thefictionvixens Chapter 48 I will not go back with you
Chapter 48 I will not go back with you
The azure dragon slowly lowered its flight altitude.
The golden Buddha's eyes scrutinized the woman standing atop the dragon's head.
She was naturally beautiful; her delicate face, even without makeup, was already an absolute beauty.
She wore a full-coverage female knight's battle dress, which, along with her long, vibrant red hair, fluttered in the wind.
Even though she was wearing trousers and nothing was visible beneath her skirt, her perfect figure was still faintly discernible.
He carried a golden longsword on his back and stood atop a blue dragon's head, displaying a heroic and dashing appearance.
However, her face was filled with unconcealed sorrow, which only made her appear more delicate and pitiful.
She is an absolutely stunning beauty, almost identical to the one I saw in the photos of the Golden Buddha before coming here.
She is even more beautiful in person than in photos.
Therefore, the golden Buddha was certain that she was indeed their target for this trip—Figarand Selene!
Karin-sei's younger sister, the Palace of Selene!!
"The Warring States Period!"
Just as the golden Buddha was wondering what was going on with Selene, a shout rang out from afar.
Zephyr used a combination of Moonwalk and Shave to quickly reach the golden Buddha.
"What's the situation now in the Warring States period?"
"It's a bit tricky."
Zefa was taken aback upon hearing this. It was truly rare to find something that even the strategist Sengoku found troublesome.
Sengoku ignored Zefa, pondered for a moment, and then spoke:
"Selene Palace! Come back with us!"
"Your elder brother, Garin Sei, is very worried about you!"
"For your sake, he even descended from the Holy Land to the mortal realm, searching day and night across the entire New World Ocean!"
"For you, even Garin Saint went so far as to swim across the Calm Belt with his bare hands to come to the West Sea, just to bring you home!"
"I don't know what sweet words Kaido said to you, but they were all lies! Don't believe them!!"
"He's a pirate!!"
"Pirates are the most shameless, hypocritical, and evil rebels in the world!"
“You will only suffer if you stay by his side! The peace and prosperity of the Holy Land Mary Geoise are not something he can provide!”
"So while he's still free, jump right over here! I'll catch you and protect you with my life!!"
These words from the Warring States period were sincere and heartfelt, without any falsehood.
While Selene, who was being persuaded, was still unaffected, Zepha, who was beside him, was greatly shaken.
"palace?!"
As a vice admiral and an active-duty candidate for admiral, Zephyr, who is almost certain to become an admiral in a year or two, knows all too well what this word as a suffix in his name represents.
"That red-haired female knight standing on Kaido's head, is she a Celestial Dragon?!"
Hearing the whispers beside him, Sengoku simply ignored them.
Although Zephyr did not receive any feedback, he finally understood all the previous anomalies.
'No wonder Sengoku wasn't in a hurry to attack Kaido, but waited for Korin to arrive in the West Blue; he was waiting here all along!'
"Kaido has a Celestial Dragon in his possession. If Sengoku had listened to me back then and hadn't waited for Korin, and if the two of us had attacked together, we probably wouldn't have been able to do anything to Kaido."
'But what's going on now?! This female Celestial Dragon doesn't look like she's been kidnapped; instead, she looks like... a young girl eloping with her lover?'
Zefa's eyes darted between the Azure Dragon in the sky, the Buddha beside him, and the distant battlefield.
For a moment, the expression on his face became extremely interesting.
On the head of the green dragon.
Faced with the earnest persuasion of the Warring States, Selene shook her head with a complex yet firm expression.
"I appreciate the general's kindness, but I will not go back with you."
“I’m tired of staying in the Holy Land. Kaido has been very good to me, and it’s not just sweet talk.”
"It's my own choice to stay by Kaido's side, so don't waste your breath."
Upon hearing this, Zhan Guo's feelings became complicated.
He initially thought it was just a routine kidnapping.
Kaido kidnapped Selene, and he and Garin came together to rescue her.
Selene may have suffered humiliation at Kaido's hands, but she must have tried every means to escape from him.
Therefore, Selene will definitely cooperate with them this time, and they might even be able to use this opportunity to arrest Kaido and Charlotte Linlin.
While rescuing people, they also took the opportunity to demonstrate the strength of the navy to the world.
But I never expected things to turn out like this.
The Selene Palace seems to have willingly followed Kaido.
How should this be handled...? There's no precedent to follow.
With a thousand thoughts swirling in his mind, the golden Buddha stood frozen in place, at a loss for what to do.
Opposite them, the azure dragon floated quietly in mid-air.
Kaido didn't say anything, but silently activated the system's appraisal function, checking Sengoku and Zephyr's various data.
……
Name: Sengoku
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Overall combat strength: 125/130
Overall Intelligence: 109/130
Overall Commander: 113/130
[Observation Haki: 125/130]
Armament Haki: 125/130
[Conqueror's Haki: 125/130]
[Devil Fruit: Zoan Type, Human-Human Fruit, Mythical Zoan Type, Great Buddha Form]
Specializations: [Physical Skills: 125/130], [Life Return: 125/130]... (omitted)
Overall Potential: 130
[Monarch: World Government]
Loyalty: 97
(PS: The data is so consistent because of the Buddha Fruit, achieving a perfect balance between mind, body, and technique.)
……
Name: Zefa
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Overall combat strength: 109/120
Overall Intelligence: 96/120
Overall Commander: 111/120
[Observation Haki: 109/120]
Armament Haki: 110/120
[Conqueror's Haki: None]
Devil Fruit: None
Specializations: [Physical Skills: 112/120], [Life Return: 107/120]... (omitted)
Overall Potential: 120
[Monarch: World Government]
Loyalty: 92
(PS: Don't say it's too low. Zeffa still has two years before becoming a general, and he's still growing rapidly.)
……
Just as Kaido was quietly checking his opponent's stats.
The other side of the battlefield.
When Karin noticed his sister appearing above Kaido's head, he lost interest in fighting Charlotte Linlin any longer.
'Saving my sister is the most important thing!!'
Once he made up his mind, Garin's offensive became even more intense.
Her figure flashed like a streak of light, and her longsword, wreathed in black and red lightning, clashed repeatedly with Charlotte Linlin's greatsword.
This was certainly not his intention to kill Charlotte Linlin first and then save his sister.
Instead, he was trying to trick them!
Because the gap between him and Charlotte Linlin is not that large, once the two start fighting, it won't be so easy for them to leave the battlefield unscathed.
As for Charlotte Linlin, she was naturally quite annoyed by his rapid attack.
Although she successfully blocked all the attacks, she is not the kind of person who just takes the hits without fighting back!
Sure enough, seeing that Garin's quick attack had ended and his body was exposed, he decisively gripped the greatsword tightly with both hands.
Black and red lightning coiled around the sword, Charlotte Linlin's eyes flashed red, and she activated her Observation Haki to lock onto the direction in which Garin might escape at any moment.
"Gods, dodge!!"
With a sharp shout, a jet-black slash shot out.
"Good timing!!"
With an excited shout, he gripped the long sword tightly with both hands.
Black and red lightning crackled around the sword's blade as it cleaved down with a powerful strike.
"Chongyue!!"
Two crescent-shaped black and red flying slashes collided on the ice field, directly triggering a terrifying black lightning explosion.
Charlotte Linlin, standing on Zeus the Thundercloud, was blown dozens of meters backward by the aftershocks of the explosion.
Although he wasn't seriously injured, he looked rather disheveled.
On the other side, Garin also used the aftershocks of the explosion to accelerate and break away from Charlotte Linlin, rushing quickly towards Kaido in the sky.
"younger sister!!"
Garin shouted joyfully.
His eyes were filled with the red-haired figure standing atop the Green Dragon Head.
Even just seeing her from behind, his sister is still the most beautiful woman in the world!
However, when his gaze fell downwards and he saw the Azure Dragon's body being trampled on by his sister, his newly risen good mood instantly turned into rage.
"Kaido—!!"
With a roar, Garin stepped onto the ice.
The mirror-like ice sea shattered and collapsed in an instant, and Garin's body shot into the sky like a streak of light.
In the sky, Kaido naturally noticed the massive explosion at the battlefield where Karin and Charlotte Linlin were fighting.
Looking back, he saw Garin charging towards him in a frenzy.
The identification information belonging to Garin flashed in his eyes.
Name: Figarand Garin
Race: Human
Gender: Male
Age: 35
Overall combat strength: 124/130
Overall Intelligence: 84/100
Overall Commander: 106/120
[Observation Haki: 119/130]
Armament Haki: 118/130
[Conqueror's Haki: 125/130]
Devil Fruit: None
[Specializations: [Swordsmanship: 123/130], [Life Return: 119/120]... (omitted)]
Overall Potential: 130
[Monarch: Im]
Loyalty: 93
The long, massive dragon body rapidly shrank, and almost as soon as Karin shattered the ice and soared into the sky, Kaido had already transformed into his dragon-man form.
At the same time, his own attribute panel flashed in his eyes.
Name: Kaido
Race: Oni
Gender: Male
Age: 21
[Overall combat strength: 113→117/140] (Stats increase after transforming into dragon-human form)
Strength: 110 → 115/140
Physical condition: 115→120/140
Agility: 106 → 111/140
Tip: 109/140
Willpower: 125 → 130/140
Overall Intelligence: 111/140
Overall Commander: 99/140
[Observation Haki: 110/145]
Armament Haki: 112/145
[Conqueror's Haki: 122/145]
[Devil Fruit: Zoan Type, Dragon-Dragon Fruit, Mythical Zoan, Azure Dragon Form [42/145]]
【专精：[棒：110/140]、[体术：105/140]、[厨艺：100/140]、[剑术：90/140]……略……】
Overall Potential: 145
[Monarch: None]
Loyalty: --
The numerical comparison between the two sides shows that the difference is not very large.
Karin has a higher burst of power, but Kaido's defense is also higher; at least he won't be instantly killed.
Thinking of this, Kaido decisively drew his spiked club, and all the dark blue-black Armament Haki flowed onto the club.
"Urorororo!!"
He burst into laughter.
Rumble!
Deep purple lightning followed suit and coiled around them.
Gripping his massive black club tightly, Kaido charged forward.
His entire body was enveloped in deep purple lightning, drawing a lightning funnel across the sky.
He swung the big stick and slammed it down hard.
"Great Power Thunder Bagua!!"
Below, black and red lightning also crackled around Garin's longsword.
Hold the knife handle with both hands and flick it upwards at an angle.
"Moon Flash!!"
The spiked club and the longsword clashed, and the deep purple lightning mixed with black and red lightning instantly turned into a lightning nuclear explosion.
Terrifying energy exploded in the air, purple lightning spread wildly like spatial rifts, a dazzling energy ball rapidly expanded, and a massive mushroom cloud slowly rose.
On the side where the two collided, Kaido's dragon-man body was sent flying backwards at high speed.
He was not injured, but was blown away by the aftershock.
Garin on the other side, however, was not knocked away.
With his age advantage, as well as his superior swordsmanship and Conqueror's Haki skills, Korin is indeed much stronger than Kaido now.
Of course, Kaido is no longer the little punk he was in God Valley.
After more than a month of separation, he had completely mastered the power of the Azure Dragon Fruit.
Although Kaido has not yet fully mastered the Conqueror's Haki, it will no longer be easy for Korin to hurt him and leave a permanent scar like Roger.
only……
Kaido was ultimately sent flying by the cleavage.
Garin took the opportunity to bypass the center of the collision.
Selene, who had previously transformed into Kaido and moved to the cloud of flames, grabbed him and snatched him back.
Then, with a stomp on the fiery cloud, holding a sword in one hand and his sister in the other, Garin quickly returned to Sengoku and Zephyr's side.
Seeing this, Sengoku and Zephyr, who had just been pretending to be wooden figures, immediately stepped in front of Garin and Selene.
"Saint Garin! Palace of Selene! You two go first!!"
"We'll stop Kaido and Charlotte Linlin!!"
"Alright! I'll leave everything to you!"
With just a few words from each person, the three had already arranged their evacuation plan.
But just as Garin was about to hug his sister again and leave the battlefield, she suddenly spun around and dodged.
When he failed to catch his sister, Garin was stunned for a moment.
“Selene, you…”
"elder brother!"
A hint of stubbornness appeared on Selene's beautiful face.
"I will not go back with you!"
"what?!"
Garin suspected he had misheard, his brows furrowing slightly, but his voice unconsciously rose in pitch.
"What did you just say?! Say it again!!"
"Brother, I said I won't go back with you!"
Perhaps because he had already spoken it the first time, Selene's tone became even more resolute the second time.
"I don't want to go back to the Holy Land. I'm doing very well here!"
Upon hearing this, Garin stared wide-eyed, mouth agape, frozen in a daze for a full two seconds.
Once he realized what was happening, he instantly flew into a rage.
"Are you kidding me?!"
Do you know how much suffering your brother endured and how much time and effort he spent to find you?!
"You think you can just say you won't go back and then you're not going back?!"
"Are you kidding me?!"