In the interplay of light and shadow, Violet's voice still echoed in everyone's ears:
"Don't you all want the legal authority of the 'Pirate Code,' to obtain the Great Secret Treasure guarded by the Bayfolk for a thousand years? Don't you all want to know if the prophecy of the Bayfolk's revival is true or false? Don't you all intend to join forces to divide every bit of profit from Iron Anchor Bay? Then, as you wish!"
She did not violate any rules, yet she had undeniably pushed what should have been a very clear martial duel towards an unknown direction. All thirteen Middle Sequence councilors, as well as the Transcendent captains who had voted for Red Beard, disappeared in succession from their pirate ships.
