Lyle, unwilling to die, collapsed stiffly onto the deck. A small amount of blood seeped from around the bullet hole in his forehead.
Accustomed to acting arrogantly in the Kingdom of Carnet, he could not understand until his death why Maud had shot him.
With Lyle's death, the usually well-trained soldiers immediately panicked.
They were not afraid of death, but they feared their families would be implicated because of their failure to protect him.
The Marines aboard the warships on both sides of the royal ship noticed the commotion coming from it.
A member of the royal family had been shot to death...
But in this situation, they could not worry about that anymore.
Because Maud and Lafitte, approaching from directly ahead, were putting considerable pressure on them.
After cleanly shooting Lyle, Maud swiftly put away his flintlock. He then resumed using Geppo and headed toward one of the warships.
The entire process was completed in one smooth motion.
The Marines aboard the warship fired a few symbolic shots, then watched helplessly as Maud and Lafitte landed on the deck.
With sufficient mobility, there was no need for Maud and Lafitte to split up.
The Marines, on the other hand, were sailing at the time. To gather their forces in one place to deal with Maud and Lafitte, they first had to furl the sails and stop the ship, then set up planks.
Even if they worked efficiently, it would still take some time.
In an encounter like this, that little bit of time often represented one fresh life after another.
After landing on the deck, Maud calmly swept his gaze over the Marines present.
There were quite a few of them, and their spirit and vitality were more than one level above those of branch Marines.
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