"Direct Hit!" A pirate shouted, looking through a telescope. They had launched over 200 cannonballs at Kai's ship, and out of all of them, 50 managed to hit the ship.
"Good work. We don't know if that was enough to kill them, but their ship should be destroyed now. First fleet, block the exit so they cant escape, second fleet, surround them, and third fleet, be ready for anything. They have a hero with them, so things could get tough."
The person who was speaking was the third in command of the entire Sweatii Pirates. After getting the information that the hero was close by, he ordered all of the Sweatii Pirates to regroup back at the base so they could launch a full-scale attack on him.
This is why Kai's crew never encountered a Pirate after their chase. While they didn't know that the stream they took would lead them to the back side of the Pirates' base, even if they took another route, they still wouldn't have run into them.
