Surrender, and you will not be killed.
Even though Maud stood alone on the battlefield, those words carried immense weight coming from him.
All around them.
Everyone who had witnessed the Five Elders being killed in an instant was deeply shaken.
Surrender, and you will not be killed...
If they chose to surrender, this war that would determine the World Government's future would come to an end.
If they refused to surrender, perhaps everyone would die at Maud's hands.
As his voice faded away.
The battlefield fell deathly silent.
Although most people were shaken, many of them had already considered laying down their weapons.
The rest either continued to hesitate, or insisted on fighting to the bitter end.
Maud watched the people around him without the slightest change in expression.
No matter what these people ultimately decided, it made no difference to him.
They could continue fighting.
At most, he would spend some time bringing the war to an end.
Or they could surrender directly.
That would skip the process and naturally result in fewer deaths.
Regardless.
From the moment he had arrived.
The outcome of this war had already been decided.
"You have one minute."
Maud held Shusui horizontally and gave them a time limit.
One minute.
If the World Government and Marine Headquarters refused to surrender, he would slaughter them without hesitation.
Many times, killing was the more persuasive method.
Upon hearing Maud's words, scattered sounds immediately rang out across the battlefield.
They were the clanging sounds of weapons hitting the ground.
Someone had made the first choice, throwing down their weapon to show their surrender.
They were already certain that Maud was an invincible existence. Knowing that the result would be disastrous, they naturally had no intention of stubbornly holding out.
Soon, a chain reaction spread across