"The Alano Free Mariners are second only to the Coastline Defense Force, a major force to be reckoned with. Unlike the restrained Coastline Defense Force, they burn, kill, loot, and commit all sorts of evil. Any ship that catches their eye can only hope for the 'best'—to be hijacked and held for ransom."
The Speech Master narrated her duties with the fervor of a professional voice-over artist, spilling details about these forces like beans.
They did not seem like the expected enemies in the plan.
He Ao took a few steps forward and stood at the edge of the railing, looking puzzledly at the speedboats around him.
There were a total of seven speedboats here, with more than forty men.
Although He Ao had never dealt with pirates, he knew that they seemed too many just to take on an ordinary small cruise ship, especially since there were only a dozen or so crew members openly on board.