Salute To The General

Nathan put his combat form away and reverted back to his normal appearance.

He looked at the pirates, who were still immersed in the aftershock, including Toothless, and said with a smile, "Gentlemen, have you gained a bit more confidence in me now?" Of course! That's only natural!

Although the Gods and vampire were both elites, the former often were often stronger than the latter.

However, Nathan had eight wings.

That were two more wings than the six-winged God King, Medille.novelbin

If anyone in the universe could challenge God King, it would undoubtedly be Nathan.

Excitedly, Toothless exclaimed, "Haha! You're actually an eight-winged elite, Mr. Cross! We were truly ignorant to underestimate your capabilities."

Scarbrow also changed his previous skeptical attitude toward Nathan and seconded flatteringly, "Exactly! Considering your capabilities, Mr. Cross, we're naturally willing to collaborate with you."

Those words had barely left his lips when he was rebuked by Toothless.

Toothless chided irritably, "What collaboration? It's more apt to be termed as aligning ourselves with him!"

After saying that, he grinned widely and said to Nathan ingratiatingly, "Mr. Cross, as the captain of the pirates, I, Toothless, formally swear my allegiance to you. From now on, my pirate crew will follow your orders. My only hope is that after you've successfully conquered Divine Realm, you can provide us pitiful space wanderers with a place to belong to, allowing us to have a peaceful life again."

While saying that, he prostrated himself before Nathan, a gesture of the highest respect among space pirates.

Scarbrow, alongside the other pirate leaders, all knelt down and vowed in unison, "We are willing to follow and fight for you, Mr. Cross. We only hope that you can give us a place to belong to in the future!"

Nathan stared at the pirate leaders before him in slight surprise.

He had never thought that the pirates would actually pledge allegiance to him outright.

That was truly a pleasant surprise.

Moreover, the pirates' highest gesture of respect surprisingly bore much resemblance to the human act of prostrating oneself. It would seem that no matter the time or place, the signal of submission remained more or less the same.

In a deep voice, Nathan replied, "I accept your pledge of loyalty and promise to provide you all with a future."

Upon hearing that, Toothless and the other pirates were overjoyed and repeatedly thanked him.

It was no wonder that Toothless was the King of Space Pirates, for he did not fear taking risks.

After witnessing Nathan's formidable capabilities, he didn't hesitate to stake everything on the man, even the fate of his entire pirate crew.

From then on, the pirate crew's future would be intricately intertwined with that of Nathan.

In other words, they would rise or fall together.

After pledging his loyalty to Nathan, he immediately sprang into action.

He first ordered the pirate leaders to select their finest warriors, requisitioning the best fifty pirate spaceships to join him in serving Nathan. Wherever Nathan directed would be where they headed.

He would lead the elite group of pirates in accompanying Nathan to battle at the Divine Realm, and they would either succeed or meet their noble end.

Additionally, he ordered his second in-command, Broken Brow, to lead the remaining spaceships.

Bringing along a force with combat power sufficient for self-defense, the man was to lead the families of the pirates to their second hideout, a planet known as Armordan.

He said to Scarbrow solemnly,

"Bring everyone to seek refuge on Armordan and wait for my news. If successfully conquer the Divine Realm with Master, I will come to Armordan to take you all there for a good life. If I fail, then you'll have to rely on yourselves."

Scarbrow gritted his teeth and declared loudly, "Don't worry, Boss. Just leave the job of protecting the family to me!"

Because Gods' fleet might return at any moment, Kytlas had become quite unsafe.

Thus, Scarbrow immediately gathered the spaceship and set off first with the many family members of the pirate crew, leaving Kytlas.

No sooner had they left than Eve and Marcus arrived.

Marcus reported happily, "The two spaceships we just appropriated only have damaged power systems from the super energy cannons, Mr. Cross. Besides, the issues are minor. Now, with the help of God engineers, they have been repaired and are ready to take off anytime

In response, Nathan exclaimed in gratification, Great! Then, we must also hurry and leave this place. Gods' fleet, Steel Wings, suffered major defeat here, and the commander-in-chief, Torii, died. Gods will surely be enraged and return to battle again in no time."