Rex and old man Fillo Bani have begun building the ship after carefully drawing its blueprint and cutting planks properly. The ship was built like a fortress, fifty meters of white oak and iron spine.
Ten cabins lined the middeck; each cabin was not bigger than a jail cell, and each had a particular scent and was polished in brown. Beneath them, the cargo hold could carry a dozen crates, stacked with crates of powder and silk.
At the stern, there are the captain's quarters, wide as a tavern, with a small window enough to catch the sunlight, and making tiny reflections. Like any other ship at the centre, there was a war room. In a low chamber, there was a place to hang maps and lanternlight.
Rex stood outside watching the ship as he saw his jollyroger being hanged by Danzel, a skull painted in red with two swords bisecting each other on the skull. "It's finally done after 30 days of working on it," says Rex with a hint of a smile.
"A ship is not complete until it finds all its crew. Find a crew, my boy," says Fillo Bani with a smile on his face. "What kind of people should I recruit?" Rex asks with a straight face.
"I don't know much about pirates, but if I want a crew member, it would be people who rely on me as much as I do on them."Fillo Bani delivers these words to Rex.
"I understand, I will be leaving tomorrow," says Rex, telling the old man."We should hold a party for you then, have some fun before you leave," the old man suggests.
"No, I do not need such things. I'm going to rest for my journey tomorrow," says Rex while turning around and walking away."Wait." Says the old man, Rex turns around and looks at him. "Before you leave, we have to make a few changes to your looks."
Rex Flasterd "My looks?" Rex asks. "Let's go to a nearby saloon and give you a haircut," the old man says while pointing out the way.
They soon reached the Saloon. It was owned by the lady Rex saved with yellow hair. "Welcome, Rex, you're finally here."The lady says.
"Were you expecting me to come?" Rex asked while sitting in a chair near a mirror. "Yes, I was," while holding his head and looking at his long black hair.
She starts cutting it short, Rex didn't mind it because he saw that he looked good. Then grabbed some white hair dye and dyed his hair. "Why are you changing my hair colour ?" Rex asked.
"So you can blend in. For now, you're one of the most wanted people. Changing your hair will benefit you, plus you have gotten taller now, few people know you at that height," says the lady.
"Oh, I didn't realise that," says Rex. "By the way, we did the same with Anna since she's coming with you," says the salon lady. "Yeah, and the fact that you didn't realise that she is sitting next to you, it means it works," says the lady while pointing at a chair near Rex.
Anna was sitting there, her Crimson eyes were covered in brown contact lenses, her long hair was cut to reach just below the neck, and it was dyed Black. She looked different, but the look suits her.
Rex stares at her speechless, his eyes gleaning in delight. "You're staring too much. Do I look that bad?" Anna asks Rex. He responds to her, "No, black her actually suits you, so this is going to be your everyday look, awesome."Rex was as excited as the day went by and the sun set.
Morning came, and Rex was delighted over this brand new day, the day when he set sail into the sea. The sun was as bright as a lantern, and the wind was just right for the sales."This is amazing, I get to set sail today." He speaks as he opens the windows of the room where he was sleeping. From the window, he sees the people gathering in his ship; some were going in carrying boxes, which looked like they were carrying food inside.
"Offerings? I'm not surprised; they are my people." He walks away from the window and brings out his stetus screen.
He uses the left-out 149 points to upgrade his strength to 40 and his toughness to 50 and leaving him with 69 points.
SYSTEM
-Minimum requirements reached
- Now can summon 7/740
- Requirements needed for more summons
strength level: 80
Toughness level: 100
current points 69
"I will store these just in case," says Rex. Just then, Denzel appears. "Master, it seems that the time for us to leave has arrived," he says. At that moment, Anna knocks on the door. "Rex, it's time. We should leave while it's still early. I know of a few nearby islands where we can take shelter," says Anna as she knocks.
"I will be out soon," Says Rex while shutting the stetus screen off, "Before we leave Denzel, who was the strongest person you've known back in the bar?"(The ship that Rex grew at, mentioned in chapter 1) says Rex
"It was Johns, his was the strongest in terms of strength." Says Denzel. "I thought so, I will summon him, I will leave him here to protect this island, you guys are A rank, I believe he can deal with almost all threats," says Rex while raising his right arm.
"Tongue of the dead, summon John." A red stream of Aura comes out of him, and a form of bones appears in front of him while bowing, "I heard your call, master," Says John while on his knees, bowing to Rex. "Take your full form and stay here in the village, let no one see you, and protect them all," Rex commands John
John starts transforming, and flesh begins to cover his body, and he stands up. He materialised black clothes and put them on himself and disappeared. "So his ability is forming things from scratch using matter." Says Rex while walking to the door.
Meanwhile, in the Red Sea, a ship has anchored near Draven's ship, and inside Draven's ship, two captains are seated while enjoying a meal while watching a woman dancing for entertainment. They were both so captivated by the music and her dance moves. "I can say this with absolute confidence, Draven, your woman always put on a good show," says the captain, sitting with Draven.
Draven takes a sip of his beer. "Yes, they are, but this is not why I called you today, Norman." Says Draven, calling the captain his sitting with by his name. "Then why did you call me here?" Norman asks.
"Word is spreading, saying that Loki is on the move," he says to Norman. "Ahh, the number 1 bounty hunter, he is surely troubling. If so, I will listen to why you brought me all this way," says Norman while taking a sip of his beer, staring at the woman, dancing her heart out.
"Let's form an alliance and rise in the rankings. With Loki on the move, those above us won't expect us to take action," Draven says as he looks at Norman.
"You know, you're quite an unusual person, Draven. You transitioned from being a hero to becoming a pirate, and now you want to pursue something even greater. I have no issue with allying with you. All I'm interested in is treasure; I know I'll find plenty of it. I'm happy to do that alongside you," Norman replies, extending his hand. They shake hands to seal their agreement.
Two of the pirates ruling the Red Sea have allied, and one of the most dangerous bounty hunters is on the move. The world has taken a great turn. What will happen as time goes on?
TO BE CONTINUED...