Chapter 473: Chapter 469: Make the Best Use of Everything Chapter 473: Chapter 469: Make the Best Use of Everything “Alas, pirates are getting increasingly cowardly these days. We only launched two rounds of our newly developed magic cannon, and these guys already surrendered!” A dwarf with a beard nearly falling to the ground and muscular physique expressed regret as he deactivated the energy gathered around the magic cannon in front of him. Their target had raised a white flag of surrender.

“They’re all pirates, why can’t they be like the previous group of pirates and show some resilience? It would have been great to test the power of this new magic cannon.” The human in charge of calibration let out a sigh filled with regret.

“I really want to experience the thrill of sinking a pirate ship in one shot, the kind of feeling that is unforgettable.”

“It should be because of the greedy green dragon that came with us. The deterrence power of the Giant Dragon is too great, otherwise, these pirates should resist somewhat.”

“This greedy green lizard, according to the Cloud Island War Management Regulations, at least one-tenth of our rewards from punishing evil will go to this green dragon, I really can’t stand it!”

“That can’t be helped, for they are dragons, a naturally privileged race.” A Cloud Giant following beside the floating ship stuck its head out, laughing as it spoke.

“Alright, prepare to work, no more idle chatter,” Up on the floating ship, a half-elf wearing a triangular captain’s hat loudly instructed, “Drop all the ropes on the ship and drag these three wrecked ships back.”

After the pirate leader orders a surrender, dropped his weapon first and knelt to surrender, all the pirates wisely abandoned their weapons, following his lead and maintaining the most humble surrender position.

With a green dragon hovering above their heads, Tidal Giants emerging from the sea, and Cloud Giants descending from the sky, not a single pirate was thinking about combat anymore.

“I’m merely the captain of a fledgling pirate crew. There’s no need for such a show of force,” Drake, the pirate captain said as he looked at the giants surrounding them and the Giant Dragon circling overhead, a bitter expression on his face and an uncertainty for their future reflected in his eyes. How were these creatures planning to deal with them?

Under the watch of many pirates, five floating ships positioned themselves above the pirate ships. Close to a hundred ropes launched from within the floating ships latched onto the pirate vessels below.

Whoosh! Tide stirred; the three pirate ships were hoisted from the sea surface by the floating ships and started flying towards the location of Cloud Island.

“Great sea goddess above, what is this?”

“I must be dreaming, how can there be so many cloud islands in the ocean?”

“The ocean is always so magnificent and mysterious, you never know what you will encounter next.”

With the aid of the floating ships, the captive pirates soon witnessed the stunning sight of over a hundred cloud islands shrouded in mist, layered upon each other like a pine cone, spread apart.

Only part of the Cloud Island that filled their vision already shook the pirate’s souls, this plunged them into panic, fear, admiration, and surprise, responding with various reactions to discharge their emotions.

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“Brother Muria, are these the prey you were talking about?” Remilia asked curiously as she inspected the three pirate ships that were dragged back.

As soon as the ship landed, a group of winged great apes eagerly rushed aboard and chased all the filthy pirates down.

“Yes, these pirates who rampage and plunder merchant corps in the sea are one of the primary targets for my crackdown. I will not let them off if I come across them.”

“Then, brother, what do you plan to do with these sinful pirates?” Remilia asked curiously. Since he had brought these fishy-looking pirates all the way back, Muria must not have the intention to kill them.

“Remilia, as you know, I am a very kind individual. Even for these utterly vile and unforgivable pirates, I plan to give them a chance to reform.

Here, they will have the opportunity to spend the rest of their lives working to make up for the sins they have committed.” Muria explained to Remilia with a gentle smile.

“Wow, brother, you are so kind, just like the sage in the legend.” Upon hearing Muria’s handling methods, Remilia looked at him with big shimmering eyes and praised innocently.

“Hehe, I am far from being a sage.” Muria replied modestly.

Muria chose not to kill these pirates primarily because he felt that killing was a considerable waste of resources. Being alive, their worth could be more fully realized compared to their worth after death.

Physical labor alone could create a considerable value; this is the value of human resources. Moreover, with 132 cloud islands, manpower was needed everywhere.

Alchemists needed guinea pigs for testing new potions, artifact refiners required laborers for forging, dragons needed servants, the gathering place of cloud islands required environmental health workers, the Zor Elves have certain needs…etc.

“Brother Muria, are you not afraid that they will resist or attempt to escape after you give them these collars?” Remilia, witnessing the winged apes forcefully placing collars engraved simple inscriptions onto all the pirates, asked curiously.

“Yes, with these collars on, I can monitor their locations at any time through magic arrays, determine their physical conditions, and when the time comes, I can resonate with an array placed underground through the collar to increase the surrounding gravity instantaneously.”

“I see, I think I know how to deal with the criminals in the kingdom in the future.” Upon hearing Muria’s words, Remilia’s face took on a thoughtful expression. She felt that she had gained a lot from this experience.

“Keep a tight rein on criminals that you can control in this way, if you don’t have an absolute grip on them, then kill them directly, or else they will pose a hidden danger.” Muria reminded sternly, “As a King, try to do things only within your absolute control to stay stable and avoid taking any reckless action.”

“I know that.” Hearing Muria’s words of advice, Remilia swayed Muria’s arm affectionately, “Brother, take me to play properly, don’t talk to me about these things I already know.”

During the following seven days, Muria led Remilia on a tour of all the other cloud islands. In the course of the tour, Muria also took the princess on a large-scale hunting activity—eradicating a super large Koutao Fishman tribe and destroying a sacrificial temple dedicated to the Mother Goddess of the Sea, the Koutao Fishman’s sacred deity Bribodup.

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