This sentence is of course not an answer to Qiubai's question, but an order given to his subordinates as a captain.

And when his subordinates heard such an order, almost all the firearms opened fire without hesitation.

The captain's order is absolute? Or is this group of pirates not being coerced by anyone? Or maybe that's how they survive.

In short, if he can kill the two people in front of him, this red wolf captain seems to have the consciousness to catch himself.

"Do you show no mercy to yourself? It's interesting, but ...... It's a bit excessive, it's just a simple question. ”

Qiubai shook his head and said, and at the same time regretted the other party's lack of cooperation.

But so far, he's actually gone too far. However, this pirate captain should also feel a little bit, the more Qiubai is a person who speaks so lightly, in fact, the more he is not very good at talking.

The smoke and dust caused by the continuous firing gradually dissipated, and the special pungent smell of gunpowder began to diffuse, but now the scene in front of the pirates was that Qiu Bai and the two were shot into a hornet's nest, on the contrary, they did not even have a little bruise.

Because there are strange armor that blocks all attacks:

The shield-shaped layered translucent superimposed structure has seven layers in front and back, and the rounded edges are petals that extend out like a reddish flame...... To be honest, Qiubai didn't want to use this defense because it was a bit of a fee.

And using the "concept armament" and "Blazing Sky Covering Seven Rings" to block bullets is always a bit of a feeling of killing chickens, and whoever sees the degree of waste will cry.

However, Qiubai's "armor" is a little beyond common sense for the pirates, so in the face of the strange phenomenon of bullets being blocked, their choice is...... Keep firing.

In front of the church, a more violent fire suddenly erupted in an instant, but no matter how ineffective the attack method tried, it was ineffective, in fact, even if they moved the entire pirate ship over and fired at Qiubai, it was useless.

"Stop!"

Now that the captain has been hijacked, the person in charge of the pirates seems to have been replaced by the older and "hateful-looking" co-captain, who gradually realizes that firing is just a waste of ammunition, and gives instructions for a ceasefire.

It seemed unlikely that he would be able to break through the opponent's strange defenses in a short period of time, so he decided to take a more direct "attack" approach to the soft underbelly.

"Free the captain, or we'll execute all the hostages here!"

The vice-captain's words caused the pirates to turn their guns back on the unarmed townspeople...... He tried to recapture the captain by threat.

Qiu Bai tilted his head and pretended to think about it, then said, "Hostage? It seems to be a very effective means, but I refuse. ”

"What......"

"Are you mistaken, I have nothing to do with the people here, how can worthless people become blackmailers?"

"I'm neither a hero nor a savior, I'm really just passing by and coming over to find an acquaintance......," he said, glancing at the shivering inhabitants lying on the ground:

"But...... In a general sense, killing people must always have the psychological preparation to pay for their own lives, and the so-called "killing to pay for life" is nothing more than this, this is an 'equivalent exchange', isn't it? The only thing that can be exchanged with life is life itself. ”

Of course, the deputy captain of the pirates didn't believe Qiubai's statement, he thought that this person was pretending to be tough, and there was only one way to force him to give in at this time, and that was to be tougher.

He smiled so cruelly that anyone would want to step on it, and tilted his head at one of the pirates next to him.

The other party understood, and without warning he shot one of the hostages.

Iron sand splattered, and fiery shotguns sprayed at the back of the hostage's heart, and then the hostage lay silent in a pool of blood.

Qiu Bai shook his head again, but now his face was a little cold, "Can't you understand people, you guys?" ”

Then he made a beautiful interpretation of his words: the pirate who shot was hit by the blade that flashed with cold light, and then the whole person exploded into a cloud of blood rather abruptly.

A tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye, a life for a life.

But this kind of thing did not make the deputy captain flinch, he gritted his teeth and stepped back, and then ordered:

"Go on!"

"Go on!"

"Go on!"

When a pirate fires a shot, one of the hostages will naturally die, and then the pirate will explode, so the result is very simple, the deputy captain can't continue.

No one paid attention to his orders, and in a fit of rage he snatched a musket and aimed it at the hostage, but he could not shoot anyway.

Because he was afraid.

The pirates realized a very cold truth: the man in front of him could have done it before he could shoot and avoid the death of the townspeople, but he didn't do that, he just waited quietly for the residents to die before he "retaliated".

Is this a simple life-for-life?

No, at this time, disgust, hatred, and resentment are normal, but even pirates will feel cold when they seem to be "equal" and actually indifferent to Qiubai.

The more you think about it, the more outrageous it becomes, and the autumn white at this time makes people feel a little "non-human...... He won't do it for no reason, even if the other party is a vicious pirate.

That's why this person watched the pirates kill the hostages, because only when the pirates did it would he have a reason to fight back.

The mechanical and emotionless act made the scene completely and eerily silent, and the pirates had no doubt that when 200 hostages were killed, they would also be wiped out.

More than expected......

As for Qiubai, although a mere catapult weapon cannot be said to be a sword skill, the so-called "killing" is probably like this.

"Is Mayor Mare? You should know that kid named Allen, where is he? As a last resort, Qiu Bai had no choice but to ask again.

But no one answered his question at all, or the mayor had already been killed by the pirates, or the mayor was in the middle of the crowd but he didn't dare to stand up.

"Qiubai, I found it."

Qiubai wanted to ask again, but at this time, Aine seemed to have discovered Allen's location, and then she walked around Qiubai's side and walked into the church.

Immediately after, she took Allen out...... It was indeed that child.

But compared to last time, this lively boy is a little different, to be precise, he is now like Edward...... Not "Edward Newgate", but "Edward Elric" at some point.

Allen's face was pale and unconscious, probably due to excessive blood loss if nothing else—he had lost both his right hand and his left leg.

This kind of injury Ain's ability is also useless, and with the other party's age, he can't withstand the devastation of 12 years back, so even if it is useful, it is impossible to use it.

"One more breath."

Despite this state, Captain Grisha's son is still alive and well...... Or maybe he's still alive.

"Put him down, hold on to a little." Qiubai said.

Aine had no choice but to put Allen down, but rather to hold him on as to "fix" him.

The shield was still there, and the two of them were moving as if no one was around, and the frightened pirates didn't dare to act at all.

"Elren, can you hear me?" Qiubai patted the other party's face and said.

This is an extremely inhumane act for a person who has been seriously injured and lost blood, but the vitality of people in this world has to be admired many times.

So Qiubai's movements were tireless and repeated, so when both sides of Allen's face were swollen, the child opened his eyes.

"Autumn ......" he said a word with great difficulty, and then he couldn't.

"I said, listen, do you remember what happened earlier?"

Allen's eyes told Qiubai that he had not lost his memory due to the previous mental shock, so he could fully understand the current situation.

"Well, I'll tell you now, Captain Grisha is dead, do you understand?"

Another blow to the standard.

"Look over here," Qiubai's fingers pulled Allen's gaze to Captain Red Wolf, "to be honest, it's not right for me to do something to them, because it has nothing to do with me, but you're different, no matter what you want to do, you have a good enough reason, so you need a little courage and the will to overcome your own predicament." ”

Qiubai is not wrong, it has nothing to do with age and strength, this should be a battle that belongs to Allen alone, and he is just an irrelevant and an outsider, and what he does is "nosy".

He took a firearm from Ain's hand, and then stuffed it into Allen's hand, of course, the latter state did not have the strength to raise the spear, and even Allen should be in a state where he couldn't move a finger at this time, so he could only be at the mercy of Qiubai.

After placing Erren's palm, Qiubai's right hand held the front end of the firebolt and raised it together with Allen's remaining left arm.

And the muzzle of the gun was facing the center of the pirate captain's eyebrows.

"Can you do it? It should be done, right? ”

「What'cha do？

what'cha do?

I do Private Wars.

Life requires a little courage and passion, right?"

All that Qiubai had done for him, and now all Allen had to do was move his index finger back a centimeter before the trigger.

Perhaps rationally this is impossible for a semi-comatose person, but how is it possible to use "rationality" as a benchmark for judgment at such a time?

If human beings break through the limits of physiology with emotional impulses, it should be the time now, at least Qiubai thinks the other party should be able to do it.

Otherwise, it is disqualified.

So, Allen's fingers trembled.

Although he could hardly hear anything at this time, including what Qiu Bai had just said, his vision was also blurry, and he couldn't see clearly in front of him.

But he seemed to understand everything at this time.

So he kept his eyes open, and he didn't know how long it was, until he vaguely saw something like fireworks.