Crack!
With a sharp crash, the warship's thick mainmast was severed halfway up. The heavy timber crashed onto the deck, instantly crushing several pirates who failed to dodge into pulp.
The raging aftermath of the slash plowed a deep furrow through the deck, hurling more than a dozen pirates straight into the sea.
"Ah!"
"My leg!"
"Help!"
"The ship's sinking!"
Screams instantly rang throughout the ship.
Kuina landed lightly on the deck strewn with wood chips, her gaze icy.
Murmuring Lorne's teachings under her breath, she vanished from the spot.
"Once the blade is drawn, there are no regrets."
"Soru!"
When she reappeared, she was already behind a pirate officer.
A blade flashed, and blood spurted. Before the officer could even turn his head, he collapsed, clutching his throat.
Kuina was like a sprite dancing through a sea of blood. Wherever she went, her blade swept through everything, and not a single pirate could withstand one of her slashes.
Meanwhile, the fifty elite Marines had slammed down onto the decks of the other warships.
"Finger Pistol!"
A burly Marine appeared before a pirate in an instant. His right index finger, like a javelin forged from steel, pierced the pirate's chest with a wet squelch.
"Iron Body!"
Elsewhere, three pirates wielding sharp cutlasses slashed at a Marine's back, their faces twisted viciously.
Clang!
Clang!
Clang!
Sharp metallic clashes rang out, accompanied by a shower of dazzling sparks.
The Marine's body became as hard as iron in an instant. When the pirates' cutlasses struck him, they left no wounds at all. Instead, the impact numbed their hands, nearly knocking the cutlasses from their grips.
The pirates' eyes nearly bulged out in terror.
"This... how is this possible?!"
"Are you a monster?!"
The Marine grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth, then drove