The target they had been looking for was the captain of the Tile Pirates, whose bounty was 42 million Beli.
Yet the person who jumped down from the ship was none other than Bagard. Maud, a recent sensation with a bounty as high as 500 million Beli.
The members of the slave-hunting crew collapsed to the ground, their faces pale and their bodies ice-cold.
How had such a catastrophically unlucky situation landed on them?
They only regretted not stepping on a pile of Bubble Dog shit before leaving that morning, then breaking their legs and lying in a hospital to recover.
Clatter—
The slave hunters tossed their guns, knives, and whatever else they had aside all at once.
"Sorry!!!"
His overwhelming desire to survive made the normally overbearing leader prostrate himself properly on all fours, merely hoping that Maud, who was walking toward them, would be magnanimous and spare them.
Even though they had not even made a move yet...
"Sorry!!!"
"Sorry!!!"
Seeing their boss take the lead in apologizing, the other members of the slave-hunting crew followed suit without hesitation.
Their horizons were limited to the captains of pirate crews with bounties of around 50 million Beli.
But the infamous demon before them was worth ten times that amount. Forget about making a move—even looking at him in person made them feel as if they had a death wish.
And yet, damn their luck, they had walked right into the line of fire.
Maud looked at the members of the slave-hunting crew, who were prostrate on all fours and practically had white flags stuck into the backs of their collars.
They had not even started talking yet. Why had they all knelt down?
Maud raised his brows slightly and glanced back at the unknown pirate flag fluttering atop the