Chapter 144 Players can be dragon hunters too! ...
She took out a straw rope and tied the stunned Timber and Foz-Foe together, as well as the already unconscious and motionless Black Charcoal Serpent. Val stood up, patted the straw clippings off her palms, and looked at the collapsed wooden rafters in the corner.
"It's over."
Sakura and Ayaka, along with two other geishas, carefully emerged from between the wooden rafters. Although they could sense the intensity of the battle from the sounds, the four of them couldn't help but gasp softly when they saw the pirates lying haphazardly on the banquet hall floor.
"Kaido is coming back soon."
Vera reminded them, "Yamato can take you to a safe place to hide."
Before Yamato was rescued by her, she played hide-and-seek with Kaido and King on Onigashima quite a bit. Violet believed that the other party must know where onigashima would be unaffected by the upcoming battle.
Sakura frowned: "Then, sir, you'll have to face this alone..."
Ziyang shook her head: "It's too dangerous, my lord. I'm quite familiar with Ghost Island, so I'll lead everyone to hide."
"Isn't this too dangerous?"
"If we're talking about danger, it's clearly you, sir, who's going to fight Kaido, who's in the most danger." Those samurai who are attacking can at most hold off pirates of that level. For Kaido or King, they're just one-shot kills. Getting involved rashly won't help Vil; it will only make her feel restricted.
"This was originally a matter for Wano Country. We are already very grateful that you are willing to help us, sir. We cannot become a burden to you any further."
Ziyang and Xiaoying grabbed the hands of the remaining two geishas, and the two geishas, who had been trembling and shrinking back, recovered from their fear and crossed their arms in front of their chests and bowed gracefully to Violet.
"We can take care of ourselves, please don't worry about us."
Sakura looked at Violet and then at Ziyang, took a deep breath, stepped forward, and hugged Violet.
"My lord, you will surely return safely, won't you?"
Looking at Sakura's worried face, Vera reached out her hand. Although Sakura didn't understand why, she still cooperated and placed her hand in Vera's palm.
"ah……"
A cool sensation suddenly appeared in her palm, and Sakura exclaimed in surprise, abruptly raising her head to look at Violet.
"Of course I'll come back. We have a promise, don't we?"
As Sakura and Ziyang left, Sakura used the sleeve of her kimono to tightly hold the cold little thing in her palm. Feeling the chill, she couldn't help but turn around to look at Violet, only to see her standing there watching them leave. After sensing Sakura's gaze, Violet smiled and waved at her.
Please, my lord, return safely!
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Are you nervous, Violet?
Violet, who was looking up at the dark clouds that seemed to be pressing down on her head, glanced at Yamato upon hearing this. Yamato was nervously rubbing the spiked club in his hand.
"...Didn't you often fight Kaido before?"
"You're right!" Yamato clenched his fist to encourage himself. "And this time we're teaming up, we're sure to succeed!"
Violet: "..."
No wonder Yamato is so nervous and uneasy. It turns out that Yamato has set her sights on defeating Kaido this time, which is quite worrying.
Violet had to remind Yamato above her, "Our goal is to hold off Kaido and King."
If you get all excited and rush in to call GG prematurely, Kikunojo and the others will also call GG.
Yamato's expression fell upon hearing this: "I...I'm not very good at this."
"It's okay, just cooperate with me." It's just flying a kite, she's good at that!
Boom—
A terrifying clap of thunder, accompanied by a bluish-purple flash, ripped through the dark clouds, and raindrops the size of soybeans fell suddenly along with the howling wind.
Violet felt like an unlucky guy whose car was being washed when the program suddenly went out of control and the sunroof suddenly swung open, leaving her completely drenched from head to toe.
Before Vera could even take out her straw hat from her backpack to shield herself from the rain, she saw another blazing flame pierce through the dark clouds and swoop down toward her.
Violet quickly gripped the Shadow Sword and swung it forward, barely managing to block Ember's powerful downward strike. The impact of the two weapons colliding even caused the surrounding raindrops, which fell like a beaded curtain, to instantly dissipate, creating a sizable dry zone.
Under immense pressure, the ground beneath Violet's feet cracked, sending shards of stone flying up and bouncing twice over the jagged, spiderweb-like fissures before being quickly soaked by the falling rain.
Violet looked up and stared directly into Ember's eyes. Her unwavering and fearless gaze reignited the anger that had been suppressed within Ember.
How dare she, how dare she, after deceiving and fooling... Brother Kaido, still show such an unrepentant expression?!
King: "What a pity. You still have that mouth to use to spout information that Kaido is interested in, but it's better to cut off your disobedient legs and arms."
Violet: ?
Sensing the sudden outburst of anger from Jin, Violet frowned, puzzled. She grabbed Yamato's collar and quickly jumped back two steps to avoid the scorching dragon flames that followed.
The blazing dragon flames ignited the remains of the wooden building where Violet had been standing. The torrential rain and the fiercely burning flames created a rare fusion of water and fire. Amidst the billowing white smoke, the enormous azure dragon slowly descended to the ground. Its sharp claws gripped the rubble on the ground, crushing it as easily as squeezing a piece of tofu.
"Yamato!"
Kaido called out Yamato's name: "What have you done, you stupid son!"
"You damn father, is that even a question?!" As usual, the moment this father and daughter met, the atmosphere was thick with tension, even more intense than Violet and Jin's reunion. "Of course it is..."
Kaido stared at Yamato's open mouth, already prepared to beat her until she was crippled and unable to leave her house for half a month if she dared to say anything like "become Kozuki Oden" or "overthrow that bastard father."
"...To become the Shogun of Wano Country!"
Kaido: ?
ember:"……"
What is a surprise?
This is a pleasant surprise!
Kaido's dragon eyes widened suddenly at Yamato's bold words, making the ferocious blue dragon appear somewhat adorable.
Violet: "Ah, kind of cute?" Was the Shadow Sword making her a little out of it?
Jin, who was also surprised by Yamato's words, suddenly turned his head and glared fiercely at Vera.
Violet: ?
Kaido looked at Yamato, whose gaze was firm and showed no sign of backing down: "Shogun of Wano Country? What a boastful tone, you fool. With your abilities, do you think you can..."
As he was speaking, he suddenly realized something was wrong: "Where is Kurozumi Orochi?"
“Don’t worry, he’s still alive.” Violet thought for a moment. “I just helped him…remove redundant parts.”
Eight heads and still so stupid, maybe it's because there are too many heads and not enough blood supply. If you cut it down to one, maybe it will be smarter.
After a two-second silence, Jin drew his sword again and charged toward Violet.
Splash—
Book? !
As Jin looked at the deep blue book with a golden star in the center that had suddenly appeared in Violet's hand, he became secretly wary.
After Violet disguised herself as Violet and infiltrated Wano Country, she always carried a book with a purplish-red cover with her. King didn't think it was just a decoration she had added on a whim. He believed that the book must be the reason why Violet was showing an octopus-like fruit-like ability that had never been observed before.
But the book that appeared in Vera's hands at this moment was not the same as that one.
With a sudden shift in his grip on the ten-handed sword, Jin's attack became aimed directly at Violet's wrist.
Regardless of what use this book is, the best course of action is to cut off her hand that is resisting!
But Violet was faster than him, opening the book of bedtime stories. As a large amount of sanity evaporated instantly, a warm and peaceful feeling, like slowly drinking a cup of warm milk at night, appeared in everyone's hearts.
Oh no!
A strong sense of sleepiness washed over him. The flames behind Jin almost covered half of his body, but they were still no match for the power of the bedtime story. He looked blank for a moment.
With a thud, Yamato, who was also within the coverage area, was the first to give in and fall to the ground, fast asleep while still clutching the spiked club.
Kaido and King, on the other hand, although they were swaying and looking dazed, did not fall asleep like Violet had when she read bedtime stories before.
Violet was not surprised to see this. She ate three servings of jelly salad to slightly restore her precarious sanity, and then replaced the "Bedtime Stories" in her hand with a book with a blood-red cover that exuded a strong sense of foreboding.
The End of the World Is Coming!
As Vera read, the sky, which had just retained a faint glow of the setting sun, suddenly darkened completely, and the swirling clouds seemed to freeze abruptly as if a pause button had been pressed.
The next second, dozens of blinding white lines tore through the dark clouds and swooped down, instantly dispelling the heavy darkness around them. The dazzling white light made Violet squint.
With a deafening roar of thunder, natural disaster and doomsday descended upon Kaido and King!
Even with their formidable defenses, these two still paled when faced with such terrifying lightning. However, the hypnotic state instilled by their bedtime story prevented them from falling into a deep sleep like Yamato, but they still couldn't dodge in time and were directly struck by the lightning!
This was a true apocalyptic catastrophe capable of wiping out an entire island. Even with formidable defenses like Kaido and King, being hit head-on was quite painful.
It's just a pity I can't use it more often...
Violet put down the unconscious Yamato and sighed regretfully as she looked at the charred crater not far away.
"hiss……"
I had barely shaken my head when a strong wave of dizziness and headache suddenly swept over me.
It hurts!
Violet pressed her hand to her chest and took two deep breaths to suppress the intense discomfort. She then rummaged through her backpack and ate several more dishes to increase her sanity.
This should be the battle that tests Violet's mental endurance the most, as both the Shadow Sword and those books are major consumers of sanity.
Sanity is not like life. If you get injured, you can just endure it and use honey ointment to heal it. But if you replenish your sanity with food after it is depleted, the intense discomfort will still linger in your brain and will be difficult to dissipate for a while.
In addition, the indiscriminate, area-of-effect attack of "The End Is Gone" made Violet hesitant to use it recklessly, fearing that she might accidentally hit herself or Yamato and be in trouble.
"Roar—you little brat!!!"
Kaido, who is enormous and has been struck by lightning the most times, was the first to awaken from his hypnotic state. His huge dragon head was raised high, and silver-white electric currents that leaped like small snakes were wrapped around his horns and tail.
He took a deep breath, and a ball of scorching fire flickered from under the dragon's belly. Then he opened his mouth, and the scorching dragon flames rushed straight towards Violet and the other person!
"Heat Breath!"
There was no time to dodge! Violet switched her Shadow Sword for an Ice Staff and, not daring to be careless, directly created an ice wall tens of meters thick and nearly a hundred meters long to block the terrifying dragon flames.
After the ice wall was created, the ice staff in Violet's hand disappeared because its durability reached zero.
The scorching dragon flames collided with the ice, and a thick mist dispersed. Kaido looked at the ice wall and sneered, then opened his mouth again to launch an attack.
"Bad wind!"
This time it was no longer burning flames, but compressed wind pressure. Wind blades, no less powerful than a sword master's sword aura, were caught in it, causing anything in its path to suffer a terrifying barrage of slashes.
The ice wall, already melting from the scorching dragon flames, crashed head-on into this incredibly powerful wind pressure, producing a teeth-grinding cracking sound, and collapsed in an instant.
But Violet and Yamato, who were beginning to break free from the hypnotic effects, had enough time to escape from behind the ice wall.
Yamato rubbed his sore nose in confusion: "Ouch—that hurts, what just happened?"
"You were just knocked unconscious by Kaido's spiked club, but luckily I caught you in time and brought you out of danger."
"I see?!" Yamato exclaimed gratefully. "Thank you so much, Violet!"
"Damn old man, he actually hit me in the face!" Yamato gritted his teeth as he and Violet dodged the lingering force of the gust of wind. "Damn it, I'll definitely get that back!"
Violet watched helplessly as the progress of the quest "[My son's rebellion breaks my heart]" was forced back by 5% from 78% due to Yamato's angry expression.
Violet: "..."
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Author's note: I was reminded of that classic joke.
Violet: Luo, actually I'm a dragon hunter [shy]
Luo: There are no dragons in this world at all.
Vera: So you're welcome [rainbow fart]
Luo: [Question mark]
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