Saints Deserve to Die

The Social Plaza fell deathly silent.

Saint Ignatius, pierced through the chest by the Shadow Blade, drew the gazes of nearly everyone present as irresistibly as a vortex.

The black sword blade formed from shadows was stained with a large amount of blood, yet it somehow looked even darker.

Within seconds, the blood flowing from Saint Ignatius's chest had dyed the Celestial Dragon's exclusive clothes red.

In this world, where it was common knowledge that Celestial Dragons absolutely could not be offended or harmed...

When had the royal nobles from the various member nations in the plaza, or the employees working in Pangu City, ever seen a Celestial Dragon bleed to death before their eyes?

The extraordinarily shocking scene battered their minds.

The gazes fixed on the blood-soaked Saint Ignatius held astonishment, shock, and horror—but most of all, fear.

A Celestial Dragon had died before them. Would they be held responsible afterward?

No one knew.

But the vast majority of those present felt intense unease.

Even more uneasy than them were the twelve CP0 members responsible for protecting Saint Ignatius.

The god they were duty-bound to protect had been pierced through the chest before their eyes and was clearly beyond saving...

This was undoubtedly dereliction of duty—dereliction that no excuse or explanation could defend.

"We're doomed..."

In the blink of an eye, the twelve CP0 members felt their bodies turn cold, already anticipating the judgment they would face afterward.

Death was probably the only thing awaiting them.

Unless...

"Kill Bajia D. Maud!!!"

The CP0 members surrounding Saint Ignatius abruptly looked toward Maud atop the high-rise.

They did not check Saint Ignatius's injuries, because it was meaningless.

Under their Observation Haki, Saint Ignatius's aura was like an oil lamp about to burn out. It would be extinguished completely within seconds.

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