The Pirates of the Round Table

by Luis78912

After their smashing victory against Donquixote Doflamingo at Dressrosa, Luffy and his band of misfits end up trapped into a mystical whirlpool that transports each one of them into the a medieval land full of fairies, dragons, monsters, demons, goddesses and a talking pig. Yup, another usual day for the Strawhat Pirates. Contains Spoilers post Dressrosa and mentions up to Wano.

1. Chapter 1

The Pirates of the Round Table

Inherited Will, The Destiny of the Age, and The Dreams of the People. As long as people continue to pursue the meaning of Freedom, these things will never cease to be…

Fame…

Wealth…

Power…

Family…

Friends…

These were the things Gol D. Roger had. The Pirate King achieved and possessed everything this world has to offer. But every legend had to pass away to make way for a new dawn of legends to proceed it. Even when he walked to his death at Louge Town, the place he was born and the place of his glorious end, he walked like the proud and respected pirate he was. As for no one's surprise, his final words inspired pirates, villains, heroes and adventurers alike to set a foot into discovering the wonders of the sea.

"My treasure? Why, it's right where I left it… It's yours if you can find it… But you'll have to search the whole world!"

With those final words, it took the whole world by storm. That's when the new generation of pirates and brave explorers came to be, initiating the new great era of Piracy!

Though, the tale you're about to experience goes beyond a story about fantastic adventures, as we're gonna find out how a group of outlaws from another dimension were able to change the destiny of 2 lovers and how it marked a before and after on their lives.

This is a story of grief, of tragedy, of bonds, of obsessions, of friendship…

This, is a tale, of love…

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Some time ago…

"Open the door!" On a distant magical kingdom, a group of knights were knocking the door of the king's throne room, accompanied by a cloaked figure with glowing red eyes and a malicious grin with pointing fangs. They were demanding the king to step down from the throne and let someone else occupy them. All of them were seemingly desiring to put the evil figure on that throne.

The wise king was sitting on his throne, alongside her 3rd daughter his knights weren't able to capture. He was sitting calmly, despite the pandemonium inside the castle walls, being on the verge on collapsing into him and the princess.

"My dear daughter… I implore you to go… Save yourself and reunite the Seven Deadly Sins!" The king told her white-haired daughter to escape from the castle before the knights would harm the 2 of them.

"N-no! We must get out together! I'm sure we'll able to do it the 2 of us!" The young princess was eager to not let her dad be harmed. She saw how her sisters were taken one by one without having the power to save them, much less when it came to confront the cloaked figure.

"You know I can't!" The worrying king decline the idea of going with her daughter. "I do, they'll most likely find us much easier. I must stay for you to flee!" The king then saw the princess sob tears of sadness. "I know this is harsh for you, but you must not be afraid." He assured to her offspring by wiping out her tears. "I foresaw that many people including the 7 Deadly Sins that the Demon King thought that they'll work for him shall help you and prevent its resurrection!"

"B-but I don't know if I'm brave or strong enough to do it myself alone! I don't know if I can!" She was unsure if she could really form a force strong enough to defeat the Holy Knight that have gone rouge.

The king smiled, knowing that she had the power. "No need to doubt yourself. You may not have a high Power Level, or you may not know any harming magic, but I'm sure you can become stronger during the journey you'll going to take. Because you're strong here…" The king pointed at her daughter's chest, referring himself to her huge heart and determination. "And here…" He then pointed at her head, referring to her mind. "Now go! I'll make sure to distract them while you get away as far as you can!" He exclaimed as he activated a secret passage on the walls if any of these kinds of tragedies were to happen.

The princess knew what she must do. She quickly fled to the door to get herself hidden and find the Seven Deadly Sins and those great people the Demon King was unaware they were going to be his downfall. Though, she couldn't hold her tears as she was crying all the way through the secret passage. Fortunately, she managed to find a rusty armor to use and go undercover without any Holy Knight finding her.

With the princess out of sight, the King sighted out of relief. But just after that, a loud thud out of the door was heard until the gate was taken down by a burst of blood coming out of the cloaked figure's right hand covered on jet black darkness. The King of the kingdom quickly noticed that the usurper's magic specialty was some sort of blood magic.

"She's not here, you uncanny monster! Get lost!" The King exclaimed, negating any sight of her daughter as he quickly stood up from his throne and grabbed his sword.

"Well, of course that he isn't here. Do you think I'm bling or what? Oh right I forgot to bow to you, your majesty…" The evil entity bowed on a joking matter, showing that even when he was deemed pure evil by the king, he still had his funny side.

"Don't dare play games with me!" The father of the royal family snarled, still standing still until he looked at 2 specific knights standing between in each side of the cloaked figure. "How could you betray Lioness and ally yourself with that fiend? Dreyfus! Hendrickson! Answer me!" The king wailed at the 2 Knights. "What kind of deal he gave you to commit this awful sin?"

"Oh, believe me! They have their great reasons!" The figure cackled before floating toward the king. He tried to defend himself with a sword slash, but it was quickly blocked by the mysterious entity using a sword out of blood to brake the attack. "Ohohoho… You old man… Have this in mind! Whatever you do, I can just do it better…" He blurted with villany at the king's ear, until he remembered something… "Old… Old! That's it! I remember why we wanted you out of the throne!" He exclaimed before grabbing the king by the face. "I mean, have you look at that ugly beard of yours? And those wrinkles! Blerg!" He chuckled as he pointed at the king's signs of maturity. "Face it! You're nothing more than a relic of the past! The people want something new! Something more, SPICY! EYAHAHAHAHA!" He manically began to laugh as he threw the king off to a wall, causing him to lose consciousness. "Heh! Well, that was easier than I expected." He grinned as he descended to see the unconscious king, still having that shit-eating grin plastered on his face. "Men, take this living fossil to our V.I.P. Chamber in the dungeon." The cloaked figured then shifted from a psychotic expression to a serious one as he snapped his fingers, causing the Holy Knights to quickly carry him and take the king to the dungeon.

"With the Lioness Royal Family out of the picture, the kingdom is yours to command." The Holy Knight Hendrickson stepped in, feeling satisfied that the Kingdom is now possessed by the Holy Knights and the cloaked figure.

"Don't you mean, ours?" The hooded fiend clarified his accomplice by placing one of his dark fingers between his lips. "Sure, I may be evil and all, but at least I LOVE to share the joy with everyone else!" he exclaimed as he raised his arms into the air. "Though, I just want all of you to now refer me as the proper king from now on, gentlemen." He said before picking the crown and sitting on the pose on a casual way. After that, he began to spin the crown between his index fingers to play with it.

"So, what shall be your next orders, your majesty?" Dreyfus was the first to talk before bowing to the new king of the kingdom like a proper knight.

"Oh that's easy, my fellow fiendy friend." The cloaked figure grinned before putting the crown over his hood. "First off, make sure to find the princess whatever the means necessary! All we need is a good sample of her blood!" he ordered the other lesser knights. The troops saluted as they began to search for the runaway princess. "Secondly, there's going to be some new changes to this joint… Ehehehehe… EYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"

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And that takes us to the future Pirate King, Monkey D. Luffy, the 19-year old Captain of the Strawhat Pirates. A young and powerful boy who ate the Gum-Gum Fruit, a Devil Fruit that grants its eater strange powers, but forbids its user from swimming for eternity. Just like its name implies, Luffy possesses a rubber body that gives him the ability to stretch and inflate his body at will in weird and amazing ways.

The future Pirate King possesses 500,000,000 berry bounty for his head, something to be respected for. And how did he got such high bounty for an optimistic and happy-go-lucky fella?

It happened yesterday. Recently, Luffy made a Pirate Alliance with Trafalgar D. Water Law, just like him, he was also part of the weirdly named Worst Generation. He and Luffy's objectives were to take down the Emperor of the Sea Kaido of the Hundred Beats, captain of the fearsome Beast Pirates whose main base is the mystical land of Wano. They made this alliance back in the Half-Cold Half-Hot island of Punk Hazard, where they met a Samurai of the Wano Country, Foxfire Kinemon and his "Son" Momonosuke, a pervert kid that has the ability to turn into a dragon. The Samurai chosen to follow the 2 pirates on their journey as Kaido enslaved his land with an iron fist.

Before taking down Kaido, they had defeat Caesar Clown, a former Marine scientist and Donquixote Doflamingo's kind-off servant. Doflamingo was an evil Warlord of the Sea and former Celestial Dragon who had the now-liberated country of Dressrosa under his strings. Defeating the Warlord wasn't an easy task, as not only our hero not only had to push past his limits, but he also needed the cooperation of his crewmates and the new friends he made like Rebecca the Princess of Dressrosa, Rikku the true king of the country, Bartolomeo his number 1 fan, Cavendish a handsome pirate prince who had a fiendish side and more weird people with even weirder faces. The aftermath of the heated battle resulted on their victory and the formation of the Strawhat Grand Fleet made out of 5,640 members in total of various races of sizes and shapes, with some denies of Luffy of course. Currently, the eccentric Strawhat Pirates were heading to the island of Zou where the Mink tribe resides.

Unaware of the magical and great adventure the pirates were going to take part in…

Chapter 1: Medieval Madness and Talking Boars!? The Straw Hats arrive at the Land of Britannia!

"Maaaan! I'm so hungry!" Luffy exclaimed while lying on the floor of the Going Luffy-Senpai, Bartolomeo's ship in the form of him and his friend while stretching his hands. Nothing special has happened when they set sail toward Zou. It was like 2 days ever since their departure from the Kingdom of Dressrosa to the ellusive land of Zou.

"Oah! Luffy-Senpai is so amazing! He ate 50 bowls of meat and still carves for more!" Bartolomeo, the Strawhat's number 1 fanboy simply fanboyed like usual toward his idol. The man who ate the Devil Fruit that allows him to create barriers of different shapes and sizes by crossing his fingers would never have thought of meeting his idol in the Corrida Coliseum, and much less fight the Donquixote Pirates alongside him. That day could easily be one of his best days of his pirate career by date.

"Aahh… You know, after almost dying from becoming a painting, it feels nice that everything is finally over for now. Just me, the sun, and my obedient servants. Ain't thay right boys?" Nami the navigator of the Strawhat Pirates rejoiced while wearing a sexy bikini, sitting alongside Nico Robin, the Archeologist of the crew and one of the oldest ones mentally.

"That's right, Nami-Sama!" The members of the Barto club said in pure excitement, treating and pampering the girls like some sort of goddesses, only for her to feel an uneasy feeling, as if 4 eyes were peeping on her and Nico Robin. "Why you!" She quickly got up her chair and then smacked Kinemon and Sanji the chef of the crew and surprisingly one of the strongest members in terms of combat, despite his pervy and simping sentences.

"I'm sorry Robin-Chwan…" Sanji cried in pain with an oversized bump atop of his head.

"Huh? We're already there?" Zoro the swordsman of the crew asked, but just grunted watching his eternal rival Sanji still being Sanji as always before going to sleep again.

"UHH! How did you even got up there Zoro!?" Usopp the lying Sniper of the group's eyes bulged once he noticed where the swordsman was. Which was quite the unorthodox place being the crow's nest.

"And that's how advanced the Thousand Sunny is. Pretty Super, amirite?" Franky the Cyborg and Shipwright of the crew finished doing an incredibly detailed explanation of the Strawhat Pirate's ship to some crewmembers of Barto's, sitting like children around someone reading them a children's book.

"Wow! You're as cool as always Franky!" Exclaimed Tony Tony Chopper the reindeer and doctor of the crew In excitement. Even when he already knew the sunny like the palm of his hoof, he just likes to hear Franky boast about his magnum opus.

"Anyway young ladies, so… May I see your panties please?" Brook the gentleman skeleton and musicians of the group gently asked to a group of quite beautiful and good-looking female crewmembers of the Barto Club (Which was quite surprising.)

"Brook-Sama!" The fangirls squealed before passing out of excitement for being asked the trademark question of the gentleman skeleton.

"Well, I guess I'll take that as a yes. Yohohoho!" The undead just cheerfully laughed before sipping his teacup.

As for Trafalgar Law, maybe the only one here who was taking this too serious just looked at the sea, to find if they crossed to the land of the Minks or even a hostile Marine or Pirate ship. "So, are you really sure where are we really going at?" The member of the worst generation asked what he assumed to be the navigator of the Barto Club.

"Uh… About that, it just so happens that we don't have any idea where are we going." The member of the Barto Club flustered as he rubbed his head in response.

"Wait, you WHAT!?" Trafalgar Law's eyes bulged out of his face worthy of an Enel face, discovering that they were absolute clueless on where they were going. Either they could end on the wrong Emperor territory like Big Mom's or the also member of the worst generation Marshall D. Teach A.K.A. Blackbeard.

(Meanwhile, in another plane of existence…)

"Hmm… How interesting… So this is that's world future strongest being? Hehehe… He and his followers can prove to be quite good pawns for my newest servant to use... Though, their power levels seem to be extremely low, even lower than the usual Holy Knight. Not need to worry, as I can lend this mortals some of my great powers… Wind of the south, hear my call! I've summon thee, thee warriors who's infamy rivals the one from the 7 Deadly Sins from Britannia! Bring them here to become my new legacy of "

(Back at the open seas of the new world…)

A small droplet fell over Nami's face, which the navigator who's an expert on the climate knew one thing. "Really? Just when we were pass through the chaos of Dressrosa…" She cursed as she went to the front deck to see the coming storm upon them. She grabbed a telescope to see the upcoming storm. "Those clouds… They're releasing black lightings?" All her studies in Weatheria have made the cat burglar every possible type of weather, but none of her studies have shown anything similar to this.

"Ooh! Let me see!" On what luffy heard, he wanted to see the storm that was coming as he was a kid who loves to discover all things new and exiting. After all, that's one of the best parts of being a Pirate. "Oi Nami, any idea on that Thunderstorm?"

"Didn't you heard me!? I don't know what the hell are those types of lightning bolts!" Nami shouted at Luffy's ignorance with full anger. Yeah, he is the captain, but being the captain doesn't automatically turn you into the smartest person of the crew. If you don't believe me, ask Bartolomeo.

As for Chopper, his smelling senses activated once he smelt something about the air that odd the small reindeer. It smelled like recently burned wood, yet his nose picked it like he smelt something cold. "Hmm… That's weird, but I smell like some sort of, hail…"

"Uhh… I mean, are you pretty sure? Because all I can see are like pieces of burned paper floating around." Usopp frightened seeing black ashes surrounding the area. It was a nightmare to watch. Pirates had their bad days navigating the seas of the new world, but this was another level of insane. Thunders roaring on each corner of the ocean and more anomalies like parts of the sea instantly freezing forming icebergs. "A-aaaah! NEVERMIND! WE'RE DEFINETLY ON VERY BAD SEAS!" Usopp cried in pure panic watching how the climate became weirder and more intense.

Lightning bolts began to fall over the Barto Club's precious ship, causing some irreparable damages. "NO! THE MERRY'S MEMORIAL!" Bartolomeo freaked out as he witnessed in terror how the goat-head of the ship caught fire. "NAMI-SENPAI'S TANGERINES!" He then looked to see the bush of tangerines catch fire. "LUFFY-SENPAI'S HEAD! SHE'S GONNA SINK! SHE'S GONNA SINK! AAAAAHHH!" Bartolomeo and the rest of his crew began to freak out all while he crossed his fingers to cast a barrier to protect their precious ship all while the rest of the crew brought a water hose to turn off the fire on the ship.

"Everyone! Secure the ship and don't let it receive anymore damage!" Trafalgar Law began to order the crewmates of the Barto Club as he drew his sword and beginning to create a small whirpool round his left hand.

"Oi! Since when were you the captain of this ship?" Bartolomeo complained on watching another pirate commanding his fellow Strawhat afficionados. Though his bitter face would turn into a full shout of panic as he saw a giant meteor coming from up there.

"Room!" Law shouted as he released a spherical dome all around the area of the Going Luffy-Senpai thanks to the power of his powerful Op-Op Fruit. "Amputate!" He exclaimed as he slashed the meteor in half effortlessly with a perfect cut. "Here goes! Shambles!" He shouted, as he used the sardines swimming inside the ROOM area to swap places with the split meteor, causing the rocks to sink under the sea and the sardines fall to the main deck. "That's strange… Those meteors didn't looked like the ones Fujitora launches… They look black and-"

"Hey! Maybe you should help us instead of drowning yourself In your thoughts!" The moss head told the Surgeon of Death as he also began to cut any falling objects coming through their way with his trademark Three-Sword Style, slicing any giant rock as if it was butter.

"Captain Bartolomeo!" One of the main officers of the Barto Club ran toward the pirate captain of the ship. "It's the main sail! It's been burned to ashes!" He made the green-haired pirate looked at his behind, noticing that the sail with the barto club have disappeared into dust.

"KYAAAHH! AND WE STILL HAVEN'T PAYED UP THE WHOLE SHIP!" Barto freaked out seeing his proud ship being destroyed by the purple fire.

"Don't worry! I think I have the solution!" Exclaimed the captain of the Straw Hats as he climbed his way to where the sail was. "Here goes nothing! Gum-Gum…" He proclaimed as he began to stretch his limbs toward the ledges of the sail and then stretch his body until it was wide enough. "Sail Replacement!" He exclaimed as his stretchy body proven to be a perfect replacement, and also very durable to the meteors as they only bounced back once they made contact with his rubber body.

"KYAHH! Luffy-Senpai is volunteering himself to be the sail! Can someone pinch me!?" Barto activated his fangirl mode on, unaware that he got distracted and deactivated his barriers, making a meteor coming his way.

"HYAH!" Sanji came in time to the rescue as he kicked one of the rocks with his strong legs back to the sea. "Watch out there, idiot! If you get distracted once again you're gonna get yourself killed!" The cook began to scold the goofball of turning off his barrier.

"Aahh! Scold me all you want Sanji-Senpai! I've been a bad boy!" Barto seemed very enthusiastic bout even just being spit on if it was a member of the Strawhat Pirates. Oh well, he went back on activating his shields to protect his glorious gods from the falling debris from the sky.

"Seems that this ship wasn't made for harsh seas like this!" Robin did her pose she usually does whenever she would activate her devil fruit powers. "Mil Fleur!" She chanted, as thousands of hands began to sprout at the sides of the vessel until they took the shape of wings. "Shipo Wing!" She proclaimed, causing the ship to recover its balance from the giant storm.

"Alright, let papa Franky hand over the steering!" Franky volunteer himself to steer this tribute to the strawhats as if he were one of his inventions. He took his giant metal hands and grabbed the steering wheel of the Going Luffy-Senpai.

"OH! We've got ourselves a big wave incoming!" Luffy shouted as they were about to clash with a wave big enough to sink the ship they are at.

"Karyu Isshen!" Kinemon reacted first as he leaped himself into the air, striking the incoming wave with a super-strong fire slash, giving the ship space to pass through the wave without any reprecutions.

"Hmph! And that's how we do it in Wano!" Kinemon sighted before landing back at the ship, only to receive a hug of relief from Momonosuke, being glad that his had was alright and without any injuries.

"I don't like to be the person to ruin the good times…" Kanjuro, another samurai of Wano that the group met at Dressrosa exclaimed as he pointed out seemingly an unavoidable obstacle in front of them. "But we got ourselves a whirlpool ahead of us!"

The whirlpool that the ship was heading toward seemed to be the size of the entire island of Dressrosa. Seemingly sucking up from Sea Kings to also smaller islands toward its center that glowed with a purple light.

"Don't wory guys! I-I'm sure we can handle this!" Exclaimed Nami the navigator, from inside the cabin of the ship alongside Ussop, both of them cowering in fear among the narutal chaos that was the near climate.

"H-hey! You can't just abandon us like that! Do something at least!" Kinemon shouted in frustration not before Brook did his part by slicing a ton of nearby rocks falling toward the sunny and using his body as a way to absorb the lightnings as he was dead, so he wasn't affected at all, even if it still hurt a lot.

Robin seemed to lose concentration and determination as the violent and unnatural climate seemed to be hurting her hands made out of wings from steering the whole ship for longer. "UGH! I-I don't think I c-can hold for any longer!"

"Don't worry Robin! Cuz you have me!" Franky responded with a confident smile not before putting his sunglasses as he turned on his badass mode. "Franky, SUPERRRRR…"

CRACK!

"Steering!" He shouted as he turned the steering wheel of the ship with all the streght he had stored inside his metallic super-will and his cola fuel. Only to then accidentally break the wheel. "Ooops…"

"WHAAATT!?" The entire crew bulged their eyes in terror on seeing that their last line of survival just broke in half. That's it, even if Luffy didn't achieved his dream of becoming the Pirate King, at least he had his friends

"WAAAHH! THIS IS IT! WE'RE OVER!" Luffy cried in panic and sadness as he thought it was truly the end of the Strawhat Crew.

"Hey Mosshead, If I have to confess something is that in true reality, all the times I called you by names, it was because I envy you!" Sanji cried as he and Zoro hugged as they were prepared to meet their ends.

"To be frankly, I do also envy your cooking and that you at least have a sense of direction!" The swordsman confessed to his arch-rival as both screamed for their lives.

"This is it! Remember all of me as a hero!" Usopp was the most scared of all the group, (For no one's surprise) as the ship began to sink down.

"I may die, but at least my tale end with Luffy-Senpai and the rest!" Barto cried in happiness as he was already ready to accept death if it means going down alongside his idol.

The ship began to sunk in, and in, and in, until it was sucked up like a toilet, pulling the entire group to the depths of the sea…

Or not…

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"Ugh… My freaking head…" Nami was the first to wake up from that shipwreck that violent storm caused. Luckily, none of her clothes were torn for any perverts to see. "Am i… Dead?" She asked herself before looking around. It took the time to notice that she wasn't on any heaven as it wasn't depicted as any other person says it is. All it took was a small pinch on her arm to prove it. "Man, where the hell did we shipwrecked into?" She asked herself as she looked around. As far as she can see, it wasn't the land of Zou that they landed into. He noticed humans passing by, though they passed to wave and salute before going back to their usual routines. And it can't neither be the country of Wano, as all she could see, it wasn't depicted as either Kinemon, Momonosuke or Kanjuro described as. All she could watch are mostly medieval-like structures. All she could know is that she landed on a clear meadow with clean blue skies and green grass with trees, and there is also the fact that she also noticed people lying in the grass that reminded her about her friends. "Wait… GUYS! Are you alive!? Please tell me you aren't dead already! You still haven't paid me back my loan Ussop!" She approached the unconscious Ussop as she slapped the poor teenager with a strong slap.

"KYAAAHH!" The Sniper of the group jumped while screaming out in panic before landing back into the ground. "Uhh… Are we in heaven? Please tell me we aren't in heaven!" Usopp grabbed Nami by the shoulders and began to shake her up comically out of fear that he is already dead.

"Yeesh! Calm down!" She pushed back the long-nose guy out of her as she dusted off her bikini, which was extremely uncomfortable. She was gonna freeze and she didn't want any weirdos peeping on her anymore. "I'm fine, and seems that you're too!" She told the wimp back. "Hey, why don't you help me to wake up the others? A-at least start with Kinemon. I really need some clothes for me to put on!" She then went to wake up Sanji.

Ussop looked around, only to noticed Luffy being shoved into the ground like an ostrich does with his head. Luckily, the rubber teen was still shaking his legs confirming that he's already awake, only having trouble of getting himself out.

"Don't worry Luffy, I the great Ussop will save ya!" He exclaimed as he ran to grab his legs to pull the kid out of the ground like a turnip. It took some difficult due to the captain stretchy body, but he managed to pull him out, not before the future Pirate King bouncing back to Ussop, hitting him.

"Are we there yet?" Luffy asked, being gullible about if they either arrived on Zou or Wano. Though, he didn't took that long for him to notice Ussop injured and a bit dizzy. "Oh! S-sorry Ussop! I-I didn't noticed you were there!"

Ussop only did a thumb up, noticing the captain that he was still okay. Some injuries and some broken bones of his skull, but still alive and kicking nonetheless.

"Oh Sanji… Care to wake up? I'm really scared of this place and I'm freezing on this bikini…" Nami sofly whispered to the chef of the group as she let out her naughty side out to play. She slowly placed her breast down the blonde's face in hopes of making him awake again.

Even when unconscious, his senses of a good woman and simping senses couldn't let themselves be shut down. He began to vibrate as his nose slowly let out some blood like a rocket preparing himself to take-off. "3, 2, 1…" Sanji announced before blasting himself like a rocket powered by perverseness and blood. But once he was about to run out of gas, he changed his trajectory toward his unconscious nemesis Roronoa Zoro.

With a loud Bonk, both kicker and swordsman collided with one another, producing bumps over their heads. "Hey! Watch it you shitty cook! You would have killed me!" Zoro fumed against his rival as the usual disputes between the 2 began to sprout out.

"Well excuse me! But maybe if you would awake more earlier, you would at least dodged it, you freaking moss head!" Sanji stroke back as the 2 growled against each other like mad dogs looking at one another.

"The both of you! Stop it!" Kinemon quickly stopped the 2 members of the Monster Trio from wasting their energies on a pointless fight. "You can't fight right now when we barely survive! It would be rude for whoever spared us from impending doom."

"Kinemon, where are the others?" Momonosuke asked as he looked more around. He noticed that the only people he found were Luffy, Zoro, Sanji, Nami, Usopp and his father. Other than that, the others seemed to go M.I.A.

"Oh… Now that you say that… It's weird that the others aren't here with us…" Usopp thought it, which was odd. Excluding the Samurai of Wano and his son, the only Strawhat members that were here were the ones Luffy recruited during his adventures toward the East Blue. Quite nostalgic, but still. He was concerned about the others.

"Oi, Nami-Swan! Thank the heavens you are okay! Give me a hug!" Sanji was glad as he approached the red-haired young adult, only for the Navigator to smack him back to his senses.

"Heh… Is there anything your brain thinks outside that perverted mind of yours?" Zoro humphed as he checked that his 3 swords were okay. He checked in and noticed that none of them suffered a scratch or anything. "Hey Luffy, do you think the others are okay?"

Luffy thought it for some moments. "I'm sure they are! If we were okay, there's no denying that if we survived, the others do!" He looked back at Zoro with a smile. "I'm sure there somewhere here scattered! All we need is to find them!" He said, not before being interrupted by his stomach growling. "Oh well, maybe getting something to eat."

"Now that you mention it, I could go myself to drink a good booze after that wild storm." Zoro nodded. "And I'm sure Sanji won't be able to cook us anything out here."

"Hey! I can cook anything! And I can do it better that whatever poison you would create if you ever were to step on a kitchen!" Sanji cursed at Zoro while wiping his blood out of his nose.

"Still, I'm doubtful about finding a place with good food around here." Ussop talked as he looked around. "We don't even know where we are right now."

"Oi, is this the land of Wano?" Luffy approached Kinemon to ask him if this is the place he was originated from alongside his son.

"I'm afraid that your assumptions are wrong, Luffy-Dono." Kinemon responded while placing both of his fingers between his chin to rub it and look around. "The Wano country I know is beautiful from this view, with its falling sakura and rich culture roaming all around. Although there's no denying that the view here is sure fantastic, this is no way my homeland. The structure of this houses are different from the one I'm familiarized with."

"Anyways, we better fill our stomachs first. Why don't we see if that place has anyone serving food?" Zoro pointed at a humble building in the shape of a hat on top of a cliff. He thought it could be some sort of tavern as he saw 2 men tumbling outside before collapsing. Possibly they're drunk or something. "Nevermind. Seems that we found a nearby tavern."

"Then what are we waiting for! Time for another adventure!" Luffy explained as he jumped in excitement, ready to go on another fun and bizarre adventure, all while the others followed his behind and prevent him from involving himself in any sort of unwanted trouble.

But from the distance of the Strawhat Crew, a towering figure that wore what it looked like a rusty armor with every step they took, it made an unsettling rusty sound due to its poor-stated armor. Momonosuke somehow felt its pretense, and he felt disturbed about it, just crawling closer and closer… "U-um… Nami, can you hug me? I'm scared?" He used his childish demeanor to fool the sexy navigator to hug her.

"Oh! Of course, all for you Momonosuke." Nami hugged the perverted child. Momo felt more safe and warm over Nami's boobs, and also a lot of pleasure being squished by her soft milkers. All while Sanji and his dad felt disgusted by the kid fooling Nami-Swan. Yeah, a bit of irony there…

Once the crew arrive at the doors of the Building, not before Nami forcing poor Kinemon to give her some more covering clothes to not be called a slut for just wearing a bikini in front of everyone, Luffy noticed a sign at the side of the door. "The Boar Hat. I wonder why they call it that? I don't see any boars or the place looking like one."

"Ehh? It's normal for taberns to have weird names like that." Sanji replied as he gently opened the door for Nami. "After you, Nami-Swan… Hehehehe…"

"Oh, well thanks…" Nami jiggled as she was the first to enter the tavern.

"Pfft… Freaking simp…" Zoro was the next to enter, only for Sanji to begin to bark like an angry dog at Zoro's insult all while the others came in the Boar's hat.

"Oi! I heard this place has good boar!" Luffy shouted out, calling the attention of all the patrons, and the only waiter who seemed to be a blonde kid with green eyes.

"Uhh… Luffy, you should lower yourself when entering a place." Usopp told his captain, as he didn't want to get antagonized by the people of the bar. Being a pirate meant that you could make a lot of enemies as much as friends, with them having the entire World Government and the Marines chasing your tails, and much more if your bounty was as high as Luffy.

"Hey you kid! You're a waiter here? Think you can fetch us your best booze?" Zoro who already took a seat ordered the small blonde child to take his order.

The kid just walked straight to the swordsman. "Excuse me, but I'm actually the owner of this place." He replied. "And basing on what you're wearing, I'm sure you're not from Britannia, aren't you?" He began to suspect about odd the usual green kimono that zoro wears compared to the more medieval attires most people wear.

"So? You got yourself a problem with that?" Kinemon stepped in, which made the bartender raised an eyebrow. "Forgive Zoro-dono. We're just travelers whose ship crashed into your country." He apologized to the short stack for any inconvenience. "I am Kinemon, proud samurai of the Wano country. This is Luffy-donno who is there to helping us, this is Momonosuke my son, Nami the beauty you see there, Zoro-Dono another fellow swordsman, Sanji-Dono, and lastly God Usopp."

"God ehh, didn't knew they worshipped a guy with an oversized slingshot and a long nose on the far east." The young bartender seemed a bit skeptical about Usopp being considered a god. "Anyways, think you want this drink so badly. Then go on and drink it." He then gave a cup to Zoro, sweeping the odd mood of the green-haired swordsman down the rug.

"Heh… Bout time…" Zoro who was putting his feet over the table took the drink and drank it down the hatch. "Damn… This has to be the best booze I have ever drank in my life."

"Umm… Excuse me, but do you at least have something meatier rather than something liquid?" Luffy asked politely to the shorty as his hunger was getting the best of him.

"Oh! Now that you mention it…" The blonde kid responded. "I've got this fresh from the oven." He then placed what it looked like a meat pie at the center of the table. By just looking at that made Luffy, Usopp and Momotaro drool. "This meat pie is what makes the boar hat the talk of the town."

"ALRIGHT! LET'S EAT!" The 3 youngsters picked up a fork to grab a slice of the freshly-cooked pie. Though, the one who had the most suspicion about the taste of the pie was Sanji due to him being a 5-star chef. There, was something odd about the smell…

"WAIT GUYS! DON'T!" Sanji tried to stop the 3 from eating the slice, but it seemed that he reacted too late to stop the 3 as they inserted the meaty sliced and gulped. It didn't took that long until Luffy, Usopp and Momonosuke would pull a disgusted face as their taste buds began to twirl in agony right before they would puke the food out and drop dead on the floor half-dead.

"LUFFY!" Nami, Zoro and Sanji shouted alongside Kinemon freaking out about his supposed son passing out. Unfortunately, seemed that nobody put attention on the sniper of the crew of the Strawhat pirates.

"What the hell did you put on that freaking pie?" Sanji then lifted the small kid by the collar seemingly angry of his captain getting food poisoned.

"Hey relax, I've never said that the Boar Hat was famous for their meat pies in a good way." The small bartender shrugged on a casual matter before Sanji would drop him back on the floor. "This place is renowned for their fantastic drinks and horrible cooking."

"Then why do you even bother on cooking those hellish things!?" Nami shouted at the kid running the tabern. Though, he only seemed to be concentrated about something else, as his eyes seemed to not looking at Nami's eyes. "Oi! I'm talking to you!"

"Hmmm…" The kid was lost in thoughts as he was looking straight up into her boobs. "Hey, for a cranky redhead, you sure have a good set of boobs and a very refined ass." The kid complimented the navigator as he was about to touch her breasts.

"YOU FREAKING PEERVERT!" Nami quickly smacked the brat's head with a powerful smack, causing him to grow a bump and drop dead on the floor. "Not only you're a terrible cook, but also a disguisting pervert!? Geez! What's with you!?" Nami can be even scarier than the Emperors, Marines and World Government combined when a man just tries to molest her. She was like an invincible force of nature when doing so.

"Oh! Was that really necessary Nami-San?" Kinemon thought this act of self-defense very excessive, even If it was for putting that pervert dwarf on its place.

"If it means to put that short stack on his place, then it's enough for me." Nami fumed while dusting off her hands.

"Man… I really deserved that…" The small child groaned as he slowly got up and dust off any dust from his clothes. "You know, I would kick off you from my tavern, but since I really saw that coming, I'll forgive this."

"Haha! Serves you right! It took you this long for someone to knock some sense to ya!" Another voiced laughed at the kid from finally being taught a lesson on molesting girls without their consent. Surprisingly, the voice came from a small boar having a plate of drinks over him.

Luffy and the others who got intoxicated recovered their senses, just to notice the talking boar serving as staff. "WOAAAHH! A talking pig!?" Luffy cried in amusement on seeing a pig that talk in front of them. "So cool!"

"Yeah, I must admit that seeing a talking pig is quite impressive." Usopp had to admit that seeing a talking boar was indeed amusing, taking the fact that they do have encountered their fair share of talking animals in their adventures. But they were either Zoan users or something else.

"Yeah, I'm a talking pig. What a bunch of hillbillies…" The pig sighted before halting to the side of the bartender.

"Oh, this little fella of mine? His name's Hawk." The young bartender then introduced his talking boar friend to the Strawhat Pirates plus Kinemon and Momonosuke. "I could say that he's the only other staff member aside me. He's basically a waiter and janitor."

"Eyup! I'm Hawk! Captain of the Scraps disposal!" The pig shouted with pride of being the janitor, which didn't left that much of an impression on the pirates.

"Oi! Why don't you use that pig to make us something good?" Luffy then pointed out at Hawk which made the pig squeal in panic.

"Oh, about that? yeah, I couldn't see why not." The owner of the Boar hat then smirked while looking at his piggy pal, passing the idea of cooking him and seasoning with BBQ sauce. "Anyone up for some roasted pig?"

"HEY! Stop it with the cooking jokes!" The pig reclaimed as he began to sprout steam like an angry locomotive.

The bartender then looked back at the group before he would take a seat to have a talk. "So anyways, assuming about your clothes those 3 are wearing…" He referred to Zoro, Kinemon and Momonosuke. "What did it made you arrive at Britania?" He asked, eager to know on why the crew arrived at the kingdom.

"We couldn't say really arrived, more like Shipwrecked." Luffy added to the conversation as he took a seat too.

"You see, me and these brave travelers were about to return to my land in order to liberate it from the tyranny of the emperor of the sea Kaido! A powerful and fearsome pirate who's terrorizing my country with an iron fist!" Kinemon explained on what happened to them.

"But then a strange storm fell to us. We were caught on a whirlpool that sucked us like a big toilet. Which odds me since it also made us separate from our friends, yet some of us managed to land in the same spot." Sanji replied.

"Seaprate you ,ehh?" The kid rubbed his chin, raising eyebrows about the story the group halfway cooked.

"Eyup! Now we're looking for our friends. One is a small reindeer, the other one is a lady who can make many hands, the other one is a cyborg who doesn't wear pants, another one is a skeleton, another one has a funny white hat, other has weird green hair and is a super-fan of me and another is a samurai just like Kinemon here." Luffy added again while picking up his nose. All while Zoro got up as he was interested about the bulletin board of the tavern. He noticed 7 posters of wanted people and picked one of them.

"Wanted, Meliodas the Dragon of Wrath and leader of the 7 deadly sins, for conspiring against the kingdom of Lioness and murder of the Grand Master. If you ever seen him, please contact any of the Holy Knights near our area for their immediate arrest. Bounty: 3,000,000,000,000 gold." Zoro read the wanted poster of the criminal who the kingdom are seeking his head. "Werd… never noticed that the Marines updated the look of their posters. And that bounty for whoever is this Meliodas guy is is absurdly high."

"Oooh! Did you said high bounty?" Luffy then stretched his head like a giraffe and slither its way toward the wanted posters. The act indeed shocked all the patrons and made them jump out of their seats.

"Holy Porkers! What did that kid eat to have a neck this long!?" Hawk shrieked by the unholy thing Luffy did. No one in Lioness has seen a kid with a neck this long.

"Oh, this?" Luffy turned back for some seconds to look at the bartender and his talking pig. "I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit. It made my body turn into rubber which allows me to stretch and inflate as much as I want." He explained as he turned back to see the wanted poster.

"Gum-Gum Fruit?" The Bartender raised one eyebrow. There was something clear, and that is that these people aren't normal. Though, he could sense that each one of them, including the rubber kid had normal auras rather than an overwhelming one.

Back with Luffy, he sparkled in admiration while looking at the high bounty of the dreadful Meliodas. "Oooh! I've never seen a bounty this high! This Meliodas guy must be really strong and tough!" He said with excitement. "I can't wait to meet him in person!"

"Well, I wouldn't recommend to do it if I were you, ehhh… Whathever you are." The blonde kid told Luffy as he pulled back his neck for it to look normal so the other customers wouldn't choke on their drinks for the shock they just got. "Believe me, It would be better to stay away from Meliodas and the other Seven Deadly Sins."

"Uhh? The Seven Deadly Sins?" Nami asked about the peculiar name.

"Eyup. They're as deadly and dastardly as their group name imply." Hawk confirmed the redhead's questions. "The Seven Deadly Sins were once the former heroes of all of Britannia and the strongest knights to ever roam this land, most people would consider them idols back in the day."

"So what they did for them to be considered criminals?" Sanji asked the smallfry who could just create the strongest of poisons if his hands were to touch a kitchen.

"Supposedly 10 years ago, during a great festival, they murdered the grand master of the Holy Knights Zaratras and escape before their capture, leaving a mountain of corpses and causing hundreds of casualties. No surprise for people who's background is kinda shady if you ask me." The kid replied as he picked up any empty booze drinks on the tables.

"L-like how bad their background is?" Ussop questioned as he began to shiver like if he was getting cold.

"Each member represents one of their respective sins." The kid responded after placing the empty cups on the bar table of the tavern and look at the crew. "First of there's King the Grizzly of Sloth, the king of the fairies who got accused for not protecting its people, causing many fairies to be massacred in the process." The bartender pointed at the poster of an obese man. Once he heard the name King, something in Kinemon growl slightly. Would they consider that King from the Beast Pirates serving under Kaido to be really a fairy? But then again, that thing doesn't look like the King he knows. "Then there's Diane the snake of Envy. A giant who was accused of brutalizing the leader of the giant clan for envying her power." He then pointed at the poster of a woman with twin tails. "Then there's Gother the goat of Lust. Framed for killing the king's sister out of his sick sexual obsessions." He pointed as the image of a bulky armor depicting the sin of lust. "Then there's Ban the wolf of greed. A human that is immortal since he drank the fountain of eternal youth for his quest of everlasting youth." He pointed at the image of a young man possibly in his 20s. "Then, there's Merlin the Boar of Gluttony. A mistress of magic with never-ending hunger of knowledge and power, which has led to many tragedies toward the land in the process." He looked at the poster of a beautiful lady with long hair. "There's also Escanor the Lion of Pride. Who's power is so big, he couldn't control it. And there's also the fact that he has the power of the sun itself." The bartender then followed to the image of a burly man with a moustache. "And lastly, there's their leader Meliodas the Dragon of Wrath. He was so powerful, when he lost the love of his life at the hands of the enemies, he burst out out of pure wrath, destroying an entire kingdom to nothingness that took enemies and civilians alike." He ended by pointing at the poster of the center. "As you see, they're criminals with some justifiable reasons for being treated as such."

Though, there was something odd about the kid which made Nami suspect. "Though, I have a slight question. How did you know that much about those Seven Deadly Sins?"

The bartender stopped from cleaning up the drinks. He tilted his head to the ground for some seconds before giving his reasons of why. "Well, it just so happens that my father who was the former owner of this place used to be very close friends with the Seven Deadly Sins. They often visited our humble tavern before the tragedy. Unfortunately, the old man died during the massacre of the holy knights, leaving me in charge of this place." He sighted before tilting his head back up again. "But well, hard times make strong men, amirite?"

Yet, there were other 2 posters… Thogh unlike the others, they seemed a bit blurry. Luffy asked the owner of the Boar hat about those 2 mysterious posters.

SLAM!

Everyone was interrupted once another person entered the bar. He looked like he saw a ghost or something. "I-I saw them…" He panted on a panicky manner. "There was no deny! I saw the Rust Knight and the Winter Warlock!"

"You saw em both?" A drunk patron asked the guest on the door while he took a seat to talk about his experience.

"I-it was true! I saw them coming to my humble farm after shopping at the market!" The young adult told everyone as he was seemed to be traumatized by the things he saw from coming back to his town. "During my way back to my cattle, I saw a big part of the road turned into a giant winter zone! Mountains of ice, frozen lakes and never-ending rain of snow all over the place! And just when I came back, I heard the clanky steps of the Rust Knight! I could feel my soul coming out of my body as the helmet of the Rust Knight slowly turned to my direction!" he screamed before bursting in tears out of the traumatic event.

"The Rusted Knight and the Winter Warlock?" Luffy seemed interested about those 2 fables the person put in the conversation.

"Haven't you heard?" Hawk drawn the captain of the crew's attention. "Recently after the coup the Sins caused against Lioness, there were rumors that the Princess of Lioness disappeared, just for the Rust Knight to appear later. Some say that he's searching for the princess to offer her to the Seven Deadly Sins as a mean to join them and others say it's the Princess herself inside that rusty armor. No matter the reason, it has been reported that the apparitions of the Rust Knight have scared the country people recently. Some say that if you stare closely to its eyes, you would be cursed with bad luck for the rest of your life." Hawk ended the explanation about the Rust Knight. "And just when things couldn't get any worse, there's the rising of the enigmatic Winter Warlock. A powerful magician that has power over the winter and ice itself! Recent activity has been sprouted that whenever the Warlock goes, it transforms the place he visited into a never-ending winter. Currently there has been 50 spots transformed, including a town." Hawk then pointed his hoof toward the bulletin board again. "So they recently posted the wanted posters of these 2 legends. Though, they say they're just myths. That's why the drawings don't look that accurate."

"Eehh… Why even make a fuss?" One of the patrons looked at the crew. "I mean, they're not the Seven Deadly Sins after all. I'm sure it's just a dood trying to prank villages for the kicks. I'm sure that's just it."

Clank… clank… clank…

Rusty steps could be heard from outside the door. Each step getting closer and louder, sending chills down Ussop and the other patron's bones like an unexpected winter breeze.

"SNORT! SNORT! That smells like a lot of rust to me!" Proclaimed Hawk as he used his piggy nose to sense the rust from outside the tavern.

"Don't worry! If that Rust knight seeks to harm anyone, I'll take care of it!" Proclaimed Luffy as he and his crew stood in front of the door to prepare themselves if their unwanted guests seemed to be hostile. All of them either cracking their knuckles or drawing their weapons, and still Ussop seemed to tremble, but he would still show himself to be brave, despite his cowardice."

Clank! Clank! Clank!

The door slowly opened as it revealed a bulky and towering rusty armor that could barely walk. All of the patrons gasped In fear while the bartender looked indifferent. As for the Strawhats seemed to click their tongues as they prapered to attack on any moment.

"The… Seven… Deadly… Sins…" The armor whispered on an ominous voice. "Where… are… they…" The armor slowly crawled as it came closer and closer, without any trace of getting out of the tavern.

"THE RUST KNIGHT! IT'S REAL!" All the other patrons cried in horror as they ran for their lives and left the boar hat terrified.

"Is that how you want to go, then bring it on!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his fist behing him as much as he could. "Gum Gum…"

"W-wait…" The Rust Knight whispered as it tried to stop the Strawhat from completing his attack.

"Pistol!" Luffy shouted, shooting his stretched out fist against the armor of the strike of the rusted armor of the enigmatic knight against the fist of the rubber boy caused the monster in armor to be sent flying. Luckily, the Rust Knight fell to the ground before falling off the clift the tavern was located in, causing the helmet of the knight to fall off.

The bartender and Hawk quickly went to check out over the identity of the Rust Knight to report it to the authorities all while the captain of the Strawhats sobbed his fist as it hurt a little. He didn't expect the armor to be at least that tough.

The bartender of the Boar Hat examination well the identity of the supposed Rust Knight and see about the commotion on why everyone was freaking out about the myth. He quickly widen his eyes once he noticed the ideintity of the Knight. "Is… she…" He stammered, looking at the uncovered face of the knight, who's identity was of a young white-haired girl.

"Uuuh? Something in the matter?" Luffy approached the young innkeeper to see why he froze in place, only to look again at the girl. "Huh… Wonder where a girl got herself an armor like that."

"It's not any normal girl." The bartender stated as he looked closer to the wandering Rust Knight. "She's none other than the the 3rd Princess of Lioness herself… Elizabeth Lioness…"

"WHAT!? You mean that the disappeared princess of Lioness was the Rust Knight all along?" Hawk jumped in surprise on the reveal of the identity of the girl.

The blonde young kid stood up as he demonstrated a more serious expression. "Hey, do you think you could take her majesty to the upper part of my tavern? I think I have some basic medical equipment up in my room."

"Huh? Why though?" Luffy asked a bit clueless.

"Well, you did scared off my customers with your weird powers and you punched the princess on the stomach. Luckily though, she seemed to wear an armor prior to this. So you'll better help me out, or I have no other choice but to report you to the Holy Knights." The kid responded. "Maybe you could use those stretchy powers of yours in to good use."

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Back at the bartender's room at the upper floor of the Boar Hat and laid the princess Elizabeth on the kid's bed. Nami was sure to patch up the girl before anything. And also made sure for Sanji to calm his hormones before doing anything perverted toward their unconscious guest.

"Hmm… No deny that she has a killing body for a member of a royal family." Kinemon commented on the girl's body, which was quite admirable and desirable. The same thought Momonosuke, but frankly Nami and Ussop were there to calm the Samurai of Wano off.

"Are you sure she's alright?" The pig seemed worried about the princess' health. His human friend stepped in to check.

"Well, there's only one way to find out." The dwarf commended as he began to check the girl's body and see if ther weren't any injuries. "Let's see… That sweet gentle face, those buxom curves, this perfume, hmm… Big, squishy and soft…" Meliodas continued to check in as he was beginning to squish the girl's boobs. But of course, he felt a demonic aura behind him that made him sweat out of fear.

SLAM!

"GODDAMN IT! YOU'RE JUST EVEN WORSE THAN SANJI, AREN'T YA!?" Nami smacked the kid's head even harder than before, causing him to grow bump the size of his head and drop on the floor. "Like seriously! How can this kid not be behind bars with that stupid attitude of his?"

"Heh, beats me." Hawk commented.

Meanwhile, Luffy being Luffy, began to prod one of her cheeks continuously. "Oi, Rust Knight. Are you alright? Sorry for hitting you before." He continued to poke her face in hopes of waking her up. He isn't Chopper or anything, but he at least hoped this would make her wake up.

Elizabeth slowly opened her eyes as she saw first the face of the Straw Hat pirate. "Uhh… Are you one of the Seven Deadly Sins…?" She gently asked at the rubber boy as she slowly got up.

"Uhh… Nope… My name's Monkey D. Luffy. Anyways, sorry for punching you earlier. With that armor you were wearing before, we thought you would came here to attack this inn." Luffy apologized for using violence earlier. "Oh! By the way, these are my friends! Zoro, Kinemon, Usopp, Nami, Sanji, Momonosuke, Hawk and this kid right over here."

"Friends?" The princess looked around, only to be greeted by the cook of the crew gently holding her right hand.

"Hello there young lady, my name's Sanji." Sanji presented himself with the politest way as he could do it. "We found you there unconscious on the floor, so we brought you here to treat any wounds you have. Did I mention you are quite beautiful?"

Smack!

Sanji got smacked in the head by one of Zoro's cased swords. He just couldn't stand his attitude when he made contact with a lady. "You freaking shitty cook…"

"Oi! What the hell did you said, Moss Head!?" Sanji got up as he fumed and bumped heads with he swordsman, causing Zoro to do the same, kickstarting a heated argument of insults between the 2.

"Anyways, what does a royal princess like you do on these plains of this country?" Kinemon interrogated the princess who's recently getting up from the bed. "by the way, this humble kid was the one who took you into his inn."

"Oww… Welp, seems that your heartbeat is fine." The child bartender smiled as he slightly rubbed his head. "I'm sure you're probably wondering where you at are. Well, welcome to the Boar Hat. I'm sure you've have heard of it from local townsfolk." The kid presented his home to the young princess as she innocently looked around.

"Don't let yourself be fooled by his child demeanor. He's a pervert and he won't think it twice before he touches you without your consent." Nami slowly approached Elizabeth and whispered through her ear, warning her about the blonde kid and that it would be better to keep distance toward him.

"Ohh, are you really the owner…?" Elizabeth asked the kid since she couldn't believe a kid that young could be able to run this place, and more when its supposedly known through all Britania. "It's just by the sword you have in your back." She pointed at the sword the child had on his back, which only made Zoro and the others recently notice.

"Oh, this?" He pointed at his sword before taking it out of his case. Elizabeth showed herself to be scared on the sword, only to receive the surprise that the sword lacked any edge as Its blade was completely broken.

"Hehehe… Got you all there, ain't i?" He laughed as he showed them all his broken sword. "All you see is the handle, so at least is good to intimidate any customers to make them think from skipping any tabs." He smirked before putting his broken sword down down on his case.

"How did you even got that? Guess it broke during a fight or something." Zoro added after concluding his dispute with Sanji afterwards.

"Ah nah, I just found it laying on the floor. I was about to throw it out to the trash, but then I had the idea of using this to scare off any unwanted visits." He explained on how he found this piece of trash.

Though, Ussop could swore that the kid was lying. As an expert on the liars field, he could tell that the kid is hiding something from everyone. Though, it would be better to get on his bad side and just let it slid in.

"Is that really necessary? I mean, your horrible cooking could just be enough to intoxicate them and then haggle them for their money." Hawk insulted his human friend for his horrendous skills In the culinary department.

Though, once the pork opened his mouth, Elizabeth gasped out. "Is that…" She got up as she walked closer to Hawk. "A TALKING PIG!? OHHH! IT'S SO CUTE! I ALWAYS WANTED MY DAD TO GET ME ONE OF THESE!" She then proceeded to cuddle and hug the pig adorably.

"I know! Isn't it cool?" Luffy complimented as he patted the pig's head. Which brought him some questions. "Anyways, how did you even got this pig?" He asked the bartender of the Boar Hat as he was curious where did he met the talking pork in the first place. Did he won it on a country fair perhaps?

"Well, kinda of a long story. You see-" Just when the kid was about to tell the story on how he met Hawk for the first time, a loud growl could be heard all around the room. The Strawhats then looked at Luffy who was the most likely to be the one who's belly roared like a mountain lion.

"Ummm… Excuse me…" Elizabeth apologized as she felt a bit ashamed for her belly to gurgle like that. "I wandered through the land on that heavy armor and I passed whole days without eating. Do you have something to eat?" She politely asked the owner of the Boar Hat. He was gonna get himself to start working, until he was halted by Sanji.

"Back off kid. The most you would end up obtaining with your horrendous cooking will be having this beautiful experience what happened to Snow White once she ate that poisoned apple." Sanji then walked back downstairs to get himself prepared.

"Humph… As if you were any better cook." The owner waved his hips to mock the blonde with the curly eyebrows. He was really getting tired of being called a horrible chef.

The cook then stopped in his tracks as he puffed an air of smoke from his small cigarette. "I'm not just a better cook." He slowly turned his head to the direction of the blonde kid with a confident smirk. "I'm one of the best cooks you'll ever seen." He said before turning back and come down to the kitchen.

"Like seriously, what's with that guy and thinking he can cook better?" The small kid frowned while crossing his arms, wondering where all that confident attitude is coming from.

"Well, have you seen him in the kitchen? Sanji can make wonders to your mouth once his hands are out there for work. That's why he always fights off using his legs!" The teen wearing a Straw Hat supported that Sanji was a god on the kitchen.

"Besides, I'm sure anyone can just cook better that whatever abomination. Even a freaking fly!" Hawk mocked his friend's cooking abilities. I mean, it would be much preferable for someone else who isn't that experienced in cooking than the kid touching a frying pan.

Once Sanji reached the kitchen of the bar, he stretched his limbs to get to work. "Well, let's get cooking…" He sighted as he looked around for ingredients to use. He first checked the closets and threw out any rotten or expired ingredients to the garbage bin to prevent any intoxication. And damn! There were a lot of expired stuff lying there. He used the remaining fresh ingredients and began to cut, grill, bake, mash and fry for some minutes.

5 Minutes Later

"Dinner's up!" Sanji announced as he had plates for everyone to eat.

Elizabeth, Luffy, the owner of the Boar hat and Hawk all sat at the bar as each one of them were served a plate of grilled steak alongside some mashed potatoes and lettuce to eat.

"Hot dog! Meat! My favorite!" Luffy drooled in amazement before chowing down his plate like a damn hog. Though, he let out the veggies for later as he was a meat lover from start to finish.

Elizabeth cut down her piece of steak before taking a small bite. But once she did, her taste buds suddenly felt as If they reached heaven itself. The taste, the texture, even the look. It was a marvel to behold. "This… This… I-I haven't eaten something like this ever since I escaped from my castle…" She began to sob in happiness as she began to constantly eat up her food.

"Oh my goodness! This must be one the best scraps I have ever tasted!" Hawk squealed in joy as he has finally experienced what a decent dish tasted like rather than just the scraps of the meat pies the customers of the Boar Hat puked out.

"If that's the case, then I feel sorry for you." Sanji told Hawk, feeling pity that the only thing he had to eat were the kid's abominations he dared to call food.

"Alright, I admit that your food is slightly better than mine." The blonde kid scuffled as he took bite after bite, still refusing to let the last remains of his ego get shattered down. "Anyways your majesty." The bartender then looked at the young princes of Lioness. "Why did you ran from your kingdom on that rusty armor?"

The princess blushed for a bit before answering. "Well, you see i-"

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK!

"Open up!" A voice that came outside the inn proclaimed for the owner of the Boar Hat to open the door. "The villagers have reported us about the Rust Knight being inside this tavern!"

"Oh great… Those guys again…" The kid looked at the door with a sweat dropped expression, seemingly familiar about the voice and the way they knock the door.

"Huh? You know those guys?" Luffy seemed surprised that the kid knew who the ones were knocking.

"Yeah, they're the self-proclaimed Order of the Beard of the Mountain Cat. They're doods serving under the Holy Knights and are basically the local police around these parts." He added before finishing up his drink.

"Rust Knight, potential member of the Deadly Sins, you are under arrest for disturbing the peace all around Britania. We order you to step in and turn yourself. If you don't and show to resist, we have no other option but to use brute force!" The leading member of the Mountain Cats ordered Elizabeth to come out.

"Huh… Strange. Those guys are just as annoying as the Marines." Zoro added as he was lying over a wall. He was ready to draw his sword near if those guys ever seen to also harm his captain and friends. Unless it was Sanji, he would just sit back and let the shitty cook suffer and struggle for himself.

"Don't worry, I'll go there and solve this." The kid got up before walking to the door to talk it out with the knights waiting outside. "You go and take the princess to a safe place."

Outside the tavern, the group of warriors were just waiting for them to respond. "Are you sure it'll come out?" The tallest of the group was still curious about the Rust Knight coming out and turn itself in.

"Well, who knows? It could just be a prank by the citizens. Or maybe the Rust Knight is just a myth after all." The member with a long pointy nose added as he was sitting down on the grass.

"But hey, it could have been worse. At least it's not the fabled Winter Warlock." The leader of the squad named Allioni tried to cheer up his members by saying that they could have been sent to arrest a magician capable of turning entire landscapes into eternal winters.

The bartender then opened the door. "Oh, is there something in the matter guys?" He politely asked the knights if there was any real reason to knock so violently. "We already talked about it. There's no need for you to constantly knock the door. The last time you did was because someone deemed my friend Hawk as an unholy demon. If you want to, I can invite you all for a drink. Free of charge."

"Oh! It's you." The leader of the Mountain Cats recovers his firm posture. "We've received reports that the wandering Rust Knight is inside this establishment. I kindly ask you to turn him over to the authorities immediately. Your cooperation would be appreciated."

The owner rubbed his chin while crossing his other arm. "Well, you're right about the Rust Knight hiding in my humble tavern." He confirmed that the myth of the wandering armor was indeed true as he looked on his back. "Go on, don't try to resist and come out already."

"Yeesh! I'm coming already!" Rather than receiving the Rust Knight, all they got was Hawk wearing the remains of the Rust Knight's armor. "Yeah, that's me! The fearsome Rust Knight myself! Gwar!" He growled as he teased the rookie knights.

"Do you think you can take us as idiots?" Allioni took this sign of mockery as an insult and shouted straight to the blonde's face.

"Hmm… Maybe?" The owner joker as he smugly shrugged his arms.

"GRR! Listen here, you stupid dwarf!" The leader lifted the kid by the collar in frustration, without him slipping his poker face from well, his face. "I have you know that all of us were trained by none other than the Holy Knight Lord Twigo himself. And you know that a single Holy Knight equals 100 standard soldiers! I'm asking you to actually give us whoever the true Rust Knight is or face the consequences!" He bellowed as he dropped the humble Innkeeper into the floor.

"Oh, that Big Shot?" The short stack then began to refer to Twigo as he rubbed the back of his head while slowly getting up. "Yeah, I don't think he's that impressive to be honest. I'm sure he's just all bark and no bite. But hey! He's a Holy Knight for a reason, right? Then again, anyone can be a Holy Knight these days." He stated, seeing how recently Lioness has been drafting a lot of people into the lines of the Holy Knights.

"YOU DARE TO MAKE FUN OF SIR TWIGO SO CASUALLY!?" The captain of the group was beginning to turn red out of rage, feeling attacked on having his mentor being insulted by a kid from all people so casually. The Holy Knights were the protectors of Britania and thus, they must be respected by that. But this brat just goes out of his way to mock such figure.

While the 2 were disputing, one of the Knights noticed Elizabeth behind the tavern. Once she saw that she was discovered, she started to run for her life through the near forest behind the Inn, alongside the Strawhats chasing her.

"Oi! You can't just run like that! it's dangerous!" Luffy who did his best to catch Elizabeth while having the rest of his crew on his behind began to track down the princess who refused to stay just to get away.

"Allioni!" The knight who spotted the missing Princess quickly tried to draw his attention, which he managed to do so. "I've saw something running through the forest alongside some suspicious people!"

"What? Inform Sir Twigo at once!" The leading member ordered the lesser one to report this to their mentor Twigo as quickly as he could. The minion saluted and went to where the Holy Knight was. "One of them must be the Rust Knight! After them!" He exclaimed as he and his squadron entered through the forest to chase down the Straw Hat Pirates and Elizabeth.

Inside the gloomy forest, Luffy couldn't believe that the Princess was able to run like that and not get tired. "Damn! She's very fast!" He cursed as he began to swing around the trees using his arms like Spider-Man.

"If he's so fast, why don't you use your Gear 2nd or something?" Nami questioned his captain as it would be very logical for him to swift into his second gar and reach her easily.

"It's not that simple!" He yelled at the Navigator. "Once it wears off, it takes almost all of my energy away! And also some of my lifespan! I think…" He mumbled, not before crashing down a tree like a cartoon for not putting attention on what was ahead of him.

Luckily, Sanji went to his rescue as he hopped up to the three with his Sky Walk and pull out his friend from there. "You should be careful to where you're going Luffy."

"Thanks Sanji." He thanked his friend before proceeding to catch up with Elizabeth and not have her get injured. After all, she's running through a forest barefoot. Imagine the splinters she would get.

"Seize them at once!" The second in command commanded the others to capture every one of them. Even if none of them were the Rust Knight, one of them must be.

"Uhh guys, I think we got ourselves some company!" Momonosuke who took his dragon form to keep track of the others told them as he pointed at the knights chasing them.

"Oh great! Seems that they are as annoying as the Marines." Zoro cursed as he was about to draw his swords, only to Luffy to step in.

"Gum Gum…" He began to charge his fist, halting for some moment before looking around to see if he can use the trees for his advantage. "Pinball Fist!" He shouted as he directed his fist against one of the trees. His fist then bounced against the trunk to punch one of the Knights in the face, which lead up to bounced against another tree, and then punch another Knight. It continued until all of the Knights except Allioni were knocked out by the captain's fist of fury.

"What the hell!? What kind of wicked magic is this?" Allioni stammered, seemingly terrified on how a kid like him was able to stretch his arms like that.

"This isn't magic! I ate the Gum-Gum Fruit!" He proclaimed before punching another big tree, causing it to fall and block the captain's path. At least assuring that they won't be able to chase them any longer.

Once they reached out from the end of the forest leading up into a very high cliff. They looked around on where Elizabeth was hiding. No matter where they looked, they seemed that she just disappeared. Did she just jumped out of the cliff?

"Hey! Up here!" The voice of the bartender of the Boar Hat echoed through the cliff, causing the crew to looked to their backs, only to reveal that the blonde child had Elizabeth carried on his arms.

"Oi! How did you managed to get up there so fast? Were were you then?" Sanji seemingly angered about the kid having the attention of the beautiful young lass shouted at him. There was not way on earth that he could be that fast,unless he ate some sort of Devil Fruit or knows a move similar to Soru like those guys from the CP9 possess.

The kid jumped down from the tree back to land before letting Elizabeth go. "Well, have you see how fast I am when I go into towns and steal panties from girls?" He snickered, only for her to be smacked again by Nami.

"Geez! It's been like 3 smacks this day!" Nami just though there was no remedy for this pervert kid. She was the only thing that was stopped him from molesting others.

"Hey! It was just a joke." He assured the others as he got up. Still, the redhead was very skeptical about him confirming that it wasn't true. "Anyways, I didn't know you had a dragon for a pet."

"Hey! I'm Momonosuke you idiot!" The pink dragon blurted at the Innkeeper of the Boar hat. It didn't that long for him to recognize the voice.

"So anyway, at least I'm glad you were able to take care of those guys. They are quite the pain in the ass if you ask me." The kid assured as he looked back at the forest, being glad that they don't have knights chasing their tails out.

They all took a moment to sit down and finally ask on why the Princes left her kingdom in the first place.

"Hey, you said the name of the Seven Deadly Sins once you entered the tavern. Are you searching for them or something?" Luffy was the first to ask Elizabeth about why she mentioned the names of those infamous criminals when she wore that rusty armor.

Elizabeth shrugged in slight embarrassment before answering the boy's question. "Well, the reason is… I was searching for the Seven Deadly Sins, to see if they can help me save my country from the Holy Knights…"

What the member of the Lioness Royal family captured everyone present in a web of gasp.

"What? Why would you ask those monsters for help?" Hawk was the first to talk. "Who knows if they're even alive? And why would the Holy Knights try to coup the kingdom? They're supposed to be heroes! The good guys!"

Elizabeth seemed somehow gloomed about what Hawk said. "It's just, I saw the Holy Knights conspiring with one another… It all started during the night at the castle after the slaughter of Holy Knights when the coup the Seven Deadly Sins supposedly started. The new Grand Masters Sir Hendrickson and Dreyfuss were scouting a mysterious figure wearing a black cape to the castle." She then continued to tell her tale of woe. "They gathered themselves arguing about something like setting up the whole assassination of the former Grand Master and how their plan to use the Seven Deadly Sins as scapegoats worked as they planned."

"Hmm? And what happened then?" Usopp seemed very intrigued about the princess' story.

"Well, after that, they were talking about opening some sort of coffin using my blood and a missing piece of said coffin. Before that, they made sure to lock all of my family into the dungeon for them to take over as the new rulers of Britannia." She began to cry as she began to remember her sister and father, the king of Lioness. "They said some weird things about the resurrection of the demons, ten commandments, a deal they had between them and a Demon King."

Once she mentioned the names of the Ten Commandments, Demon King and Demons, something inside the kid seem to snap out. "Y-you're telling me they're planning to liberate the Demon Clan!?" He quickly interrogated Elizabeth, seemingly overly concerned and interested about the situation.

"W-well!" She quickly flustered on having the dwarf so close to her. Though, she managed to calm down after. "I-I'm not that sure… After that, I decided to escape from my kingdom by using an old armor to hide from everyone so I can seek help to the only people I know they can help. The Seven Deadly Sins."

"And why are you so sure they're eager to help?" Zoro asked out, still taking Elizabeth's innocence for granted.

"Because." She shook for a moment before regaining her composure and tell everyone the reason why she has her faith on the most wanted criminals of all Britania. "I helped them escape from Lioness during that day they were framed!" She added while standing up firm. "I saw everything! They weren't the ones who killed the Grand Master Zaratras! It was Dreyfuss and Hendrickson who did it!" Elizabeth then grabbed her chest and looked down at the grass. "The Seven Deadly Sins couldn't be that bad. My father had faith in every one of them, to the point he bestowed to them 7 magical weapons for them to use. He also told me all sorts of fantastic stories and fables of how every one of them being amazing people! If he had so much trust of them, there's no way for them to betray him without a sole reason!" Elizabeth showed that no matter how the masses point the 7 knights of Britannia as irredeemable villains, she saw them as the last hope for her country. "I need to find them as soon as possible! Those 3 monsters they dare to call themselves the new leaders of Lioness have been drafting people whenever you see. And if they show any sign of restrain, they'll be either be severely punished or killed. They also began to abuse their status by applying fiscal terrorism to fellow towns! As the princess of the kingdom, it's my duty to help my people! Because if I don't, they'll start a whole war all across Britania! Possibly enslaving everyone with an iron fist!"

The young Tavern owner tilted his head sideways. "But… if you what saying it's true, do you really think they'll be willing to help you and not try to harm you? After all, you're the princess of one of the biggest and most powerful kingdoms in all the land. Couldn't they just try to use you to extort Lioness or something?" He brought some good points.

But… Just when Elizabeth was about to talk…

Slash!

A huge slash hit the cliff, causing it to rumble.

"Huh? What's going on?" Usopp cried in panic as they saw the part of the cliff cut down, making them fall down to their doom if they hit the ground. Sure, Luffy would be alright since his whole body is made out of rubber, but the same couldn't be said for the others.

"Oh! Give me a break!" Hawk cried as the group began to fall down. Luckily, Luffy reacted quickly and wrapped everyone with his arms.

Once Elizabeth opened her eyes, she was amazed of Luffy's power. The rubber kid stretched his other hand to grab something to push them back up.

"Oopsie. I forgot to confirm whenever there were the people they reported." A knight on top of the cliff grinned as he placed his sword back on its case. It was very tall and had a red armor to protect himself. "In conclusion, 8 individuals of unknown origin dead." He looked down, barely bothering to checked if they were deceased or survived the fall. "So? How do you think about that?" Sir Twigo the Holy Knight looked back only to see Allioni and his goons who managed to recover consciousness.

"But Sir, we haven't confirmed whenever or not they managed to survive." Allioni stepped in to confront the Holy Knight's report. "I saw that kid have some sort of weird power that allowed him to uncannily stretch his body! There's still that possibility that he and his subordinates have surived the fall."

"Is that so?" Twigo slowly approached the captain of the Mountain Cats as Allioni seemed to back while shaking on his boots. "Are you implying that some rookies like those could survive my mighty sword? I can easily add 1 more fatality to my report, and it won't be me or any other person in Britania except from one of you."

"B-but sir! I'm just saying that we better review and secure if they are dead!" Allioni who was also a poor witness of the slaughter the 7 Deadly Sins caused back in the day tried to convince his superior to look again and not caused any errors on the report.

"He's telling the truth!" The knight with the long nose affirmed. "We all saw the kid with the Straw Hat stretch his arm and knock us down with one single punch! If we don't do something about him, he could become a danger to Lioness! We already have enough problems with the Winter Warlock so-"

"ENOUGH!" The Holy Knight shouted to his inferiors. "I won't go on my way to re-arrange my report just for some stupid brat having rubber powers! I am a Holy Knight and i am the Justice around here! You're nothing more than mere peasants under my command, and I have the jurisdiction to kill all of you if I so desire!"

"Gum Gum Rocket!" Luffy shouted as his stretchy and long arms quickly grabbed into one of the trees to rocked himself and the others back on land. Sanji carried Nami with his arms using Sky walk while Momonosuke managed to rescue his dad by making him ride his behind back to land.

"Well, so you're the infamous Sir Twigo your goons always brag about." The young bartender looked at the Holy Knight as he didn't seemed that impressed. "Hey! At least have some respect for mother nature, won't you?"

"Uhh?" The Holy Knight then turned at the direction of where the group was. He was surprised on seeing a dragon with them as it wasn't that common, and neither he has seen an oriental dragon in his life. "What kind of animal is that abomination supposed to be!? And what are those clothes you're wearing!?"

"Hey!" Momonosuke felt attacked by the knight's words, he turned back into a human. "I'm not an animal and I have a name. It's Momonosuke, you giant meatloaf!"

"Hey! What the hell is wrong with you?" Luffy stepped in, feeling angry toward the ruthless knight of Lioness. "Who do you think you are to treat your mates like that? Aren't you supposed to be their mentors? What kind of mentor would try to threaten its students by killing them!?" The kid seemed too much heated about how on how Twigo treated his subordinates. Well, it was true that Rayleigh's training routine was harsh, he would never try to threaten him with death or something similar.

"And who are you to ask me those question, filthy pleb?" The knight then began to approach the captain of the Straw Hat Pirates. "Seems that today is your lucky day. None of you seem to resemble the wanted posters for the Seven Deadly Sins." Though, he stopped once he noticed a sapphire earring on Elizabeth's left ear. "I-is that… There's no deny!" Twigo slowly approached the princess of Lioness, with every step making a loud sound of his heavy armor. "That earring you're wearing is from the royal family of Lioness. Which in conclusion, you must be the lost Princess Elizabeth!"

"Sheesh! I'm wondering how a knight working for the Royal Family of this place didn't recognize her for you know… BEING THE PRINCESS OF THIS COUNTRY!" Nami added annoyed.

The young kid then looked at the others as he walked forward. "Guys, you better run to the forest and go back to the tavern. I don't think none of you will be able to take down a Holy Knight, even if you gang upon him. Now go! I'll take care of him!" The blonde ordered the others, which Luffy and co. refused to do so.

"What? Run away? Never!" The rubber teenager declined on escaping. "I've faced stronger enemies like him! And I won't let him harm her just because he thinks he can!" Luffy, seemingly angry about almost putting his friends in danger.

"Luffy! We don't have time for this! Don't involve yourself in unwanted trouble!" Usopp then pulled Luffy's stretchy arm, dragging him through the forest which Elizabeth and Hawk sprint first to get away from the crossfire.

"But I can't let this bastard not get his ass kicked! Let me go Usopp!" Luffy began to ramble about him wanting to put Twigo on his place. But he was soon dragged back into the forest by his other crewmembers to get safely. They already got enough troubles with Dressrosa, so maybe they should skip this one.

The blonde shortie then grabbed the handle, ready to confront Twigo. "Hey! I have you one small question… Who sent you for the princess? And is it true that they're seeking to free the demon clan that was sealed long ago?"

The tall knight looked puzzled, but not as puzzled as Allioni and his goons. "And who in the underworld told you that we want to revive the demons? Don't be ridiculous! Why would someone want to free them?" He questioned the small brat, thinking that what he was saying were nothing more than tall tales. "But, if you wish to be slain by the best sword user of this part of Britania, forgive me. But you have to wait your turn after I completed my given task." He turned his head to the forest where Elizabeth, Hawk and the Straw Hats were escaping from the conflict. "Originally, I was tasked to take back the third princess of the Royal Family back to Lioness. But they also told me to either take her body even if her heart stops beating! As long as there is blood of her in the body, it won't matter! So it would be a shame that she would lost her life on an unfortunate accident…" He grasped his sword, as it was ready to draw it against the 3rd princess of Lioness, not before casting a spell against the bartender, causing it to be wrapped by 3 holy rings and making the kid unable to move as he lost balance and fell to the ground.

"Conclusion!" The Holy Knight exclaimed as he raised his sword and charged it with his magic, ready to slain to the fools escaping inside the forest.

"Stop it, Sir Twigo! Those aren't our targets! Leave them alone!" Allioni was the first to beg the Holy Knight to stop this. Even if Luffy and his crew tried to escape them, they knew they don't deserve to be harmed.

"ELIZABETH!" The small kid shouted in terror, unable to escape his restrains. Feeling useless and without having any chance to intervene, even if he's just a young humble innkeeper.

"AN ACCIDENTAL DEATH!" The evil Holy Knight slashed its blade, causing him to create a giant sword beam targeting the group of heroes. While the slash traveled all across the forest, it cut any tree crossing its path, but its stopped once it hit its target. Provoking a gigantic impact among the clift, eliminating the entirety of the forest with one mighty slash.

"NOOOO!" The bartender shouted in fear and despair, thinking that she, hawk and the others were sliced into half, without any chance to retaliate due to the rings binding his body.

Sir Twigo slowly put his sword back into his case, satisfied of another job done. "Well, now that with my mission done, i can finally confirm that the task bestowed to me has been fulfilled exponentially." He smirked as he turned to his men. "Gentlemen, be sure to find the princess' corpse and bring a sample of her blood."

"B-but Sir Twigo! What would happen if the townspeople find the dead bodies of the princess and the others? What would happen to your reputation?" Allioni stepped up, trying to give his humble opinion about the situation. Nevertheless, he was shaking in his iron boots over the barbaric act the Holy Knight did.

Twigo twirled his fabulous moustache for some seconds before coming up with the perfect plan. "Well, we can easily just burn down the bodies after we scavenge what they have in their pockets. And if we can't, we can easily just use this kid right here as the perfect scapegoat." He walked toward the blonde innkeeper to then lift him by pulling his collar before looking back at the Mountain Cats. "What do you think about this, gentlemen? The brave Sir Twigo of the Holy Knights captures local bartender after finding him killing the royal princess and 6 other innocents for his own benefit? We can thrown in that the Bartender was actually a member of the 7 Deadly Sins trying to reunite his fellow members."

"You… are sick…" The bartender snarled with a very deep and dark tone. As if he had been accumulating his inner wrath after watching the princess, Hawk and the others die just like that. "Do you really think the people from here would guzzle down such stupid tale, you monster…?"

"Well, of course." Twigo replied. "I'm a Holy Knight, and people would surely try to side themselves with one rather than just a child running a second-rate tavern around these places." He smirked before throwing the kid into the ground to later step on his head with his right foot.

"I've been in this town, more that any of you bastards would… They're not that stupid to fool…" The bartender seem to contain his urge to explode and snap the Holy Knight's neck, even when his face is being stomped.

"Well, we can just easily destroy this town and then report that you were the responsible from doing so." The malicious knight pulled his sword again in the air. "Tough, I can easily tell everyone that you chose to kill yourself before atoning for your sin!"

"HEY! We aren't over here!" Zoro's voice echoed all around the area, drawing Twigo and the rest their attention toward the impact zone of the Holy Knight's attack.

Once the dust of the impact cleared, it was shown that Elizabeth and the rest were okay. Zoro stood in front of everyone, blocking the attack by crossing 2 of his 3 swords. Even when he took significant damage, he stood like a mighty wall.

"Sir Zoro…" Elizabeth muttered, being surprised that one man was able to tank the attack of a Holy Knight that was able to cut down an entire forest with one slash. "Its my fault, isn't it? My quest to find the 7 Deadly Sins almost killed all of you!" She began to sob in tears, feeling guilty of dragging a Holy Knight to these parts.

Zoro looked back where his friends were standing. "Save the apologies for later. At least be happy that none of you aren't dead." He affirmed to defeat mightier foes than a Holy Knight before returning his attention to the knight.

"All of you! How dare you survive without my permission! I won't been altering my report just for the sake of letting any one of you go!" Twigo shouted at the group for still living thanks to Roronoa Zoro's reflexes.

"Are you kidding me? You would have killed us, and all you care about is some stupid report?" Hawk squealed in anger, seeing how petty the Knight in front of them was acting toward him and the others.

"Elizabeth! Hawk! You're all alive!" The bartender suddenly changed mood once he saw that none of them were dead in the slightest. His accumulated wrath vanished like an instance and was replace by a feeling of satisfaction.

"You there! Silence, I say!" Twigo pressed his foot harder, causing the kid to scream in agony by doing so.

"Please! I beg you to stop! I'll turn myself for you to not get harmed! I can't watch you getting hurt anymore!" Elizabeth plead the swordsman to not engage in combat, as she feared the mighty power of a single Holy Knight.

"Aren't you deaf or what? Even if you turn yourself in, they still want you dead anyway. Otherwise, that asshole wouldn't have launched his attack in the first place." Zoro replied, making the princess thought it twice before giving up. "Oi, Oi! Stop it with torturing the kid there! Your fight is with me!" Zoro proclaimed as he pointed the sword on his right arm against the towering Holy Knight.

"Uhh?" The knight owled as he began to contain his laughter. "Bwahahaha! Are you kidding? Do you feel suicidal today? What makes you think a humble villager like yourself is able to beat a Royal Knight in combat? Moreover, me in a swordfight?" He teased the Pirate Hunter, underestimating his capabilities at the sword.

"Don't make me laugh…" Zoro said as he began to put off his upper part of the kimono and tied his black bandana into his head like he usually does when he's about to face someone. "I heard you were the best swordsman this place can offer. Maybe you think that way because you haven't actually engaged against a competent opponent like me!"

Twigo twitched in fury once he was insulted like that. "Are you implying you are stronger than me, a Holy Knight?"

"Perhaps…" The green-haired pirate smirked in response. "And please! I've seen monkeys swing a sword better than you! You're not even worth to consider a third-rate swordsman with the way you swing that piece of junk you dare to call a sword."

The Holy Knight was stale for some minutes, before reacting again. "Hehehehe…" He chuckled. "AHAHAHAHAHA! Is that so? If you're that eager to die, then so be it!" He exclaimed, letting him be devoured by his own arrogance. "But before I can humiliate you in front of everyone here! I need to take out this pebble under my shoe!" he exclaimed, kicking the bartender like a football back to the group.

"GAAH! I got you!" Luffy shouted as he stretched his fingers to create a net to catch the incoming Innkeeper. "There!"

"Phew… Thanks kid. Maybe I should invite you all a drink after this." The kid gleamed in gratitude for them to save him. "That of course, once I get myself free from this magic restrain."

"D-don't worry… I know a magic to cancel these kinds of magics." Elizabeth stated before putting her hands together.

"The do it someone else!" Zoro interrupted as he looked to the group. "I can't let anyone distract me when I'm fighting!"

"B-but i…"

"Don't worry Mrs. Princess! Zoro will win for sure!" Luffy acclaimed that Zoro had this won for sure. "Because he promised me to never lose ever again! And he hasn't lost ever since!"

The group decided to take refugee inside the Boar Hat, watching the fight from the small terrance it had. Elizabeth made sure to cast the anti-magic spell into the kid to free him and see the fight, as he wanted to see this fight. Not because he thought that Twigo would win, but he felt some sort of demonic aura all around the green swordsman.

"A-are you sure about this Sir Twigo? You aren't being serious in fighting this kid when we have the lost princess in sight!" The goon with the long nose asked his superior on why fight a complete stranger when the lost princess of Lioness was in front of their noses.

"Well, I just can't let a mere kid insult the name of the Holy Knights like that." Twigo acclaimed as he twirled his moustache even further. "If that brat was able to survive my mighty attack, I can at least have myself some fun around here. It would be very entertaining to see this kid's actual puppy-size bite compared to his bark." He affirmed before stretching his arms wide open for an attack. "Go on kid! Give me your best shot! I've doubt that even with those swords of yours could penetrate my invincible armor!"

"Heh… Who said I was going to fight with only 2 swords?" Zoro grinned as he pulled up his 3rd sword from its case to bite its handle, showing his trademark 3-Sword style to everyone present.

"Are you kidding? Are you going to fight me while biting a sword?" Twigo looked puzzled on why someone would bite a sword on a fight. "You look ridiculous! What are you going to get is only a set of broken teeth, brat!"

"So what? You have a problem with that?" Zoro narrowed at the knight with a taunting sight, waiting for him to do the first strike. "Or are you scared knowing you're nothing compared to me?"

"Ha! Save your insults for later!" Twigo laughed with full pride as he was ready to receive the young swordsman's pathetic attack on any moment. "Come on! Are you scared perhaps?"

Zoro looked at his rival for some seconds before crossing his arms as he closed his eye. "Even though somehow I'm unable to use my Armament Haki, I doubt that even without it, I'm still able to put this arrogant man in his place." He thought to himself as he stretched his arms firmly forward and began to spin both swords. "Three-Sword Style…" He began to chant as he spun his swords even faster, creating small tremors all around the clift.

"What the?" Allioni exclaimed as he looked terrorized about the unusual tremors happening all around, that even reached the Boar Hat. "A-are those tremors, coming out straight from that guy? I-impossible! It couldn't be!"

"Don't be ridiculous! It must be a natural disaster or something like that!" Twigo looked at his inferior, proclaiming that Zoro couldn't be that strong. "But could it be true? Is the ground beneath us shaking by the sole power coming from this brat?" He thought to himself, having a small drop of sweat running down his face. "No! it can't be! I'm just thinking too much! There's no way a brat like him could beat a Holy Knight such as me!"

"No matter if it's the sea, the sky, the ground or even the pits of hell…" Zoro continued to chant as he tensed his arms to gain streght, making his biceps bulge like they usually do. "There's nothing in this world I can cut!" He exclaimed as he sprinted himself against Twigo with all of his might.

"SIR TWIGO! HE REALLY MEANS IT! LOOK OUT!" The Mountain Cats quickly acknowledged that the swordsman was not joking around when they saw Zoro boost himself like a crazy locomotive against the Holy Knight.

"Stop worrying all of you!" Twigo ordered his goons to shut up for once. "There's no way in heaven someone like him could-"

SLASH!

"3000-WORLDS!"

With one powerful cut, Zoro broke Twigo's armor completely, leaving him destroyed and bleeding. Though, not dead that's for sure, but his ego let the Holy Knight to be put on his place once and for all. He was left laying on the ground, with many broken bones and unable to get up.

"SIR TWIGGO!" Alionni and his troops quickly went to carry the Holy Knight's bloody body and seek any medical help out there. "How could you!? How could you harm Sir Twigo like that?" The captain of the Mountain cats shouted at the swordsman.

Zoro simply looked back without narrowing at them. "Don't need to put the blame on me." He replied. "Blame that Holy Knight of yours for letting his ego get the best of him, that's for sure." He replied while putting his swords back into his case, not before turning his head to see the rookie knights. "By the way, you shouldn't be standing there. The cliff will fall off at any moment."

"Fall?" The knight with the long nose owled, not before him and his other companions would feel the part of the cliff they were standing to tremble. They quickly leaped to the part where Zoro was before the cliff would fall, leaving the place with one giant slashed part, taking almost a quarter of the cliff.

"I-incredible…" Allioni bulged and tremble at the act the moss-headed swordsman left. "Is this really the power that mysterious swordsman has? H-he defeated a Holy Knight without breaking a sweat and almost turned this cliff into dust." After recovering his cool, Allioni looked around to see where the swordsman was, only to discover he already left. "H-hey! Don't you just leave like that!" He shouted at Zoro as he walked back to the Boar Hat to reunite himself with his friend.

"Sorry, but I'm not interested in turning myself in. You saw what I'm capable off, so I recommend you to get your hands out of me." He blurted without looking as he walked.

"W-what!? B-but how could you be so strong to take Sir Twigo with one shot!? Who the hell are you!?" The leader of the Mountain Cats ordered the pirate to tell him who it was, causing Zoro to halt for some moments.

"Who am i?" Zoro asked before looking back. "My name's Roronoa Zoro, and I'm planning into becoming the best swordsman in the world. If I want to achieve my dream, I couldn't lose to some self-proclaimed "Best Swordsman" in this land." He ended before looking away and returning to the Boar Hat tavern.

Back at the Boar Hat's roof, Hawk, his human friend and Elizabeth were left jaw-dropped at the event that took place. "Phew… Is your friend really that strong?" The Bartender of the Boar Hat looked at Luffy to ask.

"Yup! You should have seen him in Dressrosa cutting that giant stone man with that funny voice! It was super-cool!" He exclaimed with excitement, remembering how cool Zoro looked when he cut Pica in half after the conflict that took place in Dressrosa.

"Sir Zoro… is so brave and collected." The 3rd princess of Lioness muttered to herself, feeling some sort of amazement to the green swordsman. "I-I wish I could be like him…"

"Heh… By that having a poor taste in hair-cuts and having a terrible sense of direction?" Sanji told Elizabeth as he pointed at the mosshead who got lost, as usual and went to the nearby town rather than the boar hat.

"Oi! Anyone seen a tavern called the Boar Hat?" Zoro asked the townsfolk of the town, with them cringing over the fact that everyone knew that the place was behind him and was super-easy to recognize.

"Zoro! We're over here!" Momonosuke shouted from the entrance of the Boar Hat, drawing the attention of the swordsman.

"I swear I can't stand you moss head! I swear that one of these days, you'll be dragging us into something worse!" Sanji wailed from a distance, making Zoro release fumes of anger like a cartoon over the cook's insult. He quickly went to engage Sanji on a big ball of violence also similar to a cartoon.

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After some unnecessary conflict between the 2 that Nami managed to resolve with some smacks of senses to Sanji and Zoro's heads, they were finally able to talk it all out inside the bar of the kid without drawing attention from any knight.

"Wooho! Great job Zoro!" Luffy went to hug the swordsman out of happiness from defeating the ruthless Holy Knight.

"Meh! It wasn't that much Luffy. I've barely have to go all out." He replied, not minding having his captain's limbs binding him. And I mean it literally!

"Sight… Though, was it really necessary to tear down that whole cliff? You know those things don't regenerate the day after being cut, you know? We should really be careful with mother earth after all." The young Innkeeper looked at Zoro with some sass.

"It wasn't my fault. I just wanted to give them a warning if they ever try to apprehend us again." Zoro commented on why he went brutal, causing the cliff from being half-tear down.

"Well, now without Holy Knights chasing our tails! All that it takes is…" Hawk paused for some moments, as he tried to remember on what to do now. But unfortunately, his piggy brain wasn't able to think about something.

"Ummm…" Elizabeth stepped in, now seemingly wearing something less revealing. She wore a beautiful beige long dress with it having a bow on her chest. "You were about to help me search for the Seven Deadly Sins, won't you?"

"Hmmm…" The young, perverted Bartender quickly shifted his look toward the princess. "Phew! Did the talking mice living on the kitchen made you that dress or was it your fairy godmother?" He joked, wondering who or where did Elizabeth obtained such beautiful dress.

"Well, it was Sir Kinemon who gave me this dress." Elizabeth muttered, feeling a bit nervous. "D-do you all like it?"

"Well, it looks good on you. It makes you stand out from everyone with that beauty of yours." The kid reviewed on the princess new magical dress, which was also very detailed. "Though, I think you would look better if you use the Boar Hat's official uniform." He commented his point of view with a poker face, all while taking out a hanger with a set of slightly revealing clothes, being a pink shirt only covering her breats and a blue mini-skirt.

"Hmm… Elizabeth-chan with that outfit…" Sanji then began to daydream on how cute and sexy her majesty would look wearing that set of clothes, imagining her posing on very provocative ways. The mind of a pervert is indeed a mystery.

SMACK!

"YOU DON'T HAVE REMEDY! DON'T YOU!?" Nami instantly smacked Sanji and the owner of the Boar Hat back into reality before the 2 could do more perverted things.

"A-anyways emm… Mr. Kinemon. How did you got that dress for Elizabeth?" The kid walked to ask the samurai before recovering from that hit the red-haired gave him.

"Oh! I've seen you're interested on my cursed power, or as Luffy-Donno would like to refer as Devil Fruit power!" Kinemon then took out a notebook, showing photos of many people off Lioness. "You see, I have the incredible power of transforming leaves and rocks into sets of clothes of my choosing! I've looked into your notebook on your shelf to have some reference on how the people in your country dress to inspire myself into making my designs. Here! I'll show you!" The Samurai of the Wano country then called the other Strawhats except for Nami. "Alright my fellow friends, seeing as how everyone was weirded out by the clothes and powers we possess, I suggest we should change our outfits to better blend in. Have these leaves and I'll do the rest." Kinemon then gave Luffy and the others leaves for them to put on their heads. Right after that, Kinemon made the rest, granting the boys new clothes and personas for them to not scare the other townspeople. "You Luffy-Donno, shall be the brave adventurer that travels all across the sea! Coluffymus!" Kinemon bestowed Luffy with an outfit similar of an outfit similar to Chirstobal Columbus for him to use.

"Woah! I look so sick!" The rubber kid exclaimed in excitement and happiness once he looked at his outfit, which fell in love instantly.

"You Sanji-Donno, are the world renowned cook and Casanova able to melt the hearts of women! Sanjirlur!" The samurai named gave the cook his title, making him wear a usual white cooking outfit alongside a black apron with the skull of a cheff with cross bones.

"Do you know what subdelty is, old man?" Sanji didn't felt that comfortable on what he's wearing. Sure, he is a chef and he likes to be renowned for being that, but he felt that his gentleman black suit he usually wears was more of his style rather than the stereotypical cook getup. Though, he had to work on what he had to work with.

"As for you Ussop-Donno…" The samurai of wano looked at the sniper of the crew. "You shall be the ingenious inventor of many revolutionary gadgets that could change the future of this land! You are Hassop!" He exclaimed, pointing at the long-nose teen of the group now wearing an attire worthy of an inventor. A set of goggles, a belt full of hammers, wrenchs and other stuff he could use as projectiles, including his stars and pop greens and brown gloves.

"Ehh… I don't know, I guess it's fine." Usopp shrugged. Though not minding his new title, he still was weirded out as he thought the whole inventor thing would work better for Franky.

"And for you Zoro-Dono, just like me, you are a distant wandering swordsman coming from the mystical land of Wano! You are Zorojuro!" Kinemon shouted, seeing Zoro's new attire being a white kimono with the usual green coat cape to accompany. "Normally, I had this saved once we arrived to Wano, but I think it would be better for you to conform with the clothes before we arrive to defeat Kaido."

"Heh! Not bad!" Zoro looked pleased on his new attire. "At least I look better than the shitty cook over there."

"YOU BETTER EAT THOSE WORDS!" Sanji barked in anger once he heard his rival's comment.

"THEN MAKE ME!" The swordsman was ready to engage the blonde cook of the group. Fortunately, Nami stepped in to calm the 2.

"Both of you! Can you calm the hell for once?" Nami stopped the 2 from thrashing the whole place with an unnecessary battle. She felt like a daycare teacher watching over a bunch of toddlers, a bunch of lovable toddlers to be exact.

"I forgot about you Nami-San!" kinemon looked at the navigator of the group. "You shall be the renowned thief capable to stealing anything! Nami Hood!"

"Uh… Excuse me but…" The princess of Lioness interrupted the group while raising her hand. "A-are you really going to help me find the Seven Deadly Sins? I-it's not that I'm forcing you or anything, but seeing how strong you all are, i-I wish you could help me and my kingdom…" She flustered a bit nervous, afraid for the group to decline. "M-maybe if we manage to save it, my father could reward you for your act of heroism! Maybe a grand feast, a mountain of riches, the hand of one of my sisters or even giving you the title of Holy Knight."

Once they heard the offer Elizabeth left on the table, the ears of the group grasped on it. The pirates quickly turned at the princess, with her looking very afraid.

"Question… Will the feast include meat?" Luffy narrowed at Elizabeth with a serious look, despite his question.

"U-uh… yeah… A lot of meat if you wish Sir Luffy." Elizabeth confirmed. "All the meat you want."

"How beautiful are your sisters?" Sanji was the next to ask as he approached the intimidated princess.

"Uhh, much, I think…"

"How much gold are we talking about here?" Nami's greedy side began to glow as she asked the princess how much are they gonna pay them for saving the kingdom.

"Uhh… A ton! A-are you a group of mercenaries?" The princess asked nervously at the red-haired. By seeing how strong their swordsman was, there was no deny they could be a group.

The Strawhat Pirates minus Zoro stared menacingly at Elizabeth for some seconds until coming to a conclusion. "The why didn't you told us earlier?" The group gleamed with smiles at the same time, motivated to aid the heir to the Lioness throne on her quest.

Elizabeth stood still for some seconds before continuing. "A-are you s-sure? W-what about your friends? Don't you know how dangerous the quest to find the Seven Deadly Sins can be?"

"Nah! I'm fine with it!" Luffy replied, seemingly very laxed. "I've dealt with worse case scenarios. Why should I be scared about some doods wearing metal?" He smiled, showing his happy-go-lucky nature that makes everyone either annoyed or charmed.

"Besides, I'm always in when there's cash involved, and we can use this to also search for our lost friends." Nami grinned, before looking at the blonde young bartender with a cringed face. "And I also can't let this pervert dwarf molest you and get away from doing so…"

The young princess began to sob on seeing people aside from the Seven Deadly Sins would agree to help her, even if the ursurpers that are Hendrickson, Dreyfus and whoever that hooded figure was that put a high bounty for returning the Princess whenever be dead or alive. "T-thank you! A-all of you! You don't know how much this means to me!" She thanked the pirate group for their consideration of helping her on her perilous journey. Though, she quickly noticed 2 hands holding her left palm. Once she looked, she discovered it was Sanji who was on his knees.

"Elizabeth-Chan… I swear by my soul…" Sanji pledged a promise to the princess as he looked up to her. "That we shall save your beautiful sisters, even if it costs me my life to do so!" He promised her to go to the rescue.

"Some things never change…" Zoro snarled in a bit of irritation about how Sanji gets when women are involved.

"Oh, M-Mr Zoro, are you gonna come in too?" Elizabeth turned to the swordsman, questioning If he's in the same boat as the others.

"Well, I don't have anything to do and I can't deny my captain over here." Zoro looked at Luffy who was getting ready for his next big adventure, and also figuring out how does a compass work that was included with his set of Columbus clothes. "After all, those Holy Knights everyone brags about seem to be interesting fighters. Might as well, test them and see if they're not just disappointments like their "Best Swordsman."

"I guess I cannot let him behind. I'll go too." Kinemon stepped in to aid the others as he was in gratitude with the Strawhats, and he couldn't just turn back a princess whose country is under the tyranny of usurpers, just like Wano had with Kaido.

"I-I want to help too! I can't let this injustice stand!" Momonosuke was the next to talk as he seem eager to help out with a reason being similar to his father's.

Elizabeth felt happy, knowing that she had this unusual folks to have her back.

"If you're going to risk your lives to search for the Seven Deadly Sins…" The blonde kid interrupted, which caused the others to look at him. "Then I'll go too." He revealed that he was going to volunteer to help her majesty take back her kingdom.

"A-are you sure Mr. Bartender? Y-you have a tavern to run, a-and you'll only end up becoming a wanted criminal!" Elizabeth tried to persuade the humble bartender to not follow her, fearing that she would put the kid In danger.

"Aren't I already a criminal for opposing a Holy Knight recently?" The kid brought out a particularly good argument. "Besides, with many patrons gossiping all about the Holy Knights, the Seven Deadly Sins and the legend of the Winter Warlock, I could be a useful fountain of intel if you think about it. Speaking of which, I want you to show y'all something that could help." The kid went upstairs to the attic of the bar.

"I swear if it's just another one of your perverted schemes, I'll break your milk and bone teeth." Nami warned the young Innkeeper to not think anything nasty as the rest followed him upstairs.

Once they arrived at the attic, they noticed that the kid was standing and staring at something in the wall covered on red curtains. "Truth be told, I actually opened the Boar Hat to grab information about the whereabouts of the Sins so I can do something if they ever decide to attack Britannia or if we ever need their help." He told everyone.

"What? B-but I thought that you just loved sharing smiles with the patrons." Hawk jumped in shock, discovering on why his human friend opened the tavern in the first place.

"Luckily, I've managed to locate most of them!" The bartender exclaimed as he unveiled the curtains, revealing a full big map of all of Britannia. There were pins with small wooden pins shaped like Hawk marking places alongside symbols on each marked location. "I know Britania like the palm of my hands, so it was pretty easy to identify the places where the Sins are hiding."

"Awesome!" Luffy exclaimed in amazement on seeing how detailed the map was. Even Nami had to admit that his cartography skills were very good.

"This is amazing!" Elizabeth cheered on positively on seeing that they don't have to look around all over the country, only to discover that everything was just a wild goose chase. "Can you tell me where they are?"

"Huh… For the princess of one of the most influential kingdoms, you seem to lack some knowledge about the geography of your own country." The Innkeeper teased before returning his attention to the map. "Diane is hiding on the Forest of the White Dreams. Luckily, not even the Holy Knights dare to venture inside these woods due to the thick white fog surrounding the entire area and how's so easy is for the creature inhabiting the place to drive you insane." He pointed at the snake symbol, which made Ussop shiver over the description. "Ban is locked inside Bastet Dungeon. With him being basically immortal, we are assured that he isn't dead." He pointed at the fox symbol. "Though for king, some rumors say that he has recently died, but I don't think that's the case. Gowther has been seen wandering like some sort of monster accompanied by some boy, I think. For Merlin, some patrons from the kingdom of Camelot have told me that she's been watching over the young king Arthur." The youngster proceed to explain the location of the criminals while Nami and Luffy thought how Arthur and Merlin would look like. With the King of Camelot being a hunky and handsome man who doesn't fear anyone and Merlin being an old and powerful wizard with a long beard. "And as for Escanor, I don't know. Some have been saying there was a guy looking like him opening a bar. Though, some suspect that it's some sort of relative as he has his signature weapon hanging on his wall. Lastly for their captain Meliodas, It's the only one I haven't tracked down."

"But, are you really sure the Seven Deadly Sins are alive? I mean, it's been years since the grand incident in Lioness! They can't be just alive all of them!" Hawk squealed like the usual pig he is.

"Nah, don't be so pessimistic Hawk!" The pig's friend replied while crossing his arms at the back of his head. "The wanted posters refresh every week, so it's sure for a fact that they're still out there. Though, the hard part will be to convince them to help us and not kill us in the process."

"Nah, I'm sure we can convince them!" Luffy seem very optimistic about this. "And if they want to kill us, all we need to do is kick their asses!" He exclaimed while cracking his knuckles, symbolizing that he would defeat those Seven Dedly Sins if they ever want to hurt his friends.

"So, where should we go first?" Elizabeth asked on who are they gonna recruit first from all the sins.

"Isn't it obvious?" The bartender looked at the princess. "it'll be easier to go for Diane first. She's been hiding on the Forest of the White Dreams, it would be easier since we won't have Knights following our toes, or hooves."

"GYAHH! Stop it with the pig jokes!" The pig of the group jumped in anger as he was beginning to get very tired over his friend's jokes about him being a pig, alongside not being that much creative if we talk how funny they are.

"Oh! I almost remember! Near the forest, there's a town where we can grab provisions. I've doubt that I can feed every mouth of yours during our quest and work on my tavern at the same time." The kid added as he pointed at a town of Bernia as he was very known there for good reasons.

"Well, a very good choice since our captain's stomach is a black hole." Sanji pointed at Luffy for his never-ending hunger. In fact, his appetite was so big, that he always had to lock the fridge back at the Thousand Sunny for him to not loot the fridge at 03:00 A.M.

"Then what are we waiting for! Let's go and find those Seven Deadly Sins!" Luffy exclaimed in excitement as he was beginning to go downstairs, ready to embark his new adventure on foot along the rest. But then he was stopped by the kid again who hold him by the hand.

"Hey, hold it right there, Mr. Strech Armstrong." The kid stopped the rubber pirate as he pulled his arm, causing luffy to bounce back into the attic. The crew was surprised on how strong the kid was for pulling Luffy back so casually. "You really aren't expecting to walk your way there, right? Do you have any idea how long it takes to get to Bernia on foot?"

"Uhhh? A day?" Luffy guessed, still not catching on what the kid was referring to.

Suddenly, the entire place was beginning to shake like an earthquake. All except the bartender began to freak out, not knowing the origins of the earth shaking under their feet. The bartender only rolled his eyes into the Terrance where they saw the fight between Zoro and Twigo. Once they look outside, they couldn't believe it! The whole tavern began to float into the sky!"

"It isn't the tavern floating!" Usopp looked better on what was happening only to realize even something more amusing. "It's a giant green pig carrying the whole place on it's back!"

"WOOAH! THAT'S SO COOOOOOOL!" Both Luffy, Momonosuke and Usopp cried in excitement as they saw the green giant pig carrying the entire Boar Hat on it's back. Even when the group has seen things like this, it was still a marvel to whitness.

"Well, you can take the name of the Boar Hat quite literally." The young owner of the establishment walked in, feeling good that his guests were enjoying. "Gentlemen, I'll like you to introduce Hawk's mom. She's basically our private chauffer. Now you know why this place is very well known by all of Brittania."

"Yeah! Isn't my mom the best?" Hawk seem proud of being the son of a giant pig. Sure, it wasn't the biggest thing, but it was something. The giant boar then began to walk toward their next destination to begin their adventure to gather the Seven Deadly Sins, find Luffy's friends and stop the Holy Knights from growing their influence all over the country.

As everyone watched the landscapes of the land as Mama Hawk strolled her way, Elizabeth came nearby the small kid with blonde hair. "Umm… Excuse me but, I'm thankful for helping me with my adventure, but you still haven't told us your name." She reminded everyone.

Luffy then gasped in surpsise. "Oh! Rust-chan is right! You haven't told us your name!" Luffy exclaimed as he stretched his neck to see the bartender closely.

"My name? Let me remember well…" The young blonde thought it for a process, until he got an idea. "Right! The name's Lostvayne. Nice to meet ya!" He turned to everyone with a thumb sticking up.

"What? Lostvayine? Is that really your name?" Hawk jumped exclaiming about finally knowing the name of his friend for a long time.

"Yeesh! And you didn't knew it already?" Zoro grumbled from a wall as he looked at the pig.

"Alright! Then we're all set!" Luffy smirked as he stretched to the rooftop of the Boar Hat to have a better view of all of the plains of Brittania. "Let's go find the Seven Deadly Sins!" He exclaimed as he stretched his arms, feeling the breeze of the clear skies of the kingdom, as the giant pig headed to their first stop on their upcoming adventure.

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It was night at the castle of Lioness. Guards were guarding the doors of the gates while others were patrolling the sleeping and pacific streets of the Marketplace. Inside the walls of the Royal Palace, there were Allioni and his squad waiting outside the throne room as the new king of Lioness demanded a talk with Twigo after his failure of capturing Princess Elizabeth and still not having a clue about the Rust Knight.

"F-forgive me, your majesty! I let my guard down and now I failed to give you the missing princess." Twigo the Holy Knight bowed in fear as he was facing the new king of the kingdom. Unlike the former king, the throne room changed ever since he took the crown for himself. Purple fire lighting up the torches of the room and curtains covering the windows, giving the ambience of the throne room and ominous and evil aura.

"Really? You're begging me for my pardon, yet you still haven't figure out the reason of your failure, Oh Sir "I'm better than anyone else" Twigo?" The figure snarled from his throne as he spun his crown. The figure revealed itself to be actually a black-haired vampire who looked like he was on his twenties due to his quite handsome looks like those movies about vampires sparkling when bathed on sunlight. He wore a black gentleman suit with a bat pin on the top of the neckline and also had a black cape. He of course, had his right arm covered in jet black darkness that was holding a cup of what its supposed to be blood. "But, I suppose your little goons would have already figure out the reason for your failure."

"I implore you, King Dracula! I wasn't aware of that brat's swordsmanship!" Twigo threw an excuse for why he didn't succeed on what was sent to do. "I saw it with my own 2 eyes! He had the power that was even superior to the Holy Knights! If I was aware, I could have done something!"

"Oh really?" Dracula then stood up from his chair in slight annoyance. "Because if I were you back there, I would have taken the Princess as my main priority and not fudge it up by engaging on a pointless bout with whathever the hell that swordsman was just to defend your already fragile inflated ego!" He seemed to turn red of anger as he levitated toward the knight of the New Generation.

"But I couldn't let those brats hurt the name of the Holy Knights!" The blue-haired warrior proclaimed as his armor began to shake to his fear of talking with the usurper of Lioness. But then, Dracula extended his dark hand just like Luffy does and began to hold Twigo up in the air, choking his neck slowly.

"Man! How pathetic can you be?" Dracula asked with a psychotic smile on his face. "When I gave all of you DIRECT orders to go and find Elizabeth whenever dead or alive, you had her RIGHT in front of your 2 eyeballs!" He continued to ramble as he began to slowly squeeze Twigo and hear his screams of agony. "We could have been one step closer to our plans, but NO SIR! You had to ruin it all, don't you!" He wailed as he then slammed the Holy Knight into the ground. Even when Twigo's heart kept beating, he could feel his rest of his body unable to move.

Dracula then walked toward his servant's direction and bend over to watch his defeated expression. "You know, you're fortunate that i'm not like other evil overlords who throw its men to the trash can whenever they fail their tasks or outlive their usefulness unless I would plan to backstab them, because I at least see the value of my troops since at least they could serve as cannon fodder." He reminded Twigo about that he even forgives his pawns whenever they fail or are defeated on an honest manner. "But you know what I hate the most…" He narrowed closely at the Holy Knight as he grabbed him with his demonic claw. "Minions without resolve…"

"P-please! Just give me another chance! I swear, I won't fail you again! I'll become more stronger if you wish to!" Twigo begged the vampire king with his life about sparing his position before he could take his final decision.

In response, Dracula smirked before liberating his servant from his gigantic hand. The emissary of the night's hand shrank back to normal size before crossing his arms behind him. "It's not about you becoming stronger. It's about you not succumbing to your arrogance." He bent to his knees to look at the poor knight's eyes. "You know, originally I was planning to just turn you into a mindless zombie as your punishment but seems that it's your lucky night my amigo." He turned before walking to a curtain. "Thanks to you, you motivated those idiots to find the Seven Deadly Sins for us."

"W-what do you mean your highness?" Twigo was puzzled on what he referred to.

Drac opened the curtains of his window, revealing the moonlight showering its grace all around Lioness. "It means that the "Good guys" will just do our job easier, free of charge!" He grinned as he stretched his arms. "If we follow the Boar Hat tavern, we'll find and then Kill the Sins, One by One! Ha! The face those suckers will make once they discover that their adventure shall lead to our victory!" He bellowed in excitement, thinking the many ways he could torture the Seven Deadly Sins. He then formed a small whirlwind of blood on his left hand before dropping it into the ground. The pond of blood began to turn white and then turned into a human-size white blood cell skeleton. "Inform Gilthunder to plan a sneak attack on the Forest of White Dreams once they arrive there." He ordered his minion as the skeleton saluted and left the room. "Now, as for you." He looked back as Twigo, which made the Holy Knight tremble. "You're dismissed forn now. But do anything stupid ever again and I'll have to demote you from your Holy Knight rank." He said before sitting back into his throne room and sip his glass of blood.

"Understood." Sir Twigo saluted before leaving.

"UGH! Finally that bastard out of my sight! I swear I stand him for just a minute!" Without anyone present, the vampire was free to confess his irritation about the Holy Knight he talked recently with himself.

"Seems that your plan has been a success recently…" A voice echoed from the throne room. Drac didn't seemed that surprised on who it was. And for that, he casted a small will-o-wisp from the palm of his hand that worked as some sort of phone-line between him and the purgatory.

"Well, no need to thank me Demon King. I do come from a lineage of cheating leeches after all." The king of Lioness responded, as it was revealed that he had contact with the Demon King himself from all people. "Anyway, I know you're all desperate to finally resurrect and rule, destroy or whatever your final objective is, but man… You know isn't easy being a villain nowadays. They say that patience is the greatest of virtues after all."

"I can see." The king of demons replied. "With your fellow Commandment Fraudrin taking over the body of the Holy Knight Dreyfus and you managing to convince Hendrickson and his followers to serve you was a success, I cannot stand your failure for not capturing the goddess Elizabeth for the resurrection of the Demon Clan to come closer."

"Well, you know me being a vampire would be hard trying to track her down. And more if there's sunlight which would kill me, even with you giving me the Commandment of Generosity and turning me into a Vampire-Demon." The Duke of Darkness replied calmly, explaining his black hand and his black demon-like eyes. "But don't worry, I'm still a man who always fulfills his promises. I get you out from the time-out corner, the new kingdom of Lioness gets spared as we all shall serve under your wing, and of course, I get to finally put the almost-extinct Demon Clan back on track! It's a win-win situation!" He snickered as reminded him the deal he and the god of all demons had.

"But remember. Betray me again and you'll end up as your father Izraf, the former Vampire King. He was a fool about thinking he could betray me."

"Do I see like a man I would backstab you? Oh wait, I literally look like one…" He thought it out. "But you do have a point, my dad was an nothing more than a idiot. What he had for power, seem to lack for intelligence. No wonder he turned to ash by the Lion Sin of Pride. A bit of a poetic end if you ask me." He cackled, being glad that his father Izraf was as dead as disco. "We all get something from the pie. But that is, if you're not planning to betray me. I'm putting my part, so I hope you also put yours, Demon King." He cut the line before floating again to the open window. "So… If those worms want to play the heroes, fine! I'll be their final boss villain this quest needs!" he exclaimed before his expression turned even more psychotic. "Let them come Meliodas! FROM NOW ON, THIS SHALL MARK THE DAY OF THE FALL OF YOUR TEAM OF HEROES AND THE RISE OF THE VAMPIRE CLAN ONCE AGAIN! EYAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!"