"What a rich, heady scent!"
Chaos closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He could smell the heat and freshness of the blood.
His expression was unnervingly manic.
Then, with a mere thought, the Chains of Heaven in the air came undone. One weapon after another was pulled from the pirates' bodies and floated overhead, staining the sky red.
The corpses crashed to the ground and were covered by dust in the blink of an eye.
"Too slow!"
His golden hair stood on end and fluttered in the wind. Chaos opened his eyes and swept his right hand across the air before him. High above, the Goddess of the Heavens extended a delicate hand and pointed. The enormous golden halo behind her spun and divided into countless pieces. In an instant, shadows covered the entire sky, and the weapons glinted with a chilling sheen in the sunlight.
"Oh no!"
"Fall back!"
The few remaining pirates who were still resisting looked up at the dense mass of blades, spears, swords, and halberds in the sky. Their expressions changed, and a chill ran through them.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
A golden meteor shower blotted out the sky. It shrieked through the air and rained down indiscriminately.
"Damn it!"
A terrified roar rang out, followed by explosions and screams.
Each arrow in the storm struck like a missile, blasting craters into the ground. Rocks flew everywhere, the earth shook, and the entire area was reduced to ruins in the blink of an eye.
"Spare us! Spare our lives!"
When the dust cleared, ruins and rubble stretched in every direction. More than a dozen pirates had been pinned to the ground, their bodies like pincushions as blood stained the earth. Golden weapons stuck out everywhere, as far as the eye could see.
Not one