51. Slash

Sea Circle Calendar 1505, Marine G-8 Fortress, Vice Admiral Office.

Atlas had already left. Jonathan, with burgundy hair and black mustache, changed into a comfortable posture and leaned back on the back chair. He was holding a document that had just been sent to him. It was Atlas's process of capturing the Ekrum Pirates!

"No one is alive... It really looks like that guy's style..."

Jonathan was staring at the door of his boss's office. He felt confused and scared. He dropped the papers he was holding, but he did not notice them falling.

...

After Atlas said goodbye to Jonathan, he went to the training room at the base to train hard for a few hours, and then had a good sleep. After all, he had to rush to Arabasta to check on the situation tomorrow morning.

Of course, he is not alone in this mission. Vice Admiral Jonathan has arranged a warship for him to handle the aftermath. Although he is currently only a captain, he has temporary command of the warship.

--the next day--

The warship departed from the fortress port on time and headed in the direction of Arabasta along the route. As for the control of the route, there are naturally dedicated Marine navigators to take care of it. They were very rare and important. Most pirates did not know how to read or write, let alone find their way on the sea. 

But Marine is a school with a complete education system. For soldiers who are not physically gifted, they will be trained in the civilian direction, so Marine's strength is definitely the strongest in the sea.

"Ah~ it's more comfortable to have someone sailing the boat!" Atlas stretched and recalled the days when he was wandering alone on the sea. Not to mention not eating well, he didn't have someone to talk to him to relieve his boredom.

"Adjutant, how long does it take to reach Arabasta?" This adjutant was specially assigned to him by Jonathan. He has the same position as Atlas as captain. He is also fascinated by the job levels of G-8 Fortress. The highest The commander is Vice Admiral Jonathan, but the second in command is actually just a major, yes, that guy Drake.

Atlas even guessed that Jonathan wanted to be lazy, so he specially promoted Drake to second-in-command, so that he could help him handle his busy official duties, and he could fish leisurely by himself.

"Report to Captain! We are still three days away from Arabasta!" The adjutant estimated the approximate time and gave Atlas a compromise value.

Captain, yes, this is Atlas' current temporary position.

"Ah, then I will go to the training room and stay for a while. You can control the situation of the warship first. If something goes wrong, call me!"

"yes!"

...

That night, Atlas came out of the training room in time for his meal.

Suddenly, the ship underfoot shook violently, and a strong jolting sensation occupied the body and mind. Many Marines couldn't help but scream in surprise.

"What's going on?" Atlas ignored dinner and immediately trotted to the deck to check the cause.

"Captain! Sea Beast have attacked the ship!" the adjutant reported quickly when he saw that Atlas had finished training.

Atlas's eyes flashed red when he heard this, and turned on Observation Haki!

In his perception, a huge figure was swimming back and forth under the dark sea surface. The turbulent waves were constantly rolling, and the warship Atlas was on was also constantly shaking with the fluctuations of the waves!

Suddenly, the Sea Beast lurking on the bottom of the sea, like sharks that smelled blood, suddenly attacked Atlas's ship!

Under the strong searchlight of the warship, Atlas finally saw clearly the appearance of the Sea Beast that attacked them.

This is a Sea Beast that looks a bit like a tiger fish. The whole body is covered with tiger-strips. The narrow eyes flash with this crazy violence. The open mouth is neatly lined with sharp teeth. The huge fishy smell hit the face.

"Damn it!" The adjutant said with some despair in his eyes, "This guy is at least nine hundred meters long, almost as long as some of the medium-sized Sea Beast in the Calm Belt. With the configuration of our warships, we simply can't compete with it. We can only..."

"We can only fight to the death." The adjutant turned around and said to Atlas on the side, "Sir! Please issue an evacuation order immediately. There are several lifeboats on the ship. Let's try our best to stop this big guy first and buy some time for others to evacuate..."

Before he could finish rambling, Atlas had already used Geppo to fly into the air. Looking at the giant Sea Beast, Atlas grinned.

"What bad luck, big fella!"

The adjutant was very surprised. He rubbed his ears and thought he heard wrong. He thought they were in big trouble. How could the leader say that? Did he mean the monster in the sea was the one in trouble?

Before the adjutant could recover, Atlas had already drawn the Sandai Kitetsu, and the black and red armament haki quickly clung to Atlas's arm and blade, Armament Haki Imbuement!

Ittoryu Doragonteiru!(Dragon Tail)

A horizontal slash was swept out, and the blood-red slash broke through the night, passing through the open bloody mouth of the Sea Beast.

The indescribable sharpness almost severed the lower jaw of this Sea Beast! A large amount of blood was spilled, and the deep sea water glowed with a strange red light under the influence of blood...

Roar!

Under the pain, the big guy twisted his huge body more and more crazily, and suddenly huge waves rolled in, almost overturning the entire ship.

Seeing this situation, Atlas also knew the seriousness of the situation, and he did not make any reservations at the moment. He held the sword in both hands, his muscles bulged, his biceps and triceps grew rapidly, and his thick brachioradialis muscles were like steel. The muscle fibers are clearly defined and wrapped in a rich haki.

Ittoryu Bushin Sutaforu!(Martail arm Starfall)

The sparse slashes were like falling meteors, carrying huge power and falling on the tiger stripped Sea Beast. Soon, the huge body of the Sea Beast rolled with flesh and blood, and roared in despair, but the loss of a large amount of blood made it finally lost its life and floated slowly on the sea...

On the entire warship, hundreds of soldiers saw this scene and slowly breathed a sigh of relief. The crisis was over!

"Clang!"

Sandai Kiketsu was kept into its scabbard, and the crisp sound of iron resounded under the somewhat noisy night sky.

Atlas disarmed his hands , stepping on the Geppo and slowly landing on the deck of the warship. Suddenly, a group of sailors who had just been frightened surrounded him, and a whole lot of exclamations and admiration burst out from their mouths.

"No wonder Vice Admiral Jonathan appointed Mr. Atlas as captain..."

"It's so strong! Mr. Captain!"

"It's a shame that I wasn't very convinced by Mr. Atlas before. I'm really ashamed..."

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