Mulan stood on the sea monster's corpse, seemingly enjoying everyone's cheers, though he also looked plainly exhausted.
Raskin leaped straight down from his seat onto the sea monster's corpse, then grabbed Mulan's shoulder and jumped again with all his strength, returning to the platform as the corpse rocked and seawater rippled beneath them.
"Get a doctor over here. I'm hurt pretty badly."
Mulan said this to the members of the Raskin Pirate Crew gathering around him. The sight of his wounds made their scalps prickle. Pretty badly? They felt they would already be dead if those wounds were theirs.
"Vincent, you really are a monster!" "Hahahaha, well done!"
"You cost me ten gold coins!" "You didn't bet on me winning?"
"Hahahaha! That's his own stupidity. I won over a hundred gold coins!"
"I won a few dozen too, hahaha."
The Raskin Pirate Crew was in high spirits, and it took the doctor quite a while to squeeze through. Meanwhile, the entire arena was still chanting Vincent's name.
Watching Mulan surrounded by the crowd, Kilga couldn't help smiling in relief. The only bad news was probably that he had lost most of his worldly possessions.
Bronski had also recovered his composure by now. He had to admit that the lad named Vincent really had potential. Raskin had lucked out.
"Then congratulations to this brave young pirate. His performance was truly, unexpectedly outstanding. Which proves that the earlier three-minute challenge was perfectly achievable! Look, someone even managed to kill our little cutie."
Bronski's voice drowned out all the excited pirates. He watched the people happily collecting their gambling winnings, then waved in one direction.
The sound of gears and chains came from underwater as a heavy gate opened. Before long, the calm water churned again, and a sea monster of roughly the