'Only a fool would face the crew of the Yonko Pirates head-on. Even the most ordinary members are definitely as strong as one against a thousand! '
Gar Dino was not prepared to join the war from the beginning. He first used candles to create an identical clone to replace himself, and then took advantage of the chaos to escape.
"Where are you going?" Wendy, who was standing behind the enemy from above, blocked the way. She tilted her head and asked, "Don't you want to fight?"
"Miko of the Sky!?" Gal Dino recognized the person blocking his escape at a glance.
Xia Lulu, who was standing next to Wendy, curled her lips and said, "Idiot, look at him, isn't he just a deserter?"
"It's too much. My companions are in a bitter battle, but I run away first..."
Xia Lulu crossed her shoulders and said, "Is this the right choice? Almost all of Crocodile's men are dead."
"Well……"
"That's right, little sister, spare my life. I promise that I will never do bad things again!" Gal Dino begged for mercy.
"Hmm..." Wendy, who has a kind personality, couldn't make up her mind.
"Wendy, you don't really want to let him go, do you?" Xia Lulu frowned and said, "What did Robin say when she introduced Baroque Studio?"
"... Baroque Studio is a criminal organization and there are no innocent people in it."
Xia Lulu said: "Yes, let him lose the power to resist first!"
"Damn stinky cat!" Seeing that his plan to show weakness failed, Gar Dino angrily waved his right arm that was ready to attack, and a large amount of wax liquid was produced from his palm, covering the two people in front: "Wax Skin!"
Wendy took a deep breath, her chest swelled, and her face puffed up like a pufferfish: "The roar of the heavenly dragon!"
The violent wind sprayed from the mouth condensed into a tornado and bombarded the white wax, and the unsolidified wax liquid was blown away with one blow.
"Candle wall!"
Gar Dino knew that there was a huge gap in strength between himself and Wendy. He waved his free left hand to the ground, and the wax liquid quickly condensed into a solid wall up to one meter thick.
The horizontal tornado hit the candle wall hard, and the roaring storm was blocked by the candle wall on the other side. Gal Dino stood calmly behind and watched the storm roar.
"Hmph..." Gal Dino proudly introduced himself: "My candle is harder than steel..." 33
Unexpectedly, Wendy did not follow common sense. Before Gal Dino finished his introduction, she bypassed the obstacle of the candle wall. The strong wind gathered on her arms and sprinted in front of Gal Dino.
Gar Dino's eyes suddenly widened: "Wait! You...!"
"Tianlong's Wing Strike!"
The whirlwind extending from Wendy's arms suddenly moved towards Gar Dino who was a few steps away.
The raging storm suddenly broke out, and Gal Dino's thin body was thrown up by the strong wind, and then he was stuck upside down in the sand like a green onion.
"Should I call him smart or stupid..." Xia Lulu looked at Gar Dino, whose upper body was sunk into the sand and whose legs were weak and hanging down.
"I don't know, I'm going to help others." Wendy said and rejoined the battlefield.
Soon, under the siege of many people, the Baroque Studio with more than 2,000 people was wiped out.
"..." Crocodile faced the siege of the Dawn Pirates alone. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled a puff of smoke.
Erza said calmly: "Krokdal, you lose."
"Ha-ha-ha-" The laughter was like asthma, Crocodile's shoulders shook up and down, and he laughed wildly.
Yamato asked in confusion: "What's so funny? You have become a polished commander."
"Anyway, I don't regard these guys as a fighting force." Crocodile sneered: "In the end, I still have to rely on myself..."
"I have figured out your strength." Erza pointed her sword at Crocodile: "Admit defeat."
"If we had fought elsewhere, I might have left long ago." Crocodile asked, "Why do you think I chose to fight here?"
"Shasha fruit..."
"This is the tomb where you are buried!" Crocodile's angry voice fell, and the entire desert seemed to start to riot, the ground shook, and the yellow sand stirred.
Hua Hua Hua——
Some places began to collapse, and people nearby jumped away.
"Be careful! He should have created a lot of quicksand traps during the battle!" Robin immediately warned loudly: "Be careful not to get stuck in the quicksand!"
"Go to hell! Nico Robin!" Crocodile slashed his sandy right arm through the air, and a sand wave broke through the sand and slashed straight towards Robin.
Robin immediately jumped to the side to avoid Crocodile's attack, but his body landed on the sand and immediately began to sink like a soft sponge.
"Oops..." Robin gritted his teeth and looked up at Crocodile who raised his right arm again.
"Don't think about it!" Erza slashed Crocodile's right arm with a sword, and the whole arm fell to the sand, and the sand melted into the ground.
Immediately afterwards, countless sand thorns sprouted from the ground, stabbing Erza who was flying close to the ground. Erza was like a flexible goshawk, nimbly avoiding the attack and continuing to approach Crocodile.
"Sister Robin, catch me." Wendy, who can fly, came over Robin.
"Thank you." Robin thanked him, stretched out his hand to hold Wendy's outstretched palm, and his whole body escaped from the quicksand.
"This guy..." Crocodile's eyes trembled, his palms turned up, and a small cyclone formed by yellow sand condensed in his palms: "Heavy Shalan!"
The heavy sandstorm was thrown towards Erza. The yellow sand rubbed against the air and made explosive sounds during the high-speed rotation. The surrounding rocks were as fragile as building blocks made of paper shells in the sandstorm. They were stirred by the wind and sand at a speed visible to the naked eye. into pieces.
Erza rushed straight into the storm rolling in the sky, and the yellow sand scraped and hit the dark armor, making a crackling sound.
Wendy exclaimed: "Sister Erza!"
Erza, wearing black feather armor, rushed out of the sandstorm, her dark figure like an arrow from the string, and the double-edged sword she held tightly in her hands was filled with a strong aura of armed domineering.
This sharp sword cut through the air like a phantom, bringing up afterimages and rolling up air currents. Before the blade even reached his body, Crocodile felt a bone-chilling chill from the blade.
Erza's sword blade left a long and narrow wound on Crocodile's chest, and blood spattered from his wound instantly.
Crocodile didn't even frown. Even though he was so seriously injured, it did not make him lose his fighting ability. Instead, the sand crocodile, which was forced into a desperate situation, burst out with counterattack consciousness. The five fingers of his right hand violently grabbed Erza in front of him. I want to suck all the moisture out of Erza's body.
And Erza was well prepared, immediately retreating after the attack, never willing to fight.
Crocodile reached out and touched the wound on his chest. His palm was wet and hot, and his entire palm was stained red with blood.
"It's not enough..." The long sword in Erza's hand turned into particles and disappeared, and then a sword made of water appeared out of thin air: "The Sword of the Sea King!"
"You guys really know all about my weaknesses..." Crocodile said lightly.
"Admit defeat."
"Admit defeat?" Crocodile laughed arrogantly and mocked: "You really don't look like pirates at all——!"
"..." No one in the Dawn Pirates spoke.
"A group of guys who pretend to be pirates can actually sit on the Yonko..."
"Stop joking -!" Crocodile shouted unwillingly: "My life is here, come and take it if you can!"
Crocodile's lower body turned into yellow sand, dragging him towards Erza, and stabbed Erza with a sharp hook coated with poison.
Erza held her left hand empty, a golden light flashed, and a long sword appeared in her palm. She easily blocked Crocodile's attack, and the Sea King's Sword in her right palm slashed at Crocodile.
Crocodile's body elements immediately turned into a ball of hard-to-reach yellow sand, and he retreated backwards. However, some of the yellow sand was still touched by the sword of Neptune, and Crocodile reappeared with an additional wound on his body.
Erza obviously didn't intend to let Crocodile go just like that. The armor with wings on its back flashed and moved in the air, causing a burst of air tearing.
"Desert Diamond Sword!" Crocodile's right arm transformed into four ax blades. As soon as these four ax blades were formed, they rolled up the inexhaustible sand in the desert and became larger and more solid. The giant ax blade fell with a majestic sound like the guillotine's guillotine.
The sand blade split the space, and Erza facing the four ax blades felt like she was facing the entire desert.
But she did not flinch, her spread wings flew straight towards the sand blade, and the Sea Emperor's Sword made of water scattered the middle sand blade.
In the disintegrating yellow sand, Erza was like a flying eagle, slashing at Crocodile's body with a sword.
Crocodile took a blow from the sword in pain, and half of his body was soaked in water. At the same time, a large amount of yellow sand came to life from his feet, swallowing Erza like a giant beast's mouth.
"Horse Phantom Blade!" Yamato circled behind Crocodile and swept the mace, and the attack wrapped in freezing air caused Crocodile's whole body to freeze.
The yellow sand driven by Crocodile collapsed and fell back to the ground.
"...!" Crocodile gritted his teeth, trying to use brute force to break the ice surrounding himself.
Erza raised the Neptune Sword and signaled: "Yamato."
"Understood!" Yamato grinned. The sword of the Sea King and the mace wrapped in freezing air fell on Crocodile one after another, adding another layer of ice wrapping Crocodile's body.
Robin chuckled and said: "As expected of Yamato and Erza, the active Shichibukai were captured alive by you two so easily."
"...!" Crocodile gritted his teeth and looked at Robin, the instigator. If it weren't for her, he would have captured Alabasta, found the ancient weapon Hades, and reached the pinnacle of his life...
"Don't look at me like that, I just want to take a look at the historical text... Where is the historical text?"
"If you want to kill or behead him, it's up to you." Crocodile replied coldly.
Robin frowned. From the looks of it, Crocodile obviously wouldn't tell him easily.
"Are you going to torture this guy?"
"But, we are not Esdeath, who would torture us?"
"How about calling Esdeath for consultation?"
"That's a good idea."
Robin immediately called the phone, but the person who answered the phone was Eric: "Do you know what time it is now?"
Robin looked up at the position of the sun and replied, "About three in the afternoon."
"It's also three o'clock here, three o'clock in the morning!" Eric replied angrily.
Robin said apologetically: "I'm sorry to disturb you... you two have a rest."
"You called me specifically, what's the matter with you?" Esdeath's cold voice came this time. Being woken up from a sweet dream by someone else would not be in a good mood for anyone else.
"Erza and Yamato captured Crocodile, and we want to pry out the historical text from his mouth." Robin explained briefly: "So we want to ask Esdeath about torture methods..."
"Oh, torture the Shichibukai?" Esdeath became interested.
"He doesn't know where the historical text is either." Eric interrupted.
"..." Crocodile frowned. He didn't expect Eric, who was thousands of miles away, to know so clearly.
"Then he..." Robin said confused.
"The historical text should be at the tomb of the royal family." Eric said casually: "But aren't you not interested in ancient weapons?"
"...!?" Crocodile's expression changed when he heard the location of the historical text. He had wasted so much time and failed to find the historical text, but Eric had discovered it long ago?
"This historical text describes the location of ancient weapons?" Robin was stunned and said thoughtfully: "No wonder Crocodile has been entrenched in Alabasta. So he wants to obtain ancient weapons?"
"Well, Hades, the most evil battleship in the history of shipbuilding, a super battleship built by the City of Seven Waters, can destroy an island with one shot."
"Why, are even the Four Emperors interested in ancient weapons, and are they so aware of it?" Crocodile mocked.
"I'm not as good as you. I've been playing in the sand in Alabasta for more than ten years."
"——!?" The veins on Crocodile's forehead popped out.
"In the end, we didn't find the historical text, but we caught him. Are you angry?"
Crocodile breathed heavily, and his nostrils seemed to be enlarged. Because his body was wrapped in ice, the gas he exhaled liquefied into two white gas columns when it was cold...
"Let Crocodile die in front of the text of history. At least let his dream come true."
"Eric, he can't resist anymore, isn't this good..." Yamato said hesitantly.
"Ha..." Crocodile sneered after hearing such childish remarks.
Eric said extremely seriously: "Krokdal is the real evil man. What did you see in Alabasta?"
"...many people have been displaced by the drought."
Eric said calmly: "Most of these people are motivated by Crocodile's ambition. In this case, do you still want to spare his life?"
"I understand." Yamato's eyes became firm. After Eric's influence, he could never be a virgin.
Eric warned: "Also, before killing Crocodile, you must prepare a variety of Shasha fruit in advance."
When he heard that he was about to die, Crocodile did not show any despair in his eyes. He must have died in his heart the moment he lost to Whitebeard and saved his life.
"Okay." Robin agreed.
Yamato carried Crocodile, which was frozen in ice, and the group carefully bypassed the quicksand area and headed for Albana City.
Some people died, but not completely...
