章 12: 12. Saving Ace. Mission Completed.
│3rd Person POV│
[Grand Line, New World, Partridge Island Shore…]
The next second, a fist condensed with red flames erupted from Ace's right hand.
Under his control, the huge Fire Fist shot out and directly hit Poison Wolf's huge beast form.
*Rumble——*
*Rumble——*
A deafening roar resounded. Wherever the fire fist passed through, only absolute destruction was left behind.
The terrifying flames burned fiercely, consuming everything on the ground.
"Success!"
"Is it dead?"
"Such a devastating attack; that guy is definitely dead! No questions about it."
"..."
Seeing this situation, the members of the Second and Fourth Divisions on the field were all in high spirits.
After all, Ace's attack was very powerful, even several times stronger than all the Fire Fist he had used today.
Even if Poison Wolf transformed into his two-headed wolf Zoan form, it was extremely unlikely for him to block such an attack.
"ARRRRGGGGHHHH~~~ It hurts! It hurts so much!!! Fire Fist Ace, you deserve to die!"
However, before everyone could breathe a sigh of relief, the angry roar of Poison Wolf was heard.
Following the sound, a huge two-headed wolf could be seen emerging from the area where the Fire Fist had exploded.
The hair all over his body was burned, and his looks were extremely haggard.
Everyone could make out the severe burn injuries on various parts of his body. They can even smell the scent of roasted barbecue.
However, his vitality was extremely tenacious. After all, he was an Ancient Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.
Coupled with the fact that the Color of Armament was covering his head, heart, and other key locations, Ace's blow didn't pose a fatal threat to him.
"Go to hell, Fire Fist Ace!"
With a roar, the two-headed wolf stretched out its sharp claws. The Color of Armament quickly receded from his other body parts and covered his claws.
In an instant, the claws were covered in a shiny black layer, and Poison Wolf shot straight toward the area where Ace was standing still.
"Not good!"
"Vice Commander Ace!"
This scene immediately made everyone present scream in worry.
After all, everyone present knew about Armament Haki, and they knew better that this thing could destroy the possibility of the elementalization of a person with Logia powers.
Under circumstances, where Ace was completely spent and couldn't dodge, he would definitely die if Poison Wolf's attack connects.
"Not good!"
In the crowd, Ron's expression also changed.
Although the relationship between him and Ace was not that close, he had no intention of watching him die here.
"Flash Step!!!"
Not caring about his own exhausted state, Ron executed the technique forcefully.
His figure quickly approached the field.
When he arrived beside Ace, he grabbed him without any delay and continued to execute Flash Steps to dodge Poison Wolf's attack.
*Bang——*
At this moment, Poison Wolf's attack fell, completely destroying the area where Ace had been.
"Brother Ace!"
This scene directly made Thatch, who followed closely behind, crazy.
Because of Ron's speed while rescuing Ace, and the large amount of dust thrown up after the claw attack, he didn't notice that the attack missed.
Because of this, Thatch was going completely crazy at this moment.
His Armament Haki poured into his weapon like a waterfall and he accelerated suddenly, appearing behind Poison Wolf in the blink of an eye.
"Die!"
With an explosion of adrenaline all over his body, Thatch swung his sword and chopped off both heads of the two-headed wolf in a single attack.
Before he even had time to sense Thatch's presence behind him, Poison Wolf was already dead, his huge body shrinking rapidly, and finally turning into a headless corpse lying on the ground.
"Brother Ace!"
However, Thatch didn't care about Poison Wolf at the moment and ran quickly towards the area where the latter's attack landed.
There is only one thought in his mind now: find Ace, treat Ace, and do not let Ace die no matter what.
The dust dissipated quickly by the sea breeze.
Thatch arrived at the pit created by the claw attack, but he didn't see the body of Ace.
"This!!??"
Thatch opened his mouth to say something, however words left him, leaving him speechless.
He couldn't even see a single body part.
'Could it be that the attack was so vicious that it completely wiped out Ace's body!?'
Thinking of this, Thatch's legs went weak, and he slumped to his knees in the pit: "Brother Ace, I am so sorry I couldn't save you. I shouldn't have told you to confront Poison Wolf in such a state."
"*Cough~* *Cough~* Brother Thatch! I am not dead yet!!"
At this time, a weak voice came.
Looking toward the source of the sound, Ron and Ace's figure could be seen lying not far away from the pit.
But at this moment, both of them were in an extremely sorry state.
Although Ron saved Ace with Flash Step, Poison Wolf's attack was still very powerful.
Just the aftermath of the attack left Ron and Ace severely injured.
"Ace~"
Seeing him alive, Thatch called out in a trembling voice.
He saw Ron and Ace standing up in the distance, helping each other. He started laughing and exclaimed, "Haha, it's great that you're not dead, Ace!
"Ron, you saved Ace, right!?"
"I did," acknowledged Ron while waving his hand weakly, "It's a good thing Flash Step was the first technique I learned, otherwise I'm afraid things would have gone horribly wrong today.
"But Commander Sachi, I'm afraid I can't hold on any longer. I will be in your care next."
After saying that, Ron could no longer hold onto his consciousness and passed out.
Before moving to save Ace, Ron was already very exhausted, as it was extremely taxing for him to block the large-scale poisonous gas with his Blue Flames.
In order to save Ace, he even had to force himself to keep executing Flash Steps. This was not an easy task.
Thankfully, he was somewhat accustomed to using Flash Steps while near complete exhaustion because of his crazy training method.
"Ron!!"
Ace quickly held onto Ron's body to prevent him from falling down!
"Ron!!!"
At the same time, Thatch also stepped forward.
Swiftly, he raised the weak Ace and the unconscious Ron, supporting them on either side and saying, "Everything is fine! Let's go, go back and recuperate first."
As he spoke, Thatch hurried to the ship with Ace and Ron.
While walking, Thatch also quickly issued an order, "Everyone gather the injured people for treatment.
"Although the poison gas is very powerful, Ron can treat it. All you need to do is stabilize everyone's injuries.
"After Ron wakes up, we will thoroughly treat the poisonous gas in everyone's body."
"Yes!"
"Alright!"
Hearing this, all the members of the Second and Fourth Divisions cheered.
Although this battle had some twists and turns, the final result was good.
The Poison Wolf Pirates were wiped out.
Although they also lost their men, and most of them were in critical stages due to poisoning, as long as Ron woke up, the poison in their bodies could be cured, and there would be no more deaths among them!
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[Grand Line, New World, Whitebeard Pirates Ships…]
Time flew by, and two days passed by in the blink of an eye.
"Hmm~"
Early on the third day, Ron woke up from his coma.
He struggled to sit up from the bed, and said while rubbing his head, "OW~! Everything hurts! This time, I went way beyond the limit.
"The aftereffects are so strong; my body feels like it has been crushed into pieces. I have to be careful not to put too much strain on my body in the future; it almost drained me to death."
As he spoke, Ron sat cross-legged and quickly mobilized the healing fire to treat his own injuries.
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