25 Chapter 25 Drought

"This..... this is quite smart." One of them muttered after hearing Rak's plan. It was pretty simple in premise, mix Drought into the drinks of Po pirates members. Because of this they'd end up drinking even more alcohol than usual leading them to being too drunk to fight appropriately.

Of course most pirates were used to being drunk, which was why Drought had to be utilised. Otherwise they wouldn't drink a sufficient amount to be out of commission. 'There's also the possibility of alcohol poisoning.' Rak thought before handing them a vial of Drought.

"You can test the effects for yourselves. After that I'll need about two days to prepare a sufficient number of them. Oh and if you don't mind could you find me these materials?" Rak explained before handing them a paper with the ingredients written down.

Most pirates couldn't read that well, but fortunately these 5 weren't most pirates. After going through the list they simply nodded before sending Rak off. He now had two days to prepare enough Drought to completely cripple the Po pirates.

Likewise the 5 would now begin bribing various bars which the Po pirates frequented so that they'd lace the drinks with the poison. Obviously the bartenders were scared of the Po pirates, but they were also scared of the Gold Tooth pirates and they were handing them money so it was obvious whose side they'd pick.

Simultaneously Rak was in a quiet room inside the Black Root pirates' headquarters mixing various ingredients together. It wasn't hard, nor was it easy. While Rak was never a doctor or anything of the like, due to his enhanced stats he found he was much more precise and could finish the tasks in short order.

Like this two days passed. Rak didn't neglect his training in this time, making sure to complete "Japan's Finest" but unfortunately he couldn't complete any punches.

Just as Rak finished up his last vial of Drought he suddenly got a system notification. "Hmmm what's this?" He muttered to himself before opening up the system.

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Task:

Defeat Captain Black Root (Complete)

Reward: 200 Merits

Defeat the 5 Captains of Polink Island (3/5)

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'Seems the bastard finally succumbed to his fate.' Rak smirked before placing the vial of Drought within a secure box. There were about three such boxes, each about 50 centimeters wide, and 20 centimeters long. Within each were 10 vials of Drought.

One may ask, 30 vials of Drought? How is that enough for a 500 man strong crew? Well obviously pirates drank in groups, so a vial only needed to be mixed in the barrel they were sharing, it was pretty obvious after all. Would the potency decrease? Yes. But it was named Drought for a reason, even with the potency slashed it would still make one feel unbearably thirsty.

Leaving his room with the boxes in hand Rak swiftly approached the Black Root pirates. "Ahem! Its time to go!" Rak declared before heading out of the headquarters. Immediately the Black Root pirates followed him out.

During this time Clive had hammered in how much their Captain put his faith in Rak, not only that but they had an inkling of what Rak was doing all this time, and if it was what they thought it was then it meant their Captain truly trusted Rak.

It was currently sunset which made their group of 80 quite conspicuous. "Listen up, after we arrive at their base they'll tell you where to head out. You'll need to be in groups of about 8 men so divide up from now." Rak commanded.

A few minutes later the Black Root pirates found themselves at the Gold Tooth pirates' headquarters once again. The difference this time was that they were greeted with open arms rather than with hostility.

Entering the headquarters the Black Root pirates were astounded by the conditions of their base. 'They lost their Captain yet are still doing this well.... Captain sure is incompetent. At least now it seems we're moving up in the world.' Was a resounding thought throughout the crew.

Pirates were by nature hot blooded, otherwise why would they commit to life of pillaging and fighting? It would be a lie to say that there were no cool headed pirates, but those people were typically higher up on the hierarchy then the riff raff that made up the Black Root pirates.

Rak was then taken to the 5 once again. "Are you ready?" One of them asked. "If you are." Rak replied placing the 3 boxes down on a table. "One vial per bar, they typically roam in groups of about 10, so that means we can take down about 250." Rak explained, before giving them 25 vials.

"Then what about those?" They asked out of curiosity. "Well I am sure there's one bar you couldn't bribe. That being the main bar a large number of the crew frequent. So I am going to need these 5 to poison them all, although the effectiveness will be somewhat lower." Rak replied.

Hearing this the 5 understood. Being a 500 man crew, the entire crew wouldn't fit in one bar, at least not comfortably, because of this about a hundred of them frequented the same bar, while the other 400 could be found dispersed throughout various bars.

Not only was it more comfortable, but due to being members of the Po pirates they could have their way in any bar they went to. If they stayed in the main bar on the other hand, they wouldn't be able to abuse their status.

"Lets begin. After today Captain Po will learn what it means to slight the Black Root and Gold Tooth pirates!" Rak declared with a cold gaze. 'And after I will orchestrate the final act of this island. I am sure the readers are getting tired of this arc.'

(Don't throw me under the bus Rak its not my fault you're weak as fuck.)