Lambs to the Slaughter

Chapter 12: A Lamb to the Slaughter

The sound energy mass gathered in the sky, as Roy swung his arm downwards.

The expanding sound instantly struck Patches like a thunderclap.

A colossal sonic boom, carrying terrifying power akin to thunder, smashed down.

Before Patches could react to the sudden turn of events, the thunderous sonic wave directly struck the wings on his back.

Bang!

The wings, as hard as iron, met the thunder-like sonic wave at an altitude of ten thousand meters.

It had to be said that Patches had some strength, but compared to Roy, the difference was like heaven and earth.

The sonic lightning descending from the sky instantly blew off more than half of Patches' feathers.

But even so, as a Zoan-type Devil Fruit user, Patches could still fly in the sky.

Although his current appearance was utterly miserable, what Roy regretted was that the Sound Lightning he had accumulated did not immediately end Patches' life.

"As expected, it's still a little short?

But I have to say, Zoan-type Devil Fruit users are really tough!"

Roy spoke slowly as he looked at the charred Patches.

Boom!

An explosive shockwave instantly compressed and expanded in front of Roy's mouth.

When the invisible sound wave was compressed to its limit, as if particles were constantly colliding within it.

"Sonic Missile!"

A massive sonic energy was directly released forward from Roy's position. The powerful shockwave formed a transparent vacuum in the air.

As this attack instantly tore through the dark clouds and descended upon Patches.

Whoosh!

The incredibly penetrating sonic energy dealt another heavy blow to Patches before he could even react.

Patches, who had initially thought the previous lightning strike was a natural phenomenon, after suffering this attack.

Now, through the dark clouds, his eagle-like vision, aided by the scattered starlight, allowed him to spot a blurry figure within the dark clouds before him.

"How is this possible? This is ten thousand meters up in the sky!

How could such massive dark clouds be controlled by humans?"

No matter how muddled Patches' mind was at this moment.

The shockwave that had just pierced the dark clouds made him realize that everything he had encountered was not a natural disaster, but the result of human action.

Looking at the gathering dark clouds, which were almost larger than mountains, before him.

For some reason, after discovering that this disaster was man-made.

Patches felt no desire to resist.

The image of the dark cloud mass in front of Patches had changed dramatically compared to before.

If, in the previous moment, Patches had intended to fly into the dark clouds and vent his anger, Now, Patches only wanted to turn around and flee.

After all, anyone who could control such a large-scale dark cloud was definitely not someone he could contend with.

Thinking of the two attacks that had landed on him earlier.

For some reason, Patches actually thought of the battle between that flame brat and his former employer.

It was a similar scene of world-ending destruction. However, that flame brat controlled flames, while the figure in the dark clouds now was stirring up the entire sky.

A Logia-type Devil Fruit user.

This was the only thing that matched the current scene in Patches' mind.

Under the giant dark clouds.

Patches, transformed into a Black Eagle, appeared so tiny.

After confirming his thoughts, without any hesitation, Patches immediately flapped his tattered wings, which no longer had many feathers, and instantly fled towards the distant sea.

The unimaginably vast mass of dark clouds before him had made him understand the gap in strength between them.

Patches was not an idiot. For a pirate with a bounty of over 100 million Belly to get this far, apart from those born powerful idiots, who wasn't shrewd?

He admitted that his previous actions in the Krol Kingdom were due to being blinded by immense wealth and rapidly expanding power.

But now that everything he possessed was lost, and without the cover of the bustling prosperity before him, the cold reality had restored Patches to his former composure.

The figure in the dark clouds was definitely not someone he could fight.

After all, Logia-type Devil Fruits were considered top-tier among all Devil Fruits.

And the three strongest forces within the world's number one violent organization, the Marines, were all Logia-type Devil Fruit users.

Facing such a freak, Patches was very aware of his own strength.

His previous arrogance had now been thoroughly deflated.

Facing the unknown powerhouse behind him, Patches now only wanted to escape this sky as quickly as possible.

Even though all his subordinates had died at the hands of the unknown powerhouse behind him.

Patches didn't have the slightest thought of revenge right now.

This was the fear brought by the unknown.

Watching Patches decisively flee via the Echo Map.

"Oh, you want to run? But if you run, then what about my losses?"

Looking at the bald little bird flying away, turning its head.

"Meteor Noise!!"

The energy expanded by the sound particles in the air rushed towards Patches' fleeing back like a meteor.

And as Roy's thoughts moved, the dark clouds that had originally gathered into a tornado shape immediately dispersed.

Large swathes of mist directly enveloped all the sky that could be seen.

And wherever the mist touched, Roy was the master of this place.

Boom!

The meteorite-like noise once again landed concentratedly on Patches' back.

But as he continuously retreated and dodged, his flying ability allowed him to evade most of the damage time and time again.

Patches felt no happiness about this.

Looking at the sky shrouded in dark clouds all around, and the darkness where not a single star's light fell.

"Oh, it seems your reaction speed is quite fast!

But how will you dodge this move?"

"Sonic Laser!"

As the sound waves turned into a laser from Roy's mouth, it shot out in a straight line.

"Who are you? Why are you attacking us?"

Before his words even fell.

The concentrated beam of power pierced directly through Patches' chest.

The intense pain made Patches stiffen all over, and he began to fall uncontrollably.

The sky covered by dark clouds was Roy's domain.

Patches, who had lost most of his strength earlier to cover for his companions.

After he charged into the sky with all his might, from that moment on, he had already become a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.