"What a damn bunch of people!"
From the eyes of these pirates, Esdeath couldn't even see a trace of unwillingness or pity.
All that was there was cruel, bloodthirsty gazes.
"Ice Lotus!"
Countless ice picks condensed out of thin air, falling like rain onto the deck, bringing with them streams of blood.
"Ah!"
"Devil!"
"Demon!"
Screams and wails intermingled, blood gushed out as if it were free, and the entire deck became a pool of blood.
"Kill!"
The few nearby ships also drew close, ropes were lowered, and many people raised their knives, ready to board, only to witness this horrific scene.
Immediately, many people recoiled, their legs beginning to tremble.
Even the Captain's face darkened as he looked at Esdeath, not expecting to encounter a Devil Fruit user here.
And she was just a small Marine; how could he be so unlucky?
Seeing his subordinates constantly retreating, he chopped down one with a single blow and then shouted loudly: "Whoever dares to retreat again, I will kill him! She is only one person. Whoever kills her, I will promote him to Vice Captain!"
"Equal in status to me!"
Under a heavy reward, there must be brave men!
Coupled with the Captain's long-standing intimidation, they could only brace themselves and charge forward.
Huni's eyes flickered uncertainly as he watched Esdeath. If all his subordinates died and Esdeath's mental state remained the same, he would run.
If not, after he captured her alive, he would definitely make her wish she were dead!
"Foolish, selfish, greedy."
"Is this what you call pirates?"
With a casual swing of her sword, Esdeath killed the charging pirate and shook her head in disappointment.
"Since they are all like this, then they might as well all die."
Using both her legs and sword, with every strike and kick, someone would inevitably fall to the ground.
"Hahaha, do you see that, Aokiji!"
Garp, from behind, laughed unrestrainedly. This distance had no effect on them at all.
They could see everything clearly.
Under the perception of Observation Haki, everything was under control. As long as it wasn't someone of the same level fighting Esdeath.
Garp could instantly save Esdeath.
"Ha!"
Watching his subordinates fall one by one like cut wheat, Huni pulled out his giant axe and swung it down at Esdeath's graceful figure.
Clang!
Huni, over three meters tall, holding a giant axe, clashed with Esdeath's figure.
One was less than two meters, the other over three meters, yet the giant axe held with both hands was directly blocked by Esdeath, who held her sword with one hand.
"Nani!"
He looked in disbelief as this seemingly certain hit of an axe was not only blocked, but blocked with a single hand.
Swish!
The moment the giant axe was swept aside, two arms that had been holding a giant axe fell to the ground, and Huni let out a painful scream.
No blood flowed; the wounds on both arms were frozen by ice.
Although the possibility was small, what if the person in front of him was a Devil Fruit user? Just in case.
"Ah!!!"
"Damn it! Bitch!"
He still had abilities he hadn't used, yet he was instantly killed!
If he had used his full strength just now, how could this have happened? His desire was at fault.
After the ice froze his severed arms and broken limbs, it slowly began to spread over Huni's body.
"Spare me, spare me!"
"Please, I have treasure, I have women, no, I have men…"
"Spare me, give me a chance, I want to go to Impel Down."
"I surrender!"
Unfortunately, the speed of the ice spreading did not slow down; instead, it directly froze Huni, and then she kicked him.
Crash!
The three-meter-tall ice statue turned into ice shards.
Why did she kill him directly? Didn't they say that if he surrendered, he would have a chance to enter Impel Down? He became a pirate with the mindset that even if he didn't succeed, he would still end up in prison.
Why did she kill him directly!
"Impel Down? I'm sorry, there are no pirates who can survive under my sword."
After the Captain died, the remaining pirates knelt on the deck, prostrating themselves, wanting to surrender.
Even Garp and Aokiji thought the battle was over, but Esdeath showed no mercy, and ice picks directly pierced through their bodies.
"This…"
He glanced at Garp, who was equally shocked, not expecting Esdeath's personality to be completely different from Zephyr's.
She was actually the same type of person as Akainu!
"It's fine, we'll talk when she gets back."
Garp scratched his head, not knowing what to say. He hadn't expected Esdeath to be so bloodthirsty, leaving no one alive.
Esdeath flicked the blood off her rapier and returned to Garp's ship.
"It's already done."
Many Marines looked at Esdeath with some shock. They had originally thought she was just Vice Admiral Garp's friend, but they hadn't expected her to be a strong fighter.
She had actually dealt with the pirates on several ships by herself.
And she was a female strong fighter.
"What are you still standing around for? Bring the ship closer, and contact the nearest Marine branch to report to Marineford."
"The merits will be recorded under Esdeath's name."
"Yes!"
"Helmsman, turn around!"
A series of commands were given and quickly executed. It wasn't always the case that after fighting pirates, nothing else needed to be done; the aftermath still needed to be cleaned up.
"That Esdeath, actually, we do take surrendering pirates." Garp looked at Esdeath, who seemed completely unaffected, her mental state remarkably strong.
"I know, but they are just a bunch of parasites of the sea."
She didn't explain to Garp. For bad people, one must use bad people's methods. Being kind to them would only make them think there is leeway, and then they would take an inch and ask for a mile.
"Ah, well, alright then."
There was nothing to be done. After all, what Esdeath said was not wrong, and Esdeath seemed to be an orphan whose parents were killed by pirates.
Doing this now was understandable.
"Arara, young people have a bit of a temper, don't they?"
Aokiji couldn't help but interject. He didn't want to see another Akainu emerge in the Marine, especially a female one.
"Do I? Should I watch pirates harm ordinary people and then try to reason with them?"
"Do you want to persuade a pirate to be kind, not to rob? To sail properly?"
Aokiji retorted, "I cannot pretend I didn't hear that. They are also lives."
If there was anything Esdeath found annoying about Aokiji, it was precisely this indecisiveness.
"Then do ordinary people not have the right to live? Rather than persuade one person to repent, it's better to prevent more people from becoming pirates!"
"To cut off the emergence of pirates at the root is what we should be doing!"
These words were naturally not thought up on the spot, but rather, it was simply the truth. Not all pirates are just playing at adventure.
After all, it is true that preventing ordinary people from becoming pirates is better than trying to persuade a bad person to do good.
The world of pirates is inherently a world where the strong prey on the weak, and only the strong have the right to speak!