The most terrifying—
and the man least likely to appear here.
Had just appeared like this.
Handar's eyes went wide as he stared blankly at Maud, who had appeared out of thin air and was holding the little girl. His face was filled with disbelief.
The many slave-hunting crew members aboard the mast ship and in the harbor also saw Maud.
In that instant.
Looks of terror appeared on everyone's faces.
Yet the little girl in Maud's arms wore a delighted expression.
More than half a year could change many things.
The various actions Maud had promoted had brought enormous benefits to the overwhelming majority of ordinary people.
So.
In the little girl's eyes, Maud was not a great pirate whose fearsome reputation shook the world, but a towering figure who could bring light to the world.
Maud slowly set the little girl down, then looked toward Handar.
"Rats can never be killed completely, but it doesn't matter."
His cold voice contained a killing intent that made people shudder.
"I'll keep killing until I carve 'fear' into the genes of you rats."
"!!!"
Handar's face shook violently, and his eyes trembled wildly.
That icy voice, which seemed to reach straight into the depths of his soul, left him utterly incapable of resisting.
He was too insignificant...
In front of this man.
He was truly too insignificant.
He could not even be called an ant.
Fear. Despair.
All kinds of emotions he had never imagined erupted with irresistible force and destroyed his will.
Then—
Within a second of Maud finishing his words.
The shadow of death descended upon every member of the slave-hunting crew, Handar included.
Shadow Kill!
Maud used his ability.
Black shadows flashed.
In silence, they severed the lives of Handar and the several hundred other slave-hunting crew members.