Chapter 10: The Player's Healing Remedies
Stromberg's pupils trembled from shock at that bizarre advertisement.
Tiger took the opportunity to dodge his attack and retreated two steps to gain a moment of respite.
If he had just traveled the world a few years ago, he would not have been afraid of being surrounded by Stroberry and this group of navy.
However, the experience of being captured and enslaved, the physical exhaustion from climbing the Red Line with his bare hands, and the confusion caused by everything he had experienced as the captain of the Sun Pirates over the years all made Tiger realize that the power of his fists was getting weaker and weaker.
Tiger looked at the strange girl wearing a newspaper box, and a sense of confusion, exactly like that of Stromberg, flashed through his mind.
Who... is this?
However, Strawberry was a bit better than Tiger; he quickly remembered the girl he had met in the tavern who had left a very deep impression on him.
"It's you?"
Violet: ?
Seriously? She covered her face, how could the NPC still recognize her?
After confirming that her status was "[pretending]", Violet decided to play dumb to the end: "What did you say? I don't understand."
Storoberry: "Didn't I tell you not to ask about this?"
Violet: "What did you say? I don't understand."
Storoberry: "Get out of here, this isn't a place for you to play house."
Violet: "What did you say? I don't understand."
Storoberry took a deep breath, feeling his temples throbbing.
Strawberry, a well-known bachelor in the Navy Headquarters who still has no partner, experienced the torment of a naughty child during the prime of his career.
Violet saw Strawberry's silence as proof of a successful charade.
Sure enough, she said that video games don't require eyesight.
Vera: "Mr. You-Know-Who, I received your distress signal and I'm here to help you!"
Jinbe was shocked. From the time the Navy appeared to the time this girl showed up, not much time had passed. Had his captain already sent out the intelligence and received reinforcements? Could it be that Tiger had foreseen all of this?
Storoberry was shocked. He had always thought that the girl had only heard about Tiger's deeds and was admiring him because of her adolescent delusions. He never expected that she had been in contact with Tiger all along. How could he have been completely unaware of her pretense?!
Tiger was also shocked. When did he ever send a signal to anyone? Don't just say things like that!
Violet, Violet was not shocked; she raised her spear and thrust it at Stromberg.
Storoberry swung his sword backhand at Violet. Although the longsword in his hand was not a famous one, it was exceptionally sharp due to his daily care and maintenance.
In Storobelli's plan, even if this attack couldn't sever Violet's spear, it would at least create a gap that would severely impact its combat effectiveness.
But no, there was nothing.
The ridiculously simple wooden handle of that spear had not a single mark left... Doesn't that make sense?
Storoberry's eyes, which had been squinting, widened to twice their normal size.
If Vera could hear Strawberry's thoughts, she would readily answer him, because in the game, the durability of all tool-type items is consumed based on the number of uses.
Let alone the two meticulously maintained longswords of Storoberry, even a Supreme Grade Sword, even magma, would only lose a little durability with each attack.
Farming games should not focus on stat-based gameplay.
Storobelli's momentary lapse in concentration was fleeting.
Since the capture of Pirate King Roger and his public execution by the Navy, Roger's announcement of the treasure before his death has sparked an unprecedented pirate frenzy.
During this period, the strength of the navy, which was able to contend with the pirates, also made a considerable leap, giving rise to many terrifying "monsters". Strawberry, who was able to lead a team on his own, was certainly not a fool.
With his extensive experience in combat, Storoberry quickly changed his offensive strategy. Taking advantage of his height and strength, he relentlessly attacked Violet with his blade flashing like a shadow.
Seizing the opening in Violet's defense, Storobelli twisted his wrist and struck Violet hard in the abdomen with the back of his blade, sending her flying!
[HP-50]
Violet was shocked. Was this the legendary health bar clearing technique?
Tiger: "Fishman Karate!" Tiger didn't care about anything else, he knocked away the marine in front of him with a palm strike, ran two steps and caught the flying Violet.
"How are you?"
He looked down with concern and asked, then his eyes fell on a sensational news headline.
Violet: "I'm fine! A mere 50 points of health is nothing!"
Under everyone's watchful eyes, Violet took out some grilled seaweed from her pocket and started eating it.
Tiger: ? ? ?
Eating at this time? No, wait, did she just take it directly out of her pocket? Why is it still steaming? And why does it smell so good?
That's outrageous!
Tiger grabbed Violet, who was chewing frantically: "Jinbe!"
Jinbe turned around and saw Tiger throwing a rather large object at him. He caught it and saw that it was the girl from the newspaper box.
After finishing the grilled seaweed, Violet took out a coconut from her pocket and started drinking.
Jinbe was speechless, but considering that this girl was an "insider" contacted by his older brother, Jinbe, who always held Tiger in high esteem, still politely greeted him.
"You can eat here at your leisure. I won't let anyone disturb you."
Pushing the newspaper box up, the girl, whose fair chin was barely visible, raised her hand and patted his shoulder. Although she didn't say anything, Jinbe could still feel her trust in him.
Even though Jinbe still harbored some resentment towards humans due to his past experiences with his own kind, he quickly banished that resentment from his mind whenever he thought of the girl who had joined the battle without hesitation.
Queen Otohime and Brother Tiger are right; humans, like fish-men, have both good and bad aspects.
Meanwhile, Violet, who had finally replenished her health by eating, glanced at the sky and realized something was wrong. She didn't want to be fighting while holding a torch.
After calculating the amount of food in her pockets, Violet steeled herself and charged forward, attacking like a berserker.
"You guys go first!"
Tiger was unwilling to be risked to save by a human girl, but the gunshot wound in his shoulder severely weakened his fighting ability, and Storoberry was mainly targeting him.
Unlike when she faced Violet, Strawberry didn't use the back of her blade to attack Tiger. So, in the short few minutes that Violet was replenishing her health, Tiger was covered in a number of crisscrossing and hideous wounds.
The hot-blooded young man Jinbe was frightened by Violet's reckless fighting style, but he decided to trust Tiger's judgment.
The person the eldest brother trusts is the person he trusts!
Jinbe picked up Tiger and carried him on his back.
After being entangled by Violet in Storoberry, the remaining navy was unable to stop the two fishmen from retreating.
As Jinbe led Tiger, who was in a coma due to blood loss, through the Navy's encirclement and left, Stromberry's expression darkened as he looked at Violet.
Storoberry: "Do you know what you're doing?"
Vera: "What did you say? I don't understand?"
For the first time, Storoberry turned its blade on Violet. Since Tiger had been let go, Violet's actions could not be simply explained as childish play.
Storoberry: "I'm getting serious."
Violet glanced at her health bar. The red-named monster in front of her had mastered a skill that could empty a health bar, and its attacks were extremely painful. The health Violet had painstakingly replenished by eating had disappeared by two-thirds in just a few minutes.
A trail of bright red blood flowed from the bottom of the newspaper box, dripping down Vera's chin and onto her collarbone.
If she can unlock more items, she will definitely win this BOSS battle!
Violet: "I've saved my game. I'll challenge you again after I've leveled up!"
A wise player knows when to yield; Violet pulled out her [Eye Gun] from her pocket and blew it hard at Storoberry.
"Sir, sir!"
The Eye Gun, which dropped while sweeping through the swamp with the Red-Haired Pirates and attacking the One-Eyed Mudskipper, has a 5-second stun effect and is currently Violet's strongest attack, with astonishing power when unleashed.
It's a pity that even after wiping out the entire [One-Eyed Mudskipper] clan, only four [Eye Guns] were obtained.
Having used one on Shanks and another on Stroberry, and wanting to keep one as a collection, Velvet tightened her purse and quickly withdrew from the battle while the Marines were in a state of chaos due to Stroberry's unconsciousness.
As before, after accepting the side quest, Vera automatically became a temporary teammate with the other NPCs in the side quest. Following the teammate markers on the parchment scroll, Vera quickly found the two temporary teammates.
They were on a large ship flying a flag with a seagull holding a scale, and judging from the surrounding scene textures, a considerable battle had also broken out there.
So this is the Sun Pirates' flag? Violet memorized the blue seagull symbol and boarded the large ship.
The Sun Pirates, who had engaged in a fierce battle with the Navy ambushing them in the port, lost their ship. Fortunately, they managed to steal one of the Navy's warships and rescue the seriously injured Captain Tiger.
For some reason, instead of ordering them to leave immediately, the captain told them to keep the ship docked in the harbor, as if they were waiting for someone.
"Damn it!" The evil dragon, who was bandaging himself, slammed his fist into the railing beside him, breaking the thick railing in two.
The dragon was unaware that Tiger and his companions had met Violet, and assumed that the captain's order to wait was for the human girl, Kera, from before.
Although Arlong is impulsive, he is not stupid. The captain and Jinbe had just sent Koala off the ship when they and the captain were attacked by the Navy. If you say that this has nothing to do with Koala, Arlong would pull out his own nose and use it as a knife for someone else!
Just then, the dragon heard a rustling sound coming from not far away. It seemed someone was climbing onto the ship!
The dragon, filled with rage, jumped up, ready to teach the man a lesson.
As for whether it was an enemy or the person the captain was waiting for, it didn't matter. He struck first, and the other person was already dead. Would the captain really drive him away because of a human?
Violet gripped the railing, poked her head out from the deck, and saw a menacing purple shark head right in front of her.
Violet: !
Violet's hand trembled, and she clicked on [Eye Gun] to use it immediately.
With a bang, the dragon, who had no idea that the player would have such a cheat device, fell backward and crashed heavily to the ground.
Vera: ...
Ahhh, her [eye gun]!
Enraged, Violet threw the rotten food onto the deck, grabbed the dragon by the collar and shoved him face down on it. Still not satisfied, she kicked him a couple more times before continuing to look for her two cheap temporary companions.
At this moment, Tiger was lying in the medical room, and the atmosphere in the medical room was unusually heavy.
The bullet lodged in Tiger's arm continued to widen the wound as he moved, and large amounts of blood gushed from the skin slashed open by the Strawberry sword. Tiger, who had lost too much blood, urgently needed a blood transfusion, but the fish-men of the Sun Pirates did not have his blood type.
Tiger fell into a semi-conscious state.
"They're here! There's blood stored in the ship's medical bay, and it's the same blood type as Tiger's!"
The fishman who went to check the blood condition in the medical bay quickly came over with the blood plasma. He hung the plasma on the rack and took out an alcohol swab to disinfect Tiger.
With a bang, Tiger swept the entire tray of items away.
"No, I will never accept human blood!"
Tiger felt his life slipping away, and in his final moments, he could no longer suppress his anger and resentment toward humanity.
“Jinbe…” Tiger looked at the fish-man beside him, who was also covered in wounds, “What Queen Otohime said is true. Hatred has no end.”
"Only through mutual understanding, only by finding a bridge of communication, can fish-men and humans coexist peacefully..."
Tiger pressed his hand to his chest, tears streaming down his face: "But I can no longer love humans!"
He was no longer able to serve as captain and lead the Sun Pirates to fulfill their mission and dreams!
"I was once a slave... a slave captured by the Celestial Dragons..."
"Next, it's up to you guys, Jinbe..."
Bang! The door was pushed open forcefully. Before Tiger could finish giving his last instructions, he saw a figure rushing in.
Violet: "Tiger?! Your health is so low?!"
Tiger opened his eyes; his vision was blurred from blood loss.
Tiger: "It's you. Thank you for your help. Perhaps you are... you are the bridge that Queen Otohime was talking about..."
Before Tiger could finish speaking, Violet pulled out a handful of squid rings and stuffed them into Tiger's mouth.
Tiger: "Waaaaah?!"
Skip, skip, skip! The important NPC's health bar is almost empty, why bother with the cutscene?
Violet took out all the blood-replenishing dishes, placed her hand on Tiger's shoulder, and pressed him firmly onto the bed.
Someone, feed the young master some cakes!
A note from the author:
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Violet: I won't allow any important NPC to die in front of me!
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