As soon as the words had left his mouth, Winters felt someone grab his left leg, and Bard was tackled to the ground by three oarsmen. At that moment, another pirate charged at him from the front.
The last bit of pity in Winters' heart for these oarsmen was crushed by rage. He too became ferocious, switching his dagger from his right hand to his left, and viciously stabbed it into the neck of the oarsman holding his leg.
He reminded himself that he was on a battlefield, and this time he didn't just stab down, he mimicked Major General Layton's move—a stab, followed by a brutal twist.
An irreparable, destructive wound appeared on the oarsman's neck right away, his artery and tendons directly pierced and shredded. In agony, the oarsman covered the wound and let go of Winters' left leg.