The Grand Route
At the foot of Mount Gotha in the Kingdom of Endless War.
Rocks and Barrett sat back to back, both looking up at the bright moon in the sky.
The bright moonlight illuminates this land that looks like hell on earth.
In the reflection of the moonlight, the bright red and black pool of blood on the ground flashed a cold light.
"Hey, Rocks, when are we going to destroy this damn country? I'm tired of watching my companions die in front of me."
Barrett asked in a low and tired voice.
After hearing this, Rocks was silent for a while.
"Soon, Barrett, this country still has some use for us. Once we are strong enough, we will destroy this annoying country."
Rocks stood up slowly and placed his right hand on the hilt of the sword at his waist.
The long sword, slightly unsheathed, flashed coldly under the moonlight.
"Until then, Barrett, we all have to live well."
After saying that, Rocks drew out the long sword from his waist, stomped his feet on the ground, and rushed towards a woods in front at an extremely fast speed.
"Ah, isn't that a matter of course? Hahaha, Rocks, don't die. After all, you said you would take me out to sea to be a pirate!"
Barrett laughed loudly, bulged his arm muscles, stomped his feet hard, and rushed in the opposite direction.
"Boom"
"boom"
Two loud noises were heard one after another, and Rocks and Barrett had rushed into the army that had completely surrounded them at some point.
"Hahaha! Little devil, give up struggling. You have been surrounded by my army. If you surrender obediently, I can make you my slaves and let you live on!"
On the hillside in the distance, a tall man with a cockscomb hair and wearing a general's uniform and a red cloak said sarcastically while looking at the two people fighting below.
"Humph! If you want me to be your slave and live on, then you might as well just die. Besides, do you think you can keep me here with just these guys?"
Barrett sneered with disdain, then punched a soldier in front of him, knocking him out.
The terrifying force directly knocked the soldier away and hit dozens of soldiers behind him.
The soldiers looked at the powerful Barrett who looked like a demon and felt a little scared.
However, they were experienced soldiers after all, and they quickly put aside their fear and rushed forward again, waving their weapons.
They attempted to use the power of numbers to kill Barrett.
However, facing these ordinary soldiers, Barrett, who was in good condition, didn't take them seriously at all. He kept waving his huge fists and knocked away all the soldiers who tried to approach him.
For a moment, the entire battlefield was filled with smoke and dust, and from time to time soldiers were knocked flying and crashed into other soldiers.
Compared to Barrett's battlefield full of violent aesthetics, the battlefield where Rocks is located is full of weirdness.
No matter from which direction the soldiers attacked Rocks, Rocks seemed to know it in advance and dodged the attack easily, then the sword in his hand ruthlessly slashed through the soldiers' bodies.
Seeing more and more corpses piling up at Rocks' feet, the soldiers were terrified and dared not move forward.
"Is this all you have? If that's all you have..."
"BOOM!"
Just as Rocks was speaking, a huge explosion was heard, followed by countless green smoke bursts that quickly filled the entire battlefield.
Green smoke filled the battlefield. The soldiers on the battlefield were caught off guard and inhaled the green smoke, falling down in large numbers.
Rocks was no exception. After inhaling some green smoke, he felt dizzy and weak.
Rocks knew that he must have been poisoned.
Turning his head to look at Barrett, not surprisingly, he was just as shaky as himself.
"Hahaha, kid, how about my poison gas bomb! I spent a lot of money to get this!"
The general stood on the hillside wearing a gas mask and laughed mockingly.
Rocks inserted his sword into the ground, held the sword with both hands, half-knelt on the ground, and looked at the general who was laughing loudly with an ugly expression.
"You despicable fellow, actually released poison gas bombs on the battlefield! Don't you care about the lives of your own men?!"
Hearing Rocks' words, the general laughed even louder.
“Hahaha, those worthless people are dead. Anyway, I can have as many of them as I want. But don’t worry, you and that brat, I won’t let you die easily. I said I would make you my slaves! Hahaha, thank me!”
Listening to the general's ruthless words, countless soldiers looked despairing and their eyes lost their luster.
"You bastard!"
Barrett roared, and forced himself to muster up his last bit of strength, gathering all the power in his body, and rushed towards the general on the hillside with all his might, clenching his fists and raising his arms, wanting to punch him hard.
"call out"
Just when Barrett was about to succeed, a tall and strong man with a ferocious appearance and full of barbaric aura suddenly appeared in front of the general, and then kicked Barrett away.
The terrifying force kicked Barrett in the stomach, causing his face to become extremely distorted and he spit out a large amount of blood from his mouth.
The blood, mixed with some internal organs, flew backwards into the forest and hit countless giant trees.
Rocks stood up with difficulty, looked up at the general and the big man on the hillside, and slowly raised the sword in his hand.
"A warrior can only die on the battlefield. It is impossible for me to become your slave."
After saying this in a low voice, Rocks slowly began to run, faster and faster. When his speed reached its fastest, he stepped on the ground and jumped high into the air.
Looking at Rocks who was slashing at him with a sword in mid-air, the general sneered with disdain.
"Hmph, you ungrateful fool. If you want to die, then go ahead and die! Urgot, kill him!"
As the general's order came down, Urgot took a step forward expressionlessly, his fists clenched, and a pitch-black armed color domineering aura covered him.
"BOOM"
With a loud bang, Urgot jumped into the air and instantly came in front of Rocks, smashing his fist fiercely on Rocks' chest.
"puff"
A fist carrying terrifying power hit Rocks' chest, and his chest collapsed directly. Countless blood spurted out along with fragments of internal organs.
"call out"
"jump"
Ignoring the blood on his face, Urgot swung out his leg and kicked Rocks hard in the waist, sending him flying.
"Boom"
The terrifying force caused Rocks to crash directly into the forest behind him.
The powerful reaction force caused Rocks to spit out blood again.
"Ha, ha, cough, cough, cough, cough, it really is a hard, hard day. Am I going to die here?!"
At this time, Rocks, whose body was covered in blood and mud, whose military uniform was tattered, whose chest was collapsed and whose mouth was constantly spitting blood, smiled helplessly.
Tears kept flowing out of his eyes uncontrollably.
I once dreamed that when I came to the world of One Piece, I would be like Luffy and the other protagonists of the original work.
Find like-minded companions and embark on a joyful adventure together, constantly make friends, experience various adventures, and then become the Pirate King.
But he didn't expect that after coming to this world, the cruel reality completely shattered Rocks' fantasy.
The endless war forced him to become an orphan at the age of five, and he was forced to go to the battlefield and become a cannon fodder soldier.
Relying on his life-threatening experiences and his naturally awakened Observation Haki, he continued to make contributions and finally became a team leader five years later. He then continued to work hard and acquired considerable strength.
When he thought he had the ability to protect himself and met Barrett by chance, and felt that he could completely control his own destiny, reality slapped him in the face again.
Betrayed by a colleague.
Ambushed by the enemy.
Attacked by poison gas bomb.
"I won't give up!"