Roger Wants to Become Stronger

No matter how strong the enemy was, he would bring them down, and Aatrox was no exception.

A flying slash wave suddenly cut the demonic fire, and Roger emerged from the fire along with his crews.

He looked at the surrounding, and everything around his was covered by fire.

Aatrox's attack almost covered the entire island. Let alone the retreating civilians, even the 30,000 Marine soldiers were in danger...

There were also many pirates who took advantage of the chaos to go to the island. They probably didn't know what was going on inside and plunged into their death.

"…"

The people nearby were even more shocking to him. Sengoku, who was already injured, was now burned by the fire. He had already exhausted most of his strength, and now he was facing Aatrox's strongest attack. Even if he used his full strength, he couldn't stop it.

After all, they were at the center of the attack, which made them bear the brunt of most damage.

And it was obvious that the current Sengoku was no longer able to stop Aatrox's attack.

The demonic fire gradually dissipated, mainly because their true master had descended.

Aatrox stood on the ground, looking down at everyone below with a sneer.

Sengoku's knees went limp, and he could no longer retain his Golden Buddha form. At this moment, he didn't have much strength left as he fell to the ground.

Garp had lost one of his arms, while Sengoku was out of commission. His body was burning with red flames. Most of the remaining Marine soldiers were swallowed by the demonic fire. 

With one slash, the entire island fell into silence.

"This is bad..."

Rayleigh let out a long sigh, then he gritted his teeth and said, "We all might die here."

"I didn't think that our journey would stop here. It seems I've made the wrong decision. The strength of this monster is beyond my expectations." Roger said in a deep voice.

He originally thought that no matter how strong the enemy was, they had number advantage, so it would be hard to deal with. However, the power released by Aatrox in front of him showed how naive he was.

"If we want to stand a chance against him, I'm afraid we should have joined hands from the very beginning!"

If Garp and Sengoku were at their prime, they might still have a chance with Shaji on their side. But now, Garp had already lost an arm when Roger arrived, and Sengoku was out of commission.

How could they win like this?

Even Roger, who had always been optimistic, became pessimistic.

"Stand a chance? Against me"

When Aatrox heard their words, he suddenly laughed loudly. The laughter was so out of place in the dead world, but if it came from a demon, it was very suitable.

"I am not going to be your enemy, I am going to be the enemy of the world! The world's Terminator is coming!"

Aatrox came in front of them with an overwhelming pressure, and only a handful of them could still fight him at this moment.

"Listen, unknown pirates."

Shaji stood up straight. His snow mitigated the heat from the demonic fire.

He held his sword in both hands and said to Roger, "The underground is the territory of the demon followers. There is a Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment there. Since you can hear its voice, you should be able to take it out! Only by borrowing the power of that Fragment will you become stronger!"

After saying that, he did not wait for Roger to respond, because Aatrox had already waved his blade again.

"He is right, Roger, go quickly! Now only you can become the savior of this world!"

When Rayleigh heard Shaji's words, he immediately encouraged Roger. At the same time, he also quickly rushed over to buy some time for Roger like Shaji did!

If they wanted to deal with this Demon Lord, they needed someone who was around Aatrox's level. Without such a person, then the advantage of numbers would be very difficult to play a role.

For example, the Nine Red Scabbards were not on the same level as Kaido. As a result, they couldn't even force Kaido to use Human-Beast form.

Roger and everyone else were now the upgraded version of the Nine Red Scabbards, while Aatrox was Kaido.

According to this difference in strength, if they wanted to have a chance against Aatrox, they needed at least nine people that were at the level of the Four Emperors!

However, it was obvious that their number was far from enough.

In that case, they only way was to improve the quality. Shaji said that there was a Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment underground. If Roger could get it, Roger might be able to become stronger.

Roger could locate the Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment's position with Voice of All Things, so he was the only person who suited for this task.

Therefore, Roger himself knew what to do. At this moment, he saw Rayleigh and Shaji rushing over, and Gaban was covering him from the side, so he immediately headed towards the demon followers' underground base.

He had to be quick!

Before everyone there was killed, Roger used his Color of Observation Haki to the maximum, and in an instant, the sound of all things was transmitted into his mind.

And the loudest voice was naturally Aatrox's voice, which came from the sword and constantly entered Roger's mind.

It was endless resentment that turned into a sea of ​​blood, and Roger had to carefully distinguish the subtle voice of Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment among it all.

Ah!

A sudden scream penetrated Roger's soul. He gritted his teeth. This was the voice of Gaban and his crews. However, he could not stop now. The more difficult the battle above was, the calmer he had to be!

Where, where, where, where.

Roger was rushing through the underground base. The closer he got to Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment, the louder the sound he heard. However, he still hadn't located where the sound was.

Hmm?

Suddenly, Roger stopped.

It was not because he had found Jewel of Four Souls' Fragment, but because he had found a strange fruit on a table in front of him.

There was also a powerful energy coming from this fruit... 

Devil Fruit?

If it were a good Devil Fruit, then eating it would give him great power. He didn't want to eat Devil Fruit prior to this, but now there was no way.

He had to become stronger!

Therefore, Roger picked up the fruit and swallowed it!