The Giant Snails rumbled away in a mighty procession, leaving behind only this snowy, desolate land.
Even after they had completely vanished beyond the horizon, the town ruled by Shimotsuki Ushimaru remained as silent as a dead zone.
Everyone trembled as they hid inside their homes, covering their mouths for fear of making even the slightest sound, afraid that they might draw the monsters back.
Inside the palace on the Giant Snail's back.
"How rare. You're being remarkably well-behaved this time, brat."
Kaido sat on a massive throne that had been added temporarily. As he drank, he spoke casually, "I thought you'd burn that town to ashes."
"Stop judging people by their past, Big Brother Kaido. I'm not the mischievous child I used to be!"
Roa sat cross-legged on another throne, sighing with an air of deep world-weariness. "I've come to understand a profound truth: waste is a shameful thing."
As far as he was concerned, people were the most precious resource in the world.
Everything else could come afterward.
He loved the people of the world more than anyone else did.
Ah, I'm truly too great. I'm practically a saint.
Besides, the black aura born from fear in that town had already been quite delicious.
Kaido's mouth twitched.
Was "waste" actually a word that could be used to describe human beings?
Every time he chatted with Roa, he got the strange impression that he might actually be a very kind person.
"Next should be a true full-scale battle."
Roa said, "Are you ready, Big Brother Kaido?"
"These so-called samurai?"
Kaido let out a cold laugh.
After witnessing Shimotsuki Ushimaru's attack, Kaido had completely lost his admiration for the supposed fame of the samurai circulating across the sea.
What a bunch of useless trash.
Samurai? More like shame-urai!
"That won't