The Pirates' Legend Begins on Roger's Ship

"If I don't have a goal, I will become a living shell, without a soul, without purpose... What's the point of living like that?"

"I should live for myself. The purpose of pursuing strength is to experience all kinds of wonderful battles! Enjoy all kinds of beautiful life!"

Arthur, who was in confusion, slowly drew out the blade at his waist, and his eyes no longer had the luster he had in the rapeseed village.

But he was very excited at this time. Even if he understood the gap between him and Golden Lion, he didn't want to run away.

He wanted to try... the so-called gap.

"What are you going to do, leave!" Cap saw Arthur draw his sword and shouted at Arthur at the top of his voice.

Only he understood that even if Arthur could match the captains under Golden Lion, if he fought against the top strong man with a gap in strength like Golden Lion himself...

He would be killed instantly in one move.

But it was too late. Arthur was swallowed by the six mountain-like lions. He sighed deeply in horror:

"Arthur..."

The swallowed Arthur exploded with a knife, cut off the six mountain-like lion heads, and escaped from them.

"My future path... is still very exciting!" Arthur raised the blade, and the cold air on the blade bloomed brilliantly.

The cold air quickly condensed and lingered around his blade, rotating faster and faster.

"Huh? Are you going to attack me?" Seeing this, the golden lion laughed and clenched the handles of the two swords: "You are really brave!"

"Bloom, ice dragon." Arthur swooped down at the golden lion with a knife in full momentum, without any fear of his strength in his heart.

Bang, stepping on the air, a sonic boom cloud was generated in the air as a propulsion force for the sprint.

The cold air on the blade quickly solidified into an extremely cold ice dragon during the sprint. It was extremely large in size, roaring with the sound of a dragon and slashing at the golden lion.

"Arthur!"

"Cooper...!"

The ice dragon swung down and hit the golden lion. In an instant, it was transformed into countless shattered ice chips under a terrifying force, followed by a very fast slashing wave rushing into the sky.

Puff——!

Arthur's moves were shattered by the golden lion's sword, and his entire left arm was pierced by his slashing wave.

Blood splattered everywhere, and Arthur staggered back, his eyes wide open, unable to believe what had just happened.

"Genius?" The golden lion immediately stabbed Arthur's body with another sword, heading straight for his neck, extremely fast.

Even with the use of the observation Haki, Arthur did not completely avoid his stab, and the left side of his neck was pierced by the famous sword Sakuragi in the hand of the golden lion.

"Body coordination..." Arthur's eyes widened, his body suddenly stiffened, and the moment his neck was pierced, he found that he had lost control of his body.

His body was even blown away by the strong impact - making him almost unable to resist.

What shocked him even more was that he had never thought that he would be killed by the Golden Lion with one blow.

"Don't pretend in front of me. I don't know how many navy brats like you I have killed!" The Golden Lion roared at Arthur.

Looking at the biting cold wrapped in his hand, he immediately used his domineering aura to remove it.

"How strong is this cold? My skin is tingling."

Boom, Garp suddenly appeared beside the Golden Lion, and with one punch, he knocked him back hundreds of meters from Arthur, and continuously hit the rocks and terrain on the island.

Bru Bru——! Garp looked solemnly at the direction where Arthur flew, but the Den Den Mushi on his body rang.

He answered it immediately.

"Garp!" Sengoku's voice came from it: "Whitebeard's ship has landed on the coast, what are you doing? Don't just enjoy the battle!"

"Sengoku, Arthur was pierced through the neck by Shiki... He flew to the Flying Pirates camp, I have to go save him..." Garp was interrupted by Sengoku before he finished speaking.

"The overall situation is important, Garp, don't have a personal relationship just because he is a genius who can be cultivated!" Sengoku's cold voice came from the Den Den Mushi: "There are still many soldiers waiting to be rescued!"

Garp, who was on the front line, was in a dilemma. On one side was the battlefield full of gunfire and rain of bullets, and on the other side was the Golden Lion Shiki walking towards him.

If he let the Golden Lion chase Arthur now, Arthur would definitely die, and he had to stop him.

"You can go to Whitebeard, Sengoku, I can't get away from here." After reporting the situation, Garp hung up the Den Den Mushi.

The golden lion walked towards Garp and stretched his limbs. He smiled at him as if nothing had happened after being punched:

"How is it? Hero. How does it feel to see the future of the navy being killed with your own eyes? Even if I don't chase him, my subordinates will chop him into pieces over there."

Garp said no more. The crackling red lightning on his fist began to gather. He didn't intend to talk nonsense with him.

The fierce battle between the two continued.

...

Arthur, who was in various physical conditions, had tinnitus, dizziness, and brain swelling. He could hardly useHe stood up from the ground, holding the wound on his neck with his left hand.

"My left hand... can't do anything..."

He couldn't even stand steadily, his body kept shaking, and his vision was blurred.

The blood on his body dripped down drop by drop, dripping onto the ground under his feet.

"Kill that naval officer!"

"He looks like he's seriously injured, hurry up, kill him with one knife!"

"Shoot, shoot directly!"

On the front line of the Flying Pirates, a large number of pirates ran frantically towards Arthur's location, one after another, in an endless stream.

Bang, bang, bang.

"Cooper!" Cooper flew from the air to Arthur's side, wrapped Arthur's entire body with iron blocks around his wings, and blocked the bullets fired by the pirates.

"Eagle?" The pirates were surprised to see this scene.

Then they saw Cooper spread his huge wings, standing in front of Arthur like a close bodyguard, protecting him tightly.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Cooper..." Arthur said to Cooper, his wound was instantly frozen by the cold air, and the bleeding was forcibly stopped and solidified.

The ice was as dazzling as crystals, freezing the wound on his left shoulder and the wound on his neck.

Soon, his vision began to recover, and he looked around and found that he was surrounded by hungry pirates.

"Hehe, it's so strong... It couldn't even last a second in the collision, and the move was shattered..." Arthur suddenly laughed, thinking back to when he swung his knife at the Golden Lion.

He couldn't help but feel a little scared, his scalp was numb, and he thought of a sentence...

He was in a low position but not afraid of the strong, and his end was almost like this...

"I almost died, hahahaha." Arthur laughed crazily, not knowing what was wrong with him.

Was it because Garp was next to him? He dared to attack the Golden Lion?

Or was it because he had been praised endlessly in the navy recently and lost himself?

He felt that it was neither, but simply wanted to understand whether he had the ability to fight someone like the Golden Lion.

Now it was obvious that his life was almost in danger.

Bang, bang, bang, Cooper waved his wings and eagle claws, constantly sniping the necks of the pirates who were holding knives and approaching Arthur.

"Cooper!" (Let's run, Arthur, there are many powerful humans around here, I'll take you away from here!)

"I won't leave..." Arthur quickly calmed down, his eyes were scattered, and his body was surrounded by an extremely cold storm.

He raised his right arm and swung the knife forward, and the pirates who rushed over to kill him were instantly frozen into ice sculptures.

Although the range was not large, it brought a sense of oppression to the pirates.

"Fight with me, Cooper."

"Cooper..." (Arthur... Why didn't I know before that you are a crazy person who doesn't care about your life...)

Cooper was very anxious, and seeing Arthur's determined look, he stopped trying to dissuade him.

"I don't know either, I'm also afraid of death..." Arthur suddenly found that not long after he swung the knife, all the pirates who charged at him were running away.

He gradually widened his eyes and looked at the ground in front of him.

About a hundred pirates were completely frozen, like ice sculptures in front of him.

"But I'm already living in reality... I can't escape."

Just at this moment, a young man with a samurai hairstyle and wearing a gray haori stood in front of him and looked at him seriously.