"Semla!"
Charlotte Linlin, who regarded Loki as food, clenched her fists and charged.
"Linlin!!"
Loki also didn't dodge or evade, striding towards Charlotte Linlin.
Charlotte Linlin had already been starving for seven days. The extreme state of Eating Disorder could absolutely not violate the conservation of mass and energy and persist forever.
He didn't believe it; could he not beat a future Yonko who wasn't full?
Boom!!!
The collision felt less like flesh and blood, and more like two pieces of tempered steel.
Their rounded fists simultaneously embedded into each other's cheeks, knocking their heads askew.
After a brief stalemate, they turned into blurring fist shadows.
There was no technique to speak of.
The wills of both.
Turned into the purest punches and kicks, parrying and striking at each other's bodies.
The exploding air blew the surroundings into disarray.
Wherever they passed, it was like a storm sweeping through; ancient trees that had grown for unknown years snapped and flew apart.
"Hiss~"
Jarul and Jorul looked at each other, both sucking in a breath of cold air.
Just simple, brute force, yet it already has such power?
They weren't surprised that Prince Loki, inheriting Harald's bloodline, had such powerful talent.
But Charlotte Linlin's parents were clearly 100% human!
Jarul suppressed the shock in his heart and drew the long sword on his back: "Jorul, can you still move?"
"No problem, it's just a fracture; it won't affect the battle." Jorul simply fixed his damaged right arm and wanted to join the fray: "Prince Loki, we're coming to help you."
Loki was startled. In the next instant, he was hit on the forehead by Linlin's heavy punch, followed by pain in his arm.
Charlotte Linlin had bitten onto his arm and was tearing at it; his flesh and skin were beginning to give way.
Loki backhandedly clawed at Charlotte Linlin's throat. After rescuing his right arm, he retreated a step and roared: "Don't interfere in my battle, and tell the others not to come close either! If anyone interferes with my plan again, I'll go crazy along with Linlin!"
These two old fogies made me suffer a loss before even joining.
If they really join, it'll surely become weight training for me.
In case the two of them get injured or even die because of this.
He would be forced to choose one between Charlotte Linlin and Elbaf.
Jorul and Jarul paused, understanding Loki's determination, and could only watch the battle with concern.
In the battlefield, Loki and Linlin had completely turned into beasts.
Heads, horns, hands, elbows, teeth... every part that could be used for offense left marks on the other's body.
This dense forest was like fragile building blocks, ravaged and destroyed by the two.
The increasingly huge commotion drew the giants from the distant village closer.
Seeing the situation clearly, Hajrudin was startled and subconsciously wanted to approach the battle: "Loki!"
If Loki gets hurt, Mom will be worried.
"Hajrudin, calm down. This is not a battle you can participate in." Raideen stopped Hajrudin, looking at the battlefield with some shock.
Just in terms of brute force, whether it was Prince Loki or Linlin, they probably both surpassed him.
With this strength alone, they could defeat enemies with bounties of tens of millions on the sea.
"Are we just going to watch like this? Master Raideen."
"Don't panic. Lord Jorul and Lord Jarul haven't acted, so naturally, they have their reasons." Raideen looked at the two elders: "What exactly happened? How can Linlin have such power, and why is Prince Loki fighting her?"
Giant Warrior Pirates member Bjorn was puzzled: "And your arm, Lord Jorul."
Sigurd was surprised: "I didn't expect Linlin to be able to fight Prince Loki. Truly unexpected."
The weakest ones, Kashi and Oimo, were even more shocked: "This power simply doesn't look like a child born of normal humans."
"They've surpassed me."
"..."
"Quiet, all of you." Jorul said in a deep voice: "Linlin was born with extraordinary talent. However, due to the Winter Solstice Festival, she was too hungry and lost her reason directly, going mad."
"Prince Loki was born extraordinary, with a bloodline more excellent than that of the Wine Village. He foresaw the impending tragedy and intended to shoulder it alone to solve this problem."
Jarul added: "However, due to our shortsightedness, Prince Loki's plan was ruined."
Jorul looked at Jarul with a complicated expression.
Jarul returned the look. How could I let you bear this alone?
Raideen suddenly realized: "So that's how it is. Prince Loki has the awareness of a King despite being born not long ago?"
Kashi scratched his head in confusion: "What does that mean?"
Oimo: "What does this have to do with being a King?"
Bjorn scolded: "Idiot, if Linlin went crazy in the village, how much damage would it cause? If Prince Loki hadn't done this, Road and Goldberg, who were born just a few days ago in the village, would probably have died directly!"
Sigurd raised his shield, tears streaming down his face: "That's right. Prince Loki was clearly born not long ago, yet he is willing to shoulder all this alone for everyone. What responsibility is this? He is fighting for everyone? How is this not a King? Boohoo, so touching. Bjorn, let's go together and help Prince Loki control Linlin."
"Calm down, everyone. Prince Loki doesn't want anyone to interfere in his battle!" Jorul stopped them.
"We will just wait here for Prince Loki's victory." Jarul echoed.
"Oh oh oh! What manly words!"
"Go Prince Loki!!"
"..."
"..." Hajrudin clenched his fists, but couldn't help feeling a bit discouraged inside.
Loki, you guy.
Even though you were just born.
Are you already thinking for Elbaf like Father?
In the battlefield.
"Damn, if I had known, I wouldn't have spoken so definitely."
Loki's gaze swept over the crowd, sighing in his heart.
He didn't need the two old fogies, Jorul and the other, whose bodies were in poor condition.
But Bjorn and Sigurd, these two men who could briefly block Marcus Mars' attack.
If they joined the battle, suppressing Linlin would be a piece of cake.
But now, Loki didn't have the face to ask for help halfway through, so he could only tough it out.
Bang!
Charlotte Linlin keenly sensed the moment Loki was distracted, punched into his inner defense, and landed accurately on Loki's chest.
"Pfft!"
Loki groaned, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth as he flew backwards like a cannonball.
"Semla!"
Charlotte Linlin's chest heaved like bellows sucking in large amounts of air, dragging her heavy steps towards Loki who hadn't landed yet.
"It hurts."
Loki climbed up from the ground, locking onto the approaching enemy, blood vessels appearing in his blood-red pupils.
Fighting until now, his body had been bitten and torn in many places by the opponent's teeth.
Only his horns and bones remained undamaged.
As a socialist giant baby, he had never experienced such pain in his more than twenty years of previous life.
"Without armor penetration, this meat tank Charlotte Linlin is really hard to beat."
Facing the charging Charlotte Linlin, Loki couldn't help but grit his teeth.
He was covered in cuts and bruises, while the opponent didn't have a single obvious injury.
If not for the fact that the opponent's strength and speed had weakened by several points compared to the beginning of the battle.
He would have started questioning life.