Chapter 488: He Leaves Again, Roy's Past
"I see."
Jeff interrupted Hodel before he could finish.
After all, the situation they were in now was not something anyone could have predicted.
During their time as Guardians, most of their battles had been overwhelming victories.
That had already given them the confidence and arrogance of the strong.
When faced with a rising force like the Dragon Hunter Pirates, it was inevitable that they would underestimate them in some ways.
But this time, it was not as if they had underestimated Ryuunosuke and his crew from the start.
Ryuunosuke and his people were simply too strong.
Even though the Guardians had gone all out, they still failed to win.
In a situation like this, there was no point in Jeff scolding them.
What they needed more was someone to steady them.
"Boss Jeff, I..."
"Leave the rest to me."
Jeff spoke slowly, cutting Hodel off again.
Then he walked toward Ryuunosuke and the others step by step.
At this time, Ryuunosuke was already standing at the front of the Dragon Hunter Pirates.
Behind him stood Najenda and Meliodas.
Further back were the squad members and the combat crew of the ship.
"Breath of the Underworld."
Cold air burst from beneath Ryuunosuke's feet, instantly freezing the sea around them.
Jeff stopped in front of him.
"Captain Ryuunosuke, let me discuss something with you."
"Return my people to me."
"I will take them away now."
Jeff stated his demand directly.
He had not come here to fight Ryuunosuke.
Choosing to fight him in this situation was obviously not a wise move.
At the same time, he made his conditions very clear.
"Return them to you?"
"Mr Jeff, was it?"
"I have a question. If my crew went after your people and lost, would you just let it go like that?"
"Would you be this generous?"
Ryuunosuke smiled as he asked, his tone unhurried.
Even facing Jeff, Ryuunosuke did not show the slightest panic.
He had his own strength, and the forces behind him were in no way weaker than Jeff's.
Right now, he even wanted to test Jeff a little.
After all, this was the boss of the Guardian team.
According to what Roy had said, if Ryuunosuke agreed to work with him, they would most likely face enemies like Jeff sooner or later.
Before that happened, testing this man's strength in advance was very important.
"In that case, we will be leaving."
Jeff spoke, then turned his back on them.
He left quickly with the remaining Guardians.
He did not even bother taking their ship.
For a moment, everyone standing on the frozen sea had metaphorical black lines on their faces.
"Captain, did he just walk away like that?"
Najenda asked awkwardly.
She had been expecting a huge battle.
She had even been looking around, trying to sense if there were other Guardian members hiding nearby.
But in the next second, she was completely stunned.
Jeff had no intention of fighting them at all.
He just took a few people and ran.
This was completely different from what they had all imagined.
"Looks like it."
Ryuunosuke was dazed for a moment before he reacted.
Then he turned his gaze toward Roy.
Obviously, the one who understood Jeff best here was Roy.
"What are you all looking at me for?"
"I have no idea what just happened."
Roy spread his hands, claiming his innocence.
Even he had not expected things to play out like this.
For a moment, the atmosphere grew even more awkward.
"Alright, Najenda, take a few people and head back first."
"Have Merlin seal their powers for now."
"I will be back soon."
Ryuunosuke thought it over and spoke slowly.
Now that Jeff had left, it was not possible for them to go chasing him down.
If they did that, the situation would definitely turn into a fight to the death.
It was not the time for that yet.
"Understood, Captain."
"By the way, Captain, if there is another fight like this, remember to bring me along."
"This feeling of bullying the enemy is actually pretty nice."
After Najenda finished speaking, she took her group and left.
Meliodas laced his hands behind his head and wandered off as well, looking completely relaxed.
It was hard to imagine that just a short while ago, they had all been red faced arguing over who got the wild sandbag.
...…
Soon, the Dragon Hunter Pirates withdrew from the area.
On their way out, they also took the Guardians' ship with them.
At this time, Ryuunosuke and Roy had already returned to Roy's cabin.
"Mr Roy, you really have no idea what that was about?"
"Or are people like Cynthia and Sika not very important to the Guardian team?"
Ryuunosuke voiced his doubts directly.
Even now, he still could not understand why Jeff would abandon his subordinates when there was still a chance to fight.
"They are all top tier choices."
"In the situation just now, it was obvious that fighting you, Captain Ryuunosuke, was not the best option."
"To be honest, there was no guarantee we could have rescued Cynthia and the others even if we fought."
"So instead of getting into a pointless battle and exposing more of our abilities, it was better to leave it as it was."
"I think that was his reasoning."
Roy answered with a bit of uncertainty.
Jeff was the most special person in the entire Guardian team.
If it had been anyone else, Roy might have been able to analyze their thinking.
But Jeff was different.
Even after spending hundreds of years with him, Roy still felt he did not truly understand the man.
It felt like every few hundred years, Jeff would undergo some strange change.
At least, the Jeff standing out there on the sea now was completely different from the Jeff Roy remembered from back then.
"Is that so?"
"Alright then, let us get back to what we were talking about before."
"You said your target is Lilith."
"So, what exactly is Lilith?"
After Ryuunosuke thought for a moment, he repeated his earlier question.
Just as they were about to get into it, Wade and the others arrived earlier and interrupted.
"Lilith is my mother..."
"You already said that part."
"Try again."
Ryuunosuke cut him off flatly.
"She does not belong to this world."
"As for where she came from, I am not entirely sure."
"The only thing we know is that wherever she is, there is something terrifying."
"She was the one who brought that Devil Fruit."
"Back then, I sailed the seas with Wades as an adventurer."
"But our identities at the time were special. We were nobles of a powerful kingdom back then."
...…
Roy quickly began recounting what had happened hundreds of years ago.
Among his words, he mentioned a kingdom, the Kingdom of Mobig.
When they had sailed into the waters near the Kingdom of Mobig, a massive meteorite had fallen from the sky.
The two of them were adventurers, and when they saw that sight, they immediately wanted to go over and see the so called meteorite with their own eyes.
When they landed on the island, they found that there were already other people there besides them.
Among them were Jeff, Keshia, and several others.
Everyone had come for the meteorite, so they naturally decided to head there together.
Roy, Wades, and the others were not the type to put on airs, so after a brief greeting, the group moved together toward the enormous crater.
A huge pit, waves of scorching heat rolling out of it.
The sight alone left all of them stunned.
Since Jeff and his group were originally an expedition team from the Kingdom of Mobig, there was no real argument about who the meteorite belonged to.
But at that moment, blood red vines suddenly spread out from the depths of the crater…
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