Chapter 55: Besieged

A deadly silence fell on the battlefield, Arthur turned around and watched his surroundings to find that Ashura and Jack had disappeared from the port along with the rest of the bandits.

'Those bastards!' cursed Arthur with all Fury, their allies quickly fled the battlefield and left them to face hundreds of enemies alone.

Bang! Bang!

Boom!

The stalemate lasted for a few seconds, and then suddenly bullets and shells burst out, heading towards Arthur and the rest of the bandits.

Arthur did not stand at politeness, threw a bag of SMILE fruit and jumped into the air by Geppo, the area where he was standing with two bandits who could not avoid the attack exploded.

Their bodies exploded into several parts and scattered in the area, the old man Yamada dodged the bullets that flew towards him and tried to quickly escape from the battlefield, but the Kaido Pirates intercepted his way, which made him enter into a desperate fight.

The battle raged and the rest of the Bandits got into the fight but because of their small number they were killed one by one.

Arthur ran quickly, watching what was happening around him with a sullen face, he checked his surroundings and found that the port was besieged on all sides by dozens of men and this would make his escape difficult.

An explosive shell quickly flew towards the back of Arthur, who was running away. With a keen sense of danger Arthur changed his course and dodged the projectile aimed at him.

Boom!

Arthur did not rest and continued to run while jumping in all directions, dodging bullets and shells aimed at him.

Although his escape route was full of Pirates, he did not engage in any direct combat and dodged all the Pirates who intercepted his way, he did not want to give his enemies any chance to disrupt his escape.

'I'm getting close! 'Arthur felt a little relief when he saw the port exit, which he was only a few steps away from, and the Pirates who intercepted him were 3 men who looked surprised to see him.

Soosh!

Arthur pulled out several small daggers and successively threw them at the guards

The guards, who had taken up a fighting position in anticipation of an attack on their enemy, were surprised to see something shining flying towards them at an insane speed and then they felt something hard and cold piercing their bodies, their vision became blurry and all they could remember was a person covering his face with a black mask.

Arthur was not interested in getting out of the port door-the one that surrounded the port was short and he could jump over it very easily, but the door was the closest place he could get out of.

When he reached the gate, he quickly jumped back and there is a gloomy look in his face, Jack appeared in front of him, whose body was filled with wounds

'The worst timing that this person can appear, if I try to turn towards him, it is clear that my speed is not enough to get away from him in time and if I try to escape from a place far from him, the Pirates will get in my way behind me, which will delay my escape and make me trapped by them' Arthur quickly thought about all possible possibilities to escape, but he realized the fact that he would not leave this place as easily as he expected.

'Isn't this person the one who dodged my attack earlier?' 'Jack continued to stand in front of the gate, looking at Arthur intently, because of his black mask, Arthur was a prominent person who was involved in the attack earlier.

Arthur pulled out his sword and cleared his mind of any unhelpful thoughts, there was only one thought in his mind now and that was to fight.

With heavy steps and his feet embedded in the dirt Arthur ran quickly towards the drying , sheathed his sword with Ryu Haki and waved it with all his might.

Jack was surprised by Arthur's sudden attack but acted in time, turning his human body into a giant mammoth and repelling Arthur's attack with his armored column-like foot.

Drop! Drop!

A hoarse voice came from Jack's throat as he retreated a few steps, blood seeped from his foot while being in intense pain.

"You bastard" Jack was surprised by the intensity of Arthur's strength but he became very angry, his eyes became blood red and ran madly towards Arthur, He wrapped his feet in armored hacky, his steps were like exploding bombs so that they dug up the ground and spread a resounding sound that disturbed Arthur's ears.

Arthur, who also took a few steps back, was surprised by the strength of his blow, regained his composure and jumped away avoiding Jack's attack, suddenly he felt a very strong danger, he quickly hit the air with his foot and changed his direction in the air.

An explosive shell passed by the place where Arthur was previously, Arthur, who felt the chill of death, turned around to find dozens of men walking towards him.

Arthur's heart sank and he felt a cold sweat sliding down his back.

Before Arthur regained this, Jack attacked him with his whip-like hose, Arthur was surprised by the attack directed at him, he tried to somersault and avoid the attack, but because of his delay in responding, the attack hit him directly and sent him flying tens of meters towards the center of the port.

Before Arthur fell to the ground, he acted quickly and performed a Geppo, through which he regained his balance and landed on the ground smoothly. Some blood leaked from his nose, he calmly wiped it as he watched his surroundings with an ironic expression of self.

He returned to the starting point and this time around him stood Jack and Qween the plague as well as dozens of Pirates.

Arthur felt some stickiness with his foot and turned his gaze to the ground to be surprised to see a deformed corpse whose guts burst and covered the place where Arthur was standing, near him there was a human head with a familiar face as well as a small cloth bag.

Arthur recognized the body of old Yamada, but he felt no consolation, because if he did not escape, his death would be miserable for this old man.

"Let me go then none of us will be hurt," in a deep hoarse voice full of coldness Arthur shouted.

All the pirates around were surprised by his words and sarcastic expressions appeared on their faces.

"Did you hit your head or what, the only person who will get hurt is you," Queen said as he charged his robot hand and then continued his speech.

"You attacked us and tried to rob us, we are beast Pirates. do you think that after doing this you will leave alive?"

"Death is your destiny" Quinn waved his robot hand and fired a hail of disease-laden bullets, Arthur activated his senses to the maximum and swayed in place strangely like a snake, Due to the lack of space, Arthur did not want to jump and Dodge randomly for fear that he would be suddenly attacked in the back.

This strange movement of his was an employment of yujin karate that makes the body in tune with nature, his body was moving smoothly in a small space and dodging all the bullets directed at him.

The bullets that passed through Arthur hit some of the debt Pirates standing behind him, making them scream in pain, After a few seconds, their bodies swelled and bloated bloodily, and then they started coughing hysterically, only to fall to their deaths a minute after they began to be infected.

Jack looked at his dead followers, which made his eyes turn red from the intensity of anger, with his long hose he grabbed Quinn's robotic hand and shook it vigorously.

"Stop this, you're killing our men," Jack shouted angrily as he let go of Queen's hand.

"Who do you think you are to tell me do you want to fight or what?" Queen felt annoyed by Jack's actions and stared straight at him while yelling at him.

Everyone watched what was going on in confusion, suddenly they heard a voice saying:

"He's running away."

Everyone turned around at the same time, but they were surprised to see Arthur's back running away, taking advantage of the moment they missed him.

"Let everyone catch up with him," Jack ordered as he returned to his human form and ran madly towards Arthur.

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