"Captain what the hell are you doing?!"
"Captain you are in the way, move!"
The bounty hunters tried to reason with their captain but their words fell on deaf ears.
"What is the meaning of this? Are you planning to stop me from teaching those fools a lesson?" Jaguar's tone turned frosty. He tightened his hammer as he glared at Spencer. If Spencer didn't give a good reason for interrupting him, he wouldn't mind destroying his entire crew along with the pirates. It wasn't like he planned on letting them go in the first place. He planned on Killing everyone that had ever interacted with the pirates as a lesson to any other pirate crew out there that had designs on his crew.
Despite his threatening tone, Spencer didn't back down. He looked jaguar dead in the eyes and said. "This three are my bounties. You have no right to take them away. Grudge or no grudge, that has nothing to do with us bounty hunters"
The whole ship fell silent as soon as Spencer finished speaking. But none of them was as horrified as the Vulture bounty hunting crew. They felt like their captain had just signed their death warrant. Naruto and Rayleigh could relate with them in this regard.
'Spencer!' Taro panicked when he heard Spencer's statement. He and Spencer have known each other since they were kids so he knew how stubborn he could be. But he was hoping that just this once he'd let go of that stubbornness.
"Is that so?" Jaguar frowned before he suddenly raised the hammer in his hand and brought it down on Spencer with a shout. "THEN DIE!"
"CAPTAIN!"
Swoooosh!
Just as everyone expected Spencer's head to be carved in my jaguar's hammer, Spencer unsheathed the sword at his waist and swung it at the hammer.
Boom!
A small shockwave occurred the moment the weapons came into contact with each other. Spencer blocked the attack slowing down it momentum. But in terms of strength he was still inferior to jaguar and that fact was soon proven as jaguar sent him flying with his hammer.
Spencer spat out a mouthful of blood as he crashed into the railing of the ship, destroying it. With the amount of force put into the hammer if he hadn't blocked it his head would have shattered into pieces.
"Spencer!" Taro ran up to Spencer's side, worried. He immediately checked him for injury. Apart from his hand going numb he was fine.
"Impressive. You actually managed to block my attack" Jaguar said in admiration before shifting his attention back to Roger's group of three.
"Now. It's time for you guys to die!" Jaguar said as he raised his hammer before bringing it down on Roger's head.
Everyone watched with batted breath as the hammer descended. They had already witnessed what the hammer could do. Even when it was blocked it could still exert enough force to blow a fully grown man off his feet. So against a bound target they could already imagine what would happen.
Eh
However when the hammer was a few inches away from Roger's head he suddenly grinned and a loud clank echoed in everyone's ear.
Clank!
The hammer in jaguar's hand was sent flying backwards as Rayleigh countered it with a swing from his blade. The crowd couldn't believe their eyes. Just when did Rayleigh got free?
Not only that but he had managed to force jaguar back by countering his attack. Spencer had tried to do just that previously but it ended up with him getting flung half way across the ship like a ragdoll. Just who was that guy?!
Before they could get over their shock Naruto suddenly Jumped out from behind Rayleigh and kicked jaguar in the face with a round house kick that sent him flying off his feet despite his huge frame.
The crowd behind him quickly made way as jaguar crashed down on the deck. A small quake shook the ship as jaguar created a dent on the deck.
Everyone watching couldn't believe their eyes as they stared at Rayleigh and Naruto like they were some kind of monster. Not only had one managed to counter jaguar's attack but the other who also had a smaller frame had actually managed to send jaguar flying with a kick.
"Who gave you the right to try and claim our Captain's life?" Naruto questioned with a death glare causing everyone who saw it to shiver.
'What the hell is going on?' Spencer couldn't believe his eyes. Maybe because of how he had easily captured them he never bothered to consider how they had managed to defeat half of the Gorge pirates on their own in the first place. Not only was jaguar's attack countered but the man himself was even sent flying.
When he turned his gaze back to the rope he used to tie them up, he noticed that the ropes had been sliced smoothly which should be impossible since they were all bound. He subconsciously turned to look at the only swordsman of their group as he returned his sword back to it sheath. It was then that realized that if Rayleigh had wanted to, he could have killed him anytime he wanted and he wouldn't have realized that he was dead.
Taro also realized this which sent a shiver down his spine. Had those three been pretending all this while? If so, then why? They could have wiped out their entire crew whenever they wanted. Those guys were wolves in sheep clothing all along.
"Jaguar!" The Gorge pirates crowded around their vice Captain in worry. Right now they wanted nothing more than to get as far away from here as they can. If even their vice Captain could be sent flying then what were they supposed to do. Despite their desires, their captain had different plans.
"How dare the two of you. Men get them! Kill everyone on this fucking ship!" Jaguar ordered after Picking himself up. Despite their inner thoughts the Gorge pirates still picked up arm and a full blown battle between the pirates and the bounty hunters began
"The huge guy is mine, got it?" Roger grinned when he saw the group of pirates charging at them.
"Do whatever you like" Naruto and Rayleigh said as they watched the group progressing towards them. As soon as the two group met all hell broke loose. Naruto and Rayleigh drill a hole through the battlefield, opening up a path for Roger to pass through uninterrupted.
"Do you really think you can take me on your own?" Jaguar growled when he saw Roger confidently walking up to him. He was in a very bad mood right now. His reputation and image had been damaged by those two from earlier. Not only had one blocked his attack while forcing him to take a step back. The other had completely thrown him off his feet. HOW?!
Moreover, his men were being knocked out one after the other. If he didn't kill them now it would be over for the Gorge pirates.
"I am your opponent. You can call me Roger" Roger grinned not bothered by jaguar's hostile attitude which only infuriated the man even more.
"I DON'T GIVE A FUCK WHO YOU ARE! DIE!" Jaguar roared as he brought his hammer down on Roger's head. He missed the first time but he won't miss a second time.
Boom!
A mini explosion sounded out as the hammer connected with it target. However the scene everyone expected to see didn't occur.
"What?!"
"It can't be!" The people watching from the sidelines couldn't believe their eyes, especially when they looked at the man standing there with that unshakable grin on his face.
If the pirates and bounty hunters watching were already bewildered then what about the man who had swung the hammer?
'What? Impossible!' Jaguar felt like he was going insane as he stared at the man standing in front of him with that same annoying grin still plastered on his face. If the first two blocking his attack was already shocking enough then Roger had just flicked his world upside down.
He had put all of his attack into that last swing and considering the size and weight of the hammer, even if Roger was to block it with his arms it was have still left him with broken bones. But that didn't happen. Instead Roger had effortlessly stopped the hammer mid swing with only one hand completely baffling him.
Roger laughed when he saw the look on Jaguar's face. Just like Jaguar if there was one thing Roger was proud of it was his innate strength.
"Big mistake" Roger said before throwing out a mean left hook at jaguar's face.
Swoosh!
Bam!
Roger's fist connected with jaguar's face smashing him head first into the deck. The impact of Jaguar smashing against the deck shook the entire ship and caused it to tilt a little to the side, sending everyone stumbling off their feet.
The ship creaked loudly as if complaining about the damages being done to it.
Once they all regained their bearing they turned to the cause with varying expressions. Expressions like shock, disbelief and mostly fear could be seen on the people's faces.
The ship fell silent as they gawked at Roger standing tall over a knocked out Jaguar that was foaming in the mouth. A few of his teeth had been knocked out by that punch.
"Vice Captain!" The Gorge pirates were the first to snap out of their daze. They immediately lost the will to fight. All they felt right now was fear. Their revenge meant nothing to them now. All they just wanted was to get as far away from here as possible
"Retreat!" They didn't know who shouted it but they immediately complied. They grabbed their fallen comrades and vice Captain before rushing back to their ship. Roger and the others watched them do so without stopping them.
The bounty hunters watched all of this happen with disbelief. The Gorge pirates had their intention of killing Roger and the others loud and clear for all to understand. They had even brought their vice Captain to get revenge. Bur the outcome wasn't the one that they were expecting.
After their captain had been defeated the Gorge pirates had shamelessly retreated without a second thought.
"This isn't over! We'll be back!" The pirate from before shouted as their ship sailed away.
After the pirates left, they turned their attention back to the vulture pirate group causing them to shrink back in fear.
"Now then. What do we do about you guys?" Rayleigh muttered but everyone on the ship heard him loud and clear. Spencer Heart skipped a beat when he saw Rayleigh's gaze directed at him.
'Crap'