Chapter 306: Teach's Ambition
Swinging giant swords, piercing flying arrows.
Needless to say — the Heroic Spirits of the formidable warriors in Elbaf's history naturally possessed martial might that could be considered top-tier even looking across the entire sea.
And when they converged into an army, their momentum was almost like a torrent of destruction.
Seeing this, the eyes of the three Giants guarding the small house nearly split open in rage.
"That bastard... I'm going to help Lord Uma!"
Brogy roared, attempting to rush out of the barrier formed by converged starlight.
"Let's go together!"
Dorry held him back tightly. "The Heroic Spirits of the warriors cannot be used by scum like this!"
Undoubtedly, what Teach had done was enough to ignite anger even in them — two men who were usually carefree.
After all, because of Teach, almost the entire root system of Elbaf had withered.
Beyond that, the warrior Heroic Spirits of Elbaf — these legends most respected in this country — were now being used by Teach to destroy it.
But...
"Calm down! Brogy! Dorry... this is not a battle we can participate in! Going out will only distract Lord Uma!"
Saul alone remained calmer.
He knew that the army before them was absolutely not something he, Dorry, and Brogy could contend with — even if they rushed out, they would only be killed in an instant.
However, although he said this, his gaze still stared fixedly at that charging torrent, his giant fists cracking as he clenched them.
Clearly, he couldn't truly remain calm either.
But exactly at that moment—
VMMM!
A wisp of starlight slowly drilled into the ears of the three Giants from within the surrounding protective barrier.
Their expressions instantly blanked, seemingly doubting whether they were hallucinating.
But a moment later, the three exchanged glances and confirmed — it wasn't an illusion.
Uma had indeed transmitted a message to them through some means and asked them to do something.
"Heroic Spirits preserved for hundreds of years, to bring liberation to the world, huh?"
Looking at the army charging towards him with an incomparably powerful aura, Uma sighed softly.
The next moment—
BOOM!
Twin axes falling from the sky, wrapped in black-red Conqueror's Haki lightning, instantly slashed onto his right shoulder.
"Sorry — looks like you didn't react in time?"
Gaban's figure appeared in the next instant.
And at the same time—
BOOM!
A giant sword swept horizontally. Waterfall Beard Jorul slashed Uma's waist — even the starlight surrounding Uma failed to resist the power of this strike. The accompanying aftermath tore the earth apart along the direction of the slash.
Following closely behind — giant hammers, arrows... countless attacks instantly pierced through and tore Uma's figure apart.
In just an instant, his body was annihilated within the endless tide of undead.
"Zehahaha!"
The massive black dragon in the sky let out a maniacal laugh.
Amidst the laughter, one could faintly see three shadows flickering and extinguishing within his body, like a pitch-black, profound abyss.
"Excellent — the soul of a Zodiac belongs to me."
"As long as I get the soul, I can find out Star Lord's location..."
His slit pupils flickered with burning fervor as he raised a dragon claw.
VMMM!
Invisible power converged on the dragon claw, heading towards the place where Uma had been torn apart.
He began attempting to pluck Uma's soul through the power of the Nidhogg Fruit.
And his words carried a certain burning anticipation.
Clearly — even having occupied Loki's body, obtaining the world's absolute top-tier power left behind by Joy Boy and Davy Jones over many years, and this seemingly invincible Giant Heroic Spirit Army, Teach was still not satisfied.
In his view, he was a man who had inherited his father Rocks' ambition.
From the very beginning, his ambition was to be the King of the World.
"Perform Perfect Parasitism one more time... and I can obtain the truly greatest Divine Power of this world."
He murmured in his heart.
That's right.
Just as he said — occupying Loki's body was merely the first step of his plan.
Is Loki strong?
Of course.
The atavistic bloodline of an ancient Giant, top-tier three types of Haki, the power of the Nidhogg Fruit, plus Loki's own specialness — looking across the sea, Loki was almost one of the strongest individuals alive. The well-deserved Strongest of Elbaf.
This power was enough to allow Teach to approach and spy upon that position, but it was still not enough.
Because Teach would forever remember that past from thirty years ago.
That was when he and his mother finally managed to escape to the Lulusia Kingdom, found his two younger sisters who had stayed in their hometown, and settled down anew.
His father, who should have died in God Valley, returned to the Lulusia Kingdom.
It was a meeting known to no one.
"I am going to fulfill my appointment — Teach, Alice, Verdandi, Skuld."
At that time, Teach heard his father say this.
"I have bet the future on one man."
"He is a powerhouse who possesses the status of a God, just like the Abyss — but the difference is, he's a very interesting guy."
Rocks grinned.
"I don't believe in ancestors, nor do I care about Joy Boy's plan... I'm going to do what I want to do!"
Teach heard his father talk about that man.
That was the reason Rocks managed to survive God Valley.
In that story, he heard of Star Lord's power and understood the significance of Star Lord to this world.
Rocks clearly viewed him as a comrade.
But Teach was different.
He was different from the moment he was born.
So the thought in his heart at that time was—
"I want that power."
If there must be a person to become God, if there must be a King of the World — then why hand that position over to someone else?
Bound by benevolence and righteousness?
Tied down by gratitude and obligation?
Hindered by a bottom line?
"Father, you really are a boring man right now."
That was what Teach thought at the time.
A man's dream should never end — Rocks was once the overlord of the sea closest to being King of the World.
But when he chose to bet everything on Star Lord and act for the so-called 'freedom of the sea', he became boring in Teach's eyes.
This was Marshall D. Teach — a natural-born bad seed.
But fortunately, as Rocks' child, Teach had the privilege of seeing the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia.
He had even heard his father tell him about those few special fruits.
"The Nika Fruit is 'free' — it will only appear in the destined era when the world needs it."
"The Dark-Dark Fruit is different — it was originally a fruit kept by Davy, but it was lost during God Valley."
Rocks told him the true source of that God Valley incident.
The World Government's sudden attack on that non-affiliated nation was for the Davy clan.
And it was during that battle that the patriarch of the Davy clan — Rocks' father — personally threw the fruit safeguarded by the family for generations into the sea before being subjected to Black Transmutation Control, ensuring it didn't fall into the World Government's hands.
Rocks didn't care when he mentioned this — he had already bet everything on Star Lord.
Teach was completely indifferent as well.
Because what he cared about was only another fruit in the Devil Fruit Encyclopedia at the time.
That was... the Parasite-Parasite Fruit.
(End of Chapter)
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