Chapter 301: Snake Princess Dies

〖More than two months later ——〗

Outside Nine Snake City, in the woods, Lin Qi was still carrying out his daily practice.

…

Ever since Robin developed a new type of flower clone move, Lynch has been able to practice with Robin.

Robin's training goal is to continuously improve the potential of the "Flower Qi" or "Flower Cook" she summons, so that the combat power that can be exerted can continue to approach the theoretical limits of Lynch and Hancock themselves.

That is, Robin himself is constantly improving his proficiency in operating the special flower clone.

By the way, the name of this special flower clone involved other people, so not only Robin herself, but also Snake Princess Tulip and the three sisters of the Boa family also actively submitted (Hancock did not admit how enthusiastic she was) and even Bonnie proposed a few alternatives...

Finally, Robin calmly accepted Lynch's suggestion and named this move - "He Hua Zi Zai".

Very odd word creation.

But it was very Lynch, so Robin loved it.

The best way for him to improve his operational proficiency is of course through actual combat.

Therefore, in the past two months, when Lynch and Robin were free, they practiced together - Robin summoned a Flower Qi or Flower Cook, or multiple Flower Qi and Flower Cook, to attack Lynch alone, or to attack Lynch who was armored with "BIB". However, Robin's main "summoned beast" was only Flower Qi, after all, if he summoned Flower Cook for practice, the transmission of perception would cause trouble to Hancock's body.

Besides, Hua Kuke’s upper limit of strength cannot catch up with Hua Qi.

When you cannot copy Hancock's Medusa Fruit and don't need Hancock's charming beauty, it is easier to just summon Hana.

Lynch himself has benefited greatly from this way of practice.

Although Robin could not bring out the full power of his "He Hua Zi Zai", those clones were him after all! Even under Robin's crude control, the pressure caused by the combined attack was very strong.

Robin was very happy that he could actually help Lynch with his practice with his own strength.

At the same time, my own abilities are constantly being honed and improved in the process, which makes it even more satisfying.

Although Robin is not a warrior type of person and does not enjoy the so-called thrill of fighting, no one would hate the feeling of constantly improving themselves.

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But in the past half month, Robin has spent less and less time practicing with Lynch.

Often changing back to his previous form, Lynch and his stand "BIB" practice alone.

One practices Haki, and occasionally wonders what the so-called Ryuo is; the other hones the Six Styles and improves his Life Return. Even though he hasn't practiced hypnosis much, as his Life Return ability improves, the effect of hypnosis is slowly getting better, and the speed of hypnotizing others is getting shorter and shorter.

Robin didn't show up today either.

Lynch has let BIB out for more than a week, and the difference in cultivation between him and his substitute has also increased by almost a week. At this time, they are practicing against each other in the woods after a long time.

With their current combat effectiveness, they can destroy everything they pass by with ease, and trees are constantly being broken and smashed.

While he was practicing, suddenly a bird in the forest was startled and the sound of bells came from the high walls of Jiushe City not far away.

when……

Lynch and "BIB" stopped what they were doing at the same time and looked towards the direction of Nine Snakes Castle across the city wall.

They all felt with their observation Haki that when the first bell rang, countless auras in Nine Snake City froze in place, stunned for a moment.

Lynch sensed it carefully.

Even though her condition was getting worse, Snake Queen's aura was always stronger than that of an ordinary person.

With BIB's observation Haki, he could no longer find any trace of Snake Princess' aura in the direction of the Imperial Palace.

when……

when……

The bells in Nine Snake City rang one after another, and the people of Amazon Lily all knew what the bells represented.

Snake Princess passed away.

………………

Half a month ago, Snake Princess's condition became increasingly serious. As the princess of the Nine Snakes, Robin spent more and more time at Snake Princess' bedside.

Lynch would come to visit occasionally, but he was a man after all, and to be honest, Lynch and Snake Princess Tulip didn't have any special relationship except for the bond of the Nine Snake Princess.

Lynch couldn't say too much about Snake Princess Tulip. So although it was a pity that a strong person like Snake Princess Tulip, like Super Saiyan Sun Wukong, like Pirate King Roger, like one after another strong person, slowly fell in front of the disease, Lynch could only let her go.

During the past half month, Robin has been silently accompanying Snake Princess at her bedside. Watching this woman who was so kind to her and an elder who cared for her, becoming weaker day by day, Robin's mood has also become depressed.

Perhaps due to the symptoms of lovesickness, Snake Princess is talking less and less. When she first contracted this disease, her symptoms were very similar to the flu with a high fever, but recently, her condition has worsened and she has begun to be very happy at times and extremely depressed at times. The only thing in common is that no matter whether she is happy or depressed, she is increasingly shutting herself in her own world.

When she was happy, she smiled to herself on her sick and haggard face, and talked happily to the empty air. Robin could hear that she seemed to be talking to the non-existent Dragon and Luffy.

When she was depressed, she curled up on her sickbed, not saying a word, not eating a single grain of rice, often staring blankly into the air, crying silently.

But there are also moments of clarity.

However, Robin couldn't tell whether he was willing to see the rare moments of clarity that Snake Princess had in the cracks of her illness.

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

When Snake Princess fell ill, whether it was closed-off joy or autistic depression, Robin could comfort herself that she was just sick; but when Snake Princess regained consciousness briefly, or could not distinguish between reality and fantasy in a trance, or realized what was happening, although she did not show it violently, Robin could see from her occasional blank staring at the young Nine Snake warriors on the training ground in the distance outside the window that she was slowly feeling sad that she was not that strong after all, and that she was becoming more and more fragile under the tearing of the disease.

Surrounded by the surge of negative emotions, Snake Princess gradually stopped resisting the onset of her illness. Perhaps she was drowning in the illusion of lovesickness and the false beauty, and she would not see her own embarrassment in reality.

There was no need to see the disappointment in Hancock's eyes. That hurt Snake Princess.

There has never been a terminal illness that can allow a person to leave in a dignified manner.

Snake Princess, and perhaps Hancock as well, realized this belatedly.

Perhaps that was why the old woman Linglan was so sad when she saw the snake princess suffering from lovesickness. Linglan had seen with her own eyes the late emperor whom she loved deeply, the strongest female warrior of the previous generation of nine snakes, becoming weaker and weaker under the ravages of the disease, becoming more and more embarrassed, losing more and more dignity, and finally becoming like a fragile and pitiful creature.

“Ahem!”

The seriously ill Snake Princess had lost weight and her face was sickly flushed. She held Robin's hand with a dazed look in her eyes.

Behind Robin stood Hancock, looking down at the Snake Princess on the sickbed, expressionless and saying, "You look so miserable, how disappointing! Are you still qualified to call yourself the Emperor of the Nine Snakes?"

The maids in the bedroom bowed their heads in silence, not daring to look up. Suddenly they heard Hancock's order: "Get out."

"Yes." The maids hurriedly left the bedroom.

Robin held Serpentine's hand and looked up to see Hancock raising her fingers and circling the black hair around the city.

Hancock deadpanned to Robin, "Don't look at me."

Hancock plucked off a long black hair and wrapped it around her slender fingers. The end of the black hair suddenly turned into a thin black snake, hissing and spitting out words with the last of its vitality.

Not long after, Hancock took Princess Xu Lun out of the bedroom.

Princess Xu Lun said to the maids at the door: "The Snake Princess has passed away."

The maids naturally knew that this would be the outcome, but they still couldn't help feeling sad.

"I will take care of Lady Snake's remains," Robin said softly, "you go and notify the others and prepare for the funeral."

Hancock walked out of the palace alone and came to a bell tower outside that was rarely visited. The surface of the ancient bronze bell was covered with dust. Hancock pressed hard on the bell, shaking up the dust and knocking the ancient bell back.

"when--"

The first bell rang, the sound was vast, distant and loud, spreading to every corner of Nine Snake City.

The nine-serpent woman who had pulled up her fishing net by the river stayed where she was;

The soldiers guarding the country in the sentry tower at the city gate looked towards the direction of the palace with sadness; on the training ground, the young soldiers were at a loss, they had never heard such a bell before, and they didn't even know that there was such a bell in Jiushe City;

"when……"

"when……"

The sound of the bells echoed in houses, farmhouses, hunting grounds, and every corner of the Nine Snake City.

(End of this chapter)