Chapter 104 The players are too popular!
"The seasonal boss... could it be this?!"
While Violet led Doflamingo and Jack into the designated battlefield, Rosinante, as planned, searched for the seasonal boss on the island who should have been attracted by the [hostile flare].
Rosinandi looked up at the enormous, ten-meter-tall, bluish-gray egg-like creature in front of him, his face contorted in a desperate scream.
Why is the boss an egg this season? It's an egg!
If it were to hatch, Violet would be beaten into a biscuit by those two working together.
Rosinandi paced anxiously around the egg, tapping it left and right, the dull thuds echoing from the thick shell.
"Excuse me, is anyone there... no, could you please help me hatch this faster?"
Egg:"……"
"Mmm—Mmm—"
Just as Rosinante was pondering whether smashing it open would accelerate its hatching or only result in a huge pile of egg whites, a dull, unpleasant braying of a donkey rang out from the sky, and a huge winged shadow covered Rosinante and the giant egg.
Rosinandi stiffly raised his head little by little, watching the creature with huge, curved antlers like a deer, a donkey-like head, and a goose-like body swooping down towards him.
Rosinandi: "God..."
So this is the seasonal boss that Violet was talking about? And that egg was just its offspring?!
With a loud bang, the monster landed on the ground, its eyes, filled with rage, fixed on Rosinandi, whose hand was still resting on the egg.
Rosinandi quickly withdrew his hand: "Um, I, I was just curious..."
"Mmm—"
The elk-goose flapped its wings, its long neck snarling angrily at Rosinante, shaking him from his floating state to the ground.
Seeing stars, Rosinandi painfully clutched his forehead and struggled to get up. When he opened his eyes, he met the eyes of the deer and goose that had been observing him.
Rosinandi: "..."
Is the island owner's plan really without problems? Bringing something that looks incredibly "clever" into the battlefield, will it really increase their chances of winning instead of just sending them all flying into the sky?
Rumble—
The sound of trees collapsing in rows, crushed by the weight of the trees, echoed from the woods behind him. Rosinandi narrowly avoided another headbutt from the elk and goose. He looked back and saw something resembling an elephant's trunk lift a thick tree trunk high before slamming it down with force!
It's that Jack!
Doflamingo actually brought the Beasts Pirates with him, which was an unexpected turn of events for all of them.
It's safe to say that Doflamingo is truly worthy of the name. But regardless, he must bring this reindeer-goose to Violet as soon as possible to prevent the island lord from being put in a passive situation of two against one.
Rosinandi recalled the times Violet had angered him in the past and squeezed his eyes shut.
The edges of the black feathers covering Rosinante's body seemed to ignite with flames, revealing a dazzling red ring. A few seconds later, Rosinante opened his eyes again and kicked at the bluish-gray goose egg.
"Storm Kick!"
Clang—
The full-force attack, imbued with Armament Haki, immediately created a long, thin crack on the eggshell's surface, which spread rapidly like a spiderweb.
"Mmm—"
Seeing its eggs shattered by Rosinante, the elk-goose opened its nostrils wide, spewing out two streams of scorching white vapor, and roared angrily at Rosinante.
Rosinante, who had used the Silence-Silence Fruit to silence the elk and goose, looked at its wide-open mouth and couldn't help but wipe away imaginary sweat from her forehead in fear. Then, filled with hatred, she turned and ran away.
The elk goose's enormous size makes it not good at flying, but when it flaps its wings, takes heavy steps, and stretches its neck to charge toward Rosinante, even Rosinante, who had never been chased and pecked by geese in his childhood, couldn't help but awaken some of the fear of geese buried in his genetic instincts.
"Vivian...Vivian!"
Rosinandi, leading his enraged reindeer and goose, charged directly into the battle zone with Violet and her group.
——
Standing over eight meters tall and possessing a massive physique, Jack decisively activated his Devil Fruit power, transforming into a mammoth when the Spider Queen attempted to entangle him with her silk. Wielding his trunk and snow-white tusks, he unleashed a series of trampling and ramming attacks on the spiders.
The newly hatched Spider Queen was already quite large, but still couldn't compare to Jack, who had fully transformed into a mammoth.
But the Spider Queen has a group of spiders who are loyal enough to sacrifice their lives to protect their king and their nest.
Jack watched angrily as wave after wave of spiders charged toward him. The sticky webs and venom did not harm him, but the stinging sensation like mosquito bites and the venom injected into his body each time he was bitten made Jack both irritable and gave him a headache.
Seeing Jack inexplicably fighting the Spider Queen, Doflamingo took a deep breath, twitched his fingers, and sharp, transparent threads, under his control, sliced through the air, cutting down all the ancient trees and shrubs within a radius of a hundred meters, leaving behind a desolate and empty area.
Clearing blind spots immediately is a completely different fighting style from Jack's brute-like approach.
Vera memorized all of Doflamingo's actions after he appeared and matched them with the information she received from Rosinante and Law.
Violet: "..."
This kind of intelligence analysis work is really not suitable for her. What kind of person is Doflamingo? How capable is he? Why not fight him and find out?
"Fufufu... Not bad eyes..."
Doflamingo praised her, but judging from his furrowed brows, he was clearly very dissatisfied with what Violet had done.
It was a kind of dissatisfaction stemming from being provoked by someone in a lower position.
Wow, with all that preparation, that brat must be ready to pay the price.
Doflamingo raised his arm high behind him, then quickly stretched it forward, and transparent threads coiled into a thick column of thread, rushing towards Violet!
Wow, so fast!
Violet's pupils constricted sharply. Human vision simply couldn't keep up with such speed. To see Doflamingo's attack clearly, there was only one way—
With her Observation Haki spreading out, she "saw" the shimmering reflections left by the sunlight on the transparent threads, the trails of dust kicked up as the threads cut through the air, and the trajectory of Doflamingo's attack!
With both hands gripping the Shadow Sword tightly at her sides, she deflected the spike that was originally aimed at her heart, causing it to fly off its original trajectory. The Shadow Sword then sped towards Doflamingo along the snow-white, resilient threads, unleashing a sword aura accompanied by a nightmarish, terrifying shriek!
"Five-colored thread!"
The sword energy collided with the transparent silk thread, producing a sound like metal clashing.
The two exchanged a glance across each other's weapons, then simultaneously and swiftly withdrew.
Violet opened and closed her hand holding the Shadow Sword, trying to ease the impact of the previous blow on her hand. Doflamingo, meanwhile, remained suspended in the air by the threads, looking down at Violet with a serious expression.
The probing attack gave both Violet and Doflamingo a deeper understanding of each other's strength.
"Fufufu, for your age, to have such strength is truly remarkable." Doflamingo didn't press his advantage; instead, he extended his hand to Vil, inviting her, "Would you like to join the Donquixote Family?"
“I can offer you a broader platform and a future far brighter than you can imagine. You can stand with me and proclaim our power and dominance to the whole world.”
"Oh, and my foolish and naive younger brother, perhaps he also misses his life in the Don Quixote family."
[You have encountered an emergency!]
Doflamingo invites you to join the Donquixote Family.
Should I accept his invitation?
[whether]
Startled by the sudden game notification sound, Violet was like: ? ? ?
Little question mark, do you have many friends?
Doflamingo invited her to join the Donquixote Family, is that true or false? Isn't that just an excuse to wear her down and buy time for Jack to get away so they can gang up on her?
What's wrong with the system? Don't pop up options for every weird problem! Do you think she'll allow this?!
Even if Doflamingo wasn't worried about inviting a wolf into the house by hiring a subordinate who might betray her at any time, she was still worried about whether she would be retaliated against later!
"Are you kidding me?!" Violet drew her Flame Staff, the gem at its tip, as vibrant as congealed blood, radiating intense heat. "There's only one reason I'm here..."
"That's to give you a good beating on behalf of my islanders!"
“Vell—”
Just in time.
"Rossinandi, stop me!"
Rosinante, floating in the air, rushed towards Violet, grabbed her arm and pulled her directly into the air. Violet waved her Flame Wand, and a wall of fire rose into the air, encircling the battlefield cleared by Doflamingo!
"Thank you for the fuel, Doflamingo!"
The Spider Queen, the Deer Goose, Jack, and Doflamingo are all trapped inside the wall of flames. Stimulated by the scorching air, the Deer Goose and the Spider Queen launch a frenzied attack on every creature they can see.
Jack: "Aaaaaah! You wretched brat!"
His trunk rose high, inhaled a large mass of air, and then spewed it out rapidly toward the wall of fire in front of him!
The high-pressure, high-speed air blew away the burning material beneath the flames, instantly creating a huge breach in the wall of fire. But before Jack could even congratulate himself on his achievement, a sword aura shot straight towards his face.
"Spot the bullseye!"
Meeting Jack's angry gaze, Violet waved her arm at him provocatively, "Poor big guy, I don't even need to aim at you."
"Jack, calm down."
Doflamingo stopped Jack's mindless attack. If it weren't for the Beast Pirates behind him, Doflamingo would have been tempted to simply use his parasite strings to control Jack and make him fight.
Compared to Violet, who had clearly been preparing for this battle for a long time, Jack, who didn't even use his brain during the fight, made Doflamingo wonder which side he was on.
"You just need to put out those walls of flame."
"but……"
"It's just a little delaying tactic... It's useless, they can't escape this island."
Thinking of Doflamingo's "Birdcage" technique, Jack regained some of his sanity.
“Alright, I’ll handle these fires.” Jack’s trunk thrashed wildly twice. “Don’t let it tip over, Doflamingo.”
The flames released by the Flame Staff were still burning fiercely, but at that moment, Violet and Rosinante simultaneously sensed something and looked up together.
Countless threads emerged from the sky directly above the island, spreading out in arcs throughout the air and enveloping the entire island.
Rosinante's expression turned grave: "It's Doflamingo's birdcage."
"It seems they're not planning to let us leave so easily."
"Then we need to get serious."
Vera turned her head to look at Rosinandi and smiled, "Just like we agreed before."
"Let those two bastards see what R'lyeh is all about!"
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Author's Note: I suddenly thought of writing an "what if" scenario where Violet joins the Donquixote Family from the very beginning. Violet would definitely give Doflamingo even more of a headache than Jack.
Looking at the outline, it seems there's still a lot of plot to write. If I have the energy and time, I'll write a [stubborn rabbit head] story.
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