"Since that was the case, I could only take you down." King immediately transformed into his beast form. With a powerful flap of his wings, he blew away all the poisonous smoke. Then, his expression grim, he spoke to Queen the Plague.
"Shishishi-hahaha! Then let's tear each other apart!" Queen the Plague cast aside his usual timid, cowardly demeanor and charged forward with a grin.
"Damn it." Although King knew Queen the Plague must have fallen victim to someone's scheme, there was nothing he could do about it. He could only fight first and worry about the rest later.
Queen the Plague might not have been as strong as King, but he was far from weak. Especially now that he had gone completely mad, he had overcome his cowardice instead. His battle with King nearly destroyed half of Onigashima.
Fortunately, besides King, there were other Beasts Pirates as well. Working together, they spent more than half a day before finally subduing the crazed Queen the Plague.
King lightly wiped the blood from his forehead. One corner of his mask had been smashed through during the battle. But that was not his main concern right now. Queen the Plague's sudden madness had made him smell a conspiracy.
"Kaido left only moments ago, and Queen the Plague was immediately set up by someone. Damn it, was it Kozuki Oden's retainers? Or... that Joker?"
King had never met Joker himself. In Queen the Plague's words, Joker was practically some kind of demon or monster. But to King, who had always despised Queen the Plague's cowardice, that was nothing more than an excuse Queen the Plague used to cover up his own incompetence.
Not only King—even Kaido had been only half-convinced by Queen the Plague's words. If Kaido had not been seriously injured at