Not to mention he got someone on his side, another ship, with a mysterious person flying it. The pirate king didn't know what abilities this person had, and yet that wasn't the main source of fear he got towards Hye.
The weird method Hye showed before to take down tons of ships made him quite vigilant and wary of him. At the same time, trying to run away wasn't an option either. He knew his ship was fast, but it was half a beat slower than Hye. and if the latter had any big spaceship, then it'd be game over for him.
Right now his best move was to gamble that Hye didn't want to see him dead and agree to let him go away. But he never expected that Hye's appetite was much grander than what he initially thought.
Hye watched the pirate king fly into his ship. As the man entered the main deck, William sat on his seat, looking directly at the pirate king without saying anything.