With the story finished, the members of the Martial Order sat silently around the stone table with some frowning.
"Is that supposed to somehow change our minds? I don't quite understand the meaning of that story."
Xerxus said.
"When I finished drinking her blood, I took her to Paradise World, and I didn't see her ever again, but that encounter changed me.
"I grew strong. Inhumanly strong. However, I also received a part of hers that was inhumanly evil.
"Unable to deal with those emotions, I killed all that crossed my path, without any remorse or hesitation. I plundered, destroyed, and conquered without mercy or regret.
"I became the first Pirate Lord of the seas, and those who followed in my footsteps continued the age of pain and evil.
"Only after I became False Immortal was I able to deal with those emotions better, which is why I have stopped my piracy activities already.
