There were still more than a dozen armed men left for Lafitte to deal with, while Maud had already reached the cage.
This operation was not merely about destroying the Human Auction House. It was also about completely looting its assets.
The slaves inside the cage, who were about to become auction items, were naturally among the Human Auction House's assets.
Maud looked at the slaves inside the cage.
There were nearly thirty of them, roughly matching the information recorded in the Auction Manual. Most of them possessed some kind of special talent.
His gaze swept across them one by one before pausing on a large water tank covered by a translucent cloth.
"Not the Giant Race..."
Looking at the mermaid's silhouette reflected on the cloth, Maud let out a soft sigh.
If today's headline product had been a member of the Giant Race, he could not only have confirmed whether Hunter's Notebook worked on the Giant Race, but also had a proper fight with one of them.
Unfortunately, there were no ifs.
Maud was rather disappointed.
Yet in the slaves' eyes, that reaction seemed quite thought-provoking.
So what exactly does this man want to do?
Unease slowly spread among the slaves.
Maud quickly concealed his disappointment and instead looked toward the four pirate captains standing close to the iron bars inside the cage.
Feeling Maud's gaze, which held not the slightest trace of human warmth, the four pirate captains tensed up. They instinctively retreated several steps and swallowed hard.
Maud withdrew his gaze. His right hand climbed onto the iron bars, and he pushed them to the right.
Creak—
He easily bent the iron railing into a semicircular opening.
Seeing Maud bend the iron bars with his bare hands, the slaves who had originally held onto hope all retreated