Billy quickly contacted Krieg via den den mushi.
Upon hearing that Billy possessed a sea chart, Krieg, who styled himself an Admiral, did not doubt it for a second.
His personality was extremely arrogant; otherwise, he wouldn’t have ignorantly provoked Hawkeye, leading to his pirate crew of five thousand being reduced to just a few stragglers.
For the meeting spot, Lucas had Billy set it at Trident Bay.
This location had a rapid-current bay where only seven or eight ships could enter.
Trident Bay was a gift specially selected and carefully chosen by Lucas for Krieg.
Soon, the time for the transaction arrived.
Lucas arrived at Trident Bay first and hid the Marine warship.
When the transaction time had passed by more than half an hour, Krieg finally arrived with his fleet.
Before they could even meet, his voice rang out.
“Billy, you actually chose such a lousy place.
What?
Are you afraid I’ll kill you?
Ahahahaha.”
As the leader of the largest pirate crew in the East Blue, Krieg possessed monstrous strength that ordinary people lacked.
He had light purple hair and a bandana tied around his head.
He wore a suit of golden armor, black boots, and a large cape.
He was equipped with full-body gear—shields, guns, cannons, spears, swords, poison gas bombs, and more!
Therefore, he was extremely confident in his own strength and exceptionally arrogant.
“If I were afraid of death, I wouldn’t have come alone,” Billy said, standing all by himself on the beach.
“Ahahaha, Billy, you didn’t really come alone, did you?” Krieg said, somewhat incredulously.
“Of course.
Stop wasting time.
Do you still want the sea chart or not?” Billy said, raising the item in his hand somewhat impatiently.
“You dare speak to me, Admiral Krieg, like that, Billy.” Hearing Billy’s tone, which showed absolutely no respect for him, Krieg became somewhat angry.
Soon, he brought his subordinate pirates to the beach.
Krieg really cared about appearances; even for a simple transaction, he brought nearly a hundred people off the ship.
“Give me the sea chart quickly, don’t force me to kill you.” Krieg said as he walked toward Billy; he was certain he had Billy in his grasp.
However, at this moment, Lucas, along with Jango, Ensign Zabu, and other Marines, walked out from the other side of the beach.
“Tree Binding Coffin!” Lucas once again used the ability of the Forest-Forest Fruit.
In an instant, a large number of trees and vines appeared, surrounding Krieg and his group, coiling toward them frantically.
“Damn it, Billy, you dare to betray me!” Krieg brandished a large battle spear, cutting through the vines one by one.
At this moment, the Marines who had been hypnotized by Jango also charged over.
“Kill!
Kill Krieg, get promoted and get rich!” Ensign Zabu shouted, holding his sword, taking the lead.
“Admiral, retreat first.
This is a trap.” A pirate wearing a jacket with a patterned bandana on his head said to Krieg.
The one who spoke was named Gin, the Commander-in-Chief of the Krieg Pirates.
When Krieg brandished his large battle spear and charged out of the vine forest, he immediately saw Lucas, wearing a Justice coat, blocking his path.
“Shigan: Gatling!”
As the index fingers of both of Lucas’s hands blurred into afterimages, hundreds of green points of light flew toward Krieg and his men at extreme speed.
The seven or eight pirates who had followed Krieg out fell instantly, including Krieg’s confidant, Second Commander Baru.
In an instant, only Gin remained by Krieg’s side.
“Marine, die!” Gin, holding two iron tonfas with spheres on the ends, charged rapidly toward Lucas.
Facing the charging Gin, Lucas’s expression turned cold.
He suddenly drew Shuro from his waist, flicked his wrist slightly, and thrust his blade toward Gin.
In an instant!
With the swing of this blade, a whistling sound of tearing wind suddenly rang out, and immediately, a sword wave howled out from the tip of the blade, heading toward Gin with astonishing momentum!
Clang!
Gin blocked Lucas’s strike with his two iron tonfas.
But before he could lower his tonfas, Lucas delivered three more strikes.
Gin parried two of the strikes, and dodged the third by sidestepping.
But when he looked for Lucas again, he discovered that Lucas was gone.
“Behind you!” At this moment, Krieg’s voice rang out.
Gin hurriedly lunged forward, attempting to dodge.
This lunge was purely experience honed between life and death, because he knew it was already too late to turn around.
Puchi!
A long, narrow wound appeared on Gin’s back.
Despite being wounded, Gin didn’t let out a single groan; he turned around and continued his attack.
Lucas dodged twice, at which point he sensed Krieg’s attack arriving from behind.
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Lucas’s mouth, and he used Geppo to dodge away instantly.
Just then, Gin was attacking Lucas, and as Lucas dodged, Gin was met head-on by the heavy battle spear that Krieg was swinging.
Bang!
Gin could only barely raise his tonfas before being smashed away by the battle spear.
Krieg’s battle spear was incredibly heavy, said to weigh a ton; this blow sent the caught-off-guard Gin flying dozens of meters away.
Krieg ignored Gin and turned to search for Lucas, simultaneously taking out his poison gas bombs.
At this moment, Lucas gripped his sword with both hands and swung it.
“Face the wind!
Hasagi!”
A tornado swept toward Krieg, blowing him directly into the air.
In mid-air, Krieg attempted to throw the poison gas bomb, but it was blown back by the tornado.
Watching Krieg about to fall, Lucas used the ability of the Forest-Forest Fruit.
Five thorny vines, as thick as an adult’s waist, rose from the ground following Lucas’s open left hand, wrapping around Krieg.
“Vine Binding Coffin!” Lucas instantly clenched the five fingers of his left hand.
Creak!
Creak!
Accompanied by the sound of Krieg’s golden armor deforming, the five giant vines rapidly tightened.
Finally, with a “puchi” sound, a large amount of blood flowed out from the vines.
“Captain!” Gin struggled to stand up, and seeing the blood on the vines, he couldn’t help but scream out.
“If you can’t bear to part with him, go keep him company!” Lucas said, using Geppo to quickly arrive at Gin’s side.
Swish, swish, swish!
After three Steel Tempest slashes.
Gin collapsed.
Two streams of warmth appeared within his body; these were the gifts from Krieg and Gin.
Having dealt with Krieg and Gin, Lucas looked toward the Marines who were blocking the rest of Krieg’s crew from coming ashore.
Just as he was about to head over, Billy, who had been hypnotized, walked out of the vine forest.
Seeing that he was so lucky to have not died in the vine forest, Lucas killed him with a Steel Tempest.
Billy no longer had any utility value.
For pirates with no utility value, Lucas would not let them go.
After killing Billy, Lucas immediately went to support Ensign Zabu, Jango, and the others.
According to the plan, they were responsible for intercepting the pirates who had not yet come down from the ships.