Chapter XVII. The Fall

It was a fishing net that had just been cast, and before the fisherman could confirm the receipt, the distant haze caught his attention.

"What's that?"

The lean young man squinted into the distance, and a dark hue from the horizon caught in his brown eyes, which made him curious to pick up the telescope in his pocket.

"That's ...... Boat? The flag is ......"

Pitch Black Skull Flag!

The young man looked at the huge number of pirate warships in shock, he had never seen so many pirate ships, and the next moment, he ran backwards like crazy! I want to spread the news of the attack of the pirates to my friends!

"Taikai ......!!"

The young man's roar only woke up Tykes, who was resting in the cabin, and without even calling his name, a single cannonball hit the poor fishing boat!!

The same calamity happened to the surrounding fishing boats, and I saw these extremely fast pirate ships firing cannonballs in an orderly manner, sinking the three fishing boats floating on the sea in an instant!

More than 70 warships, with a total strength of 5,000 soldiers, are gathered here from all over the world, and the seven most prestigious pirates are their allies.

Condra of "Mighty" with a bounty of 11.600.000 Bailey.

"Beheaded" Sid, bounty 15.000.000 Bailey.

Quinniel of "Volcano", with a bounty of 9.800.000 Bailey.

"Thousand Needles" Archid, bounty 12.800.000 Bailey.

"Cask" Gaslam, bounty 35.000.000 Bailey.

Meredith "Serpent", with a bounty of 21.000.000 Bailey.

and "Bad Virtue," John Jones. Bounty 68.000.000 Bailey.

The above seven bounties are composed of pirates from the East China Sea, as well as pirates from the Great Voyage who came to the East China Sea to witness the end of One Piece. The number and quality of its members are not very good, and the reason why they can raise 5,000 troops is because they are all hired temporarily.

There is no longer much value in this poor East China Sea, so before stepping back on the great voyage, Captain John, this young but ambitious fellow, is ready to fuck it out!

Robbing villages? Looting the town? Robbing an island? Robbery of merchant ships? Robbing the Navy?

No! None of this is what Captain John wants!

His blue eyes were placed in the most inconspicuous corner of this map of the East China Sea! A country founded under the great Red Continent - Rednans!

What he wants to do is hunt the country!

He sees this country as his prey! Bite off a piece of meat before you leave!

Therefore, he gathered a group of rabble, which was still useful, and asked these rabble to find even worse subordinates! With ease, he assembled a loose fleet!

Rednans's garrison, Captain John sent his men to spy a month ago, and although unfortunately they encountered a few soldiers who were killed by the defenders, three of them still infiltrated the city. This not very powerful country can only rely on showing off its might in front of the peasants, and its garrison will not exceed two thousand soldiers, even if they retreat into the city, and the cannons and equipment and weapons they brought with John on the other side will not be enough to see! After all, this country is not a country that lives in war all year round, and its military power is completely fearless!

Even if he asked for the help of the navy, the nearest naval stronghold from here, the navy stationed in Rogue Town, had already been completely wiped out by John's intentional or unintentional provocation. Counting the time it took for the news to reach the Navy Headquarters, I am afraid that there will be a huge naval force in less than a week, and for John, who is confident that he will break through this weak country in one day, there is not too much time.

With all this in mind, Captain John gave an order, and five thousand pirates entered the country like loose horses and locusts, and broke through the narrow dock of Rednanth!

Many people were amazed by the huge protruding rock wall in the first half of the island, and after the amazement, the pirates took advantage of the dark curtain to rush into the small courtyards of the farmhouses!

Cut people when you see them! Burn when you see the room!

This group of improvised rabble was originally regarded as cannon fodder by John and other captains, using their cheap lives to break through the island's defenses, and because they knew how poor the town was in the first half, they had never and could not control this group of mad dog pirate leaders, and let them burn them, because the real valuable things were behind the city walls, in the extravagant and gorgeous palace!

Wait until the group of mad dogs and the soldiers defending the city are almost worn out, and then the direct subordinates of Captain John and others will be dispatched. If these mad dogs knew each other, it would be fine to steal the food and things in the town and leave, but if they dared to step their dirty feet into the side of the city wall and touch the treasures they shouldn't touch, they would face a devastating blow from behind!

Burn!

Kill!

Grab it!

Blood is boiling!

Extremely happy!

With nothing, they know that they are going to the front line as cannon fodder, but so what? They have failed in life, they can't support themselves, they don't want to work, these beasts who resent the wealth of others, pour out all their dissatisfaction and malice on the muzzle of the knife!

Plunder!

Poor we have the right to plunder wealth in order to survive!

Hungry we have the right to plunder food in order to survive!

Ugly, we have the right to plunder women in order to survive!

The law of the jungle, survival of the fittest, you were born to be plundered by us! In the days when you were sheep, when you spent your youth and years, when you were exploited by the ethereal aristocracy. We're honing our craft! Enjoying the pleasure between life and death, therefore, die! You lambs! Die! You pigs and dogs in captivity!

The strong are born! Death to the weak!

If it is said that Roger brought endless adventures and dreams to this world before he died, he ushered in the magnificent era of pirates. Well, at the same time, he opened the crumbling moral shackles for more people and poured out a fair and honest reason for their evil deeds!

Don't have a job? What's the use of you waste?!

I'm going to be the king of the pirates!

Can't farm? What do you waste eat?!

I'm going to be the king of the pirates!

Ugly? Who would marry you like this?!

I'm going to be the king of the pirates!

An excuse has led many people to rush to the sea, which treats everyone equally, regardless of whether it is turbid!

The blade had been slashed to pieces, and the blood-stained sailor knife slashed at the old man with the user's excited expression!

"Old man!"

The old woman's cries of grief had no effect, and the pirates, who had already slain their wilts, found themselves unable to pull their knives back.

The diminutive, frog-faced old man pressed the blade of the knife against him with one hand, and he began to breathe rapidly from the excessive bleeding and pain. The eyes that had already seen through the red dust were now looking sadly at these pirates who could no longer be called human.

Holding down the sailor's knife, Moose reached out and calmly pulled out the sharpened kitchen knife from behind his back, slicing his neck under the horrified gaze of the pirate!

"Huh?! Woo!! ”

The pirate, desperately clutching his neck, seemed to think he could take it back, but fell motionless with a sigh......

At this last moment, he saw nothing, did not see the marquee that the old man had told him when he was a child. Just as he did in this life, there was nothing...... That's it...... Die with angry eyes!

"Harry?!"

An angry roar came from outside the courtyard, and the two-meter-tall giant man couldn't believe his eyes, his best friend actually died in such a place, at the hands of a bad old man?

The fire was burning, and the house where he had lived for half his life was set on fire by a fire. In the irrigation canal, which took a month of hard work to repair, it was no longer the clear spring that was brought into the fields, but the blood that flowed! Acquaintances were constantly being cut down like wheat in autumn, and the land where their ancestors had lived for generations was destroyed, and Moose was a little tired of facing the iron fist the size of a casserole in the dim world.

"You old immortal! Actually put Harry! ”

The enraged man punched the motionless Moos, and was bound to shatter his head with one punch!

"Oh?!"

When the confident punch was about to smash Moos's head, the big man missed!

Not only did the fist deviate, but the world in Dahan's eyes began to spin, and the balance of his body was stumbled by a kick from behind!

The scream of killing a pig then roared from the big man's mouth, and I saw him sweating profusely holding his calf, which was actually kicked alive, and twisted into a chilling arc as if it had no bones.

Soon, the screams died down. The big man saw that his eyes were dark, and he was kicked and fainted.

"Wren...... ......"

The big man fell to the ground like a hill for only a few seconds. Because of blood loss, Moose looked at the young man in front of him with a somewhat blurred vision.

The person who came was none other than Wren, who had rushed back.

He nodded at Moose, then turned his head to look at the approaching pirates outside the courtyard.

"Old man, can you still go?"

"Whew...... Call...... What do you want to do, kid ......"

Moose, who was held tightly by Lavra, looked at Wren's not tall back, but he already knew what he was going to do.

Wren didn't look back, there was no expression on his face, and his voice didn't fluctuate in the slightest.

"Mother-in-law, take the old man to the city, it will be safer over there."

"Child, what about you?"

"I'll cover you, as for this side ......"

"Leave it to me."

With that, he walked out of the courtyard, pulled out a spear stuck in the field, and stood with the gun in the face of the dozens of pirates surrounding him.

The first snowstorm of the winter fell down, but it couldn't fall into the town because of the huge rock wall overhead, and it couldn't stop the fire spreading everywhere. However, with the fluttering of the wind and snow, a snowflake lightly bypassed the rock wall and landed leisurely on the tip of the spear!