If they had not paid a sufficient price, Lilith did not believe the Beck Pirate Alliance would have been allowed to survive.
After all, she had deceived this great figure and lured him here.
She had treated him as prey and brought him back to the Beck Archipelago.
Only after everything was too late did she bitterly learn the truth.
She had not brought back a fat sheep.
She had brought back a giant.
A top-tier powerhouse of the sea.
Thinking of that, Lilith felt helpless.
She regretted everything.
She never should have provoked a monster like Fist Demon Kai.
The Wax-Wax Fruit had cost her a great deal to obtain.
Now, she could only use it to resolve the danger of the Beck Pirate Alliance being destroyed.
"As long as you are satisfied, Rear Admiral."
Lilith took a deep breath and forced herself to calm down.
"In the future, don't casually provoke strangers."
Kai looked at Lilith with a smile.
"Because you never know what kind of terrifying existence an ordinary-looking stranger might actually be."
The Wax-Wax Fruit would serve as her lesson for today.
In truth, Kai had never planned to wipe out the Beck Pirate Alliance from the beginning.
The sea needed a few people with some sense of justice, even if their methods were not clean.
Besides, although Kai was a Marine, he was not one of those rigid, old-fashioned Marines.
Marines catching pirates was natural.
But when Kai caught pirates, it depended on his mood.
If he was in a good mood, he caught whoever he wanted.
If he was not, that was another story.
"Stop using such low-level tricks to fish for prey."
"You won't be this lucky every time."
Kai's words were meaningful.
Lilith smiled bitterly and said nothing.
Inwardly, she could not help complaining.
Who could have imagined that a monster of this level would appear in this part of the Grand Line near Reverse Mountain?
And by coincidence, she had run straight into him.
She suddenly felt that she must have gone out on the worst possible day.
This kind of once-in-a-thousand-years bad luck had somehow fallen directly on her head.
"Rear Admiral, not everyone on this sea is as terrifying as you."
"A monster like you…"
"Even across the entire sea, there can't be more than a handful."
That was what Lilith thought.
And the two thousand pirates around her were thinking the same thing.
"All right."
"I'll let you go this time."
"But don't let me hear that the Beck Pirate Alliance has started committing evil in the future."
"Otherwise, I will come back."
"I'll take this Devil Fruit as your thank-you gift."
Kai laughed.
Then, under the eyes of the pirates, he turned and sailed away.
With the Wax-Wax Fruit in hand, he guided the small sailboat back toward the open sea.
Before long, Kai and his sailboat disappeared completely from everyone's sight.
Following the Log Pose, he continued toward Alabasta.
Only after watching him vanish did Lilith finally exhale.
She raised her pale hand and wiped the cold sweat from her forehead.
The heavy pressure that had been crushing her finally disappeared.
"He's finally gone."
After a long while, Lilith spoke in a shaken voice, as if she had just survived a disaster.
Kai was only five years old, yet the pressure he brought was unbearable.
It had been so strong that she had barely dared to speak loudly.
"Finally!"
"We finally sent that great god away."
"We're saved!"
"Today, we really walked through the gates of hell and came back alive."
"If that lord had wanted to arrest the Beck Pirate Alliance, we would not have had the slightest power to resist."
"Big Sister Lilith, next time, please think before you act. Don't bring back another monster like today!"
"Do you know how scared I was just now? I almost pissed myself."
The pirates began to complain helplessly.
As Kai left, their tightly stretched nerves slowly relaxed.
The fear in their hearts finally began to fade.
Only after a long time did the strange atmosphere ease slightly.
Just now, more than two thousand pirates had been suppressed into silence by Kai alone.
"I didn't expect it either."
Lilith sounded helpless.
"You really should do less of this kind of thing in the future."
"It's too dangerous."
"If that Fist Demon Kai hadn't been mostly indifferent toward us, we would have been doomed today. If it were any other Marine, there would have been no room for explanation."
"Exactly. In the eyes of most Marines, pirates are unforgivable criminals."
"At least that lord did not show much hostility toward us."
The pirates discussed among themselves with lingering fear.
They had survived a calamity, and the relief made their bodies feel light.
"Fortunately, we only paid the price of one Devil Fruit."
"The Wax-Wax Fruit is valuable, but compared to the survival of the Beck Alliance, it's nothing."
"That lord clearly showed mercy."
"If it had been any other Marine, they wouldn't have given us time to explain anything."
"That's right."
As they spoke, many pirates began comforting Lilith, who had collapsed on the shore.
Color gradually returned to the pale faces of the pirates.
Lilith also recovered a little strength and slowly pushed herself back to her feet.
At that moment, a new piece of news suddenly arrived.
A middle-aged pirate rushed over, his voice trembling.
"Several days ago, Fist Demon Kai appeared in Mock Town and entered the territory ruled by the Donquixote Family."
"On that same day, Fist Demon Kai fought the young master of the Donquixote Family, Donquixote Doflamingo."
"Fist Demon against Heavenly Yaksha!"
"One is the strongest genius in Marine history."
"The other is a notorious great pirate with a bounty of three hundred and forty million berries."
"Their battle nearly sank half of Mock Town!"
"The whole town was left riddled with holes and almost destroyed beyond recognition."
"And in the end…"
"The battle ended in a draw!"
"Neither side won!"
The moment his voice fell, the entire port sank into silence.
Then, as the pirates processed the news, the whole place erupted.
"What?!"
"Donquixote Doflamingo couldn't defeat Fist Demon Kai?"
"Is that true?"
"That's a great pirate with a bounty of three hundred and forty million berries! Even he couldn't beat Kai?"
"Unbelievable!"
"Heavenly Yaksha Doflamingo is a top powerhouse who has been famous for years. Even a monster like him couldn't defeat Fist Demon Kai?"
"Just how strong is that five-year-old monster?"
"This is insane!"
After hearing the news, every pirate present was shaken.
Lilith stood frozen.
Her eyes lost focus.
After a long time, her lips moved.
"Before this…"
"I actually treated that kind of monster as a fat sheep?"
"I must have been insane."
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