"You can get lost now!"
The Golden Warrior grabbed at the towering golden pretzel pillars that reached from earth to sky. They collapsed like a mountainside, letting Lafitte, Doc Q, and the others go.
The men landed on the ground.
Their eyes still held deep despair and the shock of having survived against all odds.
The Golden Emperor had just let them go?
That was almost too dramatic!
Everyone knew the Golden Emperor was no saint. He might not have been utterly wicked, but he was close enough.
And now, all of a sudden, this.
Lafitte and the others could hardly believe it.
They remained on full alert instead of fleeing at once, glaring warily at the Golden Warrior.
Only after the golden world spanning tens of thousands of meters around them receded did everyone finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Bam!!!
The Golden Warrior kicked Blackbeard toward Lafitte and the others.
Ultraman was the first to react. He leaped from the ground and caught Blackbeard in midair, who was barely clinging to life.
"Captain, are you all right?"
"Tiga, get out of here. Now."
Blackbeard fought to stay conscious. His bloodshot eyes first turned to the Golden Warrior, then lifted to the sky, which was gradually growing calm again. He suspected the Golden Emperor was somewhere above the clouds.
Whether the other man would keep his word or not,
the important thing was to escape now.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh~
Everyone fled at top speed, remaining on guard as they went, but neither the Golden Warrior nor the Okama King even looked at them.
They ignored them completely.
Damn it.
The humiliation of being dismissed so contemptuously cut deep into every member of the Blackbeard Pirates.
Only Gai, carrying Blackbeard with one hand, felt utterly bored.
He even had the