Sam is almost fifty years old this year, with the simplicity of a villager, and the heroism of a man on the sea, but without the shrewdness of a businessman, according to the words of the villagers, this is a loyal man.

When he was only as old as Luffy, he had already begun to go to sea with the adults in the village, learning to fish and catch crabs, and when he was more than ten years old, with the help of the villagers, he built his first fishing boat of his own, and began to fish on his own, and it didn't take long for him to become recognized as the best sea-begging person in the village and even in the waters near the Kingdom of Goa......

This has been done for decades, ups and downs, no dangers or waves at sea, and I have never experienced it.

The young sailors and fishermen in the village can be said to have been taught by him, just like his apprentices.

With his strength, there have been many opportunities to leave this rural place and go to other wealthy towns for better development and life.

But he did not leave, but chose to stay in the windmill village silently......

Because he likes the quiet and peaceful taste here, the slow pace here, and the kind villagers here, he once said, "There is already a naval hero in our village who is outside to protect the world, so we need others to stay and protect this hometown, so that those who are fighting outside can rest assured and do not need to worry about the ......safety of their hometown."

Yes, that's what he said, and that's what he did.

Even now when he started a caravan and ran a merchant ship, it was more for the sake of his hometown, wanting to bring more convenience and development to this remote village, in fact, what he wanted to do most in his heart was to go out to sea to fish, and every time he returned, he would bring a boatload of fish, and then distribute it to all the villagers, and when he looked at those children like Luffy with happy and adoring eyes, he would be satisfied and happy.

On his return voyage, Char asked him if he had any regrets about saving himself and causing the merchant ship to be attacked by pirates.

He shook his head decisively and smiled: "No regrets!" People who beg for a living at sea are generally not small-minded and courageous. ”

"You should have handed me over then...... So that you don't get beaten later. ”

"I feel uneasy about doing so." He replied.

Char admired him very much, and even quipped: "An honest person like you, how can you become the richest man in the East China Sea in the future, and how can you pretend to be happy." ”

Sam laughed, for him, the most important thing to be a man is the word "love and righteousness", so when he was attacked by the deputy captain of the Silver Sword Pirates before, he was the first to rush up to resist, not because he wanted to keep those goods from being robbed, but to protect those who had no combat effectiveness on the ship from being harmed!

So when he heard Griffith say in an indifferent voice: "Kill everything, rob everything, burn everything!" I'm going to bury the whole village! ”

On the other side, after hearing the order of their own commander, the group of elites who were like heroic knights, like beasts breaking free from their necklaces, instantly turned into hungry wolf-like hooligans, with a hideous smile on their faces, shouting loudly, leading the pirate men who went ashore in a small boat to ravage the windmill village.

His first reaction was to turn back to the group of young sailors behind him who had been following him for a long time and were like apprentices, and ordered loudly: "Get out of here immediately and protect everyone for Lao Tzu!" ”

Then, the second reaction was to rush towards Griffith and them without hesitation, just like when he was attacked by the pirates, he was the first to come out and resist without fear, the man of the sea, there is no word 'back down'.

He took out the explosives hidden in his waist and quickly lit them, which he had secretly prepared since he heard the arrival of the pirates, he didn't tell the old village chief about this, and there was no need to tell it, but now it seemed that it was time to use it, and he begged to blow everyone up, just hoping to buy a little more time for the young people behind him and the retreating people in the village.

Just as he rushed forward without hesitation to try to stop the group of pirates, a sudden whistling sound came from ahead.

"Get out of the way!"

A light purple haired, wearing the armor of a golden knight, rushed right in front of Sam, the big cloak behind him was blown backwards by the strong wind, and the tall figure looked down at Sam with a vicious look in his eyes, which was a kind of arrogance in his eyes.

Poof!

A three-meter-long battle snatch pierced the air and swept past Sam's neck......

Suddenly there was a burst of blood, followed by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground.

At the same time, though, a large wave of pirates ran past Sam.

BOOOOOM——！！

Although the explosives in Sam's hand were not thrown, they also exploded directly on the spot, and this sudden and powerful explosion caused a large group of pirates to be killed, some were blown away, and the entire dock bridge made of wooden planks collapsed under the violent explosion, and the other elite pirates fell into the water one after another.

The light purple-haired man who was closest was blown directly into the sea, but he managed to save his life in the explosion with his strong physique and strong armor, and after a while, he came up from the sea, his face was gloomy, and he coughed up blood gently.

"Lord Crick, are you alright?" Balu, who was holding the big shield, hurriedly let the boat sail over, put Krikra on the boat, and looked at his boss with a worried face.

"Ahem, damn it! I was careless, I didn't expect to be injured by a small bug, cough cough ......" Crick coughed up blood and said in a deep voice: "Fortunately, Lao Tzu has steel armor to protect himself, I didn't expect the power of explosives to be so great, it seems that we should pay more attention to the importance of weapons and equipment in the future!" ”

Balu breathed a sigh of relief, and then patted his ass: "It is worthy of Lord Creek, the captain of the second ship of the Silver Sword Sea Pirates!" Even such a close explosion can withstand it...... It seems that after the death of Vice Captain Gus, Master Crick is undoubtedly the strongest captain of the Sea Pirates except for Captain Griffith! ”

Crick listened to it very well, but he didn't tell Balu about his true ambitions.

"We'll stay here and block the sea area, and wait for the regiment commander and them to come back......"

"Yes!"

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On the other hand, Magino took Luffy Ace Sabo and them to a very hidden cave outside the village, and there were other old people and children in the village in the cave.

"Luffy Ace Sabo, I'm going to help the village chief pick them up, you guys stay here obediently, it's dangerous outside, don't run around, you know?" Magino earnestly told Luffy to tell them, and after getting Luffy's nod and promise, he ran back to the windmill village again.

A moment later, Luffy and the others saw thick smoke rising from the direction of Windmill Village!

Luffy's Ace Sabo's face changed drastically.

"Not good!"

"The village is on fire!"

"Grandpa Magino, they're in danger!"