Miss Witch’s Devotion Has Gone… Twisted

"I'll play a game with you all now. If you win, I'll let you go.

"I'll turn around now. You all run. When I turn back, anyone who moves dies."

With that, Loren turned around and began counting down:

"Three... two..."

The pirates immediately bolted outward like madmen. The one running at the very front was the pirate who had received Loren's silk pouch.

While everyone else saw despair, he saw hope.

Many people became pirates because they had no choice. He was one such case. He had previously been nothing but an ordinary commoner, utterly powerless.

Even though he had obtained a certain amount of strength now, before those people it still amounted to nothing.

In this moment, he finally saw hope, and suddenly felt as though even the road ahead was bright.