Most of the chapter was spent on showing that beautiful ship art and Boss-Man getting his ass kicked despite his experience on the sea. It was such a one-sided fight that he could've left with at least 2 ships intact if he gave up earlier. They might have dropped some treasure into the sea because that stuff's heavy. Isidro and Puck was just as surprised as me when I saw Roderick's real skills in action.
Perspiring salty sweat all over your wounds is one painful thing but not being able to sweat at all because your wounds are that bad is painful on another level. The Hound of Darkness is struggling to be let loose of its chains once again so it might be a good time for Schierke to take a look at the problem.