In a rundown warehouse, Click and Akin waited anxiously.
"Click~." The warehouse door, which hadn't been opened in a long time, made a creaking sound.
Both Click and Akin tensed up. They were pirates, used to bloodshed.
Su Xiao stood at the entrance of the warehouse, not stepping inside right away.
"Wait for me here."
After saying that, Su Xiao walked into the warehouse. Hank, who was behind him, opened his mouth but ultimately stayed silent, guarding the entrance.
Inside the warehouse, there were some haphazardly stacked wooden boxes, and the ground was covered in dust, indicating that it had been abandoned for a long time.
"Is this how the Kingdom of Goya treats us? So slow."
Click was the first to speak, his tone unfriendly.
Su Xiao chuckled lightly, sizing up Click.
He was tall, and his face was hidden under a hood. Even from a few meters away, Su Xiao caught a strange smell.
It was the scent of poison, something he was familiar with since he sometimes coated his blades with it.
"Leave the matter to you. Once it's done, the kingdom will grant you noble status."
Su Xiao got straight to the point, not wanting to waste time with these pirates.
"Is that it? I heard there are three factions competing..."
Click's words were cut off by Su Xiao.
"No, those two factions are a bunch of rabble. I have the final say; you just need to answer whether you agree or not."
Interrupted mid-sentence, Click was clearly unhappy, but being in the heart of the Kingdom of Goya made him cautious.
Su Xiao didn’t come alone to meet Click; he had over a hundred guards lying in wait nearby.
Click hesitated, showing that he didn’t fully trust Su Xiao or the Kingdom of Goya.
"First, explain what exactly we need to do."
The plan to burn the waste disposal site was known only to those within the capital, while outsiders like Click were unaware of the details.
Click belonged to an outside faction, drawn in by the promise of noble status.
"At six o'clock tomorrow night, ignite the waste disposal site. The timing must be precise..."
Su Xiao began explaining the specifics, and Click and Akin’s expressions grew more serious as they listened.
"Burn it all down? That sounds difficult; the waste disposal site is quite large."
"Don’t you know about explosives?"
Su Xiao stared at Click, ready for any sudden changes in their negotiation.
"Are you joking? We need a lot of explosives. Unless you provide them, I’ll have to back out."
Su Xiao had anticipated Click's attitude.
"Oh, is that so? What a pity."
With that, Su Xiao turned to leave, not even bothering to negotiate.
"Wait."
Akin called out to Su Xiao and then whispered to Click, "Boss, if we bring all the explosives from the ship, that should be enough."
Click glared at Su Xiao in frustration. He knew the ship had enough explosives, but he was reluctant to part with them.
"Do you really think just igniting the waste disposal site will get you noble status? The explosives must come from you; otherwise, there's no deal."
Half an hour later, Su Xiao left the warehouse, leaving Click and Akin looking displeased.
As a guarantee of the deal, Su Xiao left behind a document, which was the noble status certification from the kingdom.
Once Click signed it and got it notarized, he would become a noble.
Moreover, this document couldn’t be broken unilaterally; it bore the seal of the World Government.
Pirates weren’t easy to fool; without a real incentive, they wouldn’t risk their lives.
"Lord Baiye, is the deal settled?"
Hank asked cautiously, and Su Xiao suddenly stopped.
"Are you sure you want to know?"
Su Xiao's cold gaze made Hank instinctively take a step back.
"I dare not."
In that moment, Hank regretted not killing Su Xiao when he had the chance during the weapon selection.
"Hank, there's something I need you to do. It’s 'very important'."
After saying that, Su Xiao signaled for the hidden guards to reveal themselves. Over a hundred guards gathered behind him as he led them back to the guard headquarters.
As night fell, Su Xiao sat alone in the office of the guard headquarters, the room shrouded in darkness.
The sudden appearance of Click's pirate crew didn’t disrupt Su Xiao's plans; instead, it made things run more smoothly.
With his elbows resting on the desk, Su Xiao pressed his forehead lightly.
Though he was fairly clever, he knew his current plan wasn’t perfect and might have unknown flaws.
But there was little he could do; he was too weak and could only rely on his strategies to achieve his goals.
Su Xiao preferred to solve problems with his blade.
"It won’t be long now; I just need to get out of this dangerous world."
Even though his first world was a perilous one like the Pirate King, he believed the reincarnation paradise wouldn’t keep throwing him into worlds that were five levels above him forever.
He entered the pirate world, possibly as a test from the reincarnation paradise regarding his identity as a hunter.
Or perhaps, until he completed the main quest, he wasn’t truly a hunter; he just bore the title without any real power.
That night, Su Xiao slept in the office.
The next morning, he woke up early and began preparing for that night’s operation.
This was the last day of the main quest deadline; midnight tonight was the final limit for his task.
Tonight, he would assassinate the King of the Kingdom of Goya, and success or failure hinged on this moment.
Throughout the day, Su Xiao was busy. As the main person in charge of igniting the waste disposal site, every department cleared the way for him.
The left minister had been completely sidelined; when Su Xiao saw him once, the vacant look in his eyes sent chills down his spine.
He worked non-stop until four in the afternoon, finishing everything before entering the office at the guard headquarters, disappearing from everyone’s sight.
Now, he just needed to wait for the pirates outside to ignite the waste disposal site.
As for the purpose of burning the waste disposal site, it was almost laughable.
In just over ten days, the world nobles, the Celestial Dragons, would come to inspect. To avoid letting them see the large trash heaps outside the city, the Kingdom of Goya chose to burn the waste disposal site, along with the homeless people outside.
And there were at least thousands of homeless people outside.
This was the reality of the pirate world’s rulers; to hide their stains from the upper class, they could burn thousands of lives.
At five in the evening, the sky darkened gradually, and the night breeze blew gently. In an hour, it would be time to ignite the waste disposal site, and the city was eerily quiet.
In the dark office, only Su Xiao sat behind the desk, and suddenly a green treasure chest appeared in his hand.
He had obtained this treasure chest after killing the master of Corboshan, but he had been too busy to open it until now.
The green chest filled Su Xiao with anticipation, a smile breaking through his tired expression.
[Treasure Chest (Green), Open? Yes/No]
Choosing to open it, several items appeared in Su Xiao's hands.
[You opened the Treasure Chest (Green) and obtained the following items]
[Obtained 1000 Paradise Coins]
[Obtained Soul Crystal (Small)]
[Obtained Tiger Claw]
...
There were no weapons, but he had expected that.
Su Xiao had opened several treasure chests and understood the rules a bit.
The quality of the items obtained from a treasure chest was related to its color, and the known quality levels were white < green < blue.
As for the items or equipment dropped from a treasure chest, it depended on the person or animal that dropped it.
For example, if Su Xiao killed a tiger, the treasure chest dropped wouldn’t yield a sword or shield.
Killing a tiger would most likely give him the tiger’s claws or skin, and the same went for humans.
After killing a black market merchant, Su Xiao received a letter of recommendation left by him.
And after killing Oka, he got the pendant Oka wore.
...
Su Xiao examined the items in his hands.
The paradise coins were directly stored in his imprint; even though they were called paradise coins, they were a formless currency.
[Tiger Claw]
Quality: Green.
Type: Material.
Rating: 16. (Note: Green materials have ratings from 10 to 30; the higher the rating, the more valuable the material.)
Description: Claw of an elite creature, can be forged into equipment in the reincarnation paradise or used as an enhancement item.
[Soul Crystal (Small)]
Quality: None.
Type: Concentrated essence of the soul.
Rating: None.
Description: Soul crystals are rare items with various uses... (Insufficient permissions to access the following content.)
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Playing with the [Soul Crystal] in his hand, Su Xiao was completely puzzled by the two new items he had obtained.
But he had a feeling that this small, translucent [Soul Crystal], only the size of a fingernail, might be the most valuable item he had ever received.
He would understand everything once he returned to the reincarnation paradise; for now, his priority was to complete the task.
Time had unknowingly reached six in the evening.
Su Xiao left the office, disappearing into the night. Tonight, he would either complete his task or die in the palace; there was no third option.
The pirate arc was about to end, and everyone could guess what the next world would be. Here’s a hint: after the pirates, the protagonist's strength will increase significantly.
(End of Chapter)