Chapter 190: War with the Charlotte Family (5)
The massive Kontor fell to the ground with a heavy thud, no longer moving.
"Ah!" The young girl on Kontor's body fell to the ground.
"Brother!" The agile Cabaletta rushed to Kontor's side, flipping his body over to face up.
Black, unknown curse markings covered Kontor's body, and his eyes were filled with terror.
His thick fingers reached for Kontor's nonexistent neck, and like being stung by a scorpion, he suddenly pulled his hand back, unable to believe what he was seeing. "There's no pulse..."
"Be careful!" Opera suddenly shouted loudly.
Akame took advantage of Cabaletta's full attention on his brother Kontor to launch a surprise attack from behind. Her lethal strike, Murasame, was like the Grim Reaper's scythe, aiming to collect the lives of the five brothers.
Of course, the other brothers wouldn't just watch as this happened.
"Die!" With a surge of brute strength, Cadenza raised his fist and slammed it toward Akame. "How dare you! How dare you kill my brother!"
"Buried." A jet-black blade flashed as it cut through Cadenza's arm.
Blood sprayed out as his armored Haki couldn't stop the sharp Murasame, and Akame cleanly sliced off his right arm and half of it.
"Ah~!" The immense pain hit him, and Cadenza screamed in agony. His strong arm was severed, and blood sprayed from the wound.
Akame leaped into the air, dodging a creamy attack from the ground and then cutting through Cadenza's thick neck with one strike.
His brown beard fluttered off as a large spherical al object fell from his body, and after a brief pause, blood gushed out like a fountain, showering the area in a crimson rain.
"Brother (or sister)!"
…
Clang—
The blue-colored demon swung a large sword, relentlessly attacking Scáthach .
"Good strength, but terrible swordsmanship!" Scáthach parried the demon's sword, her crimson long spear circling behind her waist. With a sudden switch, she thrust it out.
"What?" Daifuku was stunned by her superb spear skills.
The magic spear pierced the demon's chest, sending its massive body flying and carrying the nearby chess soldiers along its trajectory.
"Didn't pierce through it..." Scáthach used her spear to carve a Rune, "Rune, send the power here!"
Red lightning surged and wrapped around Scáthach 's entire body.
Scáthach 's eyes flickered with a red light. "Is that the High Heat Fist..."
Oven , with his fiery hairstyle, raised his heated right fist and struck toward the unprepared Scáthach .
"High Heat Fist!"
A magic spear materialized in Scáthach 's left hand, and using her right foot as a pivot, she quickly spun her body. She deflected the High Heat Fist with her left-hand spear and thrust her right-hand spear straight toward Oven 's chest.
Oven laughed. "Watch me melt your spear away!"
Scáthach 's Observation Haki sensed the trajectory of the attack, and Oven , using his Armament Haki and his Heat Heat Devil Fruit ability, protected his chest with three layers of defense. He was confident that he could take the hit without injury.
However, Scáthach 's Akame flickered constantly, and her Clairvoyance [Thousand Mile Eye] was used to its fullest in this battle.
With a barely noticeable twist of her wrist, she tricked Oven 's Observation Haki, and unexpectedly struck another part of his body.
"Swish"
The sharp sound of the blade entering flesh was heard as the spear pierced Oven 's lower abdomen, the sharp tip going all the way through, reaching fifty centimeters deep.
If this was the real world, you could have seen the tip of the spear through his back.
But in the pirate world, where everyone was a monster, this wound for the nearly five-meter-tall Oven was only considered a moderate injury.
Daifuku, in his blue attire, shouted angrily, "Oven ! Hurry, save him!"
The blue demon got up from behind and, following Daifuku's command, raised his large sword and flew toward Scáthach .
"Demon Slash!"
Oven 's body tightened, and the terrible pain from the wound shot through his nervous system, making his brain twitch.
True to the Charlotte family's warriors, years of experience allowed him to endure the pain. He gripped the spear tightly with his left hand and reached toward the nearby Scáthach with his right.
"Heh..." Scáthach chuckled lightly, releasing the spear and retreating, dodging both the demon and Oven 's attacks.
"Watch me melt your spear!" Oven drew both long spears and heated them. From the refracted light distorting in the air, he could tell his spear was heated to an incredible temperature.
"Why? Why is this spear not melting?!" Oven shouted in disbelief.
Scáthach didn't answer. She threw another spear with force toward Oven .
Oven used one hand to knock the thrown spear away, but as the weakened spear fell under Scáthach 's control, it pierced through Oven 's fist and returned to Scáthach 's hand in mid-air.
"Hmm, it's a bit hot." Scáthach used her shadow to separate her hand from the spear's handle, gripping the now-red hot Death's Falcon.
"Oven , are you alright?" Daifuku, connecting his demon to his waist, rushed to Oven 's side, who was supporting himself with one hand while clutching his wound with the other.
"Ah..." Oven groaned in pain.
The sizzling sound of a hot grill came from Oven 's abdomen, and the smell of cooked flesh began to rise.
Charlotte's fourth son, Oven , heated his wound to stop the bleeding, the original stab wound replaced with a small burn.
Oven , with his fiery hairstyle, stood up again. The two brothers, like two pillars, flanked Scáthach , setting up a pincer formation.
"Looks like it's not just the bounty from killing the Celestial Dragons that's too high; her power is quite strong too."
"We certainly can't underestimate this woman. Let's take her down together."
"You've got two, so I'll... Shadow Master!" Scáthach used ice blocks made from Runes to quickly cool down the spear, and her shadow on the ground began to stir.
A figure identical to Scáthach 's emerged from the ground, completely black. Scáthach tossed the Shadow Master a spear, and both assumed the same attacking stance.
"!!" Daifuku and Oven widened their eyes in shock. "What is this ability?!"
"Let's do it, a 2V2 battle!" Scáthach charged at Daifuku, while the Shadow Master attacked Oven .
"Demon Hunt!" The demon swung its giant sword downward. Scáthach , using her [Thousand Mile Eye], had already anticipated the attack and sidestepped it. She stomped on the ground, circled around the demon's body, and charged at Daifuku.
"What...!" Daifuku, who usually relied on the demon for combat, was weak in close combat. He couldn't avoid Scáthach 's sudden acceleration. His arms were armored with Haki and crossed in front of his chest. He ordered the demon to return and help him.
[Thousand Mile Eye] saw Daifuku's defensive range, and the spear's tip snaked around his defenses, piercing through Charlotte Daifuku's chest.
"Ugh... damn it!" Daifuku spat out blood and roared in frustration, "Use the Demon to finish it!"
"Hot Wind Punch!" Hot wind surrounded his fist as he punched toward the Shadow Master. The scorching air could even burn the enemy's respiratory system.
Unfortunately, the Shadow Master, unaffected by the high temperatures, firmly resisted Oven 's heated punch with his spear.
"Too bad your shadow clone can't use Haki. It's no match for me!" Oven raised another fist, this time using Haki, and punched the Shadow Master again.
"Shadow Warrior!" Scáthach and the Shadow Master swapped places.
"What!" Daifuku and Oven were both shocked by the situation. The demon's raised large sword turned to strike the Shadow Master, but it hit Daifuku as well.
The massive blade cleaved through the Shadow Master's black body, leaving a huge wound from Daifuku's left shoulder to his right lower abdomen.
Daifuku immediately lost consciousness, and the demon disappeared.
Scáthach , now standing before Oven , stepped up, placing her foot on Oven 's left fist and leaping above him.
At this moment, Scáthach saw Oven 's stunned expression reflected in her eyes.
"Hold on—show me!"
Red lightning fell from the sky!
(END CHAPTER)
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