Since you wanted to watch, you can all stay / The incident spreads

Saint Kordwood's stomach caved inward, and his cries of pain and threats abruptly stopped.

Blood then gushed from his mouth like a spring, and his entire body went limp, as though all his strength had suddenly drained away.

Kuta released him, letting Saint Kordwood drop to his knees at his feet with a thud.

Only then did Kuta look away from Saint Kordwood and turn his attention to the several Cipher Pol Aigis Zero agents standing behind the butler's body. Hesitant and nervous, they were drenched as though they had just been fished out of the water, their faces guarded as they watched him.

"What did you say?"

Watching Saint Kordwood kneel before Kuta like a dead dog, stripped of every shred of his dignity as a Celestial Dragon, the agents' mouths twitched. Boundless fear welled up inside them.

This was no longer simply a matter of a Celestial Dragon being beaten.

Judging by Saint Kordwood's condition, he might die without immediate treatment.

At the thought of what awaited them if Saint Kordwood really died here, they all shuddered.

That fear of the World Government overcame the pressure the man before them exerted.

And so the apparent leader of the agents swallowed, raised his head, and addressed Kuta.

"Silver Hair, you still have time to stop."

"All you've done so far is beat Saint Kordwood. Let us take His Highness away for treatment. If Saint Kordwood dies here, all of us will die—you included, along with everyone in this Auction House."

"All of us will die?"

Kuta tilted his head, watching the agent with interest as he waited for him to finish. A mocking smile slowly curled his lips.

Then his eyes turned cold. Under the agent's horrified gaze, he raised his foot and stomped down hard on Saint Kordwood's