The ice-cold sea breeze blew in his face.
Søren stood on the roof of the stronghold, gazing at the sea in the distance. His expression didn't change at all, as if he was wearing a mask. Only the most attentive people would notice that Søren's fingers were trembling slightly, and his index finger was gently rubbing the blade. There was a strong smell of blood on him, as well as a strong murderous aura. This murderous aura wasn't just empty words, it was the result of a pile of heads.
Søren couldn't control his murderous aura!
He had killed too many people recently. From the moment he met Adele, to the time he took down Snake Island, Søren had taken too many heads along the way.
The repeated killings had bred the ruthlessness in his heart, and this was a battle of wills.
Psst psst psst!
The slight sound of moving came from not far away. Søren's figure disappeared, and when he reappeared, he was holding a spotted viper in his hand. This was Snake Island, and there was a large number of vipers. The stronghold was surrounded by a circle of repellent, but for some reason, the vipers behind them could still run in. The vipers here were difficult to completely eliminate, because there was a snake cave behind them. It would take a lot of casualties to clean up these vipers.
Søren used two fingers to pinch the viper's head, and the viper in his palm wrapped its body around his arm, and then began to tighten little by little. Søren felt a cold touch on his arm, but he still silently gazed into the distance, as if something in the sea was attracting him. Only when he looked away from the sea did a trace of hidden ruthlessness appear in his eyes, and his pupils faintly glowed with a bloody light. The Slaughter form had been removed, and he had satisfied the bloodthirst of the Slaughter form, but it seemed that even more thirst was born.
A sharp glint of the blade appeared.
Søren cut open the viper's body with a flip of his hand, and then stretched out his fingers to pinch out the snake's gallbladder. He raised his hand and put the gallbladder into his mouth, gently chewing it. An unbearable bitter taste appeared, and Søren's mouth twitched slightly. He couldn't help but frown, but he still chewed slowly until the bitter taste in his mouth faded, and then he slowly swallowed.
Patter!
He casually tossed away the snake's corpse and continued to stare at the distant sea.
"Special Ability: [Desire for Slaughter]. After transforming into a Slaughterer, you will be affected by the desire to slaughter. You will become extremely sensitive to fresh blood, and your senses towards anything related to slaughter will be strengthened. However, after transforming into a Slaughterer, you must kill at least four targets to satisfy your desire for slaughter. Otherwise, you will enter a state of madness. This thirst for slaughter will increase with the number of times you transform! "
This was the special ability of the Slaughter Transformation.
If he remembered correctly, after killing the Son of Fear the first time he transformed into a Slaughterer, he only needed two heads to satisfy his desire for slaughter.
One, two, four.
Søren realized that the number of Slaughter Cravings he needed to satisfy after transforming into a Slaughterer was increasing exponentially. Although it was only four at the moment, at this rate, the more times he transformed, the higher the number of Slaughter Cravings he needed to satisfy. In the end, the number of Slaughter Cravings he needed to satisfy would increase exponentially. This ability could greatly increase his strength, but it also seemed to bring him closer and closer to a true Slaughterer.
…
Light footsteps could be heard.
Adele Isabella's figure appeared not far away. After the battle, she took off her armor and temporarily freed her full chest. The feeling of being tied up with cloth strips was not good at all. She looked at Søren in the distance, and her whole body trembled. Then her eyes were in a trance, as if she suddenly saw the shadow of her father in him. For a while, her father also liked to stand and look at the sea like this, as if there was too much meaning in the sea.
The sea was a fascinating place.
Her father lived almost all his life on the sea. He used to be a notorious and ruthless pirate, but since she was his daughter, he gradually became more restrained. It was said that after he killed his enemies, he liked to hang their bodies on the mast or nail them to a wooden frame for the sea eagles to eat. He almost never left anyone alive on the merchant ships he plundered, but since she was sensible, she seemed to have never seen her father do this again.
This change became even more obvious after her mother's death!
That night, she knew that her father knelt in the temple and repented for the whole night. Her father went to the temple many times because he was a believer of the sea goddess, but in the past, he sacrificed to the gods and prayed for blessings. In Adele's memory, her father seemed to have never repented in the temple. His mother should have hated him. Even at the moment of her death, she still hated him because he killed his mother's husband and then forcibly kidnapped his mother back. But her father should have loved her, because in Adele's memory, he seemed to have never been close to any other woman except her mother.
From that time on.
Her father killed fewer and fewer people, and often did not kill innocent people after robbing merchant ships. Every week, he would go to the temple to repent. No one knew what he was repenting for, but Adele knew that he would always feel guilty for her mother.
Maybe things should have passed like this.
Unfortunately, reality still gave them a merciless blow. His repentance and kindness were regarded as weakness by other pirates, and more and more people began to feel dissatisfied with him. Eventually, some people began to rebel against him and conspire to overthrow him. It wasn't until the moment when her father was besieged and killed by hundreds of people that Adele saw his fierceness and bravery. The man called 'Killer Whale' had not become weak. He fought bravely in the crowd like a ferocious tiger. In the end, he forcefully opened up a path for her. Even until the moment of his death, he did not fall!
This might be a father's love.
After her mother's death, her father, who rarely killed people, really showed his strength when he killed a way out for her. He was still the notorious pirate who killed people like flies. Those who speculated that he had become weak because of old age all recalled his original bravery and cruelty at that moment!
Her father died in battle.
He died in battle to protect her!
Many people died that night. Wherever her father's knife went, heads rolled. He was stronger than before, and even touched the edge of the legendary realm. But Adele still couldn't understand his thoughts. She didn't understand why her father didn't show his strength in advance. As long as he killed a little, he could suppress the rebellious hearts of others. Why was he willing to draw his sword and fight until the last moment?
Adele couldn't understand all this.
But she still told herself in her heart not to be weak, because weakness would be defeated by cruel reality.
She had many memories of her father.
But the most memorable was the appearance of her father standing on a high place overlooking the sea. That image overlapped with Søren in front of her, and inexplicably made her feel the similarity between the two people.
Perhaps in the heart of the man in front of her, there was also something that he regarded as more precious than his own life.
The only difference was.
Her father put down the knife, and he picked it up.
…
Adele still knew nothing about the man in front of her. All her feelings were just a woman's intuition.
The man in front of her seemed to notice her arrival. He withdrew his gaze from the sea in the distance, then turned around and looked at her lightly. He slowly said, "Finished counting?"
"Yes." Adele bowed slightly to show her respect and said, "We found two boxes of gold and jewelry in the mountain stronghold. Basically, we have searched all the places with hidden compartments. There are a lot of goods in the warehouse, but they need to be transported out. The total value should be about 23,000 Gold Derahls, of which about 8,000 Gold Derahls can be spent directly. The rest are all valuable items and goods. "
Søren nodded gently.
He looked at the woman in front of him with satisfaction and ordered, "All those who participated in the battle will be rewarded with 15 Kindler. Let them eat all the meat in the warehouse, but no one is allowed to drink. You count the goods that are easy to sell, and then take 5,000 Kindler. Tomorrow morning, take a group of people to Port Tylon. Sell all the goods, even if the price is low. Then you can recruit people. These funds should be enough for you to recruit a group of desperadoes. "
"I won't stay here for too long. In three days, we will destroy the sea wolves in Shipwreck Bay!"
"As for how to control these guys, I think you should know how to do it."
"Go on."
Søren waved his hand gently. After all, there were only a few people in this world who could read. There were many good fighters among the pirates, but there were not many who could read or learn. The woman in front of him was not bad. She received part of the aristocratic education from her mother. In knowledge, trade, and management, she was better than other pirates. The only thing she lacked at present was strength. As a woman, she needed more strength to suppress these rebellious pirates.
Being only grade four was not enough. She needed to be at least a quasi-legendary!
However, she still had Søren behind her. As long as the pirates knew that there was a mysterious and terrifying existence behind everything, they would not dare to act recklessly because of fear in their hearts.
Because Søren's prestige was built on their heads!
But.
The number of heads now was not enough.
Søren had to use more heads to build up his prestige, so that the pirates would tremble when they thought of him. This way, Søren would not go to the outer islands and destroy everything carefully arranged here.
Adele was only the leader on the surface. Søren had to use thunderous means to intimidate them!
Kill and reward.
This was only the simplest way to control them.
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(PS: I wrote this chapter all morning. I don't know how it is. I should have done my best. The title of the chapter is a bit poetic, but I really thought about it for a long time.)
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