Faced with Duanmu Huai's erupting killing intent, the Tianba soldiers all turned deathly pale. They had perhaps never felt killing intent so clearly in their entire lives, as if it had somehow become tangible. That terrifying murderous will, which seemed capable of completely burning away both their bodies and souls, crashed over them like a wave surging head-on, sweeping them into its depths.
They simply couldn't move or think.
The Tianba soldiers were like men trapped in a quagmire. They wanted to run, to leave this place, but their legs wouldn't move at all, as if they had sunk into quicksand. No matter how hard they struggled, they couldn't move their legs, as though their bodies no longer belonged to them!
At the same time, behind Duanmu Huai, Ann was already rubbing her fists and looking eager to try her hand. Okegis, sitting on Duanmu Huai's shoulder, also spread her arms and stared at the people before her. Even Lorena was holding the thick Holy Book in her arms. Only Maria looked around, then reluctantly raised the rocket launcher in her hands.
"Come on, choose."
Staring at the Tianba soldiers before him, Duanmu Huai revealed a vicious grin and extended one hand.
"Survival—or destruction?!"
"..."
No one spoke. There were only five people on one side, while the other side had several hundred fully armed Tianba soldiers, along with airships and fully armed Mechanical Guards. Yet Duanmu Huai's current bearing made it seem as though the five of them held the power of life and death over the entire Tianba Headquarters—domineering, unreasonable, forceful, and utterly insane.
"We surrender!"
At that moment, the pirate girl practically shrieked the words. The instant her voice fell, the overwhelming killing intent vanished. Only then did the pirate girl's legs give out, and she collapsed