Chapter 235: The Fairy's Revenge
"Ah, how is this possible?"
Gatz's voice finally rang out, filled with shock and disbelief.
"The powerful Lord Diamante has actually been defeated by an unknown contestant!"
That shout jolted the audience awake from their stunned silence.
"How could he lose?"
"Lord Diamante!"
Despair rose in waves through the arena.
Diamante was one of the top executives under Dressrosa's King, Donquixote Doflamingo.
In this country, he was someone who held real power.
Yet now, he had died just like that.
One could imagine the shock it caused.
As the audience, whether because of gratitude or because they were already trapped within the atmosphere of the Colosseum, their emotions quickly filled the entire arena.
Normally, if such a thing had happened to anyone else, they would have laughed it off.
After all, contestants in the arena fought with their lives on the line for the rewards they desired, while the audience only came to enjoy the thrill.
If this had been another fighter, they would already be screaming in excitement, cheering for the mysterious challenger.
But this was Diamante.
The beloved executive of their king.
Axel stood at the center of everyone's attention and slowly swept his red eyes across the spectators.
He had no intention of revealing the truth to them.
He only felt pity and sorrow for these people who had been blinded by Doflamingo.
Even if he spoke the truth now, those who were already covered by Doflamingo's so-called benevolence probably would not even consider the possibility.
Some people wanted to denounce Axel for killing the beloved Diamante.
But a single glance from him choked their voices back.
What kind of gaze was that?
The sun above the arena cast its brilliance onto Axel's body, making those red eyes stand out even more.
Light reflected in his pupils like bright stars in the sky.
A rock-like majesty rose from him.
He looked rational, yet carried an indifference and coldness that made it difficult for anyone to resist him.
Before him, the gap felt insurmountable.
"Tell Doflamingo."
Axel's voice was cold as he announced his intentions to the world.
"This is only the beginning."
A single stone stirred a thousand waves.
He was provoking the king of this country.
Provoking one of the powerhouses of this world.
Combined with his killing of Diamante, there was no doubt what he was doing.
He was declaring war on Doflamingo.
While everyone was still stunned, Axel lightly stomped his foot.
It was only a small stomp, almost like a child throwing a tantrum.
But the impact it caused was massive.
Like a comet striking the earth, the entire battle stage, forged from hard ground and steel plates, disintegrated in an instant.
However, no underground factory appeared beneath it.
Axel frowned.
He was not surprised by the result.
While standing above, he had already sensed nothing unusual below.
Of course, he had not ruled out the possibility that the enemy was using some strange equipment to interfere with his Calculation Power perception.
That was why he tore the stage open to check.
It was obvious his perception had not been wrong.
There was nothing below.
Then where exactly was the Tontatta Tribe?
This attack on the arena had not only been part of his plan to prune Doflamingo's wings.
He had also intended to resolve the matter of the Tontatta Tribe.
After the previous failed attack on the arena, Axel had gone to Green Bit, which was connected to Dressrosa.
There, he had met the little companions of the Tontatta Kingdom.
They had established a cooperative relationship to deal with the Donquixote Family together, and Axel had accepted their request to rescue their captured compatriots.
In his memory, the captured Tontatta Tribe members had been forced to work beneath the arena.
But clearly, that was not the case right now.
Axel did not continue thinking too deeply.
He casually used the direct sunlight to hide his form, then left the Colosseum.
"Where... where is he?"
Gatz looked around in bewilderment.
As someone who could provide perfect commentary at almost any time, he had no idea what to say now.
The person at the center of everyone's attention had appeared in an instant and vanished just as quickly.
How was he supposed to explain that?
At that moment, some spectators spoke up at just the right time.
"A... fairy?"
These were the spectators who had seen Axel cause a commotion outside the gate earlier.
When Axel had scanned the crowd just now, they had recognized his appearance.
He was indeed the same child who had appeared outside the gate and then suddenly disappeared.
The word fairy instantly became something people could cling to.
Only that word seemed capable of explaining so many inexplicable things.
His sudden appearance.
His sudden disappearance.
His appearance unknown to the world.
His strength surpassing Diamante.
His unparalleled destructive power.
All of those mysteries combined into one answer.
A fairy.
It seemed that as long as they called him a fairy, everything could be explained.
Gatz had his doubts about this.
But seeing the mood in the venue gradually shift, he had no intention of going against it.
Instead, he followed along.
"The one who suddenly appeared on the stage was actually a fairy!"
His voice echoed through the Colosseum.
"Then who exactly is this fairy? Why did he kill the beloved Lord Diamante and declare war on our king at the same time?"
"Could it be that the fairies have begun their revenge against us?"
"Revenge for taking away their home?"
"Revenge for disturbing their peace?"
Gatz's explanation gained the approval of many people.
When disaster fell on people's own heads, they often did not first question whether something was true or false.
Instead, they considered how much impact it would cause.
How far it would spread.
Whether they could avoid it.
And what they should do next.
As this dramatic scene in the Colosseum came to an end, Diamante's body was quickly taken away by the national guards.
Then another piece of news began to spread.
The Fairy's Revenge.
The legendary fairy had returned, carrying resentment with him.
He had begun taking revenge against humans, provoking the great king, all to bury everyone on the island.
Doflamingo looked at the report handed to him and could not help laughing.
The person responsible for reporting the information lowered his head and did not dare move.
He knew very well that whenever the master before him was in a bad mood, he would laugh like this.
The last time he had seen this expression was when another partner had died.
"You mean to tell me... Diamante was killed by a fairy?"
Doflamingo's smile remained on his face.
But that laughter was far more terrifying than a roar.
His calm voice was laced with silent fury.
"Yes. According to the information gathered from the investigation, it was indeed a black-haired fairy who killed him."
The intelligence officer trembled as he reported what he knew.
"He pierced Lord Diamante's heart from behind with a single arm."
His head lowered as far as it could go.
Fairies might be mysterious to ordinary people.
But to Doflamingo, they were only the Tontatta Tribe.
Could such a little creature kill Diamante?
Don't be ridiculous.
"Fufufufu..."
Doflamingo laughed.
"If you can't provide more accurate information, then you can go accompany Diamante."
The subordinate's face turned pale with terror.
He was certain Doflamingo meant what he said.
He frantically searched through all the information he knew, organizing it into words as quickly as he could.
Then he hurriedly spoke.
"The information about the fairy is only a rumor from the streets. The actual situation is that it was a black-haired child, about ten years old, with red eyes, and..."
Swish.
A thin thread sliced through the man's body.
His words stopped there forever.
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