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"Captain, please, be the bigger man and let her go! She's just a child. There's no need to take her words to heart!"
The old man shielded the little girl behind him like a mother hen protecting her chick, his face etched with desperate pleading.
"Boss, what do we do?" Seeing this, the two lackeys paused their advance, turning to Ulysses for orders.
"Heh heh... just a child's slip of the tongue. What a wonderful slip of the tongue!" Ulysses tapped his temple, laughing out loud. His eyes narrowed into mere slits, but a menacing, venomous light flashed within them.
Squelch!
No one expected Ulysses to actually kill him!
Cough!
The old man had never imagined the pirate captain could be so cold-blooded. His head slumped downward mechanically. Staring at the massive blade protruding from his own chest, his lips trembled as if trying to speak, but no sound came out. Slowly, the light faded from his eyes.
"What are you idiots standing around for? Grab her!" Ulysses snapped, glaring at his two underlings.
"Ahhh!"
The crowd instantly erupted into a frantic panic, screams and chaotic clamor filling the square.
Slash! Squelch!
But the price of that clamor was paid in blood. Wielding his twin broadswords, Ulysses charged straight into the terrified crowd, slicing through them as easily as chopping vegetables. In just a few seconds, over a dozen heads flew into the air, their lifeless bodies collapsing into expanding pools of crimson.
"Shut up! Quiet!" Ulysses roared impatiently, his murderous intent exploding outward like a physical shockwave.
The panicked crowd fell dead silent in an instant, as if an invisible hand had gripped their throats. No one dared to make a sound.
Silence!
The square became deathly quiet—a terrifying, suffocating stillness where even the muffled sobs of the women seemed deafening. The villagers barely dared to breathe.
"Waaaah!"
However, the little girl was the exception. Seeing her grandfather suddenly collapse in a pool of blood, she burst into heartbroken wails.
The eerie silence shattered instantly.
"You want to die too?!" Ulysses scowled. Reeking of killing intent, he lunged at the little girl, bringing his heavy blade down without a shred of mercy. To him, as long as it breathed, it could be killed.
"Waaah!"
The threat of imminent death didn't stop her tears; it only made her cry louder. Among the surrounding crowd, not a single person dared to step forward to intervene. No one had the power to stop Ulysses.
If that blade landed, there was no doubt the tiny girl would be cleaved cleanly in two. The razor-sharp wind of the descending blade had already drawn a thin line of blood on her delicate, porcelain cheek.
Whoosh!
Just as the villagers squeezed their eyes shut in despair, unable to bear the gruesome sight of the child's execution, a sharp, piercing sound tore through the air. The fierce shockwave of its approach made everyone shudder.
CLANG!
A crisp, ear-splitting screech of clashing metal rang out. The crowd opened their eyes and turned their heads.
A brilliant, pure white energy shield had manifested out of thin air, completely blocking Ulysses' lethal strike and saving the little girl's life.
"Who's there?!" Ulysses hurriedly leapt backward, putting distance between himself and the impact zone. He glared fiercely at the white barrier. His right hand tightly gripped his hilt; the moment anything felt off, he was ready to either attack or retreat.
"Heh. Trying to butcher a little girl? Have you no shame at all?"
As the mocking words drifted out, the glowing shield slowly dispersed, revealing Shirokami. Standing safely behind him were the teenage girl and the little child, whom she had already scooped up into her arms.
"Who the hell are you? I've never seen your face around here!"
Ulysses was taken aback at the sight of the young man. He immediately shot a look to his left and right, and his two lackeys instantly flanked him. With a single word from Ulysses, the three of them would pounce on Shirokami in a coordinated attack.