"I lost..."
"Sure enough, my power is still too weak."
Dordoni was lying down on the floor, feeling the severe pain in his body, he felt a sense of loss. He used to be one of the Espada, but because of lack of strength, he was replaced by the latecomers, and then he was expelled completely from the Espada and became a three-digit arrancar.
Although he became a three-digit arrancar and was once thrown into the quagmire, he did not despair because of this. He worked hard to improve his strength, hoping to return to the ranks of Espada one day.
This might seem to be impossible, but in fact, it was possible and that's because Szayelaporro exists in the Espada, as the earliest Espada, he fell out of the Espada list for some reasons, but now, he had returned to the Espada by improving his strength.
'Unfortunately, I don't have power like Szayelaporro.'
Though sad, it's not that Dordoni couldn't afford to lose. So after sighing, he closed his eyes and chose to wait for the arrival of death.
As a result, after waiting for a long time, Ichigo never gave him the last strike.
As for the rest, be it Renji, Rukia, Uryuu, Sado, when they saw that Ichigo did not kill him, they didn't kill him either.
This stunned Dordoni, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Ichigo.
"Why didn't you kill me?"
"I never attack people who are defenseless, and I still have some questions to ask you." Ichigo remained in his Bankai state, holding Tensa Zangetsu, and looked at Dordoni on the ground. Rukia and the others also looked at him.
"Don't expect me to thank you, because I will not give up and continue to attack."
Dordoni struggled hard, trying to stand up and continue to attack Ichigo, but unfortunately, he failed, just after standing up, he then lay down again because of the severe pain.
"Well… I am not your opponent."
Dordoni sighed, "There is still some time before the Exequias (Spanish for "Funeral Rites", Japanese for "Funerary Attacking Force") arrive, and I can answer some of your less important questions."
Ichigo and others' eyes froze when they heard his words. They didn't expect Dordoni to be so frank, but it was better for them so they quickly asked their doubts.
Rukia asked the first question, "What is an Espada?"
Dordoni said, "Espada, as the name suggests, are the ten strongest arrancars. They were given numbers from 0 to 9 in order according to their killing ability, and under the Espada, there are ordinary arrancars numbered with two digits, like our three-digit arrancars."
Knowing what Espada was, Ichigo and others' hearts suddenly became heavy.
They have already seen the strength of the arrancars. If nothing else, let's just talk about the strength that Dordoni in front of them possesses and it was very good, and he was just an eliminated one. It was conceivable how terrifying the real Espadas would be.
Immediately, Ichigo also thought of a question and asked, "Are arrancars named Ulquiorra and Yammy, members of Espada?"
Dordoni was taken aback, and replied, "Ulquiorra-dono is the Quinto (5th) Espada, which is number. 5, and Yammy-dono is the Noveno (9th) Espada, which is number. 9."
Knowing that the two were indeed Espada, Ichigo's heart sank again.
When Ulquiorra defeated him at the beginning, he seemed too carefree to determine his true strength, but Yammy, Ichigo had a hard fight with him to gain the upper hand.
He had felt Yammy's strength.
And such a powerful arrancar like Yammy, according to Dordoni, turned out to be only the ninth, which was also the last among the Espada.
Uryuu also asked his own question, "What is the Resurrección technique that you used?"
He remembered that Dordoni's powerful boost and transformation after performing the Resurrección, it disintegrated all their offensives.
"Resurrección, also known as the Returning Blade, can be understood that after becoming an arrancar, we hollows will seal our own inner core into the shape of a sword. This sword liberation is different from shinigami's sword liberation. Our sword liberation returns the essence of an arrancar's offensive hollow abilities to their humanoid bodies, in simple terms it changes us back to our original form."
After Dordoni explained, Ichigo and others thought of the swords similar to Zanpakuto worn by the arrancars.
Although Dorudo explained the principle of Resurrección, everyone still wrote it dwon in their minds as a form similar to Zanpakuto's liberation.
Although they were completely different in nature, there should be nothing wrong because of both being able to enhance the strength of the possessor of the sword.
"Also, what do you mean by the Exequias?" Renji saw everyone asking questions, and so he also asked a question, although this question came to his mind on the spur of the moment and didn't make much sense but he asked nevertheless.
"The Exequias is the execution division are responsible for terminating any rebels or intruders in Las Noches and also specializes in dealing with defeated arrancars like me."
"You have come to the vicinity of Las Noches. Those big figures in Las Noches should have already discovered your existence. I am afraid that the Exequias will arrive soon."
Hearing Dordoni's words, the expressions of Ichigo and others changed slightly.
They never thought that not only they would be discovered so soon by the people of Las Noches but they were also waiting for the enemies to come there.
"So, you better hurry up and leave."
"The faster you go, the better."
Dordoni said to Ichigo and others, and then he remembered something, so he said quickly to them, "Also, pay attention to the Octava (8th) Espada, Szayelaporro!"
"Szayelaporro?"
This was another unfamiliar name, at least Ichigo and others present had never heard of it, but the title of Octava (8th) Espada made them a little concerned.
"He seems to be very interested in you, and I knew your whereabouts this time because of some of the information he leaked..."
Dorudo said some truths and falsehoods, and then decisively chose to shut up, lying on the ground, as if basking in the sun, with a look of enjoyment.
Ichigo and others looked at Dordoni and were about to ask some more questions, but they finally gave up thinking that they were the enemies after all, and so they continued to march in the direction of Las Noches' interior.
Shortly after Ichigo left, Dordoni continued to lay on the ground, waiting for the Exequias to arrive.
He didn't notice that not far from him, there was a figure wearing bone glasses standing quietly and watching everything, it was Szayelaporro.
"Sure enough, these eliminated ones are nothing but trash."
He made no secret of his disdain for Dordoni, and wanted to recover Dordoni's body before the arrival of the Exequias, making him his experimental subject.
However at this moment, another figure wearing bone glasses appeared in front of him.
"If you talk about eliminated one, to a certain extent, you don't seem to be much better either. You were also thrown out of Espada back then. Even if you have returned to Espada now, it still doesn't change the fact that you were also trash."
"Am I not correct, Szayelaporro?"
Szayelaporro's expression sank, and he looked at the figure that appeared in front of him.
"Beelzebub, you want to stop me?"
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