22 Chapter 21
While moving towards the Royal Palace, we encountered a couple of problems on the way. One of them being the civilians that were still in the capital, while the other being Ahmya. The closer we got to the palace, the harder it got for her to keep herself sane. Halfway there, Ahmya fell on her knees, while clutching her head and screaming. Sanji being the gentleman he is, offered to take her out of the capital and keep her save, while we deal with whoever is causing this.
Just in case, I had asked everyone from my crew, if they are feeling the same thing like Ahmya, but they all stated they have no problem whatsoever, and that they feel nothing.
When we reached the palace, we found a man standing right in front of the palace gates. He was taller than me, probably around two meters and twenty centimeters tall, and was wearing a golden crown. The man had a very sharp looking face and looked middle-aged, but his hair was already halfway grey. Looking at his expression, he is the only one who didn't have a mad look but looked extremely scared on the other hand.
"We don't know why you've come here or why you are causing us so much trouble, but We beg you, please hand us the Jolderik lady. We desperately need to sacrifice her to the Sacred Beast. Otherwise, the whole kingdom will be in danger. Please, We beg of you to hand her over." The king was fidgeting while talking and was looking back towards the Royal Palace.
"I have done nothing wrong, so why?" Aisha was barely able to hold her tears, while she asked.
"You have done nothing wrong, but We need you to be sacrificed, to protect the kingdom and the citizens. We don't have a choice on this matter." Initially, I believed the King is the one responsible for this, but it seems there is something more to it.
"Where is this Sacred Beast you are speaking off, and why is it so important to offer a sacrifice to him. If I don't like your answer, I promise you there will be no Sacred Beast after today." The King started sweating at my response.
"Please, We.." He wasn't able to continue, as a giant wolf dropped right next to him. The is around eight meters tall and eighteen meters long, with giant claws. He had pure black fur with red stripes, and his mouth was drooling while he was staring at Aisha.
"Dolphus, I see you have brought my offering. I need her prepared for tomorrow as my sacrifice."The wolf spoke in an ominous voice, and he didn't stop looking at Aisha while talking.
"Wufwufwuf, I get so excited by just looking at her, but why are those fools not on their knees in my presence. Do they not know who I am?" The giant wolf finally turned his attention to us.
"You fucking fleabag can bark all you want, but you will not touch a hair on her body." I couldn't sit still anymore, so I immediately went on the attack. I hit him with a Gomu-Gomu no Pistol, but that did absolutely nothing, the wolf didn't even flinch from my punch.
"A feisty one aren't you? No one has dared to attack me in the past fifty years. Nonetheless, you are suitable for my next sacrifices you smell so-so delicious, and I can already feel how much stronger I will become after eating you." Seeing how my punch didn't do anything, everyone got into position and prepared to face him.
"You have no idea how long I have desired for another human with a Devil Fruit, and now two more have presented themselves to me. It has been forty years, since the last time. I'm getting so excited just by imagining how much stronger I will become, wufwufwuf." He didn't take us seriously at all, judging by his posture and monologs.
"Everyone, try to keep your distance from him and hit him with ranged attacks. Nami, look after Aisha, and make sure she is safe." After giving my order, I transformed into my hybrid form and went on the offensive. Ussop started bombarding him with his small bombs, Nojiko was shooting him with wooden projectiles, while Johnny and Yosaku were throwing anything they find at him.
Unfortunately, the wolf was incredibly strong, and it looked like we weren't doing anything with our attacks. Thankfully he didn't pay much attention to my crew since his gaze has not left me after I transformed. I was dodging all of his attacks and punching or kicking him whenever I got the chance, but he managed to hit me with one of his paws, and it felt like a mountain slammed into me. He sent me flying with his hit into a building.
"Wufwufwuf, my, my you are a special one, and your scent got so much more intoxifying after you transformed, if I could I would even use you as a sacrifice tomorrow." Seeing as I wasn't able to do much to him like this, despite transforming, I decided to takes things further. I created four clones, and we started attacking him together. Three entered Second Gear, while the other two entered Third Gear, by inflating their arms.
Recently, I have had a lot of improvements with using my rubber Devil Fruit, and I was able to enter Second Gear or Third Gear almost instantaneously. Unfortunately, I can't use Fourth Gear since I am still unable to use Armament Haki, much less harden it into armor.
With my enhanced strength and speed, and the addition of my clones, I was finally able to do something to him, since he started howling in pain from our attacks. One clone using Third Gear managed to land a clean hit on his ugly face and lift him off the ground. The wolf cried in pain, but when he landed I saw him transform into a more humanoid shape, but he still kept his wolf traits, like his head, the fur, and his claws. He looked like a giant werewolf.
"I am the almighty God Alarick, and I am gifted with the power of sacrifice, making me a sacrifice-wolf. You are the first humans to witness this form. I obtained it from a Devil Fruit user, who got sacrificed to me. Be glad that I will use it against you." He looked extremely clumsy in this form, but his speed and strength were on a whole other level.
My attacks in Second Gear were doing substantially less damage, and he was slowly adapting to his body. Only the two clones using Third Gear were able to damage him. We managed to land quite a few hits, but he already adapted to his form, and things went south.
He destroyed my four clones, and the pain from their death got transferred to me. I lost my focus and stumbled from experiencing four deaths, and that allowed him to catch me. He kept smashing me on the ground or throwing me at the surrounding buildings, destroying them in the process. Every single one of my bones would have been broken if I wasn't made out of rubber. Despite that, I couldn't do anything to stop him while being caught by him.
He threw me on the ground and was preparing to slice me apart with his claws, but something stopped his attack. The only thing I was able to see from my position was a big mass of white fur.
"I will not allow you to hurt Luffy anymore!" I heard Aisha's voice coming from the mass of fur, and when I was able to get a better look, I saw a giant white nine-tailed fox stopping Alarick. The fox was smaller than the werewolf but was around six meters in height.
For a second I forgot I was fighting, and I got mesmerized by how beautiful it looked with the nine tails dancing behind it. I got released out of my stupor when Alarick threw Aisha away and stabbed her in the gut with his giant claws sticking out of from her backside. When I saw that, every single moment that I've had with her flashed before my eyes. Aisha is one of the sweetest and kindest girls I've met, and after seeing Alarick claws stuck inside her, my vision turned red, and I felt something pop within me. I didn't care how, but I was going to make sure that the wolf disappears from the face of this planet today.
At that moment, I felt something within me evolve. It felt like something exploded inside of me like some invisible restraints were removed. And that's when I felt a surge of power coming from within me, it didn't directly boost my strength, but it felt like my powers improved by a large margin.
Instinctively I knew what happened. I wasn't sure what triggered this, but I was sure as hell going to use everything within my capabilities to erase the filthy mutt in front of me.
Just in case, I had asked everyone from my crew, if they are feeling the same thing like Ahmya, but they all stated they have no problem whatsoever, and that they feel nothing.
When we reached the palace, we found a man standing right in front of the palace gates. He was taller than me, probably around two meters and twenty centimeters tall, and was wearing a golden crown. The man had a very sharp looking face and looked middle-aged, but his hair was already halfway grey. Looking at his expression, he is the only one who didn't have a mad look but looked extremely scared on the other hand.
"We don't know why you've come here or why you are causing us so much trouble, but We beg you, please hand us the Jolderik lady. We desperately need to sacrifice her to the Sacred Beast. Otherwise, the whole kingdom will be in danger. Please, We beg of you to hand her over." The king was fidgeting while talking and was looking back towards the Royal Palace.
"I have done nothing wrong, so why?" Aisha was barely able to hold her tears, while she asked.
"You have done nothing wrong, but We need you to be sacrificed, to protect the kingdom and the citizens. We don't have a choice on this matter." Initially, I believed the King is the one responsible for this, but it seems there is something more to it.
"Where is this Sacred Beast you are speaking off, and why is it so important to offer a sacrifice to him. If I don't like your answer, I promise you there will be no Sacred Beast after today." The King started sweating at my response.
"Please, We.." He wasn't able to continue, as a giant wolf dropped right next to him. The is around eight meters tall and eighteen meters long, with giant claws. He had pure black fur with red stripes, and his mouth was drooling while he was staring at Aisha.
"Dolphus, I see you have brought my offering. I need her prepared for tomorrow as my sacrifice."The wolf spoke in an ominous voice, and he didn't stop looking at Aisha while talking.
"Wufwufwuf, I get so excited by just looking at her, but why are those fools not on their knees in my presence. Do they not know who I am?" The giant wolf finally turned his attention to us.
"You fucking fleabag can bark all you want, but you will not touch a hair on her body." I couldn't sit still anymore, so I immediately went on the attack. I hit him with a Gomu-Gomu no Pistol, but that did absolutely nothing, the wolf didn't even flinch from my punch.
"A feisty one aren't you? No one has dared to attack me in the past fifty years. Nonetheless, you are suitable for my next sacrifices you smell so-so delicious, and I can already feel how much stronger I will become after eating you." Seeing how my punch didn't do anything, everyone got into position and prepared to face him.
"You have no idea how long I have desired for another human with a Devil Fruit, and now two more have presented themselves to me. It has been forty years, since the last time. I'm getting so excited just by imagining how much stronger I will become, wufwufwuf." He didn't take us seriously at all, judging by his posture and monologs.
"Everyone, try to keep your distance from him and hit him with ranged attacks. Nami, look after Aisha, and make sure she is safe." After giving my order, I transformed into my hybrid form and went on the offensive. Ussop started bombarding him with his small bombs, Nojiko was shooting him with wooden projectiles, while Johnny and Yosaku were throwing anything they find at him.
Unfortunately, the wolf was incredibly strong, and it looked like we weren't doing anything with our attacks. Thankfully he didn't pay much attention to my crew since his gaze has not left me after I transformed. I was dodging all of his attacks and punching or kicking him whenever I got the chance, but he managed to hit me with one of his paws, and it felt like a mountain slammed into me. He sent me flying with his hit into a building.
"Wufwufwuf, my, my you are a special one, and your scent got so much more intoxifying after you transformed, if I could I would even use you as a sacrifice tomorrow." Seeing as I wasn't able to do much to him like this, despite transforming, I decided to takes things further. I created four clones, and we started attacking him together. Three entered Second Gear, while the other two entered Third Gear, by inflating their arms.
Recently, I have had a lot of improvements with using my rubber Devil Fruit, and I was able to enter Second Gear or Third Gear almost instantaneously. Unfortunately, I can't use Fourth Gear since I am still unable to use Armament Haki, much less harden it into armor.
With my enhanced strength and speed, and the addition of my clones, I was finally able to do something to him, since he started howling in pain from our attacks. One clone using Third Gear managed to land a clean hit on his ugly face and lift him off the ground. The wolf cried in pain, but when he landed I saw him transform into a more humanoid shape, but he still kept his wolf traits, like his head, the fur, and his claws. He looked like a giant werewolf.
"I am the almighty God Alarick, and I am gifted with the power of sacrifice, making me a sacrifice-wolf. You are the first humans to witness this form. I obtained it from a Devil Fruit user, who got sacrificed to me. Be glad that I will use it against you." He looked extremely clumsy in this form, but his speed and strength were on a whole other level.
My attacks in Second Gear were doing substantially less damage, and he was slowly adapting to his body. Only the two clones using Third Gear were able to damage him. We managed to land quite a few hits, but he already adapted to his form, and things went south.
He destroyed my four clones, and the pain from their death got transferred to me. I lost my focus and stumbled from experiencing four deaths, and that allowed him to catch me. He kept smashing me on the ground or throwing me at the surrounding buildings, destroying them in the process. Every single one of my bones would have been broken if I wasn't made out of rubber. Despite that, I couldn't do anything to stop him while being caught by him.
He threw me on the ground and was preparing to slice me apart with his claws, but something stopped his attack. The only thing I was able to see from my position was a big mass of white fur.
"I will not allow you to hurt Luffy anymore!" I heard Aisha's voice coming from the mass of fur, and when I was able to get a better look, I saw a giant white nine-tailed fox stopping Alarick. The fox was smaller than the werewolf but was around six meters in height.
For a second I forgot I was fighting, and I got mesmerized by how beautiful it looked with the nine tails dancing behind it. I got released out of my stupor when Alarick threw Aisha away and stabbed her in the gut with his giant claws sticking out of from her backside. When I saw that, every single moment that I've had with her flashed before my eyes. Aisha is one of the sweetest and kindest girls I've met, and after seeing Alarick claws stuck inside her, my vision turned red, and I felt something pop within me. I didn't care how, but I was going to make sure that the wolf disappears from the face of this planet today.
At that moment, I felt something within me evolve. It felt like something exploded inside of me like some invisible restraints were removed. And that's when I felt a surge of power coming from within me, it didn't directly boost my strength, but it felt like my powers improved by a large margin.
Instinctively I knew what happened. I wasn't sure what triggered this, but I was sure as hell going to use everything within my capabilities to erase the filthy mutt in front of me.