The moment he said that,
the entire Roger Pirates crew froze.
They truly had not expected this monstrous young man before them to be so outrageously arrogant...
One man against the whole crew?
They had to know that the Roger Pirates, with Rayleigh and Gaban as their two King's First Mates, could go all out
and rival even the top combat power of the entire Marine Headquarters.
Was this young man so overconfident that he thought he could take on Marine Headquarters alone?
"What arrogance..."
Whoosh—
Rayleigh gripped his longsword tightly. Light glinted off his glasses, and a faint smile curled at his lips.
Hearing that, Gaban grew somewhat excited as well, holding his twin axes with a grin.
"Hey, you can't steal him from me!!!"
Seeing the whole ship ready for battle, Roger immediately grew anxious. Austin was his opponent!!!
But Gaban spoke up in rebuttal at that moment.
"Hey, Roger, that guy just provoked our entire Roger Pirates crew. This isn't just your business anymore!!!"
Facing an entire ship full of experts, especially three Emperor-level fighters capable of Conqueror's Haki infusion, it would have been a lie to say Austin felt relaxed.
But... he probably would not die, right...
"Interesting!!! This pressure, this feeling like I'm about to be killed!!!"
"Only by personally facing my former masters can I prove just how much stronger I've become over the years!!!"
Scarlet light burst from Austin's eyes. An excited smile spread across his face as his aura poured out without restraint.
"Try to kill me!!!"
Along with that declaration of war, Austin could clearly sense that his Conqueror's Haki, which had not changed for so long, was beginning to grow slightly.
This was spirit!!!
The greater the pressure, the stronger he became!!!
Austin was utterly obsessed with this feeling of