“I chatted with them,” said Hong Qing. “They said that we killed one of the three commanders of the White Shark Raiders in our earlier battle. The pirates broke into their village this afternoon and killed everyone in the village. Women that were passable when it came to appearance were spared, especially as there were children that needed to be nursed. These situations have happened before and always end up with all of the women being killed. The children are often raised into pirates…”0

Li Hao frowned, not wanting to say too much or understand any of this in greater detail. Despite the victories, he still felt a knot of emotion churning in his stomach in the aftermath.1

“The White Shark Raiders have lost six hundred supernaturals, two Novas, and eight Solars in this skirmish,” he said instead. “How strong do you guys think they still are?”0

Li Hao took a deep breath before receiving a response. “Forget it, let’s not talk about this yet. We have more people now, so let’s head back first. Get all the pirate corpses back onto the first ship and hang them ...2