Chapter: 3796

Moreover, Wanyang Temple's reputation is indeed very big.

The companies and individuals involved in maritime trade, as well as professionals, are all eagerly waiting to see how this plays out between these two parties.

Meanwhile, the Excelsior is steaming full speed ahead towards the Red Sea in the Gulf of Aden.

On board, a few Wanyang Temple soldiers have already taken six armed pirates captive onto the deck.

The six pirates at this moment are completely unaware of the impending doom and instead look furious, one by one biting their lips, glaring with their eyes, as if they could jump up at any moment to fight with the Wanyang Temple soldiers.

One pirate is pacing back and forth, hands clasped behind his head, saying loudly: "If you're smart, just let us go now. Otherwise, we'll make you pay a much more bitter price! In the past, there were times when escort ships captured us, but they didn't dare do anything to us."

This pirate's words are basically true.

In the Gulf of Aden, pirates pose a very thorny problem for escort ships.

The United Nations granted escort ships the right to protect convoys, so they generally treat pirates as being driven away, rather than wiping them out.

There's also a very awkward reason for this. If they fight too fiercely, pirates will retaliate against domestic merchant ships, and escort ship fleets are limited in scale, unable to protect every single merchant ship in time.

Besides, if they catch pirates, they'll face an embarrassing situation with no jurisdiction or basis, since they're far from home anyway.

So, if they capture pirates, the basic operation is to find a time to dock and release people.

This is precisely why these pirates feel fearless and don't worry about the Wanyang Temple soldiers doing anything to them.

But they underestimated the determination of the Wanyang Temple soldiers.

When the Wanyang Temple army received orders from Leaf Chief to conduct armed escort, they had already conveyed Leaf Chief's requirements to everyone. Since it's an armed escort, they must certainly make a name for themselves and show their style.

So, they had made all preparations early on and had carefully prepared a special gift for these few pirates.

After driving the six pirates onto the deck, the commander of the Wanyang Temple escort team said to the six men: "Since you're unwilling to pay ransom, we're releasing you at this location based on humanitarian principles, hoping that from now on you can reflect on yourselves and change your ways!"

The pirate who had threatened the Wanyang Temple earlier immediately burst out laughing, mocking them with a jeer: "You think you have some extraordinary abilities? It's just that you're willing to let us go, aren't you?"

The Wanyang Temple team leader smiled slightly and said: "We won't release you. Are we going to leave you on the ship eating our food and drinking our water? I'm telling you, our supplies are not for feeding dogs or serving you."

As he was speaking, he called out to a subordinate beside him: "Lower the lifeboat and let them scram as quickly as possible!"

A few pirates cast a glance at each other, their expressions all somewhat smug.

From their perspective, they not only owned the Aidian Bay but also had an aura that no one dared to provoke on their bodies.

Every time they went out to hijack merchant ships, they would retreat if they failed or spend their earnings if they succeeded, and even if they got caught, the other side would just let them go quietly. This almost unbeatable aura made them more inflated than ever.

At that moment, a crane beside the ship's rail immediately lowered a lifeboat suspended above into place at the ship's rail.

The small team leader of Wanyang Temple said to these six people: "Hurry up and get on board!" JrNovels.com