World Government is actually very good at judging people's abilities.
The pirates who landed on Aden Kingdom weren't chosen randomly. Most of them were vicious criminals who were content with their small territories and used to robbing people.
As local bullies, they didn't have grand ambitions. One Piece left by the Pirate King, or any other dreams, had nothing to do with them.
They just wanted to enjoy the present and revel in their power and status.
These kinds of guys are the easiest to control.
So, after landing on Aden Kingdom, many pirates immediately started doing what they were best at --
Killing?
Well, that's what it should have been, but these pirates quickly noticed something was wrong.
...
"Ahahaha, kill!"
A pirate laughed and swung his sword, but when the blade hit the crystal, it sparked.
The pirate didn't notice and continued to swing, until the Aden Kingdom resident in front of him was covered in blood and gore. Then he stopped.
"Huff... huff, this thing is hard to chop!"
The pirate sighed, but he was still very happy that World Government had given him such a good chance to vent his desire to kill.
But then, Hiluluk's voice came from the loudspeaker.
The broadcast began.
...
A few minutes later.
"Tch."
The pirate spat and muttered, "What the hell? Is that guy trying to get these ugly people to fight back?"
"Ugh..."
A noise at his feet caught the pirate's attention.
He looked down and saw that the Crystal Demon he had hacked to pieces was still alive. Although he couldn't get up, his body was trembling.
"Oh, you're tough!"
The pirate put his sword on the Crystal Demon man's neck, intending to cut his head off.
The crystals were as hard and tough as bulletproof glass, which was annoying. But the pirate knew their weakness: just hack at the parts not covered in crystal.
Just then, a pebble flew over and hit the pirate in the head.
Thwack!
The pebble hit him, but it didn't hurt. Still, it got the pirate's attention.
"Who's there?"
The pirate turned and saw a little girl standing in the corner of a ruined house not far away.
She was also infected with the Crystal Demon virus and was throwing rocks at the pirate.
Thwack!
The rock hit the pirate's forehead, and he felt a sharp pain. He reached up and touched it, discovering that he was bleeding!
"You little brat, you're asking for it..."
The pirate gripped his sword and walked towards the little girl.
Suddenly, he stopped. Something had grabbed his ankle.
The pirate looked down and saw that it was the Crystal Demon man he thought he had killed!
"D... don't touch..."
The man muttered with difficulty, his throat making low growls.
"Huh?"
The pirate raised an eyebrow and put the sword back on the man's neck.
"What did you say? I didn't hear you!"
"I said..."
Just as the man was about to speak, the pirate suddenly put all his strength into cutting through the man's neck.
But something unexpected happened.
He was using all his strength, but he couldn't push the blade down. It felt like he was pressing the sword against steel, unable to cut through!
The pirate was stunned. There wasn't any hard crystal where he was trying to cut.
He looked down and saw something even more shocking.
New crystal crystals appeared where the blade was pressing, as if they had suddenly grown out of nowhere.
The man, who had only been half Crystal Demon, was now completely transformed into a crystal monster, with no gaps on his body. He was entirely covered in incredibly hard crystal armor!
"I said, don't touch my daughter!"
The man roared and jumped up, punching the pirate in the face.
"Puh!"
The pirate felt like his head was about to fly off.
The force of the blow shattered his jawbone into pieces, and he flew to the side, crashing through several walls before finally stopping.
The debris buried the pirate, and he was dead.
The Crystal Demon walked straight to the little girl after taking care of the pirate.
The girl didn't run away, because she saw her father's face in the Crystal Demon's face.
"Dad..."
The girl watched as the Crystal Demon's claws reached for her head, but she didn't move.
Crystals fell from the Crystal Demon's body, eventually turning the man back to the way he looked when the Crystal Demon virus first appeared, revealing part of his human face.
"It's okay... it's okay..."
The man stroked his daughter's head and hugged her, comforting her, "Dad's here, it's okay, don't worry..."
...
The change in the man's body seemed to be a signal.
Throughout the Aden Kingdom, many infected people who were being slaughtered by the pirates underwent some kind of change.
The amount of crystal on their bodies suddenly exploded, turning into full sets of crystal armor that covered every part of their bodies.
At the same time, their physical abilities were greatly enhanced. Some even used their teeth to break the pirates' swords!
They heard Hiluluk's voice and realized one thing: if they wanted to protect their home land and family, they had to rely on themselves!
So, the Aden Kingdom residents' "counterattack" began.
Some of the people infected with the Crystal Demon virus suddenly showed a "complete Crystal Demon transformation," greatly increasing their defense and their power.
The pirates were just a bunch of trash who didn't deserve to be locked up in Impel Down. Faced with a real counterattack, they were helpless and quickly defeated.
...
What did the man who first completed the "full-body Crystal Demon transformation" do?
For him, he was just trying to protect his daughter, which was something any father would do.
But in fact, he did much more than that.
In a sense, the man's actions have become history worth recording.
...
That day, a new "race" appeared on the sea.
They were originally humans, but they became half-human, half-Crystal Demon "monsters" because they were infected with an unknown virus.
They were not accepted by the world, but they found their own home.
They called themselves "The Forsaken."
...
Later generations described them like this.
If the Fish-Man Squad was the strongest fighting force of the Four Seas Alliance at sea...
Then the Forsaken Legion was undoubtedly the "strongest land force" of the Four Seas Alliance!
...
That day, the first "Forsaken" awakened.
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