Beaten Up by Linlin, Roger, and Rayleigh All at Once!

Rayleigh was sent flying by a tremendous force. He flipped twice in midair, dissipated the impact with his wealth of experience, landed on both feet, staggered back several steps, and steadied himself.

Before he could say anything, however, the crazed Ortolan charged at him with Warhammer in hand, roaring furiously!

Just then, Shanks drew his saber and shouted, "First Mate, I'll help you!"

The moment he spoke, he charged straight at Ortolan with his blade raised!

"Don't!" Rayleigh cried out, trying to stop him, but he was already too late.

Having lost his reason, Ortolan did not pick a target and keep attacking it. Whoever happened to be within his attack range got hammered!

The instant Shanks approached, Ortolan let out a furious roar. His beastlike ferocity slammed straight into Shanks's face, and in the next moment, Shanks swung his saber to meet Ortolan's Warhammer.

After just one blow, that tyrannical, unreasonable brute force made Shanks unable to hold onto his saber. Blood burst from the web between his thumb and forefinger, and the hilt flew from his hand!

Then, with a bang, the Warhammer slammed directly into Shanks's arm. His small figure froze in utter bewilderment before being sent flying like a ball kicked with all one's strength.

Fortunately, at that critical moment, he used Armament Haki to block the hammerhead. Fortunately as well, Ortolan was in a frenzy and could not use any Haki at all.

Even so, Shanks's arm was bent at an unnatural angle after being sent flying. Clearly, it was broken—one blow had shattered his arm!

Jabba reacted quickly, reaching out and yanking the flying Shanks down from the air. "Brat, are you okay?"

Shanks was tough too. Though one of his arms was broken, he still gritted his teeth and said, "It's not a big problem!"

Meanwhile, after crippling Shanks with one hammer blow, Ortolan once again turned his gaze toward Rayleigh, who was closest to him. With a howl, he swung his heavy hammer and charged at Rayleigh.

A glint of murderous intent flashed through Rayleigh's eyes. The saber at his waist instantly left its sheath, and he became a sharp blade himself, streaking past Ortolan at a speed far beyond what Ortolan could react to!

Rayleigh had only been surprised by the unexpected blow earlier and Ortolan's monstrous strength. But when his blade passed through Ortolan's body this time, his expression changed with renewed surprise.

Because the feel was wrong!

The man before him looked utterly deranged. Not only did he attack without any pattern, wildly swinging his heavy hammer as if he had lost his mind, but he clearly was not using any Haki either!

Thus, Rayleigh had thought that this strike should seriously injure the madman, perhaps even kill him outright!

Yet when that slash struck his body, it felt as though Rayleigh had cut into steel or some hard stone!

Though his sharp attack had still broken through his defenses, the result was far from what Rayleigh had expected!

Steel Bones and Iron Muscles! Even in his frenzy, Ortolan's physical body remained exceptionally powerful and overbearing!

A wound from a sharp weapon now ran from Ortolan's waist and abdomen up to his upper left chest. It was neither light nor especially severe, but with flesh turned outward, the ribs exposed to the air could still be seen!

Yet Ortolan seemed to have lost all sense of pain. Rather than bringing him down, the wound only made him more violent, more furious. Even the crimson glow in his eyes seemed to grow richer!

Driven by beastly instinct, Ortolan suddenly turned around and brought Warhammer crashing down from above toward Rayleigh's head.

Rayleigh naturally would not lose focus over something as trivial as an odd sensation. The instant Ortolan attacked, he was already prepared to counter.

But at that very moment, someone was faster than him—Roger!

Roger had also crossed the small hill, ending up in a straight line with Rayleigh and Ortolan. He clearly had no intention of fighting Charlotte Linlin and was focused solely on getting away!

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Thus, the instant he crested the hill and saw Ortolan, Ace in his hand slashed out at once!

"Stop wasting time, get moving!" Roger shouted as he swung his blade.

As his words fell, the slash struck Ortolan directly on the shoulder. The powerful force and sharp cutting edge tore through the flesh on Ortolan's shoulder and bit into bone, sending Ortolan crashing to the ground as though he could no longer withstand the force!

At the same time, the slope behind them exploded. Jabba burst out through flying rocks, splintered wood, and dust, Shanks tucked under one arm and the screaming Buggy dragged along with the other hand. "What are you doing? She's coming!"

No one had time to answer. Charlotte Linlin came charging out of the smoke, Napoleon in hand wreathed in flames, her eyes brimming with murderous fury!

Almost instantly, Rayleigh made his decision. "You go first. I'll hold her off!"

They still did not know the situation with the Poneglyph, so Roger, their "radar," could not stop here. Jabba was also burdened with two deadweights and definitely could not hold off Charlotte Linlin. That left only Rayleigh!

That was fine too. As long as he could keep Charlotte Linlin occupied here, Roger and the others could move more quickly.

That was right. In the eyes of Roger, Rayleigh, Jabba, and the others, Charlotte Linlin was the only opponent in the entire Big Mom Pirates worthy of serious attention. The rest were not fit to be mentioned in the same breath as them!

The moment Rayleigh spoke, Roger and Jabba did not hesitate. They were comrades who could entrust their lives to one another, and their understanding was flawless. In the blink of an eye, they understood what Rayleigh meant.

So Roger and Jabba immediately prepared to make their escape.

But just as Roger lifted his foot to move, he suddenly felt someone grab his ankle. Looking down, he saw the burly man he had just slashed to the ground struggling back to his feet, one hand gripping Roger's ankle with tremendous strength!

This made Roger a step slower than Jabba. Because of that, Charlotte Linlin caught up, Napoleon blazing with violent, scorching flames as she slashed straight at Roger's face!

Roger raised Ace with his backhand and blocked Charlotte Linlin's fierce strike. At the same time, an incomparably powerful aura erupted from his body!

Conqueror's Haki!!!

However, this Conqueror's Haki was not aimed at Charlotte Linlin, but at Ortolan beneath his feet.

In that brief struggle, Roger had already felt the terrifying strength in Ortolan's hand. He could not break free from the restraint in time through brute force alone, so without another word, Roger prepared to use Conqueror's Haki to stun Ortolan, then escape!

In the blink of an eye, that terrifyingly powerful Conqueror's Haki surged into Ortolan's mind.

Thanks to that Conqueror's Haki, pain flashed through the eyes of Ortolan, who had been mindless and crazed from the beginning until now. The dense crimson glow in his eyes seemed to dim considerably, and the force of his grip loosened, allowing Roger to break free. Using the force of Charlotte Linlin's slash, he flipped backward dozens of meters, landed, and fled without looking back.

Charlotte Linlin wanted to pursue him, but Rayleigh had already taken over the fight, blocking her path and engaging her in battle.

A momentary blast of Conqueror's Haki alone could not have restored Ortolan's senses, but in the instant he was stunned by it, the injuries all over his body sent back feedback in the form of searing pain, nearly making his head explode.

Thanks to that, clarity briefly returned to his eyes.

Feeling the ever-present agony throughout his body, along with the echoes of memories from his earlier madness, Ortolan was completely dumbfounded. Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing!?

This wasn't how it was supposed to go!

Could someone tell me why Charlotte Linlin, Rayleigh, and Roger were all beating the hell out of me together?

Was this world a little too violent?