"Here, you will have endless gold coins! And unlimited rum!"
"Most importantly!"
Roger spread his arms, his voice filled with a captivating magic.
"You will gain eternal life! Become immortal warriors!"
"Unkillable! Undrunkable! Unbeatable!"
These words sent the entire Mermaid Tavern into a frenzy.
The pirates waved their bottles, roaring and shouting.
It was as if Roger was not a pirate captain, but the Sea God descended to earth.
"Who can't brag!"
Just then, a discordant voice came from a corner.
A one-eyed pirate with a scarred face and a build like a bear stood up.
He stepped on a table, a rum barrel in his hand.
"Kid, go ask around Tortuga Port, who doesn't know that 'One-Eyed' Buck hates braggarts the most!"
"You say you're unkillable? Alright! Then prove it to me!"
"If you really can't be killed, then I, Buck, will lead my brothers to join you today!"
Buck's words immediately drew a chorus of agreement.
"That's right! Prove it to us!"
"I can brag too!"
"Wait, buddy, have you really bragged before?"
"Of course, I brag whenever I see a cow!"
This was exactly the effect Roger wanted.
He snapped his fingers, a confident and composed smile on his face.
"No problem."
"Billy!"
Roger shouted.
Billy, who was performing a dance while hugging a pillar, immediately scurried over.
"Captain! You called for me!"
Billy puffed out his chest and held his head high, looking exactly like an excellent employee waiting for his boss's inspection.
"Billy, show everyone a special skill."
Roger patted him on the shoulder.
With an expression that said, "I have high hopes for you."
"Alright!"
Billy rubbed his hands together excitedly.
He walked to the center of the tavern, cleared his throat, and roared with full vigor.
"Fellow pirate brothers! Today, I'm going to open your eyes!"
"I'm going to show you what a true pirate is!"
"What a true—miracle—is!"
As Billy spoke, he ripped open his shirt, revealing his solid, rippling muscles.
He thumped his chest and beckoned to One-Eyed Buck.
"Come! You! Yes, you!"
"Use all your strength, stab me with a knife until I'm dead!"
One-Eyed Buck was stunned for a moment, then he grinned ferociously.
"You asked for this!"
He drew a half-meter-long sailor's dagger from his waist, its blade glinting with a chilling light in the candlelight.
"Billy, be careful!" Hanson whispered a reminder from the side.
"What's there to be afraid of!" Billy waved his hand dismissively.
"I'm immortal! The ace of the explorer!"
"If I'm afraid of him, how will I ever make a living?"
Billy pointed at Buck.
"Come on, stab me until I'm dead!"
Roger held his wine glass, calmly seated.
He even had the leisure to whistle at Elizabeth, who was next to him, her face pale and almost unable to watch.
"Miss Swann, learn from this, it's called corporate culture display."
Elizabeth turned her head, refusing to watch the barbaric and bloody scene.
In the tavern, everyone held their breath.
One-Eyed Buck grinned menacingly and raised the knife in his hand.
"Kid, be smarter in your next life!"
He roared, using all his strength, and plunged the sharp dagger fiercely into Billy's belly!
"Pfft!"
A muffled thud of a blade entering flesh.
The entire tavern was silent.
The expected scene of the blade bouncing off did not occur.
The expected scene of Billy being unharmed, laughing loudly, as if he were truly blessed by fortune, also did not occur.
The dagger was firmly embedded, hilt-deep.
Crimson blood gushed out along the hilt and the wound.
Staining Billy's trousers and the floor beneath him.
Time seemed to freeze at this moment.
The smile on Billy's face froze.
He looked down, disbelievingly at the hole in his belly that was still gushing blood.
He blinked, then blinked again.
"?"
An unprecedented sharp pain shot through his abdomen.
Billy's mouth opened, and with a "wah," a mouthful of fresh blood gushed out.
"Cap… Captain…"
His voice was full of grievance and bewilderment.
"It hurts…"
With that, he rolled his eyes and fell straight backward.
"…"
Dead silence.
A deathly silence.
In the entire Mermaid Tavern, you could hear a pin drop.
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