The man simply vanished into thin air.
But the attack continued.
"Where is he?!"
The many pirates who had come to subjugate the Maud Pirates were all on high alert.
They nervously searched their surroundings, trying to catch sight of Maud's figure and movements, seeking the so-called reassurance of "seeing the real thing."
Yet what entered their eyes were only invisible slashes brought forth by ripples that made no sound.
An enemy they couldn't see!
A blade they couldn't see!
They struck their companions with solid force, leaving behind wounds deep enough to be fatal.
It was as if... an invisible yet real "ghost" had appeared before them.
Such an existence was the most shocking—and the most terrifying!
Watching their comrades die without even knowing how, one pirate was the first to break down.
"I can't take this anymore!"
That pirate abandoned the fight and fled.
A second earlier, the companion who had been only an arm's length away from him had been cut down with a single slash.
At that moment, he thought he would be next.
Yet the next person to be cut down was another companion more than ten meters away from him.
This ghostly and bizarre attack left him utterly unwilling to resist.
He would rather face an attack of astonishing power than die without even knowing how.
The pirate, whose mind had completely collapsed, had only taken two steps when a distinct tear appeared in the clothes over his abdomen. Immediately afterward, a bloodstain surfaced on the rough skin of his abdominal cavity, and fresh blood began pouring downward.
Drenched in blood, his intestines slid out.
The pirate fell to the ground in shock.
The one who had killed him was not Maud, who was using Silent Step, but Yatali, captain of the Gut Hunter