Roy's fleet was disciplined and did not hinder or obstruct Victor's fleet in any way, but many people stared at them as if they were dead.
Only when they ventured deep into the heart of the enemy territory did Victor and his crew realize just how formidable their enemy was. Banners blotted out the sky and stretched across the mountains and plains. The forces they had previously fought were merely small units; the true core fleet was like a fortress, practically a mobile sea castle.
Each man standing at the bow of the ship was a fierce and valiant soldier, exuding an aura of iron and fire. They were clearly battle-hardened thugs. Surrounded by such a group, they felt like lambs in a pack of wolves, trembling with fear.
Victor wasn't quite that upset, but looking at Roy's fleet and men, and then at his own few small sailboats and subservient subordinates after the battle, he almost suffered internal injuries from anger.
He's a renowned Supernovas on the Grand Line, yet he looks like a beggar in front of Roy. It's so pathetic.
Victor was filled with envy and jealousy towards Roy. Not only did Roy have the super bounty he had always dreamed of, but he also had a powerful fleet and a capable subordinate. He looked at Roy with greedy eyes, thinking that today was definitely worth it and that today was destined to be a day of great harvest.
"Night Demon Victor?" On the most imposing main ship, a young man sat with his legs spread wide, and the voice came from his mouth.
"Hahaha, that's right, I am Night Demon Victor. If you're scared, hurry up and hand over your fleet." Victor looked arrogant, seemingly not taking Roy seriously at all.
Victor's men, however, were not as confident as he was, and they were trembling with fear. "Boss, are you sure you can handle this? The enemy's bounty is more than double yours."
Roy was speechless. If you're this awesome, why don't you call yourself a dragon prodigy? He even wondered if he was being too cautious in treating this kind of person so seriously.
"So you're the one who came to challenge me?" Roy asked, resting his chin on his hand and looking down at me.
"That's right, I'm here to challenge you... ptooey, ptooey, that's not a challenge, I'm here to... um..." Victor was momentarily speechless, but luckily his underlings gave him some advice, and he said with great joy, "That's right, I'm here to punish you."
"Mental disability plus adolescent delusions, late stage, beyond saving." Roy gave him a death sentence right away.
"Stop talking nonsense, come on, let me see why you have a 300 million bounty." Victor pulled out a long staff, revealing himself to be a rare opponent who wielded a staff.
"Alright, pirates should communicate like pirates. Let's fight first, provided you can survive."
Whoosh!
Roy's figure vanished like smoke, and the next moment he appeared where Victor was, cleaving him in two.
"Not dead? Looks like he's an ability user. Interesting, but that's all." Roy said indifferently. He had already made a preliminary judgment on the strength Victor had shown earlier, which was far inferior to Drake's. Such strength would be easy for him to kill.
Victor appeared unharmed on another ship, but his face was filled with terror. He even touched his waist, startled by Roy's ghostly speed. If it weren't for his special abilities, he would have been cut in half by now.
What followed was an endless rage; he had almost been killed. "Damn it, you bastard! In the darkness, I am invincible!"
Roy's expression shifted, and he shoved the longsword into the ground behind him.
"Ah! Damn it!" Blood was seeping from the dark night, as if Victor was hiding in the darkness preparing to launch a sneak attack.
"One entity attracts attention, while a phantom hides in the night, waiting for its chance to strike. That does sound a bit like Moria's ability," Roy said nonchalantly. After all, let alone resembling Moria's ability, even Moria himself might not be Roy's match here.
"How exactly did you find out?" Victor's face was grim. His trick of sleight of hand was always successful, and many enemies stronger than him had fallen victim to his underhanded schemes.
"Heh, it's no use talking to someone like you who doesn't understand Haki." With Roy Gundam's third-stage Observation Haki, this level of sneak attack is completely undetectable.
"Haki, what is that? Fine, since you've discovered me, I'll just crush you with my absolute power." As he spoke, about seven or eight void shadows merged into his body, causing his body to swell up a lot in a bizarre way, and even grow horns and bat wings, making him look like a monster. "Hehehe, now this is my complete form, feel the fear of the night."
"Dark Night Fear!"
A wail, seemingly from hell, struck Roy's mind, threatening to plunge him into boundless terror.
"Hehehe, under extreme fear, how much of your strength can you still unleash? In the boundless..." Before Victor could finish speaking, he was sent flying by a devastating slash, blood splattering and filling the air.
"What a boring trick!" As a master of mental arts, Roy was naturally not affected by such petty tricks. It might have some effect if it were a soul-shaking attack like that of Big Mom.
"If this is all you're capable of, you might as well think about how to die." Having just failed to find a doctor, Roy wasn't in a good mood. A good, satisfying battle might have helped him vent his frustration, but Victor's strength was completely inadequate.
"Aaaaaah! Die!" Victor brandished his long staff and attacked wildly. In truth, he was now somewhat terrified. He had used every trick in the book but hadn't managed to harm Roy even a hair on his head. This was completely illogical; Roy was the ruler of the night!
In reality, after Victor merged with the darkness, his strength more than doubled—not just in terms of power or speed, but in every aspect of his body. However, the gap between him and Roy was like heaven and earth. Even in the darkness, he was only slightly stronger than Drake, and was no match for Roy. In Roy's eyes, Victor's title of Supernovas was entirely due to the strangeness of his abilities.
Bang! Battle over!
Victor and his entire crew were all taken care of and thrown to the ground, trembling with fear, except for Victor, who was still holding on.
"I'm really curious right now. With your strength, how did you have the audacity to challenge me? Don't you really know what death means?" Roy asked with great curiosity.
"Even Doflamingo, Shichibukai, was defeated by the captain. Do you think you're stronger than the Shichibukai?" Jin also mocked from the side.
"Your Majesty, Shichibukai!" The group of people were a little tongue-tied. Having been on the Grand Line for some time, they naturally knew what this title represented, and they were even more aware of what it meant to defeat one of the Shichibukai.
In fact, even the usually stubborn Victor was devastated when he heard the news. As arrogant as he was, he did not believe that he would be Shichibukai.
He had witnessed firsthand the fate of a group of pirates who challenged the Crocodile the Sand, and ever since then, he had wisely avoided the territory of these monsters. After all, although he was arrogant, he was not stupid.
Seeing their expressions, it was Roy and the others who were surprised. "That's strange. The news of my battle with Doflamingo should have spread everywhere by now. Don't you know?"
Victor's face was flushed red, whether from shame or anger, it was hard to tell. One of his men couldn't hold back any longer. He looked at Victor and shouted in despair, "It's all this idiot's fault! After he heard about your 300 million bounty last time, he roasted and ate the News Coo in a fit of rage, and we haven't gotten any news from him since."
Well, okay, News Coo are amazing creatures. They'll put you on their blacklist if you don't pay them, let alone a horrific incident like Victor's.
Upon hearing this, Roy and the others looked at Victor with admiration. "That guy's awesome! He even killed the News Coo!" In fact, the newspaper to which the News Coo belonged was arguably the world's largest intelligence organization, almost comparable to CP0.
Roy even suspected that the organization was originally under the control of the World Government, and there was no doubt that the World Government and the Navy had the ability to exert pressure and intervene in the newspaper. Therefore, Roy always kept a Mind's Eye on this information.