bookbashuk Chapter 443: The Tragedy of Harald!
Chapter 443: The Tragedy of Harald!
"I can't see him anymore."
Chen Ye didn't speak loudly.
But Lox heard it.
I heard every single word.
A scene came to mind.
Elbaf, a land of ice and snow.
The towering city gate.
Harald held the giant axe that could split the island in two.
In the wind and snow, that mountain-like figure turned around.
With hands larger than a house, they carefully carried the person Locke had sent into the warm stone house.
Do not believe.
It doesn't believe it.
Rocks froze.
Just a moment.
Something cracked open in his sinister eyes.
He is Lox.
The most wicked man on the high seas.
No one could surprise him.
But what Chenye said...
But that surprised him.
Lockes stared intently at Chen Ye.
He's looking for it.
Find a joke.
Look for any hint that "you misunderstood".
but!
There was nothing there.
Lox remained silent.
On the distant battlefield, fierce fighting continues.
The Five Elders' bodies were shattered by Luffy, but they were regenerated through their self-healing abilities.
The rhythm of the "Drum of Liberation" and Luffy's loud laughter echoed throughout Future Island.
But it seemed that Rocks could no longer hear any of these sounds!
three seconds.
He remained silent for a full three seconds.
He recalled many things!
Harald's laughter.
Wine from the land of giants.
And there's that unfulfilled promise about fighting side by side.
His fist began to clench.
A domineering black aura slowly began to emanate from him.
Rocks' mind was in turmoil.
He kept his voice very low.
"What do you mean?"
He stared intently at Chen Ye.
The pupils shrank to pinpoints.
"Harald—what happened?"
The tone of the three words, "What happened?" rose uncontrollably.
He forcibly pushed her back down.
This is not a question.
This is a desperate confirmation.
Even though they already knew the answer in their hearts, they still had to ask it again.
King of the Giants.
A warrior who has traversed the seas for hundreds of years.
That's a man even I, an old man, acknowledge.
How could he be dead?
Who can kill him?
Roger stood to the side and slightly behind Rocks.
His reaction was different.
He remained silent.
Roger and Harald didn't have that deep a relationship.
But he admired Elbaf.
I admire the land of giants.
That was a tribute to the pure warrior.
Roger's golden eyes darkened slightly.
Like a lamp being blown by the wind.
He completely concealed all the amusement and excitement on his face.
Only solemnity remained.
An era of legend has come to an end.
Another legend would feel sorrow.
Roger didn't say anything.
A silent statement.
I'm listening.
I'll listen with you.
The battlefield roared.
Luffy's white silhouette left afterimages.
The fist was enveloped in black light.
Dark red lightning bolts, reminiscent of a tyrant, intertwined into a net.
The rhythm of the liberation drums is getting faster and faster.
But the three of them stood in a corner, as if separated by something.
The noise from outside can't get in.
The deathly silence inside is inescapable.
Chen Ye stood opposite Rocks.
His dark pupils calmly received all of Locke's emotions.
despair.
unwilling.
anger.
There was also the vulnerability that Rocks never wanted anyone to see, even in his death.
Chen Ye did not dodge.
Her eyelashes drooped slightly.
He was thinking.
How much should I say?
How should I say it?
Chen Ye paused for a moment.
He chose the simplest, cleanest, and cruelest method.
His gaze passed over Lockes' shoulder and fell upon the distant battlefield.
Five enormous demonic bodies are rising from the ruins.
The black divine power, like a viscous liquid, was repairing the wounds Luffy had sustained.
Half a second later.
Chen Ye withdrew his gaze and returned it to Locke's face.
"I'll tell you the specifics when I have the chance."
Chen Ye's voice was flat.
"Now is not the time to talk about this."
That's very true.
On the battlefield, lives hang by a thread.
This is definitely not an occasion for remembering the deceased.
and!
Harald's death cannot be explained in a few words.
Chen Ye turned his head and glanced at Rocks' expression.
That face was like a cold piece of iron.
The muscles in my jaw are twitching.
His fists hung at his sides, his knuckles pale.
Chen Ye's lips parted slightly.
He decided to say one more thing.
This sentence is different from all the previous ones.
There was a hint of comfort in his tone.
"But I can tell you one thing—Harald died a glorious death in the end."
Chen Ye's voice paused for half a second.
Then, he added the last half of the sentence.
The tone of voice dropped.
It was as heavy as the earth.
"He is a giant. In the end, he is a giant."
These words struck Rocks like a hammer blow.
Locke's tense shoulders relaxed a little.
Very small.
So small that it is almost invisible.
But it did happen.
His body, which had been on the verge of exploding, retreated to a state of being forcibly suppressed.
He slowly closed his eyes.
Calm down some of the restlessness you felt earlier.
When Rocks opened his eyes again.
Everything has changed.
His eyes regained their coldness and hardness.
No.
It's colder than before.
Because of the pain, it is all the more indestructible.
But his voice betrayed him.
Only two words.
"understood."
My voice is hoarse.
It wasn't shouted out.
It's the trace left by intense emotions rising from the throat and being forcibly swallowed.
He didn't ask any more questions.
It's not that I don't want to know.
The beast inside him was roaring, and he desperately wanted to know all the details immediately.
But Chenye is right.
It's not the right time on the battlefield.
He is Lox.
He can distinguish between what's important and what's not.
Rocks turned around.
He turned his back to Chen Ye.
With his back to Roger.
Turning back to that smoke-filled battlefield.
His sinister gaze passed over the ashes and rubble, landing on the Five Elders.
In the ruins, five enormous demon bodies are being repaired.
Ten scarlet Rinnegan eyes flashed in unison.
Invisible spiritual threads weave and intertwine among them.
Rocks stared intently at the ten eyes.
His gaze was more terrifying than at any other time in his life.
The surface is calm.
He suppressed all his grief and anger.
It was suppressed into pure killing intent.
It's aimed at Im.
Rocks' lips twitched slightly.
A very low voice.
Only he himself can hear it.
The words were barely out of his mouth when they were drowned out by the sound of an explosion.
Nobody heard it.
But that must have been a blood oath sworn with one's soul.
Chen Ye watched Rocks's retreating figure.
He nodded slightly.
The amplitude is very small.
He approves of this man.
Don't escape.
It won't crash.
Digest it in the shortest time possible, and then forge all the remaining pain into a knife.
This is the true overlord.
Chen Ye withdrew his gaze.
Look towards the center of the battlefield.
In mid-air, Luffy's white figure was still weaving through the air.
The speed was too fast; all you could see was a streak of light.
Each collision unleashed a burst of Armament Haki black light and Conqueror's Haki lightning.
The white mist exploded and then coalesced again, like countless tiny fireworks.
Chen Ye doesn't just use his eyes to see.
His Observation Haki, like an invisible net, enveloped the entire Eghad.
He sensed something was amiss within this net.
Im's mental state is changing.
Chen Ye narrowed his eyes slightly.
Previously, Im's mind was filled with rage.
Because of Joy Boy's shadow.
The Five Elders' attacks are fierce, but crude.
Like an enraged wild beast, it will only pounce and bite.
But now, things are different.
The anger remains.
But beneath the anger lay a layer of cold, rational calculation.
Chenye's perception network quantifies all data.
The interval between the Five Elders' coordinated attacks was shortened from 1.2 seconds to 1.1 seconds.
The distance between the five bodies has been reduced from eighty meters to sixty meters.
The blind spots and gaps that Luffy previously exploited are now being systematically filled.
Im managed to calm himself down amidst his rage.
This dark force that ruled the world for eight hundred years began to set out for its true purpose.
Roger's attention was also drawn back to the battlefield from Rocks.
His expression turned serious again.
He turned his head to the side and lowered his voice.
"Chenye, you said before that you wanted to wait for Im to reveal more of his trump cards. Is this enough?"
Chen Ye did not answer immediately.