Kaizoku opened his eyes again, realizing he had regained consciousness from his fainting spell.

He quickly stood up and loaded the last 5 bullets into his gun.

(10 Minutes earlier...)

When Sylphy managed to sink her teeth into Thomas's neck, Thomas succeeded in prying Sylphy off and throwing her towards Gabriel, who was still impaled by his sword.

Sylphy quickly woke up again, pulling out the Masayoshi sword from Gabriel's back.

She immediately intended to stab the sword into Thomas's face.

However, Thomas managed to block the thrust with his left hand, preventing the sword from reaching his face.

He retaliated by punching Sylphy's arm and kicked her chin upwards, forcing Sylphy to release her grip on the sword and sending her flying upwards.

Retrieving the sword from his hand, Thomas leapt high into the air, chasing after Sylphy and swiftly stabbing the sword straight through her abdomen, pinning her to the ground below.

The situation was growing increasingly dire, with Gabriel continuously weakening as his strength was being drained by Shubarashi-sa sword, and Sylphy now impaled and immobilized by the Masayoshi sword.

Unable to move due to the excruciating pain of the deep wound, Sylphy could only resign herself to fate and pray that Kaizoku would soon regain consciousness and save them.

"Kai..." she whispered, tears streaming down her face.

"It seems the game is over." Thomas said smugly.

Suddenly, the sound of gunfire was heard, and bullets struck and pierced both of Thomas's arms, forcing him to release his grip on the sword.

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Thomas shifted his gaze to Kaizoku, seeing him running quickly towards Thomas.

"Tch, I forgot you were still alive. Alright, I'll finish you off now."

Thomas moved with incredible speed, approaching Kaizoku and immediately launching a powerful punch.

However, Kaizoku swiftly caught the punch with his left hand.

"Heh! Forgot, didn't you? Don't talk if you want to attack." Kaizoku said slyly.

Kaizoku pulled the trigger of Destion with his right fingers, firing a bullet straight into Thomas's abdomen, penetrating all the way through.

Due to Thomas's weakened regenerative abilities, he felt the pain of the gunshot.

"GGGRRH... You damn brat!"

Thomas kicked both of Kaizoku's legs, forcing him to lose his balance.

Quickly, Thomas grabbed Kaizoku's head and threw him near where Sylphy and Gabriel were.

"GGGRRAAHHH!"

Thomas ran with great speed, leaping onto Kaizoku and viciously stomping on his face, pressing it into the ground.

However, someone suddenly attacked Thomas from behind, striking his head with tremendous force.

The attack forced Thomas to release Kaizoku and turn to see who had struck him.

"Huh!? Hizo!!"

Before Thomas could shift his focus back, Kaizoku had already risen from his slumber and attack Thomas's cheek with his revolver butt.

Hizo followed up by his attack the other cheek with his small hammer.

Kaizoku fired his last bullet into Thomas knee, forcing him to fall to the ground.

But Thomas was still not defeated, and he executed a spinning kick, knocking both Hizo and Kaizoku off their feet.

Thomas leaped with his hands and delivered a punch to the fallen Kaizoku's face.

Quickly, Hizo rose from his fall and created a rope with his Spell Creation, pulling it around Thomas's neck to restrain him from continuing to assault Kaizoku.

As Thomas struggled to free himself from the rope's grip, Kaizoku swiftly stood up and started punching Thomas's face, retaliating for the previous attacks.

However, Thomas managed to strike back, kicked Kaizoku's chest to push him away, then elbowing Hizo's torso, forcing him to release the rope.

Grabbing Hizo's head, Thomas threw him far from himself, then kicked Kaizoku's chest again.

Despite the pain, Kaizoku still refused to give up and ran towards Thomas with fury.

As Thomas was about to attack Kaizoku again, suddenly, from behind, Hizo stabbed the Shubarashi-sa sword into Thomas's abdomen.

Seeing the sword piercing him, Thomas felt his strength continuously being drained.

Moments earlier, Hizo removed the sword from Gabriel and thrust it into Thomas.

Hizo created two longer ropes with his Spell Creation.

"You're not allowed to die yet!" Said Hizo with fury.

He threw one rope to Kaizoku.

The two of them began tying and locking Thomas's body with the long ropes, wrapping them tightly from his feet to his mouth, ensuring he was securely bound.

Thomas could only remain still, due to the overwhelming pain and the draining of his power.

Ultimately, Thomas was completely covered in the tight ropes, with the Shubarashi-sa sword still embedded in his abdomen.

The two of them then took a deep breath.

"That was agonizing... Hizo, please help Sylphy and Gabriel wake up from their slumber. I'll keep watching this mustache-twirling villain." Kaizoku said with heavy breath.

Hizo nodded and went to assist Sylphy and Gabriel.

A few minutes later, Sylphy and Gabriel arrived to see Thomas tightly bound.

In a weary state, Sylphy sighed. "Finally, we can continue our journey..."

"Yes... But we must rest first before continuing. Let's head back to the tavern." Gabriel said in a tired tone.

They all walked away from the backyard of Thomas's mansion and returned to the village of Aetherforge.

Kaizoku and Hizo carried the bound Thomas, while Gabriel helped the weakened Sylphy to keep walking.