“Save”

Yamamoto started walking towards a place where the Celestial Dragon was most likely to be found. This place was the human store.

When he questioned the man who wanted to rob him he also asked him about the most famous and shady places in the Kingdom of Ilisia. One of them was the human stores, which according to this man there were several.

Hearing that in a legitimate Kingdom there are several human stores he frowned, slavery was supposed to have been abolished many years ago, but now it was present in a kingdom affiliated with the World Government.

*They don't even try to hide it these bastards* thought Yamamoto annoyed.

As there were several human stores he decided to go to the most luxurious of them all which was not far from his position. If he didn't find the Celestial Dragon here, he could destroy the store before leaving, since killing a rear admiral sooner or later the marines would find out that something was wrong here.

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Gild Tesoro walked hurriedly to the human store where Stella was, *Finally, today I will be able to buy Stella's freedom* thought Tesoro with a slight smile.

He had already finished working, he went home and took all the money he had been saving and put it in a bag, and now he was heading to the human store.

He waited for this moment for a long time, he was always afraid that someone would buy Stella and take her as his slave. On his part he just wanted to set her free, he would never treat her as a slave.

Because of the high price Stella had no one bought her until now, but he was always afraid that person would appear.

Arriving at the human store he noticed a large crowd outside the store, *Why are there so many people?* thought Treasure with a frown as he hurried.

Outside the store, there were some men with a collar showing their status as slaves and others in black suits standing guarding the front door of the human store, *Don't tell me that...* thought Tesoro assuming the worst.

With this bad feeling, Tesoro rushed towards the door wanting to see Stella, but one of the men stopped him from entering, "Hey you can't come in here!" said the big-built man pushing Tesoro.

"Get out!" exclaimed the other man in an angry tone.

At the shove, Tesoro backed up several steps, "Why can't I go in? I know the owner" said Tesoro preparing to fight.

"I don't care. A scum like you can't share the same place as Pluming-sama" replied the large-built man with disdain in his tone.

The slaves looked at Tesoro with pity, if he was still here he would most likely die or end up as a slave.

*These bastards... I have no choice* thought Tesoro ready to force his way in.

The instant he saw the slaves, he knew who was inside the human store, and if this person decided to buy Stella everything would be over, still, he wouldn't let this happen. If he has to face a Celestial Dragon for Stella's freedom he will do it.

Just as Tesoro was about to launch himself to force his way in, the door to the store opened and several people came out, "What's wrong?" asked a very tall person wearing a mask.

"It's nothing Arno-sama! It's just some trash who wants to get into the store" quickly replied the man.

This tall man named Arno belonged to CP0 and came on this trip accompanying Pluming.

The CP0 is the most powerful intelligence organization of the Cipher Pol, tasked especially with the integral protection of the World Nobles.

"Why aren't they moving forward?" asked Pluming in an annoyed tone. At this Arno and the others escorting Pluming kept walking, allowing him to pass.

When Tesoro saw Pluming leave the tent he frowned showing a clear expression of anger.

In his hand, Pluming held a steel strap. This leash was fastening around the neck of a beautiful blonde woman it was Stella who was following Pluming with a sad and helpless expression.

The worst possible scenario had happened, "You bastard let her go!" exclaimed Tesoro angrily at the sight of Stella being led around like an animal.

At the shout, everyone looked at Tesoro in surprise, as it was a rare thing for someone to dare insult a Celestial Dragon.

"Who dares to call Pluming-sama that way?" asked King Lucas angrily. He was playing tour guide showing Pluming around the city.

The jeweled old man who was the owner of the store was also among the people who came out following Pluming. When he saw Tesoro he frowned and said nothing, for if they linked him to him he would be screwed.

"Finish him off! Make him suffer!" ordered Pluming as he noticed that Tesoro dared to insult him and that he was not kneeling. Even the king of the kingdom of Ilisia was bowing to him.

"You have heard, take charge" said Arno to the two bodyguards from before, giving them this task.

"Yes sir!" they responded in unison as they prepared to give Tesoro a painful death.

Pluming and the others didn't give Tesoro any more thought knowing that a painful death awaited him.

As a Celestial Dragon, Pluming would make sure to see such a person who dared to insult him suffer, but since he bought the woman of his dreams he was in a good mood and had no time to take care of a fly like Tesoro.

Stella seeing Tesoro wanted to scream, but could not. Earlier she resisted since she knew that Tesoro would come today to buy her freedom, and so they put a tape over her mouth so she couldn't scream or anything like that.

However, she wanted to run straight towards Tesoro, but Pluming when he saw this he shook the leash, and violently Stella was shaken towards him stopping her step, *This bitch, I have to teach her good manners* thought Pluming with a lewd and perverted smile.

Seeing how Stella was treated, Tesoro exploded with fury, and without thinking about it, he rushed towards Pluming, but the two bodyguards intercepted him and each one kicked her in the stomach sending her several meters back.

Tesoro rolled on the ground feeling a pain in his stomach from the strong kicks, When he came back to his feet he could see that Pluming and the others were already far away, "Wait you bastards-"

Before he could finish screaming a fist landed straight in his face breaking his nose and making him bleed.

"Tsch this trash, he still doesn't know the position he's in" said one bodyguard thundering his fingers. The other bodyguard smiled, he had to get out all the stress he accumulated from his job and Tesoro was the perfect punching bag.

*Damn... What do I do?* thought Tesoro with despair as he noticed Stella getting farther and farther away.

Rising with difficulty he decided first to confront these two men, if he wanted to save Stella he had to defeat them first.

"Oh look, he looks like he wants to fight" said a bodyguard with a smile.

"Come on we'll give you a chance. You strike first."

Tesoro lunged towards the man he considered the weakest, he didn't care about the mockery of these men and only had in his mind to save Stella.

He threw a good punch to the man's jaw, but when the blow was about to hit, the other bodyguard kicked him from the side.

*That bastard...* thought Tesoro as he tried to get up and wipe blood from his mouth. If he hadn't intervened, he knew his blow could have connected.

Tesoro in the past was the leader of a criminal organization and life and death fights were a daily occurrence in that life, although now because of having worked non-stop and the desperation of losing Stella him not perform the best possible actions.

"Tsch this crap almost surprised me" said the bodyguard somewhat angrily.

Using all his strength he sprinted towards Tesoro and before he could get up he kneed him in the face. After that, he started kicking him and his partner, while Tesoro was on the ground trying to resist.

These two bodyguards were not weak, after all, their task was to protect a Heavenly Dragon, so they went through rigorous training.

*Get up...* thought Tesoro as he tried to get off the ground, but before he could another kick landed on his body, damaging him more and more.

Tesoro noticed how his eyes were closing more and more, showing that if he kept receiving so many blows, he would lose consciousness. *Is this the end?* Tesoro thought reluctantly. He didn't care about the pain he was feeling, but rather the fate awaiting Stella, who had fallen into the hands of a Celestial Dragon.

*Well... It's better to die trying to protect someone, than to die as a criminal, right?* thought Tesoro while he was slowly losing consciousness and his eyelids were getting heavier.

This beating was happening in one of the busiest areas of the capital and broad daylight, but no one in their right mind would get involved to save Tesoro since they know he pissed off a Celestial Dragon.

BOOM!

When Tesoro thought his death was imminent, he managed to observe with his blurred vision, how a great force of fire hit one of the bodyguards and sent him flying many meters away.

CRASH!

The bodyguard that was hit hit hit with great force against the human tent.

This bodyguard was no longer alive, you could see that his whole body was burned by the attack he received.

"What the hell!? Who are you!?" asked the other bodyguard as he looked up and stopped hitting Tesoro.

BOOM!

The answer didn't come, and all that came was the same attack that killed his partner only this time the fire engulfed him burning him to death, giving him a much more painful death.

The screams of pain from being burned echoed throughout the capital, disturbing all the people who were watching the beating of Tesoro.

Tesoro, not receiving any more kicks, managed to kneel on the ground and with difficulty looked up, *Who is this person?* thought Tesoro when he noticed not far from him a guy with a cloak and hood covering his face. From his slightly stooped figure, he could tell that it was an old man.