Achieving Nothing, I Can Only Be the Pirate King-Chapter 620 - 369: Vigor-Vigor Fruit

"You..."

The burly man was about to finish speaking when he suddenly froze. After a closer look at this white-haired man, his expression changed drastically, cold sweat trickling down his face as he instinctively retreated.

"Disaster!"

Anyone who has accessed information knows that there are few who do not recognize the Disaster nowadays.

He wasn’t one of those desperately poor people; never mind news reports—they can’t even afford food, naturally not paying attention to outside news.

However, he still recognized him, this world-renowned Great Pirate!

"Why are you here? This is the West Sea!" the burly man shouted.

"Do Pirates need someone else’s permission to show up anywhere?"

Sage got off his motorcycle and waved at the burly man, "Alright, don’t block the road, move along."

He wasn’t very interested in such weaklings.

The burly man instinctively wanted to back away, but when he glanced at the people around him wearing black cloaks, he mustered his courage and sneered:

"If I can take down a Great Pirate like you here, I could also become renowned worldwide!"

Sage sighed, "There’s never a shortage of guys like you out on the sea."

"Attack!"

As the burly man raised his axe, the people gathered nearby scattered like birds and beasts, quickly moving aside.

Within the clearing path, the black-cloaked figures moved like ghosts, rushing through the passage at a high speed towards Sage.

Sage stood still, quietly observing.

Whoosh!

Just as the black cloaks were about to reach him, a blur quickly flashed across from behind Sage, confronting the black cloaks.

"Leave it to me, Pearl, Captain Sage!"

Pearl, wearing an iron shield, charged forward while flashing his teeth to everyone, a glint peeking through the gaps.

Bam!

Crash!

The humanoid black cloak figures collided with his iron shield, creating the sounds of slashing and striking. The immense force caused deep cracks to appear in the shield instantly.

"Such a fragile iron shield is useless!"

The burly man, like a bear, charged over, raising his double axes high, striking Pearl’s iron shield heavily.

"Sending just this kind of lackey will lead to failure!" 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

The sharp axes embedded deeply into the iron shield with a powerful momentum, and the burly man grinned menacingly, preparing to split the shield and the man entirely.

But at that moment, his expression changed again. No matter how much strength he applied with his arms, the smaller stature did not budge one bit.

"Breaking the iron shield is useless, because I also have Tekkai!"

Pearl pointed to himself with his thumb, revealing his gleaming white teeth, "I’m the Shield Man and the Handsome Man, famously known as Pearl the Absolute Defense... How about it, I’m pretty well-versed, right?"

"You..."

"Tekkai: Heavy Bite!"

Before the burly man could speak again, Pearl’s hand shot out like lightning, gripping his head tightly.

Bam!

With just a squeeze, the burly man’s skull was deformed, and with a muffled sound, his whole head was crushed, collapsing down.

"Not only am I well-versed, but I’m also pretty strong!" Pearl laughed triumphantly.

This guy acquired the fruit, as Sage predicted, he should have given up using something like an iron shield.

It’s not to say it served no purpose, but at least in the New World, people of slight renown didn’t care about something like an iron shield.

In fact, Pearl did abandon it for a while, but later picked it up again.

According to him, it was for a sense of security.

Only the techniques of Tekkai and his own Zoan-type defense were not enough for him.

With the iron shield, he had multiple layers of defense, which made him feel safer.

Whoosh!

The burly man’s death did not stop the black cloaks from attacking. After one ineffective strike, a black cloak approached from the side and was about to continue the assault when Pearl reached out and tore the cloak, unveiling a...

"Apple?" Pearl was stunned.

Underneath the black cloak, there was an apple transformed into a human-like form. It didn’t have specific limbs or facial features but was very humanoid nonetheless.

On what looked like extended arms, it held two apple-shaped hammers, ready to strike down.

The iron shield, already cracked and chopped with large gaps, shattered completely. Before Pearl could counterattack, a strand of hair swiftly approached, piercing through the apple’s body.

The humanoid figure trembled, its body began to disintegrate into ash, revealing an apple pierced by the hair, which was noticeably larger than a fist...

"Ah la..."

Beside Sage, Marika, with her hair flying, lightly exclaimed, causing her hair to attack all the black cloaks, instantly tearing open the cloaks and revealing their true forms.

Humanoid banana figures holding knives.

Coconuts and durians in armor.

Bone meat ribs holding white bone swords and meat swords.

Chicken breast with a strong build.

Hidden under those black cloaks were all foods!

Under Marika’s hair attack, these humanoid figures burst into ash, turning back into their original food forms.

"An Ability User?"

Lily murmured softly, her sensitivity to food had led her to discover something amiss, prompting her to act.

Behind her, Gin pondered for a moment and said, "If it’s an Ability User, maybe they’re akin to Cracker, using their power to create things."

"Quite interesting..."

Sage chuckled, stepping over the food strewn on the ground by gathered hair, and looked straight at the iron door with a big hole blasted into the center of the mountain.

"Renedia, hit it again."

"Okay!"

Renedia twisted the handle again, firing a cannonball to completely blow open the large iron door.

Beyond the iron door was a white light, glaring against the darkening sky, which was nearing nighttime.

It was an extremely strong light.

Bang!

As the light appeared, a piercing sound echoed, and the rope on the steps in front of the iron door snapped. A clear tremor was felt at the sentry position below.

It seemed the lift-like device had also broken.

"What’s this? Hiding inside the mountain?"

Sage scoffed, "Forget it, I’ll go myself. The rest of you, distribute the Soldier’s Food Pill and tell them they’re coming with me."

Thud!

With that, he stepped forward, creating smoke rings, and quickly soared high, landing on the steps in front of the iron door.

The iron door was quite wide, but as soon as he entered, Sage felt a sense of initial narrowness that soon opened up spaciously.

Inside the iron door, the mountain had clearly been hollowed out, revealing a massive white hall emitting phosphorescence.

If Sage’s own Royal Palace had been artistically transformed by Hawkins, adopting some refined aesthetics in his ’nouveau riche’ style, making it resplendent.

Then this hall imparted only a sense of sanctity and luxury to Sage.

"These stones..."

Sage walked straight in, tapping on the glowing bricks, clicking his tongue, "Good stuff, where’s it from? West Sea specialty? Lily, Lily!"

Whoosh!

As he shouted, Lily and Marika also used Moon Step to follow inside.

"Go, call Moriah, ask if there’s any glowing white stone from the West Sea, I can’t quite tell."

Sage said, then glanced at Marika.

"This food issue concerns me." Marika smiled slightly, "So I came in to have a look, hmm...looks like it’s yielding results."

Step step step...

A large amount of movement sounded from both sides of the hall, as a procession of white cloaks, distinct from the black cloaks below, filed in from both sides and gathered in front of Sage.

Their cloaks similarly obscured their figures.

A figure emerged from among the white cloaks, revealing the legs within the cloak.

It was a person...

"Who dares intrude here, tired of living?!"

The person glared at Sage, "This is the Royal Palace, intruding is a capital offense!"

Upon saying so, he was startled, cold sweat streaming down his forehead, "Lord, Lord Disaster?!"

Like the burly man, he recognized Sage.

Sage glanced at him and, similarly uninterested, said, "Lily, Marika, deal with the people in this palace, then plunder what we need. I’ll just wander around, this place is crafted quite well, embedded into the mountain..."

Ignoring the person in the white cloak, Sage headed straight towards an entrance on the right side of the hall.

As the person in the white cloak was about to speak, he abruptly saw Sage wave his hand, suddenly conjuring a whirlwind blade that sliced through the white cloaks, shredding them into pieces. Dust exploded, sending a mix of sliced meat, vegetables, and fruits scattering across the ground.

The person in the white cloak pursed his lips, discreetly retreating behind the surrounding white cloaks, trying to hide and not let Sage notice.

Until Sage entered the passage, he wiped his forehead, his expression changing, and pointed at the two women in the hall, declaring righteously:

"Intruding the Royal Palace is a capital offense, let me, the Guard Captain of Cloud Mountain Kingdom, Gornier, punish you!"

"Moriah, it’s Lily. Currently in the West Sea, Sage asked me to ask you if the West Sea has a glowing white stone."

Lily ignored him completely, pulling out a small Radio Snail and making her call.

"Hey!!" Gornier’s eyes rolled back, shouting sharply, "Acknowledge me, even as Great Pirates, you shouldn’t look down on people! Is the Disaster Pirates so remarkable?!"

"These foods...did you make them?" Marika inquired.

"Of course!"

Gornier lifted his head proudly, "I ate the Vigor-Vigor Fruit and became a Vigor Human. I can vitalize ingredients, ensuring they don’t rot and transforming them into ’living people.’ As long as it’s edible, I can invigorate and control it!"

"Cloud Mountain Kingdom doesn’t need extra guards. As long as I’m here, Gornier, I’m the Kingdom’s strongest defense, never letting anyone into the Royal Palace or meet the King!"

"Yes, yes, alright, I’ll go in and have a look."

As she passed by Gornier, Lily similarly walked into the passage Sage had entered, leaving behind a statement only when her entire figure disappeared into the hall.

"Moriah said it’s not the stone glowing, there’s a material conductor that can make adjacent materials glow. I’ll go find it."

"Safe travels."

Marika smiled back, then turned to Gornier, "I have a question. You possess freshness preservation technology and can even make food run, so why are the people of this Kingdom starving?"

"Do peasants deserve to eat?!"

Gornier scoffed, "They’ll reappear soon anyway. These guys are as resilient as rats and cockroaches, not requiring any care."