Cold glints flashing in the darkness traced several icy arcs through the air as three tall figures reeking of blood slowly emerged from the shadows.
The man in front was tall, with a huge black centipede tattooed on his bare right arm. He held a pitch-black horse-cutting saber half a foot wide, its blade pointing down.
Dense, ink-black Armament Haki coiled around the blade, reflecting a chilling gleam in the remaining light.
Behind him, an old man as shriveled as dead wood fiddled with poisoned needles between his fingertips, chuckling grotesquely, while another assassin, wrapped entirely in shadow, flickered in and out of sight like a ghost.
"'Beheading User' Morey, 'Poison Scorpion' Balu, and 'Shadow Stinger' Xius."
Hiding behind a golden pillar, Stussy's pupils abruptly contracted, and she could not help letting out a quiet cry.
These three were the most renowned elite bounty hunters in the New World. Each had hands stained with the blood of great pirates with bounties worth hundreds of millions of Beli.
She had never expected Tesoro to secretly spend a fortune recruiting these three lone wolves into his service.
"Morey! Balu! Xius! Kill him!"
Kneeling on the floor, Gild Tesoro seemed to have seized his last lifeline, his facial muscles twisted beyond recognition by extreme fear and rage. Bracing both hands against the floor, he roared hysterically, "Cut off his head, and I'll give you fifty billion Beli! No! A hundred billion Beli! Half of Gold City's wealth is yours!"
"Lord Tesoro is right!"
The King of Loan Sharks, Luffield, who lay slumped in the rubble, also began screaming, his voice filled with desperate madness. "And my loan-sharking network! Kill him, and I'll give you a twenty-percent stake in the profits every year without you putting up any capital! Kill him!"
"A hundred billion