Chapter 5: The First Battle of the Dungeon

First Floor, Western Region of the Imperium Empire, Monster Zone.

"We are being followed"

Right now it was right in the forest that was in the monster zone of the western region of the Imperium Empire. It can be seen that Rayleigh and Shakuyaku are there and the two of them are moving toward the location where their mission is currently located. It's just that, at this time both of them could feel that several parties were currently monitoring them.

"About ten people are currently stalking us" Rayleigh replied with a small smile, "One of them has strength that is several times stronger than us, while the other two, their strength is slightly stronger than us. The rest, they are on the same power level as us."

"That is, one person is at the strength of level three while the other two people are at level two then the rest are at level one"

"Well," Rayleigh nodded and whispered, "Prepare yourself. They have started targeting us. The battle is unavoidable"

Rayleigh and Shakuyaku's footsteps immediately stopped where Rayleigh's hand was currently holding the handle of his sword while Shakuyaku was already firmly holding her bow.

"Roar!...'

A commanding voice came from the figure hiding near Rayleigh and Shakuyaku.

"Shot!..."

A large number of volleys of arrows immediately moved at high speed toward Rayleigh and Shakuyaku. As long as it was an ordinary person with no experience in the battle field. They would probably suffer extremely serious injuries from the sudden attack carried out by that group of people. However, it's a different story if you attack Rayleigh and Shakuyaku suddenly.

Their Observation Haki had been released and they could see straight away the trajectories of the arrows moving at high speed towards them.

Rayleigh quickly released his sword and used it to destroy a large number of arrows that were moving toward him. Meanwhile, Shakuyaku chose to dodge the arrows aimed at her while also picking up the arrow that was behind her back and immediately aiming directly at one of the archers who were only a few meters away from her.

"Shot!..."

Shakuyaku didn't let the person have the chance to prepare to dodge or counter the attacks released by her. Shakuyaku immediately released her arrow attack where the arrow moved at high speed towards the archer who had become its target.

"Puncture!..."

"Agh!..."

The speed of the arrow coupled with Shakuyaku had channeled her Armament Haki into the sharp part of the arrow so that the attack from the arrow had increased several times compared to before.

The archer who was the target of Shakuyaku died instantly when Shakuyaku's arrow pierced her head followed by her body falling directly from the tree.

It can be seen that the fallen body has a rather short body followed by green skin.

The fallen creatures were Goblins.

Shakuyaku didn't stop her attacks or give her opponent a chance to attack her this time. Shakuyaku, who already knew every point of her enemy's current location, quickly took her arrows back and started attacking her enemies, specifically the archers targeting them.

"Shot!..."

"Agh!..."

"Shot!..."

"Agh!..."

"Shot!..."

"Agh!..."

Three shots were fired by Shakuyaku in succession and the three shots successfully hit the enemy she was aiming for. Each of these enemies immediately died from the attack released by the Shakuyaku.

"Roar!..."

An angry roar came out of the corner of the forest followed by two figures carrying swords and spears coming out while moving at high speed towards Shakuyaku.

"They…"

Shakuyaku who saw the appearance of the figure that attacked her at this time was a little surprised. It was the creature that was first seen by her.

"Roar!..."

The goblin carrying the spear was currently moving swiftly. He immediately held his spear and made a throwing posture then released the spear he was holding towards Shakuyaku.

"Sheet!..."

A strong gust of wind immediately surrounded the spear and was currently heading toward Shakuyaku.

Shakuyaku who saw the spear felt a critical sense through her Observation Haki. With her current level of power, it would be impossible for Shakuyaku to escape the attack. Only, at this time there was no look of fear on her face shown by her. Shakuyaku was very calm as if the spear that was aimed at her at this moment was no threat to her.

"Clang!..."

Just as the spear was about to hit him. Rayleigh moved swiftly while using his sword to block the spear that was currently attacking Shakuyaku.

"Your opponent is not him but me." A small smile was shown by Rayleigh looking at the creature in front of him.

"Roar!..."

As if understanding Rayleigh's words, the spear-wielding goblin roared with rage. Instantly his anger turned into a smile.

"Did you think an attack like that could give me any damage?"

The smile was maintained by Rayleigh while he dodged the attack that came from his side. The attack was carried out by a Goblin who was carrying a sword and wanted to cut Rayleigh in half. It's just that, before the attack was successful, Rayleigh had already dodged the attack.

The expression of Goblin carrying the weapon immediately became very shocked when he saw that the attack released by him was dodged by Rayleigh.

Rayleigh, who saw an opportunity, would not waste this opportunity in vain. Immediately his sword was imbued with Armament Haki and the blade turned black Then Rayleigh without hesitation immediately released a slash towards the Goblin that was currently in front of him.

"!!!"

Criticism and danger are immediately felt by the Goblin. With quick reflexes, he raised his hands followed by his sword to block the attack that was released by Rayleigh.

"Clang!..."

Rayleigh's attack was well resisted by the Goblik but Rayleigh's attack power increased due to the use of the Observation Haki ability. The goblin was immediately knocked back by him and flew swiftly toward one of his companions.

"Shot!..."

Several arrow shots were immediately released by several archers who were still there. Shakuyaku who felt the attack immediately took out her two arrows and attacked the two arrows that were currently targeting Rayleigh.

"Shot!..."

The four arrows met each other.

Rayleigh smiled seeing this and immediately took the spear in front of him.

"I return to you!"

Rayleigh immediately let go of the spear by throwing it with great force towards the two Goblins who were currently lined up with each other.

"!!!"

Criticism was immediately felt by the two Goblins the moment they saw the attack Rayleigh unleashed on them.

"Roar!..."

A roar full of anger suddenly came out from the corner of the forest where Rayleigh and Shakuyaku through their Observation Haki could feel the strongest figure among the Goblins coming out by jumping at a fairly high height while releasing the ax he was carrying, turning his body and immediately moving towards the spear used by Rayleigh to attack the two Goblins.

"Crush it!..."

The axe-wielding goblin quickly arrived in front of the two goblins and promptly destroyed the spear that was currently attacking the two. Seeing that they were safe, the two Goblins were so happy that they even cried out with joy.

"Shot!..."

The arrival of the strongest Goblin in the group did not stop Shakuyaku's attack. Shakuyaku freely releases attacks towards the enemies she owns where currently a total of six enemies have been defeated by her.

Sweat was already appearing on her body due to the effect of her frequently using his Armament Haki ability.

"Roar!..."

An angry roar was issued by the Goblin who was carrying the ax and immediately moved at high speed toward Rayleigh. Rayleigh's expression at this time was also quite serious because he could feel the Goblin's strength that was in front of him several times stronger than his current strength.

Seeing that the Goblins were advancing to attack him. Rayleigh immediately said quickly to Shakuyaku "Protect me from behind"

"I won't be able to do it for long. My energy is running out because I often use the Armament Haki ability. Maybe, only three more times to release arrows flowing with Haki"

"No problem, that's enough. Finish off the last enemy currently hiding and the other two remnants, use them to protect me from the other two Goblins."

"Good"

Rayleigh having finished saying that saw that the goblin wielding an ax had appeared right in front of him.

"Roar!..."

The goblin jumped high and immediately attacked Rayleigh using his axe. Rayleigh who saw this quickly raised his sword where his sword had been imbued with Armament Haki.

"Clang!..."

"This is heavy!..."

At that moment the two attacks met each other. Rayleigh could feel the power possessed by the Goblin in front of him when he received the attack.

"Shot!..."

"Agh!..."

Shakuyaku fired arrows again, and the attack immediately made the last Goblin archer from the Goblin side die instantly.

"Roar!..."

Two Goblins who were in the same area as they immediately roared with rage. Both of them stared at Shakuyaku with a look filled with anger followed. They immediately rushed towards Shakuyaku while one of them raised his sword.

"Oh? Want to fight with me? Then go ahead! That way, I won't have to bother protecting Ray-Ban's back"

There was no sign of fear being shown by the current Shakuyaku. She quickly took out her arrows while also starting to dodge the attacks released by the two Goblins. She will wait for the right time to release an attack since at this time, she only has two opportunities to release an attack that is flowed by Armament Haki.

"Clang!..."

Meanwhile with the current Rayleigh. The battle he experienced was quite fierce. Due to the rather large difference in status between him and the ax-wielding Goblik. Rayleigh was currently in a passive state. He could only defend where he occasionally attacked when he found an opening to attack the Goblin.

It's just that, the attacks released by Rayleigh can always be blocked by the Goblin while he can also avoid the attacks made by him.

"This is troublesome," Rayleigh thought quickly and quickly made up his mind, "Those two goblins are currently being taken care of by Shakky and currently no enemies are targeting us from a long distance…I guess it's fine to use all my current strength."

Information about the enemy in front of him has been known by Rayleigh. Chatting is like an adventurer. The monsters also recorded information about them.

[Goblin Captain - Level 3]

It was the inscription written on the top of the head of the Goblin that was currently fighting Rayleigh.

"Roar!..."

The goblin roared again and was about to launch its attack on Rayleigh.

"Eruption!..."

Rayleigh, who had made an instant decision, immediately released his Conqueror's Haki ability, whose power was deliberately restrained by him, where the Conqueror's Haki only covered the area around the battle. Rayleigh can feel a number of his energy being pulled quickly when he releases this ability.

"Agh!..."

Right at the time the Conqueror's Haki ability was released. All Goblins immediately get a stunning effect for a few seconds. Fear and intimidation were immediately felt by him when he received Rayleigh's Conqueror Haki ability.

"Now!"

Sees an opportunity to settle at this time. Rayleigh and Shakuyaku didn't want to waste this opportunity. The two of them immediately moved to attack the enemy they currently had.

"Shot!..."

Shakuyaku immediately released a large number of her arrows toward the two Goblins followed by two arrows each aimed at the two Goblins where both arrows had been countered by Shakuyaku with her Armament Haki.

Meanwhile, Rayleigh also immediately accelerated at high speed toward the Goblin he was currently fighting. Rayleigh immediately channeled his Conqueror's Haki towards the blade of his sword and it was seen that his sword emitted a very frightening black lightning.

"Agh!..."

The two Goblins that were the target of Shakuyaku's attack were immediately hit by a large number of arrows fired by Shakuyaku followed by the last two arrows which had been imbued with Armament Haki. Both of the Goblins died instantly and as they died, the items they used before such as a supreme sword followed by a small blue crystal stone and several brozen coins dropped as the Goblin's body slowly disappeared.

"Roar!..."

The crisis was immediately felt by the Goblin whose strength was the strongest in the team. He could feel how terrifying the attacks Rayleigh would release at this moment. The goblin wanted to try to avoid or raise his weapon so he could withstand the attack that was released by Rayleigh. It's just that, he can't do it now since he was stunned due to the ability released by Rayleigh before.

"Slings!..."

Rayleigh, who arrived in front of the Goblin without any hesitation immediately released a slash using the blade of his sword.

"Agh!..."

An extremely deep pain was immediately felt by the Goblin where the front of his body immediately saw a slash wound with a large amount of blood coming out of the slash. The goblin had also been knocked back by Rayleigh. Seeing that the goblin still hadn't died after receiving the attack unleashed by it, Rayleigh without any hesitation immediately rushed towards the goblin at high speed.

Different than before. Rayleigh did not coat his sword blade with Conqueror Haki but only used Weapon Haki since it was currently impossible for him to do so. His stamina had been reduced a lot due to the release of the Conqueror's Haki ability the previous two times. Therefore, he could only unleash the ability of Armament Haki and even then this was his last chance.

"!!!"

The goblin immediately felt the pain he was feeling again. However, before he could anticipate that, Rayleigh had reappeared right in front of him and immediately fired another slash and it went straight to the neck of the goblin.

"Agh!..."

The blade of Rayleigh's sword very smoothly managed to cut the Goblin's neck and immediately its head and lower body separated from each other. Slowly the goblin's body began to disappear into air particles and only a blue stone remained which was slightly larger compared to the goblin that was killed by Shakuyaku earlier along with several bronze coins whose value was several times greater than that dropped by the goblin that had been killed. killed by Shakuyaku.

Rayleigh who managed to defeat the Goblin immediately sat down tiredly on the ground where he was right now. Not far from his position, you can see Shakuyaku who is currently sitting on the ground while also adjusting her breath. The two of them currently had a curiosity about the item that dropped after they managed to kill the goblin. Only, right now, instead of looking at the item, they needed to catch their breath again.

******

Paradise Ocean Territory.

Currently in one of Paradise's ocean areas. Seen a ship owned by a group of pirates whose names are well known by many people of this world. The ship has a very large size followed by an almost rectangular shape where the ship is painted using a combination of black and red. At the front of the ship was seen being pulled by two beasts similar to snakes.

The crew on board did not see a man. All of her crew are women who seem to be able to carry out activities like a man.

The pirate group is the pirate group - Kuja.

"What do you think about the information that Shakky gave us?"

Currently, in the ship's cabin, three women plus a snake were there.

The first woman who had spoken previously was currently sitting relaxed on the snake's body. The woman had a very beautiful face and a tall and slender body. She has black hair with white skin.

The woman is the Captain of the Kuja Pirates - Boa Hancock.

The second woman is a woman who has a tall slender body where her height reaches three to four meters. She has wavy green hair and her tongue sticks out like a snake.

The woman is the Sister of Boa Hancock - Boa Sandersonia.

The third woman was a woman the same height as Sandersonia but larger or fatter in the body. She has orange hair that glows like a blazing fire.

The woman is also Boa Hancock's sister - Boa Marigold.

"If Shakky had indeed provided the information, the information was not wrong," Sandersonia immediately commented.

"Yes, I also think so. No way, Shakky will give us false information. She would not possibly do things that have no benefit at all"

"If indeed the information conveyed by Shakky is true…" Hancock narrowed her eyes seriously, "That place will become the center of the world from now on."

"Well, a place that can grant anything…" A small smile appeared on Sandersonia's face, "Based on the information provided by Shakky, only a few people know about that place…"

"Even if it's only a few parties, still, as long as we don't move quickly, that place will be recognized by many parties immediately," Hancock said seriously, "Akagami no Shanks…This person should also have started moving by now."

"As long as that person moves and leaves the New World…Every power will naturally investigate the reason behind a person like him leaving the New World." Marigold said seriously, "It's not impossible because of that, that place will soon become known to many."

"Although that place will later become known to many, we have the advantage here." Sandersonia immediately said, "At least at our current pace, we should arrive tomorrow at noon at the earliest. The current location of Akagami was in the New World and the fastest time for him to come to that place was three days maybe even a week. Before that place was recognized by many people…We were already able to build our foundation there more than them"

"Well," Hancock nodded and said in a serious tone, "You should be able to get ahead of others to build the foundation there. As long as our foundation is properly laid…The possibility…The possibility that we can obtain the power for revenge will be realized."

******

Saboundy Island Archipelago, Area 13, Guild.

"Ring!..."

The ringing of the doorbell ring was heard and Allen who was currently sitting relaxed in his seat immediately turned his attention and saw the figure that entered the guild was Marko.

"How? Have you passed this information on to your group?"

"Just told them already" Marko smiled happily and continued "They are currently preparing to move here"

"Oh? Have you moved? All of them or just the main force?"

"Only the main force is moving at the moment" Marko answered him, "We can't move our entire army. Someone has to live there to guard the territory we have. As long as our entire army is mobile, there is a possibility that Kaidou and Big Mom will take this opportunity to acquire our territory as their territory."

"Hmmm, well, that's not wrong" Allen nodded and continued, "Besides, this place is too small to accommodate all the troops you have."

"Aren't you interested in changing locations?" Marko immediately tried to offer with a smile like a salesman, "There is a very comfortable uninhabited island with beautiful scenery in our territory. As long as you want it, the island can be given by us to you to build your business"

"Hmm? Island? That's an interesting offer. But I guess it's better if I refuse."

"Refuse it? Can you tell me your reasons? You see, as long as you move to our island, anything you request will be carried out by us, Yoi~"

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