Click, click, click!!!
The crisp, ringing taps of high heels struck the golden path, keeping a steady rhythm.
Baccarat wore a white blouse and a figure-hugging skirt, with black stockings beneath. Her long, wine-red waves fell loose around her shoulders, and gold-rimmed glasses framed her emerald-green eyes.
As she walked, her crescent-shaped golden earrings swung back and forth. Her neat, sharp uniform was still undeniably sexy, showing off her curvaceous, alluring figure to the fullest.
The path ran through the rear courtyard of the Golden God Temple and all the way to the mountains behind it.
Crack-crackle—
Rumble—
She passed one golden mountain after another. The view before her kept flickering between light and dark, while black-and-red lightning flashed through the air from time to time. An overwhelmingly domineering will filled the heavens and the earth.
Anyone with a weak will would pass out the moment they stepped into this territory.
In severe cases, they might even become an idiot.
Eight months ago, Baccarat would probably have gone weak in the knees upon coming here. At the very least, she wouldn't have been able to do what she did now: furrow her brow slightly, then continue deeper in with a sultry catwalk.
Her rhythm didn't falter in the slightest.
"Bonis!"
After walking a while, Baccarat spotted Bonis, drenched in sweat as he trained. Lately, he hadn't been accompanying Crocodile on his missionary trips. Instead, he'd been training in this territory of Conqueror's Haki.
"Huff..."
"BOSS is inside."
Bonis panted like an ox. Training in this territory of Conqueror's Haki took a tremendous toll and tested one's will. The deeper he went, the more terrifying the pressure became.
He had grown accustomed to Baccarat's visits.
After all, over the past eight months, whenever BOSS was on Sky Island, both the bodyguard