The form of the Apex Predator from the Calm Belt seemed to blot out the sky. Drop of water that fell from its face were in reality equivalent to a dozen galleons, splashing into the ground, soaking the harsh stoney ground
The Kraken waited behind Deckard almost seemingly waiting to be controlled by a command. Years and Years of grooming and conditioning caused a 1 in a million chance to occur, a sea king being under another's control
"Now lets make this even more interesting, shall we?" Deckard said, raising a card in between his fingers, the card beginning to glow "Card Count…"
With those words spoken, 52 cards began to float around Deckard's body. Each of them unique in the 52 standard deck. This ability, was the true potential of his Fruit
"Lets give you a taste shall we?" Like a magican, a card appeared between his fingers, a 1 of Spades. "Kraken! Destroy! Any that come near!" With the command given, kraken let out another roar and slammed its claws into the ground slicing through and stopping at the sides, almost like a dog baring its teeth
The vibrations caused the crew to become unbalanced! The earth beneath them rupturing into even more, now a jagged mess of debris like a rocky coast.
"Single!" Deckard slung the card with precise accuracy. Shooting through the air at incredible speeds, glowing a vibrant purple as it moved before slamming into dezzi! In the blink of an eye, the card exploded and sent them flying backwards! Ribs cracking!
"Dezzi!" Yelled Noir, watching as Dezzi crashed through the rubble "You….!" Noir growled as He suddenly leapt forward "Basto….Ci-" The massive arm of the Sea King, with astonishing speed, was able to catch Noir out of the sky! Even if it was slower than noir, its sheer size meant that even if Noir moved, he wouldn't have been able to get out of the way in time!
"Grah!" The sudden intense pressure squeezed the chef hard, He could feel the strain begin to damage his body "Noir.." Kale grimaced. 'This Chef…' With a leap that shattered the already damaged ground, Kale leapt over 50 meters into
"Two Sword Style…" Kale burst beginning to slash into the flesh of the beast's arm! "May Rain Slash!" The slashes began to increase in sped, wind picking up in intensity as he cut straight through the flesh with only a few cuts. But he wasn't aiming to make just one! He was going to cut this thing into Sashimi!
"Grah!" He screamed as he began to put more effort into the strikes, slicing chunk after chunk apart! The entire arm exploding into chunks like suddenly tossing cut chunks of meat off a cutting board!
This was enough though, Noir was able to force the creature's clutches open and land a hardy kick, sending it to Kale who diced it into chunks!
The blood and fluids of the creature soaked the ground and splattered against the rock as The First and Chef Landed.
"Nice!" Leroy Shouted
The Sea King however gave its own, much louder shout of utter pain. Blood pouring from its wound like a literal waterfall. Most sea creatures were unable to vocalize their pain, but the sheer size of these beast meant that the air that went through its larynx was like a scream of pain!
"Damn it…" Deckard said, the literal poker face across his shadowed visage.
With his Card Count ability activated, it meant that every suit he had was granted a new ability, and the strength of those abilities were determined by the number of that card.
They could be combined in a way. More in the fact that they could be mixed together, each effect independent, but the potential of working together effectively
"Two of a Kind!" He spun around and fanned two cards and hurled them towards Krakens wound! A 4 of Clubs and a 4 of Diamonds!
A momentary sting occurred for the Sea King before the clubs exploded in fire! Cauterizing the wound at the same time the 4 of diamonds went into play, causing a growth of diamonds!
They were brilliant and dazzling, and acted like a scab for the cauterized flesh! Over 500 meters of the dazzling carbon crystals!
'Diamonds?!' Kirk thought… 'If we could get our hands on those, we'd never have issues with Berry again! But it'd probably crash the diamond market…'
This was true. And even if the Diamonds were able to be used, they were only in existence so long as Deckard was Conscious!
"Kraken! Take care of them with me!" He commanded the Sea King to work in tandem with his actions. The Beast began to lift itself up, slamming its remaining hand into the ground and clutching it. "Ace of Hearts!" He threw the card in the air, piercing Kraken, where then the card suddenly transformed in shape into a platform!
Deckard. With a still stoic face, leapt into the air and landed on a platform. Ace cards are the strongest value in a deck. Meaning that these Heart cards, much like the thing they are a symbol of, transform to desire!
The Platform was a set of stairs and floors across the huge beast like an open floor of a building under construction, scaffolding and raised platforms made from what looked to be a single card that was stretched and distorted out, may A's and Heart symbols around them
"C'mon and get me!" Deckard declared loudly, the Sea King rising up into the air to loom over the crew who all stood within the beast's immense shadow!