Everyone was left bewildered, motionless, and silent as they stared at the scene before them.

Even as Roy gulped, his resentment toward Penny grew.

But there was no helping it—she was so strong she could murder someone as he watched, and he could not react in time at all.

If the tip of Penny's blade had kept going straight for even a little, it would have pierced his scalp, too!

Under such circumstances, he certainly wasn't brave enough to show further insubordination, and he quickly said, "Apologies for not disciplining my men better, Praetor! I have every right to be punished!"

Penny laughed icily. "That would be unnecessary. The mutineer is dead, while the rest of you just had to learn from that lesson. Before I go, I had better not hear any such petty insults, or your captain here will have to be punished, too!"

Roy promptly saluted Penny, immediately reverent as he exclaimed, "Thank you for your magnanimity! Rest assured, it won't happen again!"

Penny replied coolly, "You