Chapter 49 Struck It Rich Again

At this moment, the golden lion was in complete chaos.

The loud crash of the falling mast sent the pirates into a panic.

Edrago angrily pushed away the subordinates supporting him, his fierce eyes filled with rage.

“Damn bastard!”

He roared, the energy generated by his vibrating vocal cords causing ripples in the surrounding seawater.

Edrago walked back to the ship’s railing and fired several more laser cannons at the rapidly approaching dragon soaring ten thousand miles.

Braving the bombardment of the laser cannons, another shell whistled out from the dragon soaring ten thousand miles, this time scoring a direct hit on the center of the golden lion’s deck.

Amidst the fire of the explosion, several pirates were blown away by the shockwave, falling into the sea with screams.

“Another hit!

Awesome!”

Kaguya laughed and patted the scalding hot cannon barrel as Nojiko tacitly handed over the third shell.

Nami, maintaining the Barrier on the side, spoke up.

“Be careful, don’t sink the other side.

There’s bound to be treasure on those pirates’ ship.

If you sink it, you’ll be the one diving to the seabed to fish it out.”

“Uh…

I got it.”

Hearing about fishing from the seabed, Kaguya felt a bit hungry.

“It’s decided!

We’ll have Haidilao hotpot after the fight~”

Another shell whistled out, accurately hitting the golden lion.

On the golden lion, Edrago’s roar had turned into a hysterical scream.

His Sound Wave Cannon hadn’t caused any damage to the enemy, yet they had bombarded his ship over and over again.

This was the first time he had encountered such a bizarre situation since eating the Sound-Sound Fruit.

“Golas!

Don’t just stand there!

Help me stop those shells!”

Edrago threw a bag of gold coins to the swordsman beside him.

Golas caught the coins, weighed them in his hand, and then drew the long sword from his back, standing by the railing.

The edge of Golas’s blade glinted in the sunlight.

He narrowed his eyes at the incoming shell and suddenly leaped up, his blade flashing like lightning.

The shell was precisely sliced in two mid-air, the fire from the explosion reflecting off his face.

“Not bad.”

Kaguya raised an eyebrow.

“Boom!

Boom!

Boom!”

Kaguya and Edrago exchanged fire several more times.

Edrago’s Sound Wave Cannon was blocked by Nami’s Barrier, while the shells Kaguya fired were cut down by Golas beforehand.

As a result, neither side was able to cause any substantial damage to the other.

The smell of smoke and gunpowder filled the sea as the distance between the two ships continued to close.

“Tch, how boring!

Moomoo, speed up!

We’re done playing!”

Hearing this, Moomoo immediately accelerated, and the dragon soaring ten thousand miles charged toward the golden lion like an arrow from a bow.

“Moomoo!”

When they were less than two hundred meters from the golden lion, Moomoo changed direction.

The dragon soaring ten thousand miles kicked up a massive wave, its hull tilting at nearly a 45-degree angle to the sea.

The giant wave kicked up by the dragon soaring ten thousand miles also affected the golden lion nearby, causing the pirates on board to tumble over.

“Kaguya!

You can’t sail like that next time!

You almost shook me into the sea!”

Nami shouted, pale-faced, as she gripped the railing tightly.

Nojiko didn’t look too good either.

It wasn’t that she was afraid of falling into the sea—after all, she could just take flight if she was about to fall.

It was mainly that the experience of that sharp turn just now was very unpleasant.

Her stomach was churning.

“Ugh~”

Kaguya also gagged uncomfortably.

“I didn’t expect it to be like this either.

It’s all Moomoo’s fault.

No dinner for him tonight as punishment.”

“Moo~”

Moomoo let out a pitiful cry.

“All you do is bully Moomoo.”

Nami gave Kaguya an annoyed slap.

“Whew~

Alright, Kaguya, what’s the plan for that pirate crew?”

Nojiko took a deep breath; the discomfort in her body had vanished.

“Leave the red-haired one to Nami, and the one with the sword to you.

I’ll handle the small fry.”

“Tch, you’re slacking off again~”

Nami curled her lip.

“How is this slacking off?

It’s training for you guys.”

Kaguya said quite righteously.

“Hmph, whatever.

I happen to be a bit angry because of the Marines, so I’ll just use them to vent!”

Nami used Moonwalk to fly toward the golden lion.

Nojiko spread her wings and followed closely behind.

“Two women?

You dare deliver yourselves to me!”

On the golden lion, Edrago, who had just steadied himself, saw Nami and Nojiko flying toward him, a savage glint flashing in his eyes.

He threw his arms open, and a blinding ball of energy gathered in his mouth once more.

“Barrier: Dome!”

Nami crossed her hands, and a transparent spherical Barrier instantly enveloped her and Nojiko.

The Sound Wave Cannon hit the Barrier without causing even a ripple.

“It was blocked again!

Are they also Devil Fruit Users?!”

While he was dazed, the two women had already landed on the golden lion.

Nojiko deactivated her Human-Beast Form and slowly drew the Yubashiri at her waist.

She usually sparred with Kaguya, but because she knew Kaguya wouldn’t hurt her, her progress in swordsmanship wasn’t very fast.

Now that she had finally encountered a decent target, she naturally had to make good use of it.

Nojiko and Golas stood facing each other, as if an invisible aura was clashing between them.

The sea breeze blew, fluttering the stray hairs on her forehead, and the blade of Yubashiri glinted with a cold light in the sun.

“Please guide me.”

Nojiko nodded slightly, her voice cool.

Golas didn’t respond; he simply held his long sword across his chest, his eyes as sharp as a hawk’s.

Suddenly, his figure blurred, and his blade sliced through the air, aiming straight for Nojiko’s throat.

Nojiko had expected this; she parried nimbly with Yubashiri, the sound of clashing metal crisp and clear.

On the other side, Nami was already locked in combat with Edrago.

Although she could have killed Edrago as quickly as she had killed Kuro, she wouldn’t kill him so fast now that she had finally found a target to vent her emotions on.

Furthermore, she wanted to take this opportunity to train her combat skills.

Since eating the Barrier-Barrier Fruit, she had grown accustomed to using her fruit abilities, and her progress in physical techniques had been somewhat slow.

She didn’t expect to catch up to Kaguya, but she at least had to catch up to Nojiko.

On Kaguya’s side, after finishing off all the pirate lackeys, he went straight into the cabin to see how much treasure Edrago, the so-called Gold Hunter, had.

After looking around, Kaguya found Edrago’s treasure room.

Pushing open the heavy wooden door, the glittering gold before his eyes made him whistle.

“Wow, this guy sure knows how to save up!”

There were three treasure chests in the room, all filled with glittering gold coins—not a single Berry or piece of jewelry.

“As expected of the Gold Hunter, he really does love gold.”

Thinking about the gold on the hull of the golden lion and on Edrago’s armor, Kaguya couldn’t help but shake his head and sigh.

“This guy’s obsession with gold is truly pathological.”

“Now it all belongs to us.

Sigh, I didn’t expect to strike it rich again~”

Kaguya began moving the gold coins; if Nami and Nojiko’s battle ended up sinking the ship, he’d have to go into the sea to fish them out.