"Then let's see if you can pull it off!"
Figarland Garling drew the saber at his waist and unleashed a massive slash at Dragon.
Bzzzz!!
A sharp explosive screech rang through the air, as if it had suddenly been torn apart.
A long, narrow gash appeared across the beach, like a freshly plowed field.
Dragon simply flickered aside and dodged the attack.
"Why?!"
Figarland Garling cried out in shock, utterly unable to believe his eyes.
He dodged it! He actually dodged it! A man who had made such a fearsome name for himself on the seas—how could he do this? How dared he...
Dragon glanced back at the enormous Flying Slash, then looked at Figarland Garling as though he were an idiot and sneered.
"My brother once said, if you can dodge a stupid attack like that, why take it head-on? Showing off how tough you are?"
"Do you know nothing of a man's romance?! You bastard with no heart of a warrior! Die!"
Feeling his entire worldview collapse under that mockery, Figarland Garling roared furiously at Dragon while continuously slashing with both hands. Countless enormous Flying Slashes shot toward Dragon, as if determined to cut him into pieces.
Unfortunately, for Dragon, who had already mastered his Devil Fruit ability, dodging them was ridiculously easy. His own speed was decent to begin with, and now he also had the Hurricane-Hurricane Fruit's boost.
Thus, Dragon strolled through the incoming slashes as if taking a leisurely walk, all while steadily closing in on Figarland Garling.
"A few years ago, I had people I cared about. Now, are you ready to bear my wrath?!"
Before he finished speaking, Dragon had already arrived before Figarland Garling.
Dragon's Claw!
Dragon curled his right hand into a claw and viciously grabbed at Figarland Garling's chest, intending