Golden Eyes (I)

"Kill!"

"Kill!"

"Kill these bastards, and I'll reward each of you with ten gold coins!"

"No retreat! They're trying to wipe us out to the last man—we absolutely cannot let them have their way!"

"Kill..."

On the sea, wind and rain raged, while the cries of battle were equally earth-shattering.

Dark clouds had blotted out the sun, and rain filled the entire world, leaving the surroundings exceedingly dim.

People's vision was hampered by the violent wind, torrential rain, and murky light. Other than things at close range, they could not make out anything in the distance at all.

Yet although this tempest had come with tremendous force, it did not dampen anyone's fighting spirit in the slightest.

Not only did the pirate crew members continue launching frenzied attacks through the storm as though they had gone mad.

Even the naval sailors, whose combat experience could not compare to that of the pirates, had cast aside all notions of life and death. Waving their weapons, they either fought the pirates who had boarded their warships or swarmed onto pirate vessels to slaughter the pirates aboard.

Though rain soaked their clothes and violent winds scattered their hair, the people aboard the warships still swung their weapons, each fighting—some for honor and prospects, others for life and a future.

The Kingdom Navy had originally drawn up a meticulous battle plan, but once the storm suddenly descended, everyone helplessly discovered that continuing to execute the original plan in such weather was nothing more than a fool's dream.

The pirates' situation was probably much the same.

Waden Wen had originally intended to borrow the power of the gods to contend against the Kingdom Navy. Who could have imagined that the enemy ships also contained someone capable of summoning gods? The powers of the gods on