"Stinky brat!"
Hedges was very angry at Alan's contempt. After all, he was a pirate with a bounty of 20 million!
This situation is simply unbearable.
But facing the invisible aura emanating from the naval officer in front of him.
As the user of the Inu Inu no Mi, Hedges can clearly smell danger.
Although the person in front of him was only seventeen or eighteen years old, he subconsciously felt that he should not attack Alan.
He closed his eyes, frowned, and revealed a self-proclaimed kind smile.
"Sir, we have no grudges in the recent past or any hatred in the past, so why do we have to fight to the death?"
Hedges spread his hands and slowly walked out to confront Alan.
"How about this, you pretend you didn't see us, and we split the spoils 50-50?"
Hedges thought he had offered the highest price and looked at Alan with a smile on his face.
Alan was also amused by the pirate in front of him.
"Hahaha, I have to say you are really adaptable."
Faced with Alan's ridicule, veins bulged on Hedges' forehead, but he still suppressed it, and the corners of his mouth twitched.
"Well, I am sincere."
When faced with such vicious pirates, Alan always suppresses them with thundering means.
Suddenly someone came to offer a bribe, and as the saying goes, don't hit a smiling person.
Sizzle... I really don't know where to start.
Although Alan is corrupt, he never extorts money from the people. How can common people have more money than the kingdom?
Although he is lustful, he never robs women by force. In this kind of thing, the main thing is that both parties are willing, right?
If Hedges is willing to offer a large sum of money and leave on his own initiative, Alan might let him go.
It is obvious that Hedges has chosen a path of no return.
If Hedges were allowed to burn, kill and loot in front of Alan, wouldn't that be a slap in Alan's face?
Who will provide annual funding for military expenses in West Blue in the future?
"Hound Hedges, standing before you is Captain Alan of the 104th Naval Branch!"
"Are you bribing an honest Marine?"
Alan no longer planned to argue with the group of pirates in front of him.
"Forget it. I'm too lazy to explain the truth to you. You don't deserve to hear it."
Alan walked slowly towards Hedges, the sea breeze blowing the cloak with the word "Justice" written on it.
Hanging from his waist was a seemingly ordinary katana, with a dark purple handle, an oval blade guard, and a brown scabbard.
Hedges was furious when he saw this.
"Damn it! Do you really think I'm easy to bully?"
"Oh…oh…"
man roared like a wild beast, and his upper body turned into that of a hound, just like a werewolf.
"Little brat, I'll make you regret this!"
Alan naturally knew the ability of the Animal-type Devil Fruit, and now he was in the form of the half-orc Hedges.
Animal-type devil fruits can significantly improve the user's physical fitness.
Anyway, the blood bar in Alan's eyes looks like this,
HP: 2878/3261 → 3878/4261
Constitution: 101.12 → 121.12
Strength: 110.86 → 130.86
Agility: 126.54 → 146.54
Looking at the half-orc form of Hedges in front of him, Alan couldn't help but narrow his eyes.
"It's been a while since I've met someone with special abilities!"
Alan pulled out the katana from his waist with his right hand, and a katana that couldn't be more ordinary appeared in front of everyone.
Seeing the ordinary weapon in the hands of the person in front of him, Hedges burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, I thought you were so awesome! A dignified naval captain is so poor that he uses such a shabby sword."
The pirate minions beside Hedges also laughed.
"If your navy is so poor, would you like me to give you some food?"
"Yes, yes, boy, kneel down and accept the charity."
"…"
It was obvious that Hedges had completely believed that the feeling of oppression just now was just an illusion.
There were many powerful swordsmen on the Grand Line, but now they were in the West Blue, and he didn't think that the young navy in front of him would have that kind of strength.
Alan ignored the ridicule of the pirates and looked at the sword in his hand.
"It seems they really don't know how powerful you are, 'Ryūjin Jakka'."
Yes, the seemingly ordinary katana in Alan's hand turned out to be the Zanpakutō 'Ryūjin Jakka'.
This was the reward he picked up for killing a pirate for the first time. Since then, he has never picked up a reward rarer than this. However, he has quite a few sword skills from other worlds.
Maybe it's the novice reward given by the golden finger.
Hedges' face was fierce, and he showed his claws and rushed towards Alan at an extremely fast speed.
"Prepare to die, boy! I will tear you in two."
Facing the attack from Hedges, Alan did not move, but began to regulate his breathing.
"The little boy must be scared silly!" Seeing Alan lying motionless, Hedges couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Could it be that he got the position of naval captain through connections? He didn't even react at all to my attack.
Just when Hedges thought he had succeeded.
At this moment, Alan exhaled a breath of fire from the corner of his mouth, and his eyes focused.
"Huh..., Flame Breathing!"
The 'Ryūjin Jakka' in his hand burst into flames, about to cover the blade.
At this time, Alan concentrated his strength on his lower body, exerted force with his feet, and entered a state of high-speed advancement with the instant burst of power.
The whole person disappeared from the spot in an instant.
Hedges was horrified to find that such a big man suddenly disappeared.
"…Where are the people?"
While Hedges was still searching for the enemy, he suddenly felt a hot breath appear.
Then, a flaming sword appeared in his pupils.
The air around was distorted by the heat of the flames.
A devilish whisper sounded in his ears.
"Flame Breathing, First Form: Unknowing Fire!"
At this moment, Hedges slowly looked at his chest. A long knife scar extended from his abdomen to his chest, and the scar looked as if it were being burned by flames.
He turned his head back with great difficulty and said with great difficulty and pain:
"You...you are...a person with special abilities!"
Alan turned his back to Hedges, and swung his sword in the air, making a sword flower. The flame attached to the blade slowly disappeared.
"...Go in peace."
The sword is sheathed.
Suddenly, countless flames spread out from the scar on Hedges' body, and the scorching flames devoured him mercilessly.
Hedges let out an unwilling scream.
"Ah...ah...help...help me."
2.5 seconds later, Hedges fell to the ground lifeless, his body charred.
There was silence at this moment.
Dozens of pirate minions nearby were filled with surprise, their chins dropping to the ground and their eyes looking like they were about to pop out.
Everything happened in an instant.
In the previous second, he was immersed in the joy of his captain's crushing victory, and in the next second, his captain was killed instantly, in just one move.
The huge gap is like riding a roller coaster.
They even suspected that they were dreaming, but the smoke coming out of the corpses in front of them and the smell of burnt barbecue made them face reality.
"The captain is dead!"
"...It's a knife..."
"Ah...Captain was killed in one blow!"
...
Alan didn't care about the pirates next to him at all, because he saw a golden ball of light on the head of the charred corpse.
Arriving at the location of the charred corpse, Alan stepped directly on his head, and the golden ball of light was directly sucked into the body.
A simple text flashed before my eyes.
"Pickup Reward: Demon Slayer Marks (from the Demon Slayer World)."
Seeing the reward he picked up, Alan whispered,
"Is this another Demon Slayer World skill?"
'Sun Breathing', 'Flame Breathing' and now 'Demon Slayer Marks', there are now three in total.
As for the origin of Sun Breathing, it was like a gift pack for newbies. As soon as I traveled through time, I discovered that this breathing method existed in my mind...
Although the combat power of Demon Slayer World is much lower than that of One Piece.
However, through the flame amplification of 'Ryūjin Jakka', the temperature of the flame burned by the Flame Breathing is greatly increased, which also greatly increases the upper limit of the breathing style swordsmanship in the world of pirates.
You can master the power of nature without eating a devil fruit.
Who wouldn't be moved?