22: Chapter 022 Roger…
Become My Right-Hand Man!
22: Chapter 022 Roger…
Become My Right-Hand Man!
On the horizon, a tiny black dot appeared, stumbling through the fog-shrouded waters, changing direction several times before heading toward Golden Lion’s position.
The vast sea area spanned thirty or forty nautical miles in radius, a nearly endless expanse of open water with only a single isolated island and no other land in sight.
Golden Lion’s lips curled upward.
After all, he had fifty anchor points.
With fifty ships on this open sea, he was the most powerful force around.
Once Roger’s fighters fell into the water, they would be subjected to relentless attacks.
The skies above began to darken with thick clouds.
Lightning flashed, tearing jagged cracks through the chaotic, pitch-black heavens.
No one knew what lay within…
those fissures were like eyes, peering down and observing everything.
“He’s here.
Move the ships closer.
Send the signal for the others to come over.” BOOM!!!
Suddenly, an explosion rang out, jolting Gaban awake from his lookout post.
A look of amazement crossed his face as he leaped down to the deck.
Seeing his comrades emerging from the cabins, he shook his head with a wry smile.
“He really is here.
That Golden Lion guy…
looks like he’s not going to let us pass easily.” Roger picked up his sword, grinning wide, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
“Damn…
he still wants me to submit to him.
Looks like we’re going to have to fight.” “Ah…
I’m more than ready for that.” The burly Bullet slammed his fists together in front of his chest, sending out a ring of energy, his excitement uncontainable.
His name, Bullet, was fitting for a man born to charge forward without hesitation.
“What a pain.
Fighting at sea…
we need to focus on destroying their ships first, everyone,” Dark King Rayleigh said with a grave expression.
In every battle, he was the calmest man aboard the ship.
Unlike Roger’s raw ferocity, many of their fights relied on Rayleigh’s strategic planning.
Roger, on the other hand, would usually carve out the path to victory through his own sheer heroism.
Rayleigh was the one who seized those opportunities.
“If it’s not absolutely necessary…
try not to fight.
If things go badly, the apprentices should remember to surrender,” Gaban said quietly.
“Eeeh!!!
I never thought you’d care about me so much, Gaban, aside from always picking on me!
Don’t worry…
I’ll definitely surrender!!!” Buggy hid behind the mast, shielding himself and poking only half his head out.
Shanks, however, had Gryphon at his waist, standing tall and proud like a little man, his back straight as he stood beside Bullet’s feet, declaring loudly: “I will never surrender!!
A real man should die in battle…
not live in fear of death!!!” Bullet looked down at the tiny Shanks, and his stern face suddenly broke into a bright white crescent of a grin.
“Heh heh.” “Not bad, kid.” …
Out on the sea, the pirate ships advancing side by side grew in number.
Most of the vessels coming from the east had set out from the Blue Sky Sea, entering the Edd Sea…
they were in a hurry, all eager to witness the outcome of this naval battle.
It would definitely happen…
definitely.
The Roger Pirates’ ship slowly entered a strange encirclement.
Even Roger himself knew it, but there seemed to be no way to change course now.
“There’s no way out, Roger!
Haha!
Today, we fight alongside the Oro Jackson!!
If she sinks, we’ll bow out of the grand stage of pirate history as failures!!!” The helmsmen, Donquino, spread his arms wide and laughed heartily.
His giant-like bodies bulged with muscle, as the fierce sea winds howled around them…
“Wahahaha…
I see,” Roger said with a wry smile.
“Aside from Golden Lion’s carefully laid trap, there are also plenty of others waiting to see me dead.
Hunting down the Oro Jackson has become the highest honor on the seas, hasn’t it.” “This is going to be troublesome,” Rayleigh sighed.
“Roger…
you keep Golden Lion busy.
I’ll go take down his flagship.” “No…
I’ll go,” Bullet said, looking seriously at Rayleigh.
As a fighter on par with Rayleigh, he possessed the formidable strength of the “Demon Heir.” But Bullet lacked Rayleigh’s cool-headedness and his effortless mastery of Haki.
His Conqueror’s Haki, though awakened, was still uncontrollable.
While they were still arguing over who would go, the massive warship had already closed in rapidly, then slowed to a halt not far from the Oro Jackson.
Golden Lion’s voice rang out, drawing everyone’s attention.
“SHIHAHAHAHA!!!” “ROGER!!!” “So we meet here after all…
it’s never easy to find you!!” True to his name, Golden Hair Shiki has golden hair and wears golden robe.
He also has a sword in each hand…
the famed blades Oto and Kogarashi.
He was majestic and imposing, like a lion roaring across the savannah.
His commanding presence sent waves crashing and surging outward in all directions.
He looked down upon the Roger Pirates from on high, with ships surrounding them from every angle…
Golden Lion ahead, and countless pirate vessels behind, all waiting.
“So…
how about it?
Become my right-hand man?” Before the battle even began, it was a recruitment pitch.
Roger laughed.
So did Rayleigh.
“Right-hand man?
Nah…
I prefer being free.” At that moment, two simple little boats, like coffins, drifted slowly across the rolling waves.
They emerged from among the pirate ships, standing out starkly and conspicuously.