Chapter 60: Bandits
"Minano, who injured you, and who did you kill? There shouldn't be many people in this world who can fight you. ”
Chloe pushed his glasses.
Thor also looked at Mino.
Minono is regarded as the primary target, which means that Minono is a person on his side.
But the other party is a person who can hurt Minano, so it's not trivial.
What Saul cares about the most is also the identity of the other party.
Minno suddenly lost his mind for a while, and it took a long time before he looked at Sol and said, "I didn't see the face of the person who hurt me, but that guy's legs can kick powerful slashes, and there seems to be blades on his legs." And the first person to fight me was ......"
Minano took a slight breath, "Whitebeard." ”
"What ?!!!!"
Chloe and Thor shouted, and Thor stood up directly.
"Impossible! Whitebeard died two years ago in Marinfando! His body was buried by Shanks himself!! ”
Thor growled.
In the top war, after Whitebeard swept thousands of troops, in order to cover the retreat of his sons, one person stopped the navy until he died in battle. This is not a secret, it has been reported by even major media outlets.
Minno glanced at him without explanation.
Looking at Mino, Thor's heart was half cold.
There's no need for Minno to lie, and he won't lie.
To allow him to suffer such a serious injury, it must be a very powerful person to contain him head-on.
"Although that guy doesn't use the fruit ability, there's no doubt that it's Whitebeard."
Minno added lightly.
"Impossible! It doesn't make sense! Whitebeard is dead, and, how could he come against me?? ”
Thor shook his head blankly.
Whitebeard was very optimistic about him before, and once invited him to the ship, but he didn't agree. Later, in the top war, he also let him pioneer the way, and entrusted him with the retreat of the pirates.
It can be said that his friendship with Whitebeard is not shallow.
It makes sense that Whitebeard will not target him.
"Is it ......?"
Thor shuddered, and an obese figure came to mind.
Could that guy really be Whitebeard's own flesh and blood? Whitebeard holds a grudge because he shot at that guy?
"Could it be that someone resurrected Whitebeard? I've heard that Moria, the sea pirate, is capable of creating zombies, is it possible that he made Whitebeard into a zombie? ”
Chloe said suddenly.
It's very possible, and Moria's greatest pleasure now is to search for the corpses of the strong everywhere. Half of the reason why he agreed to the navy to participate in the top war at that time was that there would definitely be strong people dying there.
It is also possible that he stole Whitebeard's body and resurrected it.
Thor was stunned.
Yes, there is still such a possibility...... But......
"Impossible, how could Moonlight Moria have anything to do with the Celestial Dragons? Unlikely. ”
Thor immediately shook his head again and directly denied it.
"Minano, was there anything unusual about you when you fought him?"
Thor calmed down.
"Without using the fruit ability, the strength is definitely not as strong as rumored. Then, when he died, it turned into a pile of dirt......" Minno recalled.
He also feels that there is something wrong with it in retrospect, if that guy really has Whitebeard's strength, I'm afraid he won't be able to come back.
"Turned into dirt? Then it can be ruled out that it is a zombie, and Moria's ability is to use corpses, so even if it is dismantled, it is still a corpse. Who the hell is ......?"
Thor fell into deep thought.
That fake whitebeard is dead, although his strength is not as good as the real whitebeard, but it must still be a great deterrent.
Moreover, there is also the person who sneaked up on Mino, and that powerful slash is very similar to the person who briefly fought Thor on the street.
And what is the identity of that person?
Minano's mood was very low, although he was not good at verbal expression, but it could be seen that the matter of morning dew hit him hard.
Thor didn't bother him anymore and turned to leave the city.
Binz, who was guarding the door, suddenly handed Thor a note from a pirate who claimed to be guarding the ship.
Said it was found on a ship.
Thor took the note and opened it suspiciously, with a line on it: Desert, Oasis.
"Oasis?"
The desert is one of the four major plots outside of Kurokas Kyoto and is known as Little Alabastan. It is a desert area, inhabited by the most people, and it is the only place in Kurokas where there is no garrison.
This note, apparently, was a reminder of Thor.
Thor led the two of them all the way back to the throne of the palace.
"Desert, Oasis ......"
Solmer read the two words.
"Are those people hiding in a desert oasis?"
Binz couldn't help but say something.
Aine gave him a turn and motioned for him not to talk too much.
Binz quickly shut up.
Indeed, the two of them are very special statuses, and if they talk too much, Thor may think that they have bad intentions.
Thor glanced at Binz, then said, "You go and call Chloe." ”
"Yes."
Binz departed, leaving only Ain and Thor in the entire hall.
Ain was a little nervous, but Thor ignored him.
"What's wrong?"
A short time later, Chloe and Binz arrived.
Thor handed the note to Chloe and told him what had happened.
Chloe pondered for a long time, then spoke, "I assume that this man must be familiar with us, he knows where our ship is parked, and he knows that this note will eventually be delivered to you. That is, there is only one person who writes this note. ”
"Morning dew."
Thor spoke lightly.
Chloe nodded, "Yes, she's the only one who knows us that well. ”
"What exactly is her purpose? Do you help us, or wait for us to jump into the trap ourselves? ”
Thor snapped his fingers on the throne knob.
"She attacked Mino, and I'm afraid she didn't take us as companions anymore."
Chloe pushed his glasses and said coldly, "What a white-eyed wolf who can't be raised!" ”
Thor untied the flask and took a sip of his wine, "In other words, whether it's a trap or not, there are our opponents there, right?" ”
Chloe suddenly raised his head and said, "No, the enemy's situation is unknown now, it's too dangerous." ”
Thor shook his head and said, "We are so passive, if we don't seize this opportunity, we will never know who the other party is and what purpose it is." We'll be teased by each other all the time. ”
Thor took another sip of wine and said with a smile, "I really miss that guy a little bit." With that guy here, it's just one more hole card. ”
Chloe sighed and said, "Alright then, we'll go with you." ”
"Nope." Thor directly refused, "Minno is not dead, it must be their henchman." Now we don't know the purpose of this note at all, and it may also be the other party's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. So, in order to avoid a fire in the rear, you and Lin guard the palace to protect Mino. Call back all the old brothers from before, and protect the palace tightly, and I'll take these two guys there. ”
Thor looked at the two of them and smiled.
In the past, dozens of those people were killers trained by Kui himself, all dressed in black, using short knives, and their skills were very good. With those guys' guards, there must be another layer of protection.
………
The desert environment is worse than the snow field, and the day is as hot as an oven, and if you are exposed to the sun for a long time, you will soon die of dehydration. At night, the temperature will plummet below freezing, and those who can't react will also freeze to death.
In the desert, there are no obvious road signs, as many things change with the flow of wind and sand.
In the desert, the biggest loss of life is the lack of water.
Therefore, before hitting the road, Saul and the others had prepared plenty of fresh water.
Without a guide, the trio set off in the direction of the oasis on three camels.
Thor rode on a camel and looked at the map, which showed that it would take at least two days for them to reach the oasis.
And that's when they're riding camels.
After a day's walk, Thor himself had drunk three jugs of water, and as it grew dark, Binz suggested finding a place to camp, otherwise he would easily get lost during the night's journey.
Thor nodded, and the task was given to Binz, who was born in the military and had very good survival skills in the wild.
Eventually, before dark, the trio found a dry riverbed.
"Stay here, although there is no water here, but this riverbed is a natural haven, we can avoid the attack of wind and sand. Also, there are some camel spines here, which can be used as protection. ”
Binz gestured to a circle of thorny plants on the ground.
Thor had seen this endemic plant in the desert in his textbooks, which said that it needed very little water, and that it had very deep roots that could dig deep into the ground in search of water.
Binz said it could be used as a protective device, but Thor didn't know how.
Binz found dry wood to make a fire, and as night fell, the temperature was cooler.
Many animals that hide in burrows during the day also begin to come out to feed.
Thor pops two drops of wine and shoots two pheasant-like birds.
It was roasted on a bonfire.
The three of them didn't bring tents or anything, they didn't come for a tourist.
Around the campfire, Binz was fiddling with firewood, Ain rested his chin on his knee and watched the bonfire in a daze, and Thor slowly roasted the pheasant.
At the edge of the fire, a small lizard suddenly burrowed headlong into the hole.
Thor glanced up, then lowered his head to roast the chicken.
There was a sound of horses' hooves, mixed with the shouts of men.
"Haha...... It smells so good. ”
A caravan of more than thirty camels surrounded the three of Thor, and the men with torches and scimitars in their hands were not good people at first glance.
The leader is a one-armed man, five big and three thick.
He turned over and dismounted, ignoring Binz's clenched hands on his twin knives, and strode in front of Ain, "Yo~ What a beautiful girl." Who are you? ”
Ain glanced at Thor and saw that he was still keeping his head down and not saying a word, looking intently at the half-cooked roast chicken.
"What do you think he's doing? He's your man, huh? ”
The one-armed man whistled, and the crowd behind him burst into laughter.
Thor didn't speak, and Ain didn't dare to say much.
"Who are you? Show me some respect!! ”
Binz shouted angrily.
Thor didn't speak, so he didn't dare to do it right away.
"Humph! Uncle Ben is a desert thief on the desert road, known as Sha Li Fei! ”
The one-armed man stepped on the half-cut log where Thor was sitting, looked at Thor and said, "Little white face, Uncle Ben is not a big villain, borrow your wife to play with us, as long as we are happy, I won't kill you." What do you think? ”
As he spoke, he reached out and twisted a chicken leg directly from a roast chicken, took a bite, and then spit it out with a bang.
"The grass is not ripe yet!"
"Hey, boy, did you hear our boss? It's an honor for your wife to serve our boss! ”
"I don't know if his wife is doing well...... Hahaha"
"What are you afraid of, can the boss still give us soup after eating meat? When the boss has had enough, you will naturally have your share. Won't you know then? ”
"That's right, I've never seen such a beauty, looking at the thin skin and tender meat, which kind of our side, the skin is rough like calluses!"
"Hahaha......"
A crowd burst into laughter.
The one-armed man was very much subject to the words of his men.
Those who do what they do, in addition to being ruthless, must also be righteous, otherwise who will work with you?
Which woman who fell into his hands in the past could survive to the next day?
There are even people who die before their turn, and they are too squeamish.
Thor turned the roast chicken that had one leg off and roasted it, then turned his head to look at Ain and smiled, "Wife, do you hear that?" Would you like to accompany them? ”
Ain, who was not frightened by the bandits, but trembled with fear by Thor, shook his head with a pale face.
Thor retracted his gaze, looked at the bonfire, and said lightly, "This guard really doesn't have any eyes, do you want me to do anything cat or dog?" Are you a guard or am I a guard? ”
Binz shuddered, and Ain, who had already endured it to the limit, suddenly drew his knife and slashed at the one-armed man.
The white light flashed, and the one-armed man's remaining arm flew high.
The one-armed man didn't scream in panic until he saw his arm flying.
A group of bandits was still in shock.
"Grow Grow !!"
Binz shook his hands as if he were doing some strange dance.
The surrounding camel thorns suddenly grew wildly, like mushrooms after rain, and they rose high in the blink of an eye.
These thorny thorns, which grew into hundred-foot vines in an instant, instantly pierced the intestines of the group of people, even people and camels.
How could this group of ordinary bandits be the opponent of Binz, who has the combat power of a major general?
"Stay away, don't disgust my appetite"
Thor waved his hand in disgust.
Binz hurriedly controlled the thorn strip and flicked it, and the corpses like sugar gourds were instantly thrown out of the distance.
Then the erect wattles that were like cages quickly retracted into the earth, and finally returned to their normal size.
If it weren't for the blood beads on those spikes, I'm afraid that bloody massacre just now would have been like a dream.
Thor took a sip of the bloody flask.
I had a new estimate of Binz in my heart.
There were only three people around the campfire again.
Ain's face was complicated.
Binz quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Only Thor drank as if nothing had happened.
…………………
"It's still twenty kilometers from here, and the group of sand bandits that we just led past have been wiped out. The Ghost King didn't do anything, he was a clown-looking guy who manipulated plants and killed people. ”
A woman's voice came coldly.
"Oh? Is it new to joining? In addition to Minno and the killer, there are other capable people under him...... ......"
A man sits in the dark and spits out a large puff of smoke rings.
"Miss, your ability is really good, how about joining us? It's definitely better than you following that kid. ”
Someone said.
"Sorry sir, please don't forget that we are a partnership."
The refusal of a woman who is neither humble nor arrogant.
"Hey, hey, hey, you're so loyal."
The man in the dark laughed.
"I have a bottom line in what I do, unlike some people."
The woman's eyes glanced at the corner of the room.
There, a pair of bright eyes glared at her viciously.
"Am I wrong? Traitor Miss Morning Dew ......"
The woman chuckled.