Chapter 55: Nightmare
"First, capture the Son of Jaeger, then cleanse this Island." Vic looked at the Pirates fleeing in the distance, setting the overall objective for this operation.
Henry and Cassius did not object.
This operation was primarily led by Vic, and besides, Vic's strength was greater than theirs."
Report, Vice Admiral! It seems the two targets have arrived? They are coming towards us through Central Street!" A Marine lookout high up spotted the figures of Hades and Titan at a glance.
Smoke filled the air.
The Marine Warships docked at the Port continuously fired artillery at the Island.
Buildings were blown up, and those who were unlucky were directly blasted into the sky.
Flames spread everywhere; the Marines seemed to have no intention of letting anyone on the Island survive.
However, the Marines arrived too quickly.
The various Factions on the Island had not yet had time to organize their forces.
And at this moment, a peculiar scene appeared on the Street.
Almost everyone was fleeing in the opposite direction of the Marines.
Meanwhile, Hades and Titan walked in the center of the Street, heading precisely towards the Port.
Hades and Titan walked one after the other, with the crowds on both sides constantly parting.
It was as if an invisible force was pushing them away, causing them to automatically move aside when they approached within a certain range.
"Are they going to directly clash with the Marines?" Redfield, hidden in the shadows, watched the two figures from afar, thinking to himself.
Even from a distance, he could sense the suppressed anger and Killing Intent emanating from Hades.
He didn't want to cause trouble or clash with the Marines; the money obtained from the Auction of the Mantis-Mantis Fruit was already in hand.
He had originally planned to find a small boat and leave casually, but seeing the actions of the two, he stayed out of curiosity.
Anyway, with his strength, he could leave whenever he wanted.
At the same time, he also wanted to see what kind of performance these somewhat mysterious individuals would display.
"They actually came over on their own?" Hearing the intelligence from the scout surprised Vic and the others.
"Are they that confident? It seems they don't know who they are facing!" Three Marine Vice Admirals were present; they had absolute confidence and couldn't imagine how they could lose.
"Perfect. This guy is mine; you can choose the other one yourselves." Vic was also a bit impatient.
He strode forward, wanting to eliminate this menace as quickly as possible to avoid any complications.
"Titan." Hades extended his hand, and Titan tacitly handed over the box containing the scythe.
Hades punched the box, shattering it.
His fist passed through the wooden box, directly gripping the scythe's handle.
With a forceful swing of his arm, the Armament Haki that burst forth simultaneously shattered the wooden box, scattering the fragments and revealing the scythe inside.
It seemed that to protect the buyer from being harmed by this Cursed Blade, the entire scythe blade was wrapped in thick bandages.
Hades naturally didn't need such a thing.
The bandages fell off, and he tightly gripped the blade.
He could clearly feel the scythe trembling violently, as if resisting, resisting Hades's Armament Haki.
A nearly berserk Killing Intent erupted, resisting the invasion and tempering of Hades's Armament Haki.
Along Hades's body, the Will contained within the scythe surged into Hades's mind.
The painful wails of countless dead, the aura of slaughter and death, attacked Hades on the Will level.
As expected of a Cursed Blade, it actually wanted to control Hades.
But how could Hades allow that?
An even more powerful Armament Haki erupted, surging madly into the scythe's interior, suppressing the scythe's Will, constantly tempering it, and leaving his mark on this Cursed Blade.
This was a true Slaughter Weapon.
Its terrifying Slaughter Will had even affected its previous owner, the King of Slaughter.
Possessing a Will completely its own, and having been dormant for hundreds of years, how could it submit so easily?
The more Hades suppressed it, the more intense its resistance became.
"Behave yourself!"
"Obey obediently!"
Its resistance only made Hades happy, but the continuous resistance also made him a little impatient.
A terrifying Aura instantly erupted, targeting the scythe, cooperating with the Armament Haki to suppress the Will contained within the scythe.
Grayish-white Power of Death emerged from Hades's body, wrapping around his arm and continuously spreading to the entire scythe.
The scythe's Will was instantly suppressed under Hades's Aura, shrinking back into the blade.
Feeling the terrifying power of the Power of Death, it trembled even more in fear.
This time, it truly submitted, acknowledging that Hades was the one who could truly wield it.
It very obediently stopped resisting the tempering of the Armament Haki.
It was just a simple consciousness, a Cursed Blade that had continuously evolved through countless slaughters.
As long as one was stronger than it, it would submit.
If one was not, they would be dominated and controlled by it.
The reason Famous Swords are powerful is because they can enhance the wielder's combat strength, not just because of their hard material and greater sharpness.
Within them, they contain the understanding of the sword path by all previous owners, the Swordsmen.
Sword Intent remains, and through this Sword Intent, Swordsmen can rapidly improve in the sword path.
They can even help some Swordsmen break through to become Sword Masters or even Great Sword Masters.
After all, the higher the grade of the Famous Sword, the stronger the Swordsmen who have wielded them, and the more experience they can draw upon and absorb.
Although it was not a Famous Sword, countless slaughters had given birth to a Slaughter Aura similar to Sword Intent, which could greatly amplify lethality.
Basically, all Cursed Blades possess similar power.
Grayish-white Power of Death and blood-red Slaughter Aura continuously swirled around the scythe.
The interweaving of gray-white and red light, under the continuous tempering of Haki, dispelled the dust accumulated on the scythe's surface.
This Slaughter Weapon, which had been dormant for hundreds of years, finally shone with its rightful brilliance.
"Screech!"
As Hades swung it, the blade emitted a sharp cry, as if it was excited.
"From now on, your name is Nightmare! You'll see blood very soon!" Hades said excitedly.
Haki connected the man and the scythe, as if forming a single entity.
He swung Nightmare, and a sharp flash of light streaked across.
The buildings on both sides were sliced in half, then collapsed into ruins.
With Nightmare, Hades's fighting style became more versatile.
Its quality was completely comparable to the Twenty-One Great Grade Swords, and could even rival the Supreme Grade Blades.
Hades could "see" the figure constantly approaching.
The island was only so large, and soon that guy appeared before him.
Coincidentally, Hades and Vic met in a Round Plaza on Kent Island.
Above the central fountain was a statue of a Saintess.
In such a setting, it seemed somewhat bizarre.
On this Island of Sin, the existence of a Saintess statue was inherently unreasonable.
(end of chapter)