Time passed without them noticing. On the simulated Green Bit, in an area battered by wind and snow, Gray, Yamato, and King had already been fighting for an entire day.
Clang!
After Gray knocked King back once again, his opponent charged right back without so much as a scratch. Gray could only sigh in frustration.
"We can't keep this up. He'll wear us down!" After a full day of sustained bursts of power, Gray felt he had less than thirty percent of his stamina left.
"I need to find a way to make him imbue his attacks with his flames, then hit him with something nasty." To improve the plan's chances of success, Gray stopped using his burst mode and conserved his strength.
King immediately noticed Gray's attacks had weakened.
"Running out of stamina?" After blocking one of Yamato's attacks, King glanced at Gray. His breathing had grown labored, and King knew it wouldn't be long before he defeated them both.
"I'll wait a little longer and wear them down some more." Having made up his mind, King found it much easier to deal with their attacks.
"Click!" The moment the Seastone Handcuffs snapped around the man's wrists, his struggling body finally went still.
Without another glance at the man, Baby 5 quickly ordered everyone, "Hurry and put Seastone Handcuffs on King. We need to complete Gray-sama's mission."
"Right!" The Dwarves who hadn't eaten Devil Fruits grabbed the handcuffs and raced to the spot where King had first fallen, then cuffed him with Seastone.
Leo used his ability to quickly stitch King to the island's surface.
With that done, all the combat tasks Gray had assigned were complete.
The rest was up to Gray and the others. Everyone turned to look at Uta, who had been standing nearby.
"Uta,