Serious; The Dusk Pirates; Chapter 10; The legendary tower of Vavel (Open to the Dusk Pirates)

Sogun vs Suigo

"This is much more difficult than I thought at the start of the battle! You really are worth your bounty, Hanashi Suigo!" Sogun commented to the man who was keeping up with him over the course of the battle and was leaving him no space to slash him and take him down. Then, when he noticed the slash of his enemy, Sogun moved one of his two katanas horizontally and blocked the slash at the torso. Another loud sound was heard at the collision of the two weapons. However, Sogun had an advantage. He had one more sword... With a smile on his face, he swung the other katana towards Suigo in an attempt to ultimately slash him.

Maha (Watching Sogun vs Suigo)

"Suigo-sama!!!" Maha shouted when Sogun was about to perform his slash with his second katana while blocking Suigo's sword with his other. He was worried about his superior officer, or at least that was what he showed.

Quatrum vs Sabres

"TAKE THIS!" Quatrum said and tried to perform a shockwave technique towards Sabres. However, something else happened before he could actually do so. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH!!!" Quatrum yelled when the barrage of shockwaves struck him on the air. Before he could perform a movement to dodge the attack or attack Sabres, the brute officer of the Black Cross Pirates performed a barrage of powerful shockwaves which ultimately struck Quatrum while they were on the air. Blood came out from the man's mouth and from his nose and his eyes turned to white.

Winner: Sabres

The two kept falling and falling and a few seconds later, they reached another tunnel. The unconscious body of Quatrum and Sabres reached the ground and apparently, somebody else... The tunnel they had reached was none other than the tunnel in which Wormus was waiting for the first people who would arrive. Wormus could be seen standing in front of a door. Only the door could be seen at the end of the tunnel and nothing else. The rest of the tower was still buried under the ground.

"Wow... It looks like you managed to defeat Quatrum... I must praise you for that." Wormus commented. "With Quatrum defeated, I deem that he is disqualified." Wormus said before he slowly walked towards the man's unconscious body and performed a kick through his head. The man's head was ultimately pierced by the kicking attack and parts of his brain were scattered around. "Now that Quatrum is dead, two of the participants have reached me and will have a chance to move with me through the tower." Wormus said and he pointed towards a man behind Sabres.

"Hey. Long time no see, Sabres!" Jason said with a smile on his face. He had already reached Wormus. With this, two of the three people who would move with Wormus at the top of the tower to see its revival were decided. Who would be the third one?

Suigo
Suigo merely smirks, and then, probably much to everyone else's surprise, he doesn't seem to do much in return, and gets a slash horizontally right across his chest. Some blood sprays out, however, surely a veteran swordsman like Sogun could tell that something was wrong. Cutting thought that chest was surely far harder than one would expect, and the injury doesn't seem to be as severe as one might expect. Still grinning, Suigo raises his sword away from the one there was a collision with, and attempts to once again strike Sogun down with it, this time an all out downward swing aiming to slash the enemy right in the middle.

Sabres
"Damn, now that's a meeting I was not looking forward to have .." Sabres says, seeing that he took down one of the enemies only to end up around the two leaders of their enemies. He looks at his right arm, which seems quite damaged, and sighs, then yawns a bit, and addresses to Wormus. "I'll be honest, I wasn't exactly paying attention to what you said, your voice was really boring so I just imagined myself stomping on your head, shutting you down." Sabres responds, defiant between those two that are probably stronger than him, and then turns towards Jason and cracks his left hand. "Now, if you please come at me one at a time, this might actually work." Seems that Sabres is not the type of person to wait, willing to attack such formidable, and stronger, enemies, all by himself.

Nathan started to smile a little after he heard the mysterious guy, he liked him. Still there was one thing he did not understood. Why was he with them all the time. Was he doing some kind of research? This was the question Nathan aksed himself but he didn't bother asking him, there was more important things than that. Nathan steped 2 steps to side for a while, He looked a little bit around. It's not like he was seeing much, but he still wanted to check if there is anything to see.
I feel some heavy vibrations in one of the tunnels, might be Maximillion rampaging, maybe? He asked Lappy. And added Shall we go look? At the end.

Sogun vs Suigo

"Damn it... He is pretty endurant..." Sogun thought when the slash hit the enemy and then he was about to strike back. Suigo was trying to cut down Sogun in the middle. Now that was a really dangerous attack. Sogun had to endure it no matter what, unless he wanted to die. With a quick movement, the swordsman from the land of Wano raised his sword and blocked the slash by placing his sword horizontally, just like before. The two swords clashed once again. However, this time, something unexpected happened. The sword slipped off from Sogun's right hand that was carrying it and guided Suigo's katana on Sogun's right hand. The katana slashed the hand and cut it down and blood came out from Sogun's arm. Suigo had just performed his first direct hit at the enemy.

However, even if that happened, Sogun did not look like he lost his morale. He was more than ready to counter attack. With his left hand that was carrying his second katana, he attempted to pierce Suigo at his right shoulder with a stabbing attack in order to make his right hand useless for a while as well. "Now... we... are even!" Sogun commented while attacking Suigo.

Wormus (With Jason and Sabres)

"Relax, I am not attacking you or letting anybody attack you until everybody arrives here and until we reach the top of the tower. I am pretty honest when I organise my games and I must say that this is a game I like pretty much. There is a massacre between your allies and my men and it is pretty enjoyable. You see, all these guys in my crew are pretty strong but they are kind of... expendable. All of them except from Cargoan became pretty soft. If you met them when they were super powerful rookies, you would be something more than scared. However now, they are simply pawns that need to be sacrificed in order to bring out a more valuable pawn, a queen you can say. Otherwise, this game I made would be simply nonsense." Wormus said to Sabres, explaining his reasons for organising the underground game and reassuring him that he would not touch him until they reached the top of the tower, when the tower would be restored.

"It is just like he says..." Jason said while smoking his cigar. "This is a plan we were organising a while ago. Orianna, Deeran and Sogun have to be replaced... They have lost their value... And there is no better opportunity than an all-out battle against a powerful enemy... Not only they will be eliminated without us laying a finger on them, but also they will cause serious damage to the enemies before leaving their last breath." Jason continued Wormus' speech and he walked towards Sabres. "Just relax for now and see what happens." he finished.

"And what does make you believe that you are going to actually sacrifice us, Wormus?" a voice was heard from one of the tunnels that was reaching the place and a man appeared, riding on an animal. The guy was none other than Deeran, the 12th Division Commander.

"Huh? Deeran? How did you find your way over the place?" Wormus said with a worried look on his face. "You were supposed to be fighting the enemies you met, not to reach us."
"Luckily, I did not find any people to fight with and was here on time to listen to your words, bastard... How could you do this to us? WE DEVOTED OURSELVES TO THE UNKNOWN PIRATES!" Deeran shouted at his captain. "I am going to run in the tunnels and tell the truth to the others!"
"You won't actually do this, Deeran." Jason interfered. "If you move from your position, I will execute you with my very own hands."
"You will wait, Deeran... Now that the three of you reached this place, you will wait for

The situation was pretty intense. If Deeran stayed at his position, he would be unable to inform the others, but if he moved he would not actually manage to save them as they could die at the hands of the Dusk and Black Cross Pirates. What would Deeran do?

Lappy (With Wako, the mysterious guy, Maes and Nathan)

Lappy did not know what to respond. He had lost sight of the captain much before, when he was sent to the ship along with Wako to heal him. He did not know anything at all... He raised his hands in order to show that he actually did not really know. Then, he pointed towards the path of the tunnel, suggesting that they would have to move. After all, if they did not move they would not find Maximillion at all.

[OOC: It's been a while since I asked for opinions for the story so far, do you like it?]

Suigo
Suigo sees with the corner of his eyes an incoming attack, it seems to be aiming at Suigo's right shoulder. That woould be troublesome, getting an injury there, that's his good hand. However, he grins. "Not quite .. get my shoulder, and in return I will .." his grip on the sword suddenly gets stronger. "When did I said that I need two hands for that .. Crimson Division !" As soon as Sogun's blade stabs Suigo on his shoulder, an exploding response comes. If Sogun holds his position, he might be able to cripple Suigo for the rest of the fight, but he also risks getting a massive amount of injuries from Suigo's second counter-attack.

Sabres
Sabres is literally yawning and looking around as Wormus and even Jason speak, as if he doesn't pay attention to them, now that has got to be quite annoying. Then Deeran comes in, seems to be one of those "pawns" those two talked about. And then, probably much to Deeran's surprise, a massive piece of wreckage smacks on the position Jason was standing, with Sabres holding the piece. "I have no idea who the hell are you, but I was in the middle of something, so either stick around and fight, or get lost." Sabres calmly, but seriously says. Jason has already evaded the attack with ease, although the fact that Sabres opted to attack despite all this must have been quite surprising.

((OOC: I am sure you knew I'd pull off something like that with Sabres xD))

Suddenly something appeared on top of Maes and the unknown man's location. Who knew what it was?!?! Only god. Maes was getting preoccupied about the situation... everything was too peaceful, too ambiguous for his liking. But then they were in front of this man from the unknown pirates.

Lappy and Wako from the Dusk Pirates had ended up with them. The fighting was going to happen and the moments stopped and flashed in Maes' mind. He didn't understand what was happening for moments.

He just followed the situation, running when he needed to, jumping when he had to. What would be expected of Maes now? Would he face the attack of an opponent?

(OOC: I'm lost lol)

Sogun vs Suigo

Sogun smiled when he looked at his sword that stabbed the enemy's shoulder. However, even if that happened, there was actually a great price for this. The moment Sogun stabbed Suigo, Suigo performed a Crimson Division technique towards him. Even if he was very fast, Sogun could not do anything at all. He took the attack completely. The slashing attack reached his chest and caused an explosion, sending him flying along with his sword. While he was sent flying, he was thinking of several things... Something was coming in his mind, once again. Another vision from the past.

[Flashback 2]

Sogun is seen with his wooden sword destroyed while Koramon has his two katanas outside. The leader of the gang of the children swordsmen is pointing with his two swords towards Sogun who looks something more than unable to fight. His arms are severely damaged and he can barely move at all. He is coughing blood and he is quite angry with himself.

"Why... Why am I unable to defeat you, even if I trained this much?" Sogun said.
"I already told you... It is because you are weak..." Koramon commented.
"Exile him from the country, prince Fagamon!" his friends said.
"Right." Koramon said. "From now on, you are not a member of Wano country." he completed before slashing Sogun at the chest diagonally from his top right shoulder to the bottom left of his belly. It was a pretty big slash. "Die from your bleeding, weakling." Koramon said before he and his gang left.

"Bastard... If I get well, I swear I will kill you! I have too many things to offer to this country! I am not weak... And I will definitely teach you a lesson one day! I won't lose ever again! I shall become the best swordsman in the world!" Sogun thought before he closed his eyes.

A few days later, he woke up in a room he had never seen before. "Where am I?" he said and he looked at his chest. He had a very big wound from the slash that Koramon.

[Flashback 2 ends]

"I won't fall again... I WON'T LOSE!" Sogun said while getting up after taking the attack head on. Fortunately for him, he could use his left hand. His clothes were now destroyed and showed his big scar across his chest that Koramon caused him.

"I-I have to admit it... You are stronger than I expected... You might be stronger than me... BUT I SHALL NOT DIE! I WILL NOT LOSE TO ANYBODY, ESPECIALLY A SWORDSMAN!" Sogun yelled and started slashing the air, creating a hurricane. This was a larger gust than the gust he created with his Tyrant Arrogance technique, 5 times bigger and 5 times stronger and faster. 5 times deadlier. "Tyrant's Judgement!" he said.

Wormus (With Sabres, Deeran and Jason)

"Nobody will move." Wormus said.

Suigo
Suigo quickly leaps backwards, and uses soru in a very unorthodox way, actually managing to use it in a reversed pace. As he does that, he switches hands, and attempts to fire off a "Red Dragon" on the oncoming barrage, however, due to their sheer numbers and size, a portion of the attack still breaks through and strikes Suigo head on, sending him flying and then smashing on the wall on the other side. From the settling dust and smoke, Suigo's figure can be seen. He has a number of cuts on his body, as well as on his face, however, he remarkably seems to have received less damage than one would expect. He also seems different, he seems to be back to his calm self. "I thank you for your courage .. you've shaken me, and prevented my "other size" to monopolize this battle .. your remarkable spirit also has gained my outmost respect .. so we will end this battle, without armor." What does that mean ? Suigo pulls off his upper clothing, and that's when Sogun gets the answer about why it felt so hard to cut Suigo. Suigo begins to throw away several large steel plates that seem to be all over his body. Really heavy plates as well. The one on his chest has a large slash that goes all the way in, and on his chest, it's clear that he got hit despite that armor. "This is my "armor" .. it weights about 400 kilos in total .. to honor you, I will now attack you without defense, and will all the might my left hand has. Please don't disappoint me."

Sabres
Sabres turns and gives Wormus a very cold glare. "And if I do ?"

((OOC: Thread's epic btw !))

Sogun vs Suigo

Sogun was frightened. That guy... He was so fast with an armor... He was so strong, even if an armor restrained his movements and he ended up not damaged even if he used his strongest attack. At first he could not understand. Why? Why was that guy stronger than him? Was it because he could handle the sword better than him? Was it because he believed he was better than Sogun that gave him the upper hand? Was it his fighting spirit? He could not give an answer at all.

"Why? Why are you stronger? Is it because you are loyal to your allies? Is it because they depend too much on you? Is it because they deem you strong enough that you believe it to be your responsibility to protect them? Answer me!" Sogun said during a moment of despare and he rushed with his sword towards Suigo. This time, his motions were slower and blood was coming out from his wounds. He had lost too much blood and his last attack tired him enough to restrain his movements too much. Sogun was now performing a slash like a swordsman of lower class would, as he could not do something else at all because of his great injuries.

[Flashback 3]

It had been many years since the event of Sogun's defeat at the hands of the prince of Wano, Koramon Fagamon, around 10 years. Now, Sogun had grown up. Thanks for him he was saved by a person who also taught him his swordsmanship skills and Sogun became even stronger. And one night before the ceremony during which Koramon would become the absolute ruler of Wano country, an event happened...

Inside the palace of the place, a hooded man appeared. He started slashing everybody he encounter in the blink of an eye. Many people fell behind, including people of the Young Sword Gang that had grown up and became bodyguards inside the place. Now all of them were small fry for Sogun and he easily eliminated them. "Who are you?" they kept asking Sogun before they were cut in two or before they had their heads cut. However, Sogun did not even answer to them.

After a while, Sogun reached the room of the prince. Of course there were many men outside that were searching for him, but they believed that he wanted the king as Koramon had not done anything bad for the last 5 years. He had changed for his own reasons and now he was more open-minded and peaceful.

At the moment Sogun entered the room, he took off his hood. Koramon immediately recognised him and got scared from the murderous look on Sogun's face.

"H-How are you alive?" he asked and he felt a cut at his throat before he could do anything else. Sogun had disappeared from his spot and reappeared in front of him.
"I should not answer to weak people, don't you think?" Sogun said before performing several slashes on the prince and separating all of his body parts. "You didn't finish me off back then so I will assure that I have killed you. There is no way you have survived unless you are a zombie, bastard." he finished before spitting on the corpse. Then, guards entered the room only to see the prince murdered and Sogun jumping off the window and escaping. Sogun had just taken his revenge...

[Flashback 3 ends]

Wormus (With Sabres, Jason and Deeran)

Wormus started laughing at the moment Sabres said that. He laughed for over a minute and he immediately stopped and looked towards Sabres with his evil look behind his square glasses. For a single moment, his old one form appeared behind him as a hologram. That moment was more than enough to inject fear to the officer of the Black Cross Pirates, as well as Deeran who was the 12th Division Commander of the crew and his pet.

"Chill out. I don't want to kill you..." Wormus said. "Or at least, I don't want to kill you while we are alone. I want to take you with me at the top of the tower after your subordinates reach this place. I want to see their desperate efforts to take you away from me while we are moving." he said with a relaxed voice. "However, if you dare to move, I won't hold back and I will show you the real power of an old one." he finished.

Deeran could not understand what he had to do. He should get back at the tunnels to inform his comrades about the plans of Wormus and Jason but if he did so, he would be stopped and killed by them. He did not know what to do... Or at least, that was what he showed.

[In my next post, Deeran's badass-ness will probably be seen for the first time]

Suigo
Contrast to Sogun's desperate response, Suigo's move is a complete demonstration of his full speed. In an instant, the two swordsmen are face to face, and the very next second, they are both a good distance away from each other. With his back turned towards Sogun, a small "spike" of blood sprays from Suigo's left shoulder. It's just a graze thought. Suigo slowly begins to sheathe his sword. "I am strong, because I want to be strong. There's no hidden meaning into that statement. Become even stronger, and be the one to cut me down when you and me meet again." Suigo calmly and confidently says, finally putting the entire sword into it's sheath. Sogun managed to actually hit Suigo in this state, even if it was just a scratch.

Sabres
Sabres grins. "That ability of yours .. it's presence alone can cast fear huh ? Even the strongest will fear something so unknown. Fear is something that exist in virtually anything .. But, what if the person has no grasp of fear or sanity itself ?!!" He says, his eyes going deranged.

Ellen Niarbel, the unconcious Dusk Pirate member, currently being carried by their very own captain; Maximillion, was now very well rested despite the circumstances.
So well rested inf act that she struggled to open her eyes to peer around for a few moments and groan; "What the hell happened?", her dazed awakening expression quickly shifting to one of aparent disapproval before screeching out; "Is someone carrying me? Seriously? Why can't I ever wake up with out finding im being dragged off somewhere! For goodness sake im awake and well, put me down already! Or do you want a firecracker thrown at your face?" Still not fully aware of her surrondings, she then proceeded to give out a frustrated grunt, and began attemtping to wriggle free.

Well seems like we have no other choice, do we? We somehow have to get to the tower, I can help a lot but for this I need orders from the captain. Said Nathan and went down the tunnel, hoping to see Maximillion. You're coming with us? He asked the mysterious guy, he still didn't knew nothing about him but he liked hom and somehow had no problems with him.
Hmm, Lappy. I know that we are in a hard fight but who are we actually fighting? Who is making us the trouble? Nathan was for sure very curious he just arrived and knew nothing about the war. All he knew is that there are enemies that need to be killed. He felt like he can help a lot. Since he already made 2 parts out of the guy that was troubling them before he didn't expected them to be very strong even though Lappy told him otherwise, well he that doesn' actually really matter to him. When there is an enemy he wants to destroy him and doesn't care about how strong he is, simple as that he thought by himself while running down the tunnel.

Wormus (With Jason, Sabres and Deeran)

"Then, in that case, I will simply have to turn into my animal form and destroy squash those who have no sense of fear." Wormus said with a cold expression in his face, cold enough to scare off Deeran completely. That guy... He was very, very creepy.

Sogun (With Maha and Suigo)

"I see..." Sogun said and closed his eyes before sheathing his sword back at its sheath. Then, he walked a few steps and said to the swordsman of the Black Cross Pirates "Please... Please do not lose... Because the next time, I will have the upper hand.". Afterwards, he coughed some blood and he fell on the ground unconscious. Sogun was just defeated.

Winner: Suigo

"He was pretty strong, wasn't he, Suigo-sama?" Maha who watched the whole battle commented. "However, I was pretty sure that this guy could not defeat you. Especially with your Crimson Division technique." he completed while following the top swordsman of the Black Cross Pirates. "Anyway, where shall we head?" he questioned him afterwards.

Maximillion (With Manta, Ellen and Freya)

"It looks like you woke up, Ellen." Maximillion said with his emotionless voice to his subordinate before throwing her on Manta's hands. Manta caught her and then let her on her feet to see if she could walk after being smashed by Wormus. "Never let the enemy hit you like that, Ellen." he said and took a look at Maximillion who was talking with the extremely attracting girl, called Freya.

"So, what are you saying cutie pie? Will you follow me or will you try to stop me?" Maximillion said to Freya. Even if he aknowledged her beauty, he was still having his senses after all and he could actually see her as an enemy.

"If I could let you go, I would... But I have orders, sweetheart." Freya said.

"I see..." Maximillion said. "In that case, I am leaving this to you, Ellen. Take care of her while me and Manta will head towards the end of the tunnel." the captain finished.

It was now pretty clear. Maximillion was planning to have Ellen fight Freya while he and his brother would head towards the end of the tunnel in order to find Wormus and Jason and stop him.

Unknown (With Lappy, Wako, Nathan and Maes)

"I will explain..." the mysterious man said while the group was walking. "The enemies are none other than the Unknown Pirates, the largest and most powerful crew in the New World... They are consisting of 6 captains and they have more than 50 different divisions. The captain of their 10th Division which is the weakest commander of the 2nd captain's subordinates is rumored to rival the power of a yonko... Fortunately, you are only targeted by the 3rd Captain's divisions along with the 8th Division's captain... If one more commander of the one digit divisions was here you would be dead for sure." he explained to Nathan.

Sabres
"You sound pretty cocky, for only a worm .." Sabres says, and then jumps upwards, and draws his massive sword. He falls down to where Wormus was, and while not seen what happens, a massive shockwave travels across the area.

Suigo
"He was strong. I had to use those moves to beat him." Suigo goes above Sogun's unconscious body, and drops down a small bottle. "This is a special medicine created by our doctor .. try it out when you wake up, it should give you more than enough vitality to escape this place with your life." After saying that, Suigo wears back the steel plates, and nods to Maha to follow him, as they are about to go down deeper. "We have to find Richard, too." he adds, looking back at Maha.

((OOC: No Deeran awesomeness ? lol, btw, we can have a battle skip, and you can have that Wormus is holding a beaten-up Sabres by the throat .. yeah yeah I know, Kenpachi vs Juhabach reference lol))

[OOC: I was planning the awesomeness for the time that Sabres attacked. XD]

Deeran (With Wormus, Jason and Sabres)

Seeing the movement of Sabres, Deeran immediately understood what was going on. The member of the Black Cross Pirates was attacking in order to give some time for Deeran to escape. Even if Sabres was damaged a lot, he was trying to help Deeran get away and inform everybody about the true colors of their captain and what he was planning for them. "I see... He is trying to buy some time for me." Deeran thought when he looked at Sabres jumping and he turned behind along with his deer. The deer started running away in order to escape with its master and moved many meters away from Wormus and Sabres to the point that he could not see them anymore. However, there was one big obstacle and that was none other than Jason. While Deeran was running away, the man appeared in front of him and he said with a cruel look on his face "Are you going somewhere?".

Maha (With Suigo - Walking away from the unconscious Sogun)

"I doubt he was gone anywhere far away... He is probably around here somewhere... Though, I really wonder if he get messed up in a battle or not. I am really interested in seeing his true skills... I mean, that guy is a fishman... Who knows what his powers are... Right, Suigo-sama?" Maha said to his superior officer while they were moving away.

Orianna (With Quincy)

Orianna was waiting for Quincy to make his movement for quite a while. However, the doctor would not do anything at all. He was simply staring at her and did not react to anything. Was he planning something or was he just amazed with the beautiful woman? Nobody could answer... However, even Orianna was afraid of the apathy that he showed at that moment they were looking at each other.

(OOC: Basically, SK i want you to attack her and battle her)

Suigo
"I am confident that he'll be fine. I have my reasons to invite him." Suigo simply responds, not looking back, as the two men are moving in deeper into the tunnels. After a while, Suigo stops walking, and looks at one of the tunnel's walls. "There's a hollow end behind that wall .." he says.

Sabres
"Hahahaha, I guess you are not just all talk and magic tricks, are you ?" Sabres says, panting, but grinning widely. Blood is flowing on his forehead and lips, while he also seems to have a number of bruises and cuts on his body. The sword also seems to be cracked in a few spots. Sabres raises the sword with his left arm quickly. "Time to use my good arm now, by the way, I'm left-handed !" Sabres attacks yet again, this time, a simple, downward chopping attack aimed to cut Wormus in half.

Ellen grumbled under her breath as Max's first words to her as she awoke was a simple statement and some advice that was oozing with disapointment, and quickly lept out of Manta's arms.
She then looked on in confusion as Maximillion was being endearing to a woman he had never seen before. A beautiful one she imedietly hated, which was probably the reason she cackled after her captain ordered her to 'take care of things'.
"Well, this better be intresting, I wanna see how explosions tear apart beauties!", she smirked, and not waiting for her two superiors to move out of ther way, threw a handfull of hastily lit cherry bombs at Freya.

Maha (With Suigo)

Maha and Suigo had been walking for quite a while after Suigo managed to defeat Sogun. The two of them were discussing about Richard while they were heading deeper inside the tunnels and after a while, they reached a wall that was formed from the ground. Suigo was suspecting that there was a hollow end behind the wall... It was worth checking it out. "Shall we check that out?" Maha questioned his superior officer.

Wormus vs Sabres

Wormus laughs while the man moves towards him and attempts to cut him down with the swinging of his hand. He moved his body swiftly out of the way and he easily dodged the attack of the man before he raised his leg in order to perform an extremely swift kick at the man's stomach that would send him flying several meters away. "Stop this before I execute you." he said.

*scene cuts off*

Deeran vs Jason

Things were looking pretty tense for the 12th Division Commander of the Unknown Pirates. While he was walking away in order to inform the other members of the crew what the real plans of Wormus were, he was stopped by Jason who seemed to not be willing to let Deeran escape alive. The two evil men were planning to replace most of their commanders and they were manipulating them into battling the Dusk Pirates. Deeran, Sogun and Orianna were meant by Wormus and Jason to die at the place as they deemed them not worthy enough anymore to be commanders of the Unknown Pirates. Betrayal... That was something that Deeran really, really hated...

"You bastard..." he said to Jason with a serious look on his face.
"As I said, you are not going to leave." Jason responded.
"I doubt that you will decide..." Deeran said and he smiled.
"Hm? Why are you smiling?" Jason said.
"I am smiling because you have no idea what is going to happen to you if you keep chasing me." Deeran said. Apparently, unlike most of the times he was with his fellow members, he did not look timid at all.
"Rahahahahahaha!!!" Jason laughed. "You are pretty funny... Deeran, I am the 8th Division Commander! You are merely a subordinate of Wormus..." Jason commented. "I am much, and I mean it, much stronger than you are."
"That might be true, Jason. However, you are forgetting one thing..." Jason said.
"Hm? And that is?"
"Strategy..." Deeran said. "Have you actually ever thought how could a person without any superhuman characteristics, like myself, become a commander in this crew? Of course you didn't... You are new to the Unknown Pirates. Let me explain you. Amongst the other commanders, I happen to be the greatest strategist. Each commander was chosen with different criteria... As for myself, I was chosen thanks to my intelligence." Deeran explained.
"Hm? Intelligence? You are funny... You look more idiot than that savage gargoyle." Jason replied.
"Even if I was, I would still be smarter than you are!" Deeran said before he commanded his deer to do something "Meer! Use your wave!" he said and the deer used its fruit ability. It launched a huge wave of the strange liquid of the Toro Toro no Mi that moved towards Jason. The huge wave was so big that it could not be dodged in the tunnel and while it was being launched, Deeran moved his hand on it and touched it. The strange liquid washed the 8th Division Commander who was surprised and along with him a very big part of the area.
"Hm? What was that?" Jason said, surprised.

What was Deeran planning to do?

Ellen vs Freya

Maximillion and Manta had already disappeared when Ellen started her attack. Before Freya could stop them, she was hit by the explosives of the shipwright of the Dusk Pirates and her body was slightly burned. However, that was nothing. Freya was working as an assassin in the New World, along with her brother Gracius... She would not fall like this with a few small explosives.

Smoke appeared around her when the explosives exploded. Her body was hiding behind the smoke, however her figure could be seen standing and breathing. "That was interesting... However, as you saw explosions do not really tear apart beauties..." she said before she started running towards Ellen. "However, let's see what kicks can do to ugly ones!" she commented while preparing kick Ellen in the face.

The battle between the two women had started.

Death isn't a deadly threat for me. Nathan answered cold-blooded and with a little bit of a an angry voice, not caring if he would actually really be dead or not, he hates being told that, he has an advantage people don't even know and the enemies don't even have. Still, Natahn thought that it's probably not the right time to think what COULD be, what IS, is more important right now. He then looked back to Lappy and asked him; What are they doing on our island? and looked back forward to see if anything new could be seenable.

Quincy just started at her not making a sound. Normal people would think he was checking her out, but Quincy was just mesmerized her body. Her smooth skin, breasts, thighs, feet, and her precious organs. Quincy wanted her body parts for some twisted experiments. He might even make himself a mutant bride using her face. well take away the mouth....he doesn't want her talking. His face turned red when perverted thoughts entered his mind. Then Quincy knew he must take her, but the use of his chemical juggling could cause the tunnel to collapse. He would have to fight hand to hand. "How about we team up? It seems useless to fight each other when it would serve neither of us any benefit." Then quincy swung his tail at her hoping his plea would distract her.

Lappy (With Wako, Maes, Nathan and the mysterious man)

Despite the fact that Lappy wanted to help Nathan and answer to his questions, he apparently couldn't. And that did not actually happen because he was unable to speak; No. Even if he couldn't speak like a human, he could explain with his gestures. However, he did not know as well. He was not with the others when Wormus was explaining to the others what his plans were.

However, the mysterious man knew. "I can say what they are doing over here... This island you took over was belonging to them originally... They were searching for something on the island... They say that there is a tower buried inside the island that connects this place with a sky island above and want to revive it in order to move to the sky islands above. However, that is nothing more than allies. I do not know, but Wormus, the boss of these guys, is not the kind of person who would co-operate with others and would rely on other people. He has something else in his mind... Something that probably has to do with Raijin Island..." the mysterious man said while their group was walking. What was the mysterious man thinking?

Orianna (with Quincy)

"Hm? And why would I want to team up with you? I do not see how a team of the two of us would actually benefit me." the woman said to the doctor of the dusk pirates. "And stop your perverted thoughts." she completed as she could understand what the man was thinking.

Sabres
"Hmm, that weird guy is doing something weird, well, no matter, I'd beat him up too after I was done with you and Jason." Sabres says, and swings down his sword, but to no avail, as his enemy has not only dodged, but also counter-attacks and kicks with enough force to push the large man away a couple of feet. However, Sabres still grins. "You are fast, but really now, your kicks are really weak. I've faced a man with kicks and punches that would make your attempts seem like a baby's !!" Sabres yells, and then crashes his sturdy feet onto the ground. Then his feet size gets larger, and he grins. "If you are a man, try to actually take this to see how does it feel to get hurt .." The pressure can actually be felt around. "Oh .. I forgot to mention .. this attack will definitely hit you .. !". He grins even wider after saying that.

Wormus vs Sabres

"Oh, come on!!!" Wormus said with a smile on his face. "Do you not actualy understand me? I am doing this on purpose." he continued and he dodged the incoming attack of the enemy by spinning his body away from the attack. "I am just killing some time before the others arrive. You see, waiting for others is pretty boring. It's not like I cannot hurt you." Wormus continued and he raised his foot in order to perform at the man's stomach. However, unlike the previous time, the attack looked pretty strong, much stronger than the previous one. It looked like he was now attacking Sabres seriously...

Sabres
Sabres is knocked away, with white eyes, and smashes onto a really tall pillar of stone behind them. The force was enough to completely topple it, the broken pieces falling all over Sabres, covering him up. Some moments pass, maybe a minute actually, before a bang sends some of those pieces flying around, and Sabres emerges from the debris, still grinning. "Finally, some heavy duty attacks. Hahahaha !!" He jumps forward, and begins to fire off a barrage of left punches towards Wormus, not showing any sighs of concern about that sudden power boost.

Wormus vs Sabres

Wormus stayed still in his position. Apparently, the man would not move away from his position. In a demonstration of his power, the pirate stayed back at the position he was and he took the hits of the punches that Sabres performed on his face. Wormus was struck with several punches in the face. However, unlike what somebody would expect, he did not look like he received any damage. A loud sound echoed through the tunnel when he was hit and Wormus did not move a single inch away from his position.

"Do you still want to go on?" he asked afterwards with an evil smile on his face.