After hearing Mayor Ho's words, Charlotte sneered disdainfully.
He was already a wanted big-time pirate with a bounty of 950 million berries. Would he be afraid of bounties?
For him, the higher the bounty, the higher his fame and popularity would be. There was no harm in that.
With a single kick, he shattered Mayor Ho's head, and the world fell silent.
Charlotte let out a soft sigh.
He felt a sense of relief wash over him. The pent-up qi (a sense of suppressed energy) weighing on his heart vanished.
This put Charlotte in an extremely good mood.
Looking at his bloodstained clothes, Charlotte ripped off the outer layer.
He grabbed a brocade robe from a noble nearby and draped it over himself.
"Ryder, wanna take a bath?"
Charlotte raised an eyebrow at The Red Count standing by the viewing stand.
The Red Count also raised an eyebrow and smelled the alcohol on himself. Then he nodded after a moment's thought.
"Hahaha! Let's roll!"
Charlotte kicked open the back door of the auction house.
All that was left in the auction house was a mess and a floor full of corpses.
There were also some survivors, terrified and hiding under the chairs.
These survivors were undoubtedly lucky. They had survived because Charlotte didn't kill them all.
"Is... is he gone?"
A trembling figure in the corner lifted its head and whispered softly, looking around.
Although the voice was very soft, it was clearly audible in the quiet auction house.
"Is... is he gone?"
Some brave ones also lifted their heads and said uncertainly after seeing no sign of that killing god.
"Run! Run away! I'll never come here again!"
A disheveled nobleman rushed towards the auction house's main entrance after seeing that Charlotte was gone.
As soon as he started running, everyone followed suit.
Clang!
The door was opened, and the survivors rushed out, scrambling and tumbling out of the auction house.
There were about fifty-some people at a glance.
It was known that nearly three hundred people had participated in the auction, which meant Charlotte had killed about two hundred and fifty people. Not to mention those who came later and the staff of the auction house...
These people were really lucky to have survived, thanks to Charlotte's momentary kindness.
Seeing so many nobles scurrying out, those gathered around the auction house gasped in shock.
It was truly rare to see those once high-and-mighty nobles acting like beggars.
The auction house emptied quickly.
The only ones left in the auction house were Rear-Admiral Wells and his Navy troops.
Wells stared blankly at the scene in front of him and didn't even notice when Charlotte left.
"How could this happen? How could this happen! How could he be so cruel? Why is he so cruel!"
Wells stared blankly at all the corpses on the ground and murmured.
"Rear-Admiral! Rear-Admiral!"
A colonel beside him called out in a low voice after seeing Charlotte leave but noticing his superior's dazed expression.
He had better nerves than Rear-Admiral Wells.
But Wells ignored him and continued to murmur.
"Rear - Admiral!"
The colonel shouted into Rear - Admiral Wells' ear when he saw no reaction from him.
"Ah! What?"
After hearing such a loud voice, Rear - Admiral Wells immediately regained his senses and looked at the colonel.
The colonel gulped nervously.
"Rear - Admiral, the pirate Charlotte's gone. Should we go after him?"
The colonel asked boldly.
He didn't want to pursue. After seeing the scene of the pirate Charlotte's crazy slaughter, his legs trembled at the mention of the pirate Charlotte's name.
"Go after him! Absolutely!"
Wells replied subconsciously right after hearing his subordinate's words.
But then Wells was a bit stunned.
"Wait! Let me make a call first!"
Wells fished out the Den Den Mushi from his pocket.
But when he took it out, he found that the Den Den Mushi was still foaming at the mouth and unconscious, and he couldn't contact anyone at all.
"What should we do?"
Rear - Admiral Wells held the Den Den Mushi and muttered anxiously.
Not being able to contact the Navy Headquarters was a big no - no!
"Rear - Admiral!"
The colonel said beside him seeing Wells' anxious look.
"Huh?"
Wells glanced at his subordinate.
"You send someone to watch from a distance first. After the Den Den Mushi recovers, report to the Navy Headquarters and ask whether to pursue or not!"
Wells looked at the colonel and said.
"Yes!"
After hearing Wells' words, the colonel immediately stood at attention and saluted.
Then he went out to give orders to his subordinates.
He clearly heard that they were going to take a bath. He just needed to monitor the outside of the bathhouse.
After seeing his subordinate go out, Wells slumped down into the armchair, and the sweat on his back had soaked through his clothes.
After the pirate Charlotte entered the backcourt, all the slaves in the cages looked over.
They all looked at the pirate Charlotte with hopeful eyes.
They heard clearly the commotion the pirate Charlotte made in the front hall.
There were cries and pleas for mercy everywhere.
They were sure that these cries were definitely caused by the man in front of them.
When he came to the backcourt, the pirate Charlotte instantly felt a dead - like atmosphere, which made him uncomfortable.
Looking around, the pirate Charlotte walked straight towards a cage where a little girl was locked up.
This surprised The Red Count.
The pirate Charlotte came to the cage.
When the little girl saw the pirate Charlotte, she subconsciously shrank back, as if this would give her some sense of security.
The pirate Charlotte smiled at her, and then, under her stunned gaze, he tore off the noose on the cage.
Then he walked away without looking back.
He walked towards the next iron cage and tore off the locks of the cages where the slaves were locked up one by one.
The pirate Charlotte didn't open the cages for them; he just broke the locks.
If they wanted to leave, they had to push the cages open by themselves.
The pirate Charlotte did this to let them open the way to the free world by themselves instead of staying in the world of the cages.
After doing all this, the pirate Charlotte returned to The Red Count.
"Let's go!"
After saying that, he left with The Red Count in a grand manner.
None of the slaves in the opened cages dared to open the cages. Clearly, they could open them with just a stretch of their hands, but no one dared to move.
After a long time!
The little girl, whose lasso was the first to be broken by Charlotte, stirred.
Dragging her heavy body, she slowly approached the cage. With her little dusty hand, she carefully pushed open the cage.
Creak~!
The sound of the cage opening was extremely clear in the backcourt.
Everyone heard this sound and looked at the little girl expectantly.
After the little girl opened the cage, she cautiously took a small step and stepped out of the cage.
Then she immediately turned around and looked at the cage that had confined her.
"Hahaha! Hahahahaha!"
The little girl's face broke into a silver - bell - like laugh.
She laughed.
After seeing the little girl laugh, all the slaves locked in the cages all lifted their heads. With determined looks in their eyes, they pushed open the cage doors with their hands.