Sentomaru understood very well that Kizaru was a Devil Fruit user. Hearing that man earlier call the massacrer he so hated a "devil," Kizaru's heart felt somewhat uncomfortable. In the One Piece World, "Devil" wasn't a term that was entirely negative in meaning (considering the existence of Devil Fruits).
Kizaru's speed was extremely fast. As the owner of the Pika Pika no Mi ability, he left everyone far behind. Even Sentomaru could only see flashes of yellow light shooting across the horizon from afar.
Currently, in the village center square, dozens of surviving villagers were gathered there. Their faces one by one showed fear as they stared at a pale-faced middle-aged man sitting on a high platform.
The middle-aged man sat in a rattan chair with crossed legs and chin propped up. His gaze coldly observed the villagers below him, as if he were staring at a bunch of ants whose lives he could take at any time.
"I'll say it once more, let the fragment holder come out themselves. Otherwise, I'm forced to massacre all the villagers here and search for them myself. I don't think any of you want that to happen," Lucas said while squinting his eyes.
Behind him, a vague black shadow appeared floating. The aura emanating from it felt like a giant monster from ancient times that made anyone tremble in fear.
"Who is it really?! Come out quickly! Do you really want this entire village to die with you?!"
"That's right, so many people among us have already died, can you bear to watch the entire village massacred?!"
"Damn it, who are you?! Come out quickly, I don't want to die!"
At this moment, some villagers could no longer endure and began screaming hysterically.
This devil before them wasn't joking; they had all witnessed his cruel methods. Under his hands, half the village population had been massacred without remainder.
In a corner of the crowd, a girl bowed her head deeply, her body trembling violently. This girl appeared to be around seventeen or eighteen years old with a clean and beautiful face.
Her name was Rena. Some time ago, she followed a merchant fleet to sea and accidentally entered the coverage area of the Sacred Ruins Trial Tower. She managed to survive and became one of the few survivors.
She also obtained a Godhead fragment, but she hadn't awakened the power of that fragment. Her nature was too weak and gentle, not strong enough to support the will of that Godhead fragment.
Unknown to anyone, the power emanating from Lucas's body flowed abundantly like a rising tide. On Rena's neck, a black secret pattern began to appear and move slowly, as if it would grow and branch out.
Because Rena had previously gone to sea with the merchant fleet, when she returned, she only told that she experienced a sea accident and only she was lucky enough to survive. So, no one suspected that Rena was the person; moreover, everyone knew her timid nature, it was impossible she was the fragment holder Lucas meant.
Lucas's expression slowly became impatient. His patience was almost exhausted, and under the influence of this Godhead fragment, his nature became increasingly brutal. Otherwise, he wouldn't have conducted cruel massacres on half this village's population. Previously, although he was a fairly sadistic pirate, he had never done anything this cruel.
After entering the Sacred Ruins Trial Tower and becoming a survivor, he obtained this Godhead fragment and successfully awakened its power. Until now, he had collected two fragments with the same attribute. He only needed to find four more fragments to unite a complete Godhead and become a true god.
Through the fragments he already possessed, he could clearly sense that on this small island there was another Godhead fragment, but he couldn't determine the specific location.
Back then, in East Blue, he was just an unknown small-time pirate with a bounty value that had only just reached ten million. In the current pirate era, such a value meant nothing at all. But now, after possessing Godhead fragments, his power skyrocketed. Especially if he succeeded in collecting this third fragment, his power would grow to a terrifying level. That's why he dared to act arbitrarily and commit atrocities even though the World Council had been formed.
"Alright, since that's the case, don't blame me for being merciless. You won't come out, then I'll search for it myself!" Lucas slowly lowered his leg, his gaze becoming increasingly cold.
Behind him, that black shadow slowly transformed into a large black scythe that he gripped in his hand. Black energy surged, and within it seemed to echo the sound of thousands of restless spirits wailing mournfully.
"No! Sir, don't kill us!"
"Please release us, we truly don't know who the fragment holder is!"
"My child is only six years old, Sir, please spare him! He can't possibly be the fragment holder. If you must kill, just kill me!"
Villagers one by one begged for mercy. A woman protected her child behind her back while pleading with tears flowing profusely.
Lucas was completely unmoved. His consciousness had gradually been eroded by the fragment's power, his nerves became crazed, and his eyes radiated wicked and intense killing intent.
"Kekekekeke... better to wrongly kill than let escape. I don't have the habit of letting people live. If killing, kill until clean. Give up, today you all must die!"
Lucas swung his right hand. On that black scythe gathered a black slash that took one's breath away, shooting quickly toward the villagers who were crying in the center of the square.
At that moment, Kizaru who had been quietly observing the situation from afar showed a sharp gaze. Dazzling golden-yellow light began gathering between his two hands.
Ama no Murakumo no Tsurugi!
Half his body began shattering into golden light particles preparing to shoot toward there.
But right at that moment, a sudden change occurred on the battlefield.
A very suppressed low growl exploded from the middle of the crowd. Rena who had been bowing her head suddenly looked up. Currently, half her face had been covered by terrifying black secret patterns, her veins protruded, and one of her eyes had been completely filled with deep black color. Her appearance looked very strange.
Under everyone's shocked gaze, Rena levitated upward. Her figure flickered and directly appeared in front of the villagers while pushing out her palm.
As soon as that black slash made contact with her palm, the slash seemed to lose its power and was completely absorbed into that seemingly weak white palm.
That white hand turned pitch black from absorbing the energy, even her nails lengthened to half an inch. Rena's hair danced wildly as she stared sharply toward Lucas on the platform. There was no longer the previous fear; she now looked like a devil.
Lucas was stunned for a moment, then he laughed uproariously with madness: "Finally you're willing to come out too!"