Pirate: It’s not a phantom beast, it’s a phantom god!

Chapter 256 The Brave Man
"Because when people face death, they often reveal their truest selves."

A voice sounded from behind the Brigadier General.

Because the distance was too close, the pure sound with almost no distortion passed directly by the brigadier general's ears, making him uncontrollably dazed for a moment.

Sacred, ethereal, and warm... just like the first rays of warm sunshine in late winter and early spring. It is just an ordinary statement, but it makes people feel as if they are in a hymn of praise from the elves.

"—!"

The pupils suddenly contracted!

After a moment, the brigadier general broke free from his trance and turned back suddenly before fear caught up with him.

Although he was much taller than the other person, because he was a duck in the water while the other person was standing on the water, he needed to look up slightly to see the other person's face clearly.

"you you……"

The first thing that catches your eye is a touch of gold... golden hair, golden headdress, even the eyelashes are golden, emitting a dazzling luster in the sunlight.

Looking down, and meeting those jewel-like crimson pupils, the Brigadier General finally saw the true appearance of the man whom he regarded as the source of his fear.

Elegant and beautiful? Stunningly beautiful?

...neither is accurate.

It is difficult to describe this appearance with an accurate word. Perhaps compared to those gorgeous words, the simplest and most direct word "beauty" is most appropriate to describe it.

[Why?]
Why would I become an enemy of such a person?
Are we really right to stand against such people?
For some reason, an extremely absurd idea came to his mind. Realizing what he was thinking, the brigadier general quickly shook his head, forcing himself to return to a rational state.

wow~
He slid his arm across the sea and pulled out the sword hanging at his waist. The handle was completely soaked in sea water and felt a little slippery.

But this had no effect on him. After all, he was not good at swordsmanship. He drew his sword just to show his position and to draw La's attention to himself.

"Leave her to me, you two run!"

"quick!"

The brigadier general bit the tip of his tongue hard, using the intense pain to suppress his physical instinct to abandon the two and escape alone.

"Sir!"
"Go! This is an order!"

"Don't be such a nagging mother at this time!"

"..."

"Yes!"

This time there was only one response - the soldier who wanted to retire saluted one last time, then swam away without looking back.

As for the remaining soldier who was more frivolous and jumpy, he continued to doggy paddle twice and came to the side of the brigadier general.

"you--"

"Hey hey hey~ Sir, you know it."

The soldier interrupted his commander directly.

"I don't have any parents or relatives to take care of."

"I'm a bachelor, and if I'm well fed, the whole family won't be hungry."

"..."

The Brigadier General was silent, staring at the other's cynical, provocative face for a moment, then laughed and cursed with relief:
"Tsk~ you kid!"

"How many times have I told you to act like a soldier when you're a soldier?"

"Stop being so lazy and talking about 'I' all the time!'"

"How uncivilized!"

"Hey~ It's already this late, sir, please don't be so strict~"

Combing his rebellious braids back with the sea water, the soldier spoke in a nonchalant tone, as if he didn't care at all that death was right in front of him.

"Humph! What do you mean by 'now'?"

"You and I are still alive, aren't we? We don't have to die here today!"

"Hmm? Could it be that this kind-hearted little sister will show mercy and let us go?"

The frivolous soldier turned his head and spoke half-jokingly and half-expectantly to La, who had been standing quietly on the sea:
"If that's the case, I'll be hopelessly obsessed with you, Miss~"

"..."

"That's really funny, man."

Although they were still technically engaged in battle, La quietly watched the drama unfold in a corner of the battlefield, a story about three ordinary people. "One was clearly not afraid of death, but chose to run away because of the people he cared about; the other was terrified, but still chose to stay..."

"Since you have no worries and are not afraid of death, why do you choose to stay?"

"Because I want to stay."

It doesn't matter if the soldiers jump out.

"Because you want to stay..."

"Yeah~ Don't ask right or wrong, just do what you want, isn't that cool?"

"Ah."

La actually nodded in agreement.

"Sure enough, although not every stone has a gem-level luster, even ordinary pebbles have their own unique patterns."

"People are really interesting."

"So can you please let us, these interesting people, go? I will remember your kindness for the rest of my life~"

As if thinking there was something interesting going on, the brave soldier tried to continue showing his 'funny' side, but La's answer was very blunt.

"No."

"Hey~ Why~"

"Because all of you will die here today."

Strictly speaking, this wasn't really an answer; it was as if she were talking about something unrelated.

"Mo~ I really can't compromise——"

"Are you waiting for the general coming up behind me?"

"?!"

"Ah~ah~Is it exposed~"

Although he said so, the jumpy soldier's face did not show much panic or regret. After all...

"That's enough!"

Buzz——
Zhan Guo's voice suddenly sounded from behind Zi La, and golden light descended from Zi La's head again.

"You did well, young soldier."

"These few seconds of courage you risked your life for will bring a glimmer of hope to the battle, no matter what the outcome!"

After saying that, the golden Buddha raised his right palm half a circle to the top of his head, and then suddenly slapped it down!
"Vajra!"

With the blessing of Buddha's light, the powerful palm force is powerful enough to split mountains and crack the earth.

Wow! ! !
Under the pressure of the palm wind, the sea water below immediately spread out to the surroundings, forming a huge hemispherical vacuum zone.

The soldier who had escaped from the navy and the brigadier general, and even another soldier who had swam for quite a distance, were all swept to the bottom of the sea by the huge waves caused by the impact and disappeared without a trace.

……

"Come to think of it, it's been quite a while since I last came out this time."

"I promised to get everyone back before dinner."

Under Zhan Guoben's very ugly face, the sound of pulling came from under the huge golden Buddha's hand.

"What do you mean by saying that now, you... monster!"

He gathered all his strength into his right palm, and the golden palm erupted with terrifying pressure once again... but even so, he still couldn't press it down even a millimeter.

A hand that was also golden but painted with mysterious flame patterns easily blocked Fenhai's palm through the air.

Although it seemed too thin in comparison, La's arms did not tremble at all from beginning to end.

"I mean……"

"Although it was an accident, since I just saw an interesting play, my interest has been satisfied."

It was like when you were taking a walk after dinner and happened to see three groundhogs fighting, you stopped and watched for a while with interest.

Now all three groundhogs have left the stage...

"Then...it's time to end this boring war drama."

(End of this chapter)