From the overflowing smoke and dust, the screams of frightened children could be heard.
"Um?"
Derek stood up quickly and looked in the direction where the scream came from.
In the crumbling corner, a pair of brothers and sisters, about ten years old, were huddled.
Seeing that the wall was about to collapse on the brother and sister, Derek shrank his eyes and moved his legs to save the brother and sister.
But Lafayette was faster than him, turned into an afterimage and passed over him, grabbed the brother and sister without any delay, and exited the house in the blink of an eye.
Drake watched in great amazement as Lafayette rescued the two brothers and sisters, and then was buried by the debris of the collapsed building.
A few seconds later.
In his bestial form, Drake pushed through a wall and emerged from the rubble. He first glanced at the brother and sister who had already run for a while on the street, and then looked at Lafayette, who had rescued the two brothers and sisters.
"It's unimaginable."
Derek said solemnly.
Just now, the pirate who was labeled as a violent maniac in front of him had the opportunity to attack his back, but he chose to rescue a pair of civilian brothers and sisters.
It's simply unbelievable.
"Hoho, there's no need to be so surprised."
Lafayette pointed his sword at Drake and said calmly: "I just followed the consistent principles of my captain, so don't change your opinion of me just because of such an insignificant thing."
"Your captain's... principles? What do you mean...?"
Drake looked at Lafayette in surprise.
Lafayette narrowed his eyes, pursed his lips in a dangerous arc, and said with clear murderous intent in his tone, "I'm not interested in explaining too much to a dying person."
Chapter 202: Green Pheasant Trapped in the Mire
As Lafayette said.
Saving two innocent civilians during the battle was nothing more than a trivial matter.
And this statement also demonstrates Lafayette's confidence that he can defeat Drake 100%.
Because of this, Lafayette gave up the opportunity to end the battle with a sneak attack when Drake showed his flaw.
In Lafayette's view, no matter what the battle process is, the outcome will not change in any way.
"It seems I'm the slowest."
Even without looking back, Lafayette could judge that the battle among his companions was over based on the noise coming from behind him.
"We can't keep the ship waiting for a long time. I'll deal with you within a minute."
Lafayette raised his staff and sword flat, his upper body transformed into a siren form, and the fluorescence on the staff and sword floated.
Drake's expression was solemn, but he was thinking of retreating.
The large force that came to Dressrosa together had been defeated by the Mord Pirates, so how could he, a navy undercover, fight to the death
Just when Drake wanted to retreat, Lafayette's attack came in front of him.
A straight and sharp sword light reached the depths of Drake's eyes.
"Ax bite."
Drake's eyes narrowed, and the double-sided ax stuck to the tip of Lafayette's sword at a strange angle.
Clang!
There was a clanging sound and a wisp of sparks bloomed.
"Flaws..."
After successfully adhering to Lafayette's staff sword, Drake held the Western sword in his other hand and stabbed Lafayette straight into the chest.
In this case, unless Lafayette gave up his sword, he would only suffer Drake's sword that pointed directly at the vital point.
At the critical moment of decision, the corners of Lafayette's bloody lips raised an exaggerated arc.
He gave a dangerous smile.
"Phantom sword."
"!?"
Derek's body suddenly trembled, and his vision spun around without warning.
The clanging sound of axes and swords that had clearly disappeared a second or two ago was still in his ears, directly entering his head.
The arm stretched forward, and even the Western sword stabbing Lafayette, were instantly distorted into a spinning vortex.
"What kind of ability is this..."
In the flash of lightning, Drake felt doubtful, but there was a sudden chill in front of him.
Very familiar, the feeling of a sword cutting open a body...
Pain is then generated, passed through the nerves, and received by the brain.
The spinning and distorted vision returned to normal at this moment.
The first thing that caught his eye was the blood splattering from his chest to the front.
Derek's eyes were blank.
This attack with an armed color caused him great damage.
But the ancient species gave him extremely strong resistance, allowing him to stay awake and stand firm after being hit.
"Hoo ho."
Lafayette looked calmly at Drake who was fatally injured but did not fall to the ground, and was not surprised.
Because this kind of scene is too familiar to him.
During the training with Jim, Jim had already shown him the excellent resistance ability of the ancient species.
However, it is just a matter of making up for a few cuts.
Lafayette prepared to give Drake a few more blows to end the fight.
However, Drake kicked off his right foot and ran towards the town, scattering a lot of blood along the way.
It is normal to run away after defeat.
“…”
Lafayette raised his eyelids. He wanted to end the battle as soon as possible, so he had no choice but to spread his wings and chase after him.
... ..
On the street outside the gate of Toy House.
Maud and Law walked side by side.
Bailey squatted on Maude's shoulder, looking back at the door of the Doll's House from time to time.
It was not easy to see the eldest sister again, but they had to separate again after not even talking for a few words.
But there is nothing we can do about it.
Now that the eldest sister is a member of the Revolutionary Army and has the task of hacking a large amount of arms from the Don Quixote family, she naturally cannot reminisce with them for too long.
Bailey was reluctant to leave.
Maud looked forward and said calmly: "The matter has been solved and we have got what we need. It's better to leave here quickly."
After parting ways with Sunny and the others in the toy house, Maud found a random room and asked Luo to take out the childlike fruit.
Sugar, as a host, is bound to die.
In this way, the number of Devil Fruits stored in the Shadow Box reached thirteen.
Over at the port, there are still several ancient seeds waiting for them to pick up.
If you break it down, aside from the experience gain during this trip, the Devil Fruit you got alone is a fortune that is unimaginable to ordinary people.
Luo didn't speak, but looked back at the toy house.
Before leaving, they deliberately destroyed the factory hidden underground, and also liberated a group of small humans who were enslaved by the Don Quixote family.
Liberating the little humans is an insignificant matter, but killing the Don Quixote family and Drought Jack, and destroying the factory will definitely deepen Kaido's anger greatly.
But the matter has come to this, and there is no point in continuing to prepare for a rainy day.
Luo sighed softly in his heart, thinking of Violet who was let go by Maud.
"Is it really okay to just let that woman go like this?"
The woman in the words refers to Violet, who possesses the Staring Fruit, and her original identity is actually a member of Dressrosa's royal family.
"Nothing bad."
Mod knew who Luo was referring to. She raised her eyes towards the port and chuckled:
"After all, she is a member of Dressrosa's royal family, and one of the few who know the 'truth'. With her here, many things will not be tampered with after the fact."
"That's what I say, but asking people to be grateful to pirates is not very realistic in itself."
"Luo, I never thought about it that way. Compared to being grateful for such an insignificant thing by the people, what I don't want to see is the navy taking advantage of this opportunity to cover up the failure."
"Huh? This doesn't seem like something you would consider, Maude."
"Is it weird?"
Maude smiled and pointedly said: "Maybe I've seen this kind of thing more often, so I'm a little resistant."
“…”
Luo didn't know what to say, so he could only remain silent.
He actually thinks that the staring fruit is a very good ability, especially when used in [stronghold], it can be said to be a comprehensive monitoring ability.
Therefore, even if there is no need to take out the Staring Fruit from Violet's body, we can't miss it so easily...
It is good to use both soft and hard tactics, including coercion and inducement.
Kidnapping Violet can be said to have both advantages and disadvantages.
But now that Maude has made a decision, it's hard for him to say anything.
Maude and Luo walked side by side to the central street, and could clearly feel the lines of sight coming from the buildings on both sides.
Once Sugar dies, the ability effects exerted on tens of thousands of toys will also disappear.
Some of these toys are local residents, some are navy, some are pirates, but most of them are soldiers of the Kingdom of Dressrosa.
When they returned to their original positions, considerable commotion broke out in many places in Dressrosa.
"Boom!"
The wall of a building on the left side of the street ahead was suddenly destroyed by a blow from the inside out.
With a rumble, fragments of the wall scattered on the street, raising a cloud of dust.
"Damn, I'm finally free!"
In the dust and mist, a rough male voice with unquenchable anger came.
After a few breaths, a shirtless, muscular man walked out of the dust and fog, carrying two middle-aged men and women in his hands. It seemed that with just a little force, he could break the necks of the middle-aged couple.
"I'm a big pirate with a bounty of 55 million, and I've been playing house with you for three years in a shabby place like this."
The man lowered his head slightly and looked at the middle-aged couple carrying it indifferently.
"It's not too late to collect the reward now, let's pay it with your lives."
Stared by the man's ferocious eyes, the middle-aged couple's lips trembled. They were so frightened that they could not say a word.
Recalling the bad experiences of the past three years, the man who claimed to be a big pirate became increasingly cold and indifferent, and slowly increased the force on his hands, hoping to use this method to slowly suffocate the middle-aged couple to death.
Suddenly, the man felt a surge in his chest and felt a little powerless.
"Well?"
The man slowly lowered his head, only to see blood spreading on his chest, and he couldn't feel the beating of his heart at all.
"My body... is so cold... this is... what's going on..."