012 Marine's Scout
"Ding, kill the pirates and get 3 experience points!"
"Ding, kill the pirates and get 2 experience points!"
Soon, the seven or eight pirates were wiped out by Lin Mu, and the nearly twenty-point experience was easily obtained through swift and decisive attacks.
With the addition of the Marines who had previously been killed on Kelin Island, a remote island within the East Blue sea area, Lin Mu has now accumulated more than 100 experience points in total.
However, there is still a long way to go before the thousand points of experience needed to upgrade his current level and unlock stronger abilities.
"According to the information posted on the Marine bounty list, there should be about 40 people in this pirate group. If I kill all of them, they should provide me with more than 100 points of experience, which is not bad at all."
Lin Mu murmured to himself, then looked down at the little fox that he forcibly shoved into his arms earlier: "Zhizhi, you can come out now."
But the little fox didn't seem to hear what Lin Mu said at the moment, and instead trembled slightly, so Lin Mu had no choice but to reach out and force the little fox out carefully.
The little fox shrunk into a ball at that moment, two small paws hugging its large fluffy tail and covering its face tightly, as if it was too embarrassed or frightened to see anyone.
Lin Mu couldn't help laughing softly when he saw this, wondering in his heart if this little guy was actually a female fox from a rare species on the Grand Line?
He briefly wanted to break up the little fox's double legs and study the gender carefully, but it seemed a bit too wretched and morally questionable to think about it, so Lin Mu gave up in the end.
After putting the little fox on his shoulders again, letting it cling to his collar, Lin Mu walked quickly towards the village located deeper on the island.
He had to hurry to collect those pirates before nightfall, otherwise it would be bad if those pirates were scattered and fled in different directions.
It took Lin Mu so long to find this place through Marine intelligence channels, and if the experience he could gain simply flew away, it would really be a huge blood loss.
After entering the village, Lin Mu was immediately locked onto by many cautious eyes from all directions.
These were all the eyes of the villagers, full of helplessness and fear but also very nervous for Lin Mu. In their opinion, Lin Mu must have come to this island unintentionally. Once discovered by the pirate group, it would be truly ruined.
Finally, an old man couldn't bear it anymore, lowered his voice and whispered urgently to Lin Mu: "Boy, did you come here by accident? But this place has been occupied by suspicious and extremely cruel pirates. They haven't found you yet, so run away quickly!"
Hearing the villager's warning, Lin Mu was slightly taken aback. He didn't expect that this group of villagers living in such dire straits under pirate oppression would still be so kind, and he became even more unhappy with the pirates in his heart.
"Sir, I actually came here specially." Lin Mu showed a calm and kind smile and said to the villagers, "The purpose of my visit is precisely that group of pirates."
"Are you a Marine?" the villagers asked hurriedly, their eyes lighting up with hope.
Lin Mu shook his head slightly and replied honestly: "It's barely accurate to say that I am a bounty hunter who cooperates with Marine intelligence."
Hearing this, the villagers were immediately disappointed again, and the old man who warned Lin Mu before dissuaded him once more: "You are only one person, but there are dozens of pirates in that group, so hurry up and leave. Those vicious pirates are not something you can deal with alone."
"How do you know if you don't try, and it would be even better if you could tell me where the pirates are now." Lin Mu said with a chuckle, his words filled with confidence and calm killing intent.
This confidence made the villagers stunned for a moment. For some reason, they suddenly felt that the young man in front of them could really defeat the vicious pirates that had ruled the island for months.
"Then... those pirates are in the largest house in the center of the village, the one that used to belong to the village head..."
A villager couldn't help but say in a low voice, clearly afraid that the pirates' subordinates might overhear.
"Thank you!" After getting the information he needed, Lin Mu went directly to the central area of the village without any hesitation.
Looking at Lin Mu's back as he left, a trace of worry appeared on the faces of several villagers, both for Lin Mu's safety and for their own uncertain destiny once the pirates noticed something wrong.
"Third uncle, do you think he can really defeat those pirates?"
"Do not know, but his eyes are not like an ordinary person."
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This village is not very big, and the entire battlefield is only about three miles in diameter, which is extremely common for poor islands in the East Blue.
After Lin Mu asked about the exact location of the pirates, he immediately activated Quicksilver Speed and rushed towards the center of the village like a silver shadow.
There must be pirates' eyeliner hidden in this village, either coerced villagers or scouts stationed by the pirate captain, and Lin Mu doesn't want to give these pirates any time to escape or call for reinforcements.
In less than half a minute, Lin Mu had already come to the center of the village, and at this moment, the little fox had shrewdly burrowed into Lin Mu's arms, instinctively avoiding danger.
In front of him stood a much larger house, which should have always been an important meeting place for the villagers before, similar to a town hall, but now it had been forcibly occupied by pirates.
At the door of the house, there were five or six pirates standing casually, saying that they were guarding the entrance, but they were actually chatting loudly and drinking, showing no discipline at all.
Seeing Lin Mu suddenly appear, the brows of several pirates wrinkled slightly, and one of them with a long scar on his face even shouted arrogantly: "Whose brat is this? Haven't your elders told you that this is not a place you can come to? Where did you crawl out from? Get lost, Laozi doesn't like kids!"
"Wait!" Another pirate suddenly stopped him and narrowed his eyes: "I know everyone in this village, but I've never seen this kid before. He's definitely an outsider!"
"Could this kid be a Marine's spy?" One of them said with a trace of hostility on his face, clearly remembering rumors about Marine scouts and bounty hunters operating in the East Blue, while staring fiercely at Lin Mu.
"Hmph, whether he is or not, we can't let this kid leave alive. If he really is a Marine's spy, then he deserves to die, and if not, then he is just unlucky!"
"That's right, grab him first and ask questions later!"
After discussing for a few words, a pirate holding a rusty saber walked towards Lin Mu arrogantly, while the others stood in place and watched without moving.
Obviously, in their eyes, only one person was more than enough to deal with the young, thin-looking teenager standing quietly in front of them.
However, they would soon pay a terrible price for their carelessness!
Lin Mu clenched his fists tightly and calculated the pirates at the door at an extremely fast speed. The moment he moved, a total of six sharp bone spurs suddenly protruded out, and he directly dealt with the oncoming pirate before the man could even react.
"Ding, kill the pirates and get 3 experience points!"
The cold sound of the system did not stop Lin Mu's steps at all. In just one second, Lin Mu had already crossed a distance of tens of meters and appeared right in front of the remaining five or six pirates.
These pirates were nothing more than the most common low-level pirates of the East Blue, with bounties far below ten million, and they had no power to fight back in front of Lin Mu. After a brief moment of panic, they all turned into Lin Mu's experience points.
But the screams they let out before dying still attracted the attention of the pirates inside the house.
Soon, a thunderous and furious roar came from within the building: "Who dares to attack my subordinates?!!"
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