The king of Dragon Palace City, who fell from the sky, took the initiative to send an invitation to Maude in front of countless Fish-Man Island residents.

At this point, the last piece of the puzzle of Maude's raid on Fish-Man Island is firmly embedded in the last gap.

"Okay."

Maud looked at Neptune and accepted the invitation.

Neptune nodded slightly at Maude, and then turned his gaze to the corpse of the pirate in the square.

Although I had seen the whole process in the live broadcast of the Walking Bug before, I still had a different look and feel when I saw the corpses all over the ground now.

Tens of thousands of lives, if you say you will kill them, if you say they don't, you won't have them.

Seeing Neptune observing the corpse of the pirates in the square, Maude thought for a moment and took the initiative to suggest:

"Neptune, these corpses on the ground, just throw them into the sea to feed the fish, but these weapons are quite good, you can use them to arm an elite army."

In the world of One Piece, weapons are an important resource.

This is especially true for the state.

Sufficient weapons can demonstrate strong military strength in themselves, and can also support the victory of a war.

Many countries in turmoil often fail in wars because of the lack of supply of weapons resources, and then destroy the country.

This shows the value of weapons in this bad world.

And the original owners of these weapons scattered in the square are all pirates from the ocean, who have some strength in themselves, and the weapons used are naturally not much worse.

But Maud gave away the valuable loot without a word.

Neptune was surprised.

"Mr. Maud, you're going to give us these weapons?"

"If you want to think so, you can do that."

Maud looked indifferent.

When Neptune heard this, he couldn't help but look at the well-made firearms scattered around the corpse.

Compared to cold weapons, these sophisticated firearms allow his country to arm a deterrent army in a short period of time.

Thinking of the tragic scene in Ryugu Castle, Neptune had no reason to refuse the gift.

"Lead the way, go to Dragon Palace City."

Maude interrupted Neptune's thoughts with a loud voice.

The surrounding Fish-Man Island residents were gathering more and more, and he didn't want to be watched here.

Neptune stopped talking, but finally silently led the way.

Maud asked him to lead the way, just because he didn't want to dominate in front of the many surrounding Fish-Man Island residents.

Before leaving for Ryugu Castle, Maud asked Jim to bring the seriously injured and unconscious Smuji and Vanderdyken.

These are two Devil Fruits, and one star level XP gain.

When he arrived at Ryugu City, the first thing Maud did was to ask for a room, then collect Smuji's experience points, and let Luo take out the squeezing fruit and target fruit.

Everyone returned to Ryugu Castle.

Luo and Philo teamed up to rescue the soldiers of Dragon Palace City, and the efficiency was amazingly fast.

Neptune looked at Law and Philo, who were busy, and sighed, "I've never seen such a powerful doctor......"

Maud didn't answer.

The partner who can be recognized by him will not be a weak chicken.

The two of them arrived in the palace one after the other, while the others went to help Luo and Philo.

Upon arriving at the palace, Neptune did not sit on the throne, but stood on the red carpet that stretched to the throne of the steps, eye level with Maude.

"Again...... Thank you. ”

As king, Neptune thanked Maud solemnly.

His attitude is very respectful, and he has no condescension as the head of a country.

After all, if it weren't for Maude, Ryugu City would have been captured by pirates, and there was also the potential threat posed by Hody Jones' gang of rebels.

Just imagining the consequences, Neptune was terrified.

Fortunately, the arrival of the Maude Pirates saved the precarious Fish-Man Island.

"You don't need to thank me, if you want to thank you, thank ......"

Maud said, suddenly remembering that she didn't know the name of the red-haired mermaid.

Neptune seemed to see something, his eyes slightly complicated, and he reminded, "Her name is Luna." ”

"Oh, Luna, you better go and thank her, if it weren't for her, I wouldn't have temporarily diverted to Fish-Man Island."

“……”

Neptune was dumbfounded, only to feel that he couldn't see through Maud at all.

This man is clearly a strong man who disregards life, but he will agree to the request of a mermaid who doesn't even know his name.

And in order to fulfill the request, he rushed to Fish-Man Island from the New World, and in the end, there was no sign of asking for payment.

What kind of human being is this......

Neptune was troubled.

Ryugu City's unilateral thanks, as well as remuneration or something, Maude was not interested at all.

After dealing with a few words in the palace, Maud asked Neptune to arrange a room for him.

Neptune took care of this and arranged rooms for everyone in the Maude Pirates.

After having a room to rest, Maud did not interfere with their treatment, but took the seriously injured and unconscious Smuggie and Vanderdyken to the room.

To be on the safe side, Maud carries a device capable of releasing bubble wrap.

Before that, he also asked the rest of the team, including the incapable, to carry the bubble wrap device with him.

After all, this is Dragon Palace City, not Fish-Man Island.

The former is smaller in size, so it is theoretically possible to fully immerse yourself in seawater.

If something happens so that the entire Dragon Palace City is placed in the seawater, then there is a high probability that Maude and them will be wiped out on the spot.

He can't be careless.

Maud stayed in the room, looking blankly at Smuji and Van der Dyken, who were casually thrown on the floor.

Although he really wanted to get rid of Smuji's experience as soon as possible, the matter of treating the soldiers of Dragon Palace City was more urgent and important, so Maude could only wait patiently for the treatment on Luo's side to end.

"Hmm......"

While waiting, Smuji woke up and struggled to open his eyelids.

The injuries on his body, as well as the constant pain that stirred his nerves, made it impossible for Smuji to use the sights and sounds in a calm state of mind.

Even if you can see and hear, there is no need.

Because when she opened her eyes, she saw Maude sitting cross-legged in front of her.

After seeing Maude, Smuji did not show emotions such as anger and reluctance, but was very calm, even indifferent.

"Your reaction surprised me."

Maud wiped the body of the autumn knife with a handkerchief, and squinted at the indifferent Smuji.

Smuji remained silent, silently enduring the pain coming from the wound.

She has completely recognized the status quo, and she has not lost her temper, but has retained her dignity as a warrior.

Seeing that Smuji didn't speak, Maud didn't mind, and concentrated on wiping the body of the autumn water knife.

Smuji looked silently at the man in front of him who had defeated him.

The room was so quiet that only the sound of breathing could be heard.

It took a while.

Smuji finally couldn't help it, and asked out loud with difficulty: "Bacardi. Maude, if you're trying to use me as a bargaining chip to threaten your mother...... I advise you to give up, my mother will never be threatened by you......"

"Why do you think I'm going to threaten you as a bargaining chip?"

Maud put down her handkerchief and looked at Smuji calmly.

Without waiting for Smuji to reply, Maud continued, "Oh, it's because I still have your life that you think I'm going to threaten you, right?" ”

Smuji was stunned for a moment, and said coldly: "Isn't it?" ”

If it were someone else, Smuji would simply think that the other party was afraid of the prestige of the pirates, so he didn't dare to kill him.

But the person sitting in front of her was a madman who even the Tianlong people dared to kill, how could he be afraid of his mother's prestige.

"Huh."

Mo Deping raised the autumn water, put the tip of the knife against Smuji's neck, and said coldly: "You are dying, don't think too much." ”

"Huh?"

Smuji's eyes changed slightly, realizing that what Maude said was serious, and the reason why he didn't kill her on the spot was not to threaten her mother with her.

So, what is the purpose of this man......

Click——!

A clear sound of footsteps came from outside the room, interrupting Smuge's thoughts.

The door was then pushed open.

Lafayette calmly walked into the room.

Maud looked at Lafayette who walked into the room and smiled, "Just in time." ”

"Ho-ho."

Lafayette made a gentlemanly gesture and said seriously: "When the captain needs something, as a crew member, you should be the first to be there." ”

"Well, let's get started."

Maud nodded at Lafayette.

"Okay."

Lafayette walked towards Smuji, and with each step, some changes occurred in his body.

When he took five or six steps, he had already entered the semi-beast form of Ren Sai.

Smuji raised his eyes to look at Lafayette in his half-beast form, and said to himself, "Phantom beast species......

Lafayette came up to Smuge.

In the face of a strong person of this level, even if he is already disabled, it is not so easy to hypnotize.

Except, of course, Wang Luffy.

In order to increase the chances of hypnosis success, Lafayette must turn on his bestiality form.

However, Lafayette himself doesn't like the feminine form of the phantom beast species Ren Sai, so the half-beast is already the bottom line when he uses his abilities.

With the increase in the Phantom Beast's abilities, Lafayette used the Hypnotic ability on Smuji.

Smuji was calm on the surface, but in fact, the battle in the square had almost destroyed her will.

But even so, it took a lot of effort for Lafayette to successfully hypnotize Smuji.

"I'm tired."

Maud raised her hand and summoned the long-lost Hunter's Note out of thin air.

There are as many pirates on this sea as there are as many prey as there are stars in the night sky.

But since the end of the War, there should not be many prey that are eligible to be written down by Maude in the hunter's notes.

The one in front of him is counted as one.

Lafayette glanced at the hunter's notes that Maud held in his hand, smiled slightly, and began to use hypnosis to find out Smuji's ability information one by one.

Maud wrote the information into the pages of the book.

Esmuge's level is worth some ink and some pages of the book.

After a few moments, the information was entered.

Maud closed the note.

With a slight movement of thought, the note turned into a point of light and disappeared into the air.

Lafayette withdrew from his bestiality form, looked at the unconscious Van der Dyken, and asked, "Do you need to wake him up?" ”

"No, he doesn't deserve it."

Maud said lightly.

Lafayette smiled and nodded slightly.

"Next, it's time to wait for Luo to come."

Maud looked at Smuge, who was in a state of hypnosis, his eyes blank.

After the end of the Toptop War, all four abilities reached eight and a half stars.

Among them, the physique, as Maude's first requirement written in the hunter's notes, has been fought all the way, and the ninth physique star frame representing the physique has almost been filled.

In other words, if this woman's experience points are in your pocket, there is a high probability that you will be able to usher in the first nine-star in the true sense!

"After the physique is promoted to the ninth star, what will happen?"

Maud was looking forward to it.

Nine Stars is the third stage, and at the same time marks the ceiling combat power standard of "every world".

And each stage of promotion will bring about a qualitative change in the level of improvement.

What changes will be ushered in, the more Maud thinks about it, the more impatient he becomes.

After waiting patiently in the room for two hours.

The treatment work on Luo's side is finally over.

After that, Luo did not rest for a while, but rushed to Maude's room without stopping.

"Not dead yet, are you?"

As soon as Law entered the room, he looked at Smuji and Van der Dyken.

He was well versed in the matter of harvesting the fruit, and knew the reason why Maud had deliberately left Smuji and Vanderdyken alive.

But he could actually help Maude take out the Devil Fruit first, and then start the operation to treat the soldiers, but Maude asked him to treat the soldiers of Dragon Palace City first.

There seemed to be no fear that Smuji and Van der Dyken would die while waiting.

In that case, you won't be able to get the Devil Fruit.

As a result, in the end, Maud was not in a hurry, but Rotemod was in a hurry, and after finishing the treatment, he kept rushing over.

"No, I'll wait for you."

Maude smiled.

Luo nodded lightly and observed the situation of Lower Smuji and Van der Dyken with his naked eye.

"That fish-man is dying, so let's start with him."

Law's gaze was fixed on the dying Van der Dyken.

"Okay."

Maude naturally did not interfere with Luo's judgment.

Luo didn't grind, directly expanded the domain space, took out Vanderdyken's heart, and then stuffed the fruit Maude had prepared in advance into the membrane that wrapped the heart.

After making the preparations, Law backhanded Van der Dyken's heart to Maude, opening up the domain space again and taking out Smuji's heart.

By this time, Maud had already raised his foot and simply stepped on Vanderdyken's neck.

As Van der Dyken breathed, the fruit in the film gradually changed, and a strange pattern appeared on the epidermis.

"The fourth."

Maud casually placed the freshly baked target fruit on the table beside her, and then took Smuge's heart from Law's hand.

"But that's the main thing."

Maud looked at Smuge's heart and repeated the trick, raising his foot and stomping on Smuji's neck.

Under his command, the general star, who had a reward of nearly one billion, swallowed his last breath like this.

As soon as Smuji died, a large amount of income was poured directly into Maude's body.

"Oh?"

Maud kicked two steps back as if she had been hit by an air fist, drawing the eyes of Lafayette and Law.

Click, click......

The bones in the body make a continuous crisp sound.

Maud immediately closed her eyes.

In the pitch-black vision, the hunter's notes, which emitted a misty white light at the edges, were silently suspended in front of him.

The ninth star frame, which represents the physique, is officially promoted to a star star.

"Feeling...... That's nice. ”

"There's a vague sense of being able to dominate everything in the world."

Muscles, bones, and even blood vessels are constantly strengthening in a state that is invisible to the naked eye.

Although Maud couldn't see, she could clearly feel every inch of her body that was changing.

Change, increase!

Under the slightly surprised gaze of Lafayette and Rowe, Maud was growing taller......

From the original height of more than three meters, it has grown to four, five, and six meters!

It wasn't until about six and a half meters that the growth stopped.

At this moment, Maud opened her eyes, carefully felt the changes in her body, and looked at Lafayette.

"Lafayette, stab me with all your might."

"Ho-ho."

Hearing Maude's order, Lafayette did not hesitate to draw his sword from its sheath.

Luo's face changed slightly, and he didn't even have time to persuade him to stop, and Lafayette's sword with all his strength was already stabbed in Maude's waist and abdomen.

Snort –

The sharp tip of the sword was firmly pressed against Maude's waist and abdomen.

A few drops of blood quietly oozed out.

Other than that, nothing else has changed.

Lafayette looked in amazement at where the tip of the sword had reached.

It didn't defend with the armament color, but it almost defended against the sword.

Captain, you're getting stronger again!

Lafayette was surprised at first, then excited and excited.

Luo, who was on the side, looked at Maude in shock.

This...... How can it be!?