Chapter 273 Dalton's Life for Life
"Snapped"
"Who told you to talk? Did we agree? And you, big bald guy, isn't your head cold in such a cold day?
Just now, the captain slapped me twice because of you. If you dare to say another word, I will slap you twice!"
The bald pirate who had just been hit twice by the double axes slapped the bearded doctor who was speaking, knocking his hat crooked, and then threatened the bald old man next to him.
"Kill me right now if you dare. I will not leave my hometown! Mr. Dalton! Attack with force! We are not afraid of death!"
The bearded old man straightened his hat and said fearlessly, but was immediately slapped in the face by the bald pirate. Dalton almost bit his teeth off watching this scene.
"I'm really not a doctor on this island! Otherwise I would definitely buy a hat. If my head feels cold, I'll catch a cold!" The bald old man muttered in a low voice, and his voice was not even heard by the bald pirate. He was too old to experience this.
"Dalton, I'll give you one last chance. There are about forty people here. All you have to do is cut off your arm or thigh, any one of them will do. You can choose ten doctors and leave safely.
Of course, if you want to save more people, you can continue! We don’t want others, we only want you, the one who ate the devil fruit!”
The brother with the knife wanted to leave here more safely, so the best way was to cripple Dalton. At the same time, he wanted to see how far Dalton could go for these doctors.
If Dalton is unwilling to do this, then his reputation on this island will be different, and it is uncertain whether he can still be the chief guard of this country in the future. So would it be safer to come here to catch a doctor next time?
"Mr. Dalton, you must not do this. Drum Island can survive without us, but it cannot survive without you!"
"Yes! Mr. Dalton, even if you really cut off one of your arms, they won't let us go. Even you might be in danger!"
"Mr. Dalton, go back and guard Drum Island well. The doctor's fire will never be extinguished!"
Several older doctors among the hostages were shouting to Dalton, saying that they would rather sacrifice themselves than let Dalton take any risks. This shows how popular Dalton is on Magnetic Drum Island!
However, such a person can be a king, but he is absolutely inappropriate to be a general. Although he leads by example, suffers first, and takes the blame first, and is indeed respected, the army cannot win a battle with such a leader.
After hearing these words, Dalton became even more reluctant to leave, but now he had no means to solve the problem, and he felt very powerless.
"We don't have that much time to waste. Let's make a decision quickly. If there is no answer within a quarter of an hour, we will leave the island with these doctors.
Dalton! Do you want to be a hero who saves the doctor, or do you choose to be a hypocrite by not saving him?
Dalton! What will you choose? "The brother with the knife pressed on step by step. He didn't want Dalton to be persuaded to go back. That was not what he wanted.
Time passed slowly, and Dalton struggled in his heart. His mind told him that the best way was to just rush forward and kill people, but his emotions pulled him to the other side.
The soldiers behind him looked at Dalton's tall back with complicated eyes. They all knew this commander and knew that he would most likely not make the decision to order a violent attack, so there could only be another result, and they were ready to stop it.
Time passed, and a quarter of an hour passed quickly...
"The time is almost up. Have you made up your mind? If you don't want to save them, just get out of here. Standing here is really an eyesore, Dalton! Hahaha!"
Shuang Axe was very excited to see Dalton's expression at the moment. In the past, he could only use force to make the enemy feel despair, and could only appreciate the expressions of despair and calmness in facing death. However, he had never seen such a changed and distorted expression on Dalton's face before, and he felt a sense of accomplishment now.
"Dalton! Remember! You are the guardian of the kingdom, and your emotions should be used where they are useful! We are now in a corner where you shouldn't use your emotions, so leave here immediately!"
It was the old bearded doctor again. His face was swollen, but he remained calm and fearless.
"Shut their mouths! They keep talking so much nonsense!" Shuang Axe raised the axe in his right hand above his head and shouted loudly.
"Dalton, these are more than 40 lives! Do you really want to give up? Do you know why we captured them?
Sell them to nobles as slaves! The lucky ones might even become slaves of the Celestial Dragons, the Celestial Dragons! Hahahaha!"
The brother with the knife stabbed Dalton in the heart again. This time the knife was really cruel, the white knife went in and the red knife came out.
Dalton's eyes suddenly turned red. He was overwhelmed by these words. He pulled out the lute-like saw blade behind him and chopped directly at his left hand.
He was ready to use his hands to buy the doctors' freedom, but the soldiers who had been on guard behind him rushed forward and pinned Dalton under them, turning them into a small human mountain, with Dalton's limbs completely separated.
"Mr. Dalton, you can't do this. Your body is the wealth of the entire country. You can't make decisions on your own. Stop it!"
"Yes! Mr. Dalton, we need your leadership and the country needs your protection!"
"Mr. Dalton! Just back off this time! No one will say anything to you!"
"Mr. Dalton, let's go to the front this time!"
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Listening to the voices of the soldiers coming from above his head, Dalton burst into tears. He hated his own incompetence, hated himself for being too weak, and hated himself for not being strong enough.
Dalton was so angry that he pounded the ground with his fists. Black hair gradually grew on his body, his body became bigger, and his face changed into a cow's face.
Dalton had turned into a minotaur in his hatred for himself. He shook off the twenty or so soldiers who were pressing on him and rushed towards the double axes, waving his saw.
"What are you doing?" Shuang Axe saw Dalton going crazy, pulled a doctor from behind, and chopped at the doctor's head with an axe.
"stop!"
Seeing that the doctor was about to die, Dalton roared, and stopped when he was about to run to the double axes, and chopped the saw directly at his hairy left hand.
In fact, this was his purpose. He didn't want the soldiers to hinder him, so he decided to sacrifice himself to save all the doctors. However, only he and Nami, who had not met King Luffy, had such a naive idea.
When Shuang Axe saw Dalton preparing to hurt himself, he stopped the axe in his hand. The doctor's life was worth money, so he was reluctant to kill him. He just held him as a hostage to threaten him.
To put it bluntly, he was still betting on Dalton's determination, but he bet right. Dalton's power had no effect on them at all. This was the real way of killing without a knife.