Pirate's Swordsman

♂nbsp; Half an hour later.

Xia Nuo hugged Lan Qi and sat on the steps of the theater door leaning against a pillar with a tired look on his face. Next to him, Ivy was carefully treating his wounds.

The rest of the crew of the Gale Pirates, under the leadership of Daz, cleaned up the mess in the square.

After Jonest's death, the few remaining pirate cadres who were more troublesome were also eliminated by Xiano. Therefore, the remaining remnants at this moment couldn't muster any fighting spirit at all. When Daz and others faced them, they almost couldn't do it. As quickly as the autumn wind sweeps away fallen leaves.

Soon, the square was almost cleared, and only the members of the Gale Pirates were left, who gathered around again.

"It's almost done." Ivy also happened to finish the hemostatic bandage. After putting away the medical kit, she whispered, "Although it's nothing serious, your physical strength is close to exhaustion. If possible, within the next two days, It’s better not to do strenuous exercise.”

"okay."

Xia Nuo nodded slightly, and then looked at the gathered cadres of the Gale Pirates. He glanced around, and finally his eyes fell on Delump, who looked sad.

He suddenly realized something. After being silent for a while, he asked in a low voice: "Report the battle damage."

"Yes, Captain." Delump replied in a low voice, "In this battle, we annihilated a total of 230 enemy people, including five cadres, of whom about 150 died on the spot. We cleaned up afterwards. On the battlefield, eighty people were seriously injured, and our side”

At this point, he choked up and then continued sadly:

"A total of twenty-one people were slightly injured, seven were seriously injured, and three were killed."

After the words fell, there was silence.

All the crew members lowered their heads at this moment and mourned for their fallen comrades. Some of them could no longer bear it, crying and sobbing softly.

Xia Nuo held his sword and remained silent. After a while, he closed his eyes and sighed softly.

This is the first time that the Hayate Pirates have suffered such a heavy loss since their establishment. Although they have experienced many battles before, the price has never been as painful as today.

Not only was almost everyone injured from top to bottom, but most importantly, three crew members were brutally killed. They were separated from their companions forever.

Unlike those pirate groups with similar status, most of the crew members of the Hayate Pirates Group have experienced life and death dangers together before the group was founded. Although the number is still small now, the relationship between them has always been extremely harmonious and full of centripetal force.

In such a systematic pirate group, even losing just one partner is something that is difficult for everyone to accept.

The same was true for Xia Nuo. His heart was filled with panic and he felt terribly uncomfortable.

He clearly remembered the names of the three fallen crew members, listened to their stories, accepted their admiration and respect, and led them through the ups and downs of the Grand Line. Not long ago, he also Finally arriving in the new world, we looked at each other and smiled knowingly, looking forward to the beautiful future together.

But now

Everyone is gone, and everything before has disappeared into this world.

"Lord Shano"

In this depressing and sad atmosphere, Daz suddenly took a step forward and broke the silence with a low tone, "It's all my fault. When you were in a hard fight, I failed to stand up and protect you." Good friends”

Xia Nuo didn't speak, but still closed his eyes and shook his head slightly.

"No, Daz, it's our fault."

Just as Daz was about to add something, he was interrupted by a voice coming from behind. He looked back and saw Ross and Daniel standing up at the same time.

"Of the three companions who died this time, two were my team members." Ross looked at Daz and said shamefully: "Daz, you killed several cadres on the opposite side. You have done a good enough job. It's me. The captain failed to take care of his team members, which resulted in their death."

"Rose is right."

Daniel lowered his head and couldn't see his face clearly, but the hand he was holding on to the hilt of the sword at his waist had turned extremely pale due to excessive exertion. "Our strength is too poor. We are not worthy of being their captain at all, and we cannot afford to let the captain trust him before."

The two combat squad captains said this. The other cadres could no longer hold back and expressed their guilt and annoyance. The crew members below saw this and quickly interjected to comfort them. For a moment, the scene seemed to be a little out of control. Chaos reigned.

"enough."

A familiar deep voice suddenly sounded, and the tone was quite calm, but the square instantly fell silent.

Only Xia Nuo could have such an effect with two simple words. At this moment, he finally opened his eyes when faced with the stares from everyone, and then stood up slowly, his eyes calmly sweeping around the room. And passed.

"The thing has happened, and now it's too late to say anything. There is no difference between taking responsibility or shirk it."

"You feel guilty. You see yourself as a dragster. You feel sorry for my trust. Without me, you can't protect your crew. Don't I feel guilty?"

"I just couldn't help but wonder why I couldn't be stronger, why I had to put in so much effort to meet an old guy with a bounty of 500 million to 600 million, and why I couldn't kill them all before the enemy attacked my friends. "

"But do these still have meaning for things that have become regrettable?"

Xia Nuo stood there holding his sword, his body tall and straight, like a green pine, but his deep voice was like a heavy hammer, hitting everyone's heart.

"no"

"Meaningless"

"This is a new world, a new world full of dangers. Although Jones is strong, he is not considered the top group of strong men at all. Not to mention the Four Emperors, even the so-called Three Disasters and Four Generals under them cannot compare. "

"When you encounter such a more powerful enemy in the future, do you expect that relying on this sense of guilt and these senseless self-pity, the enemy will be merciful and let you go?"

There was silence in the room. Everyone was speechless under this series of questions, and then they all started thinking in silence.

"So, now that we are remembering our lost companions, all we can do is work hard to become stronger, so strong that we don't need this boring shame, and strong enough that we don't need to seek each other for the death of our companions after the war. Poor comfort”

"Only in this way can we be worthy of our three fallen comrades and our own conscience."

At this point, when everyone suddenly raised their heads and looked shocked, Xia Nuo's tone softened slightly, and then his eyes swept around the outside of the square, and his right hand slowly rested on the hilt of Lanqi's sword:

"Speaking of which, when I first established the pirate group a year ago, I told you that my goal was to become the world's best swordsman."

"This is the goal I have set in my heart since I was a child, ever since I left my hometown in the East China Sea. It is also the promise I made on the sea to an old man who raised me through my youth."

"I have never dared to forget this goal and vow. I have not dared to slack off over the years. I have been practicing hard and moving forward towards this goal."

"But I forgot."

Xia Nuo's voice paused, and then quietly clenched the hilt of the sword in his hand:

"It's useless for me to say this only to myself, and it's useless to say it only to you fellow shipmates."

"What I should do is let the whole world know about it."

嗡

Arashiri's sword blade came out of its sheath and suddenly slashed forward. A nearly transparent circular sword energy bypassed all the crew members present and spread out to the surrounding edges of the square in a mighty manner.

Screams suddenly came from the bushes on all sides. Countless pirates who were secretly ambushing in the nearby area and waiting for an opportunity were almost defenseless at this moment and were buried under the sweep of the sword energy.

"Only in this way can I motivate and push myself and you at the same time."

Xia Nuo turned a blind eye to this scene, and just inserted the Lanqi in his hand into the ground in front of him, splashing sparks.

And his voice, word by word, suddenly and coldly resounded throughout the square at this moment:

"Let these nefarious people in the New World understand what they can think about and what they cannot afford to provoke."