After Roy drew most of the attention and hatred onto himself, Fisher Tiger, who had sworn to follow Roy, very naturally took up the role of successor to Roy's slave-liberation movement.
In the places the guard force had not noticed, he freed all of the remaining slaves.
More and more slaves began to flee, triggering panic among everyone.
If more than half of the slaves escaped, these guards might not be able to escape responsibility. They might even be condemned to become slaves themselves!
The moment they imagined themselves falling into the same position as those slaves who were toyed with and humiliated at will, every single one of them shuddered, chilled to the bone!
"Bring back every last one of those escaping slaves! Anyone who dares resist, kill them on the spot and silence them!"
A hoarse roar rang out. In order to avoid being reduced to slaves in the future, all the guards fought with everything they had to stop the slaves.
And those slaves, in order to escape that hellish life and run toward a free, bright world, also staked everything they had on a life-or-death struggle against the guards and the Army!
This made the entire Mary Geoise even more chaotic, plunging it into a great disaster!
Moreover, in the past, the Celestial Dragons had deliberately fed Devil Fruits to some of their slaves for their own amusement.
Normally, these ability users were restrained by the collars around their necks and by Sea Prism Stone. They could only serve as the Celestial Dragons' playthings, letting themselves be handled however their masters pleased.
But now, once the keys removed all of their restraints, the once-docile lambs instantly transformed into ferocious lions, causing enormous casualties among the guards.
"Sea Prism Stone! Hurry up and get the Sea Prism Stone!"
"There's a Zoan ability user here! Come help me!"
"Why haven't those useless Marines arrived yet—ah!!!"
Cries, roars, explosions, and wild laughter resounded into the sky.
"Tsk, tsk. Looks like this riot is much bigger than it was in the original work. Is it because there isn't enough force left to stop the slaves, so the scale has expanded? It really would be wonderful if a few Celestial Dragons died here. I didn't expect Fisher Tiger to be this capable."
Roy clapped his hands. Behind him, soldiers lay scattered in all directions, one heap after another, covering the ground completely.
"Cause chaos. Keep causing chaos. The fiercer the uproar becomes, the greater my harvest will be."
Roy had come to the Holy Land Mary Geoise to free the slaves not because he had suddenly been overcome with compassion, but because doing this could bring him tremendous fame!
In the original version, Fisher Tiger had gained enormous fame because of this and established the Sun Pirates.
Although his ending had been miserable, that was because Fisher Tiger had been killed.
If Fisher Tiger had been able to escape pursuit and possessed extremely powerful strength himself, then with that fame, people from every walk of life would have come after hearing his name.
Especially those who believed in freedom. They would certainly have gathered around him.
A large number of talented people had gathered around Dragon. On one hand, it was because of his own personal charisma. On the other, it was because of the ideals behind the Revolutionary Army he had founded.
And the slave-liberation movement at Mary Geoise was the perfect event for building fame!
In just one night, one could become famous across the seas!
Of course, after this, Roy would definitely face the World Government's omnipresent pursuit and assassination attempts.
But was Roy afraid of being hunted?
The one that should be afraid and wary was the World Government!
Behind Roy, the ground was covered with the corpses of Army soldiers and guards. With his strength alone, he had trampled two of the three forces underfoot!
Such a glorious battle record, such strength—even several legendary great pirates had never accomplished something like this. Even the World Government would have to carefully weigh him.
In the original version, Fisher Tiger had merely set a fire and released some slaves.
How could that compare to Roy, who had killed until blood flowed like rivers, almost completely wiping out the outer Holy Land's guard forces?
Without paying any attention to the square, where voices boiled and the sounds of killing shook the heavens, Roy vanished from the area in a flash.
Not long after Roy left, one tall figure and two smaller figures sneakily arrived there.
"Sandersonia, are you sure the benefactor who saved us appeared here just now?" Among the two smaller figures, a thirteen- or fourteen-year-old girl with glossy black hair spoke.
"...I'm not sure, onee-sama. I'm only a python, not a dog. Barely tracking the scent this far is already my limit."
"Onee-sama, we should leave first. This place is too dangerous. The guards are... ah! Those are the guards' corpses!!" The last small orange-haired girl first weakly tugged at the black-haired girl's clothes, then her eyes subconsciously darted to the side, and she saw the corpses covering the ground behind them.
"Th-these are all corpses of guards... and Army soldiers!"
"I recognize that guy dressed like a knight. He reported to a Celestial Dragon before. I think he was one of the strongest people among the guards. Even he was killed?"
The three of them stared in shock at the blood-soaked scene before them, but none of them felt afraid. Under the Celestial Dragons, they had already seen true hell!
At this moment, their hearts were filled with incomparable exhilaration, relief, and even a little worship.
"The only one who could have killed all these people must be the benefactor who rescued us." The black-haired girl in the middle had sparkling eyes, and her face was filled with worship.
"Only that lord could do something like this. He must be a super-powerful expert!"
"Onee-sama, let's stop sighing over it. While all the guards have been taken down, we should leave first. Otherwise, once the Marines arrive, we won't be able to get away!"
"Mm. Let's go! Only after we leave can we find that lord!"
In the blood-colored night, the black-haired girl quickly fled with the other two girls.
As time passed, aside from the three sisters, more and more people discovered this place.
When the slaves currently led by Fisher Tiger saw this scene, they first froze, then their eyes filled with feverish worship.
"It must have been our benefactor! Only our benefactor has the strength to break into Mary Geoise, free us, and kill this many guards."
To these people, Roy's appearance was like a savior descending before them.
Especially the words of freedom and equality Roy had spoken to them in the dark prison. They were like a ray of dawn shining into their hearts.
(End of Chapter)
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