Celestina Shoukan

Chapter 17 - Celestina Zealot Strike Force

The pirates are approaching and Zilva is nowhere to be found. Where the pirate ship was around 15 meters, they hook the merchant vessels where the King of Verlaine Daara the 19th and Princess Rosaria is aboard.

"I'm going ahead, Princess."

Bowing to her, he vanishes himself as he leaps into the Pirate Ship.

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"Ha ha ha ha ha!! Take all of their belongings!! While that ship isn't here, take all of their belongings and women!!"

"H-Hey!! Boss!! We got a big shot!!"

Looking at the sight of the King of Verlaine Daara the 19th and Crown Princess Verlaine, it even makes the Pirate Leader delighted.

"Woohoo!! We got a big bounty!! Let's capture them and ask for a huge ransom from their country! Everyone, CHAARRGG...ee??"

When the Princess is praying for the safety of the ship, the Pirate Captain felt something is probing his chest. Looking down at it, he can see his own heart being shoved out. In fear, he looks back but no one was there.

"Ah... Ahh...."

"Boss!!!"

The heart was shoved clean, without any blood spraying out from it. When his heart was crushed, he fell into the deck.

THUD!

"T-The boss is gone!!"

"W-Where are you, you bastard?!"

They are getting close to the Verlaine ship, hoping to expose the assassin when they capture the Verlaine's Sovereign. But, there were another two fighters who got their heart pierced again, one is slightly having its blood spilled while the other is looking at the heart itself.

"G-gaahhh..."

When the camouflage is worn off, they saw two people wearing a mask are crushing two of their crew's heart.

"T-There they are!! Kill them!!"

But, when the ship manages to get alongside the Verlaine's ship, the crews are occupied by trying to eliminate Shiki and Zilva. Every time they try to swing a sword to them, they can felt their heart is being taken and crushed. One by one, the crew on the other ship witness on how they are being easily killed by just two people.

"N-No... I didn't sign up for this!! Turn back!! Turn back!!"

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On Shiki's side, they've just finished mopping things up.

"Sir, we've found lots of stolen goods."

"Did you seize it?"

"Yes. I've put all of them inside item box storage."

"Good. I will destroy this ship. Move to the next one and tell them that they will surrender or they will die. Running away is not an option."

"Yes, sir."

Zilva immediately leaps to the next boat while Shiki is using his Mystic Eyes abilities to cut the ship into pieces. Normally well-trained swordsman can cut it clean in half, but for Shiki, his eyes possess another serious threat. Given the title of the "Entity Killer," Shiki can eliminate anything he wishes for using the Mystic Eyes ability. At first, the Main Council was called to eliminate him, but later, after some talk between Sacchito and Shiki face-to-face, Shiki agreed to work with him with the condition is to keep him at the seat of the Celestina Imperial Intelligence Agency Supreme Commander of the Zealot Strike Force.

Because of Shiki's specialty as an assassin and once serve under Sacchito's father as the Leader of the Special Operations unit, Sacchito entrusts the Zealot Strike Force to him while Maya will act as Chief of Staff or Second-in-Command of the Zealot Strike Force.