"This is bad, Kuma! Someone ate the Azure Dragon Fruit!"
Not far from Beltz, two 'children' were approaching the center of the island.
These two children were not actually small. Although they looked like children, considering the abundance of five or six-meter-tall 'abnormal species' in One Piece, even in their childhood forms, their bodies were taller and more robust than normal adults.
The other child was also quite tall, especially his head—that head was simply too large.
These two people were none other than Bartholomew Kuma and Emporio Ivankov!
Their original goal was to take advantage of the chaos to eat the Devil Fruits, then use the powers of the Azure Dragon Fruit and the Paw Paw Fruit to escape the island.
But now, the Azure Dragon Fruit had clearly been eaten. It was unknown if the Paw Paw Fruit had been consumed as well, but after this incident, the Celestial Dragons would surely guard the remaining items closely!
If they went over now, it wouldn't be easy to make a move!
"It's a brat from the Buccaneer tribe!"
Suddenly, a greedy voice came from the distance. It seemed the Celestial Dragons, escorted by the Marine, had spotted the two of them while evacuating.
"Oh no, we've been spotted!"
Ivankov was instantly alarmed. He quickly pushed Kuma away and rolled to the other side himself!
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Just as he pushed Kuma away, the Celestial Dragon fired several shots, but clearly, none of them hit.
"Saint Fergus, we have no time to waste here! We must leave quickly; the pirates will be here any moment!"
The Marines tried to dissuade the Celestial Dragon, but he replied angrily:
"Shut up, you useless trash! Hurry up and catch them for me! They are special rank runaway rabbits! Each one is worth ten thousand points!"
"It's all because of your incompetence that the pirates broke in! If anything happens to me, you and your families will all face the death penalty!"
The Marines were instantly terrified; they had seen the brutality of the Celestial Dragons with their own eyes.
"Is that so? Then you should die here first."
But just as the Marines were about to move and help the Celestial Dragon capture Kuma and the others, a voice appeared from behind.
"What! You dare speak to me like that? I'll have your whole family killed!"
Hearing this, the Celestial Dragon turned around in a rage, wanting to see who was being so insolent!
"You are..."
Before he could finish his sentence, Beltz had already condensed a Reishi Sword.
As a Quincy, even though he was now manipulating Haki, he could still perform Quincy techniques.
The only problem was that there was no free-floating Haki in the air of One Piece, so he could only consume his own Haki.
Using Haki to create Reishi—no, it was a Haki Armament, a black longsword. With one swing, he sliced off the Celestial Dragon's hand that was holding the pistol!
"Aaaaaaaah!!!!!!"
Intense pain instantly jolted the Celestial Dragon's nerves. How could a Celestial Dragon, who had never been hit before, withstand such pain? He immediately screamed in agony!
"Marine! Marine! Come and protect me!"
"Saint Fergus!"
The Marines who were about to chase Kuma and the others saw this, and their eyes nearly popped out of their heads in terror!
It's over!
The Celestial Dragon they were protecting had actually had a hand cut off; they would certainly be executed!
"You bastard!"
The Marines looked at Beltz in rage, but Beltz instantly swung his sword, actually unleashing several wind blades!
The elemental control ability brought by the Azure Dragon Fruit allowed him to easily create wind blades sufficient to kill them. This squad of Marines immediately suffered slashing wounds, and blood sprayed from the gashes!
Clearly, they had no ability to compete with Beltz, who had already eaten the Azure Dragon Fruit. One by one, they fell to the ground and died!
"Ah!"
The Celestial Dragon, now missing an arm, was still howling in pain.
"After the pain, go ahead and die."
Beltz looked at the Celestial Dragon rolling in pain without a shred of pity in his eyes, and directly plunged the black longsword into the Celestial Dragon's chest!
Puchi.
Accompanied by the sound of the blade entering the body, blood flowed from Saint Fergus. He lay on the ground in agony, completely losing all signs of life.
Afterward, the black longsword in Beltz's hand slowly dissipated into the wind, and he walked toward the hidden Kuma and Ivankov.
"Don't be afraid, I have no ill will. I'm here to save you."
Beltz said to the two hidden figures, "I hope you can tell me the location of the others, and then I will take you all out in one go!"
At this moment, the situation in God Valley had become even more terrifying.
A large number of pirates had already rushed into the depths of the island.
Watching the changing situation from within the shadows, he left the Red-Haired brothers hidden inside for now and ran out himself to see what was happening.
As he ran, he was also permeating his Haki into the shadow to continue expanding the space.
Then he encountered Kuma and Ivankov here.
These two had originally wanted to snatch the Azure Dragon Fruit and the Paw Paw Fruit, but those fruits had already been intercepted by him.
The two of them heard Beltz's words, but for a moment, they weren't sure if what he said was true.
"Forget it, Kuma! He killed a Celestial Dragon, he's definitely not with the World Government!"
Ivankov simply jumped out and shouted, "No matter who he is, attacking a Celestial Dragon is a capital offense. The World Government won't let him off! So we're on the same side now!"
Hearing this, Kuma also walked out. Standing with Ivankov, he looked at Beltz and asked, "Mister, are you here to save us?"
"...I suppose so," Beltz said with a light sigh.
He had no personal connection to the people here, but he wasn't some cold-blooded monster. There were dead civilians all over the island; if he could save them, he might as well.
He remembered that in the original plot, Kuma saved a total of five hundred people, but without his ability, everyone might die here.
When killing the Marines and the Celestial Dragon, he felt no burden at all, but seeing that many of these civilians were even children, he could only come out and take a gamble.
There was definitely a chance!
After all, the pirates were rushing inward and fighting the Marines in the inner layers. If they led the civilians outward, they shouldn't encounter any powerful people blocking them.
As for the Marines surrounding the island outside, they were just a bunch of small fry.
"This is the only way, Kuma, or else we'll all die!"
Ivankov could only take a chance now; after all, if they didn't go with Beltz, staying behind meant certain death!
"Follow us!"
Ivankov and the others had a small group of several hundred people, currently hiding in a secluded spot where the battle between the pirates and Marines hadn't reached yet.
They had to leave while they still could!