The inferno blazed fiercely, staining half the sky red. Within the flames were reflected countless faces, frozen in utter despair.
"No, help! I don't want to die!" A man with only half his body left clawed at the ground with his fingers, stubbornly crawling in an attempt to escape this hellish place.
"Please, spare my child!" Blood tears streamed from a woman's eyes. She could not understand why such a terrible calamity had befallen them overnight.
"You demons! I curse your souls to howl upon the sea forever, never knowing peace!" An old man pointed his cane at the vicious-looking pirates and uttered his final curse.
Yet no matter how they wept, begged, or cursed, they could not move the pirates' hearts of stone. To them, perhaps this was the most wonderful song of blood and fire.
"Kill them! Leave no survivors! As long as we slaughter a few more towns, this captain's bounty will rise again. Then I'll surpass those bastards and rank first among all the supernovas! Kahahahaha!" A man in sunglasses fired wildly with a gun in each hand as he shouted arrogantly.
"Don't worry, Captain. Your bounty has already reached 135 million Beli. Even Bell Ringer Casimodo, the supernova with the highest bounty, only has 160 million Beli on his head. If we carry out a few more massacres, your bounty might shoot straight past 200 million! Then the entire world will have to take notice!"
"Kahahaha! I like the way you think. Finish by blasting this island beneath the waves! Make sure the name Night Demon Victor resounds throughout the entire Grand Line!"
"N-No, this is bad, Captain! Another terrifying supernova has appeared on the seas!" The pirate who had come to report swallowed hard. He knew exactly how obsessed his captain was with holding