66 Astigos Island

"What the hell!" Leonardo screamed out panicky. What is this thing? Leonardo was terrified.

The dark qilin surrounded Leonardo's entire body and dragged him towards Mark.

"My powers?" Leonardo felt completely powerless, he always relied on his Griffin powers to escape when things took a wrong turn. The reason he got the title the brave was because he always killed those who were weaker than him and never fought those who were stronger than him. That's why he always won his battles.

"Let me ask you, who gave you the guts to actually try and rob from me," Mark asked slowly as Leonardo was finally dragged into his grasp.

"What the hell are you talking about? I saw your ships and greed took over me!" Leonardo angrily explained as if he was afraid that Mark didn't believe him.

"Greed?" Mark was surprised. Who in their right mind explains themselves like that? It was obvious that "greed" wasn't the real reason.

"Let me rephrase that, which bastard told you to rob me!" Mark slowly said as darkness began to enter every pore of his body. It was as if he was being devoured from the inside.

"Arrgh!!" Leonardo began to scream in extreme agony.

"Captain!" The rest of the clover pirates were terrified, this man was a monster. He didn't seem to do anything thing as he was just standing still and asking questing and Leonardo kept suffering for some reason. This stupefied the clover pirates

"Eustass Kid!!" Leonardo screamed anguished as he gave up a name.

"Really now, what did he promise you?" Mark was taken aback when he heard him mention Kid. This guy was already making moves in the New World.

"He said you guys weren't here! And only some small fries from the Z pirates were docked here." Leonardo tried to put as much blame on Kid as possible.

"What did he promised you guys?" Mark asked again when he heard Leonardo dodging his questions, it was obvious that Leonardo knew of his reputation but he actually still tried to rob them anyways? Eustass Kid must have promised him something huge.

"He promised us all of your devil fruits you robbed from Marineford and 300 million berries!" Leonardo replied while trying to take a deep breath. He already knew he wouldn't escape, now that he had revealed everything but he still had a glimpse of hope.

"And why would I believe you?" Mark asked with a false smile on his face.

"It's the truth," Leonardo answered with a straight face.

Mark looked at him for a second before the darkness began to swallow him. A couple of seconds later a brown peach colored fruit could be seen placed perfectly on his hand. Leonardo had vanished completely.

The Z pirates were so shocked that their mouth was completely open, an entire egg could almost fit inside.

A clover pirate took a step back as he fell on his bum.

"What is this guy?" A clover pirate had actually peed himself when he saw the situation. He was both shocked and frightened. Their captain was actually killed so easily! Who told them this was going to be an easy heist!?

"I want them all dead, don't leave anyone behind," Mark said towards the Z pirate leader as he walked back towards the restaurant.

"Yes! Captain." The Z pirate leader immediately obliged with worship clearly showing in his eyes.

"That guy actually came to the New World." Mark was surprised when he heard about Eustass Kid, he had actually forgotten all about him after leaving Sabaody Archipelago. The people from the worst generation were actually such a pain in the ass.

Mark arrived at the restaurant everything looked peaceful as everyone was sitting around some tables and enjoying some wine.

The other guests were watching from the sides as they didn't dare to approach the back of the restaurant where the Z pirates were enjoying themselves.

Mark didn't really care about what the other guests thought about them as he walked towards his crew and sat on the main chair which was surrounded by the rest of the tables.

"I want an update on the worst generation!" Mark said in an inquisitive way.

"Four of the worst generation were arrested in Sabaody Archipelago. But they managed to escape somehow from impel down." Capone Bege reported.

Escape? Was it when Blackbeard was looking for a crew? Mark thought silently.

"What about Kid? What is he up to in the New World." Mark asked inquiring.

"He seems to be in some kind of shady business with the underworld boss Joker." Capone Bege reported. It was actually quite astonishing how much information Capone Bege could gather without seeking news personally. He seemed to know a lot of stuff which wasn't official information.

"Alright, this island will be our main headquarters. I want you guys to chase out every marine and pirate on this island before taking over it." Mark said seriously as he left his seat and began to walk towards the door of the restaurant.

The name of this island was Astigos Island and it was an almost close neighbor to the Big Mom pirates territories but still somehow far away from their reach.

"Won't the Big Mom pirates attack us if they hear about this?" Capone Bege asked confusedly.

"Big Mom? We've got Big Daddy!" Fabien added quickly when he heard Capone Bege's question.

"Hehe! Exactly." Yuri laughed while supporting Fabien.

Alice was nowhere to be seen as she was currently walking around the island alone.

"One more word from you and I will kill you!" Capone Bege pointed at Fabien his face filled with anger, this man actually dared to joke about his powers being on the same level as one of the four emperors! Are you kidding me? I don't have any death wish, go and fight her if you want! But don't get me involved.

Mark had already got used to their quarrel as he just left the restaurant with Satyr jr and Flint walking behind him.

"Who runs this island?" Mark asked curiously when they were close to the huge castle.

"Some small king." Satyr jr answered nonchalantly.

When they went up to the castle, guards could be seen protecting the front gate.

"Who are you!" The guards asked when the saw the trio walking up to them.

"Throw them away," Mark ordered calmy.

Two huge earth hands came out from the ground as they grabbed the two guards and threw them towards the bay.

"Slash!"

"Splash."

In the distant two splash sound could be heard as the guards landed in the sea.

The gate of the castle began to distort instantly as darkness opened up a pathway.

They walked into the castle and between the narrow hallways before a huge dining hall with a long table filled with many people sitting around it came in front of their view, the people at the table were clearly in an important meeting.

"Hello, we are from the Z pirates." Satyr jr said with a smile on his face while waving towards the people sitting at the huge dinner table.