No doubt about it.
That man was one of his kind.
And finding someone of the same kind was undoubtedly something worth celebrating.
The light in Lafitte's eyes faded like the tide. He spun his black cane through several elegant flourishes, then gently lifted the brim of his hat with the tip.
The light had vanished from his eyes, replaced by the sight of Maud fighting.
"Hold it in..."
Lafitte bared his red lips in a grin, struggling to suppress his urge to strike.
After finally encountering someone of the same kind, the violent factors within him could not help but boil.
But that prey belonged to Maud.
So he could not interfere.
Once he struck to seize it, it would be no different from personally shattering that beautiful scene.
Lafitte managed to suppress his urge to strike, but he could not restrain the intense killing intent radiating from him.
In an instant, a frightening aura seeped out around him.
A pirate who was still some distance away from Lafitte suddenly shuddered.
In that moment, it felt as though dozens of needles were stabbing into the sides of their bodies.
What was going on?
The pirates, who had been watching the battle, involuntarily turned toward Lafitte.
In a daze, they seemed to see a ferocious face condensed from killing intent behind Lafitte.
Their expressions changed slightly, and they quietly moved away from him.
Even though they had already been far enough away...
In the distance, atop a building.
Wolf Rat and Tatam crouched behind the eaves, seriously observing the battle on the main street.
"So strong."
Tatam spoke from the bottom of his heart.
Wolf Rat silently watched Maud force Begg into a perilous situation with nothing but a single blade, his eyes filled with astonishment.
He had thought Maud's