Chapter 791: Chapter 791: Otto and Cavendish vs. the G-5 Marines

"They’re fighting!"

"Smoker-san!"

"Dammit! Two executives of the Chris Pirates... our odds are too low!"

"If only Base Commander Vergo were here!"

The G-5 Marines cried out, drawing their weapons and keeping a wary eye on Otto, who had yet to make a move.

"Where did these Marines come from?"

"That guy is Smoker! The one fighting Cavendish-sama is the G-5 Vice Admiral, Smoker the White Hunter!"

"A Logia user! What a troublesome man!"

On the deck of the Chris Pirates’ ship, hundreds of pirates appeared, glares fixed on the G-5 Marines. The ship’s cannons were already swiveling to lock onto the Marine vessel.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Cavendish and Smoker traded blows at high speed. Durandal and the Seastone Jitte clashed repeatedly, ringing out with the sharp sound of screaming steel.

"White Out!!"

Suddenly, Smoker thrust his Jitte into the snow and transformed his arms into smoke, launching a rapid-fire barrage of punches. Cavendish dodged nimbly, refusing to let the smoke-powered fists connect.

Boom!

As Cavendish circled to Smoker’s flank, he unleashed a slash. An invisible, razor-sharp wind tore through the snow. Smoker grabbed his Jitte and dissipated into smoke just in time. The invisible strike sliced a long, narrow fissure dozens of meters into the frozen ground.

This guy’s strength... Logia users are such a pain!

Watching the duel, Otto grew impatient. Cavendish was strong, but a Logia user was difficult to pin down; this fight wouldn’t end anytime soon.

"We need to end this quickly!"

"ROAARR—"

Having made up his mind, Otto let out a thunderous roar. His body began to swell and distort. His three-meter frame expanded until he was nearly five meters wide. His head grew massive, his mouth widening to reveal rows of protruding, razor-sharp teeth, his canines lengthening into foot-long tusks. Brown fur blanketed his skin, a long tail whipped behind him, and his limbs transformed into the predatory claws of a beast. He stood like an upright, monstrous chimera, radiating a thick, suffocating aura of slaughter.

Whoosh— 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

In his Hybrid Form, Otto swung his metal axe, creating a gust of wind so violent it stripped away a layer of snow from the ground.

Gulp...

The G-5 Marines stood frozen in terror.

"That transformation... is he an Ancient Zoan?" Feeling the terrifying aura wash over her like a tidal wave, Tashigi’s face paled. "This is insane! This pressure..."

"ROAARR!"

Otto roared again and charged. His massive body moved like a racing engine. He swung his axe at Smoker, the metal blade whistling with lethal momentum.

"Crap!"

Having just parried Cavendish’s sword, Smoker couldn’t dodge in time. He cursed under his breath and braced his Seastone Jitte against his chest to tank the blow.

CLANG—

The axe slammed into the Jitte, detonating a shockwave that caused the surrounding snow to cave in.

"Are you... kidding me... this strength..."

Smoker’s face turned beet-red. He felt a surge of monstrous, tidal force that nearly vibrated the Jitte out of his hands. He strained every muscle to hold his ground.

Rumble—

Within seconds, Smoker could no longer withstand Otto’s raw power. He was sent flying backward, crashing into the snow dozens of meters away and sliding another ten meters before stopping.

"Vice Admiral Smoker!"

"Smoker-san!" Tashigi and the Marines cried out.

"Bastard! He was my opponent!" Cavendish shouted at Otto, his sword trembling with rage.

"If you could finish him faster, I wouldn’t have to step in!" Otto shot Cavendish a glance before charging toward Smoker again.

Clang...

"Don’t you dare! Orc Otto!"

Tashigi shouted, drawing her Meito, Shigure. With a sharp kick off the ground, she dashed toward Otto.

"Beautiful Marine lady, you should probably stay back!"

Cavendish flickered into motion, intercepting Tashigi. Durandal lunged forward in a flash.

Ting—

Startled, Tashigi parried the sword with an upward stroke.

"I didn’t expect such a beautiful lady to be a swordsman of such caliber!" Cavendish remarked, surprised.

"White Horse Cavendish!"

Tashigi stared at the man with grim focus, her hands tight around Shigure. Cold sweat beaded on her forehead. Every executive of the Chris Pirates was a high-tier pirate of extraordinary strength. The man before her bore the infamy of the "Kamaitachi of Rommel"—a cold-blooded killer.

"Tashigi-chan!"

"Damn you! What do you think you’re doing to our Captain?!"

The G-5 Marines saw Cavendish attacking Tashigi and exploded in a frenzy, charging forward with their weapons raised.

"Stay back! You can’t handle him!" Tashigi warned, desperate to stop them. She swung her blade at Cavendish to draw his attention.

"Can’t you see I’m talking to a lady? You annoying pests!"

Cavendish looked at the dozens of approaching Marines with annoyance. He flipped into the air, easily dodging Tashigi’s slash, and descended upside down above the G-5 unit, spinning his blade in a whirlwind of steel.

"Biken: Swan Lake!!!"

Slash! Slash! Slash!

In an instant, blood sprayed as over a dozen G-5 Marines were cut down.

BOOM!

Suddenly, the earth shook. Otto’s axe slammed into the snow. As Smoker dissipated into smoke to escape, the ground beneath Otto’s sheer strength cracked and split, the fissure racing forward for nearly a hundred meters.

Smoker reformed in mid-air, his lower body still composed of smoke. His right arm, still gripping the Jitte, was trembling slightly.

"Dammit! Such power..." Smoker’s expression was grim. He stared down at the Hybrid-form Otto, his mind racing through the man’s file.

Orc - Dorot Otto. A beast-human hybrid created by the world-class scientist Switch Dalt. He is the prototype for the Chris Pirates’ "Dragonian" humanoid killing machines. A bio-engineered soldier possessing immense strength, beast transformation, berserk capabilities, and regeneration. His combat power is easily on par with a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral!

"Vice Admiral Smoker, knowing too much will only cost you your life!" Otto looked up, his golden-brown beastial pupils locking onto Smoker in the sky.

BOOM!

Otto bent his knees and launched himself upward like an arrow, leaving a massive crater in the snow behind him.

Whoosh—

His metal axe turned jet-black with Armament Haki, whistling through the air toward Smoker.

"Don’t you dare look down on the Marines!"

Smoker gritted his teeth around his cigars. With a bang, his body turned into a massive cloud of smoke, opening a hole in the center to let the Haki-hardened axe pass through harmlessly.

A wisp of smoke circled behind Otto, condensing into Smoker’s arm. He swung the Seastone Jitte down with everything he had, striking Otto across the back.

THWACK!

With a dull thud, Otto was smashed out of the air, crashing heavily into the snow below. A shockwave of pulverized ice and snow billowed outward as Otto’s massive, heavy body slammed into a deep pit, exposing the frozen earth beneath the white cover.

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