Chapter 39

Dafei, with a dirty face, got up from the ground.

"Damn! What's going on now? Anyway, I'm safe for now, and the ship is temporarily safe too. It seems that the game is still a game and won't easily take action against the players' virtual assets. Let's go to the shipyard and see. It looks like my ship has been taken there. As long as the ship is repaired, I'll find a way to escape. Of course, that won't be easy."

Dafei looked around as he walked to the shipyard. In his eyes, all the residents of this town were hostile, with red names, and they all scanned him with malicious cat-like eyes, making him feel extremely uneasy.

Dafei arrived at the shipyard, where a dozen shipworkers, covered in tattoos and scars, were idly drinking and playing cards.

Dafei approached one who seemed to be the leader and asked, "How much will it cost to repair my ship?"

Everyone burst into laughter. "Your ship? Who do you think you are? Go cool off somewhere else!"

"Damn! Dafei had a bad feeling."

Dafei tried to talk to the NPCs in the shops on the island, but everyone was extremely unfriendly to him! They wouldn't sell him anything, wouldn't give him quests, and looked at him with ill intent.

The worst-case scenario had appeared. Did he have to become a pirate and join their gang to be considered one of them? If he didn't join, would he be stuck on this island for the rest of his life? So that's why Locke was so confident that he would come back to him?

No way! This is equivalent to the system forcing players to change their class. There must be a way to get through. Dafei wouldn't give in and would find a way out.

At this moment, Dafei's stamina started to turn red, indicating hunger. Damn! The food problem was a big issue! Not to mention whether the innkeeper would be willing to sell him food, even if he was willing, Dafei had no money at all!

A deserted island was a dire situation. A bustling island with people was also a dire situation? Dafei didn't believe it. He had weathered many storms and wouldn't be defeated by a small issue like this.

He decided to start with the inn, where there were many different characters.

For pirates, the inn was a very important, even the only, entertainment venue. So there were many inns in the town. Dafei entered the first one on the street.

The noise hit him as soon as he entered. Dancers, gamblers, drunkards, and diners filled the ordinary inn. Dafei's entry didn't attract much attention, but the diners sitting alone, drinking silently, caught his eye. They were neutral, with yellow names, indicating they were ordinary heroes waiting to be hired by players. Heroes were easy to recognize, as they had a faint halo around their feet. Human heroes from the Holy Hall had a golden halo, Undead heroes had a green mist, Elven heroes had a golden butterfly halo, and pirates had a blood-red halo, and so on.

A truth in the Hero Continent was that where there was an inn, there were heroes waiting to be hired. The same applied to the Pirate Island. Even if players went to enemy territory, where everyone was a red-named enemy, the heroes in the inn remained yellow-named.

These heroes were refreshed by the system at regular intervals, so when a player encountered a hero with exceptional skills or excellent potential, they had to act quickly to hire them. Of course, it was harder to hire heroes who were not of the same race or faction as the player.

Dafei approached the first table, where a pirate hero with a blood-red halo was sitting, showing off his bare chest. Of course, the room was full of pirate heroes.

Dafei greeted, "Hello!"

The hero glanced at Dafei and coldly said, "I'm not interested in playing with a kid. Go away."

This was because Dafei hadn't changed his class yet. He tried another one.

— "Where did you come from? Go away."

This was because Dafei wasn't famous enough. He tried another one.

— "I don't have money to give to beggars."

He saw that Dafei had no money and couldn't even afford food. He tried another one.

— "The rule here is to buy a drink first, right?"

Dafei had no money to buy a drink. Damn! What was he doing? He wasn't here to hire heroes. He was a player who had reserved an epic hero, and these mediocre heroes weren't worth his time. The immediate priority was to solve the food problem.

Dafei approached the bar, "Boss, do you need any help?"

The boss gave him a cold look, "I don't hire people with unknown backgrounds."

Damn! Trying to force him to become a pirate? No way! Dafei wouldn't give in. He would try another inn. Dafei went through all the inns on the street, and a strange feeling of sadness suddenly overwhelmed him. It felt just like when he was job hunting after graduation.

Was he going to be forced to catch and eat shrimp from the sea? Looking at the last two coconut fruits he had, Dafei sighed. He wouldn't give up until the end.

This time, Dafei approached another inn. This inn was far less noisy than the others, and it even had the sound of a violin playing inside. Damn, artistic pirates?

The moment Dafei entered, he stood there, stunned as if electrocuted!

A beauty! A red-haired beauty in a black leather bra, black leather skirt, and black leather boots was sitting at the bar! She wasn't a barmaid! The blood-red glow from her legs indicated that she was a hero, a sexy and beautiful female pirate hero!

Damn! A female hero, and a beautiful one at that, was a rare find. Such a sexy and wild female hero was a dream for male players, driving them to madness and exhaustion! When encountering a female hero, qualifications, specialties, levels, races, and professions became less important. Love knows no standards!

As a captain with no crew, Dafei urgently needed a first mate. Recruiting an excellent first mate was very necessary.

Would he succeed? This... was a big question. Recruiting a female hero was much harder than recruiting a male hero. Women naturally had high standards for their employers, and the harder it was to get, the more desirable it became. During the beta test, players' enthusiasm for female heroes far exceeded their pursuit of so-called artifacts. Whenever a female hero appeared in an inn, it would be swarmed.

Dafei's current conditions were very unfavorable. Even ordinary heroes looked down on him. How could he make her interested in him? In a moment, Dafei thought of Liu Dawei. How did he win over my sister? Hot! It must be because my sister is too good and couldn't bear to refuse this poor guy!

No! Dafei had to be confident. He was a man with a big ship! And from the music in the bar, this was an artistic female pirate. Dafei would also be artistic.

Dafei immediately took off his sailor's leather armor at the door and put on a neat and dignified black captain's uniform. A mature, handsome, and extraordinary young captain appeared! No wonder it was a high-end uniform with 90 points in formal wear and 60 points in disguise. The person's spirit was different.

Then, he couldn't look hungry. A man who couldn't even feed himself wanted to date? Dafei took off his captain's hat, smashed his last coconut fruit, and drank it all. Oh yeah! Stamina +100, full!

Then, of course, he took out the captain's sword from his bag and equipped it. He had put the captain's sword in his bag when the pirates boarded the ship to avoid any trouble.

All preparations were ready, and Dafei entered with confidence.

Wearing the formal uniform made a big difference. The other guests in the inn, including the beauty at the bar, all looked at the door, unlike the previous inns where he was ignored like a dog.

Hahaha, did you see that? Only a captain with a big ship would wear such clothes. A small ship captain was just a fisherman! This was a symbol of status! Who would have thought that such non-combat clothes would have such a wonderful effect?

At this moment, Dafei and the female pirate made eye contact! This sexy blue eye shadow, these fiery red lips, this long hair covering half her face, this beautiful oval face, these smooth shoulders! Beauty! Beauty! Soon, Dafei couldn't help but let his eyes drift down to the waves of her chest, barely contained by the leather bra! No wonder she was a female pirate, often sunbathing, with this healthy bronze skin, this sexy navel, these faint abs, this low-cut leather skirt, and the blood rose tattoo peeking out from the top of the skirt...

In that moment, Dafei made up his mind. He wouldn't leave until he took this female pirate away!

With the female pirate's surprised gaze, Dafei walked gracefully to the bar next to her and smiled, "Can I sit here?"

The female pirate turned her head lazily and said, "Maybe you should buy me a drink first?"

— Boom!!! Dafei's heart was hit by a heavy blow! He couldn't even afford a drink! This was called being defeated by a single coin!

Dafei took out his last coconut fruit and forced a smile, "Drinking is bad for your beautiful skin and health. Coconut juice is pure and natural."

The female pirate glanced at him, stretched out her hand, and said, "Give it to me!"

This worked! Dafei was overjoyed and quickly handed over the coconut fruit, "Let me open it for you."

"No need!" The female pirate took it with both hands, got up from her seat, and then— to Dafei's shock, she kicked the coconut fruit out the window with a goalkeeper's kick. It whistled through the air and disappeared into the sky...

"Exercise is good for health!" The female pirate clapped her hands and sat back down, drinking as if nothing had happened. Dafei was stunned. This was his last food! How could she do this?

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