Arceus in One Piece - Chapter 61

Shaina and Asuka in the sky made many people fearful. With their animalised faces and flying wings, they were beyond the realm of human beings in the eyes of many people.

The inhabitants of the New World are not necessarily the most knowledgeable, and there are many weaklings in the New World. More dangerous waters and pirate battles have led to a breakdown in communication between the islands of the New World.

Many of the islanders’ horizons depend on the level of their occupants, and some of the islands still live a primitive tribal life, where those with abilities are even worshipped as gods.

Although John is an Ability, he has never revealed his ability to outsiders, and he was a notorious pirate during his lifetime, so few people have violated his territory, and most of the people on the island haven’t seen many Ability users in their decades of life.

Most of the people on the island have never seen a few Abilities in their decades of life, and since they are just ordinary civilians, they don’t need the Ability to deal with them; a few ordinary pirates with swords and guns are enough to deter them.

The Ability Users, with their strange abilities, are usually the cadres, and these people have a more important position in the pirate organisation, so as long as the residents of the construction site do not break out into a large-scale rebellion, they won’t make a move.

But neither the man known as Gabriel nor the mayor of the village here were strangers to abilities, and a large part of the reason they were able to become leaders on the island was that they themselves had more insight than the people on the island, and were more capable of handling things.

“New to the Hundred Beasts and Pirates?”

The war that broke out on the island had been going on for a long time, and the news birds hadn’t come close to this place during this period of time. Those news birds knew how to avoid harm and wouldn’t send letters to areas that would threaten their lives if they got close.

Therefore, the people on the island needed a certain understanding of what was happening in the outside world and needed an understanding of the Hundred Beasts, which had just made a name for itself.

Kaido’s previous behaviour did not provoke the Marines, and he was determined to go to the New World, but the incident of drunkenly entering the Marines base by mistake made the newborn Hyakken pirate group born in the public’s eyes.

According to the old custom, the Beast Pirates can be regarded as a new pirate group, and if not for the fact that Kaido’s pirate career has already lasted for a long time, he would be the rightful supernova among this group of pirates.

Even though they didn’t know about the Hundred Beasts, Gabriel and the others knew one thing for sure: there was no one called the Hundred Beasts in the previous pirate group, and the pirate flag they were holding was a brand new pattern.

“This island is truly plagued with disasters, if you have this ability to take care of the other pirates, we can accept your rule.”

“But we will never lay down our arms!”

Before the village headman could finish his sentence, Gabriel spoke up and gripped the short spear in his hand. In his opinion, the safety of the island must not be left to an outsider. They must have enough force to defend themselves in case the pirates did something even more outrageous.

“Gabriel! Shut up! You two, he’s not”

“You seem to have gotten something wrong. We are not discussing or negotiating with you. We are informing you that you have only two choices: accept or be forced to accept.”

Arceus’s demand was for them to stop resisting, with the additional condition that the tactics be milder, or else it could already be considered a declaration of war just for their previous behaviour of opening fire.

But moderate means didn’t mean sitting down and negotiating; proper forceful deterrence was also indispensable.

So Shaina’s eyes went to the huge cannon, her flaming right leg kicking at the body of the cannon, and the big guy that had allowed the islanders to deter those pirates from earlier flew right out from under the kick, the traces of melting on the barrel of the cannon still visible in the cold.

“The art of casting cannons on this island is quite good. No wonder that Queen Fellow holds the level of mechanics on this island in such high regard.”

“I thought you were pulling back.”

“I didn’t use all my strength, but it didn’t have the effect I expected. I thought I could just kick the cannon.”

Ashes and Shaina commented in whispers about the island’s technology, while those on the island, except for Gabriel, who still insisted, the ones who had originally supported him, also put down the weapons in their hands.

Shaina and Ashes were on a different level than those pirates.

However, in Ashes’ eyes, this was the last of the assassins.

In more than a year’s time, the Ashes with superior nutrition had grown very fast. A normal person growing more than ten centimetres in a year was already remarkable, but the Ashes had grown more than a meter in height in more than a year’s time and had already surpassed the ordinary human’s range, exceeding the three-meter mark.

Shaina’s height change could be more dramatic, now also about one meter nine. Even if they are the same race, their individual genes are also very different, only 15 years old, they still have a lot of room for growth.

Although there are a lot of people with exaggerated heights, there are still more normal-sized people overall. Size doesn’t necessarily mean strength, but it does mean a greater deterrent.

Moreover, Ashes, dressed in black, is much more menacing than Shayna. Unlike the Flame Chicken, the fossilised pterodactyls do not come with masks, and although their faces change after the transformation in human and animal form, they still have their original features.

Ashes chose to wear the same airtight, custom-made costume as in the original timeline.

“Gabriel, come on, we’ve been through this before, right?”

“Yeah, this is the same kind of monster as John’s men, we can’t beat them…”

The people around them all urged Gabriel on, their wills were not strong enough, and it was only after Gabriel’s persuasion that they decided to stand up and fight.

It was natural for such people to retreat when they encountered perceived force majeure, especially when Shaina and Ashes had left them plenty of ways to retreat.

The fact that an island is ruled by a pirate is not something that is difficult to accept in the New World, and there are even people who are willing to go to great lengths to enter some of the pirate’s territories, which means a safer living environment.

For example, in Big Mother’s territory, the Kingdom of Totland, although Big Mother has not yet occupied Ryokan Island, there has been a basic structure.

Due to the power of the Soul Fruit, she requires everyone living in her territory to pay a month’s life expectancy every six months as a unique protection fee for her territory. Coupled with occasional episodes of psittacosis, the main island in her territory is extremely dangerous.

Big Mother forbids those who join Totland to leave, and so far, those who try to leave are usually drained of their life expectancy, but if you do the math, you’ll live longer in Totland than in the rest of the world, as few pirates are likely to cause trouble in the territory under Big Mother’s protection.

The same could be said for this winter island, where flames of resistance existed, but most people chose to go against the grain.

If it weren’t for the fact that the previous pirate fights had made it nearly impossible for these people to survive, they wouldn’t even be thinking about fighting back.

The Ashes’ steps would not stop because of their hesitation, and by now,w he had already arrived in front of the crowd.

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