Chapter 86: Where Did This Pervert Come From?
A cold, biting wind, carrying snowflakes, poured into the ship's hold through the square opening, waking the several giants who were hanging upside down.
The giants struggled to open their eyes, staring at the golden figure illuminated by the sunlight.
"You're... the boy we met in the West Blue..."
"How... are you here?"
CLANG...
Louis didn't answer. Instead, he slowly drew the Seven Star Sword and, one by one, cut through the special shackles binding the giants. Because this particular Celestial Dragon had encountered the giants suddenly, he hadn't prepared Seastone shackles suitable for them in advance. Therefore, Louis cut through the shackles with ease.
BANG... BANG BANG...
With the crisp sound of shackles falling, the several giants who had been tied up and hung upside down fell heavily to the bottom of the hold, kicking up a large cloud of snow.
Hajrudin shook his head and sat up, gasping for air.
Gerd took a deep breath of fresh air, then looked down at Louis, who was standing with his sword and spear. "We are eternally grateful, Louis."
"Damn Celestial Dragons!" the giant with the horned helmet coughed up a mouthful of bruised blood, enough for a normal person to bathe in, his face contorted in pain.
Louis frowned slightly. After his eyes swept over the battered giants, he raised a hand, and a warm, holy light rose from his palm, splitting into several streams and entering their bodies.
The next second, the wounds on the giants' bodies healed at a rate visible to the naked eye. They went from being on the verge of death to being full of vigor in just a few seconds.
"..."
Hajrudin stood up, his face full of astonishment, and examined his body, which now showed no signs of injury. He was momentarily dazed.
Just then, a female voice filled with endless killing intent sounded from behind Louis. "What do you think you're doing to the giant slaves I just acquired?!"
Gerd, Hajrudin, and the others heard this, their faces terrifyingly grim. "Damn Celestial Dragons!!" they roared through gritted teeth.
Louis turned sideways, his face emotionless as he looked at the petite, blond-haired figure in the shadows, who was dressed in a magnificent military uniform, her face somewhat twisted.
"Not planning on hiding anymore?"
Facing Louis's cold words, the petite, dark figure leaped up. In mid-air, she combined Geppo and Soru, instantly disappearing. When she reappeared, she was already behind Louis, reaching a fair, slender hand toward his back.
The hand, with its pathologically pale skin, transformed in mid-air into a bleeding-hot branding stamp, pressing directly toward Louis's back. "How dare you release my slaves! In that case, you can pay the debt with yourself!"
"Stamp-Stamp: Enslavement!" a crazed girlish voice rang out, echoing in the ruined ship.
Hajrudin and Gerd's faces changed drastically. They subconsciously grabbed the iron chains and swung them straight at the blond girl, who was wearing a twisted smile in mid-air.
Just as the bleeding stamp was about to press onto Louis's back armor, the girl's face contorted in shock. In an instant, Louis had already turned around, his Seven Star Sword coated in a pale golden light. It swept out at a speed that seemed slow, but was in fact completely impossible to react to.
The girl's arm swung through empty air. She stumbled and landed on the bottom of the hold, an unshakable look of bewilderment on her face. The tall figure that should have been affected by her ability had, at some point, disappeared from his original spot.
SHING... CLICK.
Just then, the clear sound of a blade being sheathed came from behind her.
The next moment, the clothes on the girl's body split apart, and blood splattered more than ten meters, dyeing the steel railings red.
THUD...
Two bloody, severed parts of a torso fell onto the wooden planks, making a dull sound. Wisps of golden light rose from the corpse and merged into the wings on Louis's back. In the dumbfounded eyes of the several giants, the life force of the two severed pieces of the corpse drained away, and they gradually withered.
After doing all this, Louis turned his head and gave Hajrudin and the others a reassuring smile. "Let's go. Outside, there are two people you would never expect waiting for you!"
Louis's words brought the group back to their senses. They subconsciously asked, "What happened here? Why was the sea frozen over when we woke up from unconsciousness? And where did that monster of a Celestial Dragon go?"
To this, Louis pointed to the similarly frozen land in the distance and replied with a smile, "Go there. You'll know when you get there."
Hajrudin and the others followed the direction of Louis's finger. In the distant, pale land, two figures wielding giant weapons stood amidst smoke and dust. Every blow that landed was accompanied by an explosive roar. As the cold weapons were swung, angry roars could also be faintly heard.
"Is that... a giant?" Gerd's eyes widened, trying to get a clearer look at the massive figure in the distance.
A hint of confusion flashed in Hajrudin's eyes. He was very puzzled. With his status as a half-breed, the giant race shouldn't have dispatched troops to save him. But their kinsmen were in a fierce battle. As giants, they had no reason to sit back and watch.
After once again solemnly thanking Louis, they grabbed the steel chains that had originally been used to bind them, smashed their way out of the ship, and sprinted across the ice toward the distant battlefield.
When the giants had disappeared across the ice, Louis slowly walked out and looked thoughtfully in another direction. Within the range of his Observation Haki, he sensed an extremely powerful, near-pinnacle Haki rapidly approaching. This unbelievably strong person was second only to Garp among the enemies Louis had ever faced.
Soon, an aged figure with graying hair, dressed in a military uniform with a pair of black wing decorations on his back, appeared before Louis.
"..."
He looked at the figure standing with a sword and shield, clad in heavy armor, its wings slightly folded, and was momentarily dazed.
The next second, the original anger and sadness on his face instantly vanished, replaced by an indescribable greed and obsession.
"You are... 'Archangel' Louis, right?"
"I remember the feather patterns on your wings. There's no mistake! You're the Louis who fought Garp in the East Blue!"
"For the past few years, I've been following every clue about you." As he spoke, the old man's tone became abnormally excited, the greed in his eyes unshakable.
"???"
Louis was taken aback for a moment, then his expression gradually became strange. Where did this pervert come from?
"Come! Become part of my collection!" the old man roared, as if unable to restrain his impulse. The next moment, he took down his giant axe and long whip with both hands. After shattering the ice in a hundred-meter radius, he charged toward Louis.
Louis didn't hesitate. He once again drew his sword and swung it at this pervert-looking member of the God's Knights.
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