Hancock's eyes widened in disbelief as she heard this.
Then, she quickly reacted, calling her two sisters to follow along.
She also walked by Chronos's side, continuing to ask him questions.
"Can you tell me what's going on?"
Chronos's mind raced as he looked at Hancock.
In the future, Hancock would be rescued by Fisher Tiger, and after being rescued, she would be helped by Gloriosa, Shakky, and Rayleigh to return to Amazon Lily.
If he could get on good terms with Hancock now, he could definitely meet the First Mate of the Pirate King, the world's top powerhouse, Silvers Rayleigh, when they escaped in the future.
The Celestial Dragons, as the masters of this world, had controlled it for eight hundred years, and they were protected by the powerful force of the Navy.
If he wanted to kill them, he had to obtain great power.
In the world of One Piece, there are only two main ways to gain great power: one is through Devil Fruits, and the other is by practicing Haki.
As a slave, he had no way of getting a Devil Fruit, so becoming Rayleigh's disciple became his best option.
Besides, this was when the Empress was at her most helpless and vulnerable.
If he helped her now, he might even be able to get the world's most beautiful woman, the Empress, as his wife.
The plan is perfect! Let's do it!
Thinking of this, Chronos began to tell Hancock about Saint Charlos.
"Saint Charlos is a Celestial Dragon. He's taking us to his palace to abuse us for his entertainment.
But the games he plays are different every time. Before, he had a drinking contest, where slaves had to drink until one of them died. He also had an eating contest, where the one who ate the least would die.
There was even a game where they had to eat Devil Fruits, to see which one had an interesting ability. The ones without interesting abilities would be killed.
There was even a strange contest to see who could urinate the farthest. But these are just 'entertainment,' the good ones. I've also seen two Celestial Dragons force their slaves to fight each other in a battle royale.
The loser dies, and the winner keeps fighting until one side's slaves are all dead. That's the most brutal one, because a lot of people die in every match!"
After hearing Chronos's description, Hancock's face turned white with fear.
The "entertainment" that was so casually about life and death made her feel terrible. Her two sisters behind her were also trembling with fear.
After her initial panic, Hancock suddenly thought of a question: if there were slave battles, how did Chronos survive?
Hancock asked Chronos, hoping to find out if he had a secret to staying alive.
Upon hearing Hancock's question, Chronos gave a bitter smile.
"There's no secret. Before, there was a strong man on our side who killed all the opposing slaves by himself, which is how I was able to survive. But two days ago, Saint Charlos killed that strong man, because... he wasn't crawling fast enough!"
Hancock's voice trembled as she asked, "So, if there's a slave battle this time, we don't have a strong person, and we'll probably be killed?"
Chronos sighed and nodded at Hancock.
This was his biggest worry. He had to stay alive.
Hancock had not been a slave for long, so if he survived, he might have a chance to escape, to become stronger, and to avenge the original owner of the body!
While talking to Hancock in a low voice, Chronos scanned the group.
In the crowd, there were muscular men over two meters tall, hardened criminals with fierce auras, and beautiful women, but they all had one thing in common: their expressions were numb.
Just then, the man in the suit led them to a palace.
The palace doors opened, and they saw a lecherous man wearing a bubble helmet, looking at several Devil Fruits and occasionally asking questions to the people beside him.
Seeing this scene, Chronos breathed a sigh of relief, and whispered to Hancock, "It should be fine this time. That Celestial Dragon has Devil Fruits in front of him. He probably wants to make slaves eat the Devil Fruits and watch the effects of their abilities for fun."
However, the extravagance of the Celestial Dragons still made Chronos secretly click his tongue.
In the outside world, a single Devil Fruit was worth at least 100 million Berries, but here, it was just a toy for their amusement.
Chronos then remembered that this was when Hancock would acquire her Devil Fruit ability.
With that thought, it seemed there was no danger this time. As long as he stayed low, he could hold on until they were rescued.
Thinking of this, Chronos instructed Hancock, "Just be quiet and don't talk later. If you are chosen, just go and eat the Devil Fruit, and use the ability as you're told. There shouldn't be any danger!"
Hancock nodded at Chronos, indicating that she understood.
They were herded into the center of the hall.
Saint Charlos casually grabbed a Devil Fruit and walked among them, beginning to choose who would eat it.
Then, he saw the muscular man who was over two meters tall, and his eyes lit up.
"Come on, eat this, and let me see what interesting ability this fruit has!"
The muscular man numbly took the fruit and took a big bite.
An extremely disgusting, foul-smelling taste rushed to the man's head, making his stomach instantly react, churning constantly.
Ugh~
The extremely disgusting taste of the Devil Fruit made the muscular man almost vomit.
Luckily, he covered his mouth in time and swallowed the fruit, enduring the nausea.
If he hadn't eaten it, he might have been shot and killed by the Celestial Dragon.
"Hahahahaha, so funny, that's the expression! The Devil Fruit really is the most disgusting thing in this world, that expression is so interesting!"
Chronos frowned at Saint Charlos's wicked amusement.
These Celestial Dragons really treated people like toys, entertaining themselves with all sorts of disgusting pleasures.
"Show me your ability!"
Saint Charlos commanded the slave.
The slave took a deep breath and began to use his Devil Fruit ability. The muscular man instantly turned into a lizard that was almost two meters long.
His aura became violent, and he bared his teeth, showing his ferocious appearance.
Bang—
A bullet shot into the lizard's eye, and the lizard died instantly, turning back into a human.
"Tch, it's a Zoan-type fruit, and a disgusting lizard at that..."
The gunshot also made all the slaves present tremble. These Celestial Dragons did things entirely based on their moods. If they were in a bad mood, someone could be killed.
Seeing this scene, Chronos couldn't help but recall the bad memories from the original owner of the body.
Especially since these memories were from the body he was in, some of the wounds on Chronos's body even started to throb with the memories.
As the saying goes, the look in your eyes when you want to kill someone cannot be hidden.
Chronos's eyes were filled with murderous intent as he looked at Saint Charlos, and he couldn't help but come up with various ways to kill Saint Charlos.
Just then, Chronos felt a cold gaze sweep over him.
He lowered his head and subtly looked around, seeing a masked man in a suit with a long katana at his waist looking his way.
This caused Chronos to quickly lower his head and hide the killing intent in his heart for Saint Charlos.
Just then, Saint Charlos grabbed a fruit and looked at Hancock, saying to her, "It's a heart-shaped fruit, so let this girl eat it!"
Hancock trembled all over, not knowing what to do!
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