Alluring

"Mahasattva..." Swain recited a calming mantra.

But his eyes honestly kept watching, staring fixedly without blinking.

It felt as though a blaze of desire was surging up within him.

"This won't do! This won't do!" he muttered.

He wanted to suppress his wicked thoughts.

But even heroes struggled to resist a beautiful woman.

Unless someone was truly dense, how could they endure such temptation?

"I can't take it anymore!" Swain truly broke.

Faced with this peerlessly beautiful woman and her flawless figure,

like an uncut jade, he could not help wanting to touch and admire her.

Who could resist?

Meanwhile, Hancock, bathing in the hot spring, was thinking about how the Celestial Dragons had controlled her childhood. Her delicate fist clenched tightly.

Suddenly!

Four iron chains emerged from the hot spring and locked her limbs in place.

It happened so abruptly that she had not sensed it at all.

Just as she was about to use her power to shatter the chains, a wave of weakness spread through her body.

It was as if she had been bound by Seastone. No matter how she struggled, she could not break free.

"What is this..." she cried out.

The next moment,

a man leaped down from the rooftop.

When he saw who it was, his eyes filled with shock as well.

"It's him!"

Seeing Hancock bound by iron chains,

he lost the last of his reason! In the end, he had still failed to grasp the true meaning of the Buddhist calming mantra.

"No!" Hancock cried out.

But to Swain, who was in a frenzied state, those words were no different from a catalyst!

"Mmph..." she cried out involuntarily.

Hancock no longer had her usual aloofness. Thinking of the "knowledge" Granny Nyon had taught her before,

her face immediately flushed crimson with embarrassment.

Some time passed.

Normally, after she finished bathing, servants would already be there to wipe her body.

Her bathing schedule was usually fixed, but Granny Nyon's words had irritated her today. She had actually wanted Hancock to take part in hunting the man she had some favorable feelings toward.

So she had wanted to take a bath and relax.

But she never imagined that this man would appear in such a way.

And he had even... She bit her lips with her pearly teeth.

Swain had finished venting by now and had regained his senses.

"I'm such a beast. How did I fail to control myself?"

Swain cursed himself inwardly.

Sure enough, once a man became stronger, he would do things that were difficult for him to control.

He could only lie on the ground and pretend he had not woken up yet.

What else could he do now?

Even if Hancock kills me now, I'll accept it!

At that moment,

Hancock stood up and walked into the hot spring to wash the blood from her body.

"How long are you going to keep pretending?" she asked with her back to Swain.

"Uh..." Swain scratched his head, at a loss.

"Does it look good?" she suddenly asked.

"It does!" he answered honestly.

Hancock truly was beautiful.

"I'm asking about the tattoo on my back!"

"Does it look good?" she asked hoarsely.

Her voice had begun to carry a sobbing tone.

Faced with her questioning, Swain did not answer.

He had not expected the first thing Hancock would do was not kill him, but question him about the tattoo on her back.

It was clear that letting him see the tattoo had broken her even more!

It was a stain that would follow her for life!

Something that could never be washed away! The place she found ugliest, the source of her deepest inferiority!

"It looks beautiful!"

"No matter what you become, you'll always be the most beautiful!" Swain comforted her.

"They're just Celestial Dragons. Sooner or later, I'll slaughter every last one of them!"

Hancock turned and glanced at him.

Swain knew a little about Hancock's past, but he had not expected it to leave such a great shadow over her.

Compared to the harm he had caused today, she cared more about that tattoo.

Hancock put on her clothes.

"Get out!"

"Don't tell anyone what happened today, or I'll kill you even if I have to chase you to the ends of the earth," she said coldly.

She returned to how she had been at the beginning, as though nothing had happened today.

Swain wanted to say something else, but the moment he raised his foot, the ground where he was about to step turned to stone.

The warning could not have been clearer.

Swain understood that explaining anything else now would be useless.

He silently vowed that he would make Hancock fall in love with him.

After all,

she was already his woman.

He still had to take responsibility for that.

Even if he delayed his training, it would not matter. With his talent, he could still grow stronger through battle after entering the New World!

Watching Swain's departing back,

Hancock's eyes were filled with conflicted emotions. She found it strange.

Why did she not hate this man in her heart?

He had clearly bullied her like this.

She suddenly recalled what Granny Nyon had said about Amazon Lily's reproduction. Even without men, why did the island still have so many people?

Several of Amazon Lily's former Empresses had once been pirates. Garland Lily had even returned to Amazon Lily after the Rocks Pirates fell.

This phenomenon should not simply be regarded as a coincidence, but as a tradition.

The island's powerful female warriors became pirates not only to experience the outside world, but also to fulfill a mission: bearing children.

Because Amazon Lily was extremely remote, ordinary ships could not reach it. Only pirate ships could take them away. Therefore, Amazon Lily's female warriors chose strong men and approached them, then returned to the island after becoming pregnant.

Meanwhile,

Bepo had been captured!

After receiving the news, Law hurried over to rescue him.

After hearing what an informed person revealed, his face darkened.

It turned out

Bepo had been captured because he had stolen food that Amazon Lily had prepared for the Empress!

The soldiers failed to catch him once or twice.

So they simply placed the food in one spot, intending to lure Bepo out.

Yet such an obvious trap had really caught him.

Sandersonia, the Empress's younger sister, had green hair and often guarded Hancock's side.

At that moment, she had transformed into a massive snake and was facing off against Law.

"Hisss." She flicked out her tongue.

"Surrender now, or I'll kill him!"

She gestured with her fangs near Bepo's head.

Bepo was so frightened that he wailed.

But he was still loyal enough to shout, "Captain! Don't worry about me. Hurry and leave!"

"Don't say something so foolish. How could I possibly abandon you?" Law said calmly.

His hands were poised, ready to rescue Bepo at any moment.

Sandersonia had always been observant, and she noticed Law's small movement.

"Don't try anything, or he'll die right now!" she threatened.

Although Law appeared calm, he was anxious inside.

"At this distance? I'm afraid I have no chance to save Bepo."

"Fine, I surrender!" Law could only say helplessly.

"Go bind them and hand them over to my sister," Sandersonia ordered.

Then someone tied up Law and the rest of the crew.

Now I can only pray that Swain comes to rescue us... he thought.

Swain, who had only just left, did not expect that he would soon see Hancock again.