"Hey, what the hell do you think you are doing?!"

Ethan shouted.

He didn't know what was really going on, but he just saw the revolver-wielding man kill one of his navy soldiers.

To him, it was now clear that these Immortals weren't exactly on their side, and that was truly bad news.

They couldn't possibly handle four Immortals just with Admirals alone!

At this moment, he wished that the former Fleet Admiral Xerxus was still with them, but nobody knows where he had gone off to.

"…You didn't ask him whom he told about Kiernan."

Imperius said.

"Does it really matter? We already know what needs to be done."

Xerxus said.

'What needs to be done?'

Kiernan wondered.

He was just taking the backseat, as he was only a Martial King, and he had no place in a fight between Immortals and Martial Emperors.

"Yes… We have to kill every pirate here."

Pankratios said.

"You're fine with that?"

Xerxus asked Imperius.

"Why wouldn't I be? I've never considered myself as one of them. They might call me Pirate Immortal, but I haven't been doing any piracy in a very long time."

Imperius said.

In that moment, his eyes started glowing green, and everybody who had died in the battlefield suddenly turned alive once more.

The eyes of the dead were glowing green, and they started marching towards the pirates.

"W-What the hell are those?"

"Run!"

The pirates screamed, but they were suddenly surrounded by the dead, who had no intention of letting them escape.

"Power to revive the dead? You're Imperius Rex!"

Emperor Happy Man shouted with a serious look.

"That means… These two Immortals are Xerxus and Pankratios of the Martial Order!"

Ethan said in shock.

He looked at Xerxus and finally noticed the very detailed revolver, which was obviously Fleet Admiral Xerxus' famous revolver.

He just couldn't understand why they were here and why he killed one of the navy soldiers.

"…Kiernan, this is the reason why you are here. We cannot keep hiding our abilities, and since we don't want our identities to be revealed, we need you to remove their memories."

Pankratios said.

"…And how do you know that I have such power?"

Kiernan said with a wry smile.

"Valerian found out that you were the all-famous Black Curse, whom the World Detective Association has investigated for a while.

"Since you are with us, he only told me and kept it secret from the World Detective Association.

"They say that you are a person with the power to break memories."

Pankratios said.

"…I can do that."

Kiernan said.

He didn't know if he had the power to break memories, but he was certain that he could remove memories of people.

"Good, let's put that power to good use."

Pankratios said and turned his gaze to Mauricio, locking into his dark eyes.

"…Shit!"

Mauricio noticed the gaze and tried breaking out of the cage, but it felt impossible.

This was a cage created by Immortal, after all, and even Immortal would find it difficult to break through it at short notice.

Pankratios twirled his staff around, and above Mauricio's cage, about ten magic circles stacked upon each other, spinning and glowing with power.

The stacked magic circles reached high above.

"Ten Circle Magic—Divine Internium, Ah Lord Behold!"

In that moment, Pankratios stabbed the staff through the icy ground, and the stacked magic circles crashed down upon the cage.

"Ahhhh!"

Mauricio screamed as the magic engulfed him, and the cage crashed onto him, crushing him beneath its weight.

BOOM!

It all exploded, and when the smoke cleared, Mauricio was nowhere to be found. There was no trace of him.

"H-H-He is dead?"

Ethan couldn't believe his eyes.

He had a bitter rivalry with Mauricio that had spanned for many years now, and they were dead equal in strength.

Yet, he was killed so effortlessly by Pankratios!

It would mean that he could also die as easily.

Queen Lala, Emperor Happy Man, Jack Butcher, and Art the Ripper tried breaking through the cage to leave.

They were trapped just like Mauricio was.

"God Slayer Bullet!"

In that moment, Xerxus shot his revolver, and the bullets pierced through the Pirate Emperors' chests.

Holes the size of hearts appeared in their chests, and blood poured out like a waterfall.

They quickly succumbed to their wounds and died on the spot.

"P-Pirate Emperors are dying like flies!"

Boarding one of the navy battleships, the reporters were furiously taking pictures and screamed till their voices turned hoarse.

They were witnessing a world-changing event.

Martial Emperors were like walking gods with the power to topple nations and conquer continents, and witnessing even one's death was a rare occurrence.

Now five Pirate Emperors, the strongest powerhouses of the seas, were dead just like that!

It just told them how powerful Immortals were in comparison.

It wasn't even close!

"Hey… Mind if I get those pictures?"

In that moment, they heard a voice behind them and turned around to see a masked figure—Kiernan—sitting on the roof of the ship.

The reporters paled and immediately tossed him the cameras, which he destroyed.

"I appreciate it…"

Kiernan landed at the deck, then used Void Step, and chopped his hand at the back of the neck of the reporters.

He completely destroyed their memories of the whole battle.

All around the battlefield, the dead men were slaughtering the pirates and criminals as well while the navy soldiers watched with stunned looks.

They didn't dare to do anything.

Without people noticing, there was someone swimming away from the battlefield—it was Rochan—he was swimming as fast as it was humanly possible.

He didn't dare to make a ship because it would be far too noticeable.

'I am not dying here!'

He gritted his teeth.

Because of one of his stolen powers—None Presence—he was capable of escaping the Immortal's overpowered sense of detection.

None Presence made his presence impossible to detect.

While swimming, in that moment, he noticed that for some reason, the massive waves were turning calm.

The seas had calmed down…

At that moment, from below the sea, green mist started rising and surrounding the entirety of the icy battlefield.

Luckily for Rochan, he was already far away, but he recognized that phenomenon, and his blood turned cold.

'Living Embodiment of Ocean Malice?'

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