Everyone who was paying attention to Mod didn't notice anything strange.
Even Perona, who was floating next to Maude, was like this.
No one noticed that there was no shadow behind Maud standing in the center of the square.
at the same time.
Inside the secret hall of the royal mausoleum.
Maud walked over and leaned against the edge of the door, looking at Luffy who fell to the ground and Crocodile who was still capable of fighting with surprise.
Luffy was defeated.
This result was unexpected.
Maybe it was because of his arrival that something changed after all.
for example,
Luffy suffered one less fat beating from Crocodile, so that Luffy failed to accumulate one more experience, so he failed to complete the last piece of the puzzle to defeat Crocodile.
However, it doesn't matter what happens.
"This place is really unique and hidden enough."
Mod's eyes passed over the slightly panicked Crocodile and the unconscious Kobra one by one. The huge original historical text finally settled on the shocked Robin.
"If it weren't for the 'movie mark' I gave you, I really wouldn't have been able to find this place in the first place."
"Movie label..."
Robin was startled, and quickly realized what the shadow mark Maud was talking about was, and he subconsciously touched the striped gecko in his pocket.
Maud looked at Robin's movements and asked: "So, why don't you ask me for help? I don't think you can escape from this situation."
“…”
Robin was silent for a moment.
When her last hope failed, she had no motivation to continue searching for the historical truth for nearly twenty years.
She was determined to die, so she naturally didn't want to use up the opportunity Maude gave her to ask for help.
"Forget it, it's yours, it's up to you whether you use it or not..."
Maude shook her head slightly and stopped abruptly mid-sentence.
In the corner of his eye, where Crocodile was, there were only wisps of yellow sand left.
But it was Crocodile who took advantage of Mod and Robin to talk, turned his body into an element, and immediately circled behind Mod at the fastest speed.
The golden hook containing the poison is ready to go.
If the sneak attack is successful, the danger will be saved!
In the flash of lightning, Crocodile's eyes were sinister, and he swung his golden hook to stab Maud's vitals.
However, Mod seemed to have eyes on the back of his head. He did not turn around or look back. He just reached back with his backhand and accurately grasped Crocodile's sharp golden hook that contained poison.
"Um?"
Crocodile was suddenly startled.
The moment the hook was held by Maud, he realized that the hook did not pierce Maud's skin.
In front of the original text of history, Robin was shocked and lost his voice: "I held it with my bare hands... but on top..."
Before he finished speaking, there was a sound of gold and stone in the palace room.
But it was Maude who broke the poisonous hook with her bare hands.
"You're quite decisive, Crocodile. That's right. This is your 'only' chance to make a comeback, but you obviously didn't seize it."
As soon as he finished speaking, Maud turned around.
He didn't draw his sword, but stretched out his hand towards Crocodile.
Crocodile's expression changed, his body instantly turned into sand, and he quickly retreated backwards, trying to open the distance between him and Mod.
But Mod's hand was faster and he directly grabbed Crocodile's neck to curb the elementalization phenomenon on Crocodile.
"This is... armed color."
His neck was clamped, Crocodile's pupils shrank, and when his trachea was squeezed by brute force, a ball of sand swirled on his palm without any stagnation.
How could Mod give Crocodile a chance to struggle to his death? He directly pulled out the autumn water with his other hand and stabbed Crocodile straight into his heart.
Poof!
The autumn water blade wrapped with armed domineering energy came out directly from Crocodile's back, causing a burst of blood.
"Well… !"
Crocodile's body trembled, and he stared at Mod, who was very close.
The vitality was rapidly disappearing, and Crocodile's eyes dropped weakly, falling on the autumn water knife that pierced his heart.
His expression gradually became ferocious, as if he could not accept the fact that he was about to die.
The swirl of sand that condensed in the palm of my hand disappeared irresistibly.
The luster in Crocodile's eyes slowly dimmed.
Maud calmly looked at the ferocious look on Crocodile's face.
First, he released his right hand that was holding Crocodile's neck, then quickly withdrew Qiu Shui, turned around and walked towards the palace, while waving his arm to shake off the blood on the knife.
Boom—
Behind Maud, Crocodile knelt on his knees, then slowly fell forward to the ground, and a burst of dust gradually rose up.
This pirate tycoon who had been galloping on the sea for many years died under Maude's sword.
And when his vitality was cut off, the traces that survived were transformed into rich experience points, which were solidly fed back into Maud's body along a channel that no one could see.
In an instant, the sixth star, representing the Devil Fruit's ability, lights up!
This was also the moment when all four of Mod's ability values exceeded six stars, truly moving towards a higher level.
For a moment, after receiving Crocodile's experience points, Mod felt that he was only one step away from being invincible.
But reason quickly shattered his unrealistic [views].
If you really want to be invincible, you probably have to reach nine and a half stars in at least four requirements.
Maude shook her head slightly, shook off the blood on the autumn water knife, and quickly sheathed the autumn water.
Robin looked at Crocodile's body blankly.
Just die...
It's as easy as blowing out a candle with one breath.
It made her feel like she was in a dream.
It wasn't until Maud's footsteps came closer that Robin came back to his senses, raised his head and silently looked at the man in front of him, who showed no signs of resistance.
Maud glanced at the injuries on Robin's chest and said, "You are seriously injured."
Robin smiled bitterly and took out the antidote with difficulty. His voice was weak and weak, and he said, "This is the antidote. It can remove the scorpion venom in Straw Hat Boy's body."
Mod took the antidote and turned his head to look at the unconscious Luffy.
It turns out he was poisoned by scorpion...
Mod did not immediately detoxify Luffy, but looked at Robin in front of him and asked, "Are you asking for death?"
Robin lowered his eyes and fell silent again.
And silence is acquiescence.
Maud looked at Robin who seemed to have been drained of all his strength.
"It is easy for you now to seek death, but have you ever thought that once you die, the traces of O'Hara's existence will be completely forgotten by the world, and then disappear into the long river of history that no one can know. .”
"you… "
Robin raised his head sharply and looked directly at Maud.
Maude's expression was as calm as water, and she said calmly: "I have no interest in the historical truth of eight hundred years ago, but no matter what it is, as long as it is the 'fire' that is lucky enough to be preserved, it is often very precious."
"As long as you live, good things will happen to you."
"So, don't let yourself die too cheaply, Nico Robin..."
As he spoke, Maude looked at the ancient text on the original historical text.
Robin, on the other hand, lowered her head, her eyes trembling, revealing her restless mood.
Chapter 16 The final destination
What Maud said reached deep into Robin's heart.
It would be easy to die.
But the precious things carried on the body will also disappear with death.
Figures suddenly flashed through Robin's mind, and his will to survive suddenly rekindled like ashes.
Maude noticed something and threw the antidote onto Robin's lap without thinking. Then she looked up at the ceiling that was constantly shaking off gravel and dust.
"This place is falling apart."
With that said, Maud looked down at Robin who picked up the antidote.
"But don't expect me to take you out, unless you want to use the 'Shadow Mark', or help Luffy detoxify, and then let Luffy take you out."
Robin heard this and looked up at Maud quietly.
A moment later, this mature woman who was seriously injured actually showed an inexplicable smile to Maud at this juncture.
She found the gecko that held a ray of Maud's shadow.
"This thing is very precious, I won't use it easily."
Her voice was weak when she spoke, but her tone was firm.
Maude raised her eyelids and said, "Whatever you want."
Robin put away the movie tag properly, then endured the pain and crawled towards Luffy bit by bit.
Maude frowned slightly as she watched Robin crawl toward Luffy with difficulty.
I wanted Robin to use up the movie tag...
If it’s useless, then it’s useless.
Maud shook his head slightly and did not interfere with Robin's decision.
He glanced at the original text one last time, then passed Robin and came to Crocodile's body.
Under Robin's puzzled gaze, Maud picked up Crocodile's body and, with a slight exertion, threw Crocodile toward the hole in the wall of the palace.
There was a bang.
Crocodile's body was once again embedded in the hole in the wall, and the shattered stones fell down around him, covering more than half of Crocodile's body.
After doing this, Maud turned around and faced Robin's confused gaze.
"Remember, Luffy was the one who killed Crocodile, not me."
“…”
Robin understood instantly and nodded subconsciously.
"Take care of yourself."
Maude strode out of the palace.
Robin watched Mord leave, gritted his teeth and continued to crawl towards Luffy, leaving a dazzling trail of blood behind him.
When she finally came to Luffy's side, her vision turned black, as if she would faint in the next second.
She took a strong breath and tremblingly fed the antidote into Luffy's mouth.
Cobra, who had woken up, happened to see this scene.
After Robin fed Luffy the antidote, he finally couldn't hold on anymore, fell to the ground, and fainted.