"You... don't come any closer!!"
On the battered warship, Red Face, who had been lively just moments ago, had become a corpse in the next, lying carelessly on the deck.
The pungent stench of blood filled the entire ship. Aside from the Thunder God Pirates, only the girl who had just screamed remained aboard.
Her name was Olga, the owner of Pure Gold, and that was also why she had survived.
As for everyone else, they had been slaughtered within three minutes.
Looking at the hellish scene, the little girl with red eyes and golden hair trembled as she watched Tesoro steadily approach. "If you come any closer, I'll jump!"
As Tesoro continued closing in, Olga turned without hesitation and tried to leap straight into the sea.
"Hehehe, you're hiding gold that interests me greatly."
Tesoro revealed a sinister smile. The gold around him transformed into soft, long ropes and seized Olga as she fell through the air toward the sea.
No matter how Olga struggled, she was still dragged back onto the ship against her will.
"I won't give you the Pure Gold!" Once she realized struggling was useless, Olga glared fiercely at everyone.
"You don't need to tell me. I'll just take it myself." Tesoro chuckled. "Besides, the captain already told me where the Pure Gold is."
As he spoke, Tesoro flexed his fingers. The ring on Olga's finger broke free from her hand under his control and began flying toward him.
"Ahh!! N-No!!"
Olga cried out in panic, "Lord Lantern will eat us!! Put it away, quickly!!"
Tesoro controlled the ring containing the Pure Gold and sent it soaring into the sky. Its brilliant golden radiance lit up the entire heavens.
"That's what I was looking for!" Tesoro laughed. "This little bit of Pure Gold isn't nearly