Salute To The General

Calmly, Nathan revealed, "I'm here to meet Blackbeard on behalf of the five families. Can you bring me to him?"

The man wearing an eyepatch said, "Sir, you might not know this, but Blackbeard is the leader of the biggest pirate crew on the island. He's known for being hot-tempered. If I bring you to him without reason and invoke his wrath, I'll be in deep trouble! I'm afraid of angering him!"

"Money works miracles. Perhaps you can be more courageous this way," came Nathan's calm reply.

With that said, he fished out ten gold coins and tossed them at the man's feet.

The man wearing an eyepatch and his lackeys immediately went on their knees to snatch the gold coins like a pack of hungry dogs.

"They are mine!"

"Don't take this. It's mine!"

"Stay away from the coins! Do you want to rebel against me?" The man with the eyepatch gathered all the coins and pocketed them happily.

Nathan asked him plainly, "Are you

bolder now?"

course. I'm much more courageous now, Sir. Let me bring you to Blackbeard

man wearing an eyepatch brought Nathan and

observation tower. Armed men patrolled the

a residence; it was a

brought Nathan and Ava to

least a dozen armed men behind

before turning to look at Nathan. "Why are you here?" he demanded

a smile and stepped forward to make the introductions. "Sketch,

there, and stay away!"

an AK47 rifle from his nearest lackey and slammed it into

Thud'.

everywhere, and the man wearing an eyepatch fell to

him up and apologized profusely, "Sketch, calm down. We'll leave right away!" They

and his men were

the AK47 rifle Sketch held. He glared at Nathan viciously. "Young man, I shall ask you again. Why are you here? His voice was as cold as