"Get up!"
The muscles in Edward Weevil's arms bulged like two basketballs. When he heaved with all his might, even Loa felt the strain.
If nothing else, Weevil's brute strength alone justified his record. Add a body tough enough to match it and formidable Armament Haki, and he was a force to be reckoned with.
Under Weevil's eager gaze, the Naginata inched upward beneath Loa's foot, exposing the lower half of its blade from the dirt. Weevil smiled like a child getting his toy back.
"Still an idiot, though," Loa said coldly. Seizing the opening, he gathered a vast amount of Magic Power in his right hand and drove his fist into Weevil's head.
Boom!
Ice exploded. The frost power within Frost Fist surged mercilessly into Weevil's head, freezing him in place. Loa pressed down again, stamping the Naginata back into the dirt. With it as his pivot, he swept out his other leg.
Boom!
Weevil spat out a mouthful of red ice chips as he flew through the air and crashed into the distant forest.
"You think you can get away, Charlotte Linlin?"
Loa swept a cold gaze across the spot where Charlotte Linlin had stood. She was gone. The moment Weevil attacked, she had taken her chance to flee.
"But you can't take your home with you. What a foolish move."
Charlotte Linlin was fast. In that brief span, she had vanished beyond the reach of Loa's Observation Haki. But through Enemy of All Life, which covered the entire island, her immense life energy blazed like the sun. Against the deathly aura filling the Castle, she was impossible to miss.
Just as Loa was about to give chase, a furious roar came from the forest. Edward Weevil leaped high into the air, mouth gaping and tongue lolling, then