Vizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Looking at the large two-headed axe spinning like a cyclone and driving dangerously towards me, I immediately ducked down to avoid it.
Luckily, it was soaring from down to up, so that helped me make the decision faster.
The air around it was so violent. The moment it passed by me, I almost felt how sharp it is.
I will be cleaved into two if this thing hits me.
"That was close! Wasn't this axe with the Ca…"
Tik-tack-taak!
Whoosh!
No need for me to continue, as the owner of the axe–the Captain–climbed the wall fast and jumped in the air, casting his shadow on me.
And like the gleamingly brandished sword in his hand, his eyes seemed to glow too, but with a bloody red.
'He is going to kill me.'
SLASH!
On the ground, I rolled away from the slash of his sword.
Then I stood up again in a crouch and shot my gun at him!
BANG!
BANG! CLANG!
BANG! TAK!
'Wha…'
But to my shock, he dodged one, slashed the second with his sword like a martial arts master from a movie, and took the third and shrugged it like it was nothing.
'Even if I didn't use my special bullet, what kind of person walks up to the person shooting a gun like that?!'
"DIEEEEE!!!!!!"
Then he advanced toward me with a wide slash from his sword.
I again rolled away from his sword. And to not lose the advantage of my weapon, I widened my distance away from him by jumping to the main deck.
The fall was not high, but I fell a larger distance when I was training on the island.
I moved again to get more distance, pointing my gun up towards him, but strangely, he didn't follow me down.
When I looked up, I didn't see him, but I saw someone trying to dislodge the huge axe from the wooden wall.
'He is trying to get his axe. This is my chance…'
Click!
Click!
"F*ck! The guns are wet!"
Hearing the voices behind me, I look to see the pirates who have jumped into the sea have returned to the ship, and two of them are aiming their guns at me.
Fortunately, the guns didn't fire because they were wet from the sea, but that didn't change the fact that there are other Pirates on the deck now, and they outnumber me.
Not letting my good luck go to waste, I wanted to shoot at them, but someone was quicker and faster than me.
"HAAAHH!"
A pirate came from behind me and attacked me.
"AHHHH!"
I moved away from him, but he injured my already injured arm with a long cut from my shoulder across the left side of my chest.
'IT HURTS!'
'DAMN! IT HURTS!'
The pirate didn't stop and was planning to finish his job.
My fight or flight instinct kicked in, and I aimed my gun to shoot him before he swung again.
BANG! BANG!
"GAAAHH!"
The bastard was down, and I didn't have time to think about anything else.
"HE IS INJURED!"
"HILL HIM!"
"DON'T LET HIM SHOOT!"
"HUUWAAAA!"
The other pirates, encouraged by my injury, charged at me all at once!
I too charged in a direction before I became surrounded by them.
BANG!
"GAAAAAAH!"
Using my special bullet, the pirate who was shot looked like he was struck by a truck.
Not stopping at him, I kicked him while he was in midair toward his ally while using the Crushing Overdrive.
Strangely, both of them flew back a few meters as if it were not me who had kicked them but a car.
'This kick is useful, let's use it more!'
Dodging the next pirate, my leg kicked his midsection, making him scream like the others.
Crack!
"AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHAAAA!"
I heard the sound of something cracking. He screams more loudly than the others.
My kick was clearly stronger than I imagined.
The remaining three pirates faltered for a moment.
BANG!
Not wasting this, I shot the close one with my special bullet.
There are two pirates remaining.
I used my elbow at the closest one, not my kick this time.
Vibration like a Ripple spread through the pirate, giving him internal injuries and knocking him down.
"GAAAHHH!"
With only the last one remaining, I took aim and pulled the trigger.
BANG!
Vizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
Again, I heard the sound of the cyclone of an axe flying at me to take my life.
I dodged to the side immediately, missing the life-reaping axe.
Tik!
But I also was tripped over by a defeated pirate.
"Offf!"
Falling to the ground, I saw the large flying axe curve its flying path midair like a boomerang, until it returned to the pirate captain who was waiting for it above the stairs.
'…What kind of skill is this? Can a human really train to do this?'
"YOU BASTARD! I WILL KILL YOU!"
The maddened Captain, who received back the huge boomerang axe, got hold of it and charged at me like a raging bull!
I don't want him to get close, so of course I fired my gun at him.
BANG! BANG!
TANG! TANG!
As the pirate Captain used his axe as a shield to defend himself, and because I was using the special bullets, the impact was transferred to the pirate through the metal.
Clang!
The large axe has fallen from the hands of the captain, and his arms were trembling.
Just when I thought he would fall, he suddenly clenched his fists and charged at me again.
"What the…"
Shang!
"You will need more than some weird bullets to take me down, demonic kid!"
He unsheathed his sword mid-charge while shouting loudly.
While I was surprised, I continued to shoot, hoping to take this crazy beast down before he reached me.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
And to my shock, the charging Captain suddenly lifted one of his fallen crew and threw him at me, effectively blocking my bullets.
"Damn…"
I was starting to panic from his desperation, and when I pulled the trigger one more time, I was panicking for real.
Click! Click!
'Shit…'
I am out of ammo…
With the enemy charging at me and my only advantage out of the picture, my options are now greatly limited.
"Got ya little shit!"
The pirate Captain, who was suicide running at me grinned at his luck, and he was now a few meters away from me.
'Damn…'
On reflex, I throw the now-empty pistol at him and jump away from his charging line.
Clang!
The pirate reflected the gun away from him before reaching my place and slashing his sword at me.
Luckily, I had time to dodge because of the delay with the thrown gun.
But as I am now unarmed, I looked at anything I could hold and found one of the fallen pirates holding a sword.
I yanked it from his grasp, held it, and pointed it toward the Captain while standing up.
And the captain stopped when he saw me holding a sword, but he didn't look worried.
In a sword fight, he will beat me, and both of us know.
I am totally inexperienced in swordsmanship, unlike him, who is clearly skilled, as he can deflect a bullet with this sword like this were a samurai drama.
'But seriously, who can do something like that?'
Moreover–as if that was not enough–I am currently injured, and he can take advantage of that.
'So I need some kind of plan for this.'
The best thing that could help me now is the Hamon, it has helped me all of this time, and it should help me now too.
'The Crushing Overdrive can be useful here, if I could hit him a good hit, with it, I should end the fight.'
Taking a deep breath according to the rhythm as much as I could, I can feel the sun's ripples washing through my body.
I can feel the injuries on my shoulder already getting better, but I still direct most of the sun-like waves into the sword.
Because the metal can conduct the Hamon but not hold it or store it, the yellow golden sparks are flying from the sword like it is on fire.
The sudden glow from me and my sword surprised the Captain, but not as much as I thought he would when the man he was trying to kill was now glowing like dusk.
'It is like he knew I had Hamon, but how? There is no way…'
"As expected, you are a 'Power User'!"
The almost crazy guy from before actually talked to me now.
'And "Power User"? Does he mean Hamon?'
"Did you come after our 'loot'? Who sent you? Is it the Kingdom? Is that f*cker Krieg? Or is it the Marines?"
I stay silent, but my mind is still analysing his words.
'Loot? Kingdom? Marines? Did they steal something important, and were they running away from whom they stole it from?'
'Does he think I am one of them?'
"How did you know where we are? Did you pretend to be a lost kid in the ocean for us to let our guard down?"
'So many questions, his mind is in disarray.'
'But even at this state, he is always looking at my sword with caution.'
'Is he wary of what it could do to him? This is bad.'
'Looks like I exposed my intention to him, he will be careful with my sword form now. I need to take the initiative and take him down with the Crushing Overdrive fast!'
'I only need to touch him or his sword. Let's hope it will be enough to take him down.'
"I don't know who sent you or how they could afford to send a monster like you? But I will make you pa…"
Whoosh!
Not letting him finish, I swung my Hamon glowing sword at him.
However, to my disbelief, he didn't stop it with his sword like I hoped.
Instead, he dodged.
He moved back, avoiding my sword altogether, then he took a stance and stabbed at me with his sword like those Olympic fencers.
When I was about to take advantage of this and hit his sword,
/A feint stab at his head followed by a stab at his heart/
That voice-like thing again telling me what his next move will be.
Because the Voice had saved me before, I decided to gamble on it, albeit not fully. I moved my body a little to the side and got my sword ready to stop the stab at my heart.
And it happened exactly like that, he stopped his sword at my head mid-stab, then stabbed again at my chest lightning fast!
I was ready, my sword slashed at his, intercepting it on its way to my chest.
However, he surprised me again.
The moment he saw my body shift aside, his sword stopped midway.
'Is he that wary of my sword?'
/A feint stab at his head followed by a slash at his sword arm/
He continued his attack with another feint at my head while targeting my arm.
Adjusting my position, I then again intercept his sword with mine, totally ignoring the feint to my head.
I fully trusted the Voice this time, ignored what it was as long as it would help me in the battle.
'You won't run away now!'
Seeing my sword countering his slash at my arm, and before my sword touches his, he lets go of his sword while walking back in a hurry…
"What…"
Or more like he threw the sword at me while retreating.
CLANG!
I, of course, slashed away the flying sword. And the sword glowed with Hamon after being hit and flew away, spinning from the force it received from my Hamon.
Crack!
The sword embedded itself in the wooden fence of the ship, making a loud noise.
I didn't continue my attack, my flow of thought was cut off with a sudden shift.
And my injuries flared, stopping me for a second. Although Hamon was healing it fast, it will still take some time.
That gave the Captain enough time to retreat safely, get down next to his fallen subordinates, and take two swords.
Shang!
"You are more of a monster than I thought,"
Shang!
"But still an injured monster nonetheless!"
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