Faced with Roger's question, Makima smiled.
A smile from the heart.
Then, she burst out laughing!
Her laughter grew more and more exaggerated in the heavy rain. She tilted her head back, as if trying to hold back her laughter with one hand.
The heavy rain pounded down, hitting her cheeks.
"Gol D. Roger..."
Makima gradually returned to calmness. In her light yellow eyes, there seemed to be a kind of violent energy?
A destructive violence!
But it seemed like an illusion. Makima just said Roger's name, then raised her hand and said, "I have to admit, among humans, you are indeed the most interesting one."
Splat!
In the next moment, a strange impact erupted from her fingertips. Roger felt a pain in his chest. Then, a large wound split open directly in his chest, blood splashing out. There was even a hole the size of a fingertip in his chest!
"Haha! I also think I'm the most interesting one!"
But even with his body pierced, Roger didn't get angry but laughed. It was as if he had been waiting for Makima to attack. He raised Ace high. In the next moment, long-accumulated Conqueror's Haki wrapped around the blade. In an instant, it seemed as if the sky was being pulled into this strike.
At this moment, facing Roger was like facing the boundless sky, facing all that was high and wide!
Makima's body disappeared instantly.
Then, the place where she had been standing was directly cut open by this strike. Roger's full-force strike cut the entire island in half, and the remaining power spread to the sea.
The holy texts say that Moses stretched out his staff to the sea, and God used a strong east wind to blow the sea into dry ground, and the sea was thus divided.
And now Roger used his sword to slash at the sea. There was no God, but he himself was a god!
The sea roared, louder and more deafening than the thunder in the sky. An unknown depth of the ocean was cut open like this, like a god.
But Makima had avoided that unparalleled strike before it landed. She appeared on one of the divided islands, not having been hit directly by Roger's attack.
But you could see that even though she had dodged the main attack, Makima already had a lot of blood on her body, just from being hit by the aftershock.
But in the next moment, all the blood disappeared.
"What's going on? It was the same in Wano Country. Are you immortal?"
After Roger unleashed his strike, he didn't follow up. He looked at the almost unharmed Makima and asked in confusion.
"Let's say... " Makima put her hands together. In the next moment, a halo made of flesh appeared above her head.
From that halo, lightning, flames, and a sword appeared. Lightning and fire缠绕 were wrapped around the sword, and countless chains stretched out from her navel, extending into the flesh halo above her head.
"Let me tell you one of my powers."
A sword appeared in her hand. She said softly, "I... have a contract with the Five Elders. Any damage done to me will be transferred to the people within the World Government's territory. Do you understand what I mean?"
Her expression was indifferent and arrogant. "Unless you can destroy this world, no one can kill me."
She moved in an instant. Makima's speed was also very fast, and she appeared in front of Roger in a flash.
But Roger seemed to be prepared. He also swung his sword at the same time, confronting Makima's strike head-on.
At the same time, there was a hint of seriousness on his face, but within the seriousness there was also a trace of understanding. "So that's how it is. At first, I couldn't quite believe it."
He...
Guessed it?
Of course he guessed it.
Or rather, it shouldn't be called guessing.
Roger's Observation Haki was now so strong that it could analyze everything. When someone used their ability in front of him, his Observation Haki could analyze the corresponding ability they possessed.
It was just that the idea of having a contract with the Five Elders was too exaggerated, and even the well-informed Roger couldn't believe it.
The people within the World Government's member states were all Makima's substitutes!
It was hard to imagine, knowing how many people there were in the world? How many people are there in the member states of the World Government?!
And all these people were Makima's lives. To kill Makima, you had to kill everyone!
How could anyone do that?
No wonder Makima was so active when Aatrox appeared, because what Aatrox wanted was to destroy the world, and he really had the ability to destroy the world. He was someone who could threaten Makima's life.
So Makima had to find a way to seal Aatrox!
"Despair?" Makima stalled facing Roger, she said slowly: "You guessed right, while I am a devil hunter, I am also the 'Control Devil', but so what? I have my own goals, and neither humans nor devils mean anything to me."
"Your goal...?" Roger thought of the "Dead Sea Scrolls" that Toguro had told him about and the content inside. He couldn't help but sneer, "Your goal is to destroy half the world?"
"The remains of that priestess you brought from Wano Country should be in the ground of The Black Order, right? Once a monster comes into contact with her, half the world will be destroyed. Is that what you want to do?!"
Makima said gently, "Those are not the remains of a priestess, but 'Lilith.' Once a demon lord comes into contact with Lilith's corpse, it will trigger a 'World Impact.' "
"World Impact?" Roger asked, "Will it destroy half the world?"
"More than that. The World Impact has happened twice. The first World Impact ended the era of the Four Great Kings and God's Right Seat, and then the other four demon lords appeared. The second World Impact was the so-called Great War between Humans and Demons. At that time, someone triggered the Second Impact and allowed the Shikon Jewel to collect the souls who died because of the impact."
Makima patiently explained to Roger, "So you should understand, right? What kind of consequences will occur if such a huge force as the World Impact is released against specific demons."
"..." Roger's pupils dilated. This was a power that was enough to end an era. If it were released against only certain demons, then absolutely no one would survive.
But, Makima, as a quarter of a demon lord, wanted to use the World Impact to deal with demons?
His Observation Haki told him that Makima was not lying. She really wanted to deal with demons.
"There are too many bad things in this world. If 'hunger,' 'war,' and 'death' were eliminated, then it would become better. That's my idea." Makima took two steps back and distanced herself from Roger. She looked at Roger and said softly,
"Now that you know my thoughts, is there still any need for us to fight?"
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