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"No more! The hull of the ship is badly damaged, and all the sails have to be taken down!" Belivia shouted.
"What should we do? The wind is too strong! The rain is also heavy! Torrential rain is penetrating the deck, and the hull will become heavier and heavier! Going with the wind, we'll stray further and further away from the island, and against the wind, our ship is in such bad condition that it can't withstand the storm's baptism... Let me think...!"
"Forty-five degrees to the north, sail at full speed, rush out of the thundercloud area, and we can be safe! Full left rudder, Marco, quick, come and help me!"
When Marco heard Belivia's words, he roared, and a pair of blue flame wings more than ten meters long grew from his back. With a bang, he flew into the air.
"This! Those wings! Oh, my God!" Belivia was stunned, seeing Marco use his Devil Fruit ability for the first time. The pair of blue flame wings that were more than ten meters long left Belivia's whole person in awe.
Marco flapped his flaming wings, flew into the air, raised his hand, and directly cut off the huge sail, which fell down with a roar.
The rain passed through Marco's pair of blue flaming wings but could not extinguish the flames. This blue flame didn't have the scorching heat of ordinary flames, but it couldn't be extinguished by water.
Belivia opened her small mouth, looking up at the pair of blue flame wings that shocked her in mid-air. From her angle, countless raindrops poured from the sky through Marco's side and were reflected in blue by the flames. The crystal clear blue rain, falling from the sky, was beautiful. "So beautiful, wow!" she exclaimed.
Crash~~~!
The entire huge pirate ship, which originally had six sails, was damaged on both sides in the previous battle, and even the mast was broken. With four sails left, Marco cut off two, leaving them to be put away.
Thump!
Marco landed, and at this time, Belivia woke up from her daze. She quickly lowered her head as she stood at the helm.
"Your nautical skills are good," Marco smiled. Sure enough... he had underestimated her before. She was really capable, and for a young girl to face the storms and waves of the New World and control the ship so calmly was impressive.
Belivia heard Marco's praise, and her heart fluttered. She raised her head, looked at the clouds in the sky seriously, felt the wind direction, judged the wind level, and finally looked at Marco with big eyes. "We will soon get through this storm!"
In the storm, the sea surface stirred up huge waves. The originally calm waves now rolled endlessly, with waves reaching ten meters high. The huge pirate ship was constantly impacted, swaying like a flat boat in the sea.
The bad weather in the New World was capricious and far more dangerous than any other sea.
Finally, the thunderclouds dissipated, the storm receded, and under Belivia's command, the pirate ship survived this baptism of bad weather.
The sea also calmed down, and a few marine fish jumped out of the water, stirring up small waves.
The sun came out, and golden sunlight scattered down.
"Phew~~!" Belivia breathed a sigh of relief, secretly glad that she had demonstrated her nautical skills in front of Marco for the first time without any errors of judgment or twists and turns, calmly weathering the storm.
Marco looked down at the eighteen or nineteen-year-old Belivia. Her clothes were already soaked, her long black hair drooped against her back, and there were little raindrops on her delicate and somewhat innocent face, which made her look more playful and cute.
"Wow! Look, there's a rainbow on the sea!" Belivia pointed to the other side, jumping excitedly.
Marco looked over, and above the sea in the distance, there was indeed a rainbow, which looked beautiful after the wind and rain.
"Huh?" But while Marco saw the rainbow, he also saw a fleet heading towards them.
"There's a pirate ship over there! Six in total!" Belivia exclaimed almost at the same time. It was not a good thing to meet a pirate ship on the sea of the New World; she knew this very well. Belivia couldn't help but get nervous. She pulled out a telescope from somewhere and looked over. "Their pirate flag... I've seen it before!"
"Oh?" Marco took the telescope handed over by Belivia and was surprised that she had one. "Where did you get this?"
Belivia stuck out her tongue and said playfully, "When I was looking for the bathroom before... I took it. It's not stealing!"
"Quite clever," Marco said. He picked up the telescope at this time and looked ahead. Six huge pirate ships were lined up, sailing quickly. He looked at the other party's pirate flag, and his eyes couldn't help but flash with coldness. He thought to himself, "It's very clever...!"
"Where did I see that pirate flag... But I can't remember it for now." Belivia pouted, thought hard, still couldn't remember where she had seen it, and patted her forehead in frustration. "Why am I so stupid...!"
"I know," Marco said with a smile. He reached out and rubbed Belivia's head, which was still emitting a scented strand of wet hair. "You go take another shower, change your wet clothes, dry your wet hair, and come back out."
"Huh?"
Belivia subconsciously wanted to bow her head to avoid Marco's action of rubbing her hair, which was her usual vigilant habit. But at the moment of looking down, Belivia involuntarily paused for a moment and did not bow her head to avoid it.
This little action did not escape Marco's notice. It seemed she was vigilant, and it was no wonder that she had survived on this dangerous sea until now.
"Go ahead. Wash slowly."
"Then you... This?" Belivia gestured towards the approaching ships.
"I know them," Marco pointed to the six pirate ships that were getting closer and closer ahead, and said, "Don't hold me back! Otherwise, I'll leave you alone."
"Humph~~" Belivia huffed and muttered in a low voice, "I won't hold you back!" After saying that, she looked at Marco nervously, "Are they enemies? What if they shell us from a distance? Our ship... The damage is a bit serious...!"
"That's not right, we can change ships!" Looking at Belivia's cute worried expression, Marco couldn't help but smile and quip, "If you don't leave the deck, you'll become dead weight!"
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