"What did you say?!"
On a small island a few hundred kilometers away from the Ait Wall Sea Area, the Roger Pirates were resting there.
For the past six months, Roger had been training to build his strength.
Back in Jaltzburg Kingdom, his power had grown too fast. He had used the devil fruit, monster cells, and Shikon Jewel fragments to force his strength to multiply several times. It was only recently that he had fully mastered that power.
But he knew it was far from enough. To deal with Aatrox, he needed even greater strength.
But how easy was it to gain more power?
In a way, he had reached his current level thanks to those external aids. In a short time, he could not grow stronger on his own.
While Roger was thinking about what to do next, he received a message from Unknown.
"Because of Aatrox's brutal actions, the pirates in the New World could no longer stand the situation. They went to find the Whitebeard Pirates and gathered over a hundred pirate crews to launch a 'final stand' against Aatrox. Right now, they are already fighting in the Ait Wall Sea Area."
After hearing Unknown's words, everyone in the bar on the island fell silent at once.
In an instant, Roger's angry shout rang out: "What a joke! Who do they think they are, trying to take on that Aatrox?!"
Aatrox...
Was he someone ordinary people could handle?!
Could he be defeated just by numbers?!
They only knew Aatrox existed and that he was very strong, but they had never faced him. In the New World, everyone who had faced Aatrox besides Roger was dead.
The only information they had was that the Roger Pirates and the Marines had teamed up but were badly beaten by Aatrox. In the end, Aatrox was also driven deep into the New World.
The Roger Pirates were indeed a powerful crew, and Roger himself was one of the greatest pirates. With two Marine Admirals and thirty thousand Marines added, it was truly a force no one on the seas could resist.
That was why they had hesitated at first, because they knew Aatrox was strong.
But as time passed, Aatrox became more and more savage on the seas, harming more and more people. They knew they might be next.
No one like this had ever appeared on the seas before. Even the worst killers would stop after a while, but Aatrox's thirst for blood seemed endless. The path of death he left behind seemed to have no end. The peace they hoped for never came.
That was why they joined forces. They believed that with over a hundred pirate crews united, their fighting power would surpass that of Roger and the Marines. Even if they suffered heavy losses, they had to kill Aatrox, or he would pick them off one by one.
And because of their ignorance about Aatrox, they had no idea that this so-called alliance was just giving him a constant supply of power!
They were simply marching to their deaths!
Roger gritted his teeth and stood up. "I'm heading there now. You all stay put and remain here."
"What kind of talk is that?" Gaban stood up too. "If we're going, we go together!"
As he spoke, the others stood up as well. It seemed like all Roger had to do was give the order, and they would charge at Aatrox.
That was the plan originally. Back in Jaltzburg Kingdom, they had suffered an unprecedented defeat. Even their first mate Rayleigh had been captured by The Black Order.
They were beaten one by one, and only survived because of the enemy's mercy.
It was a humiliation, the greatest shame!
Anger burned in their hearts. Even knowing they had little chance against Aatrox, they wanted to wash away that shame with their deaths.
If they were afraid of this, why be pirates at all?
In their view, honor and freedom were the most important things. Life meant nothing.
"I'm not going to fight Aatrox..."
But Roger said in a low voice. He knew what his crew was thinking, but now was not the time.
He looked toward the Ait Wall Sea Area and said softly, "I'm going to save people."
Save people?!
Yes! Of course, save people!
Roger knew very well that the pirates in the Ait Wall Sea Area were doomed!
They stood no chance against Aatrox. If it were just a few top fighters surrounding him, there might be a slim chance, but bringing a huge army like this to face Aatrox was suicide.
Roger could not let that happen. Leaving aside his friendship with Whitebeard, for the balance of the world, he could not let all those pirates die there.
If they faced Aatrox in the future, these people might still be useful.
Besides, Aatrox was not the only demon lord. They could not lose most of their fighting power here.
"Roger is right." Unknown spoke calmly at this time. "I have no ties with Whitebeard and the others, but I know they are famous pirates. They should not die here. If they have to die, it should be in the final battle with Aatrox."
Roger was about to praise him when Unknown turned to look at him. With a serious expression, he said, "But I'm going with you."
"That's not fair! I want to go too!" Gaban complained.
But Unknown just shook his head. "I have the ability to teleport. I can take Roger there quickly. You can't."
Roger thought for a moment and nodded. "Alright, Unknown can come. But we'll stop at the edge of the Ait Wall Sea Area. When we get there, I'll see if I can get a few people out, then we'll leave right away."
Teleportation—this ability was truly powerful.
There were devil fruits that allowed teleportation, but no one had eaten one yet, and no one knew where it was.
Unknown's teleportation ability was only half-developed. To fully master it, he needed three years of training in front of the super ability training box, but he had trained for less than two years.
He could use it, but there was a delay.
The distance per teleport was not very far, and it consumed a lot of Haki. It was not suitable for use in battle, but now it was not about fighting.
This island was hundreds of kilometers from the Ait Wall Sea Area. Unknown figured he would need to teleport ten times to get there, and rest once in the middle to recover his strength.
Even so, it would still be much faster than Roger going alone!
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