The Necromancer is amassing troops like crazy in the apocalypse

Chapter 387: Chapter 323, The Steward is Not Present

Looking at the recorded content in his hands, Wu Heng instantly sobered up.

Philippa was actually joining forces with other Pirate Groups to ambush the Association’s ship.

This…

Our own undercover agents clashing with us, isn’t this madness?!

Two days ago, Philippa had sent back a similar message.

She mentioned that a few Pirate Groups were discussing ambushing the Association’s ships, and Wu Heng even asked her to pay more attention to it.

And now, she had directly joined in.

If these Association members really die here, and Philippa’s involvement gets out, it would be hard to remove their names from the Association’s wanted list.

A complete return to the high seas.

Wu Heng looked at the contents again, picked up the microphone, and said, “Philippa! Can you hear me?”

“Yes, you’re finally speaking!”

“What’s going on? Explain in detail,” Wu Heng directly said.

“Oh! While I was on the island, I recruited some sailors, intending to leave the next day. The Pirate Groups I mentioned before found me, saying they were going to ambush the Association’s ships at night. They were short-handed and asked if I wanted to join. I thought it was a good opportunity to gather intelligence on pirate movements, so I agreed,” Philippa said proudly.

So, originally, the ‘Philippa’ Pirate Group wasn’t part of the plan.

But an unexpected situation arose, and they were asked to join.

It felt like ‘Philippa’ had fully integrated into her undercover identity and was even excited about it.

“What about now?” Wu Heng asked again.

“We’re at sea now.”

“How’s the Association’s ship doing?”

“They are fleeing; there are several pirate ships chasing after them. I haven’t hit them at all, if they die, it has nothing to do with me,” Philippa continued.

“Who’s on the ship?”

“Lots of people, all from the Association, and they are pretty formidable. So many ships attacking them, so many ballistae fired, and they’ve still managed to break through and flee until now.”

Wu Heng thought for a moment and asked again, “Is there an elf woman with golden hair wearing silver armor?”

“Yes! She’s quite formidable. So, she’s one of your people,” Philippa said, a bit surprised.

Wu Heng’s heart skipped a beat.

It must be the team led by ‘Xi Ligui.’

They were fine, yet they had to go out and capture pirates. Now they didn’t catch anyone, and they are about to become captives instead.

Frowning in thought, he said, “Is there a way to ensure their survival?”

“I can make sure to gather the bodies for you.”

Once people are dead, what difference do their bodies make?

“Tell me your location, the number of pirate ships, and the level of the leader,” Wu Heng said.

“I’m not too sure about the location; they are fleeing toward Gold and Silver Island, they should be near Scorpion Pincer Island by now. There are seven pirate ships, all small ones. Two leaders, the highest is from the Poison Blade Pirate Group, a level 12 chief, the other is level 10,” Philippa reported.

Wu Heng flipped through the wanted orders on his tablet.

‘Poison Blade Pirate Group,’ level 12 chief, wanted on a third-degree order for a previous assassination of an Association squad leader.

Quite the catch.

They had already attacked Association members before.

It seems they harbored grievances against the Association, which is why they targeted their isolated members.

After confirming the pirates’ wanted orders, Wu Heng going on, “Alright, if there’s a chance, try to save the golden-haired elf woman; she’s a Deputy Steward of the Association.”

“Oh, if there’s an opportunity, I will,” Philippa replied.

Hearing this, Wu Heng put the microphone back.

He went downstairs, put on his coat, and hurried outside.

Mini, watering the flowers in the courtyard, saw him rushing out and called out, “Master, breakfast is ready.”

“There’s trouble at the Association, I’ll have to eat later tonight.”

With that, he left.

He hailed a carriage and rushed towards the direction of the Association.

…

Steward’s Office.

After tapping lightly on the door and hearing the assistant ‘Moya’ respond, he pushed the door open and entered.

In the office, only ‘Moya’ sat behind the desk, sorting through stacks of documents.

“Where’s the Steward?” Wu Heng asked.

“The Steward is not here. You seem to be in a hurry; is there something wrong?” Moya asked.

Wu Heng glanced at her and said, “Call the Steward back; I have important intelligence about the pirates that I need to discuss with him.”

Moya hesitated for a moment but still said, “The Steward has gone to sea, to meet with Deputy Steward ‘Xi Ligui’ and others; he is not on the island right now.”

After saying this, she added, “Don’t speak of this matter to anyone, to avoid complications.”

Upon hearing this, Wu Heng furrowed his brows.

‘Imilo’ has gone to sea to rescue ‘Xi Ligui’?

Then who are ‘Philippa’ and her group chasing after?

From their appearance, it should be the team led by ‘Xi Ligui.’

“How many days has the Steward been out?”

“Two days; according to the plan, he should arrive at the rendezvous point by noon.”

Considering he left two days ago, how did they still encounter an ambush by pirate ships?

Was the Steward targeted as well?

Impossible, pirates dare not come close to Gold and Silver Island, largely because ‘Imilo’ is stationed here.

A level 12 petty pirate daring to confront ‘Imilo’ is quite unlikely.

It’s very likely there was a timing issue, and the two sides didn’t meet, with ‘Xi Ligui’s’ fleet being pursued haphazardly.

“Is there a problem?” Moya, seeing him standing there frowning, asked curiously.

Wu Heng raised his head, shared the intelligence he had just gathered, as well as his own analysis.

After hearing this, Moya’s eyebrows also furrowed.

He said, “What you’re thinking makes sense, and I’ll find a way to contact the Steward. Tell that Pirate Mistress to ensure the safety of the association members as much as possible.

Wu Heng hesitated but still responded, “Alright.”

The only guarantee is to recover bodies.

Seeing ‘Moya’ hurry off, Wu Heng also promptly left the Steward’s Office.

He stood in place, deep in thought.

Then he headed straight for the office of the elf Vice-executive ‘Xi Ligui.’

Standing in front of the door, he forcefully twisted the doorknob, but it didn’t open.

Xi Ligui didn’t have an Attendant, so when she wasn’t there, no one was in the room.

“Do you have the key to this room?” Wu Heng asked a passing worker.

The worker looked at him and then at the Steward’s Office, shaking his head. “No!”

“Go find a thief to pick the lock… never mind, Skull Crusher, you do it,” Wu Heng said directly.

Skull Crusher stepped back two paces, took a running start, and kicked out, BANG, the whole door shook violently.

Then Skull Crusher swung the Warhammer and smashed it down on the door lock.

The sound of breaking was heard, the door lock instantly loosened, and with another kick, the door was forced open.

Wu Heng entered the room and looked around.

He pulled open the desk drawer, which contained many daily-use items.

He rummaged through it and found a cream-colored bodice and a blue hairband. He put back the bodice and took the hairband.

Tap tap tap~!

Guards responsible for the order at the association hurried over, pushing through the crowd. They surveyed the violently opened door and Wu Heng, who was seated inside rifling through things, with slightly furrowed brows.

“Deputy Steward Wu Heng, what is this about?”

Wu Heng got up and walked out, saying, “Have someone watch over this place, don’t let anything get lost. I will explain to the Steward and Xi Ligui afterward.”

“Oh!” The guard responded.

They had the door propped up and arranged for someone to stand guard.

…

Upon reaching the port.

Wu Heng boarded his own ship directly.

When he walked down into the ship’s cabin, he saw the skeleton attendant ‘Shark Teeth,’ as well as a large group of Skeleton Sailors behind him.

“Set sail, to Scorpion Pincer Island!”

Rustle rustle~!

All the standing Skeletons instantly sprang into action.

Shark Teeth headed to the control room while the rest of the Skeleton Sailors charged onto the deck, untying the mooring ropes, retracting the gangways.

Preparing to set sail.

At the port above.

The sudden appearance of Skeletons quickly drew the attention of others.

“Damn it, how can there be so many undead here?”

“They’re commandeering the association’s ship, quick, call the Guard Team.”

“Damn it, follow me, there aren’t many Necromancy forces, kill them and go collect the reward from the association.”

The port was in chaos.

Meanwhile, the ship filled with undead troops gradually disappeared from view.

…

The ship moved swiftly across the sea.

Shark Teeth’s attributes included Navigation-related ones.

His ship-handling skills were very proficient, and the ship under his feet advanced rapidly.

On deck, Wu Heng held the Tracing Locket, discerning the direction it indicated.

The greatest use of this Special Item was to find targets.

The last time he used it, it had been very effective.

This time, he was relying on the locket to find the location of ‘Xi Ligui’ and the others.

The ship progressed swiftly.

At that moment, the Ghost ‘Glenda,’ serving as a lookout sailor, flew down from above, “I see several ships flying pirate flags, they should be the ones you’re looking for.”

Wu Heng shaded his eyes with his hand and looked ahead.

In the vast expanse of the sea, with faint mist floating, he saw nothing.

“I don’t see them; come back so I can take a look,” Wu Heng said.

Glenda merged into his body, sharing the recent vision in his mind.

In the distance at sea, several pirate ships hovered.

They had encircled a ship and launched an attack.

It appeared that Xi Ligui and her party were still alive; at least, from what the vision showed, they were engaging in battle with the pirates.

He let ‘Glenda’ out again and continued to have ‘Shark Teeth’ move closer.

Glenda hovered in midair and said, “Are you sure you want to go? Eight pirate ships—are you sure you’re going to rescue them and not join them in death?”

The information provided by Philippa mentioned 7 pirate ships, not counting her own.

What Glenda saw were 8.

Wu Heng thought for a moment, then took the heavy Machine Cannon out of the Space Ring and had a skeleton secure it on one side of the deck.

Meanwhile, he said to ‘Glenda,’ “I have a big toy, cost me a lot of money, just the right time to test its power.”

Glenda floated above the Machine Cannon, looking at the oddly erected contraption, “Another one of your strange devices?”

“Uh-huh!”

The ship approached the battlefield quickly.

Wu Heng continued to distribute heavy machine guns, rifles, and Rocket Launchers to the rest of the Skeletons.