Chapter 151: Level 3

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Disclaimer: One Piece and all of its characters belong to Eiichiro Oda.

"Owowow!" Luffy stood up quickly from the sandy floor and so did the rest of the guys.

"This sand is soo hot!" Exclaimed Chopper while moving his feet around to avoid getting burned.

"Oh no!" Shouted Buggy. "We have fallen into level 3!"

"So what?. We were going to come here anyways." Said Sanji.

"But more importantly. Are my two goddesses alright?" He knew where Vivi and Nami were by using his observation haki, so he didn't need to look.

"You know we are, but thanks for asking." Answered Vivi. She landed gracefully on the sand and let Nami down.

"It so hot in here…and quiet…" Luffy was sweating heavily.

"Guys!, there are cages over there." Chopper pointed out.

They all approached the cells and saw the terrible state that the inmates were in.

"I don't think they even noticed that we are here." Commented Sanji while looking at them.

The prisoners were all in an extremely weakened state. They also looked to be starved and dehydrated.

"Everyone in this level is a major criminal with a bounty of at least 50 million beri….and look at them now….this is what level 3 does and why is called the 'Starvation Hell'..." Buggy explained.

"We need to leave this place quickly or we will end up like those guys." Said Nami.

"And I don't think Vivi likes the heat very much."

"Vivi, you okay?" Luffy noticed that she was oddly quiet, unlike her usual self.

Vivi rose her face to look at Luffy.

"Fine, Captain. Just don't like this place very much." She said with a forced smile.

Luffy shrugged. If she did not want to talk about it, he would not bother her.

"Lets go" He ordered.

They left the sandy area and reached some stone stairs. But before they could start climbing them, the group heard a lot of noise from people coming down.

"There they are!"

"I can't believe they made it this far!"

"Shut up already and go capture them!"

"Yes sir!"

The voices said.

"People are coming down!" Chopper transformed into his human form and got ready to fight.

A big group of blue goris descended the stair while carrying their usual giant axes.

Behind them were 10 marine officials with rifles and in the middle was a small man with two horns and a trident.

"Strawhats!" The little man shouted. "I am chief guard Saldeath. Surrender yourself peacefully and you will not be harmed…more than necessary." He said the last part in a whisper.

"You seriously think we are going to surrender at this point?" Asked Luffy with incredulity.

"I suppose not…" Saldeath admitted. "Fine…Blue Goris…get them!"

Over a dozen blue goris jumped at them at the same time.

They did not make it even two meters into the air when they all dropped back down with a loud thud noise.

"Huh? What are you idiots doing?!. Get up and go ge-" Saldeath stop his yelling when he saw the white uniforms of the blue goris stained with blood.

"Are they d-dead?" The little man could not believe what he was seeing.

Luffy and the rest were looking at Vivi with interest. He and Sanji were the only ones who actually saw what she did but the rest knew that it has been her the one who killed the axe-wielding beasts.

She walked forward toward the stairs where Saldeath and the Marines were standing. She had to walk over the corpses of many blue goris to get there.

Vivi lifted her gaze to look at them.

"We are in a bit of a hurry, do you mind moving?." She asked politely.

Saldeath looked at her with shock at first, but that was quickly replaced by anger and indignation.

"Y-You damn pirate!. You don't give me orders. I am the leader of this floor and I-"

A wave of energy came past Vivi and hit Saldeath and the group of Marines.

"Move!" The angry voice of Luffy commanded.

Saldeath and the other marines were immediately knocked down innocuously.

Vivi felt the potency of Luffy's Emperor Haki.

'The pressure is quite something…and is not even being aimed at me.'

She turned back to look at her captain.

Vivi was not the only one who felt it, the rest of the Strawhats were surprised too.

"Wow, what was that?!" Asked Chopper

"It was like a wave of energy!" Said Nami.

"Amazing." Exclaimed Sanji.

But the most surprised of them all was someone else.

"H-Haki…Emperor Haki!" Buggy's eyes were opened like plates and locked on Luffy's back as he walked through the stairs.

"Emperor Haki? I only heard about two types from those…people." Said Sanji with difficulty.

"Rayelight explained it to me" Luffy started. "Other than armament and observation, there is a third type that only a few can use. The power to overwhelm…that is the Conqueror's Haki."

He then continued walking up the stairs, ignoring all the bodies on the ground.

"Of all the people…why did he have to have it?..." Buggy lamented in frustration.

"That's awesome, Luffy!" Chopper cheered.

"Ew…this is gross." Said Nami while being forced to step over the corpses of the blue goris to get up the stairs.

"If only I had that power…maybe it would have been easier to get away…" Said Sanji to himself.

They all had started to walk up the stairs when Vivi suddenly stopped and turned around.

Sanji who was the closest one, noticed this.

"Vivi? what is it?"

"I just thought of something." She walked to where the small leader of the blue goris, Saldeath was, and picked him up with ease.

"We are currently lacking a proper guide" She gave the clown a passing glance. "This guy will make for a good replacement. He is one of the leaders of this place, so he must know it quite well."

"Oh, that's a good idea!" Exclaimed Nami. "But I don't think he will be willing to cooperate that easily."

Vivi gave a cruel smile that sent chills through Buggy's body.

"I'll find a way to convince him."

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