Chapter 229: Seeking the Blood Compass

The steel warship lay silently moored at the port of Plunder, its flag representing the Mist Fleet billowing in the wind beneath the sunlight. The emblem on the flag was a cluster of ice crystals, sharp as knives, with a fracture down the middle—the ice symbolized Frost, and the crack represented the self-exiled "rebels."

After the notorious pirate captain and his followers had disembarked, no one else left the warship. The Sea Mist was like a silent iceberg, peacefully stationary. Its towering and majestic hull and prow blocked all curious gazes from the dock, while a contingent of City-State Guards rushed from a nearby garrison to seal off the access to the pier, preventing unrelated personnel from approaching.

Only after the intervention of the sheriff did the onlookers gathered near the wharf finally begin to disperse gradually.

First Mate Aiden stood on the bridge of the Sea Mist, silently watching the activity on the dock.