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The Red-Haired brothers had lived in God Valley for a year, and many people here had seen them before.
"These are two children I was entrusted to save."
Beltz said, "I'll have to trouble you all to look after them for a bit."
"Don't you worry! We will never let anything happen to the children!"
The people of God Valley were quite kind-hearted.
Faced with danger, their first instinct was to protect the elderly and the children.
The only problem was that not a single one of them dared to resist the tyranny of the Celestial Dragons.
Of course, resisting would only mean death, as they couldn't possibly defeat the guarding Marines.
However, Beltz wasn't exactly finding fault with them.
After all, he didn't play into that victim-blaming mentality.
To put it bluntly, this was the sin of two groups of bastards. Everyone in God Valley was a victim of the Celestial Dragons and the Marines.
Soon, half an hour had passed.
They hadn't been discovered here, as the pirates were all rushing toward the central area.
They didn't know that the treasures in the center had already been cleared out by Beltz. Furthermore, Shakky, the main objective of their trip, was still in the very center, so they naturally wouldn't care about the people in this peripheral corner.
Kuma and the others returned on time. They hadn't acted together, but had each brought back some people separately.
The number was smaller than Beltz had expected, totaling only about three thousand people. It seemed not many survivors were left on the island.
An island of a hundred thousand people, and in just two hours, they were almost all dead... "Kuma, I can see you are a kind child. I'll give you two choices."
Beltz looked at the returning Kuma and said seriously, "You can stay here and continue saving people, and I will give you a Devil Fruit."
"Or, you can leave with us right now."
"Huh?" Kuma was stunned for a moment, but he quickly made his choice: "Mister Beltz, I want to stay! I want to save more people!"
"As expected." Beltz took out the Paw Paw Fruit: "This fruit, as expected, is most suitable for you to eat."
"Wait, Kuma! We'll stay with you!"
The ones speaking were still those who had gone out with Kuma before, including Ivankov and Ginny.
"No, you staying will only drag Kuma down."
Beltz rejected their proposal directly and added, "Don't worry, after I send you out, I will come back. At that time, I'll leave together with Kuma."
"As for you all..."
"After I send you out, do not move around recklessly and do not panic. These waters are full of pirates. Wait for Kuma and me to meet up with you."
"Ah, Kuma... can you do it?" Ginny looked at Kuma with some concern.
"I don't know..."
Kuma looked at the Devil Fruit in his hand and whispered, "I just want to save more people."
"You can do it, because you are the true hand of liberation."
Beltz patted Kuma's shoulder: "To have the courage to save people you've never met on such a hellish island, your courage is greater than anyone else's."
"Praying to the heavens won't save anyone. To save lives, you can only use your own hands."
"Go on, I'll come back to support you!"
Looking at everyone's eyes, Kuma's gaze became increasingly determined, and he ate the Devil Fruit in his hand in one bite!
Unlike Beltz, who only took a small bite, he swallowed all the fruit pulp in one go.
Beltz opened his mouth; he wanted to say that you don't have to eat the whole Devil Fruit, but Kuma didn't know that. Perhaps worried that the devil's power might escape, he swallowed the entire Paw Paw Fruit in one gulp.
Good grief, Kuma actually ate something that tastes that foul without even flinching.
"I'm going to save people now!"
Kuma showed a resolute look and then quickly ran outside the perimeter Beltz had designated.
"Then stand firm, we're about to set off too."
Beltz took a deep breath. Once Kuma had run off, he transformed into the Azure Dragon in the next instant!
The massive form of the Azure Dragon appeared over God Valley once again!
Enormous Flame Clouds rose beneath the piece of land that had been cut away, lifting this chunk of earth up from God Valley!
Boom!
The massive force lifting the island shocked the people on top. Although Beltz had mentioned his method of leaving before, experiencing it firsthand was still staggering.
"That's the kid who stole the Azure Dragon Fruit! We can't let him just run away!"
The Marines who had formed a blockade outside the island saw the giant Azure Dragon appear above and immediately aimed their cannons at Beltz.
The Azure Dragon Fruit was a prize prepared by the Celestial Dragons. Now it had been stolen by some unknown person, and even all the treasures on the island were gone; this had the Celestial Dragons fuming with rage.
If they couldn't capture this person, then even if they returned from God Valley, they would certainly be punished by the Celestial Dragons!
They began firing toward the sky, but because Beltz was flying too high, their attacks couldn't hit at all!
However, some Marines who knew the Six Powers and could use Moonwalk stepped onto the air and ran up at this moment, seemingly intent on completely intercepting Beltz in God Valley.
What happened in God Valley was top secret. Even if it wasn't for the Celestial Dragons' Devil Fruit and treasures, they couldn't be allowed to leave just like that!
"Aren't you Marines supposed to uphold justice?! Why are you doing this?!"
Seeing the Marines below constantly firing at them, the civilians above couldn't hold back anymore and shouted angrily at the Marines below.
"God Valley is a non-World Government affiliated nation, so you have no human rights!"
A Marine responded loudly. One person drew a sword and slashed directly at Beltz!
Boom!
But Beltz simply flicked his tail, and that powerful dragon body sent him flying. Immediately after, another Bolo Breath followed, directly blowing up a Marine warship below!
The Marine warship exploded instantly. The Marines on board were either melted by the Bolo Breath or sent flying into the seawater by the explosion!
"Damned monster!"
The Marines on other warships glared with rage, while those flying up with Moonwalk continued to launch attacks at Beltz.
But... it was all useless!
Their damage output couldn't break through Beltz's dragon scale defense at all!
Don't you understand what 'stats' mean?
Go take your complaints to the game designer!
Wind blades!
Beltz swung out a large number of wind blades, instantly piercing the Marines who had rushed up until they were covered in blood!
One by one, they could no longer hold on and fell from the sky.
Beltz didn't go as far as to exterminate them all, mainly because he had to escort these civilians out now.
He didn't have time to get tangled up with these Marines.
However, before leaving, he fired another Bolo Breath at a warship.
Boom!
Another massive explosion, and another Marine warship burst apart on the sea!
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