Chapter 19 The Dancing Sisters

After checking the cabins on the deck to make sure no one had escaped, Chen Qing felt relieved and continued down the ship.

There are three cabins downstairs, two of which are used as sleeping quarters for the pirates. A strong, sour smell mixed with alcohol hits you as soon as you enter.

It smelled extremely bad.

In the other room, a strong smell of blood emanated.

Chen Qing pushed open the door, and a stench instantly filled her nostrils. She saw that the small cabin was crammed with more than twenty people!

Everyone was shackled, and it looked like they had been wearing them for quite some time, as their wrists all had some kind of abrasion wound.

The sound of Chen Qing opening the door only woke two people; the rest seemed to have fallen into a coma due to their severe injuries and fever.

These two had the lightest injuries, and the clothes they were wearing were probably those of dancers.

"Are you here to rescue us?"

The two dancers huddled together, looking at Chen Qing with fear, and asked in a low voice.

"Um."

Chen Qing nodded, drew his long sword again, and swiftly severed the shackles on their hands.

"Let's get the wounded out first."

Chen Qing easily helped the two injured people by the door to their feet and quickly walked outside.

If you stay in this room for too long, even someone who's fine will start to have problems.

"……good."

The dancer stared at Chen Qing's retreating figure and nodded.

After several trips, Chen Qing and his three companions finally managed to move the prisoners from the pirate ship onto the large ship.

There were twenty-seven people locked in the room. Their wounds were severely infected and had become festering and rotten.

Almost everyone was in a state of high fever and unconsciousness, and Chen Qing had no way of figuring out whether they were survivors.

However, the two dancers were indigenous people like Dahlia. They must have been at sea for a long time, so they were adept at treating simple injuries and helped Chen Qing a lot.

With his E-level medical skills, Chen Qing could easily treat these people's injuries. He could usually tell how to treat them after just a quick examination.

However, she didn't have enough medicine on her ship; the medicine in the medicine chest that came with the job change scroll couldn't supply so many people.

Chen Qing could only help them clean their wounds first, and then contact the survivors in the private channel to help her gather some medicine.

The number of survivors on her private channel has exceeded fifty, and Chen Qing firmly controls the channel's entry threshold.

These survivors are quite well-off and generally have some commonly used medicines on hand.

But now is a critical moment, and the survivors are basically trapped in the danger of the system's arrival.

Not everyone can eliminate all dangers as easily and efficiently as Chen Qing. Many survivors, like the pirate prisoners rescued by Chen Qing, unfortunately become one of the pirates' spoils.

In this sea area, pirates roam freely, and danger lurks everywhere.

Most pirates were extremely ruthless; those who weren't were called explorers and adventurers.

"Dalia, go and boil some water."

Chen Qing temporarily housed the wounded on the deck and set up a makeshift shelter for them.

She is very quick to act.

The two dancer sisters are responsible for taking care of the wounded, and Chen Qing is using the available materials to prepare ointment.

That pirate ship was different from the Black Knife Pirates; they had a lot of supplies on board.

Chen Qing didn't have time to deal with the supplies on the ship for the time being. He tied the pirate ship to the large ship with ropes and then continued to treat the wounded. The pirates' bodies were piled on the pirate ship, since the ship was there and wouldn't run away.

More than the things on the pirate ship, Chen Qing hoped to learn some news about this world from the indigenous people among the wounded.

This pirate ship is far inferior to the Black Knife Pirates; it won't have anything of value.

The treasure chest in their captain's cabin contained only a pitiful 1 goldfish, 32 silver crabs, and 7251 copper shells.

The food in the kitchen was... barely edible.

However, their warehouse contained a lot of random herbs and wine, including some that looked quite expensive.

They robbed a small merchant ship.

The merchant ships have been hidden by them, and their location is currently unknown.

If they were sold, their assets would certainly be more than that.

Do you need help?

A dancer stepped forward and asked timidly.

Chen Qing looked up at her and nodded slightly.

According to the two dancers, they were originally traveling to Sapphire Island on a merchant ship, but unexpectedly encountered pirates.

The ship's guards were all killed, leaving only the women and some hostages who could be exchanged for ransom.

On their way to Sapphire Island, the pirates captured many more drifters floating at sea, intending to sell them on the island.

"Could you help me wash these herbs?"

Chen Qing handed the separated herbs to the red-haired dancer.

"good."

The dancer nodded, picked up the herbs, and prepared to go to the kitchen.

"There is water there."

Chen Qing called out to her, gesturing for her to look at the water pipes by the deck railing.

"……good."

The dancer paused, then smiled and agreed.

"Give these medicines to them."

Chen Qing took a vial of green medicine from the medicine box and gave it to the red-haired dancer, then pointed to several injured people.

"Is this for treating high fever?"

The short-haired dancer asked curiously.

"No, it's for canceling the sedative."

Chen Qing said calmly, his hands continuing to process the herbs.

Upon examination, it was discovered that the wounded soldiers' unconsciousness was not due to high fever, but rather because they had been given sedatives.

They were lucky; the antidote was found in these ordinary herbs.

Although it is only of ordinary quality, the variety of herbs is very diverse, and many herbs are very useful.

The pirates didn't recognize their value, so they were just piled up haphazardly in a corner of the warehouse, where they became filthy.

Chen Qing could basically identify their names and uses. For example, this Thorn Extract had an extremely disgusting taste, but it was the fastest way to cure sleeping pills without any side effects.

"..."

Upon hearing Chen Qing's words, both of the dancer sisters paused in their movements.

Undoing... the drug...

The two sisters quickly exchanged a glance. If these people woke up, wouldn't they be exposed?

That's right, these two sisters are not dancers. They are pirates, just like the corpses on the ship next to them!

Seeing Chen Qing's focused back, the sisters' eyes instantly turned ruthless and vicious. Since that's how it is, then don't blame them for striking first!

Their movements were extremely nimble; they quickly pounced on the black knife that had been carelessly placed on the ground.

The black knife was still stained with the blood of their loved ones. Seeing the blood, the two sisters' anger reached its peak. They raised their knives and slashed at Chen Qing from the front and back!

"Sister Chen Qing!!"

When Dahlia came out of the kitchen and saw this scene, her face turned pale instantly. She screamed and rushed towards Chen Qing.