Minette pulled out her dagger, and Salazar collapsed to the ground, gradually turning to ash.
"Phew, phew..." Minette panted heavily. "Let me teach you something: even if an assassin has only one breath left, they can still land a killing blow."
With that, she turned to Celica. "Useless. He was already done for, yet you didn't stop him. Did you want to watch him finish transforming? Do you think this is a stage play?"
"Damn it!" Celica flew into a rage. "He used all his remaining strength to restrain Russell and me, keeping us from getting close. Otherwise, do you think I wouldn't have hit him?"
Minette had taken advantage of the situation herself, and she knew it, but she still wanted to humiliate Celica.
"Phew, it's finally over." Russell slumped to the ground. "Fuck, what the hell was all that..."
Before long, Elizabeth and Caroso also arrived aboard the Silent Mary.
The moment Elizabeth boarded, the Silent Mary began to tremble.
It was now a ship without a master, while the Black Pearl had one.
The Black Pearl's captain was aboard it, so naturally, it was afraid.
This ship had devoured countless pirate vessels, and it feared the Black Pearl would devour it as well.
The power a ship could wield with a master and the power it could wield without one were completely different matters.
"Tell us, what exactly happened?" Celica fixed her gaze on the two of them.
The other paladins and priests wanted to come over, but Celica stopped them.
"You two, go back and calm the civilians!" Celica's gaze was full of warning.
The two saluted and did not linger.
Alita, on the other hand, strolled over leisurely.
"I surrender, I surrender!"
Just then, the Tier 8 pirate whom Alita had restrained raised his hands.