"Are you okay? Looks like your revenge failed. Taking on an entire Pirate crew alone was too much after all. How about we retreat for now?"
Baccarat walked over and tried to help Werther up, but he waved her off to show he was fine.
More than anything, Baccarat wanted to leave this insane battlefield.
"Who said my revenge failed? I never expected to kill Blackbeard here. I just wanted to see how far apart we were in strength.
"The result surprised me. Blackbeard wasn't that much stronger than me. He relied too heavily on his Devil Fruit powers."
Werther had never expected to kill Blackbeard. Even if Blackbeard had been alone on the island, Werther might not have managed it. A one-on-one fight would have been hard enough, let alone being ganged up on by Blackbeard's crew.
Once several members of the Blackbeard Pirates worked together, though, their fighting strength was astonishing. After just one exchange, they had nearly trapped him.
If the Blackbeard Pirates had surrounded him, he might not have made it out alive.
As Werther considered how to split them up, he suddenly felt something lock onto him.
It felt as though someone had pressed a sharp dagger against his heart. The blade had not struck, but the mortal danger was enough to send a chill through him.
Werther instinctively looked toward the source. It was a small sailboat far in the distance.
"Stupid Bird, head that way. Someone may have us in their sights. Probably a powerful Sniper. We need to deal with him first, or he could pick us off at any moment."
The one who had locked onto Werther was Wild-Eyed Jin Hu, the Sniper with unusual pupils who had once put a bullet through Blackbeard's chest.
Since arriving at the battlefield, Jin