Chapter 344 Regaining the thrill of battle
With Arthur's current experience, he no longer trusts anyone.
In other words, he can reach that goal only by relying on his own strength.
Beautiful night scene, sea of stars.
By the campfire, Hancock leaned on Arthur's shoulder and enjoyed the moment with him.
"Where have all the people around you gone?"
“All disbanded.”
"Then from now on, I will be the only one left by your side..."
"In the Kingdom of Flowers, after things are settled there, I will go to Egghead and kill Vegapunk and Hancock. We can't keep that old man here any longer."
"Uh-huh…"
The sea kings emerged from the doldrums, opened their huge eyes to look at Arthur, and then shrank back under the sea.
One, two, they kept emerging from the sea under the bright moonlight.
An unrealistic fluorescent light gradually lit up on the sea surface beyond the coast where Arthur was.
"The taboo is about to be broken, and those things are about to come out."
Who is speaking nearby? A huge, ethereal voice echoes in the surrounding space.
Arthur was immersed in this peaceful moment and looked around.
The sounds were loud enough to shatter a human's eardrums and caused him to loosen his grip on Hancock.
I covered my ears tightly, trying to block out the sounds.
But those voices seemed to be in his mind, lingering in his mind continuously.
"This is...!" Arthur's eyes widened as he looked at the sea kings in the sea, thinking:
"The ability to hear the voices of all things...!"
The moment this ability was awakened, the fluorescence on the sea quickly sank.
All the sea kings quickly disappeared from the sea surface and stopped communicating with each other.
As if aware that Arthur could hear their conversation.
"What taboo? She also mentioned it when she met Yimu."
Arthur was extremely curious about the taboos mentioned by the sea kings.
"What's wrong? Is there anything unusual around you?" Hancock noticed something strange about Arthur, opened her eyes and asked her worriedly.
"Hancock, didn't you hear...someone talking nearby?"
To make sure he wasn't hallucinating, Arthur asked Hancock.
"The calls of sea kings can often be heard around us. Their voices are the sound of peace to the people of Nine Snake Island."
Hancock told Arthur that the reason was people's fear of sea kings.
I dare not set foot on this land easily, but now the government's technology can allow ships to be equipped with technological products that emit a seastone-like scent.
Nine Snake Island is no longer safe and needs to be guarded at all times.
Even so, sea kings are a huge natural barrier.
"Okay." Arthur was sure that only he could hear the words just now.
He also knew that this was an ability to listen to the voices of all things, which very few people possessed.
"Arthur, why don't we stay here..." Hancock blushed.
Her heart was beating wildly, and she stared into Arthur's eyes with affection at this moment.
Arthur instantly understood that look and gave her a playful expression.
Faced with Hancock's euphemistic expression, he was very honest and would not refuse at all.
Arthur didn't hate this kind of thing happening to Toritoma, Gion, and Hancock. Instead, he would be extremely excited.
"Don't petrify me, Hancock." He walked up to Hancock and touched her hot face.
Hancock blushed and leaned in Arthur's arms, her hair fluttering in the wind.
But this evasion was forcefully corrected by Arthur, who kept his gaze fixed on her eyes and kissed her tenderly.
His skilled fingertips slid over her arms, every inch of her skin and her perfect body curves.
The two hugged each other quietly under the starlight, the sound of the waves gradually faded away, and only their breathing intertwined.
The next morning, Hancock woke up on the quilt-covered deck of a sailboat.
She lifted the thin blanket from her body, her face turned red like a monkey's butt, and she quickly covered it, thinking about the wild yet gentle Arthur last night.
It was a very unforgettable night experience that washed away all her recent heavy mood.
The soft and numb feeling in her body made her feel weak all over, leaving her with an endless aftertaste.
"Hah~ha~ha~I actually fainted..." Hancock gasped heavily.
It was discovered that the sailboat had already left Amazon Lily Island.
She was reluctant to wrap herself up, so she walked barefoot to the stern and looked in the direction of her country.
"Goodbye, Newborn, Shaggy, and Toritoma... I'll take good care of him for you."
"Did you sleep well last night?"
Arthur's voice came from behind, and the sound alone scared Hancock, and her whole body was numb and covered with goose bumps.
When he turned around, he saw Arthur standing on the top of the cabin in the sun.
It seemed that he had just finished training, and his bare upper body was covered with sweat.
And what happened last night, Hancock was too shy to look Arthur in the face.
This was her second relationship with Arthur, and the feeling could not be described in words.
Hancock covered herself with the blanket and ran quickly into the cabin.
"Hey, you looked very beautiful last night, Hancock. I've been on the run with Cooper before, and have never experienced this kind of world of two people. You gave me a fresh feeling." Arthur said to her.
In the past, I was a blockhead and couldn't even say sweet words.
Now, it will never be like that again.
Just before Hancock was about to enter the room, Arthur's voice made her stop and she turned around and smiled at Arthur happily.
"I... am also...!"
On the top of the cabin, Arthur had a faint smile on his face that came from the heart.
If you don't cherish the present and are bound by your thoughts, you will never be able to feel the only remaining bit of beauty.
Morning, July 1520, 7, Haiyuan calendar.
Red Earth Continent, above the sea near Upside Down Mountain.
The sky was covered with dark clouds, and on the sea there were groups of pirate groups, refugee ships, tourist passenger ships, and naval warships.
A fierce naval battle is taking place in this sea area.
The pirates plundered, the navy resisted, and the sea folk fled from ship to ship.
Arthur's sailboat also sailed into the area and was attacked.
He stood on the boat, holding the knife in his right hand, and his left hand always holding the scabbard at his left waist to defend against the enemy.
Facing the pirates' slashing attacks, he easily dodged them relying on his instinctive reaction.
The evil smile on his face caused great dissatisfaction among the pirates, and they regarded him as a target to be killed.
"asshole!"
"Heh~"
The wind was howling and the waves were crashing against the deck.
At the end of the rainstorm, Arthur was wearing ragged black clothes. He stood alone at the bow, his eyes as cold as ice, but with an evil smile, he looked at them.
The surrounding pirates swarmed forward, and the flashes of swords and sabers crisscrossed in the air.
He easily dodged the blades that were coming towards him.
The blade of the knife drew a transparent impact, instantly repelling several people around him.
The sword he held was not the Black Blade Ice Dragon, but the Ame-no-Habakiri that was captured from Wano Country.
The impact was activated from within the knife, not from Arthur's current strength.
The sharpness of the big sword, Twenty-one Skills, is far less than that of the Ice Dragon.
"That was the sword energy that forced us back just now, right?!"
"I can't even say a word to an ant, especially an ant who is my experienced baby."
"Ant...baby...? That's not the way to insult someone, damn it!"
The pirates roared in anger and attacked Arthur in groups.
However, he dodged like a ghost, and shuttled among them, slashing with his sword.
Every blow was precise and deadly, until all the pirates who had boarded Arthur's sailboat were chopped to the ground.
Arthur then looked towards the other ships, all of which were carrying people who wanted to escape the Grand Line and seek refuge in the world.
But here they were attacked by pirates.
The endless pirate ships reminded Arthur of the time when he was in Roger's pirate group and was surrounded by the fleet led by Golden Lion.
But the pirates before us are far inferior to those in the old days.
"Every time I fight, I am regaining my strength. It feels good to be re-improved."
These days, Arthur felt the strength in his body growing, although slowly, it was indeed breaking through the difficulties.
This is different from before when you had to fight to become stronger.
As long as he is in battle, he is slowly getting stronger all the time, within the limits of what his body can currently endure.
"No matter what I do, I will be forgiven. If you ask why, it's because I'm too beautiful!"
Bang! A powerful high heeled shoe combined with an armed color domineering kick.
It instantly pierced through the hull of the large pirate ship in front of Arthur.
The aftermath of the impact exploded from the dragon's spine and the side of the ship in the middle of the hull.
Sawdust and the pirates all fell into the sea. Even though he was covered in blood, he still seemed to have an expression of "it's worth dying" on his face.
"Disrespectful people!" Hancock returned to Arthur, stood on the side of the sailboat and pointed at all the pirate groups ahead:
"Do you know whose way is blocked?"
Her slender wrist was suddenly grabbed by Arthur, and Hancock looked at Arthur meekly in an instant.
"Leave me some people to practice with the sword, Hancock. Although the return of life can speed up my body's recovery process, it still requires actual combat again and again."
"Yes! Dear!" Hancock couldn't resist anything Arthur said.
Like a shy girl, she agreed loudly in front of everyone.
"That Pirate Queen actually... obeys that guy's orders...?"
"The Pirate Empress is mine, bastard, I can't stand it, kill him and take the Pirate Empress away from me!"
"Please kick me, Empress!"
Hancock's loyalty and obedience to Arthur aroused public outrage in the sea area.
"Shut up! You bunch of stinky bastards!" Hancock pointed at them and responded with disgust:
"I belong to him both physically and mentally!"
When the pirates learned the news, they all instantly shifted their targets to Arthur.
On a nearby naval ship, the officers stared at Arthur beside Hancock in amazement.
"There's no doubt about it... that guy is the Lone Dragon!"
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In the storm, Arthur watched the pirate rushing towards him with a knife, and he dodged to the side in an instant, and the blade of the knife passed by his face.
He took advantage of the situation and slashed at the man's body. With a flash of cold light, the pirate was stabbed in the ribs and fell into the sea in pain.
Arthur's senses were stimulated, and when he turned his head, another man stabbed him with a spear.
Arthur reacted quickly and swung the Tianyu Feather Slash in his right hand at his weapon.
The spear shaft broke with a sound, and he let go of the scabbard with his left hand, clenched his fist and swung it towards his face.
The force of the punch shook the man's brain and he died instantly.
Bang! After defeating the two men, Arthur found another bullet coming from the side.
He leaned back to avoid it, instantly lowered his body to collect the knife, and swiftly rushed towards the man with the gun and chopped him down with the knife.
"Even if my strength declines, I can still deal with these pirate minions with my swordsmanship..." Arthur thought as he chopped down the man.
Drops of blood dripped onto the deck along the blade of the knife in his hand.
After resting for less than a few seconds, he started moving again.
The plain slashing, the bloodthirsty feeling of the blade tearing through flesh, gradually brought back memories.
It turns out... fighting doesn't just involve relying on your powerful domineering power to crush others, you can also experience the thrill of fighting!
"So you're lost in your power, gradually forgetting that you can fight like this?
Such pleasure...more...more blood..."
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