Roger

The announcement of this news immediately drew the attention of everyone across the sea.

"Surely this is a joke, right? A country where everyone can eat their fill as long as they work."

"It's obviously a scam. How could a country like that exist?"

"But rather than waiting here to die, we might as well go take a look. What if it's real?"

"Besides, it's not that far away!"

"That does make sense."

Conversations like this kept appearing among the common people. Although most of them were unwilling to believe it, a small portion still decided to head to Spring Island for a look.

Even this small portion was already countless times larger than the number of people who had come to Bell Island.

Lingling had been so busy these days that she could barely keep up. Every day, more people arrived in Many Countries, and she had to arrange work for everyone and issue identification cards.

She also had to assign rooms and deal with countless other matters. Lingling had even developed dark circles under her eyes from staying up late. Even so, she was extremely happy.

She was striving for her own dream. Even if she worked herself to death, Lingling would have no complaints.

At this point, it was not only Lingling and El who were busy. Even Milim, who had always been lazing around, was dragged into work.

Milim was currently sitting on a deck chair, gazing at the vast sea in the distance. Her task was to guard the harbor and stop pirates from invading.

These pirates had seen the name and accomplishments of Many Countries in the newspapers. Greed had taken root in their hearts, and they wanted to come to Many Countries and loot it.

As a result, pirates had been arriving constantly in recent days. Since Milim had nothing else to do, Lingling assigned her to protect the harbor!

Milim was wearing sunglasses and drinking juice, her legs crossed as she lounged around in perfect comfort.

In the distance, a pirate ship was rapidly approaching the harbor of Many Countries!

Strangely, however, the people at the harbor were completely unhurried. They continued carrying goods without paying any attention to the pirates' arrival.

"How many waves of pirates has this been?" a dockworker asked as he carried a load.

"Who knows? Pirates have been trying to attack Many Countries every day these past few days." Another worker sat on some cargo to rest and began chatting with the worker beside him.

"And what happened in the end? Weren't they all easily defeated by Lady Milim?"

"I heard that the move Lady Milim uses to fire a cannon of light is called Dragon Star Diffusion Burst."

"That's right. All those pirates are reduced to ashes by that move."

"Ha! More pirates who don't know when to quit." Milim took off her sunglasses and glanced toward the pirate ship.

Suddenly, Milim stared at the pirate ship in surprise. "I can't sense any hostility. And is that young Roger?"

"And it seems like he's saying something. Whatever, I couldn't hear him anyway." Her Dragon Ears automatically blocked out anything she did not want to hear.

Milim revealed an excited smile. From the moment she was born until now, she had never fought with all her strength.

Perhaps this time, she could experience the exhilaration of fighting at full power.

[Dragon Star Diffusion Burst]

A glow of magic instantly flickered in Milim's hand. A powerful mass of condensed magic split into countless beams and shot toward the pirate ship.

Roger stood aboard the pirate ship with a straw hat hanging around his neck. As he watched the attack in the distance, excitement showed in his eyes.

"What a willful little girl!" Roger's Voice of All Things told him that the other party had no killing intent.

"Rayleigh, protect the ship." After saying this, Roger leaped into the air. The famous sword Ace in his hand was instantly wrapped in Conqueror's Haki.

[Divine Repulsion]

A shock wave formed from Conqueror's Haki slammed into the mass of magic.

Fierce shock waves tore through the clouds overhead, while the sea shook violently beneath the attack.

"The harbor is under attack! Everyone, leave the harbor immediately!" El had appeared at the harbor at some point and immediately directed all the workers away.

"Big Sister, that guy's a powerful fighter. Can you handle him?"

"Leave him to me. No matter what kind of enemy he is, it doesn't matter, because I'm the strongest." Excitement shone in Milim's eyes.

Her wings spread behind her. Her entire body transformed into a scarlet meteor that unleashed successive sonic booms as she rapidly arrived in front of Roger.

Roger had struggled to block the mass of magic. In the next moment, his Observation Haki activated, and a fragment of the future appeared before his eyes.

Roger immediately adjusted his posture and fiercely slashed to the side. Although his famous blade was wrapped in Conqueror's Haki, Milim's fist, clad in Armament Haki, broke through the Conqueror's Haki and violently collided with Roger's blade.

Milim's tremendous strength made Roger grit his teeth.

You've got to be kidding me. Even a giant couldn't match this kind of strength.

Roger's blade and Milim's fist separated at the same time. But in the next instant, Milim showed no mercy and lashed a whip kick toward Roger's waist.

Roger raised his arm to block. His entire body crashed from the sky into the water like an arrow released from its bow, and the massive wave he created even swallowed the harbor of Many Countries.

Milim wore a delighted smile, but her hands did not stop moving. She raised both hands into the air, and a mass of magic countless times more powerful than the previous one formed at incredible speed.

[Dragon Star Flame Tyrant]

Caused by an explosion triggered by the proliferation of ultra-high-density magic, this move had been countless times more powerful than taking three thousand nuclear bombs head-on at Milim's peak in the original work from her previous life.

However, the current Milim was still worlds apart from the Milim in the original work, so the power of this move could not compare to the original Milim's version.

Even so, this move was still powerful enough to blast a small island into ruins.

A powerful pillar of light formed from magic followed Roger's falling figure and crashed into the sea. The entire ocean was pierced through in an instant.

"Roger!" Rayleigh and Gaban had no time to think about anything else. They immediately tried to jump into the sea and rescue their captain.

But in the next moment, Roger's figure sprang out of the sea and returned to his pirate ship.

He touched the enormous bloody gash beside his arm, smiled, then collapsed onto the deck and waved at Milim in the sky.

"Lady Milim, I surrender. I'm not fighting anymore."

"Oh!" Milim had only just become excited. Roger's aura had clearly not weakened, and she could sense that if he fought desperately, he could still battle her for quite a while, although the result would definitely be Roger's defeat.

But after hearing Roger announce his surrender, Milim stopped attacking anyway. Somewhat disappointed, she transformed into a scarlet meteor and landed on the deck of the pirate ship.

"You're the one who started the fight, and now you say you don't want to fight anymore. How could things be as convenient as you imagine?"

Roger lowered his head and chuckled twice. "We only wanted to have a look around this so-called Many Countries. We never intended to fight Lady Milim!"

"Besides, I already told you when I first saw you that we were only here to look around."

"Did you?" Milim lowered her head and thought about it, only to realize that she had not heard him at all.

"Forget it. It doesn't matter. As long as you don't cause trouble in Many Countries, I won't attack you again." As she spoke, Milim leaped into the air, transformed into a scarlet meteor, and vanished in the blink of an eye.