The appearance of the three plasma cannons on Alex's ship caused the atmosphere to shift from one of arrogance and bravado to sheer terror among the remaining three pirates.
They had severely underestimated Alex from the start, continuing their stupid arrogance even after finding out that he had killed one of them right under their noses without them even realising it.
Any normal person with a brain would be able to realise that he wasn't to be underestimated from that, but no, these three seemed to just be that stupid.
'It truly wonders me how they made it so far in life… especially as pirates!'
Even Alex himself was astounded by their lack of brains!
He admittedly wasn't that smart when it came to his first time coming into contact with the world of the awakened, but he had adapted and grown accustomed to the way of the world.