Celestial Dragons, Killing You Would Be Too Easy
Everyone present was stunned!
Strip someone naked and throw them into a vat full of venomous snakes?
Such a brutal method was completely beyond their imagination!
Even as Pirates, they couldn't bring themselves to use such inhuman methods.
The Celestial Dragons were dozens of times more brutal than they were!
And that wasn't all.
Saint Charlos scanned the crowd. "That one, that one, and that one too. Throw them in as well."
Saint Charlos pointed at five unlucky men kneeling on the ground, signaling for his subordinates to throw them in too.
The five men he had singled out looked utterly incredulous.
They had... never provoked a Celestial Dragon. Why were they being tortured?
But Celestial Dragons didn't care about any of that. They could only blame their bad luck.
That was what Celestial Dragons were like. That was what the world's nobles were like!
If they were chosen, they could only accept their bad luck. There was nothing else they could do.
Unless they had the strength to stand against a Marine Admiral. But how many people on this sea had the strength to stand against a Marine Admiral?
Soon, the Celestial Dragons' subordinates threw the men into the vat.
Immediately, screams of utter agony rang out from inside, like pigs being slaughtered!
Being bitten by more than a hundred venomous snakes with nowhere to escape-one could imagine how desperate those men were!
"Hahaha! Hahaha! This is so much fun, so much fun!"
Seeing the men's horrific state, Saint Charlos clapped his hands in praise, his face full of excitement.
The gloom over the theft of the Heavenly Tribute was swept away. Watching these Commoners suffer in agony lifted his spirits, and even his back stopped aching.
"Was he just venting?"
"How terrifying. Is this the god who rules the world?"
"Once they set their sights on you, all you can do is wait to die!"
The Celestial Dragons' methods had completely upended the Pirates' worldview!
When it came to lawlessness, Pirates were nothing compared to Celestial Dragons.
The torture continued for ten minutes. Once the men had completely stopped breathing, the Celestial Dragon gave his subordinates another order:
"Find me a mount among these people."
"Certainly, Saint Charlos. May I ask who you have your eye on?"
The Man in the Black Suit asked respectfully.
At that, Saint Charlos swept his pancake-like face over the Pirates kneeling along both sides of the street.
Just then, Saint Charlos suddenly noticed something seemed wrong.
Three meters away from him, someone was standing there. Since when?
How was that possible?
He was a Celestial Dragon, a world noble! Every Commoner who saw him had to kneel. How could anyone stand in front of him?
Even his own subordinates would never dare stand before him.
At that moment, the Pirates kneeling on both sides also seemed to notice something unusual.
At some point, a person had appeared in front of the Celestial Dragon, standing there stiffly, with a faint killing intent radiating from him!
Which reckless fool was that? Even if he wanted to die, this wasn't the way to do it!
Hadn't he seen the Celestial Dragon's punishment just now?
But most of the Pirates were secretly pleased. This was for the best. A scapegoat could draw the Celestial Dragon's attention, so they wouldn't be dragged off to serve as a mount.
"You bastard! You saw the great me and didn't kneel? You're asking for death!"
Saint Charlos quickly drew a Hunting Rifle encrusted with gold and jewels from his waist and aimed it at the figure before him.
Bang! Bang!
Saint Charlos fired twice in succession, but to his surprise, the figure before him didn't move an inch and wasn't injured.
"Oh?" Saint Charlos widened his eyes, looking like an imbecile.
Then he shrieked as if he'd discovered a treasure.
"I found one! I found one! The perfect slave for me! Even bullets can't kill him. I need a slave just like this!"
"Capture this Commoner at once and take him back to Mary Geoise!"
Saint Charlos danced around, convinced he'd found a treasure!
An invulnerable slave!
This was wonderful. Once he returned to Mary Geoise, he could test all kinds of torture on him.
But something about the atmosphere seemed off.
After Saint Charlos gave his order, for once, no one answered him.
"Hmm? You mongrels, didn't you hear the great me's order?"
Saint Charlos was furious!
He turned around, intending to give his personal attendant a hard slap.
But he soon froze on the spot-
At some point, the more than one hundred servants behind him had fallen to the ground, their eyes rolled back and unconscious!
"Damn it! Who did this? Which bastard did this?"
"How dare you attack the great me's slave? You're asking for death!"
With his intelligence, Saint Charlos clearly had no idea what Conqueror's Haki was.
"W-what's going on?"
"Conqueror's Haki?"
"Who did this? Is someone planning to attack a Celestial Dragon?"
The Pirates present had also noticed something unusual. Someone had actually attacked a Celestial Dragon. Were they tired of living?!
"Y-you... look at that face, that face."
Soon, a sharp-eyed Pirate noticed!
The person standing before Saint Charlos was none other than the Great Pirate who had made a name for himself over the past few days, with a bounty of over 500 million-
[Most Evil Criminal] Rono!
"[Most Evil Criminal] Rono! Did he do this?"
"He went after the Heavenly Tribute first, and now he's going after a Celestial Dragon?"
"Does that guy not know that attacking a Celestial Dragon will bring a Marine Admiral after him?"
"Are you stupid? Would someone at Rono's level be afraid of a Marine Admiral?"
"Exactly. A man who awakened Advanced Three-Color Haki at just seventeen couldn't possibly fear a Marine Admiral!"
"This is great! Our savior is here!"
The Pirates present were also shocked!
Rono!
A Great Pirate with a bounty of over 500 million!
The most prominent newcomer on the sea right now!
He had actually shown up here!
"Did you do this, you Commoner? You bastard!"
The Celestial Dragon clearly hadn't grasped his current predicament.
After all, he was used to living a life of luxury and comfort. He simply didn't believe anyone would dare attack him.
So Saint Charlos raised his Hunting Rifle and threatened Rono:
"Commoner, kneel before me, or I'll throw you into the snake vat too!"
"Beast! I've finally found you!"
Looking at the Celestial Dragon acting so arrogantly, Rono recalled that day.
Although the Celestial Dragon before him wasn't the one who had personally killed his parents that day, his arrogant, overbearing manner was exactly the same as the killer's!
All these beasts had to die!
Rono's eyes turned bloodshot, and his aura burst forth!
The air around them seemed ready to burst at any moment, while storm clouds flashed across the skies above Mock Town.
"Look! He changed the weather with nothing but his aura!"
"There's no doubt about it. This is Advanced Conqueror's Haki!"
This was the first time these Pirates had seen Advanced Conqueror's Haki!
Saint Charlos stared with wide eyes, unable to believe his ears.
"Beast? Are you talking about the great me?"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a bang!
Rono used Flash Step to appear before Saint Charlos and smashed the Hunting Rifle in his hands to pieces with a single punch!
"You Commoner, how dare you attack God!"
"I'll throw you into the snake vat! I'll torture you with the cruelest punishments!"
Saint Charlos hadn't expected anyone to actually dare attack him!
So he flew into a rage, cursing furiously, and didn't forget to threaten Rono!
The Pirates present were stunned too.
Were the Celestial Dragons all idiots?
How dare they throw their weight around in front of a Great Pirate with a 500-million bounty?
Did they really think the Marine Admiral was invincible?
"Shut up!"
Sure enough, Rono wasn't about to indulge him. He threw a straight punch right at his head!
There was a bang!
As the transparent glass barrier shattered, Saint Charlos went flying!
A closer look showed that his nose was covered in blood, his mouth had swollen up like a sausage, and his whole face looked as if it had been crushed by something heavy, his features completely distorted!
Fortunately, Saint Charlos hadn't passed out. He was still conscious.
That was because Rono had controlled his strength. Otherwise, killing the Celestial Dragon so easily would have been far too good for this beast.
Meanwhile, in the waters not far from Jaya Island, Whitebeard noticed the strange weather in the nearby sky!
"This feeling can't be wrong. Advanced Conqueror's Haki!"
Whitebeard's eyes lit up.
"Rono, I've finally found you!"