Three paths lay before them: first, they could follow Gordon’s suggestion and attack the Demon King of Songs from both worlds simultaneously to get rid of this state, but they were currently incapable of doing so.
The second was to awaken Uta and let her use her consciousness to solve this problem, but this was also impossible. So, only the last method remained – stall, forcibly stall it until Uta’s stamina gets exhausted.
Simply stalling wasn’t difficult; Red Hair Pirates may still be far from peak, but they’re already starting to grow stronger, and it wouldn’t be difficult for the officers of Red Hair Pirates to hold off the Demon King of Songs.
But there were countless ordinary people on this island. Killing was much easier than saving. There were countless ways for these officers to kill someone, but they couldn’t protect the people on this island.
The intimidation of Conqueror’s Haki was useless against this thing. Among the powerful pirates, Shanks has the weakest large-scale attacks. His single-target attacks were powerful enough, but they were meaningless against a monster with infinite HP.
Casualties on the island continued to increase, as evidenced by the growing ruins on Elegia. Tesoro was only temporarily slowing down the opponent’s pace at this point.
“Even if you say that, it’s not something that can be done just because you said it…”
Tesoro could feel the struggle of the monster before him. For eternal freedom, the Demon King of Songs was using all its strength to try to destroy everything here. In its mind, humans were the ones responsible for its imprisonment.
Just then, several streaks of flames suddenly crossed the sky, and a large number of meteors fell from the sky, crashing into the monster’s body.
The attack wasn’t fatal, but the dense shower of meteors slowed down its advance.
“That’s… Draco Meteor? Stella…I understand….”
Taking advantage of the suppression caused by Draco Meteor on the Demon King of Songs, Tesoro clasped its two golden hands together, and a heavy blow struck the opponent’s head. No matter what creature it is, hitting the head first was always a good idea.
Even for immortal creatures, smashing their heads was enough to stall their advance.
No one here could release Draco Meteor. Kaido and Arceus couldn’t be here; the only possibility was Baccarat’s Metronome.
Since Baccarat had his orders, she wouldn’t act arbitrarily unless someone else ordered her, and the only one here who could do that is Stella.
It seems Stella also didn’t want the tragedy to continue. In that case, he would go all out. It would do him no good to let this thing run wild on Elegia.
“I don’t know how long I can drag this out, but let’s give it a try for now!”
“Beckman, take a few people to rescue others. Leave this to us!”
Watching Tesoro’s actions, Shanks adjusted his straw hat, and the Red Hair Pirates split into two teams at his order. Beckman took Yasopp to help evacuate people around, while the rest began to jointly attack the monster before them.
…
In a relatively safe place in the distance, Baccarat lay panting on the deck, with several people lying nearby, too afraid to move.
Baccarat had exhausted too much stamina because of Draco Meteor. The consumption of Metronome was closely related to the move chosen by the user, and this Draco Meteor was of a large scale, depleting her stamina completely.
As for the others who dared not move, to enhance the effect, she borrowed a bit of luck from them. In this situation, not moving was the best choice; they didn’t even dare to breathe loudly, fearing something unlucky might happen to them.
“Madam, perhaps we should retreat a little further. Boss can fly, and we’ll only be a burden here…”
“Alright, bring as many people from the island as possible……”
Watching the continuous flashes of lightning and rumbling at the center of the island, Stella’s eyes held a hint of worry. In truth, Tesoro misunderstood something; she hoped Tesoro would take advantage of the opening created by Draco Meteor and withdraw immediately.
Rescuing people should be within one’s own capabilities. Many have already been saved, so there’s no need to risk oneself for them. This was also her selfishness, and no one has the right to condemn her for it.
As their ship set sail to avoid danger, Stella seemed to see a dark figure streak across the night sky. Its destination: the center of Elegia.
…
“Roar!”
Gab fired a sonic blast from his mouth; this was his method of attack. However, with his appearance resembling that of a beast humanoid, the sonic blasts emitted from his mouth would inevitably make people think he had some connection to Eldoraggo, who consumed the Goe Goe Fruit.
The attacks from the Red Hair Pirates fell on the Demon King of Songs, but none of them, including Shanks and Tesoro, could cause effective damage. It seemed like something was blocking everything.
Rumble!
Lightning crackled intensely around the Demon King of Songs, with electric currents dancing like silver serpents, surging from its mouth toward its own body. Not only did this temporarily drive back the officers of Red Hair Pirates near its body, but it also melted Tesoro’s two golden hands.
But the melted gold remained under Gol-Gol Fruit’s control, and manipulated by Tesoro, the liquid gold surged towards the opponent’s face. However, this had no effect on this special life form.
“Uta! Wake up! Is this what you want to see!”
The battle continued, but the members of the Red Hair Pirates kept trying to awaken Uta. Unfortunately, the current Uta was completely occupied by the consciousness of the Demon King of Songs and couldn’t hear any of her companions’ voices.
And among this group, it was not only just humans.
“Heraaacross! Heraaacross!”
Kabu was flying in front of that demonic mask. Humans may care for humans, but sometimes, creatures of other races value bonds with humans more. Pokémon are a prime example.
Whether their master is a villain or a hero, they are everything in a Pokémon’s life. There are countless examples of this in the Pokémon world. Watching the girl with the beautiful singing voice turn into this monster, Heracross felt not fear but sadness.
“Heracross! Stay back! It isn’t Uta!”
Tesoro’s words didn’t have any effect. Only Arceus could command Pokémon forcibly, and unless Arceus himself was here, outsiders couldn’t stop a Pokémon from doing what it wants.
It still tried to wake Uta up. Special insect’s humming sounds entered the ears of the Demon King of Songs, but this didn’t awaken Uta, instead it only further angered the demon.
“Roar!”
A piercing roar resounded as two monstrous hands slapped towards Heracross, the enormous hands leaving Heracross with little room to dodge.
Shanks was about to save the new friend of Uta, but he saw a black hole swallow the beetle, then another strange figure appeared here…
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