thefictionvixens Chapter 101 Aldridge's Blind Loyalty
Chapter 101 Aldridge's Blind Loyalty
Jeffrey was engrossed in manipulating the chessboard when suddenly the window shattered, and a tall shadow loomed over him.
"Urgaora, is this your Devil Fruit power?"
Jeffrey, the king of the Kingdom of Tabor, was taken aback.
He looked up in surprise when he heard Kaido speak.
"How...how did you get up here?!"
"This is the very top floor of the palace! A full 50 meters above the ground!!"
Kaido tilted his head, looking at him with a puzzled expression.
"50 meters, is that very high?"
Jeffrey's eyes widened.
"Isn't that high enough?!"
Kaido, too lazy to argue with this ignorant piece of trash any longer, simply took out his three-pointed double-edged sword and held it to the man's neck.
"Now, I'll say it, and you'll listen. Can you understand?"
With the blade at his side, Jeffrey finally stopped pretending and answered tremblingly, "I understand! I understand!!"
Kaido then looked at the chessboard in front of him.
No, saying it's a chessboard isn't accurate enough.
To be precise, this should be considered a maze model.
A model similar to a war sandbox.
Kaido looked down and saw five small red spheres, divided into three groups, each exploring along one of the three paths.
On both sides of these three roads, a small team of blue balls is hidden at intervals.
As Kaido continued his observation, the red ball representing Makima was the first to encounter a group of blue balls lying in ambush.
……
Machima is walking normally in the passage.
There was a corner ahead, and she became more alert.
Following conventional thinking, the enemy likely set up an ambush at the corner.
Just as Machima was focusing most of her attention on the corner, a wall behind her suddenly and silently began to slowly descend.
A small team of ten men, ten armed soldiers, swarmed out from among them.
"Go to hell!!"
With a roar, ten rifles opened fire simultaneously.
bang bang bang...
"Paper drawing!!"
As the target of the shooting, Machima let out a soft shout, and her body swayed in the wind like a piece of paper.
shhhhhh...
Bullets whizzed past her.
Under normal circumstances, these bullets should have definitely hit their targets!
As a result, because Machima's body twisted and turned inexplicably, none of the bullets fired by the soldiers hit their targets.
The soldiers' eyes widened instantly at the outrageous scene.
"How is this possible?!"
Machima slowly turned around, her beautiful eyes sweeping over the ten soldiers holding rifles.
"What? Only ten people? That's underestimating me."
"How can this be repaired?!"
Hearing the contempt in Machima's words, the soldiers immediately retorted angrily, "Don't look down on us! We're ten against one!!"
However, upon hearing this, Machima sighed listlessly.
"What a terrible lot to draw..."
The next instant, she appeared directly in front of the ten soldiers.
"shave!!"
"What?! How did you get here?!"
A fleeting coldness crossed Machima's beautiful face.
"Fingergun - White Flower!!"
The index finger, wearing a white glove, thrusts out rapidly and repeatedly, resembling a blooming white flower.
BiuBiuBiu……
Like the sound of a bullet slicing through the air, Machima's two fingers were almost instantly stained red with blood.
Then, crimson blood gushed from the bodies of the ten soldiers, and after the white flowers disappeared, a bright red flower bloomed.
Machima quickly withdrew, letting the blood rain down.
Except for the red-stained index finger of his glove, his entire body was spotless.
……
On Kaido's side.
The image he saw on the sand table was ten small blue spheres rushing out together.
The red ball stood still for a while.
Then, in an instant, it appeared in front of the blue ball, and then returned to its previous position.
That's how it happened, back and forth.
The ten small blue balls shattered automatically and disappeared from the entire sand table.
"Hmph, how naive! Do you think ten people can defeat Machima?"
Kaido glanced at Jeffrey with disdain.
They're kings of the Grand Line, how come they're still so ignorant?
"Hey! You idiot! Hurry up and modify the maze! Concentrate all your forces in front of Machima!!"
"Huh? All the troops?!"
Jeffrey mistakenly thought he was hallucinating.
"You...you're not mistaken, are you? You want me to concentrate all my forces?! Are you trying to kill your men?"
"You don't need to worry about that, just do as I say! Or I'll chop your head off right now!!"
"Yes! Yes! I'll do as you say!!"
Jeffrey reached out and touched the chessboard, activating his Devil Fruit power to move all the soldiers who were originally scattered and lying in ambush on Machima into a large room.
Similarly, the same applies to Olga's side.
The only difference is with Sonny.
His only opponent is a single person, a small blue ball.
Kaido looked at the small blue ball and found it quite interesting.
……
Sonny walked along the passage without encountering anything along the way.
It took him almost 10 minutes to finally arrive at an empty room.
Inside the room, there was only one person waiting for him.
"Are you my opponent?" Sonny asked.
The other party was a burly man who was two meters tall, covered in fat and muscle, and carrying a large knife.
“I am Aldrich, the army commander of the Kingdom of Tabor!”
"You wicked pirates who have rebelled against their superiors, die gloriously under my greatsword!!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Aldridge charged straight at him like a tank.
It looks slow, but it's actually very fast.
Almost in the blink of an eye, the other person appeared right in front of Sonny.
He raised his broadsword high in one hand and delivered a powerful blow that cleaved Mount Hua in two.
Sunny's body crackled with electricity as he narrowly escaped the attack.
boom!
The terrifying force was applied to the broadsword, and a crack tens of centimeters deep was immediately smashed into the rocky ground.
"Superhuman strength?"
Sonny drew his twin swords from his waist and raised them to parry.
The broadsword that had just been slammed down was now violently sweeping across again.
when!
When the three knives clashed, Sonny was actually knocked back several steps.
"What terrifying power!"
Of course, Aldridge wasn't feeling too good after that clash either.
The lightning that was wrapped around Sonny's body was transmitted directly to him through his greatsword the instant the two swords collided.
It's important to know that the fastest speed of electricity can be infinitely close to the speed of light.
So, in that instant, Aldridge's blond hair transformed into a Super Saiyan hairstyle.
The entire body's fatty tissue also trembled slightly.
"A lightning-type ability user?"
Isn't it obvious?
Sonny grinned, his twin swords twirling nimbly in his hands, and he vanished in an instant.
Without the slightest hesitation, Aldridge swung his broadsword and turned to sweep it horizontally.
when!!
Three knives clashed again, and a serious expression appeared on Sonny's face.
The other person's agile movements completely contradicted the stereotype that fat people are slow-moving.
"Let's try again..."
Sonny stomped his feet on the ground, and his body transformed into electricity as he ran at lightning speed once again.
He circled Aldridge at high speed, searching for an opening to exploit.
Aldridge stood still, patiently waiting for Sonny to attack.
Suddenly, Sonny moved.
He instantly lunged behind Aldridge, who immediately moved and swung his broadsword.
but……
Just as the two were about to clash, Sonny suddenly swerved ninety degrees to create distance, launching an attack from the side of Aldridge, who had already swung his greatsword.
Aldridge's eyes flashed red, but he did not forcibly change the trajectory of his strike. Instead, he further increased the force of his blow.
Finally, he managed to spin around in place by increasing the momentum of his swing, and before Sonny's twin blades could pierce his body, the blade of his greatsword was once again close to Sonny's body.
Sonny's eyes darted around as he watched the large knife approach.
If he had managed to stab Aldridge, the opponent's sword would have inevitably cut him in two.
but……
Aldridge seemed surprised that he possessed Armament Haki.
Sonny's eyes hardened, and with the electric current enhancing his twin blades, he thrust forward at an even faster speed, ultimately succeeding in piercing Aldridge's abdomen.
at the same time.
when!
With a loud crash, Aldridge's greatsword slashed at the Armament Haki wrapped around Sonny's waist, sending him flying horizontally.
puff!
Using the force of Aldridge's slash, Sonny twisted the blade in his hand, successfully tearing two huge horizontal wounds across Aldridge's body.
Blood gushed from Aldridge's abdomen, his face turned pale instantly, and he immediately activated Life Return.
The torn wound was quickly repaired, the bleeding stopped, a scab formed, the scab fell off, and a scar was left.
As a result, Aldridge's once quite muscular physique shrank considerably.
"You're...that strong!!"
Aldridge's expression was grave.
As the strongest in the Kingdom of Tabor, this was truly the first time he had encountered an opponent of Sunny's caliber.
"I'm the one who should say you're really strong, right?"
Sonny complained irritably:
"You understand Observation Haki, and you also know the ultimate method of Life Return. You're fucking monstrous!"
"Life Return, I still haven't mastered that technique!!"
At this point, Sonny suddenly had the idea of recruiting them.
"By the way, would you be interested in coming over here?"
"With your talent and abilities, Captain Kaido will definitely give you an important position!"
Upon hearing this, Aldridge calmly shook his head.
"I'm sorry, but I could never betray you!"
"His Majesty Jeffrey gave me a meal when I was starving to death, and from then on, my life belonged to His Majesty Jeffrey!"
"Unless I die! No one can harm His Majesty Jeffrey!!"
Seeing the unwavering determination in Aldridge's eyes, Sonny could only feel regret.
"Is he the type of person who is blindly loyal?"
"I'm sorry, it was definitely wrong of me to try to recruit someone like you."
Aldridge shook his head. "It doesn't matter, we're just each serving our own masters."
After saying that, neither of them spoke again.
Sonny bowed slightly, his body crackling with electricity, and feathers began to appear one by one.
Out of respect for Aldridge, he decided to give it his all.
Zoan type, Bird-Bird Fruit, Petal form, Human-Beast transformation!
Aldridge opened his eyes in surprise, "A Mythical Zoan?!"
Sonny whispered, "Watch out!"
After saying that, he once again transformed into a stream of light and disappeared.
The same old lap-running tactic.
However, this time, Aldridge's Observation Haki was no longer able to accurately detect Sonny's movements.
Sonny, having found an opening that Aldridge had inadvertently revealed, decisively launched an attack.
The two short swords in his hands were wrapped in the power of lightning, emitting a dazzling white light.
"Dual Blade Style: Thunder Swallow Flash!!"
A flash of blazing white light appeared, and two more scars appeared on Aldridge's stomach.
He gritted his teeth and persevered, once again using his own fat to repair the wound.
but……
Having given it his all, Sonny wouldn't give him another chance to retaliate.
White lightning bolts shot out continuously at high speed in the narrow space, like bouncy balls.
Each time he ejects, Aldridge gets a new wound.
In particular, these wounds were cut by electrically heated, high-temperature blades, and the surface of each wound was almost charred.
This makes it difficult for Aldridge's life to be saved in a timely manner.
After slashing more than twenty times in a row, with a final flash, Sonny slit Aldridge's throat with his sword.
Aldridge reached up and clutched his throat, which was bleeding profusely.
He has now completely transformed from a muscular, overweight man into a lean, muscular hunk.
Of course, even so, he continued to activate Life Return to repair his wounds.
However, there are limits to how much life can heal wounds.
The primary condition is that the wound cannot be too fatal!
Injuries like multiple fractures and internal organ damage are not difficult to repair and bring back to life. As long as there is enough nutrition, it can be done in no time, in a matter of seconds.
However, for injuries such as limb dismemberment, a pierced heart, or a severed throat, which are almost certainly fatal, there is nothing that can be done to save a life.
Unless you can still be lively and energetic after suffering this level of injury.
If you can ignore such a critical injury, you can slowly repair it using Life Return.
But clearly, Aldridge hasn't reached that level yet.
So, he finally clutched his throat and lay helplessly in a pool of blood.
Sunny withdrew his Devil Fruit powers, sheathed his twin swords, and a look of melancholy appeared on his face.
"What a pity..."
But there was no other way. Since they were the enemy and there was no way to persuade them to surrender, the only option was to kill them.
Sonny had no idea what kind of person Jeffrey was.
But we can see the big picture from the small details.
Since Jeffrey is respected by someone like Aldridge and is willing to give his life for him, he can't be too bad, can he?
Therefore, Sonny concluded that Aldridge could not be subdued and could only be killed.
……
On Kaido's side.
Aldridge is dead?!
Jeffrey slumped to the ground, somewhat distraught.
"Our nation's strongest warrior... has died just like that?!"
Kaido calmly looked at Jeffrey.
The expression on his face at that moment did not seem to indicate that he was mourning the death of a loyal subordinate.
Kaido had seen a similar expression on the face of another king before.
really!
After a few seconds of sullen silence, Jeffrey stood up and the first thing he said was a furious rant against Aldridge.
"What a piece of trash! He can't even beat a pirate! I've wasted all these years raising such a pig!!"