwon’s instructions, taking charge of one pirate ship each. Normally, they would have cut the ropes attached to the anchor, but Muwon had ordered the capture of the leaders alive.
Mars fired a harpoon gun towards the pirate ship attached to the left side of the Peira. The harpoon, attached to a rope, flew powerfully and pierced through a pirate on the deck. That signal allowed the Peira crew to invade the pirate ship by sliding down the ropes attached to the anchor.
The pirates climbing up were kicked down by the descending Peira crew, with most floundering in the sea. Seeing that the enemies used three ships to attack, it seemed like at least one of them was planning to infiltrate successfully, but Peira’s movements were faster than they had expected.
The pirates believed boarding the Peira would give them a fighting chance, even after losing a few ships to its cannons. They thought they could easily escape if things went south, as they had previously fled easily after failing to raid Hwang Ran’s merchant ships.
Of the three pirate ships, the central one, which Tae Muwon was responsible for and where the pirate captain was located, remained unassailed by the Peira’s attack.
Seeing the pirates climbing towards the Peira, Muwon jumped from the top of the dome’s metal structure, stepping on the iron pillar that runs from the top of the dome. Then, he jumped off halfway and appeared on the deck. He swung his axe at a pirate trying to climb over the railing, splattering blood everywhere, and the large body fell into the open mouth of the black sea.
Muwon quickly cut the numerous ropes attached to the anchor with his axe, leaving the Peira crew to find their own way back up.
Leaving only one rope connecting to the central pirate ship, Muwon then hooked his axe handle onto the rope. The pirates, in a daze from the swiftly handled situation, swung their axes at the rope to cut it. Thump, thump! The frantic chopping missed the rope and embedded the axe into the wooden deck. The moment the remaining pirates joined in to cut the rope, a loud noise followed as Muwon stood on the pirate ship.
The captain, standing inside the bridge much smaller than the ship Peira’s, was visible. He was a man with a long scar stretching from his mouth to his ear.
“Wow, fuck.”
Muwon threw his axe at the bridge’s window, shattering the thick glass. He greeted the screaming man with a sly smile.
“Hey, who do we have here?”
The surging feeling he thought he had died because of Cheongyeon came back to life again. The man was a slave trader from the 11th continent.
Exciting! But what about the surging feeling the last paragraph? For some reason I’m having trouble comprehending it🫨
Me pasó igual, no logré comprender quien es el que está en el barco, creo que con el próximo capítulo se comprenderá mejor
I think that’s more of like, the feeling of Muwon’s intuition. His sixth sense that he thought was dead, because he suspects Cheongyeon, but Cheongyeon keeps escaping from being clearly outed as ‘Hwa.’ Cuz Muwon’s thing is that his sixth sense/his intuition/gut feeling is supposedly very good and on point.