Blackbeard watched Shiryu leave, then slowly sat up, making no attempt to hide the hatred in his eyes.
"Damn it. Back at Thunder Island, I shouldn't have waited out at sea. I should have gone straight onto the island and killed Moria. Just wait. I'll kill every last one of you. I'm the king this world needs," Teach said viciously, his eyes filled with resentment.
In the forest elsewhere, Crocodile and Moria turned at the sound of footsteps. When they saw who had come, they couldn't help frowning.
"Oh? Dark King Rayleigh, what are you doing here?" Crocodile asked, his cigar between his teeth.
"Don't put it like that. What ill intentions could an old man like me have coming here? I just heard Blackbeard wanted to take Hancock's power and hurried over to help. I didn't expect the fighting here to be so brutal," Rayleigh explained with a smile.
Rayleigh then approached the robots and examined them carefully before asking Crocodile, "Did these robots launch that attack just now?"
Before Crocodile could answer, Moria declared proudly, "Of course! Our boss had scientists develop these. Pretty powerful, aren't they?"
"Heh heh heh. Very powerful," Rayleigh praised with a laugh.
While they were chatting, the other Seraphim also reached the island and appeared beside the immobilized S-Hawk.
"Hmph. Everyone here who could control us is dead now. I don't want to go back to the World Government and let those disgusting people control me. What about you?" S-Snake Princess asked the others.
S-Shark answered, "But the Five Elders still hold the highest authority over us. If they get near us, we'll still be controlled."
"Kishishishi! How about secretly trying to contact Liu Qing? I saw two people from the Badass Delivery Company here, with robots like Pacifistas following them. Maybe they