Chapter 21. The king of the arena
"You are... His Royal Highness King Riku?! A fully armored Dressrosa soldier stepped out, and after a few careful glances at King Riku, he fell to the ground with tears in his eyes, "Your Majesty, I really didn't expect to live to see you again!" Joe Johnson is here to salute you! β
This soldier, a captain in the former Dressrosa Army, was turned into a doll by Sucrose because he refused to accept Ming's rule, and was sent to this dark underground black market trading center as a coolie to carry goods, and it has been almost seven years now!
"It's really His Majesty!" Another former minister of the kingdom greeted King Riku.
The Dressrosa soldiers in the same situation as Johnson were not a few, and they all believed that King Liku would not do the evil thing of slaughtering civilians, and refused to return to Mingge's command, so many of the former subjects of the kingdom were turned into dolls and sent here.
An old man who described it as withered came out tremblingly, fell to the ground, and cried bitterly: "Your Majesty! You're finally here, old man... The old minister has been waiting for you for a long time.."
This old man who couldn't cry was recognized by King Liku at a glance, it was his former Minister of War, but now... The wrinkles on his face and the white hair were already more than his own, and compared to the high-spirited middle-aged man in his memory, he didn't look like the same person.
"Everyone..."King Liku also had tears in his eyes, and he couldn't help himself.
At that time, he was pulled off the throne because of Brother Ming's frame-up, and these courtiers who refused to compromise ended up in the same extremely miserable, being turned into dolls, enslaved to serve as coolies in this underground black market that saw the light of day all year round...
And he, as their king, did not have the power to save them, to save them from the fire, so that until today, with the help of the revolutionary army, he has seen them again.... The guilt gnawed at his heart like a poisonous snake, making his painful voice tremble.
But this touching drama of the monarch and the ministers hugging their heads and crying is not effective for everyone, just like those pirates, in their opinion, these persecutions they have suffered should be repaid one hundred and eighty times and vented backββββ no matter who it is!
For these people, he doesn't care if the culprit is Brother Ming, the long-term life of puppet slavery has already made their hearts begin to be distorted, they just want wanton revenge and destruction, and even kill everyone except themselves!
Therefore, the voice of King Liku was only listened to by those soldiers and civilians of Dressrosa, as for the others, they didn't care about it at all, and when they shot, they became more and more ferocious and brutal, and some people even became angry and dissatisfied because of King Liku's call to stop, and rushed directly towards him!
"Old man, you're the former king of Dressrosa, aren't you?" A pirate with a narrow scar on his face stepped out of the crowd and said grimly, "Uncle Ben has suffered such a big loss in your Dressrosa, so use your king's head to compensate me!" β
Bang!
The person who came flew back faster than when he came, and Sabo retracted his steel pipe, frowning and glancing at the guys who were still fighting in the field, and couldn't help but feel a big headache.
"Looks like we're going to have to use some force to get them to stop..."
With that, Sabo walked towards the war zone, and without looking back, he ordered: "Leave a team of people to protect His Majesty King Riku, and the rest of the people will enter with me to separate those people, and then protect those innocent civilians." β
As for the pirates and adventurers who have gone crazy .... Although he didn't express his exact attitude, everyone knows that reasoning with this kind of guy who has gone completely crazy will definitely not make sense...
ββββ then you can only destroy them! lest they make any more trouble!
It is also forced to destroy these people who were saved by them, after all, their madness has doomed them to perdition!
On the other side, the arena.
Yagyu Kaizong has already led people to exterminate most of the pirates of the Don Quixote Pirates in the arena, and at this moment, Diamanti is still alone and still fighting.
And Diamanti's opponent has also been replacedββββ the former king of this arena, Cyrus, is back! With a lot of anger and hatred, swing that vengeful sword at Diamanti!
Cyrus, the son-in-law of King Riku and the captain of the Dressrosa Kingdom, was once the king of the arena without a single defeat in 3,000 games!
If it weren't for the fact that he was missing a leg now, so that his strength had greatly regressed, I am afraid Diamanti would have been cut into eight pieces long ago!
Boom!
In the middle of the field, there was a sound of gold and iron clashing, and Diamanti and Cyrus intersected with their swords, and between the sparks, both of them involuntarily burst backwards.
The one-legged Cyrus obviously suffered more than Diamanti, because of the one-legged consequence, he could not exert all his strength and strength, and he was obviously a little immobile when retreating.
On the other hand, Diamanti, this guy uses the ability to flutter fruits, and can turn any object he touches into a form like a flag or cloth, so the clothes he wears are made of the hardest steel, which is equivalent to putting multiple layers of soft and light armor on his body, how can a chicken thief summarize it.
"Sword. Snake Sword! β
The sharp and sturdy blade was transformed into a form that fluttered in the wind like a streamer by Diamanti's ability, and then twisted and stabbed towards the immobile Cyrus, this streamer-like form could not predict its attack method and direction at all.
Poof...
On Cyrus's left shoulder, a cloud of blood splattered in an instant, even if he blocked Diamanti's sword with his sword, it was still spread by one of its bends and stabbed to his body, if it wasn't for Cyrus's rich combat experience, if he changed his body shape in an instant, the sword would have stabbed him in the neck!
"Mr. Soldier!" A pink-haired girl next to Yagyu Sukemune screamed when she saw Cyrus injured.
This maiden was none other than Rebecca, the daughter of Cyrus and the granddaughter of King Reku.... Well, if you look at it just by her appearance, Li Hao is more convinced that she is Nami's twin sister...
[I've wanted to complain for a long time! ] How much Oda likes Nami's face?! There are already several female characters with identical faces, right?! γ
"Princess Rebecca, don't worry." Yagyu Sukemune said lightly, "Your father, the strength of the Captain of the Cyrus Legion is far above that Diamanti, and after he is familiar with that guy's ability, it will be Diamanti's death!" β
As a swordsman, Yagyu Sukemune can easily see that Cyrus's strength is far above Diamanti, if it weren't for the influence of his broken leg, Cyrus in his heyday might be stronger than himself!
"Army Flag!"
Diamanti crouched down and touched the ground with his hand, turning the ground in the area into a silky shape, and then shook with a force, and the ground immediately churned like a fluttering flag.
This guy, the tactics are extremely insidious, that is, to attack the shortcomings and weaknesses of Cyrus's one-legged attack, so that he will be unstable on his feet and lose the ability to counterattack.
However, he had already used such a move once before, and Cyrus had gained insight into its properties.
Cyrus jumped up directly on one leg, and the volley was a powerful downward slash towards Diamanti!
Diamanti was startled and immediately got up, but he didn't have time to resist with his sword, so he had to directly raise his left arm above the top, ready to block the blow with that steel sleeve.
"It's useless! My clothes are made of the hardest steel, and even if I understand the 'iron chopping' swordsman, it is impossible. Poof! β
Blood splashed, and Diamanti's severed arm flew directly into the air!
Sure enough, just as Yagyu Jiezong said, once Diamanti's ability is known by Cyrus and familiarized, it will be the time for this guy to die!
It's also a shame that Diamanti is also a swordsman, and he doesn't know that for a swordsman, no matter what it is, no matter how strong it is, for a swordsman, it can definitely be cut!
Diamanti, whose left arm was cut off and a huge wound was cut on his chest, fell to the ground with his mouth long, unable to even cry out in pain, and his consciousness and vitality had gradually faded away.
At this point, the arena has been taken, and the only ones left are Li Hao's side and the Dressrosa Palace, which Kerra led people to.