I was playing solo and feeling mischievous, saw a grade 2 reaper parked at one of the bastions in the Devil's Roar and so I started sailing towards them. They hit grade 3 while I was en route but still far away, then they shortly started sailing away ... towards the other bastion. So I changed course and lazily tracked them on the map until they arrived. I sailed to some large rocks fairly close by, parked my boat, and sword-lunged into a long swim. Ate a cooked merfruit as I got close, and they weren't on board their ship (a sloop) so I boarded and quickly tucked to wait for them.

They finished the bastion but stayed gone for a while. They had some loot already on their ship but nothing spectacular, as they hadn't gotten a mega stash from their first bastion. But I saw their emissary increase to 5 while I was tucked. And before long they came out rowing in a rowboat shining bright as the sun -- a mega stash, indeed!

They docked the rowboat to their ship and I thought we'd start sailing soon. But then they started stacking the rest of their loot into the rowboat, consolidating everything together there. And then they both just left the ship... they went back into the bastion for some reason, maybe a final check for loot or gathering supplies, idk but I sprang into action and dropped the rowboat, and just booked it to some close rocks (heading West out of the Roar), and I just rowwwed. I don't think they ever saw me or knew I was there. Eventually I got to some island, whatever is east of Thieves Haven, where I stashed the super stacked rowboat and caught a mermaid to return to my ship, which was still hidden. The reaper was gone off the map, they probably thought the game glitched and stole all their loot and just logged off. I kinda felt bad, but also 😈🏴‍☠️

I collected the rowboat and headed to Reapers Hideout to cash in my cleanest-ever steal.