How Could This Be?!

At first, no matter how much kindness one possessed...

In this world, where the strong preyed on the weak and survival required tearing one another apart,

failing to become a beast meant being torn to death by others.

World was a vivid example of this.

After enduring that baptism and transforming into a beast, he had gained a clear goal.

Before completing that goal, there was nothing he would not do.

Destroying a country and threatening the Revolutionary Army—

In his eyes, neither was anything remarkable.

"Time is almost up."

World stood atop a pile of building ruins, his eyes glinting coldly as he gazed toward the distant sea.

He had given the Revolutionary Army a time limit that was far from generous.

Whether they could make it in time or wanted to come at all,

the time he had set was absolute.

If they were late, they would have to accept the punishment.

World glanced back at the enormous cage behind the ruins.

It was a cage he had enlarged with his power, used to imprison the nearly hundred Revolutionary Army soldiers he had captured.

The moment the agreed-upon time passed by even one second, he would kill all the hostages inside the cage in the blink of an eye.

Inside the cage,

Tatam was covered in blood, his hair disheveled and his body robust.

As a Zoan, he possessed excellent regenerative abilities.

World knew this as well, so after waiting for him to recover with great difficulty, he would beat down his "health" again.

After repeating this several times, he had completely extinguished Tatam's last hope of struggling.

"Start praying, you useless trash."

World gave a cold laugh, then turned his gaze back toward the sea.

After a long while,

a tiny black dot suddenly appeared at the