The Spring Raids - Part 7

"If you draw those swords, we'll kill the lot of you," Harland warned.

"And if you don't, we'll kill you later," another man hissed back. "Blackbeard ain't gonna stand for this."

"Now tell me," Vol said, taking another step forward, seizing the man by the collar. "What is Blackbeard going to do about it?"

Vol towered over the man, despite his youth. With Vol's fist drawn back, the man couldn't help but draw his axe from his belt. It would have been a fine excuse for Vol to cut the man down, but he swatted the weapon aside instead, and drove his hard head into the man's nose with a vicious headbutt. That man too crumpled to the ground.

"Am I going to have to walk through the lot of you?" Vol asked. The others looked at each other hesitantly, their hands were still on their weapons, but by now all of Vol's men had gathered behind them, their own weapons at the ready, should they need it.