Chapter 254: The Great King

Chapter 254: The Great King

While Palu is having an equal battle against Queen, Magnus is having a hard time fighting against King. King can fly freely in his Pteranodon form, making it difficult for Magnus to hit him. Furthermore, King is very strong physically and can even control fire to some extent. L1tLagoon witnessed the first publication of this chapter on Ñøv€l--B1n.

Magnus can't move as nimble as King because of his size. His attacks often miss and even if they hit, King can block them or counter them. King is obviously stronger than Magnus even when Magnus transforms into his 6-armed Asura form and they both know that.

But Magnus still fights King despite being at the losing end. He needs to keep King busy until Cricket recovers. Magnus knows that only Cricket can beat King other than Buggy. Palu might have a chance but he is busy fighting Queen & Enel is fighting Jack.

King knows Magnus is weaker than Cricket, Palu, & Enel. But he still fights Magnus nonetheless because he knows that defeating this giant can lower the Clowns' morale, at least that's what he hopes will happen.

Magnus attacks King with all his 6 arms and he doesn't use his Axes. It is to increase his attack speed because his Axes are heavy even for him. But King can still evade his attacks by flying around and getting out of Magnus's attack range.

The continuous attacks start to tire Magnus. Even his Haki energy also gets depleted because he needs to use it many times to defend against King's attacks. It's difficult for him to evade King's attacks because of his giant size.

*BOOM*

Suddenly, a projectile hits King and explodes on his body. But King comes out of the explosion unscathed. He & Magnus look at where the projectile came from and see Ruff there.

"Keep him busy, big guy! I will assist you. It won't take long before our First Mate recovers," says Ruff while raising his thumb up.

Magnus smiles and says, "Copy that, smart guy."

"Another nuisance," says King before he dives down at high speed to attack Ruff.

But suddenly, Magnus sends a punch at King and succeeds to hit him. King gets flung to the wall and crashes onto it, making a big hole in it. But he is very tough that he can come out without meaningful injury.

King laments to himself that he was being careless just because of Ruff's appearance. But Ruff's weapons are really worth him being wary. The previous explosion might not damage him much, but he doesn't know whether Ruff has more lethal weapons or not.

"Better be cautious than not. But I guess I was being too cautious just now," says King before he flies again.

King tries to attack Ruff but Magnus gets between them and stops him. He doesn't have another choice than evading Magnus's kick. King flies up but he is chased by a rocket launched by Ruff from below.

Their enemies also try to retreat, but the Clowns & samurais attack them and throw them into the poisonous gas area. The high toxicity kills them upon contact because they are too weak. The stronger ones can defend it to some extent but they also suffer in the end and some die.

The effect on the surrounding is already that scary so it must be worse for King who stays in the middle. Well, it should be the case but it's not the case because King just stands there as if nothing happens.

He suddenly makes the flame on his back bigger to cover his whole body. The flame burns the substance and also the poisonous gas in the air. The burnt gas creates another explosion in the area and kills some people. But it removes all the poisonous gas in the air.

"Damn, he doesn't hesitate even though his men are in the range," says Ruff in disbelief.

"There's no room for hesitation in the war. The weak will die, no matter who they are. Enemies, allies, or even yourself can die here," says King who suddenly appears in front of Ruff.

Ruff is very surprised to see King suddenly appears in front of him even though their distance was quite far. He sees King's flame reduce but he doesn't have time to think about it because King's sword is moving toward him already.

Ruff thinks his end has come but suddenly a hand wearing a metal gauntlet passes beside his left cheek & catches King's katana. King is surprised and so is Ruff who starts to smile brightly as he turns around.

Then Ruff says happily, "CRICKET!"

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