Austin wondered if Rocks had been a bad influence on him.
He had developed a habit of dealing with anyone he disliked...
By kicking them right in the face!!!
Inside the dim house, Austin used his height advantage to drive a kick straight into Saint Garling's face.
The immense force nearly produced a sonic boom, instantly twisting and caving in Garling's once well-proportioned features.
"Bang—"
A huge cloud of dust rose from the distant forest as the flying Garling crashed through countless trees, his face covered in blood.
He did not recover immediately, clearly because that kick had contained an exceptionally advanced technique for using Conqueror's Haki.
"I knew the Celestial Dragons would be scum, but I never expected them to be this much scum."
Feeling frustrated, Austin silently lit a cigarette.
"They're no different from the people of Wano Country in the way they do things."
A woman who deeply loved him had just borne him two children, only for him to turn around and stab her to death.
He had killed a mother who had just given birth to his children.
Perhaps because he was used to being around Rocks, Newgate, and the others, accustomed to their values of loyalty and righteousness...
The still-young Austin chose to strike hard whenever he saw something that disgusted him.
Garling rose to his feet with blood on his face. Drawing the sharp blade at his waist, his expression turned icy.
"Not bad. No wonder the Five Elders think so highly of you. Such terrifying brute strength..."
"Hm?"
An incomparably fierce slash shot straight toward Austin.
Wearing knightly armor, Garling displayed the strength worthy of the commander of the Knights of God, Haki coiling around his blade.
"Clang, clang, clang—"
Austin casually blocked the slash with Black Spear, wrapped in Haki.
Then,