After the completion of King of Beasts’ ship, the shipyard within the Beasts Pirates’ territory began constructing their second ship, which belonged to Arceus. However, due to issues with materials and craftsmanship, the completion of this ship would have to wait some time.
At this time, the ship Arceus was on was obtained by Kaido and others from the Nation Kingdom. As the first ship of the Beasts Pirates, although it had been through many battles, it could still navigate the sea.
People always tend to be nostalgic, and even objects used for a long time are not easily abandoned.
The roughly hundred people on board were in high spirits, and it happened because of Mandrell’s good luck. They didn’t think they were any worse than Mandrell before he gained his abilities, and they were all waiting for an opportunity to prove themselves.
“Boss King, we’ll arrive in half a day, but do we really have to go there?”
“This is Lord Sacred Beast’s order and also the arrangement of fate. Is there a problem?”
The so-called arrangement of fate is Arceus randomly picking up a rock with his energy hand and throwing it onto the sea chart, and wherever the rock fell, that was the next search area.
It was clear that the place they were going to was not safe. Although the members of the Beasts Pirates desired to obtain more things, they also feared the unknown.
“No, but I heard that place is quite chaotic. After all, Galzburg is known as the land of never-ending war.”
Galzburg was a country in the New World, but this name had long been forgotten by history. Nowadays, most of the world refers to it as a country of never-ending war.
The name came from the fact that there were non-stop wars here. Many years ago, the king of Galzburg died a violent death, and since then, the country had split into two parts.
Both externally and internally, this country was at war, to the point where orphans were everywhere and landmines were densely scattered throughout. Anyone who gets close to the battlefield is at risk of stepping on a landmine.
However, they didn’t know that while they were sailing, the prolonged war in the country of never-ending war had ended a few days ago, and the person who ended the war was not an army, but a person named Douglas Bullet.
Fourteen years ago, Bullet was born here, but he was a war orphan. His father had long died in battle, and his mother chose to abandon him after he was born.
However, he was adopted by a soldier of the country, with the goal of training him to be a child soldier. These child soldiers were tasked with carrying out suicide missions such as walking on landmines and detonating them to open up paths.
These child soldiers were called “Bullets,” which was the origin of Bullet’s name, while his surname came from the highest commander of the army, Douglas Gray.
Six years ago, Bullet became a soldier under his command with the designation “9th number”.
The one with the most outstanding performance in battle can earn the Medal. As a child, Bullet, who only had weapons as his companion, wanted that Medal the most. However, when he was about to achieve his goal, he was betrayed by his comrades.
On the verge of death, he killed his comrades and took back his Medal, but lost trust in comrades and has been acting alone ever since.
One year ago, Bullet became a hero who dominated the battlefield and also the strongest child soldier. He was on the verge of death again in another risky operation, but coincidentally obtained the “Clank-Clank Fruit.”
Paramecia-type Clank-Clank Fruit allows the user to fuse inorganic objects they touch with their own body. Not only can it fuse with his body, but it also enables him to combine inorganic objects together and rearrange them to create new weapons.
And on the battlefield, the one thing that is not in short supply is weapons, so the ability of Clank-Clank Fruit made him even stronger.
Not long ago, Bullet was hailed as a hero of the country and the country he belonged to was on the verge of winning the war.
Douglas Gray also became the general of the country because of Bullet.
However, Gray began to feel danger from Bullet’s strength. He felt that he could not control Bullet’s power, so he promised to let him leave the battlefield and give him true freedom after the war.
Originally, it was just a lie. He believed that Bullet would die on the battlefield, and afterwards, he could use his army to recapture the enemy’s territory that Bullet had breached, and become a true “hero”.
But he underestimated Bullet’s strength. He never thought that Bullet would single-handedly take on an entire army and eliminate all enemies. When Bullet discovered that Gray had also betrayed him, he destroyed the country and the army in a fit of anger, which also attracted the attention of the World Government.
Because Gray intended to join the World Government after the end of the war. Since they were once a member of the allied nations and as a militarized country with the ability to plunder heavenly tribute, World Government agreed to his request.
But Bullet’s appearance was unexpected, and his actions drew the attention of the World Government, so the people to capture him had already set off.
These things happened a few days ago, and since Arceus and others did not receive the news, they still headed towards it as usual. So, when they landed on the shore, all they saw was a desolate and deathly silent land.
Vultures were pecking at corpses, and when they saw people arrive, they not only didn’t run, but even launched attacks on the Beasts Pirates’ people. It shows how well these vultures have been doing lately, to the point where they would take the initiative to attack humans..
But after two gunshots, these vultures chose to scatter and flee, leaving only scattered feathers on the ground.
“Wow, it is really tragic here.”
“Yeah, have they really escalated the fight to this extent?”” Even if they were pirates, they felt uncomfortable seeing this sight.
“Boss Arceus! Do we continue going deeper?”
“Yes, and while we’re at it, let’s see if there are any survivors around here.” The area here is not small, and he needs to search every corner to find the plates. As for looking for survivors, although he’s not here to save people, he doesn’t mind helping out if he encounters anyone still alive.
Humans are incredibly fragile, but they often have a strong will to survive. In the ruins, they really did come across quite a few people who were still alive.
Since, those who could move had already left this place, the ruins were full of buried people, and without help, they would only face a slow death.
“Hey! Can someone give me a hand? There are still people alive here, and this rock is too heavy!”
Several more footsteps were heard around them, and then with their combined effort, the heavy rock that had been pressing down on someone was finally lifted. However, the atmosphere suddenly quieted down the next moment.
“Marines?!”
“Pirates?!”
The blue and white Marine uniform, the white pirate flag tattoo, these distinctive features already indicated the identity of both sides. Just now, they hadn’t noticed each other’s identity while struggling to lift the huge rock. But now that the rock had been moved and the obstruction had disappeared, they all saw each other clearly.
The sound of bullets being loaded rang out, and the two groups of people who had just worked together to save someone were now tensely confronting each other.