After holding it in for so long, he had finally made tangible progress.
After condensing his fourth Star Frame of Constitution, Maud was extremely excited.
That excited expression of his was hardly a pleasant sight to the fish-men.
Maud had no intention of considering the fish-men's feelings. After slowly calming himself, he looked at the remaining fish-men with killing intent in his eyes.
Including Arlong, there were around forty fish-men left.
He didn't see Hachi among them.
However, considering Rayleigh, Maud had never planned to lay a hand on Hachi.
He would inevitably make a trip to the Sabaody Archipelago in the future, and he would have to visit Rayleigh then.
Before that, he could have Hachi deliver a message.
As for what destroying the Arlong Pirates would do to Hachi, that wasn't something Maud would concern himself with.
To put it bluntly, potential threats came in different levels.
Judging from the subsequent developments in the original story, Hachi's potential threat was negligible.
"Come."
Maud pointed his blade at the remaining prey.
Under the pressure radiating from Maud, the fish-men looked at one another. They no longer had the fearless, heroic bearing they had shown when launching themselves at him.
This human before them was clearly different from the humans they had encountered in the past.
One slash killed one of their comrades. Who could withstand that?
"Stand down."
At that moment, the fish-men heard Arlong's voice.
Those two words, in that instant, were no different from heavenly music.
The fish-men didn't hesitate and immediately began retreating.
"Oh?"
Seeing this, how could Maud let them have their way? He attacked at once.
As the blade flashed, several more fish-men were cut down in an instant.
Seeing Maud slaughtering the comrades who had begun retreating, Arlong flew into a rage.
Even