nellstewart
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Chapter 48 - Fated Encounter with the Immortal Man “The only place to slay a woman is on a bed. Only scum would enjoy torturing them.” “Haha, that stings.” The knife had without a doubt pierced Drake’s chest, but he pulled it out as if nothing had happened. The wound closed quickly, leaving no trace behind. “A magic tool boosting recovery…? No, that can’t be it.” I was familiar with that kind of recovery. I had witnessed it since I was a child, whether I liked it or not. “So that’s…
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Chapter 42 - Rotten Humanity “Sue, don’t look.” “Ah…” Sue was on her knees, in complete dismay. I covered her eyes with my hands, to not let her see the sisters’ corpses. In the square, about 10 sisters had been affixed, arms wide, on crosses. A considerable amount of time seemed to have passed since their death: the bodies had dried up to the point they looked like black mummies. Crows had gathered around the crosses, attracted by the stench of dead meat, but the sisters’ bodies were so…
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Chapter 47 - Fallen Man We arrived at the palace’s rear entrance and entered without a word from the guards. Following the light of the torches hanging on the walls and Sue’s directions, we proceeded deeper inside. Samuel, the minister, had probably made sure to keep the guards out: we did not encounter even one on our way to the throne room. And the exact moment we arrived in front of the door, a powerful explosion went off inside. “This is…gunpowder!” I opened the door, leading the…
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Chapter 40 - Departure at Nightfall We waited for the reconstruction of the port to be completed to board the ship “borrowed” from the pirates and leave Brutos. We left before dawn, hidden in a cloak of darkness: if we were seen trying to leave the town, we were definitely going to be stopped. “Sneaking out in the dark like this makes me feel like a criminal…well, we’re technically pirates right now, so I really can’t complain, can I...” Rocked by the waves, I took a deep sigh. A parade in…
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Chapter 43 - The Colony’s Shadows “W-We had no other choice!! Do you even know what happens to those who dare oppose Lord Drake!? They’re captured, taken to the palace, and tortured without mercy!! We are only trying to protect ourselves here!!” The man spat excuse after excuse, trying to justify their position. I sat through his desperate speech, unfazed, then grinned sarcastically. “Is that so? I bet these sisters would have liked to save their own lives too,…
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Chapter 46 - Five in the Forest, Before the Raid The night of the following day… I stepped inside the forest close to the palace where Drake usually resided. The sky was heavy with clouds, hiding the moon and stars: the perfect weather for an ambush. “Which is all well and good…but why are you here, again?” When Sakuya and I reached the site the minister Lauros had told us about, for some reason Sue, Roh, and even Xiao Mao came after us, despite not being of any help in a fight. “Ah, I thought I…
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Chapter 44 - Plotting in the DarkThat night, I visited the mansion designated by the old man. The building, located on the outskirts of the town, was completely dark: no lights were on, as if it was deserted. I had Sue and Sakuya return to the ship first: if anything happened, they were to leave me and escape from the port. I knocked on the backdoor five times, as the old man requested. “I have been expecting you. Please, this way.” The door was opened by the same old man I met earlier that day, now…
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Chapter 39 - Seeker of Salvation 【POV: A certain country’s minister】 “What a bizarre question. Is it strange for a pirate to engage in acts of cruelty?” “No, that is not what I…it seems to me that…you do not take pleasure in torture, governor.” Carefully picking my words, I finally asked the question that had been weighing on my mind. During my tenure as minister, I have had the chance to witness the darkness lying in the hearts of many men and women. Among them, there were those…
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