"Who are you? What is your purpose on Albaek Island?" Marco's sharp gaze fixed on Vivian, his tone unfriendly.
With such strength, could he really have been gravely injured by a pirate attack?
It would likely take a pirate crew of Yonko level or higher to do that, right?
In other words, even if he was ambushed, what are the chances of drifting to this island?
And that golden lightning ability, how did a Devil Fruit user drift here?
Where is his ship?
Thinking carefully, this guy's previous words seemed like nonsense!
"I really have no purpose…"
Vivian raised his hands, trying to make the other party lower their guard, but Marco remained highly tense, his body slightly leaning forward as if ready to attack at any moment, making cold sweat almost break out on Vivian's forehead.
"Listen to me, I really came here by accident. You know Bartholomew Kuma of the Shichibukai, right? I was wandering around the Sabaody Archipelago and accidentally provoked him. He slapped me here." Vivian explained.
"Bartholomew?"
Marco frowned upon hearing this, clearly recognizing the name.
However, not knowing Kuma's Devil Fruit ability, he still didn't believe Vivian.
So, under the surprised and excited gazes of the surrounding pirate crew members, Marco directly revealed his blue wings and kicked fiercely towards Vivian's lower abdomen.
In an instant, his feet transformed into bird claws, tearing through the air, but just before touching Vivian's body, they were blocked by a surge of electricity. Accompanied by the deafening roar of thunder, Marco was suddenly blasted ten meters away. When he looked again, he saw Vivian in a sword-drawing stance, channeling all his strength into his right hand.
"Breath of Thunder…"
Fighting a Yonko's right-hand man naturally required full effort from the start.
Without any hesitation, the moment Marco was blasted away, Vivian drew his blade again, unleashing his strongest attack with the speed of lightning.
"Seventh Form: Flaming Thunder God!"
Instantly consuming a third of his energy, a massive thunder dragon formed from Vivian's blade, roaring towards Marco.
Boom——!
A thunderous explosion.
The golden thunder dragon collided with the phoenix, lightning and pale blue flames devouring each other, the resulting shockwave instantly lifting the surrounding sand and stones.
Seeing even the ground slowly sinking, Aili and Hodman, watching from a distance, instinctively showed expressions of shock: =???=???(●???●|||)
"What is that? A flying slash?"
"To cut out a massive golden thunder dragon with one slash, what level of swordsman is this?"
Even the world's greatest swordsman, Dracule Mihawk, is no more than this, right?
Someone thought in awe.
"That person… is really strong!" Aili couldn't help but exclaim.
But after exclaiming, her inner thoughts began to change subtly.
If I were to marry him… could an ordinary girl like me really match up to him?
He's so strong, so handsome…
And look at me…
What right do I have…?
Unconsciously, feelings of inferiority began to form.
Aili lowered her head, tightly clutching her skirt. After hesitating for a moment, she turned and quickly ran towards the cabin.
On the other side.
Seeing Marco standing as if nothing had happened after enduring his strongest attack, his wounds instantly healed by the pale blue flames, Vivian scratched his head, clearly starting to feel the pressure.
Damn…
His attacks couldn't break through the opponent's defense at all, while Marco's Haki-infused kicks would leave him half-dead if they hit. How could he possibly win this battle with such a disparity in strength?
Recalling the follow-up task given by the system just now.
"Practice?"
You call this practice?
This is more like sending me to my death!
No, I have to run.
Seeing Marco, whose wounds had just healed, approaching him again, Vivian wanted to say something to divert Marco's attention and buy time to use his teleportation skill to escape. But in the blink of an eye, Marco had already appeared in front of him at an incredible speed, feet together, shouting loudly:
"Phoenix Stamp!"
The distance between them was less than five meters. Seeing the blue flames sweeping towards him, Vivian's eyes widened, and a sense of panic arose.
In a critical moment, without thinking much, Vivian pulled out an item from his pocket and threw a universal capsule to the ground.
With a "bang," a large high-rise building suddenly appeared on the sandy ground, blocking Marco's "Phoenix Seal."
However, the powerful impact still shattered the concrete house, and Vivian, standing behind it, was also blown away, falling freely into the sea.
[You have completed the current task]
[Calculating rewards…]
[Congratulations, you have gained Beast Language Mastery]
"Damn…"
A strong pain instantly spread through every part of his body.
Thinking that if he had been a second slower, he might have been blown to pieces like that house, Vivian couldn't help but feel a sense of fear.
"Marco really wants to kill me…"
Pirates are indeed pirates. When they sense a threat, they always strike without hesitation.
This is true for almost every crew member on every ship, except for the Straw Hat Pirates.
Even if it's just a suspicion.
Even if there's no evidence to prove whether the other party is an enemy.
In short, any factor that might be detrimental to their pirate crew must be eliminated.
"Glug glug!"
Swallowing a few mouthfuls of seawater, Vivian forced himself to stay alert, focusing his consciousness into the system's scout guard perspective.
In his view, there was a faint mist rising in the image.
"Is it a hot spring?"
Could it be that Luffy is soaking in a hot spring now?
A question mark appeared above Vivian's head.
Just as he was about to cast a skill in the water to teleport to Luffy's location, three options quickly appeared before his eyes:
[Option 1: Give up teleportation and continue fighting Marco. (Reward: Random Dimensional Combat Skill x1)]
[Option 2: Teleport back to the villa on the sixth floor of Impel Down. (Reward: Random Paramecia Devil Fruit x1)]
[Option 3: Teleport to Luffy's location. (Reward: Random Special Attribute +10)]
Special attribute?
Vivian: (⊙_⊙)?