I Became a Level -99 Vicious Lord

“Shoot.”

Captain Drake of the Sailfish Pirates gave the order to open fire as soon as he spotted the Battle Hammer Pirates.

“They’ve hoisted a white flag, Captain.”

“Shoot them anyway.”

“But….”

“Did you forget? Our grudge?”

Drake asked, his eyes burning.

“These are Avery’s men, and sparing them because they’ve raised the white flag will only make things messier. Just shoot them.”

Drake ordered again.

“Take them down.”

“Aye, Captain.”

Drake snapped the order again, and the crew mobilized the cannons to open fire.

“In three, two, one.”

“Fire!”

The cannons roared as they opened fire.

“We won’t leave a single one of them alive. Not a single one.”

Drake’s eyes burned with bloodlust as he gazed at the pirate ships of the Battle Hammer Pirates in the distance.

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“Ugh. This is a mistake.”

A groan of disbelief escaped Otto’s lips.

He had met Captain Drake when he was on the pirate ship of the Battle Hammer Pirates?

How could he be so unlucky?

Drake’s grudge against the Pirate Lord Avery and his subordinates was far greater than the average person could imagine.

His father, Captain William, was originally a pirate who led his own crew under Avery.

A bit like the Battle Hammer Pirates.

Despite being a pirate, Captain William was a man of great character, and was well known and respected among his fellow pirates.

He and his crew had a very low crime rate and were known for causing very few casualties.

He was known as the ‘Gentleman of the Sea’.

In the beginning, pirates focused on non-criminal activities such as treasure exploration and monster hunting as opposed to plundering.

But a pirate is only a pirate.

‘How long can I continue to commit crimes? I can’t pass on my criminal life to my son. I’m going to start a new life.’

William, who had long been disenchanted with the pirate life, decided to retire and surrender to his country, the Kingdom of Castile.

Of course, William was no fool, and he knew that the Kingdom of Castile would not pardon him so easily.

So William sailed to Castile with the treasure of a centuries-old pirate lord.

In exchange for the treasure, he hoped to be pardoned and become a “privateer,” a pirate recognized by the state.

But William’s plan was leaked to Avery by a rogue traitor, and the consequences were devastating.

Avery took William’s family as hostages, threatened him, stole the treasure, and committed other horrific acts.

William’s dreams of ending his life as a pirate and starting a new life as a privateer were shattered by Avery.

Barely surviving that terrible tragedy, Drake sought revenge on Avery by joining the Navy.

But he was denied enlistment because his father was a pirate.

So Drake was forced to become a pirate.

He wanted to avenge his family’s death by becoming a pirate hunter.

… marks Drake’s main story.

Needless to say, surrendering would not work against such a vengeful spirit.

“We have to tell him!”

“What?”

“We have to let them know we’re not pirates! Hoist the flag of our country!”

“Okay!”

But even with the display of the flag of the Kingdom of Lota, the bombardment from Drake did not cease.

It was clear that he misunderstood that the <Battle Hammer Pirates> were resorting to deceptive tactics.

*Boom!*

The mortar shells struck the defensive shield created by the combined efforts of the five magic swordsmen.

*Crack!*

The shield was shattered, and the magic swordsmen were knocked down.

*Whoosh!* *Boom!*

The Lota Kingdom fired back, but they couldn’t even hit the shadow of the Sailfish Pirates.

‘We couldn’t even hit them.’

The Sailfish Pirates’s pirate ship, the [Red Goddess], was the fastest ship in the world.

It’s ridiculous to contend with the Red Goddess with the slow Battle Hammer Pirates’ ship.

At this rate, they’ll just take a one-sided beating, and their entire fleet will be sunk ….

“We!!!”

Otto shouted, using his [Barbarian’s Shout] to raise a loud bellowing voice.

“We’re not pirates!!! We’ve seized their ship!!! We are not pirates!!!”

*Whooosh!* *Boom!*

*Boom!*

But the long distance, coupled with the noise of their cannons, prevented Otto’s shouts from penetrating the air to reach Drake.

‘It would have been different if I was around level 300.’

Otto bit his lip in frustration.

“Pansy.”

Kairos sauntered over.

“Are you sure they’re misunderstanding us?”

“Uh.”

“Then why don’t we go tell them in person?”

“How do we get there? Are you going to fly?”

“Why don’t I run?”

“You lunatic.”

Otto glared at Kairos.

“We’re in the middle of the ocean, what are we, some sort of water striders… Huh!? What are you doing!”

Otto yelped as Kairos lifted him up with a quick cast of his skill, lifting him with the skill [Princess Carry].

“I’ll take you there.”

“What?”

“Didn’t I made a jinpa on the island?”

To Kairos, a “jinpa” is a mercenary slang term that means “mistake” or “accident”.

Apparently, he’d forgotten Otto’s instructions on Claw Island and had stomped a voracious crab to its death.

“I’ll take this opportunity to make up for my mistake.”

“What the hell is that supposed to mean?”

“You’ll see for yourself.”

With that, Kairos grabbed Otto and jumped off the deck.

“Ahhhhhh! I can’t swim, I can’t swim, HEEELLLLPP!”

Otto screamed as his fear of water took over.

But then,

“Huh?”

Otto craned his neck, wondering what was going on as he didn’t fall into the ocean as he had expected.

Kairos was standing… on the surface of the water.

“You… what are you?”

“Hold on tight, Pansy.”

The next moment.

*Splash!* *Thud!* *Splash!* *Splash!* *Thud!* *Splash!*

Kairos darted toward the Red Goddess at a terrifying speed.

‘Hey, you crazy bastard!’

‘This isn’t a martial arts !’

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At the same time.

“Cap-Captain, look over there!”

“What is it?”

“A person, a person….”

“A person is what?”

“He’s running on top of the water, he’s running!”

Drake sneered in disbelief at the report.

“Have you been drinking too much rum lately? How does a person run on water, are you possessed by Siren or something?”

“No, I’m not, I’m serious, look!”

“Haa…”

Drake snorted in disbelief and glanced in the direction his subordinate had pointed.

“How does a person… run… on water?”

Drake’s pupils quaked.

‘Fuck!’

In the distance, some lunatic was running at terrifying speed, carrying a blond, handsome man in his arms.

‘Did I drink too much rum, too?’

When you’re a sailor, drinking rum is a matter of habit.

Questioning himself, Drake opened and closed his eyes rapidly.

“…It’s real.”

As it turns out, his eyes weren’t deceiving him.

There was indeed a man running across the water.

Moreover, it was ridiculously fast.

Before he knew it, they were right in front of the Red Goddess.

*Thump!*

The person broke the surface of the water and landed on the deck of the Red Goddess.

He was carrying a blonde young person like a princess.

“…..”

“….”

“…..”

The entire crew was dumbfounded by this unbelievable phenomenon and could only stare, unable to react.

It was too much for them to handle, and their mental process broke down.

Perhaps if it hadn’t landed, they wouldn’t have been so surprised….

The first person to come to his senses was of course Captain Drake.

“W-What the hell, kill them!”

Drake shouted urgently.

“A-Attack!”

“Attack them! Attack!”

The crew, having finally come to their senses, pulled out their weapons and charged at the men.

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“Ughhhhh.”

Kairos was completely worn out as soon as he boarded the Red Goddess.

Running on the water had used up all of his mana and stamina, and he was completely exhausted.

“You’ll have to clean up the mess, Pansy, huff, huff.”

Kairos gasped for breath.

His entire mana reserves had been depleted, and he couldn’t even bring himself to activate the [Phantom Armor].

In his prime, Kairos would have been able to run around on the ocean all day and still be fine.

“…What the hell?”

Otto glared at him in disbelief.

It was nice to have him on board.

But it was hard for him to tell if he was helping out or leaving him for dead in the middle of enemy territory.

“Have have lost your mind!”

“Die!”

Drake’s men charged, brandishing their weapons in a frenzy.

“Eh.”

Otto grumbled.

But it wasn’t as bad as it looked.

Drake in a naval battle was terrifying.

However, when it came to close combat on the deck, it was a different story.

Besides, at this point in time, Drake was still a fledgling pirate.

So….

‘Shall I go for the subduing option?’

Otto pulled out his wooden sword.

He was more than capable of subduing Drake’s men with a wooden sword.

*Thwack!* *Smack!* *Wham!*

The wooden sword smashed into the heads of the charging enemies.

*Arghh!*

“Ack!”

The enemies let out a single audible scream and rendered unconscious.

*Smack!* *Wham!*

Facing Drake’s men, Otto was like a fish out of water.

A one-sided thrashing.

Or rather, a beating.

Not even feeling the need to use the power of the Invincible Emperor, Otto used only his sword skills to beat up Drake’s men.

*Thwip!*

Drake pulled out his pistol when he realized it couldn’t continue.

‘Danger.’

Otto knew how frighteningly powerful Drake’s firearm was.

All firearms in this world were powered not by gunpowder, but by magic stones, which made them very expensive and slow to fire.

However, their firepower was immense.

Drake’s pistol, Blood Vengeance, is a legendary item that fires only two shots, but its power is enough to make even the largest cannon weep.

If one gets hit by it, no amount of mana shielding can save them.

At Otto’s current level, it wouldn’t be surprising if his upper body was completely blown apart.

‘Now.’

Otto spat out as soon as he saw Drake about to pull the trigger.

“Ptui!”

*Snap!*

The [Vile Death Bead] struck Drake’s gun.

“Ack!”

Drake let out a low scream, dropping his gun.

*Smack!* *Wham!*

Otto took out two more enemies in the meantime, and in a flash, he was in front of Drake.

As fluid as water, yet lightning fast when it was needed.

It was the essence of the skills Elise and Kairos had taught him.

“……!”

Startled, Drake hastily drew his own sword and slashed at Otto.

‘There.’

Out of nowhere, Otto’s own sword intercepted Drake’s blade.

*Clang!* *Skkrr!* *Clang!*

Three collisions.

*Whoosh!*

Drake’s sword sailed into the distance and lodged itself in the deck.

Following that.

*Thrust!*

Otto’s sword rested at the base of Drake’s neck.

“Hold still.”

Otto cautioned Drake.

“Unless you want to die.”