Regan couldn't believe his own two eyes. He knelt down and began shaking her corpse vehemently. He knew she was dead, but the boy refused to believe it. He ignored the bullets that came crashing down on his skin. Some of them stung more than the others, and so Regan raised up his arm which was coated in haki and began protecting his face.
''Dammit! Rose! Wake up! Wake up!'' No response, nothing but silence, shouts and curses, and the throat-tearing screams of men and women alike as they darted away to not be caught in the line of fire.
He turned Rose over on her back, and almost threw up in horror. Not too long ago he had seen her happy, cheerful, much to eager to help in his fathers business. Now her eyes were to forever glare at the sky, an aghast look forever remaining on her face, redolent of the bullet that had claimed her life. There was blood still flowing copiously from out of the wound, gloving Regan's entire hand with the warm crimson.
Regan reeled away from the corpse, her lifeless eyes faring too much for his shattered heart. Though, his heart was shattered before he had turned her, but now her empty gaze had crushed the little fragments into a thousand motes that stung at his flesh like a thousand little wasps.
With grief came anger. They followed each other and joined hands like two lovers performing a rumba. Regan rose to his feet and stepped over Rose's body, his gaze now fixed on the approaching marines. Some of them were rear admirals, others were captains that he had never heard of. But they did not give off the air of a transmigrater that Tina Lothbrook had given off.
Regan then summoned every single one of his stats.
[Dedmond Dantes Armament Haki]
Stage: Coating [R1]
Opponents Defeated With Armament Haki: 37
Opponents To Be Defeated With Armament Haki Until Next Rank: [37/50]
Opponents To Be Defeated With Armament Haki Until Next Stage: [37/300]
Perks: 15% Melee Boost, 15% Sword Boost, 15% Gun Boost, 15% Defense Boost
He had defeated quite a few marines along the way, the number of defeated opponents now totaling 37. It wouldn't be long before he reached the next rank of his stage, and at the rate he was going at, and at the rate he was sure to go at in the grand line and in the new world, Regan was sure to pass through the stages with relative ease.
He then brought up his observation haki stat.
[Dedmond Dantes Observation Haki]
Stage: Intent/Emotion Sensing R1
Dodges Available: 5/5
Dodges Needed Until R2 Of Stage: [54/50]
Dodges Needed Until Next Stage: [54/150]
He had already surpassed the number of dodges he needed to perform in order to reach the next stage of his observation haki. The system slithered vile words into his ear that spoke of his merits more than his own thoughts did.
[You Have Accrued The Dodges Needed To Reach The Next Rank]
[Would You Like To Proceed]
Sure. If it'll help me kill these people 'better.'
[Proceeding...]
[You Have Reached The Rank 2 Of The Intent/Emotion Sensing Stage]
[Dedmond Dantes Observation Haki]
Stage: Intent/Emotion Sensing R2
Dodges Available: 10/10
Dodges Needed Until R3 Of Stage: [4/50]
Dodges Needed Until Next Stage: [4/150]
After having his new observation stats revealed to him, Regan moved onto his stats and his points.
[Dedmond Dantes Stats]
Rank: Novice [234/2000]
Melee: 2000[MAX]
Defense: 2000[MAX]
Sword: 105
DF Power: 0
Gun: 60
[Dedmond Dantes Points]
Total Available Points: 1612
Melee Points: 223
Defense Points: 1389
Sword Points: 0
DF Points: 0
Gun points: 0
He gained essence and points after murdering a myriad of the marines. If he could give the system a disparaging eye roll directly to its face he would, for he often grew tired of the fact that he couldn't progress his stats if he did not have enough essence. It was an irritating wall that he wanted so badly to break down with his only fist.
But it mattered not. He knew he would gain more by slaughtering the rest of the marines that remained on the island. He grew more incensed with every passing second. He cocked his eyes up to the marines, his eyes slick with malice, and leapt at them. His fist was coated in haki, and he plowed through many of the young aspiring navy-men as if they were nothing but bricks of hay.
He dodged every single bullet that came his way until his dodges ran out and the cooldown came in effect, then he simply turned to the intrepid soldiers who had the gall to continue fighting, and snapped their necks right where they stood. All it took was a single chop.
There were so many bodies piling up that Regan began to suspect that their numbers were truly infinite. As he continued plowing through them, he found Izgrim cowering as a marine dragged him away, his hands in cuffs. He put an end to this marines life too, a single punch to the throat was all it took.
He pulled Izgrim up to his feet and crushed the handcuffs with a single iron grip and then ripped them away from Izgrim's wrists. They were not made out of seastone, courtesy of Izgrim being a normal civilian, otherwise he would've not been able to perform such a feat.
''Run! You idiot, run!'' Regan bellowed, grabbing the collar of his shirt and hurling him away as if he was nothing but a weightless puppy.
After this, Regan continued fighting. If a fight it could be called. It was much akin to a slaughter. What continued to commence was minutes of brutal, senseless murder as marines continued dropping with every strike he made. Some of them got the memo and began to ran, others simply froze in fear as the enraged teenage boy was now perceived to be too much for them.
There weren't many marines left. Those that were willing to still fight that is. Regan didn't know which one of them had pulled the trigger that ended Rose's life, and so he took to taking them all out instead.
That is what he would have done if not for the figure that came plummeting down from the sky. Regan could feel its intention and malice from a mile away, dragging his attention up into the air. Some of the marines took this as a moment of vulnerability, charging forward at a supposedly unsuspecting man, but Regan quickly killed the ones that dared to approach him.
The figure got closer and closer. Regan found that it was gripping a sword. It had it raised above its head, meaning to bring it down on the unfortunate target. That target being Regan, of course. Regan thought as much as he figured out who the figure was.
Tina! You fucker! So you're back!
''I told you to get off of this island, Dantes!'' She screeched, her voice coming out like thunder. The blade in her hand was coated by haki, and there was pink lightning dancing around it. Regan knew that kind of lightning all too well. He had seen it multiple times when reading the Wano arc of One Piece.
Conquerors haki! Fuck, fuck!
There was no defending against that, Regan knew. If he tried to it would spell his ultimate death. So he took to doing what any other reasonable man would do. He ran.