Lily nodded thoughtfully, as if she understood something.
"Ah, but it's very dangerous."
Marika said while feeding, "That Black Arm is very strong, this time it was too dangerous. The Disaster Pirates almost disbanded. Should we think more about it next time?"
"Aren't I still alive and kicking?"
Sage grinned, "And my plan went smoothly without any mistakes. Dangerous or not, what job isn't dangerous!"
Renedia poured a large cup of rich sauce over a roasted whole lamb, tore off a large chunk of lamb leg to feed Sage, and said, "Sage, you're an Overlord. In the future, you'll be the man standing at the pinnacle of the seas. That crippled old coughing man will die sooner or later!"
Sage rolled his eyes, "The crippled, coughing old man you mentioned nearly killed me. Besides, even if I don't reach the pinnacle, Zephyr will die of old age!"
In another thirty years, Zephyr might turn to dust, while I'm still kicking.
The chefs served food swiftly; it was just simple cooking. Sage didn't care much about the taste, as long as it was cooked. However, Marika's recruited chefs clearly had some talent; the food tasted pretty good. Ten tables of lavish meals were quickly emptied by the three of them.
At this point, Sage suddenly extended his hand wrapped in a cast, signaling the chefs to stop serving.
In the banquet hall, hundreds of pirates all looked at Sage, whose arm could still move.
He extended his right hand and picked up the wooden wine cup on the table. After a few gulps, he drank the rum in one go.
Bam!
He slammed the cup heavily on the table. At the same time, the bandages coiled around him emitted a tearing sound, unraveling along with the bandages on his hands at that moment.
His body released a surging white steam that surrounded him, rapidly healing the minor wounds on the surface, as if he had never been injured.
"All better?" Lily asked.
"Still quite a bit to go, but I can move now. A few more meals and I'll be good."
Sage stretched his body, making a soothing sound.
Ten meals for at least a hundred people helped heal most of his injuries. The injuries this time were indeed severe.
But it doesn't matter; his Life Return isn't so limited. As long as he eats enough!
No matter the injury, as long as he can replenish energy in time, he has the confidence to recover fully, perhaps even become stronger!
He sat back on his throne, resting one leg on the armrest, propping his chin with one hand, and said to the crowd below, "Gin."
"Captain Sage."
Having completed the tally, Gin arrived at the bottom of the stairs and reported, "The tally is out. Apart from the pile of gold bars here, we robbed 250 million Belly cash in Logue Town, plus goods worth 1 billion. The low-purity gold in your Treasure Vault was also counted as goods."
The gold and jewelry in Sage's Treasure Vault were still worth some money, but since he had robbed a huge haul, he didn't think much of those collections anymore. He preferred to use them as goods to avoid failing to snatch up 1 billion Belly in time.
He keeps his promises—ten billion is ten billion, regardless of the valuation, as those black market traders take care of it.
Besides these, there were weapons, medicine, food supplies to restock the warehouse, and the clothes and weapons these pirates grabbed along the way, which weren't included in this tally.
What needed to be tallied now were the cash, gold, and jewels in the banquet hall.
"Very good!"
Sage glanced at the gold and jewels in the banquet hall and said, "Pour out all the money."
The pirates opened ten large leather suitcases and poured out the bundles of Belly, mixing them together with the robbed Belly, forming a small mound.
A pile of ten billion Belly is quite a sight too.
Three billion Belly could cover a large dining table in front of Sage. For a smaller guest table, it might pile up, and naturally, the money piled on the floor also looked quite grand.
"I'll give you a bonus of 50 million; put six billion into my Treasure Vault. As for these gold and jewels, pick out half for me, and the good ones go to my second floor. Renedia, make a display room in the second-floor room for me, I want to collect them. The rest goes into the Treasure Vault. As for what's left..."
Sage scanned the pirates present, revealing a toothy grin, "It's all yours!!"
"Oh!!!"
The banquet hall erupted in a mighty cheer. Hundreds of pirates shouted in unison, their voices slightly covering the raucous storm outside the Black Ship.
Even Lily smiled a bit. Although she didn't care much about money, under Sage's influence, the distribution of loot was quite fun.
A 5% share; with the remaining 650 million, she could get over 30 million herself, more than her own bounty.
As for the remaining pirates, after the crew shared their part, there'd be roughly 500 million Belly left. Split among over six hundred people, each could get about 800,000.
It's not comparable to the crew, but the amount isn't low, and there are many of them. Gathering in Logue Town for a robbery was virtually risk-free.
With the gold distributed, and what they grabbed in Logue Town, the converted value would be at least two million!
It only took half a day to rob a town; it really was hitting it big, naturally making them very happy.