What Shakky had said was true. If the attention became too intense, it would naturally draw fire.
The other supernovas on the Sabaody Archipelago indeed regarded Maud as a stepping stone that could let them enter the New World in the most dazzling manner possible.
For that reason, they were even willing to take the risk of staying on the Sabaody Archipelago and waiting for Maud to arrive.
Now, Maud had arrived.
Upon learning the news, they all sprang into action.
Tree Island 9.
On a damp patch of ground seeping with bubbles lay dozens of corpses. Their bodies were intact, but blood flowed from their seven orifices.
"Caw caw, caw caw caw...!"
Amid the pile of corpses, a thin man with long hair covering his eyes laughed wildly.
The laughter sounded extremely grating, like a duck being strangled.
In front of the thin man, a dark-skinned man sat collapsed on the ground, his face filled with terror.
"You're... Fang Sword Percy, with a bounty of 200 million! We've never had any grudge against you, so why did you ambush us!!!" The dark-skinned man stared up in horror at Percy, who was cackling grotesquely.
"You're asking why? Of course, it's..."
Percy slowly stopped laughing. He lowered his head slightly, and the long hair over his forehead fell like vines, revealing a pair of cold, gloomy eyes filled with an aura of darkness through the gaps.
"To keep warm."
"To—to keep warm?"
The dark-skinned man widened his eyes, unable to understand what Percy meant.
Percy suddenly swung his arm, and a thin, icy gleam flashed across the dark-skinned man's neck like lightning.
"I made it that obvious. Why are you still pretending not to understand?"
Percy withdrew his attack and turned around.
A thin bloodstain appeared on the dark-skinned man's neck.