I Became the Patron of Villains

77. The Pirate King of Raxas (4)

There was no one here who didn’t know the fame of Radan, who unified all the pirates of the Seven Archipelagos except for one and earned the nickname Pirate King.

He single-handedly sank over fifty pirate ships and destroyed ‘Black Tooth,’ one of the strongest pirate groups in the Seven Archipelagos, earning the title of Sea King.

That meant there was no one who didn’t know his reputation.

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He tore the captains of the Seven Archipelagos to death with his bare hands, and with a smile full of madness like a demon, he massacred pirates, earning the nickname Demon (惡鬼).

As if reflecting the phrase ‘Heaven and Earth, I alone am honored,’ he was an evil man who easily killed according to his own interests.

Therefore.

“Brother…?”

The words that came out of Radan’s mouth were enough to draw everyone’s attention.

Even the pirates who had always watched Radan from the side.

Even the workers of the merchant ship who knew Radan’s reputation.

Even Penia, who had been making a nervous expression until just now, all looked at Alon.

And Alon, who had been staring at the man with white hair and white eyes for a while.

“……Ladan?”

As he opened his mouth.

A smile crept onto Ladan’s face, who had been wearing a surprised expression.

“No, brother, what are you doing here?”

The pirates, who had been staring blankly at Ladan, who naturally called him brother, were all shocked.

Among them, Drake, Ladan’s subordinate who had been by his side since he dealt with the first pirate of the Seven Islands, was so shocked that his mouth dropped open and his eyes almost popped out.

Because he had never seen Ladan, who was also his boss, act so friendly with anyone.

‘What, what is this?’

Before he could erase his bewilderment, he saw Ladan immediately swing his spear to untie Alon’s ropes.

Penia also couldn’t understand what was going on.

She also knew the rumors about that man well.

‘Who on earth is that person……?’

Penia was reminded once again that Alon was an extraordinary person, seeing him being friendly with Ladan, the ‘walking disaster of Raxas’.

And Alon himself.

‘……Is this guy Ladan?’

He was currently very surprised.

Of course, based on the information Evan had given him before, he had thought that the white hair and eyes might mean he was Ladan, but honestly, he didn’t think it would all be true.

Unlike the other Five Great Sins, Ladan was a character who had never had an illustration of his normal state.

Since becoming one of the Five Great Sins, he only remembered the illustrations of him as a hideous monster, except for the slightly peculiar feature of ‘white hair and eyes’.

“……I was just on my way to Raxas for some business.”

“If you were coming, you should have at least given me a heads-up,”

“I did think about meeting you if I could, but I didn’t expect to run into you like this.”

“Let’s go together first. Ah, it’s been a while, Uncle Evan.”

“……It’s been a while.”

Alon, who was exchanging greetings with him in a friendly manner, looked at Ladan, who lightly raised his hand to Evan, who was standing with a pale face.

“Are all the people around here your companions, brother?”

“Yes.”

As soon as Alon finished answering, Ladan immediately moved his trident to cut the ropes of Penia and Felin.

“Let’s go.”

With a smile, he tried to guide Alon.

“Ah.”

Suddenly, as if realizing something, he turned his gaze to the captain, who looked as if he couldn’t believe the situation.

“Come to think of it, what did he say?”

Ladan’s low muttering.

“…Did he say he was going to sell you, brother?”

A voice neither loud nor soft.

The captain, who clearly heard Ladan’s voice, finally realized what he had done.

“Ah.”

He let out a low exclamation.

His face instantly turned to one of fear, as if he was about to say something, but unfortunately, his words never came.

At the very moment he opened his lips to speak.

Thud-!

Ladan’s trident was already lodged in his neck.

“Ah-?”

The captain, unable to believe it, looked at the trident stuck in his neck and spat out blood.

“Gah-!”

The trident soaked in blood.

The captain, belatedly trembling, tried to grab him with shaking hands.

But Ladan, who had thrust the trident into his neck, still wore the same smile he had when looking at Alon, yet-

Slash-!

With a chilling murderous intent gleaming in his eyes, he finished cutting the captain’s neck.

With a thud, the captain’s body collapsed onto the deck.

“Let’s go, brother.”

Ladan, with blood on his armor and face, spoke with a smile.

And.

Although he had seen people die to some extent, Alon, who witnessed the chilling murderous intent in Ladan’s eyes, thought.

‘…Has he already awakened to one of the Five Great Sins?’

Recalling that he was one of the Five Great Sins, he wore a slightly cautious expression beyond his usual blank face.

Alon left the trading ship moving towards Raksas and set his destination to the Seven Isles.

And in just half a day, they could reach the territory of the Seven Isles ruled by Radan.

“I-I’m alive.”

Evan, who had been crawling on the deck as if he were about to die even after changing ships, smiled as soon as he set foot on the ground, as if this situation made him incredibly happy.

“This is the Seven Isles…”

Penia muttered unconsciously as soon as they arrived at the massive island ruled by Radan, and Felin, beside her, let out a small exclamation.

Even Alon couldn’t help but gasp as soon as they arrived on the island.

The city before Alon’s eyes looked more like a well-organized estate than a pirate city.

Not just any estate, but one that seemed meticulously planned.

“……”

The entire island was lined up in straight rows, and the houses, though differing in size and appearance, were all perfectly aligned.

‘…This island couldn’t have originally been like this. Could it be that he made it this way because of his obsessive-compulsive disorder?’

Just as Alon was recalling Radan’s severe obsessive-compulsive tendencies.

“Come in, brother.”

They arrived at Radan’s mansion built on the island.

Like the outside of the island, the inside was perfectly symmetrical, as if it had been arranged in mirror image.

While letting his companions rest, Alon had a conversation with Radan and learned one piece of information.

“…So that trade ship wasn’t heading to Raksas?”

“That’s right, it was a ship heading towards the ‘Sea Wolves’.”

“The Sea Wolves, of the Seven Isles?”

“Yes.”

“…So we were deceived?”

“Exactly. The reason I went there in the first place was to cut off that b*stard’s supply line.”

Radan shrugged.

“Was that a supply ship?”

“Yes. Specifically, it was carrying human flesh.”

“…What?”

“Human flesh.”

At those words, Alon frowned.

Even in the dark fantasy world of Psychedelia, human flesh was taboo, and he too abhorred it.

Because as soon as he heard those words, certain keywords came to mind.

“Is there any connection between the sea wolf and the merman?”

At Alon’s question, Radan nodded slightly, as if a bit surprised, and told him the story.

Listening to the story for a while, Alon could simply summarize the situation.

“When you were about to devour all of the Seven Isles, the sea wolf came out leading the mermen and started fighting, right?”

“That’s right, brother. I have no idea how they control those monsters, though.”

Radan’s nod made Alon feel a headache coming on.

He didn’t know exactly how the sea wolf was connected, but when ‘merman’ and ‘human flesh’ combined, a word naturally came to mind.

“Outsider.”

Knowing that the mermen were looking for human flesh meant they were trying to summon an outsider, he asked directly without beating around the bush.

“……Are you planning to deal with the sea wolf?”

“Of course, brother. It’s a chance for revenge that you personally gave me. We’ve cut off their supply lines, so we plan to finish it in three days.”

“……?”

Alon thought, “Me…? When…?” But he continued to ask, thinking it wasn’t good to question it in the current situation.

“……Can I come along?”

“You, brother?”

“……I have something to ask the leader of that pirate group. Is it possible?”

Although the mermen had appeared, if they could stop them from offering human flesh even now, the outsider might not appear.

For Alon, who had to find the mermaid and go down to the deep sea, aside from awakening the artifact in Laxas, the opportunity to prevent the outsider in advance was very important.

If the mermen summoned the outsider, Laxas would be doomed, and the Seven Isles would not be exempt from that range either.

In other words, to do what needed to be done quickly, and for Radan’s safety, he judged that it was best to deal with the mermen.

Although he had become a pirate, unlike the others, Alon still had a bit of a fatherly feeling towards him.

Therefore.

“As long as I get to cut off the head, I don’t mind, brother.”

With Radan’s consent, they continued to talk about various things.

As a result, Alon learned positive facts about Radan.

“Hey, brother, no matter how much I like to go wild, I don’t kill people just because I’m in a bad mood.”

“……Really?”

“Of course. It was all because of the situation at the time. I wouldn’t have touched the guy I killed this time if he hadn’t mentioned you, brother.”

“……I heard you have a nickname, ‘the demon’.”

“Well, that’s true, but that’s only when I’m killing pirate scum. Now I can finally get my revenge.”

It was that Radan was quite decent compared to his notorious reputation or the first impression he gave.

Seeing him talk with a cheeky smile, Alon secretly sighed in relief.

‘…I was worried that he might have become a complete sociopath and all the support I gave him would have been in vain.’

In fact, when Alon first boarded Radan’s ship, he heard additional rumors about Radan from Fenia and seriously worried that he might have become one of the five great evils.

But it seemed that the rumors were somewhat exaggerated.

…Being a pirate wasn’t a good thing, and Radan’s behavior today was a bit psychotic, but Alon judged that it was understandable to some extent.

The other five great evils were also quite decent, but they had one or two strangely broken parts.

Recalling that-

“But brother, you seem surprisingly ordinary.”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, when people meet you, they change drastically. I was curious. Like you use hypnosis magic-“

“…Hypnosis magic?”

“Well, I don’t mean it literally, but they change that much- that’s what I mean.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. That’s what I heard.”

-After chatting for a while, Alon changed the subject.

“Radan, can we go to Laxas?”

“Are you stopping by Laxas?”

“Yes, I have something to do there.”

“What business do you have, brother?”

“I have someone to meet.”

As Alon said that, he thought of a man.

‘Appraiser Alexion.’

Unlike the artifacts in the labyrinth, the ring obtained from Heinkel and the relics from the colony’s treasury were special.

So, thinking of a special appraiser to appraise them, Alon soon made an uneasy expression behind his blank face.

In fact, he had come all the way here to meet him, but Appraiser Alexion was not someone he wanted to meet.

The reason was that his personality was extremely violent and nasty.

Even when playing the game, he was notorious among users because he arbitrarily set prices depending on his mood when you met him in the slums of Laxas.

Every rude line he spat out with each click made you want to strangle him.

However, except for Appraiser Alexion, most artifact appraisers were special merchants you could only meet by luck in the labyrinth or dungeon, so he had come to Laxas.

‘Thinking about the game makes me angry… but there’s no choice. Even if I get cursed at, I have to comply.’

Therefore.

“Who are we meeting, brother?”

“The Arbiter, Alexion.”

“Is it enough to just meet him?”

“Yes. That’s why I want to go to Raxas.”

When Alon brought up the topic, Radan, who had been silent for a while, said,

“Understood. Please rest, brother.”

“…?”

That’s what he said.

Although the answer was questionable, Alon, urged by Radan to go in and rest, fell asleep.

And the next day.

“Brother. I brought him.”

“?”

Alon could see the Arbiter, Alexion, trembling like an aspen tree to the left of Radan, who was smiling innocently.

“P-please spare me. I beg you…!”

Despite being middle-aged, Alexion, who had lost his ferocious nature, was pleading tearfully.

“Hey, did I kidnap you? I brought you here politely, didn’t I?”

“Y-yes, you brought me here politely. Truly…!”

“Then why are you trembling?”

“…Hup.”

And at Radan’s single word, Alexion held his breath, leaving Alon speechless.

‘…The five great sins, this can’t be right, can it?’

The doubt that had settled yesterday quietly resurfaced in his mind.