Could he be here... to save us?
At the back door of the Human Auction House.
The two armed men stationed there lay on the ground, their chest armor deeply caved in. They were probably dead.
The sturdy wooden door that had originally been installed in the doorframe had vanished. In its place was a large hole that looked as if it had been blasted open by a cannonball.
Maud and Lafitte stood before the hole.
The loud explosion just now had been their handiwork.
Standing before the breach in the wall, Maud and Lafitte could clearly hear the commotion and shouts coming from inside.
This brutal method of entry would draw all the auction house's forces over in a short time.
"Lafitte, let's end this quickly."
Maud stepped over the rubble scattered across the ground and entered the auction house.
"Understood."
Lafitte gave a cold smile and followed behind Maud.
The two entered the auction house one after the other.
They had barely taken a few steps when nearly a hundred guards who had rushed over blocked their way.
The guards were all fully armed, and the weapons in their hands were of excellent quality.
After all, this was the most prestigious slave auction house in the Sabaody Archipelago. It had enough money to support such a well-equipped armed force.
"There are only two of them, yet they actually dared to do this!"
The armed men who arrived at the scene immediately saw the violently shattered back door, and their expressions changed in shock.
"Hmm!? He's..."
"He, he's Shichibukai Maud!"
Just from recognizing Maud's identity, the armed men, who had been furious moments earlier, seemed to have their throats squeezed shut. They could no longer utter a single threat.
Then, as if by reflex, astonishment appeared on their faces,