Chapter 226: Hellscape, The Great Sage Descends!
"Joker..."
Watching Doflamingo laughing wildly on the screen, King narrowed his eyes under the mask. "What exactly do you want to do?"
He couldn't understand Doflamingo's actions now at all.
Making Caesar Clown a prize, starting a grand battle royale on the entire island—he didn't even restrict participants' behavior, meaning his country would fall into chaos too.
What could he gain from this?
King didn't know.
But he knew at least one thing—currently, he really couldn't do much about Doflamingo.
He must secure Caesar; that was the 'Key' needed for Kaido's ambition.
Normally, King would definitely transform into a Pteranodon and attack directly—he was confident Doflamingo wasn't his match.
But the situation was different now.
From the screen, Caesar's life was clearly controlled by Doflamingo.
Once he attacked forcefully, before Doflamingo died, Caesar would definitely die first.
So...
"Jack, you stay here, responsible for clearing this area."
King made a decision quickly.
"Me and Queen will be responsible for the other two areas—anyone trying to snatch Caesar, leave none alive."
"Hmph... no need for your command, I thought so too!"
Queen snorted coldly but didn't say much more.
Next moment, he and King transformed into a huge Brachiosaurus and a huge Pteranodon respectively, heading toward two doors of the colosseum.
At the same time...
"So ne... next, I will introduce the match content to everyone one by one."
"Of course, due to too many participants, this commentary will broadcast based on real-time content filmed by Den Den Mushis, no fixed group broadcast."
On the screen, Gatz's commentary began.
"First, the Three Disasters of the Beasts Pirates—we can see, they split up from the south No. 1 Gate direction now. 'King the Conflagration' and 'Queen the Plague' set off for No. 2 and No. 3 Gates directions, seeming to want to secure three of the five final spots."
"Considering their bounties and strength, I think they really might succeed."
"Besides, originally there was Giant Pirate 'Iron Mace' Magni with a bounty of 700 million at the No. 2 Gate direction, said to have defected after committing crimes in Elbaf—but now he seems to be heading for No. 5 Gate to avoid the Three Disasters."
"Personnel at No. 4 Gate are also very complex... Oh, I actually saw Supernova 'Balloon Vendor' Asu Soria who fought Whitebeard Pirates recently—I heard his pirate crew should have been wiped out for killing Whitebeard's partner, didn't expect him personally to be alive."
"Besides, we can also see the 'Conqueror Legion' from the Kingdom of Iron. They are also near No. 5 Gate... this legendary army clad in iron armor claimed to be indestructible is all composed of the kingdom's specialty 'Iron Human Tribe', once created a war miracle of 200 charging 10,000, but said to be very tyrannical, massacring cities wherever they go... Hey, citizens of Dressrosa, everyone run quickly!"
Have to say, although voice trembling with fear, as Corrida Colosseum's ace commentator, his professional level was clearly undoubted, introducing situations quite quickly now, pointing out some powerful 'Participants'.
Just as he said.
Battle had begun.
Bang! Bang!
Clang! Clang!
Sounds of flintlocks firing and blades clashing spread across the entire island instantly.
As mentioned before, everyone coming to this island now was an 'Ambitious Schemer' for Caesar.
Mafia, Kingdom Armies, Pirates, Bounty Hunters, Mercenaries—containing people from many forces.
And their common characteristic was having few good birds.
After Doflamingo announced the rules, they naturally realized what to do.
"Three Disasters, Giants, Supernova survived from Whitebeard... powerful monsters all came... we must rush to the colosseum quickly. As long as seizing a final spot, there's a chance to snatch Caesar!"
"Where's the cannon? Fire... flatten these blocking houses for me!"
"Don't block the way, you trash!"
"Hey, don't shoot, we already gave up on Caesar—just want to grab some stuff and leave!"
Without any restraint, the situation slid rapidly toward the inevitable trend.
In this chaos striking instantly, leaving participants' fighting aside.
The most desperate were Dressrosa's civilians.
Before they could even be astonished by the sudden 'Tournament', they had fallen into hell.
Just like Gatz's final warning.
Whether battle aftermath of powerhouses erupting everywhere, or rioters choosing destruction to reach the colosseum quickly, or pirates choosing second best knowing they couldn't compete for Caesar.
Robbery and killing swept the entire Dressrosa almost instantly.
"Run quickly! Don't stay at home, find a place to hide!"
"Where are kingdom guards?"
"Forget guards—Doflamingo, that bastard did it on purpose obviously!"
"Get away! Pirate! Stay away from my son!"
The entire Dressrosa, from port to city, was swallowed by chaos instantly.
Now, Doflamingo sat atop the colosseum.
"So... preliminary preparation for the feast is complete."
He looked down at this drama directed by him personally, murmuring softly.
"Now, still missing the most critical few guests... Oh?"
Murmuring here, he saw—that 'Golden Meteor' falling from the sky.
So, his mouth grinned a satisfied smile.
"Guest arrived."
At the same time.
Port No. 5.
THUMP! THUMP! THUMP!
Warhorse footsteps shook the earth.
Knights covered in heavy iron armor were destroying.
Their sharp spears and huge shields pierced and smashed everything before them ruthlessly, leaving only ruins and crimson wherever passed.
Civilians too late to escape fell to the ground, corpses trampled directly by iron hooves. Beside them, equally broken toys were often crying and wailing.
Looking closely, one would find.
These soldiers not only wore iron armor, even skin exposed between armor gaps clearly showed steel-like luster.
And facts were so.
They were the 'Conqueror Legion' composed of Iron Human Tribe, specialty of 'Kingdom of Iron', considered top combat power group in the entire Grand Line.
Known for steel-like bodies and tyrannical killing desire.
Just like now...
"Hey, brothers—enjoyment is enjoyment, but don't affect progress... we must reach the colosseum quickly, ensure seizing Caesar for His Majesty the King."
"As long as gaining artificial Devil Fruit power, we can definitely surpass Elbaf in one leap, becoming the world's number one power!"
Now, the Conqueror Legion commander pierced a residential house before him with a spear casually.
"Hahahaha!"
Hearing screams and sounds of bones broken by falling stones from the house, he laughed satisfiedly.
Yes.
Just as he said, for Conqueror Legion soldiers.
Torture and killing were enjoyment itself.
"Don't worry, Commander—no powerful guys in our direction, we can enjoy slowly before going to the colosseum."
"Yeah, only heard a Giant seems to be moving toward us..."
Two adjutants were saying so to their commander.
But next moment...
"Hm?" (x3)
Three Iron Human knights turned heads simultaneously.
Before them now—inside that collapsed house, a figure stumbled out.
It was a girl.
One leg twisted unnaturally.
Clearly, she was the civilian screaming just now.
"Hahahaha!" (x3)
Seeing this, three Conqueror knights laughed.
This is it!
They liked this most—weaklings struggling to escape, ugly appearance.
For them as Iron Humans without 'Perception' ability (Haki?), watching enemies in this posture was supreme pleasure!
"Commander, you acted just now—leave her to us to finish!"
They laughed, then drove warhorses underfoot charging toward that girl.
"You two guys... didn't I say not to waste time?"
The commander said so, but from the hideous smile on his mouth, clearly didn't intend to stop his subordinates.
Until next moment...
Bang!
He heard a crisp sound from the sky.
This made him look up instinctively.
Then...
"What is that?"
Looking at the golden light falling rapidly in the sky, he asked puzzledly.
But this puzzlement lasted only an instant.
Because just a moment later...
BOOM!
From within that golden light, he saw a huge object smashing down abruptly with the momentum of wind and thunder.
Impartial, smashing directly at the two knights charging toward the girl with raised spears and grinning faces.
Next moment...
BOOM!
Without any room for resistance, it crushed the two Iron Human knights clad in heavy armor, invulnerable to swords and guns, along with horses into meat paste instantly.
They didn't even qualify to scream.
Huge dust rose instantly.
Only now did the commander see clearly.
What fell from the sky smashing down... was an iron staff with two golden ends and a pitch-black body.
At the same time...
"Haa..."
Terrifying aura erupted abruptly, dispersing and twisting that dust instantly.
A breathing sound came, rolling across the entire battlefield like muffled thunder.
So the entire battlefield, all Conqueror Legion knights and other participants enjoying killing originally.
Stopped movements instinctively now.
They turned heads, looking in the direction of the sound.
Dust dispersed with that breath and flashing red-black lightning, revealing the thin figure within the dust.
Flame clouds surrounded that figure like ribbons.
Ground cracked inch by inch centered on him; one hand rested on the iron staff.
"Annoying."
He stomped, crushing the blood foam turned from two knights directly.
Now, eyes under the monkey mask looked at the commander before him.
In those eyes, golden, flame-like light seemed to be burning.
"Must sweep away you filths to feel relieved."
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