"—Captain Hody!"
The remaining pirates, still lucky not to be hit by the unbelievable speedy mech that Franky had built.
"—Even after swallowing all those energy steroids and becoming a total monster, how could he lose like this!"
A criminal said, putting his hands on his head in desperation.
"—No, wait! Look! His body has become really tough! He can handle this kind of attack!"
One said pointing at the direction Hody was thrown by the kick.
Hody lifted the stone blocks that were on him like nothing, he launched them across the battlefield in rage creating a bit of wind that reached Luffy, blowing the hat, his hair and his clothes a bit.
Hody roared in rage, glaring at him behind the shadows.
That ship is approaching the island fast, I need to do something about it...
Luffy thought with a tiny bit of worry.
This guy is built like a tank, to think he could handle two blows from me, he seemed as weak as Arlong at first, so…
Luffy, thought trying to figure Hody out.
Hody picked more pills and gulped them down, Luffy saw it as the shark fishman grown even more in strength.
Luffy sighed. So that's it, those pills make him stronger every time? It feels a bit familiar with one application of my power over exponentials, however it seems a bit weaker, so instead of potentializing it is multiplying? It multiplies his body's potential, strength speed endurance and other things as well, however it seems to be costing his sanity...
Luffy thought while watching the huffing Hody getting rid of the rubble.
His body had some blood marks and bruises, the stump that was previously his right arm had healed so it stopped bleeding, the area that he was hit with the kick had a large purple swelling and bruise around it, signs of trauma and inflammation all over it. Abdominal, spleen, pancreas, gallbladder, ribs, intestine, all of them had received some sort of damage and internal hemorrhaging... Luffy could bet on that.
But no amount of organ damage would stop this guy, his endurance seemed unbelievable.
"Straw Hat! Do you know what Fishmen Karate is?!"
Hody said huffing as his bruises bled, and his mouth spat blood, most of his skin was marred by some kind of injury by this point.
Hody closed the distance between them in an instant, arming his remaining arm into a palm strike, with overwhelming force he struck, making a whiplash, a ring blast of air surged around his palm as it hit Luffy, however…
"?!"
Hody made a throaty sound of surprise as he saw the palm strike being blocked by Luffy's fist, Hody couldn't even move Luffy an inch of where he was standing.
"That's not going to work on me…" Luffy said as they both lowered their hands.
Fishmen Karate… Ray used that against me in a week, I saw everything, it's strengths and weakness, Hody, if you can't match the skill that Ray had with it, then you can't hope to hurt me...you aren't at his level and he had shoddy knowledge of it at best, he wasn't skilled enough in that area to battle someone like Jimbei who excels at it...Although Ray is stronger than Jimbei in everything else. Luffy thought as he prepared for an attack slowly as possible.
Luffy aimed his right fist, as a black obsidian color permeated his knuckles like a black ink, just a tiny bit portion, it was Luffy's quirk with armament, he rarely used it to cover limbs, and even rarely to cover his entire body, instead he made small applications of it that were hard to see and very difficult to control, the armament was also incredibly uneven, making it harder to maintain, he liked it this way, it made using armament more fun and challenging.
He also hardly used the second level of armament that he discovered; it was just too strong to use it casually.
"Iron Shell Squad!" Hody yelled as Luffy aimed the attack, his soldiers came to his protection using iron shields or shells, yet Luffy didn't stop the attack.
"—Fool You'll split open your fist on these shells!" the men laughed behind cover.
However their laugh didn't last as the previous slow punch snapped like lightning and hit them with incredible force, so much so that their shields smashed and broke into a tiny million pieces, the metal produced such a horrible and loud sound that it completely muffled the screams of those behind the shields who were unfortunately impaled by the shards, making them bleed fiercely.
However that was not all, their last view of their life, for those lucky enough not to be pierced in the eye by their own shields was Luffy's fist coming straight at them with no sign of stopping, it reached flesh organs and bones, as it traveled without remorse as his enemies were ripped to mush, their insides burned as the fist was so hot because of friction, vaporizing even blood along with it, as the blast wave was felt miles away.
— The so-called Iron shield squad was irreparably dead.
"—The Iron shield formation was destroyed in a single punch?!" The remaining outlaws said in shock.
However from the dust cloud created by the punch, Hody emerged behind Luffy, intent on hitting him with a heavy kick to the face, however he was blocked by Luffy's forearm, the little part where it was affected was covered in the black ink of armament, it wasn't to protect Luffy, instead it was to hurt Hody even more. It worked as Hody felt it even on his bones, Luffy in a display of power grabbed him by the right calf, clawing the muscles with his fingers and swinging the 15-foot Hody around faster than the eye could follow, and then threw him against the same wall, completely collapsing it on top of Hody.
Luffy dropped the whole calf muscle that was clawed out with his grip, his right hand was red, as the blood from Hody dropped from his palm.
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All of the remaining soldiers were awed and humbled at the incredible physical strength and ease that Luffy had when dealing with their leader, this was the man worth 600 million in the eyes of the world government.
"My goodness… Luffy-sama is so terribly strong."
Shirahoshi put her fingers on her cheeks in a shocked expression.
"—You are amazing Straw hat Luffy!"
"—So this is the power of these world-famous pirates!"
The public cheered on, being awed at the amount of power displayed.
The pirates that were in awe were so caught in the battle that they missed the missiles coming in their direction, and with a boom most of them died, leaving only a few stragglers left.
"He is truly amazing…"
Otohime said after seeing what ludicrous physical prowess Luffy had.
The sound of chains was heard as Otohime looked up, seeing the Noah, the ship had three large chains, each with a monstrous size, they fell towards the ground, dragging the earth with them causing large scale destruction across the landscape.
The shadows cast by the ship reached the square darkening it, Luffy looked up clicking his tongue.
"—Huh?!"
"—What's that? The square got dark all of the sudden..."
The citizens said and looked into the sky, their expression going from happy to shocked and fearful.
The ship was already above the Fishmen island, it was already pressing hard on the bubble, trying to break it.
To rip the bubble apart would cause tremendous damage to the kingdom, it would do irreversible damage not only to the structures, but to the ecosystem if water rushed in too quickly, water pressure difference would make the surface of the island explode.
"—What the-?!"
"—?! Isn't that…"
"—Noah from the Fishman district?!"
"—Why is Noah floating above Fishman Island?!"
"—It's heading straight for the plaza!"
"—That Ship could obliterate the entire kingdom!"
"—Who's Actually moving it?!"
"—No one! Noah has no means of moving itself, does it?!"
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Meaningless blabber reached Luffy's ears as he regrouped with his crew.
"What is that ship?!"
Nami said, sweating a bit as she swung her staff, breaking the head of an unfortunate soul.
"Noah?"
Jimbei said, picking up a pirate by his shoulder and crushing the shoulder and lungs with one squeeze.
Franky Shogun who stopped his rampage approached them with big robotic steps, his auto-missile launchers and auto cannons stopped firing, the golden hatch in the middle of the giant metal monstrosity opened and Franky peered out from it.
"...Chopper-san what is that?"
Brook said swinging the blood off his cane sword.
"It's huge!"
Chopper exclaimed.
"I don't know what's going on, but if that thing hits us we're doomed, we can't survive the water pressure like the Fishman can!"
Usopp said screaming in fear.
"If it flattens us all, will the sea be dyed red with our blood?"
Robin said, not giving any emotion in her face, as always, the words that came from her mouth were pretty morbid.
Luffy turned around to his crew and got into Captain mode, putting orders out and discussing and reassuring everyone, while the heated discussion was going on the citizens riled up even more.
"—Everyone, evacuate, we must evacuate the island!"
A citizen said as the people started running for their life.
"—Flee! Flee to the water outside the island!"
Luffy and Robin went back and forth as she nodded every once and a while, he also switched to Franky and Nami, bringing the discussion to them.
All of them smiled at him as the discussion ended, they believed in his words because of his charisma, he truly deserved his crew.
Zoro looked towards the ship, a bleeding pirate raised himself from the ground and attacked his flank with a blade, thinking Zoro was distracted, however the master swordsman was never distracted, not in battle, with a swing of his Sandai Kitetsu it blocked the swing of the enemy's blade, cutting through metal and decapitating the Fishman as the head shot off far, flipping in the air, giving the dying Fishman a nice view of his body before the inevitable death a few seconds in.
During this Zoro never stopped looking at the ship.
Sora stepped on an enemy's back, crushing the spine, lungs and heart, her ears picked up a scream and her eyes witnessed a body falling out of the sky.
"?! What is that?"
Shirahoshi asked looking at the sky, a body fell, screaming.
The body screamed as it continued to fall.
"—Something else is falling" A citizen said, looking back.
"Hwogaah!"
The thing exclaimed as it fell headfirst into the plaza spitting blood from both the mouth and nose, as its eyes bulged from the impact, causing a crater.
"It's you! Decken's subordinate, Wadatsumi!"
Zeo, the last remaining survivor of the executives, said. If you didn't count Hyouzou the poisonous octopus, however he wasn't even an executive, he was just a contracted mercenary.
"Owiee! I slipped!" Wadatsumi said, holding his massive head bruise.
"Capp'n Vanner Nekken~! I fell dooown went booom! Stop da Shiiip pweaaase~!" The way that the creature spelt their language was a bit aggravating, the wrong spelling plus the nasal tone made it very hard to enjoy listening to the creature.
"—Decken?!" Everyone exclaimed.
"I Don' wanna die!" Wadatsumi said, screaming to the ship.
So that guy is still alive, being skewered by that Queen's spear…I've got to commend his willingness to live. Luffy thought, remembering the fool Vander, his observation picked the man on top of the giant ship, but his observation told him that Vander was a lot stronger than before somehow. Perhaps he also has those pills? he thought.
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"What is the meaning of this?!" Hody asked, his voice boomed throughout the plaza.
"—Captain Hody! Are you okay?!... Is this a new part of the plan?! It looks like Decken is riding that ship!" One, of the few stragglers said.
"Shut your worthless mouths!" Hody said as his left hand destroyed the rubble on top of him, he tried to get up, however only his left leg moved, his right was paralysed, he couldn't move it.
First my right arm, now my right leg. Hody thought as he saw that his calf muscles were completely removed, a giant wound that spurted more blood, he couldn't leave it that way, he popped more pills inside of his mouth, it was a stopgap for the bleeding.
"Damn that infernal Straw Hat! *Huff Huff*..." He said with wrath running through his veins, he dragged his useless leg with sheer power instead, yet he still was very disabled.
That guy is made of tough stuff, he got up from three blows from me, well... Luffy looked at the nonexistent right arm, the huge purple mark on the skin of Hody's abdomen, denoting a large internal bleeding and finally a torn leg.
Well, he might be tough but he is on a death timer Luffy thought.
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"There is no way for you to be saved Wadatsumi! Well... Too BAD! You should have slipped you fool! You are going to join this kingdom in the biggest watery grave of the century, no, of the whole history! Bahoho!" Decken said over the Den Den microphone, he was in the deck of Noah, on a bubble , his body seemed even more muscular, his hair was now completely white, and his whole eye, even the sclera was red, his clothes were torn and bloody, he carried an axe full of blood two times his size as if it was nothing, his skin had seen better times, it was now completely covered in the corruption of the spear, as nodes and bubbles started popping out, he looked like a complete monstrosity.
"Now to finish off Shirahoshi" Decken said as he waited for the ship to completely smash the kingdom.
"That man, I dislike him so much!"
Otohime said, holding her corrupted spear, she said with a frown, unbefitting of her gentle face.
All those years of isolation for her daughter, just because of this man's obsession.
He said Shirahoshi, so he threw the ship as he threw those letters and weapons? Jimbei thought, closing his fist.
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A giant earthquake, blasts of wind and a sound like thunder invaded the plaza, as people were knocked out it continued for 50 seconds until it stopped.
"What was that?" Jimbei asked, as people panicked over what it seemed an explosion.
"So you come to me, Shirahoshi." Decken said as he looked to the sky.
"Wait, where is Shirahoshi?" Jimbei asked.
"I'm right here!" Shirahoshi said near the top of the bubble of the kingdom.
The giant blast of wind came from her beating her tail to swim in the air, the earthquake came from her hitting her tail on the ground, completely destroying half of the plaza.
Luffy looked at her physical prowess in awe, truly a world destroyer, he had to work for his physical power and she could do similar but weaker feats than him with just her sedentary strength, it was truly inspiring to see, and enforced that no living being is born equal.
Shirahoshi stood in front of the massive ship threatening to burst the bubble, her hands outstretched and a determined look on her face.
"—Princess Shirahoshi!" "—Princess!"
"—When did she…?" The citizen looked to where she were and only a massive crater was there.
"Mermaid princess!"
Brook said surprised.
"Shirahoshi! What are you doing up there?!"
Nami asked, yelling at the skies, she was worried about the princess as everyone else
"That ship is targeting her… I shouldn't have let her out of my sight!" Jimbei said.
To think she would be stronger than a giant warrior, I bet she never did training all her life, and to have this kind of strength since birth, she truly is a world destroyer... those were Luffy's thoughts as he saw the crater she form with one swing of her tail.
"..." Otohime just looked to the sky worried.
"Ahhh! To think my beloved would come for me!"
Decken said with a crazy smile.
"Your target is my life alone is it not?! I cannot allow you to endanger the lives of the people of the Kingdom, You can take my solitary life instead, I am right here!" Shirahoshi said, determined.
Otohime couldn't hear anymore, she tried to find a sponge so she could form a bubble and help her daughter.
"—Princess!" "—No! She's giving herself for our sake!" "—Princess Shirahoshi!"
"—Is there no way we can help her?!"
"That's my Shirahoshi! Beautiful beyond compare in both body and mind, your kindness is without limits, you would try to protect your own country... by giving up your life! What a riveting story, Bahoho!" Vander laughed.
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On the destroyed walls Hody raised himself, dragging his useless right leg, crippled as he was, he wouldn't let his dream die so soon.
He munched on another stack of pills making his body grow 5 more inches, as he became even more stronger.
"...So that crazed fool thinks he can destroy the entire island with us in it? He has betrayed our pack, the fool betrayed me!" Hody said, gritting his teeth.
"You will die, so your beauty may be immortalized forever!" Vander said as he threw a knife with his right hand, aimed at the princess.
It hit it's mark as it nicked the skin out of Shirahoshi's shoulder and drew blood, the knife didn't have sufficient hold as it could pierce deeper than the skin, so it flipped and fell to the ground.
"Aaah!" She cried in pain, tilting her head to the side, even hurt Shirahoshi still looked like the most beautiful and graceful person in the world.
"How dare he hurt a woman, how dare he hurt Shirahoshi-chan!" Sora said with wrathful vengeance in mind.
"—Princess!"
"—! Noah's turning off course!"
"—It's going for Princess Shirahoshi!"
"—Don't do it!" "—Swim for your life Princess!"
"...Hoshi-chan, I ordered you not wander off."
Luffy's voice ever calm reached everyone's ear, in a commanding tone that made everyone flinch, even Shirahoshi who was in the sky flinched in fear.
However she continued to swim upwards, crying while ignoring the command made by Luffy-sama.
So, she ignoring me huh? How dare she… Well I guess I must punish her once this is all over. Luffy thought with a frown as he saw the beautiful Shirahoshi pass the bubble, he never even processed his possessive attitude.
"—Huh?! Captain Hody?!" "—Hody-san is gone!"
"—Look. Up there!"
"—There he is!"
"—Right underneath Noah, on the chains!"
Hody held the chain with his left hand, as he only used one of his legs to climb and scale, the other was completely useless, only used as a balancing tool for him, in his back was his sharp red trident, now a bit small for his 20-foot size.
That tough bastard is already there huh? Luffy thought with a frown.
"You, you really did play me for a fool Vander Decken…*Huff Huff*, however, this gives the chance I need... *Huff Huff*." Hody said, scaling the ship as it went upwards, following Shirahoshi.
Otohime, finally found a sponge, turning her scaly legs into a tail she produced a bubble around her hips and swam to the top, following her daughter as fast as possible.
Sora, who was pissed at the wound Decken gave Shirahoshi was preparing to go too, however Luffy stopped her with a hand on her small shoulder.
"Wait Sora. I'll go! You guys take care of the stragglers!" Luffy said.
Sora looked at her captain, sure, he could swim, even with two devil fruits in his body, however he would still be weakened. And with here being 10 km in depth, the pressure was too great, however one look at her Captain's stormy eyes, she gave off a smile.
"I'm leaving dear sweet Shirahoshi-chan in your hands Luffy!" Sora said grinning at him.
Luffy nodded.
"Yeah, leave it to me!" Luffy gave a toothy grin, showing a nostalgic side for her.
Luffy made a weak jump at first to get a 20-foot vertical, then he jumped again using the air as a foot-hold, using the same technique as the CP-9.
When he gained some altitude, he really kicked strongly sending a blast of wind down, it was so strong the wind was white in color, as well as some circular sonic booms as he tried to reach the chains.
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Shirahoshi swam faster. She passed the first bubble from the island, popping the bubble on her hips, she cried in despair as she couldn't swim in the air anymore, however she didn't give up, she flapped her tail again, imitating Luffy-sama and Sora-sama, the kick to the air was more than enough for her to continue going upwards and finally passing the second bubble into the wide sea,
This was her natural habitat, she dominated the seas, being a Sea king mermaid made her the fastest, the strongest for just being born, nothing could compete with her in the sea.
She flapped her tail traversing 1 km in just a few seconds, as the ship pointed upward to follow her.
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Luffy passed Hody as he pushed the air as a foot hold, soon he passed the first bubble, he grabbed on a chain as he faced Hody, the ship was going too fast, soon they would be in the water. He needed to get rid of Hody fast, however with Shirahoshi accelerating faster than he expected soon they crossed to the sea, the pressure of ten thousand meters hit him like he was lifting 1000 ships with a finger, that type of pressure. He did everything to hold on the chains, as Hody came faster than Luffy gave him credit, swimming in the deep sea as fast as a cripple could.
"In a world dominated by the sea...A human like you who can't even breathe underwater… can never rule the ocean! You will beg for mercy Straw Hat!" Hody faced Luffy, who was helpless in the deep sea.
Luffy faced him, a hand holding the chains as the ship went upwards, he faced Hody with his stormy eyes, full of repressed rage.
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"Shi-ra-ho-shi~~ Bahohoho! How does freedom taste baby?! No more shell tower walls to protect you, no longer they will protect you like they did for ten years; will you die being skewered first by my blades? Or will you die being crushed by the ship? What's it going to be?!"
Vander said, drawing ten daggers, these ones were special, made from a sharper metal, Shirahoshi's endurance might be high, but her skin and muscle won't be able to block these.
He threw five daggers at her.
"I'll give you one last chance Shirahoshi! If you say yes, I can guarantee your life! JUST MARRY ME!-Shirahoshi!" Decken yelled at her.
"Please forgive me Decken-san! You are not my type!" She said to his heartbreak.
"...A—And, I'm in love with someone else!" Shirahoshi said cutely, trying to hide her blush, seeing her blush like this shattered his heart.
The flap of her tail knocked the daggers off with water pressure, making him angry, he picked one of his axes and threw at her with all the remaining daggers at his disposal, however Otohime arrived, using her corrupted trident she knocked them all off, blocking and breaking them.
"Don't think you can kill my daughter Vander! This is the last time, I'll send you to hell personally!" Otohime said, her eyes becoming steely as she prepared to face him.
He chugged the final batch he had of the pills, and started transforming into a bigger monster, reaching 17 feet, his skin became a deep purple, blending with the corruption. His sclera turned black as his iris turned white, slit pupils became red in color as his clothes were completely ripped off, his teeth grew in size as all bullhead shark features disappeared.
"So the mother in law appears!" Vander said, picking up another axe of his, preparing for a confrontation.
"You are mad, you only gave my family grief!" Otohime said.
"Hmph, there is no need for grief, if only you'd let her marry me!"
Vander said, his voice was raspy, he had difficulty to talk now, however each word out of his mouth carried a heavy killing intent.
"You don't want to marry my daughter. You just want her power, humans tried approaching her for her body, for her position, and for her beauty, however you only want her for power don't you?" she said, her voice becoming emotional.
"Don't be so harsh on me mother in law. I just love everything about her!" he said with a sickly smirk.
Otohime made a sad, stricken with grief face, her tears joined the sea as she started...
"You don't know anything about her, you don't know her likes, you don't know her dislikes, you don't know her dreams and aspirations, you don't know anything! You don't love my daughter you just want—"
"—POSEIDON!" Vander said one word, echoing through the sea, it shut Otohime up, her mouth quivered with emotion.
H—He knows… Otohime thought with a shiver.
"I know what she is my 'Queen', my ancestors have searched for her all their life, and I! I have found her finally! To accomplish the dreams of your family! Such joy!" He said with an open smile.
"—True, I don't know anything about her, I don't know her likes, I don't know her dislikes, I don't know her dreams and aspirations, I don't know anything, however…" he closed his smile and made the biggest smirk.
"You don't know anything about your daughter either… Isn't that true? Otohime?!" Vander hit on the sorest spot.
Otohime started weeping as her cascading tears mixed with the deep sea, her sorrow was conveyed as her heart clenched, she needed desperately to fix her relationship with her daughter, she just wanted to return to those days where she would hold her baby daughter and shower her with love.
However both Vander Decken and Hody Jones took everything from her, she would not let this go on any longer.
"Even with all your charisma, all your experience as a ruler. You just can't win against me at a discussion… I'm tired of seeing you weep it's disgraceful, come! Enough talk! now I have the power to beat you!" Vander said as he prepared his weapons.
Her tears finally came to a close, as her determined eyes opened, she faced him and unleashed her powerful Haki, this wasn't to make him submit, it was just an expression that she would use her all in this fight, with this in mind she faced the monstrosity who ruined part of her life.
Otohime knew the monstrosity could not survive outside of the bubble on Noah's deck because of his devil powers, so she rushed to pop the bubble however before she could attack the bubble. Vander appeared on the other side as he jumped, almost instantaneously closing the gap, he raised his axe on the other side of the bubble barrier, the arm passed the bubble into the sea, dragging the axe in a crescent moon shape, she dodged it in the last instant, amazed at his speed, however the strike cut her shoulder, she swiped horizontally at the same time of his strike instinctually, it was not a conscious move it was muscle memory.
The crescent moon strike was so fast, so strong it created a water blade the shape of a crescent, traveling kilometers and kilometers, it even hit a sea beast on the way cutting it in two, finally reaching the roots of the tree Eve. However the water blade barely nicked the continental sized roots, meanwhile her attack, reactionary as it was.
She wasn't expecting such speed from Vander at all, so her swing only grazed his chest, however it reacted with the corruption making it more like an ugly parasite across the skin. Both of them returned to their stances as Vander fell back the hard wood of the ship supporting his foot strength.
The reaction with the corruption was to cause untold amount of pain to the victim, however to a monstrosity overdosing on a power drug the pain couldn't even register in the nervous system, the monster had already passed the stage of feeling any pain.
The power drug acted one last time, making his muscles bulge and grow even more.
"..." Nothing came out of Vander's mouth anymore, the drug overdose destroyed any sanity left, he was like an animal in waiting, waiting for the Queen to make a move.
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"Die Straw Hat!" Hody said, preparing a strike with his left hand.
Luffy, holding his breath thought of the possibilities, he right now was as weak as a tiny little termite, he could barely hold himself on the chains.
Luffy activated his power over exponentials, boosting his strength, speed, endurance, all of his physical prowess by the power of 100, it was the hard limit with his bracelets on.
He put a finger on his mouth and bit it to release his blood, he put the bloody thumb on the Ruby on the first bracelet, the gem glowed as the sea stone bracelet unlocked into four pieces, the four pieces got separated faster than any living being could follow, being pushed by an electrical discharge, slightly violet in color,
The pieces traveled at the speed of lightning to all sides, one got throw west, missing a sea beast by millimeters, one got thrown south, cutting a part of the chain, the other got thrown north hitting a giant angler on its way, the other went straight for Hody, piercing his left collarbone, making a giant hole in his shoulder, the power unleashed by unbinding Luffy's power for just the first bracelet, made the ocean around him boil and form giant bubbles, it also made the pressure differ too much making it whiplash right in Hody's face, the Captain of the new fishmen pirates got blown away severely.
The pieces of his bracelet returned with the power of electromagnetism, linking the four parts together with the ruby in the center, the parts formed a giant circle behind his body, not touching him, it formed a metal halo behind him, like he was a God in a painting depiction.
Again, Luffy increased his power by using the fruit of exponentials, now over 1000. However this was to get back to his original land strength, he was too weakened on water as it was.
Hody returned with a vengeance this time he swam with a blade attached to his fin.
Luffy turned the chain to the side to make it easier to strike Hody but Hody passed Luffy, going up towards the ship, Luffy tried to follow him however Hody cut the chains off at a higher point, making Luffy stuck, he tried to swim, however his body wouldn't let him do anything at this pressure.
Damn, he cut my way up the ship! Luffy thought angrily, he prepared his finger.
"Assault series: Crash Bolt"He aimed to finish off Hody, his observation told him where the fishman was and a bolt of lightning traveled instantly, however it couldn't hit Hody, in fact, because of the water the discharge spread out and it went off course hitting the back of the ship, making a huge explosion on a tiny part of the continental sized ship, it blew splinters of the hardwood as they burned underwater.
Damn, it went off course. Luffy said, swimming in the superheated plasma exploding all around him.
He sat stuck on a few hundred meters, top of the Ryugu palace bubble.
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"*Pant* Upwards, I must swim upwards." Shirahoshi said as she continued to swim.
Otohime huffed in pain as her body was filled with cuts and wounds, bleeding on the ocean.
She looked at Vander, he too was filled with stab and cut wounds, their battle had gone for more than a while now, she wasn't all that tired, her body was just frail, she could continue this fight and win.
However before she could continue an individual entered the deck, entering the bubble, it was Hody himself, brandishing a red trident, he was also riddled with wounds, and he had a terrible bleeding on the collarbone.
"Vander...Jahaha, to think you would betray me!" Hody said approaching him.
"..." Vander brandished his axe, preparing for another fight.
"What will happen to the ship once you are dead and gone? Well Vander…" Hody said with a mocking expression.
"..." Vander roared, all sense of camaraderie and alliance was gone, it was time to face off.
Soon they rushed, matching blow for blow as Otohime waited for an opportunity, there was no talking anymore, she was completely focused on killing them both.
The infight was brutal, Hody had carelessly made the mistake of letting Vander touch him with his left hand, so his body was riddled with piercing weapons, the area that Luffy originally kicked was cut by Vander's axe, showing a giant gash that spurted blood, the wound was so big organs and muscle cloud be seen, his right shoulder was bitten with Vander's jaw still sticking there.
Vander didn't go without serious wounds, his left arm was now gone, bitten off by Hody, same with two of his six legs, they were skewered and then bitten off like someone would in a shish kebab, he had two jaws from Hody biting his shoulder and left side.
Ten minutes later, the chance came when Hody put his back to the bubble, Otohime, with a ludicrous swimming speed only beaten by her daughter approached him from behind and skewered him on her trident making him drop to the ground, as corruption sprouted from his back.
Otohime looked at Vander waiting for another attack from the man, however the time finally came, the corruption was too much and he tumbled, the ship was already vertical, so Vander fell towards one of the giant doors in the deck, getting thrown in one of the many stairs in the back, and his body laid on a room…
Hody looked down to the fallen Decken as the ship started to descend.
You're the one who betrayed me first, Decken when I saw the ship cover the sky, I felt terrified, Jahaha That's it die Decken! With you gone your power will die with you, the ship now is above the kingdom, the island will perish, but those in the Fishmen district will remain! Hody didn't realize then, that there were no living fishmen left in the Fishman district, it was completely wiped out by Decken himself.
He didn't know that trying to drop the ship on the kingdom would completely annihilate the Merman and Fishman population, with the only remaining members being slaves in Marie Geoise and pirates above the sea.
'This ship will once more plummet down towards the island destroying every traitor in it, This is perfect, I can get rid of all the Straw Hats right here, my remaining subordinates might die, but I can get as many slaves as I want afterwards
Hody felt his body a bit sluggish because of the damn 'poison' Otohime put on him, So he felt some difficulty getting up, the fact that he missed his right arm and had a useless right leg also didn't help.
Damn that bitch fight cowardly like this, with poison, She'll regret this! Hody thought, gritting his teeth and frowning, he glared at the Queen, she was sitting there smugly holding the Trident with that understanding smile she always had, she didn't understand shit, she didn't understand their plight, she tried to break the racism with weak plans full of naivety.
"Don't smile at me like that you whore, you don't know anything, you think some pretty words are going to cure our plight, humans will never accept us, you opening your legs for the Straw Hat will not change anything!" Hody said as he prepared to rush her in the open sea, his dorsal fin equipped with a blade was ready and willing to cut anything.
Otohime focused on him, she would ask something she already had the answer to.
"What are you? You're perpetuating this 'vengeance against humans', and the wrath of Fishmen, and you are taking it all out on my kingdom! You had planned to take over my kingdom and rule over it, but now you only seek the destruction, you want to erase it from existence- you are throwing away all the lives of your comrades from Fishman district, people you grew up with people who are your friends..." Otohime shed a tear.
"You hate humans more than anyone else, however your overwhelming rage, where will it lead you?"
"What happened in the past? What did humans ever do to you, what happened for you to be this way?"
"Nothing." Hody responded.
And like two peas in a pod, Otohime and Shirahoshi started crying, they were truly mother and daughter, they wept in pity for him. Otohime now fully understood him, she couldn't help but understand.
"We need to create a world with understanding, if we cannot understand each other there will be no peace, only eternal suffering." Otohime said smiling at him, a benevolent one.
"Stop being stupid, bitch! Only by showing how much we suffered, only by reciprocating our pain will they understand what we gone through, only when their leaders feel the chain around their necks will they understand about our suffering for 800 years. The Age of Pirates? Those bastards only came here to kidnap our women and children, yet you can't keep your mouth out of Monkey D. Luffy's cock, can't you? You praise him like he is a God who's going to save you, yet he is selfish like all humans, he will never save your pathetic people even if you beg when you spread your legs like an obedient bitch!" Hody said degrading her and putting down all of her views.
"Hody Jones, I understand you very well, there were many who shared your view, yet they were as fervent as you were, so let me ask you something, can you understand me as well as I understand you?" Otohime asked, shrugging of his degrading words.
"Understanding? I can't help but understand! I understand everything about you Queen Otohime, Jahaha, for example... The two Ryugu brothers you were promised to, one shared your views, one was the war hawk, you were fiancé to both of them, yet one died, and the other was your husband for a long time, yet you didn't really love them with all your heart did you? Something was missing from both of them, since you sought peace for your people since your birth didn't you?" Hody continued as Otohime remembered both past lovers.
"Something was always missing from them, the older brother would never gain support from the people he was too flimsy, the younger was a charismatic warrior who would never truly support your dreams and walk together with you, am I not right?" Hody said with a smirk.
"You never loved them, you only cared for them...you resented Neptune deep down for not supporting your dream besides you didn't you, he always stood in the backseat... like a lazy King!"
"I understand your view very well Otohime, I understand everything about you, that's why I HATE YOU! I hate all things about you! We shall never see each other EYE TO EYE! OTOHIME!" Hody charged with his red trident now in hand.
"I see…" Otohime truly lamented this.
Two opponents who understood each other so much, however their views were so polar opposites that they couldn't stand each other they couldn't help but hate the other with all their might.
Because they understood each others view, they couldn't be swayed, wouldn't stray from the path they chosen, no pretty words would stop them now.
"I truly am sorrowful; however I shall protect my kingdom, my daughter and sons, and my dream!" Otohime said as she charged, both closed the distance and encountered in the middle of the sea, both struck, with their respective Tridents, one blocked the other as the underwater war of ideologies started, this time not with words, but with their actions and powers.
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"Bwaaaaaaa~~" The creature cried and cried, left on the plaza to die.
"Capwtain Vannner Nekken-shama weft me heeere awoone" the voice was so nasal and the mispronunciation grated Sora's nerves.
"Hey! Large Bald Head Monster! You must have misheard your master! This is what Vander Decken said, 'Take care of the plaza for me'!" Zeo said, masterfully manipulating the creature to his whims.
"...?! Is...Is that true?!" The Umibozu asked.
"Of course it is! Now hurry and swallow this!" Zeo threw a pill at the monster's mouth, it made an instant effect as it's skin darkened and his sclera turned red.
"Woooaaarghhhh~~!~" The Umibozu roared, as his strength multiplied several times.
Its angry eyes squared over to any enemy it could find, it found Jimbei.
"Da emeny over dere~~!~~!~" It clenched its fist.
It aimed for Jimbei and the giant fist descended, waiting to kill Jimbei.
"Watch out, Jimbei!" Nami said, worrying for her new friend Jimbei.
Jimbei blocked the attack with a left roundhouse kick, using the fishman Karate the impact trembled inside of the Umibozu body, making it fly away and hit a wall, Wadatsumi lay down on his head, with another giant bruise, the pill's effects disappeared from his body.
The creature cried as the pain computed.
"Aah!" The wind blast of the creature crashing down made Nami lose her footing and fall.
"Nami-chan!" Sora called her in worry, and in an instant, she supported Nami before she could fall on her ass.
"Sorry, Sora-chan"
Nami said, smiling towards her, however Sora's hands were in inappropriate places, one was slid down her jeans, grabbing her ass as she didn't wear any underwear, the other hand was inside her bikini, Sora noticed her actions and smirked, she kneaded Nami's breast, pressing her own bust to Nami's smooth back, however one knead and one moan pushed Nami to the edge of irritation, she took off from Sora's grasp, fixing her bikini she pushed Sora's cheek as punishment.
"Sora-chan… you shouldn't do that in public you know, actually don't do that ever, understand!"
"But Nami-chan you liked it didn't you?"
"Of course not!" Nami pinched harder.
"But, if it were Luffy, would you like it?" Sora asked with a scheming smirk.
"..." Nami squinted her eyes, to show her irritation, however the massive blush from ear to ear did nothing to hide her thoughts.
"I knew it, Luffy could fuck you anywhere and you'd like it" Sora said with a smug smile, Nami was shocked for a few seconds but gave a smug smile back.
"I bet you want him to fuck you, and you are just hiding your sexuality Sora-chan~"
"Eh?... N—No, I am born for women, I am a tool of pleasure for all women in the whole wide world!" Sora boasted.
"No~I am not doubting that you like women Sora, but perhaps you are hiding that you are bi, perhaps being turned to a woman made your hormones haywire don't you think?" Nami teased.
"I'm n—not! I don't like men at all!" Sora denied it with exaggerated motions, her blush increased.
"Hmmm~? Are you telling the truth?~" Nami tilted her head in a smug expression.
"No~! Anyway, this is not the time, first…" Sora said walking towards the Umibozu, passing Nami.
Sora gazed at the fallen Umibozu; fury untold burned within her.
She kicked the ground and vanished, she appeared on top of Wadatsumi as she glared down on the crying creature.
"Bwaa I can't fight the Fishie shark guy" The creature whined.
"..." Sora stayed silent on top of the creature's cheek.
"Hmm~~ who are you, are you enemy?" Wadatsumi asked.
"As I thought you, you're a child huh? You should be here" Sora said, her compassionate side appearing.
"Hah? Wazat?" the creature asked.
"Despite your size you are still not even an old child, tell me, when were you born?"
"Foor years ago" Wadatsumi.
He's too young, We can't kill a child. Sora thought, her blue eyes looked to the creature in kindness, the creature was big and hairy, but that was just his species, the creature was dumb, but that was because of age and lack of education, so Sora wanted to resolve this issue, and except for that guy Hody and the giant Kraken, this kid was the strongest thing here.
*sigh*, I feel a bit of a giant slayer, I only fought big things today. she referenced her one sided slaughter of the Kraken, and now this kid, she thought as she walked towards his forehead, evading his fist without difficulty, it was too winded up, and nothing would pass her observation anyway, she reached his forehead and stomped down with her left foot.
"Concasser."Sora murmured softly, finishing her attack on the Umibozu, giving him a strong concussion, and putting him in a coma that would last for a week.
Wadatsumi's head hit the ground, and he passed out, his arms fell and it cracked the ground, his eyes turned into swirls as he entered a coma.
Sora jumped off Wadatsumi and walked past Zoro.
"Why didn't you kill him?" Zoro asked.
"He is just a child…" Sora responded.
"You are too soft." Zoro responded, cutting another enemy down.
"Well, sorry for not being as bloodthirsty as you are, Hmm… you talk tough, but you would never kill a child either moss head." Sora said with a bit of bite.
"..." Zoro didn't respond to the accusation, it was true, and he couldn't respond to that, Sora gave off a smug smile.
"And I feel like our captain would also choose not to kill a child either, none of us are that cold hearted." She said looking at the sky.
"Hmph!" Zoro mocked her.
"Don't you 'hmph' me moss head, want me to kick your ass to kingdom come?!"
"Whatever... shitty cook!" Zoro said, not looking at her anymore, and clicking his tongue in annoyance.
"Huh?! You are going to regret this!" Sora said.
"Bring it on!" both said at the same time, however Franky's voice returned them to normal, it was no time for disputes.
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Hyouzou, the 8-tentacled swordsman started slicing like crazy, his blades cut through a group of his own allies drawing their blood and their death. The blades hit stone, corals and other things; the man rampaged like never before. His comrades cried at him for betraying them however Hyouzou did not care, he only smiled, his red skin hiding his drunkenness, he hiccuped and burped out loud, his body was almost jelly like, denoting his traits as being an octopus merman.
On his rampaging path was Robin, she used her ability to break the necks of another group. She looked at the octopus merman coming ever so closer to her, her face was blank, however her hidden bloodlust spiked, it was a strong opponent conveniently coming towards her only to be killed.
"You, you will be my next, I just wanna slice people—hic~" He said as he winded his blades.
Robin looked disinterested.
She crossed her arms in the usual position to activate her power, flower petals encircled him as 2 Robins sprouted.
One from the back and one in the front, the one from behind grabbed his mouth, putting her fingers and blocking the teeth.
The second Robin, the one in the front put her sharp fingers under his jaw, pressing his skin.
He tried to swipe his blades, however arms sprouted from both Robin's shoulders, they grabbed his arms, and tentacles, more limbs sprouted to impede his every move.
From behind two hands flexed the index and middle finger, she then clawed both eyes from him, making moist sounds, red globs of blood filled the empty sockets as he started crying blood, crimson liquid spurted from his face, he screamed in agony, releasing venom from his body, yet to no effect, it needed to enter the bloodstream of the enemy to affect them.
Limbs pulled the gauze off his chest, seeing the wound that Luffy gave him earlier, and as an almost literal salt to the wound, the limbs excavated their fingers in the stomach wound, opening it up in such a big way, two arms pushed the wound open as two more arms entered his body from the large wound, digging through his organs making sadistic squishy sounds.
The hands grabbing his mouth pushed the jaw down with so much force, so the fingers pressed on the underside pierced the skin and entered the mouth, pressing the tongue to the roof.
Another set of hands from the front started clawing his throat, another from the back started clawing the side of his neck, he screamed in pain and thrashed around to no effect.
Even ramming himself into the ground didn't affect the Robin clones.
They just smiled at him full of blood, as the slow clawing of his throat, and the piercing of his tongue continued, he coughed blood, as more and more limbs grappled his joints, cracking one at a time.
Five hands pulled and pulled, and finally removed one tentacle from its socket, it was like losing a leg as it spurted blood like a geyser on the ground, both grappled him again as the extra limbs continued their slow methodical work of removing his throat and tongue out.
The Robin from behind finally reached the carotid artery, puncturing it with her nails, more moist blood covered both, as they finally cut off his tongue.
It was an arduous process, the Fishman Hyouzou was almost dead now, just a little push.
With both her hands, the front Robin pushed his neck, Robin from the back pulled his neck towards her.
The strength and pressure put by both Robins made the last disk of the cervical curve give and split out of its socket, paralyzing Hyouzou whole body.
He couldn't breathe, his heart had stopped and he uncontrollably bled from the carved neck, jaw and stomach, he keeled over like a dead fish, the last sliver of life gone.
He couldn't even swing a single strike against her.
All of his limbs remained immobilized, both Robins, full of blood dissolved into a storm pink flower petals, stained by blood.
The storm calmed down and in the distance revealed the original Robin, pristine and with no blood or other gunk staining her like her clones had, she just gave a short smile as her bloodlust was sated.
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"Oi, there are some groups of pirates escaping the plaza shouldn't we go after them?" Franky asked.
"Oh no! They are going to attack the civilians!"
Chopper cried in worry.
The Straw Hat's started worrying about it as Luffy warned about how an army can still cause untold damage even if they were on the losing side.
Groups of pirates rushed out of the plaza reaching the civilians who were evacuating.
"Hey why aren't you doing anything Zoro! Sora?!"
Nami asked them yelling.
"..." Zoro didn't respond to her, he just sheathed his sword.
"Sora?! Can't you do something?!" Nami asked.
"Zoro do something!" Chopper pulled on Zoro's leg; however he was unmoving.
"Jimbei?"
Nami asked, however the honored Fishman just stared at the entrance to the plaza, without any emotion passing on his face.
Nami rushed to Sora and grabbed her small shoulders.
"Sora do something please!" She begged her to do something however Sora just petted her hair.
"No, Nami-chan, it seems we don't need to do anything, because—" Sora responded with a smile.
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The mermaid ran,
She ran, seeking to get out of the island, the people had finally scaled down the walls of the plaza where they viewed the amazing show that the Straw Hats had put, seeing them defeating the villains made her very happy.
When the pirate age began, countless pirates arrived in droves on her island always looking to enter the new world in search for the One Piece, however in their mindless cruelty they started to hunt their race for enslavement and profit. Her own mother was brutally assaulted and enslaved, she was only six years old at the time.
"My wealth and treasures? If you want it, I'll let you have it. Look for it, I left all of it at that place!" A man with a curved mustache said, before being executed with a smile.
Those words spelt doom for her people.
To be honest, she hated the man who spoke those words, Gol D. Roger.
He brought misfortune towards her race.
The terrible, terrible slave trade.
They were only saved when Whitebeard came and claimed their kingdom as his territory, it stopped most people.
However the slave trade still happened from behind the curtain, with mermaids and some fishmen disappearing without a trace. Those cases were rare, only happening occasionally, however their Queen always tried to find the culprits, having such a driven Queen had saved more than thousands of lives from unfortunate slavery, Queen Otohime, she always asked for help, she always asked Whitebeard to help her find those missing people, however…
However, the pirates were always ineffective, often giving faulty information and looking where they wouldn't be found, most of Whitebeard's crew was uncooperative.
The man himself, Whitebeard tried and tried, however it wasn't enough, he knew most of the bulk of his crew didn't care for them but he tried.
In the end it was the cooperation between the Sun Pirates and Otohime, as well as Neptune's army that got the job done.
Saving victims of their race, however if they just had an effective cooperation with Whitebeard, she felt it would have saved more lives from slavery.
There were still thousands missing, never to be found, Queen Otohime cried and cried for those who she couldn't find, blaming herself, for the world above them was vast, and the trade would continue no matter how hard she tried to stop it.
The mermaid started huffing as she lost most of her stamina swimming in the air, carrying her child in her bosom, she looked up at the shadow approaching the island.
Doom fell upon her race once again.
She thought of the Straw hats again as she stopped walking,
She didn't exactly trust them, they were humans, however, she trusted Monkey D. Luffy, as Madam Sharley and Queen Otohime said.
He was their savior, and he was not a human, he wasn't a human, so she could trust him with their future, he was a God, not a human, or fishman or any other race, so he would never discriminate between them, that's why she believed in him.
"—Get out of the way, if you don't I'll kill ya!"
A pirate said as he approached from behind, running with a sword, a group of outlaws behind him as he led them, she turned around with a frightful face, she crouched, holding her baby protectively.
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They abandoned their mission,
Killing the Straw Hats was impossible, their comrades, the people they grew up with were either permanently damaged, or dead by their hands,
The pirates couldn't cry now, they needed to escape.
Hody had left them down here to die.
Decken betrayed them by trying to destroy the island with them in it.
Like hell they would stay down here just to die.
However the whole population of the Ryugu kingdom tried to evacuate, they had nowhere to run it was just too crowded. They needed to make a route towards the exit and if they had to kill people to make that route, they would.
A merman with a suit stood over and embraced the mermaid, the man glared at them, it was probably the husband protecting the wife and child, it wasn't like they wanted to kill a woman and a child they had to live!
It couldn't be helped!
"Get out of the way!"
The pirated winded down the sword, ready for a slash, however before he could strike he was hit in the face by a giant fist holding a golden trident.
The pirate flew over several meters before crashing to the ground behind the group of pirates running, they stopped in shock as various silhouettes encircled the remaining pirates.
They revealed themselves.
Tt was Fukaboshi the crown prince, bruised and blood yet holding strong, as his dignified atmosphere washed over them.
By his side were his brothers, and behind him was the Neptune army, full of determined soldiers, beaten and weak, however their eyes had a flame that would be extinguished, two people walked close to the crown prince, each arriving by his side, they revealed to be the Ministers of the Right and the Left.
"Arrest all of them, do not let any escape, arrest all outlaws that were defeated at the plaza! Minister of the Left, get some soldiers and give order back to the people, make an orderly evacuation so no one gets hurt. Minister of the Right I'll leave the command to the bubble turret to you, we need to stop the ship at all costs! Now men carry your orders!"
Fukaboshi ordered them out, like a true general he put them in charge of stopping this terrible crisis, his speeches gave morale towards the soldiers that the minister of the right could never give.
He truly was fitted to be their commander.
"—YES YOUR HIGHNESS!"
They responded as they as the majority of the soldiers pressed forward to defeat the tiny pockets of resistance, the minister of the left picked the best soldiers and went to organize the population, stomping and suffocation were serious threats in a panic they needed order in the evacuation so there wouldn't be any victims, the minister of the right went to the rooftop of a building to communicate better with the soldiers who were in the turret so they could stop the ship, a giant bubble would do.
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Luffy was stuck in the bottom of the sea, above the palace bubble thought hard on a power that would make him move in these extreme depths, however before he could apply the new power to the test the ship arrived right in his face, it was falling too rapidly for his taste, he blew bubbles with his mouth as his lungs could sustain him here for more time than he could care to count, he put both hands on the fore of the ship, pressing his hands so hard the wood splintered a tiny hair of wood.
Wow, to think my full force can't even crush the ship, what is this wood made out of?
Well, no use to thinking about that now, I need more strength, I feel too weak underwater
'More More—'
Wait, should I really be increasing the value of the fruit of Exponentials, if I surpass the limits won't it affect my fruit of God too?
Luffy barely trained with the fruit of exponentials because increasing its strengths was just too dangerous for the world, however after seeing the strength the New World had, and the threat this insignificant guy called Hody posed, he gave up on his fears of increasing his power over exponentials.
The ship started pressing against Luffy's hand as it fell.
'Damn, this thing is so heavy' Luffy's muscles strained, his muscles started to be more and more defined as Luffy competed with the strength of the ship, it weighted more than 800 million tons, he gathered.
Is it because of its size? Or the material used? Man this weighs more than a mountain, I guess I should increase my strength!
Luffy increased his physical brawn with the power over exponentials to over 2000. The ship became easier to hold, it's descent started slowing down.
3531..
Tch, so this is the limit right now, damn still not enough…
if I was on land with a push of my hand the world would implode at this point, but water really brings down my powers.
I can barely feel stronger, perhaps only twice as strong, damn…
4670…
By sheer willpower he increased the limit by so much as he tried to stop the ship, his hands carved into the hardwood.
He began feeling tired, he should have been increasing his limits so abruptly, however it was a necessity.
5431…
6791…
8309…
Hehe, damn.
At this point it would be strange to say I could destroy the solar system with a flicker,
Just by moving I might fuse atoms.
Bringing them to ludicrous temperatures and creating black holes as I walk. But here, surrounded by water I only feel thrice as strong, I feel kind of cheated…
Luffy couldn't bring himself to raise his limits any longer, he was too tired, he only hoped his powers over exponentials would not have such a terrible effect on his powers over God, it would be disastrous if a light electrical discharge had the power of the sun behind it.
He pressed again as the ship came to a complete halt, he beat his legs to support his body in his position, he blew another bubble as he thought of what to do next.
Should I destroy this thing?... no my attack might hit Otohime-chan and Hoshi-chan up there. Luffy turned to the side, his observation picking merman life on a turret far away, he blew bubbles as he thought of a new plan, he smiled.
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"—Because Cavalry has arrived, finally~" Sora smiled as she saw the army combat the threat and organize the populace, it seemed that the threat down here was finally over.
The Straw Hats regrouped near the ship as a friendly discussion started, they just watched the soldiers go to business, arresting the people they defeated and carrying the bodies to two different floating ships.
"Ohh, Brook you're back!" Chopper said.
"Hai Chopper-san, I was just dealing with a troublesome enemy." Brook said sheathing his cane blade.
Brook remembered the invisible purple guy he had to fight, the man thought invisibility would mean victory, guess he hadn't thought that the cold wind surrounding Brook could reveal his silhouette.
Zeo.
Prideful as ever, died from a vertical cut, freezing his entire body, the frostbite spread through the whole body, turning tissue darker and darker.
The gravity did the rest.
Cracking the ice that was his body, chunks of his cheeks split off from his body, crashing to the ground, the head fell of next, the neck couldn't hold its weight, just like a stone statue.
The head fell off first, then the arms by the shoulder then the legs couldn't hold the weight of the torso any longer and the man called Zeo crashed to the ground into little frozen pieces.
"Yeah, a bit of trouble—Yohoho" Brook said with a quieter laughter.
Mah, I guess he couldn't handle the coldness of death. Brook thought.
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Their bout continued for more than ten minutes.
Hody tried to gain ground and slash her in the chest with his blade fin or red spear, however the sheer speed displayed by Otohime and the skill she had with her trident really helped ward him off,
Both were not gaining ground with their incredible attacks, even after all the stab wounds she gave Hody.
He still came back for more.
He didn't feel pain anymore.
Which was unfortunate since her spear caused a timed death and incredible, debilitating and stunning pain.
If it was a normal human or any other species that felt pain, they would be able to even move after the first stab of her corrupted spear.
It was really that painful.
But this man let harmless stabs in non-dangerous areas and completely blocked stabs and slashes in critical areas,.
His method of fighting was reckless, so reckless he felt invincible, that's what probably was passing through his mind.
She couldn't relent her defense because there were too many instances of him trying to pass her and try to kill Shirahoshi who was standing behind her.
However one moment of carelessness for her gave her a wound she disliked.
Hody bit her tail near her thighs if she was a human.
She stabbed him in the shoulder, and he released her, however the jaws still stuck on her tail, she removed it with the butt end of her trident and threw it at him.
Her body warned her of unbearable pain.
However her body still functioned like the wound wasn't there, like she wasn't losing a ton of blood on the sea.
I need to finish this somehow.
Otohime thought with a grimace.
Hody held his shoulder wound to stop the blood, both of his shoulders were now busted, one even had a collarbone missing, courtesy of Luffy's bracelet blowing a hole in it.
Hody fished another batch of pills.
His stack was now very diminished, he had at least three more helpings of it.
However he didn't care.
he popped them in his mouth, he laughed as he transformed again, his skin paled even further as his body increased its mass significantly, his bones elongated and his muscles bulged, his back hunched over as his arms became bigger than pillars, his hands were almost the size of her deceased husband.
His eyes which were previously narrow became round as the sclera turned to a wine color and the white pupil became a poisonous green, his hairline receded as his forehead grew in size, in fact his whole head grew with him, his jaw became a mess, his lips bulged and turned a sickly purple.
His mouth open became more and more like a lamprey as his teeth became even sharper.
He was now almost reaching 30-feet in height, she needed to finish this fast.
Hody came with his all, as a cripple could,
She blocked his trident with her own, immediately transformed her tail into legs, applied armament to it and kicked him in the chest.
Both traveled towards the ship's deck,
Passing through the bubble, Hody's body rolled and bounced off the hard wooden floor, he was about to fall because of the verticality, however he plunged his hand down and grabbed the hard wooden floor.
Otohime stood on her feet slightly angled applying the force towards the floor, however the splinters that broke off pierced her feet.
Hody smiled at her,
He made a nodding motion, it was enough force to curve the blade fin behind him, causing a crescent wind blade that spanned across the top of the ship, the crescent blade hit the bubble, forcing it to pop, as water rushed in it caught her leg off balance.
A problem that Hody didn't have as they became submerged once again.
She tried transforming her leg into a tail however Hody closed the distance and head butted her, she blocked it with the hilt of the trident.
However she still affected by the force, knocking her back and forming bruises on her forearms due to the power behind it, blood seeped from the wounds in her arm as she trembled to get her balance back.
"Your feet are weaker underwater than your tail, you gambled on fighting me on the deck of the ship where there was a giant bubble, but newsflash, we are creatures of the sea my Queen." he said mocking her.
"To think you wanted me to fight like those...humans…" he said the word with such contempt that she physically cringed.
"I won't let you use your tail anymore, you are finally done for, you little whore, Jahaha!"
Otohime could do nothing but show a bit of fear in her eyes, this person wasn't the same as he was a few seconds ago, he was so much stronger, and so much scarier, her trembling eyes focused on his green, sharp pupils.
"Ja...Ha...Ha…"
The whole sea floor now felt his killing intent, his hatred, his drive, and his will for revenge.
She brandished her spear nervously, her eyes regained courage, her armament Haki started pouring on the trident, turning the purple corrupted monstrosity into a blacker, much more scarier spear, dozens of black tendrils and tentacles surged forward, slithering around in her spear, her blue eyes became more and more focused, her perception increased as her body pumped more and more adrenaline, it was time for her final fight.
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"..."
Vander opened his black eyes, he crawled in a lower room of the continental ship, he could still move, he wouldn't die so easily, Otohime might have thought that she won, but he would never give up.
He crawled and crawled until he reached two of his special made axes, ones that would actually hurt Shirahoshi and kill her, he touched them with his right hand, passing all of his malice and hatred, all of his obsession and ambition of his family into those axes.
The drive was so intense, and the power behind him given by the pill was such that the axes turned into a pure black.
Accidentally giving those weapons armament Haki.
A thing he never used or trained in, it was a product of fate, or perhaps coincidence, Vander could only smirk maniacally.
"Shi...ra...ho...shi…" He said after regaining what little sanity he had, the power drug clouding his mind gave a bit of breathing room, as the weapons floated because of his power, aimed at the princess, he laughed.
It was time to end her life.