Devil Fruit Map

Chapter 2: Devil Fruit Map

The wind in the sky still howled fiercely.

Rain and gale-force winds suppressed the smoke from the explosion.

The next moment, the figure that emerged from the flames of the explosion caused Bambina to forget his pain and rub his eyes.

"How is this possible? What a joke, he's still alive after an explosion like that?"

Cold sweat trickled down his face as he swallowed hard.

It was clear that Roy's survival had left Bambina utterly shocked.

Roy patted the dust off his clothes and looked at Bambina, who stood before him with his mouth agape.

"Your explosion was quite something! If I hadn't used Armament Haki, anyone else would have fallen victim to you by now, wouldn't they?"

Roy's clothes and blade were completely unharmed.

He looked at Bambina, who was more than ten meters away.

Truth be told, Roy himself hadn't expected to encounter a pirate with the potential for awakened Observation Haki in the first half of the Grand Line.

With that previous strike, Roy had intended to kill Bambina in one blow.

An attack he was so sure of had been blocked due to Bambina's rudimentary Observation Haki.

"Damn it, who are you people?"

Bambina's eyes flickered with a barely perceptible hint of panic as Roy drew closer.

Roy's complete lack of injury made Bambina realize they had truly messed with the wrong person this time.

But everyone was out here for themselves, and in the Pirate World, Bambina knew the fate of losers.

Therefore, having already offended the other party, Bambina knew he had no choice but to fight with all his might for his future.

"Damn it, I don't care who you are! I'm the captain of the Giant Sword Pirates!"

He shouted, as if to bolster his own courage.

Ignoring the gash on his shoulder, Bambina bit his own wrist.

A large amount of blood was flung towards Roy.

"Soru!"

Roy's incredible speed turned him into a blur.

Boom, boom, boom!

Where the blood landed, another series of explosions erupted.

You chase, I flee; you stop, I slash; a cycle repeated, with Roy toying with Bambina like a cat.

Bambina, now pale from significant blood loss, felt a mix of rage and growing terror in his eyes.

Putting aside the fact that their speeds were on completely different levels, even if his attacks miraculously landed on Roy, the strange black armor could completely block the force of the explosions.

"Damn it, am I going to die here? No, I'm the captain of the Giant Sword Pirates! I can't die a pathetic death here. Standing at the pinnacle in the future is the life I'm meant to live."

His expression hardened, and he made a decision.

"Damn you, I'm going to blow you to kingdom come this time!"

He bit down again, opening an even larger gash on his already mangled wrist.

The wound, which had begun to congeal, now burst with another gush of blood.

As Bambina changed his tactics, attempting to close the distance and engage Roy in close combat.

"Oh, are you going all out? This is getting interesting!"

Roy's eyes narrowed, his long sword reflecting the fiery light.

"Then I'll start advancing as well."

"Reaper's Sound."

Invisible sound waves swept across the battlefield.

Bambina, who was charging forward, and everyone else around them, froze involuntarily.

Sweat poured uncontrollably from their pores.

Tap, tap, tap!

Roy's footsteps were not loud, but to everyone's ears at that moment, they sounded like the footsteps of death itself, making them feel as if they saw the Grim Reaper approaching.

The terrifying sound waves forced everyone to stop their attacks.

With the footsteps of the Reaper forming a rhythmic tap, tap, tap.

Some of the weaker pirates couldn't take it and fainted first.

"Damn it, why aren't my legs listening to me?"

Thump-thump!

The chattering sound of teeth, cold to the bone, betrayed Bambina's fear.

"Of course. This is a skill I've only learned after killing countless beings."

"Do you know? The sound of your body's fear is the music that will send you to your grave."

Shing!

A flash.

Roy closed the distance between them.

As soon as he finished speaking.

A fountain of bright red blood erupted from Bambina's chest.

Under the explosive pressure, the blood now resembled a crimson waterfall.

The moment the blood spurted out, Bambina felt like he saw his great-grandmother.

But at this moment, his mind was a mess of confusion and unwillingness.

He didn't understand why, after all his hard work becoming a captain and a Devil Fruit user, he would end up like this.

Reality shouldn't be like this.

He should have reached the pinnacle of life with his abilities.

But why was this world so cruel?

"Ah!"

A tragic scream came from beside him.

"Is that... Molco? I didn't expect you to be defeated too."

Thud!

Kneeling on the ground, Bambina turned his head with all his might to look at Roy.

"Why are you so powerful?"

Before he could even finish speaking.

Bang!

An invisible Sound Bullet sent him to meet the Pirate King.

"Speaking of which, didn't you hear the echo of the Reaper's footsteps just now? You wasted my time."

A pirate with a bounty over 100 million simply dropped dead in the mud.

"Lord Roy, it's finished."

Bruno emerged from the nearby forest, carrying the head of the Giant Sword Pirates' first mate.

The deaths of the captain and first mate struck fear into the hearts of the pirates for a week.

Without any surprise, the Giant Sword Pirates became history.

Because Roy and his crew left no survivors; anyone who provoked them would be split in half, even an earthworm.

In the ship's command room, Roy was maintaining his sword.

Shlick!

The wooden door opened.

Bruno, having finished inventorying all the Giant Sword Pirates' assets, began his report to Roy.

"Lord Roy, everything has been inventoried. The supplies we had plundered were not damaged at all. And the estimated value of the Giant Sword Pirates' assets and bounties is between three hundred and four hundred million Belly."

He looked up and extinguished the cigarette he was holding in the ashtray.

"Mm, Bruno, your statistics are excellent. The Giant Sword Pirates' assets will be distributed according to the usual rules. Also, I heard that half of the supplies plundered by the Giant Sword Pirates were burned in a fire just now?"

Looking at the large man reporting to him.

Roy narrowed his eyes slightly and asked his question.

Although the cabin was not as cold and damp as outside, Bruno's instincts as an Agent made him shiver.

"Yes, yes, I might have miscalculated earlier, Lord Roy.

You're right, these damn pirates, they actually burned down most of our supplies."

It was clear that Bruno understood his superior's personality.

Therefore, facing Roy's blatant embezzlement, even though Bruno was loyal to the World Government, he couldn't refuse Roy in the slightest.

After all, every time Roy went on a raid, they, his subordinates, would get a share of the spoils.

Therefore, Bruno naturally wouldn't object to such a decision from his superior.

Moreover, this superior in front of him not only had status and background.

And his strength, according to Bruno's estimation, was likely the strongest man in the entire CP9, second only to Lucci.

"Hmm, it's fine, Bruno. Everyone makes mistakes sometimes. Go down and recount this batch of supplies carefully. Remember, don't make any errors."

Taking a cigarette from the pack on the table, just as he was about to light it.

Roy suddenly looked up and said to Bruno, "Oh, right. I'll overlook Owl's mistake from the last mission this time. After all, you are all my beloved subordinates!"

Flick!

A match lit the cigarette in his hand.

Roy was very satisfied with Bruno's attitude.

"Yes, I understand. Thank you very much, Lord Roy. I'll be going now."

Bruno turned to leave, and just as he took a step, he suddenly seemed to remember something.

He took out a scroll from his embrace, "Lord Roy, this is a map I found from the Giant Sword Pirates. It seems to record the location of a Devil Fruit."