The Holy Knights

Amidst the tense and exciting sounds of shelling, deck commander Milat noticed his presence and looked deeply puzzled:

"Hey, you little brat... dog, dog head?"

"It's a wolf's head, you bastard! Do you want to die?"

Lycaon bared his teeth; he hated being called a dog's head. He was clearly a majestic wolf; these humans were so rude.

"The Mink Tribe?" Milat was taken aback. Where were the Mink Tribe on this ship? "Who are you? What are you doing on our ship?"

Why do you care so much? I came over because the food in your ship's mess hall smelled really good.

Lycaon licked his nose; there were still crumbs of food at the corners of his mouth.

Milat said proudly, "Of course, all the crew members of our Gourmet Pirates are gourmets. When it comes to food and cooking, we've never been inferior to anyone."

He paused, then, as if remembering something, added, "The captain idolized the former 'Cook Pirates,' but unfortunately, his idol is dead."

Even amidst the tense and exciting naval battle, Milat still had the leisure to chat with strangers.

"You're from another pirate crew, aren't you? You didn't even give us a heads-up; it could cause a misunderstanding!"

Their combined pirate fleet consisted of twenty-three pirate crews.

It's called a coalition, but in reality, everyone is equal and fighting their own battles. It's a short-term alliance for the sake of the "Heavenly Tribute," and whoever grabs it in the end gets to keep it.

There's not much trust among pirates anyway; they might even end up fighting over the loot.

However, that's something to consider after the fight is over; at least for now, Milat hasn't chosen to take action against Lycaon.

"Get back to your ship, you kobold."

"I already said, it's a wolf!"

Lycaon was truly enraged; he vanished in a flash.

Milat was completely astonished; he hadn't even seen what the other person was doing.

The next instant, a werewolf's hand gripped his face, and with a thud, slammed him hard onto the deck.

"Deckmaster Milat!"

The remaining pirates on deck were startled, only then noticing the unusual sight at the bow of the ship.

Lycaon brought his mouth closer, revealing his sharp teeth.

"You want to die, don't you, human! I told you, you're a wolf!"

"Who... who are you?!"

Milat was shocked. It was too fast; he couldn't even see the guy's movements. He couldn't be unaware that their combined fleet had such a master.

Just then, the sound of footsteps came from inside the cabin, and a woman in a white dress opened the door and came out.

"Don't forget your master's orders, Lycaon."

"What are the master's orders?"

Lycaon subdued the deck commander of the Gourmet Pirates with one hand, a deep look of doubt flashing in his eyes.

A voice suddenly rang out:

"You two are in charge of leading the charge. First, confirm if this is a trap, and then locate the Devil Fruit."

Ain was exasperated by Lycaon's poor memory; all the guy cared about was eating, even though he was clearly a demon.

"Who... who are you people? You're definitely not pirates from the fleet!" Milat glanced at the woman emerging from the cabin out of the corner of his eye and roared, "What did you do to the people in the cabin?"

"It's nothing, just put them to sleep. Maybe they're having a sweet dream."

Bethany blew a breath, and a pleasant fragrance enveloped the entire deck. The pirates who inhaled it immediately fell into a hallucination, their eyes lifeless and their faces blank.

The same applies to deckmaster Milat.

In the first half of the Sea of Paradise, pirates who could master Haki were extremely rare, obviously not including those present.

Lycaon reluctantly got up and walked to the side of the ship to look at the battle situation on the sea.

More than twenty pirate ships roared their cannons, filling the air with smoke, as cannonballs rained down on a female marine who was charging across the sea.

"They can't hit anything at all. Can't they aim properly? Or is their accuracy just that bad?" Lycaon felt saddened by the artillerymen's inaccuracy.

"That female navy woman... seems very strong."

Bethany's gaze narrowed slightly. Momousagi simply swung her sword, and the invisible sword energy sliced through a barrage of incoming cannonballs.

Most of the cannonballs fired by the pirates landed in the sea, doing nothing except creating splashes.

Just half a minute later, Momousagi had crossed the sea and arrived, stormed into the pirate fleet, boarded a ship, and began a merciless massacre.

In the blink of an eye, a pirate ship was cut in half, and the pirates on board sank into the sea with the ship amidst screams.

Momousagi, however, had no time to appreciate her masterpiece. She drew her sword and charged at the nearest ship, her expression remaining unchanged throughout, as if she were used to such intense battles.

"Lycaon, you go and hold her off. I'll go check out the Heavenly Tribute Transport Ship."

"Hey, leave it to me."

Lycaon responded, bent his knees slightly, and suddenly leaped up.

The pirate ship beneath his feet trembled, and he leaped up like a cannonball, straddling more than a dozen pirate ships, and landed in front of Momousagi in a single bound.

On the deck, Momousagi cleaved the mast of the pirate ship in front of her with a single sword strike, and was about to sink the entire ship when she suddenly stopped.

The next moment, a figure descended from the sky.

"The Mink Tribe?" Momousagi's Big Eye, unable to hide her surprise. "The Mink Tribe is rarely seen in the first half of the Grand Line. Who are you?"

"It's not a dog, it's a wolf!"

Lycaon grimaced, instantly enraged. "The Seven Deadly Sins, Lycaon, remember this, you wretched woman!"

He let out a howling sound, and his body began to swell, rising from more than two meters to over eight meters.

At the same time, wisps of black energy emanated from the hair on his body, forming a jet-black Flame Clouds Flame Clouds passed through his armpits like a smooth ribbon.

"Awakening Form!"

The moment it Awakening, Lycaon charged forward, slapping Momousagi head-on with a claw, its claws wreathed in Armament Haki.

Momousagi's eyes flashed with surprise. Awakening Zoan user? The Seven Deadly Sins are really troublesome. Are all of them this strong?

She remained calm, raising her knife to block the claw attack, and spoke with a solemn expression:

"The Seven Deadly Sins! Are you behind this pirate fleet?"

What are they babbling about? How could these rookie pirates be related to the Seven Deadly Sins...?

Lycaon had no interest in wasting words with the other party. In his Awakening form, all he wanted was to enjoy the battle; he didn't care about anything else.

"Rankyaku!"

A high-kick technique that tears through the air, creating a vacuum-like slash.

Given Lycaon's current physique, the Rankyaku he unleashed was incredibly powerful, instantly sending Momousagi flying and crashing into three pirate ships, shattering them.

The scene quickly became increasingly chaotic.

Above the battlefield, at an altitude of 5,000 meters, the Wave-Breaking Warrior hovered silently.

Inside the captain's cabin, Dimon spyed on the battlefield situation through Ain's [Listening to All Things] device.

"Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral, Admiral Candidate, Momousagi Gion."

"When did they start sending Admiral Candidate to transport the Heavenly Tribute? That doesn't make sense."

There are only three Marine Admiral, and even fewer Admiral Candidates, only two.

Momousagi Gion is one of them.

The so-called Admiral Candidate refers to a person whose strength and qualifications have met the requirements and who is qualified to serve as Marine Admiral, but who still holds the rank of Vice Admiral because there is no vacancy at the moment.

Simply put, they are the reserve officers for the Admirals. In terms of combat strength, they are naturally not as good as the current Three Admirals, such as Kizaru, but they are much stronger than the average Headquarters Vice Admiral.

The Vice Admiral here does not include Garp, who is an exception to this discussion.

High-level combatants like Momousagi were dispatched to carry out the mission of transporting Heavenly Tribute, and the Marine Headquarters seemed unaware of this.

"It really was a trap, wasn't it?"

Author's Note on Launch

Good morning, noon, and evening, dear readers.

This book will be available for purchase on August 23, 2026 at midnight. There will be a surge in updates upon release.

I originally planned to update 10 chapters at once, but my computer broke down the day before yesterday, which meant I couldn't write for two days. So I'll save some drafts and maybe post six or seven chapters in the end.

As for the update schedule, except for the day it goes on sale, it will still be 8 AM every day, with at least 3 updates. If there are 1000 subscribers, then I will try to update with 10,000 words every day.

Finally, let me answer some questions from our readers.

Why doesn't the protagonist mention his own name?

The protagonist's name is Dimon, which isn't his name before he transmigrated. Of course, the protagonist is physically inhabiting the body, not his soul. Actually, you can tell what it means just by looking at the name; you'll understand once you read it. In short, he can't tell anyone his name is Dimon right now.

Regarding the character Samael.

This character will have his own ideas when carrying out a mission, but I won't write that this character disobeys orders or forgets the mission. He is just acting freely within the scope of the mission. I think if the Flame-Flame Fruit were to become a human, he would probably have this kind of personality, always acting like he's the boss and I'm second.

What else? Let me think... Oh yeah, I saw some criticisms of the writing style.

Actually, if I were to seriously refine my writing, I could write something nicer, but it would be too time-consuming. I don't have much time to write, so please bear with the writing style (at least it proves I'm not AI; AI's writing is much better than mine, haha).

Finally, I can't remember when I last wrote a post before. I've written One Piece fanfiction before. The first time I watched One Piece was when the TV series was updated to the point where Empress appeared. One Piece was really good back then. I watched it four or five times in my spare time. Unfortunately, after the New World, Oda probably got older and it lost some of the original flavor of One Piece. It's also become more and more difficult to write fanfiction.

Just a quick rant, but One Piece is still a great manga.

In short, this book is finally going to be available for purchase. I would like to thank my editor Qinghu, for telling me a lot of things to pay attention to, as this is my first time writing on Qidian. I would also like to thank the readers who have voted for me all this time, as well as the two readers who have been diligently checking in every day for every chapter. Thank you for your encouragement.

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Chapter 95 The Holy Knights (Seeking first subscription)

"There's a 99% chance it's a trap."

The remaining 1% can only be a coincidence.

Dimon rubbed his temples, pondering whether to take further action.

It's obvious who the trap is targeting.

He approached the problem from the perspective of the World Government's highest ruler, only to find that one of his intensive research bases had been destroyed, and he wanted revenge but couldn't find a target.

What should we do in this situation?

It's easy to think of luring the snake out of its hole.

So, taking advantage of the opportunity presented by the Heavenly Tribute, they spread news about Devil Fruits and then waited for the opportunity to strike.

"The World Government is even deliberately excluding the Navy, is it because they suspect there are spies within the Navy? The methods they use to spread information are through Doflamingo's channels... Is Doflamingo an accomplice?"

"No, maybe he was just being used. That guy's identity in the shadows isn't a secret, so it's not difficult to exploit him."

Information spread exceptionally quickly in the black market, even attracting a combined fleet of pirates.

Dimon only happened to encounter this fleet and followed them to find the Heavenly Tribute Transport Ship.

"A trap is a trap, but you still need to put bait in it, right?"

Dimon didn't believe the World Government would be so stingy as to not even prepare a single Devil Fruit, so he used a straight hook to fish.

If that's the case, he'll be furious and will definitely give Holy Land Mary Geoise a hard time.

First, we need to locate the Devil Fruit.

"Ain, keep an eye on Bethany."

On the lead ship of the Heavenly Tribute Transport Fleet.

The colonel observed the battle in the distance through binoculars. After Vice Admiral Momousagi charged in, he easily suppressed the pirates, but soon encountered a formidable enemy.