Chapter 102: The Victim of the Age (Part II)

After William dealt with several convicted crew members, he noticed Darkreef Commander Darwell.

Darvel's legs went limped when William came over, but fortunately the two pirates next to him held him up and brought him to William.

"You're from the town, what are you doing here?" asked William, taking the cotton cloth from Chloe, wiping the blood from the knife.

"Great, my lord," Darwell forced himself to calm down, controlling his gaze not to turn to the corpse on the ground, but his voice still trembled involuntarily, "I'm the mayor of the town....... ”

"Mayor Mare?" William interrupted Darwell questioningly.

William looked up again, turning his attention away from the knife and looking up and down at the scrawny old man in front of him.

The body shivering in the cold wind, the dusty clothes, the faces of the hills and ravines, the balding head, the sparse white hair fluttering around with the sea breeze.

This dress is said to be a beggar, and some people believe it.

When William saw that the old man, who claimed to be the mayor of the town, looked frightened and stammered, he knew the fear in the other party's heart.

He looked at the dock covered in corpses and blood, and invited them to come aboard, and he was about to talk to the mayor about something.

……

On the Morgan Pirates' main ship, a small round table was placed on the foredeck of the ship, on which peanuts and fruit were placed, and of course, rum, which was essential on a pirate ship.

William, Harden, Chloe, Alamis, and Selkirk, five of the ship's most important officials, and the poor old townsman Darwell sat around the table.

William's kind face poured wine for the cowering mayor of Darwell, contacted his gentle invitation at the docks, and took care of Darwell's old and inflexible foil when he boarded the ship, giving people a bit of a spring breeze.

But the thought of this young man who was pouring himself wine with a smile on his face had just cut off the heads of several people in a row on the dock without blinking an eye, Darwell dispelled his illusions.

The pirates, all of them are thugs who kill people without blinking!

William's series of behaviors are actually not too deliberately pretentious, Darwell looks like he is sixty or seventy years old, such an old man runs to him and begs for mercy in a low voice, he always does not want to speak ill of him.

After all, in the past few decades in his previous life, William lived as an ordinary person like Darwell, and at the beginning of the crossing, he also felt helpless about this turbulent era where strong people were rampant, so he could empathize more with the panic of ordinary people like Darwell.

When he heard William explain that he punished the pirates on the shore because they disobeyed William's orders and hurt the civilians in the town, his face couldn't help but show a trace of consternation, and then he was covered up, and said flatteringly: "My lord, you and your subordinates are really a group of great righteous people, and it is really lucky that a group of heroes like you can appear in the East China Sea." ”

William saw through Darwell's intention to hold him up and hold him high at a glance, so he said with a smile: "Heroes and righteous men dare not be, but the East China Sea is the hometown of Roger, the 'One Piece', no matter what kind of characters appear, it is not worth the town mayor's fuss." ”

Darwell smiled awkwardly and didn't answer.

Harden, who was sitting opposite William, was a fan of "One Piece" Roger, and when he heard the topic mentioned, he was a little excited, and he was a fierce general with no scheming, and he was convinced by William's strength and skills, and believed that William would be the next well-known pirate in the East China Sea after Roger.

Therefore, hearing William's modesty, Harden said quickly: "Captain, why should you be modest, 'One Piece' Roger is the pride of the East China Sea in the past and present, but we can't become the next 'One Piece' and become the new pride of the East China Sea in the future." ”

Aramis exclaimed with an exaggerated "wow", pointed at Harden and smiled: "This guy usually looks so honest, but I didn't expect to be a sycophant!"

Several of the other pirates burst out laughing, and even William showed a hint of a smile, but at this moment, one of them whispered—

"'One Piece' is the pride of the East China Sea. ”

The wine table was not big, not to mention that several pirates were deaf and clear-sighted, and although this voice was low, it was still heard by them.

William restrained his smile and looked at Darwell, who was staring at the wine glass in front of him like a schoolboy with his head down, and gradually frowned.

Harden was not as good-tempered as William, glaring at Darwell viciously and saying, "What did you just say?"

Seeing this, Aramis smiled and calmed Harden, who seemed a little angry, intending to ease the atmosphere: "Forget it, maybe he just said something unintentionally and made a mistake." ”

"I didn't make a mistake," who knew that at this time, Darwell raised his head and said loudly: "What qualifications does 'One Piece' have to be called the pride of the East China Sea?"

Harden slammed the table and stood up directly, causing Darwell to leave his chair and take a few steps back.

"You also deserve to evaluate 'One Piece'?" Harden said angrily, "Roger, who has repeatedly escaped from the world government, conquered the great voyages, and set off the 'Age of Pirates', is not worthy of being called the pride of the East China Sea, who deserves to be called, are you!?"

The louder Harden spoke, Darwell's body trembled slightly, at first he did this because of fear in his heart, but with Harden's words, it turned into anger.

"The Age of the Sea Pirates....... ”

Darwell repeated a sentence with some confusion, thinking of the children and family members who died in the pirate audience, remembering the humiliation of groveling to all walks of life, hatred of Roger, and anger at Harden's remarks overwhelmed his fear, making him look at Harden without flinching.

"Look behind me, look at my hometown," Darwell crossed the guard and pointed to the town of Blackreef behind him, there was hardly a single intact building near the docks, all destroyed by the shelling of the pirates' landing, and there were still some smoke left behind by the pirates after setting fires in the town, "Look at all this, can you still say that One Piece is the pride of the East China Sea?"

"The East China Sea is also Gordo Roger's hometown, but look at what he brought to the East China Sea and to the world?" Darwell also said louder and louder, and finally shouted hysterically, "Gordo Roger, he is not the pride of the East China Sea at all, he is the shame of the East China Sea!"

Enraged, Harden grabbed Darwell by the collar and lifted him up so much that his feet were off the ground.

"Let it go, Harden. William, who had been sitting in his chair and not moving, said.

"But, Captain, ....... Harden's face flushed, and he turned back to try to justify his actions, but he still didn't let go of Darwell's collar.

"I say," William accentuated, "'let go'!"