The woman who came up from the living cabin to the deck just stood there and looked at Russell. There was genuine surprise on her face. 

Yasir and the black-haired woman, whose name was Lucy, were now looking at the person who appeared below

"Anna… She's really drunk again.", - Yasir said with a heavy sigh.

"It's all because I'm late…", - Lucy said softly in a guilty voice.

"Captain?! Hic… Is it a rejuvenated you?!", - Anna, looking at Russell, could not understand who was in front of her. Perhaps the woman had almost completely white eyes, like a blind man, but she could definitely see.

"No, no, no… Hic… you're not the captain!", - Anna broke the silence and now pointed her index finger in the direction of Russell, - "Who are you?!"

"I'm just a traveler.", - Russell said calmly.

"Don't talk nonsense!", - Anna answered confusedly, - "That old bastard… Hic… Dared to take a newcomer without my approval!"

"I have not joined the crew and will leave this ship immediately upon arrival at the Port of the Blood Sea.", - neither Russell's expression nor the tone of his voice changed when he heard Anna's words.

"Nonsense! If you want to join the team… Hic… Beat me first!", - Anna put the bottle on the deck.

She staggered slightly toward Russell. At the same time, the woman took the sword out of the scabbard and simply threw them behind her back. The sound of a broken bottle was heard. 

Anna turned around and was stunned for a few seconds. The scabbard she had thrown had shattered the bottle, and all the contents she had not had time to finish were now gone without a trace.

"You. Broke. My! Bottle! I'll kill you!", - Anna slowly turned her head back to look at Russell, and said one word at a time, but each was louder than the previous one, and the last phrase was a cry of the soul.

The sailors abandoned their business and turned to observe the current situation. They whispered to each other and giggled. The pirates realized that a funny sight was waiting for them.

Russell calmly got into a fighting stance, he was completely ready for battle. Despite the fact that he didn't have any weapons, and his opponent had a sword, the guy wasn't afraid of her, but he didn't underestimate her either.

Looking at Russell, Anna grinned maliciously, holding a curved sword in her hand, which turned out to be a katana. She was acting relaxed because there was only a young fighter standing in front of her. She thought he wouldn't be able to resist her sharp blade.

Everyone around froze because they expected to see something exciting. They were really ready for Anna to stab the guy and throw his body overboard. None of them felt sorry for Russell because they were pirates.

Only on the face of Lucy, who was standing on the stern, a pitiful expression appeared, she wanted to call out to the drunkard and settle the misunderstanding, but Yasir did not let her do it.

"Don't interfere. Let's see what this guy is worth.", - he said.

Russell didn't make any movements, he just stood and watched the woman, preparing to react to her attack. Anna's gaze was directed at Russell, she watched his counter and realized that there was no flaw in it yet. She began to approach, circling her sword around her body and glaring viciously into the guy's eyes. 

She wanted to scare him and make him take a step forward. But Russell was not so simple. He understood that her curved sword was a dangerous weapon that was very difficult to resist. 

Therefore, he stood and waited for the first blow to go into a counterattack. Despite the outstanding stance that the guy took, Anna underestimated her opponent and made a careless chopping lunge in his direction.

At this time, Russell took a quick step towards Anna and smoothly waved his left hand in front of her face. Anna was pleasantly surprised by Russell's actions, but she was able to block this blow easily. 

Except Russell was already ready for it. He used the next movement to crouch down, turn sharply around on his axis and deliver a quick blow to the woman's leg.

But Anna clearly saw his actions, so she jumped aside, avoiding the blow. Russell's foot cut through the air with such speed that a dull whistle was heard. An empty space was formed between the fighters again. 

This time, Russell did not wait for the moment to counterattack, instead he decided to attack first. After finishing the previous movement, he made a sharp jerk towards the woman with the katana.

Anna reacted quickly and delivered a vertical slashing blow, holding the sword only with her right hand. Russell took a sharp step to the side and stood sideways to easily dodge the blade. The left side of his body was closest to Anna. He reached out with his left hand to grab her head, and with his right hand he was preparing to strike. 

Suddenly, Anna, without completing the previous blow, changed the trajectory of the sword, and now it was heading towards Russell with even greater speed. Without completing the vertical strike, she simply changed it to a horizontal slashing strike.

The guy decided to take a chance and hit Anna with his left elbow on her right hand. Because of this, the trajectory of the sword strike changed. Russell won a few seconds, thanks to which he managed to go behind the woman and hit her in the right side.

"Kha-ah!", - a strange sound escaped from Anna's mouth, - "Oh, you… bastard!"

While she was talking, Russell tried to kick the woman in the side with his foot from the other side, but an incredible pressure started coming from her abruptly, which forced the guy to retreat a few steps.

"You're interesting… Hic… I should get a little more serious!", - a malicious smile appeared on Anna's face. 

Her body seemed to be gripped by some invisible force. Russell couldn't see this force, but he definitely felt it, his gaze was as calm as when he first boarded this ship, but his body was covered with goosebumps.