Chapter 248 Is he here to help? !

If Esdeath had not killed Saint Baldora, Saint Valvaro would have saved her even if she was the criminal who attacked the holy land. Unfortunately, the charges against Esdeath are too serious now. Even Saint Valvaro cannot cover up a criminal who killed the Knight of God. Apart from anything else, Saint Green would never allow it.

“Hell? Ahem…why didn’t I know there is a hell in this world?”

Esdeath had already released her Stand and was ready to give Saint Valvaro a surprise at any time, but after hearing his words, she couldn’t help but ask with a little curiosity.

If there is a so-called hell in the pirate world, there is no reason why Borsalino would not know about it.

“Since there are gods, there must be hell. The Creator is God, and the Celestial Dragons are the descendants of the Creator. You killed Saint Baldora, and you will be judged by Saint Baldora when you go to hell!”

Saint Valvaro confidently explained that eight hundred years of continuous self-deification had made all the Celestial Dragons firmly believe in their noble status. Even elites among the Celestial Dragons like Saint Valvaro firmly believed that they were descendants of God.

In addition, in some countries in the world, there are indeed sects that worship the Celestial Dragons as gods, but the scale of these sects is mostly small. After all, the actions of the Celestial Dragons are so inhumane that it is difficult for normal people to accept such “gods.”

“… Turns out you’re a self-brainwashed idiot, so go to hell!”

Esdeath was silent for a moment, a trace of shame and anger appeared on her beautiful face. Thinking that she had doubted Saint Valvaro’s lies for a moment, she suddenly wanted to kill the guy in front of her as soon as possible to avoid Borsalino knowing.

“what?”

Saint Valvaro, who didn’t know what Esdeath meant, was stunned for a moment. He vaguely felt that something seemed to appear in front of him. Before he could react, he saw that Esdeath’s figure was gradually disappearing.

“Disappear from this world! Withered Rose!”

Almost at the moment when Esdeath’s figure disappeared, Saint Valvaro heard the sound of glass breaking. The observation Haki that had been suppressed to the lowest level suddenly became active again, frantically giving warnings in his mind.

The intense heart palpitations that felt like death was knocking on the door made him want to scream, and his body seemed to be out of control at this moment.

“Iron Cloud!”

Fortunately, the ability of the devil fruit could still be activated normally at the critical moment. While releasing the iron cloud, Saint Valvaro chose elementalization without hesitation. However, just as a large number of iron-gray special clouds emerged, endless light and heat were released in front of Saint Valvaro.

“boom!”

It was as if a sun was born in Mary Geoise. The extremely high temperature instantly vaporized Saint Varvaro and the iron cloud he released. The dignified Knight of God disappeared silently from this world without even a chance to struggle.

The ice that covered most of the battlefield melted rapidly under the high temperature. The violent explosion pushed the surrounding airflow into a storm that blew in all directions.

Even Kaido, the King of Beasts, who was more than ten kilometers away from the battlefield between Esdeath and Saint Valvaro, had to stretch out his claws and hold on to the ground to prevent being blown away by the storm.

The explosion did not last long. To be precise, Esdeath’s stand simply released its own continued damage in one breath. However, such a violent explosion was enough to force everyone on the battlefield to stop fighting.

The explosion left a huge crater with a diameter of several hundred meters in the center of the battlefield. Looking down from the sky, it looked like an invisible super giant had poked a hole in Marijoa with his finger.

“Damn it…what just happened?”

Saint Betali, who was hiding in the rock colossus, poked his head out. Although he was not too far away from Esdeath, the Earth Fruit was almost the devil fruit with the strongest defensive ability. In addition, the rock colossus absorbed most of the damage, so Saint Betali was almost unharmed at this time.

“…I don’t know what Saint Valvaro said to that woman…she suddenly exploded…”

Saint Dagosia, who not only retreated behind the rock giant in time but also protected himself with a pile of blocks, was not injured. However, when he looked at the place where Esdeath “self-exploded”, his face, which was as bald and eyebrowless as his head, subconsciously revealed a hint of fear.

If he had stood with Saint Valvaro at the time, even with the protection of the cube, he probably would not have survived an explosion of that magnitude.

“Where’s Saint Purda?!”

Betali Saint quickly looked around. On the battlefield of Beasts and Big Mom, their subordinates were trying to help their captain from time to time. Esdeath did not have subordinates who were so loyal to her. Everyone consciously avoided this most dangerous area.

But now, after the explosion, only two divine knights, Saint Betali and Saint Dagosia, were left. Not only was Saint Valvaro killed in the explosion, but Saint Pruda also disappeared without a trace.

“…I remember…it seemed to be there?”

Saint Dagosia pointed hesitantly at a piece of ground that was scorched by high temperature. A small ball of ash could be vaguely seen on the ground not far away.

If he remembered correctly, the Cloud Demon of Saint Valvaro seemed to be standing there just now.

And Saint Proda was standing on the shoulder of the Cloud Demon God. It was obvious that the Divine Knight had tried to escape when the explosion occurred, but the effect of the acceleration fruit had an upper limit, and he was ultimately unable to escape the range of the explosion.

“…Damn it!”

Saint Betali suddenly started cursing, and no one knew who he was cursing, but it was probably not directed at Esdeath who blew herself up and the unlucky Saint Proda.

But Saint Dagosia nodded in agreement, obviously having the same idea as Saint Betali.

God knows what that foul-mouthed guy Valvaro Saint said to make that woman so angry that she blew herself up and took him away.

Three divine knights were killed at the hands of Esdeath, and even Saint Betali and Saint Dagosia felt a little sad.

“what happened?!”

A familiar and unusually steady voice suddenly sounded behind the two Knights of God, and Saint Betali and Saint Dagosia suddenly felt their scalps tingling.

Even they were frightened by the death of the three divine knights. If Ancient Saint Green, who valued his people the most, knew about this, he would probably explode with rage on the spot.

“As you can see, Saint Green, Saint Varvaro, and Saint Pruda all seem to have died…”

Saint Betali answered with gritted teeth. At this moment, he didn’t know what to say. He could only honestly report everything he knew to Saint Green.

After listening to Saint Betalli’s story, Saint Green’s tall and majestic body shook involuntarily.

Even the death of an ordinary fellow Celestial Dragon was enough to make Ancient Saint Green feel sad. Now including Saint Gerolith who died at the hands of the Hundred Beasts, the Order of the Knights of God lost four members in one day. Such a blow was almost unbearable for the commander of the Order of the Knights of God.

“It’s my fault… I knew clearly that the Knights of God lacked practical experience, but I didn’t make changes to address this issue sooner rather than later. Otherwise, several of my compatriots wouldn’t have sacrificed their lives in vain…” Ancient Saint Green gripped the hilt of his sword in great sorrow, wanting to immediately recall all the Knights of God so that he could personally kill all the despicable pirates who might threaten his compatriots.

But he was also afraid that doing so would lead to a repeat of the past, and that the untrained Knights of God would once again suffer the same ugly deaths as Saints Baldora and Valvaro.

What saddened Ancient Saint Green the most was the death of Saint Prouda, who was a senior member of the Knights of God who was even more senior than him. When he was still a child, Saint Prouda was already a senior member of the Knights of God. But now, such a senior also died in front of him.

“Ancient Saint Green, look!”

At this moment, Saint Betali suddenly cried out in surprise and joy. It turned out that just when Saint Green was heartbroken, Saint Pruda, who was obviously dead, actually struggled to crawl out from the ashes.

As more and more of his body crawled out, the weight of the ashes continued to decrease, and finally his entire upper body crawled out from the ashes.

“Tsk, he’s injured so badly, it looks like he’ll have to sleep for another few decades…”

Looking at his empty lower body, Saint Purda propped himself up with his arms and stood up.

“Great! Saint Pruda, it turns out you’re okay!”

Ancient Saint Green suddenly appeared behind Saint Purda and spoke with a hint of surprise in his tone. Soon after, Saint Betali and Saint Dagosia also appeared.

As for an old senior with unfathomable experience like Saint Pruda, Ancient Saint Green had already decided to leave him to his successor, so that his tenure as the commander of the Knights of God would be perfect.

“Hmm? Commander, didn’t my predecessor tell you that I’m immortal and it’s not that easy to die.”

Saint Pruda walked a few steps using his hands in an unskilled manner. Although he only had half a body, he could still walk, sit and lie down like a normal person. Such a strange scene was extremely terrifying in the eyes of others, but Saint Green did not take it to heart at all.

However, Saint Betali and Saint Dagosia looked at the old senior’s body and nodded in approval. He did not die in an explosion of that scale, which meant he was worthy of being immortal.

But then the two Knights of God were a little jealous. It was known that Proudashen’s devil fruit was the speed-up fruit. This immortality ability obviously had nothing to do with the speed-up fruit. Didn’t that mean they also had a chance to obtain this ability? !

In the past, the Knights of God would not care too much about immortality. After all, no one in this world could threaten the Knights of God, so it would be meaningless even if they were immortal.

But now, in the battle to defend Marijoa, even if Saint Purda is excluded, three Knights of God have been killed. This ratio of casualties is enough to make all the Knights of God feel uneasy.

If the conditions were not too harsh, they would also like to obtain the same immortality as Saint Purda. At worst, they would just fall asleep together. Anyway, they have enjoyed what they should have enjoyed, and they can continue to enjoy it after waking up from their sleep.

“Saint Pruda, can others also obtain your immortality ability?”

Without waiting for Saint Betali and Saint Dagosia to speak, Saint Green asked with great anticipation.

He himself certainly does not need immortality, but if such an ability can be promoted among the Knights of God and even his fellow Celestial Dragons, then no compatriots will die for various reasons in the future.

“Of course you can, but it’s better not to. The so-called immortality is just a curse. When you get it, you will regret it like I do.”

Saint Pruda answered very frankly that he also liked Saint Green, the younger commander who loved his compatriots. If he was also a Celestial Dragon born in this era, he would probably join the Knights of God out of his fanatical worship of Saint Green.

It’s a pity that he was cursed with immortality and was in a sleeping state most of the time, so he couldn’t always follow Ancient Saint Green.

“I see. Thank you for your hard work… Can your body recover?”

Ancient Saint Green never doubted that Saint Prouda’s words were false. Besides feeling sorry that his immortality could not be extended, he felt sorry for his fellow senior because of the “curse” that was faintly revealed in Saint Prouda’s words.

“No problem, just give me some time to recover.”

Saint Purda jumped up with his hands on the ground, indicating that he was fine now.

“Sit here first, Saint Pruda, to prevent your body from being desecrated by some filthy thing.”

Saint Betali casually created a small rock man with only half of its body, and asked Saint Dagosia to embed a smooth block on it for Saint Pruda to use as a seat.

Although Saint Prouda couldn’t control this rock man, it was still more decent than walking with his hands.

“Thank you.”

Saint Pruda didn’t care much, but still accepted Saint Betali’s kindness.

At this time, the two sides who had temporarily stopped fighting because of the explosion gradually came to their senses. Seeing that the war was about to break out again, at this moment a group of uninvited guests appeared on the edge of the battlefield.

“It’s Red Hair! And the Whitebeard Pirates!”

“Damn it, are these guys here to take advantage of the situation and rob us now?”

“What is there to be afraid of? Whitebeard and Red Hair are also pirates. Will they join forces with the World Government?”

“Yeah! So you’re here to help?!”

……

Most of the pirates from the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates were a little confused, and the Knights of God raised their eyebrows in surprise when they saw Shanks.

“You’re bringing your men to help at a time like this? You’re truly worthy of being the child of the Ancient Saint Grimm. However, it’s not a good idea to bring these lowly pirates into the Holy Land…”

Light Saint, who was besieging BIG MOM, put one hand on his waist, and the long sword in his other hand was still bleeding.

This is Charlotte Linlin’s blood. The indestructible steel balloon was finally broken in the face of the three Knights of God. No matter how powerful the Pirate Emperor is, he can never be the opponent of the Knights of God!

“Anyway, there are already so many pirates who have entered the holy land. A few thousand more won’t make a difference. Afterwards, let… eh? Let Saint Shanks kill those guys who desecrated the holy land.”

(End of this chapter)