# Chapter 53: Slaughter Weapon
"This is a Slaughter Weapon excavated from the ruins of the City of Slaughter. According to speculation, it was the weapon of the former King of Slaughter. The auction price is five million Beli!"
"Is there a bid?"
The Auctioneer made sure to highlight its origin.
The City of Slaughter, the King of Slaughter, this was already a legend from hundreds of years ago, but it truly existed.
Located on a certain island in the New World, once on this island, a renowned figure on the Great Sea, the King of Slaughter, established a City of Slaughter.
Within the City of Slaughter, there was a Bloody Colosseum.
This was a cruel city; everything was related to slaughter.
Entering the city required handing over a head.
Drinking, eating, and even lodging, all required killing someone as payment.
On this island, the stronger your strength, the better you lived, because everything was free, as long as you could survive.
At that time, the City of Slaughter was a paradise for pirates, a haven for sin.
Every day many people died, and many others flocked there.
The Bloody Colosseum in the center of the City of Slaughter was even more a place of slaughter.
1v1 duels, only one could walk out of the arena alive.
Ten-person free-for-alls, only one person could walk out of the arena alive.
Hundred-person free-for-alls, only one person could walk out of the arena alive.
At that time, the City of Slaughter was infamous throughout the entire Great Sea, yet also had immense fame.
Even nobles and Celestial Dragons were regular visitors to the City of Slaughter.
Anyway, staying on the island only required killing some people, and heads could be prepared in advance.
Because of this, the entire Great Sea was permeated with blood.
Many pirates, before going to the City of Slaughter for pleasure, would go on a killing and plundering spree, slaughtering villages and small towns.
The impact caused was too great, eventually provoking widespread anger.
Numerous member nations jointly boycotted, and the Marine Headquarters mobilized an army and launched a Buster Call to destroy the City of Slaughter.
The Marines had long had this plan.
The existence of the City of Slaughter bred too many powerful pirates, each of whom caused them considerable trouble.
It was just that the existence of the World Nobles prevented them from taking action against the City of Slaughter.
Now, they had no more reservations.
Facing the Marines taking action, the City of Slaughter had no ability to resist at all.
Those regular visitors to the City of Slaughter fled the moment they received the news.
Ultimately, the aging King of Slaughter was directly beaten to death by a mob.
His scythe that had slaughtered countless lives also disappeared without a trace.
However, the atmosphere was somewhat cold.
On this Great Sea, there were simply too few people who used a scythe as a weapon, far less convenient than using a sword.
Although the King of Slaughter was quite famous, there were also legends about him in storybooks.
Five million Beli was a considerable amount.
Nobody wanted to be a sucker.
Moreover, who knew if this was real or fake?
Hades' eyes lit up.
His gaze fixed on this scythe.
The special material, incredibly hard, completely comparable to those famous swords.
A dense bloody aura.
Hades seemed to feel the life of this blade, like a blood dragon.
Every inch of its scales was entwined with painful wails.
This was very likely real, because this scythe had killed a full two hundred thousand people.
Endless slaughter, it had long since transformed into a cursed blade.
Perhaps it was originally a cursed blade; it just reached another peak in the hands of that King of Slaughter.
Silent for hundreds of years, the entire scythe was somewhat dim in luster.
When it awakened from its silence, who knew how powerful it would truly be.
Hades had already taken a liking to it when he received intelligence about it.
He needed a handy weapon.
This was also a symbol of status.
In the future, there wouldn't be many powerful opponents who could force him to act personally, even fewer who could force him to go all out without a weapon.
Moreover, having a weapon was more convenient.
The blade was incredibly hard, and its lethality was even stronger than just his body.
Before it truly grew to that level, a handy weapon was helpful to him; it could enhance his lethality.
The entire venue fell silent for a few seconds.
They originally thought this auction item was going to go unsold.
"Six million!"
The sudden sound made everyone's gaze shift to Hades and his companion.
The lively auction had made them almost forget these two people.
They didn't expect them to make a move at this time.
"Good! Six million, first call! Six million, second call! Six million, third call! Congratulations to this gentleman for winning this auction item."
The Auctioneer was very happy, because this scythe had gone unsold twice already.
If it went unsold again this time, the people behind it planned to send it to the Four Seas or the First Half of the Grand Line.
Hades smoothly won the bid for this scythe.
The item was directly delivered into Hades' hands, inside a large square box.
Titan helped Hades carry the box, waiting for the next auction item.
The entire auction would last at least half a day, especially the munitions, wave after wave.
Both pirates and Underworld Forces were in great need of them.
At this time, Marine Vice Admiral Vic, whom Hades had been thinking about, had already arrived at the Kent Island Sea Area, but did not approach, to avoid alerting the enemy.
While simultaneously receiving intelligence sent from the intelligence agents on Kent Island.
Vic was very displeased, waiting impatiently.
He turned his head and looked aside, "Are Henry and Cassius here yet?"
"Reporting, Vice Admiral, they will arrive at Kent Island in about half an hour." Regarding Vic's unfriendly attitude towards the other two Vice Admirals, the Rear Admiral named Ali did not dare to express any opinion.
This Marine Vice Admiral was an absolute hardliner within the Marines, belonging to the trusted subordinates of Admiral Steel Bone Kong.
"Then wait a little longer."
In Vic's eyes, Fleet Admiral Black's actions were a sign of distrust in his strength.
If even he couldn't handle the Son of Jaeger and his Guard, then what use would adding Henry and Cassius be?
It was also because Vic had absolute confidence in his own strength.
After all, he was different from those two guys who were promoted by the Governor.
As for Hades, this Son of Jaeger, whether killing or capturing him, before that, he would cruelly torture him.
"Lady Night" Nyx was not a woman to be trifled with.
He had left a scar on Nyx's face.
And on his face, he had been left with several scars by her.
His originally handsome face was gone, turned into such a terrifying appearance.
How could this not make Vic hate?
"They've arrived!"
An extremely wide-range Observation Haki directly enveloped the entire island, extending outwards continuously.
Hades discovered several warships anchored in this Sea Area.
They were probably waiting for something.
The closer it got to this moment, the calmer Hades' heart became, as if it had nothing to do with him.
Everyone in the entire auction venue, representatives from various factions, they were still unaware that the entire island had been targeted by the Marines.
Who would care about them?
The Marines wouldn't care, and Hades wouldn't care.
All they could do was pray wholeheartedly, pray that Hades could win.
If Hades won, then their losses wouldn't be too great.
If Hades failed, the entire island would be purged.
Half the military strength of G36 Fortress, and half the military strength of X36-2 Branch and X36-4 Branch, combined, already reached four thousand five hundred people.
Not counting the reinforcements sent from G35 Fortress and G37 Fortress.
Over a dozen warships were enough to surround the entire island.
(end of chapter)