The longsword descended mercilessly.
It claimed the lives of two more nobles!
Esdeath, having already slain three nobles, did not continue her killing spree; she wasn't an executioner, and her objective had been achieved.
Killing the chicken to warn the monkeys!
To rectify Shambles, one must start directly from the source.
Are pirates the source of chaos?
How could that be!
Pirates' time in Shambles is limited; only nobles stay in Shambles consistently, and it is also nobles who harm people.
First, she would deal with the nobles, and then those vicious pirates; not a single one would escape, she would take her time!
Ignoring the remaining shocked nobles and the common people nearby who didn't dare to breathe loudly, she turned to Tina and asked with concern, "Are you alright, Tina?"
"Tina is fine, don't worry, Esdeath-sama."
A swine noble still wanted to hurt her?
"Continue the operation!"
"Yes, Esdeath-sama!"
Seeing Esdeath directly execute nobles without a word, the morale of everyone working soared!
They finally understood that Esdeath wasn't just all talk!
This further ignited their fighting spirit, and they worked even harder; no matter what your status, it was useless in front of Esdeath-sama!
On a rooftop not far away.
Rayleigh took a sip of sake, watching Esdeath cleanly dispatch two nobles, and sighed, "It seems the World Government's intention is very firm."
With his wisdom, he roughly understood with a little thought that the decision-maker was not Esdeath.
The task given to Esdeath should have been, 'Shambles is yours, I'll handle the public opinion from the nobles, and you handle the pirate situation.'
Then Esdeath came directly to him, asking him to bear the pressure from the pirates.
She really played her cards well!
This truly showed ambition!
Controlling Sabaody Archipelago was equivalent to monopolizing the lifelines of many people, and her only contribution was the action itself.
"Oh?"
Suddenly, his Observation Haki sensed an aura; Esdeath actually smiled in the direction he was in!
She discovered him even from such a distance!
"But since Esdeath has acted, then I should act too!"
Flipping down from the rooftop, Rayleigh also began to move.
Seeing this, Esdeath showed a slight smile; that old drunkard better not have promised her something he wouldn't do.
The dock!
Many pirates gathered here, hearing that a Devil Fruit would be auctioned at the dock today!
They excitedly chattered, recounting the wicked deeds they had committed during their voyages.
"Hmph!"
"What a bunch of fools!"
Shakky watched the pirates gathered together from a distance and shook her head in dissatisfaction; if all pirates were like this, it would be better to have no pirates at all.
They were all so gullible!
She hadn't even found a single pirate she could look up to or who had potential.
"Welcome here!"
Esdeath appeared at the dock, walking step by step in her long boots towards the groups of pirates, a smile on her face.
"B-beautiful, beauty!"
"What a beautiful woman!"
"If I could sleep with her, I'd be willing to shorten my life by ten years!"
The already noisy pirates became even more boisterous, whistling like a bunch of hooligans.
They had originally stopped at an island to plunder and vent the frustrations in their hearts.
After all, facing the endless sea day after day, who could endure it as a normal person?
And now, such a cold and beautiful ice queen had appeared; who could control the desires within their hearts!
Esdeath glanced at the lowly pirates, each one an ugly sight, yet dreaming of beauty.
Although this wasn't all the pirates in Shambles, it was still a large portion of them.
There were even many great pirates with bounties over 100 million.
If she killed them all, she wondered if she could gain tens of thousands of prestige.
"Damn pirates!"
Tina listened to the pirates' vulgar words, her silver teeth almost ground to dust; how dare they treat Esdeath-sama like this, every single one of them deserved to die!
If Esdeath-sama hadn't instructed her to wait for her signal before attacking, the dock would have already been engulfed in cannon fire!
She wished she could shoot each pirate one by one, stringing them up like candied haws!
"Hey, little lady, did you get lost?"
"Why don't you have some fun with us brothers!"
Two or three pirates walked out of the crowd, looking at the ice-cold Esdeath and verbally teasing her.
And their arms reached out towards Esdeath, their eyes overflowing with lust!
Before their arms even touched her, a chilling cold swept through the bodies of the three pirates.
Ice spread from their feet, covering them up to their chests in the blink of an eye.
Before the three pirates could even scream, they turned into three ice sculptures, and then Esdeath kicked them, leaving a pile of ice shards.
"Hahahaha!"
"They deserved it, truly three unlucky fools!"
"They have no sense of judgment, what kind of woman do they think they can touch?"
A chorus of laughter erupted, not a hint of sympathy, but rather boisterous laughter.
They clutched their stomachs, laughing so hard they swayed back and forth, completely disregarding the lives of the three men.
Only a few pirates' eyes flickered; after all, they were crewmates who had been together day and night, and their deaths were a bit regrettable.
"Little girl! Isn't that a bit much?"
A large man stepped out of the crowd, intending to demand an explanation from Esdeath, his eyes still wandering over Esdeath's body.
Covering her eyes with one hand, Esdeath slightly raised her head and smiled, a smile that sent a chill down the large man's spine.
"Hahahaha, you scumbags, entertain me to your heart's content!"
"If you die like this, then it just proves you're nothing special!"
Snap!
Esdeath leaped high into the air, and with two fingers, she lightly snapped her fingers.
"I didn't expect her to be a madwoman!"
Many people looked at Esdeath and regretfully shook their heads; they had thought she was an ice beauty, but instead, she was a madwoman.
How disappointing!
They had thought that besides the auction, there might be some unexpected gains today, but now it seemed hopeless.
"Look, look up!"
"Run!"
Many people who had lowered their heads heard the trembling voices of those around them and felt as if the sky had darkened.
A giant block of ice formed with the snap of her fingers, appearing above the dock.
With her ability fully unleashed, the freezing extended to fifty or sixty meters!
If one ice block fell, the entire dock would probably collapse!
"Impossible, this is impossible!"
A few pirates stood frozen in place!
That giant block of ice was like a meteor!
"Fire, fire at it!"
Bang bang bang!
All the cannons fired at the ice block, causing not a single bit of damage.
At this moment, the hardness of the ice block was equivalent to iron!
"You're trying to kill all of us, aren't you!"
A pirate stepped forward, pointing at Esdeath in the sky, as if denouncing her evil deeds!
"Ah, yes!"
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