Dimon: A Mere Fatal Wound!

Roger was under forty at this time, in the prime of his fighting strength.

Dimon readily agreed to his spar invitation.

"Let's head to the north side of the island. If we fight here, we'll break someone's tavern."

"Naturally. I don't want Shakky yelling at me!"

Roger followed behind Dimon. The two left the tavern one after the other, leaving the dozen or so members of the Roger Pirates looking at each other in confusion.

One fish-man, holding a trident, scratched his head. "Did something go wrong? Why would the boss want to fight Rocks' newcomer?"

Another man, with a cigar in his mouth, couldn't help but laugh. "Fighting over a girl? Seriously, that's too embarrassing."

They used to compete with Rocks, and now they were competing with a newcomer. They didn't know what to say.

Jabba chuckled. "It's not just that. He's a super newcomer whose first bounty was 500 million Berries. He's just itching for a fight. Let's go, we'll go watch too."

As the number three man in the pirate crew, everyone listened to him.

Immediately, a large group of them left.

The pirates gathered outside the tavern quickly got the news and were all very shocked.

"Lord Dimon is going to fight Roger?"

"He can't win, can he? That's Roger! The man who fought Rocks to a draw!"

"Nonsense, of course Lord Rocks is stronger! Every time Roger landed on this island, wasn't he driven away by Lord Rocks?"

"So why are they fighting? To compete for Shakky-chan?"

"Damn it, Miss Shakky is the treasure of Hachinosu Island!"

Meanwhile.

Skull Grand Hotel.

Gloriosa lay on a soft single sofa, flipping through the latest newspaper.

She reached out, picked up a pastry from the small table beside her, and chewed it gently.

Just then, with a bang, Charlotte Linlin pushed the door open and entered.

"I have good news for you, Gloriosa. The Roger Pirates are here again."

"Huh?" Gloriosa immediately put down her newspaper, her eyes full of surprise. "Roger is here too?"

"Yes, it seems he's going to fight Dimon," Charlotte Linlin nodded. "I just got the news too."

Everyone in the Rocks Pirates knew that Gloriosa had a crush on Roger.

Unfortunately, Roger had his heart set on someone else.

After a brief moment of happiness, Gloriosa's expression gradually turned strange.

"What's wrong?" Charlotte Linlin said in surprise. "Whenever Roger came here before, you were always the first to get excited and go meet him."

"Yeah, it's so strange today..."

Gloriosa touched her chest. "My heart rate is normal, not speeding up at all. It's as if, all of a sudden, I'm not interested in that man anymore..."

She was a bit confused herself.

She used to like Roger very much, but this time, for some reason, it was as if she had just heard ordinary news, and her mood didn't fluctuate much.

Except for that first instant.

Charlotte Linlin's eyes were strange as she mockingly teased, "What happened to the 'love' you always talked about? Hahaha, it really is an unreliable thing!"

Gloriosa said angrily, "I have nothing to say to you, you slut! Giving birth is like popcorn!"

"I'm happy to do it, what's it to you?"

Charlotte Linlin was unashamed and put her hands on her hips. "Fine, if you're not going, I'll go watch the excitement myself."

With that, she turned and left.

"How strange..." Gloriosa touched her cheek. "Could it be that my lovesickness is cured?"

After thinking for a moment, she put down the newspaper and got up to follow.

"Wait for me, Linlin! So why are they fighting? Are they fighting over me? I really am a woman of deep sin~"

Hachinosu Island, North Shore.

This area was sparsely populated, suitable for fighting.

Dimon stood on the shore, gazing at Roger not far away, and smiled, "Please."

Roger drew the sword at his waist, one of the twelve Supreme Grade Swords, named "Ace."

"You're not using a weapon?"

"I don't know any swordsmanship."

"Is that so? Then here I come, Rocks' newcomer!"

Roger excitedly charged at Dimon, with no intention of holding back at all.

There were quite a few spectators around, and the entire Roger Pirates crew was present.

At this moment, seeing Dimon intend to meet the captain's attack bare-handed, they were all astonished.

"Is he skilled in hand-to-hand combat like Garp?"

The answer was soon apparent.

As Roger closed in, he swept his sword horizontally.

"Kami-uchi!"

The sword energy was like a rainbow.

Facing the terrifying sword energy, Dimon clenched his fists, wrapping them in Armament Haki to block in front of him. However, Roger's blade seemed to cut through tofu, instantly severing his two hands.

Blood splattered in an instant.

The sword energy unleashed by this strike even tore through Dimon's upper body.

"Huh?"

Roger paused for a moment, clearly sensing the opponent's Haki, and was surprised that his slash hadn't been blocked.

"Hey, Roger!" Jabba shouted from a distance, "What are you doing? He's one of Rocks' newcomers. Killing him will cause trouble."

Roger turned around and said helplessly, "How was I supposed to know he was so fragile? If I had known..."

Before he could finish, he saw Jabba and the others' expressions change drastically.

"Boss, behind you!"

Someone shouted a warning.

Roger's gaze sharpened, his top-tier Observation Haki glimpsing a few seconds into the future.

In the scene he foresaw, he was sent flying by a punch.

And the person who threw that punch was none other than Dimon, who should have been dead!

"What?"

Roger spun around abruptly, raising his blade to block.

At that instant, a fist turned pitch black and slammed forcefully against his blade.

Caught off guard, Roger was knocked back dozens of meters by the punch, his feet dragging two long trails in the sand.

He looked up, staring intently at Dimon, his face full of shock. "You're not dead... No, you're okay?"

"What could happen to me? It's just a fatal wound."

Dimon flexed his wrists and chuckled. "Your attack was so fast that I didn't even have time to feel the pain."

Roger adopted a serious expression. "A Devil Fruit user?"

It wasn't a Logia. His slash was imbued with Armament Haki, which would have killed a Logia.

"But you were able to react just now, did you foresee the future?"

Hearing this, Roger grinned. "Yes, it seems my 500 million bounty is justified. I'm going to get serious now, Dimon!"

Dimon focused his mind, his Observation Haki locking onto Roger.

However, it was only for an instant.

Roger crossed the dozens of meters in a flash, his explosive speed akin to teleportation. As he instantly closed the distance to Dimon, he swept out with Ace, held in his right hand, imbued with Conqueror's Haki.

A black and red crescent-shaped slash!

This time, Dimon was prepared. He pushed his Armament Haki to its absolute limit, concentrating it entirely on the point of impact.

The next moment, Dimon was sent flying by a single blow, soaring backward and directly off the island.

The sea surface was torn apart by his high-speed retreat, with huge waves rising on either side.

"His speed is fast, and his attack power is strong. This guy is just a King-level mob..."

Dimon spat out a mouthful of blood, which quickly flowed back in as he continued to fly backward.

With his current strength, he was no match for a King-level fighter; he was almost instantly defeated.

On the shore.

The Roger Pirates crew couldn't help but shake their heads.

"He's no match for the captain, as expected."

"What nonsense are you spouting? Of course, he's no match for the captain."

"No... wait!"

Jabba frowned, his gaze fixed on the retreating Dimon.

Suddenly, BOOM!

A dark, wispy power erupted, like a skyward black flame rising from the distant sea.

"What is that?" Roger's expression turned astonished, and then his Observation Haki foresaw the future, his face suddenly changing.

He suddenly looked up at the sky above his head.

In an instant, a black shadow flashed, and a figure stood in the air, a pair of black wings blocking the sunlight, casting a shadow.

Dimon's expression was calm: "It can't be helped, I can't fight you in my human form at all."

As soon as he finished speaking, a beam of black light descended from the sky.

Roger immediately raised his blade to block.

BOOM!!!

A fist imbued with demonic power struck Ace, and in an instant, the sandy ground beneath Roger cracked, collapsing into a giant pit within a hundred-meter radius.

"What is this? A Mythical Zoan!?" Roger exclaimed in shock.

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