บท 163: Yuki's promise

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A few minutes later, Yuki and Vivi passed the east shore of the Sandora river and Yuki wanted to clarify how long it would take them to get toward Katorea and he got a quick reply from the princess "If we keep flying with this speed, it will take us 1 hour, but if we go on foot, it will take us at least half a day…"

Yuki remained silent after hearing this answer 'If I remember correctly, the rebels will be setting out soon to attack Alubarna, we can't waste half a day to get there, but I can't waste my mana either, this device is consuming my mana like a black hole…'

Yuki frowned slightly at the rate his mana was being consumed… this was because this device wasn't built to be used in a manaless world, In fact, if he was in the Tensura world, he wouldn't have even consumed 100th of his current consumption, and this is all because most advance magic items are designed to use the mana in the air as fuel for their use to minimize the consumption of the user...

So, after contemplating slightly, Yuki landed on the ground before he squatted slightly and said to Vivi "Get on the Yuki express, we need to make haste"

"Eh?" Vivi felt confused as she didn't understand what he meant but Yuki suddenly asked with words that she could understand "Get on my back, we need to run"

"But this will exhaust you a lot, especially with how hot it is" Spoke Vivi with concern, although she was feeling more shy than concerned. Still, Yuki simply shrugged as he thought 'With my Supreme elemental resistance, this heat is no different to me than a refreshing spring breeze' but he didn't tell her this and simply spoke seriously "Don't worry, I will be fine, trust me!"

"Okay" nodded Vivi in determination and jumped on Yuki's back and hugged him tightly before she whispered "Thank you…" But Yuki simply smirked and replied "It's too early to thank me" before he started sprinting at his top speed which was at the speed of sound and Vivi could only scream before she closed her eyes as she felt nauseated!

'I-Is he really human?' Was the last thought on Vivi's mind before she simply hung on for dear life to his back…

"Blaagh…" This was the first thing Vivi did after Yuki stopped and she felt her hands and legs that were hanging tightly to his back start to grow weak, and she directly fell down on the soft sand and started puking her innards out while seeing stars and birds running above her head with a mad Yuki chasing after them…

When they passed the Sandora river, They were already to the north of Nanohana and Katorea was just to the northeast of it so it wasn't that far of a journey if you consider the speed Yuki traveled with…

However, they made it in time! And just as they arrived near Katorea, they saw a giant army slowly making its way from the north gate of the city.

"Are you okay Vivi?" Asked Yuki calmly while helping her up and she nodded with her face as blue as her hair…

"We need to stop these rebels, they are already leaving the oasis" Spoke Yuki calmly, and observing the situation alongside him, Vivi drank some water before she slapped her cheeks to wake herself up and then said "Thank you Yuki, let's go"

Yuki simply smiled at her and they started making their way to the army, although they didn't get far before they were stopped by the soldiers and some of them even pointed their guns at them!

"Stop right there, who are you and what are you doing here?" Yelled one of the soldiers trying to intimidate them but Vivi wasn't fazed as she approached them bravely and yelled "I'm here to see chief Koza, please tell him that his old friend Vivi came to see him"

"Scram, we don't have time to waste here!" Yelled that soldier and was preparing to ignore them and continue following the rest of the army bt Vivi insisted "No! please relay my words to Koza, I'm truly his friend!"

"If you were his friend, why is it that no one recognizes you here?" Replied the soldier coldly before he spoke "Stop us again and we will shoot you"

"I-" Vivi was about to speak again to explain to them her absence from Alabasta but one of the soldiers lost his patience and truly did shoot her to her absolute shock!

'Why... Why is it like this?' She wondered as she resigned herself to her imminent death.

However, as the sound of the gunshot echoed, a figure instantly flashed in front of Vivi and blocked the attack for her before he eyed the crowd of soldiers coldly, especially when more started to gather after hearing the commotion

"Yuki! Are you okay?" Yelled Vivi with worry as she checked his body for any injuries and she only heaved a sigh of relief when she noticed that he wasn't harmed.

Meanwhile, Yuki eyed the soldiers coldly before he spoke "Now I really feel like killing every single one of you"

"Shoot him!" Instantly, more than ten people prepared to start shooting Yuki and he couldn't help but wonder 'Weren't the rebels supposed to have problems with acquiring weapons… Something doesn't feel right with this situation… I smell it, the delicious smell of money!'

As Yuki was analyzing the situation, he didn't waste time and directly used quick steps and ended those soldiers with simple kicks and punches, although he didn't kill them, but leaving them with many broken limbs was unavoidable for what they did!

"YOU!" The screams attracted even more rebels and Yuki confirmed his guess that they were truly well armed and he couldn't help but frown while Vivi screamed "Please stop! Let me talk to Koza!!"

Just as the situation was going to escalate even more, a man with a scar near his left eye suddenly yelled at the rebels "Stop!"

"Leader Koza… but they are attacking us!" Tried to complain one of the soldiers but Koza, the leader of the rebels shot him a cold look that froze him in place before he stared at Vivi and said "She's my friend… Follow me"

"Chief!" Vivi exclaimed feeling slightly happy that she got to meet her childhood friend and that now there was truly a possibility to stop the rebels!

However, 5 minutes later… all her hopes were flushed down the drain as Koza ignored her pleas and said

"Nothing matters anymore, we have a strong enough backer that even if what you said about Crocodile is true, it won't matter since we can't break our promise with him… Leave our camp!"

"No, you shouldn't, and what promise??" Vivi tried to interfere again but one of the guards started approaching them to drag them away. However, before he could lay a hand on her or Yuki, he suddenly found himself flying through the air and he didn't even see what hit him nor did anyone else, but they all knew that it came from the stranger that had been eyeing their weapons with a greedy look in his eerie green eyes...

Meanwhile, as the crying Vivi was frozen in tears, Yuki suddenly smirked and said "Koza right? I'm quite interested in the identity of your backer and what kind of promise you have with him"

"Who are you?" Asked Koza with a wary look as he eyed Yuki and his friend that went flying into the distance

"My identity isn't important, I'm just going to stop the bunch of you, even if I have to use force" Spoke Yuki with a weird smile on his face, but suddenly, countless gunshots sounded from many hidden locations aimed at every single vital point of his body, but Yuki calmly unsheathed a simple looking sword that clearly had a very sharp edge to it before he calmly cut all the bullets with it!

"T-This!" Koza was shocked but Yuki suddenly caught him by the neck and pointed the sword at his heart before he said "I have two questions … Who's the person supporting you? and does your soldiers care about your life?"

"LET GO OF CHIEF!" Yelled one of the soldiers instantly and Yuki couldn't help but smirk "I guess I got the answer to my second question…"

However, Koza suddenly stared at him with a cold look in his eyes before he muttered "You can't stop him, for he is…"

The moment Yuki heard the name of the person that was going to make his mission harder and was supporting the rebels, he couldn't help but frown… and Koza's next words didn't help as he said "You can't stop us anymore, even if you kill me... If we don't give him what he wants, all of Alabasta and its citizens will be massacred!"

Yuki noticed the people shooting Koza one last look before they started marching again, they were determined to free their kingdom one way or another no matter the sacrifice!

"Yuki what should I do? Koza, please stop them" Yelled Vivi with panic and tears in her eyes but Koza simply said "I can't! nothing can stop this rebellion anymore"

Vivi felt her heart shattering at the thought of failing her mission and she couldn't help but stare at the only man that she can rely on at this moment before she said with a face full of tears "Yuki please help me…"

"Well, that man will indeed not mind slaughtering this whole kingdom, but don't worry... I will handle everything" Said Yuki calmly before turning to stare into the distance and suddenly spoke "Stop" His voice was calm, but the terrifying invisible presence that gushed from his body and covered the countless rebels could be felt by all!

In fact, it was so strong that the earth under him cracked and caused the clouds to part...

Then, like domino pieces, the rebels started falling one after the other… More than 100000 of them in fact which resulted in the whole army stopping in its tracks!

"T-this… Who the hell are you? what did you do?" Yelled Koza while holding Yuki by the collar, and Yuki simply removed his hand and said "Don't worry I didn't kill them, they are just unconscious"

Vivi stared at the scene as if she was dreaming, and hearing Yuki's words only made her smile grow wider before she hugged him and said"Thank you…"

"Your kingdom, I promise you that it will turn back the way it used to be and I won't let that man lay a finger on its citizens, so please help me convince these rebels to stop, they are just marching to their deaths this way…" Spoke Yuki calmly which shocked Koza and his eyes couldn't help but tear up slightly

"Please help us" He spoke while bowing slightly, they gave up too much to get these weapons, and without help to delete the deal they agreed to with that man, he knew that only death awaited them... This is why those rebels weren't willing to stop despite the princess begging them… But now there was hope… There was a silly group of pirates they can rely on!

As the crowd of rebels stared at Yuki with eyes full of hope, he on the other hand simply stared at the hopeful Koza and Vivi before he extended his hand and said "Sure… That will be 10 Billion berries please"

"EHHHH" The serious scene suddenly froze but Yuki suddenly smirked and said "Just kidding" although he clearly muttered under his breath "Cheap bastards..."

"You bastard, don't play with our hearts like this" Spoke Koza and Vivi at the same time with anger on their faces and even the unconscious rebels almost woke up to yell at Yuki…

"Don't worry, I don't make promises to my friends lightly..." Spoke Yuki with a smile that made Vivi's angry face instantly turn into a huge smile as well...