"It's a little strange."

On the deck of the warship, Ricard said softly. He was a lieutenant colonel and had been dealing with pirates for a long time. There were indeed some troublesome characters among the pirates. There were even some who liked to play dirty. But being on this incomparably important battlefield like the Whisperer Strait, Ricard did not think that those fellows could be so quiet that they would not even make the slightest of movements.

As the ...