Awakening the War God

Chapter 179 The Captive

Chapter 179 The Captive

The Undying Palace was an organization formed by a few pirate leaders at sea. Once flourishing and notorious, it struck fear into people's hearts.

But in recent years, various countries formed a naval alliance against the pirates, repeatedly attacking the Undying Palace's arrogance.

After several assaults, the Undying Palace suffered heavy losses.

Following that, the palace's lord, a terrifyingly powerful individual, was besieged and killed by many from the God Temple.

For a time, the Undying Palace was left leaderless and completely vanished from the history stage.

Unexpectedly, the palace made a comeback years later.

Taking advantage of the Black Pearl's voyage in international waters, they launched a coordinated attack with their men there and seized control of the ship.

As of now, hundreds of pirates wearing red headscarves had boarded the ship, armed with guns, sweeping and slaughtering the thousands of passengers on the cruise ship.

Some of them even carried rocket launchers.

Facing such firepower, the passengers on the ship couldn't do anything but be slaughtered.

Screams filled the air, and death was everywhere.

The entire cruise ship had become a living hell...

At the auction venue on the seventh floor.

Dean led the crew in a fierce battle with Rafael Castillo and his men.

Both sides were evenly matched. With similar strength, Dean and Rafael fought to a stalemate for half a day.

In another spot, Bernard Duncan and the young man were fighting each other without a clear winner.

"Enough, stop fighting! You're a smart man, and there's no point in fighting to the death at this time. The Ice Ganoderma is so big that we can share it equally! The most important thing now is to deal with the pirates!" the young man grabbed Bernard's arms and shouted.

Bernard froze in the standoff.

The young man's voice had changed, and it was very familiar. NôvelD(ram)a.ôrg owns this content.

"Are you... Gabriel?" He was astonished.

Yes, this was Gabriel's voice!

"It's me, Gabriel! Let's not talk about anything else for now. Mr. Duncan, do you agree with my proposal? You know my background, and it would be easy for your forces to find me in the Silverwood, so there's no need to worry about me going back on my word in the future!"

This young man was Gabriel indeed!

That day, when he met Ebony Diaz, the latter informed him of the identity of Cynthia Morgan, one from the God Temple, and also gave him one thing before leaving.

That thing was a human skin mask.

Although he didn't know why Ebony gave him the human skin mask, having it allowed him to devise a plan to startle the snake out of hiding when he had no clue about the Blood Scripture!

A fake blood scripture caused Cynthia and Dean to fall into chaos.

And he used the human skin mask to hide in the shadows, observing everything.

As for the night he fought with Kelly Fisher, he deliberately showed weakness and fell into the sea, having already arranged for Dominick Parker to rescue him.

Dominick was one of the forces left to him by the previous Ghostly King, and like Elizabeth and Leon, he was also loyal!

Afterward, he disguised himself with the human skin mask, pretending to be Dominick's subordinate, and waited for the right moment.

As for Angela Moreno, he had moved her away in advance to the room of Dominick's subordinate on the fourteenth floor.

Now that Dominick had taken the Ice Ganoderma, his most important mission was accomplished.

However, the appearance of these pirates had somewhat disrupted his plans.

Now, the outside was full of slaughter, and the lives of thousands of tourists were threatened.

He was not a great hero, nor was he one with high moral standards, but he couldn't bear to stand idly by as his Dragon Kingdom compatriots suffered.

He could compromise with Bernard on the matter of the Ice Ganoderma.

He hated Alonzo Garza, not the others.

If the party was to save people, it wouldn't matter if they shared half of the Ice Ganoderma, as long as there was enough to save Zoe.

Now that the pirate incident had occurred, with everyone on the ship being innocent, every minute of delay would result in more deaths. So he didn't want to continue fighting Bernard.

"Okay, I believe you. Let's cease fire for now! Afterward, you should give me half of the Ice Ganoderma. I know you're trying to save your sister, and I know your bottom line. You must trust the power of the Garza family. If you dare to break your word, I swear you won't be able to save your sister!" Bernard threatened.

"Shut up! Don't threaten me with your family. I always keep my word. That's all!"

Then Gabriel pushed Bernard aside and turned around, his cold gaze fixed on Rafael.

It was better to cut off the head of the snake. As long as he captured Rafael, the deputy palace lord, he could probably make the pirates stop their attack.

Bernard also turned around with the same idea.

But just then, a group of pirates wearing red headscarves rushed in.

Without saying a word, they raised their guns and fired.

"Damn it!"

There was no time to attack Rafael. Gabriel could only leap forward to seek cover.

Immediately after, he hid outside a large door.

"Bang, bang, bang..." A dense rain of bullets came in quick succession.

In just a few seconds, all of Dean's crew members were shot dead.

Poor Dean, a top fighting master at the Physique Level, couldn't escape the dense bullets, either.

After a bullet hit him, his movements became slow.

Then, four more bullets hit various parts of his body.

He lay on the ground, gasping for breath, unable to move.

As for Bernard, he also fled the venue, cursing loudly.

At the venue, Peter Morris, who protected Alonzo, couldn't escape.

Already wounded and having a burden, he was also shot while fleeing.

The two were surrounded by some pirates and taken captive.

"Haha, Captain Dean, where's your prestige now? Tsk, tsk, I thought you temple people were all immortal," said Rafael, who controlled the venue, as he slowly walked towards Dean.

He took out some melon seeds and leisurely started eating them.

Then, he lifted his right foot and humiliatingly stepped on Dean's face.

The Undying Palace's grudge from a few years ago could finally be avenged today!

Seriously wounded, Dean couldn't move, so he had to endure the humiliation.

But he was unwilling to accept it and gritted his teeth, spitting blood as he said, "Rafael, today you may kill me and hijack the Black Pearl, but you're also ringing the death knell for your Undying

Palace. When the palace lord truly gets angry, it will be your time of destruction, and you will experience the ultimate terror!"

In his mind, the God Temple was the most powerful organization in the world. Anyone who dared to challenge the temple would have to face destruction because their temple lord was like a god.

"Oh, I'm so scared, but unfortunately, you won't be able to see what happens then!" Rafael said sarcastically. Then his face turned cold, and he kicked Dean's head.

He took a gun from his subordinate, aimed at Dean's head, and fired a dozen shots. He didn't stop until Dean's head was reduced to a puddle of flesh.

After killing Dean, he threw the gun back to his subordinate and walked towards the captured Alonzo and Peter.

"Mr. Garza, I'm sorry for the inconvenience!" Rafael said ironically, looking at Alonzo as if admiring a beauty, making a tsk sound with his mouth.

The usually arrogant Alonzo was now a docile pig, completely devoid of his usual arrogance.

He pleaded with Rafael, "As long as you spare my life, I'll give you as much money as you want!"

Everyone feared death.

"Of course, you're the young master of that family, and money is nothing to you!" Rafael said with a meaningful grin.

Overjoyed, Alonzo immediately said, "You know my identity? Then you definitely won't kill me, right? Name your price. Any amount is fine!"

He was sure that knowing his identity, Rafael would more or less have scruples.

"No, no, no, having you is worth countless wealth!" Rafael chuckled and ordered his men, "Take him to the terrace of the amusement park on the 15th floor, tie a bomb to him, and watch him. If anyone comes to save him, blow him up!"