Chapter 166: Pirates (1)
Ketal and Baker headed toward the source of the commotion. When they arrived, they found a crowd of horrified onlookers forming a wide circle, leaving a space in the center.
“Excuse me, may we pass?” Ketal asked them, his voice polite despite the urgency.
“Eek!” The startled onlookers scrambled back instantly, pressing themselves against the nearby walls as if fleeing from a monster.
After navigating through the parted crowd, Ketal let out a low whistle. “Well, this is quite a sight.”
In the cleared space, Aquaz had a man pinned firmly to the ground.
“I-I was wrong! Please!” the man sobbed desperately, tears and snot streaming down his face as he begged for mercy.
“What’s going on here?” Ketal inquired, surveying the scene.
“A pirate,” Aquaz replied coldly, not taking her eyes off the man beneath her.
Baker’s eyes widened in surprise. “Huh? What’s a pirate doing wandering around here?”
“I don’t know,” Aquaz stated flatly. “He decided to pick a fight with me.”
Baker shook his head, a wry expression on his face. “That’s... quite the death wish.”
Indeed, picking a fight with an inquisitor of the Sun God seemed like nothing short of asking for death.