Chapter 05: Fragile Alliance

-Streets of Feoh-

In the streets of this city that had survived an attack we can see three people walking.

They were Luffy who was with the Warrior Princesses: Alicia Arcturus and Prim Fiorire.

At this time the soldiers were the ones who were in the streets while the civilians had been ordered not to leave until it was confirmed that everything was safe and at the same time not to show the civilians how the soldiers took the opportunity to kill the mercenaries and fallen monsters.

"Are your allies close?" Alice asked.

"Yes, I think they were around here." Said Luffy who was looking at the houses to see which one was the one to which Olga had transported them.

"Mr. Luffy." Prim began to speak who wanted to know more about the boy who had saved her and Alicia because the hairy girl realized that they did not know anything about him. "Are you an adventurer or an adventurer? wandering warrior?" She asked.

Prim wanted to know more about Luffy, about the one who had given her hope in a moment of utter despair.

"Ah, I am a Pirate." Luffy revealed without much trouble.

And when giving that answer the reaction of the two Warrior Princesses was immediate.

Alicia drew her sword and pointed it at Luffy.

Prim covered her mouth with both of his hands in utter surprise and a little fear.

"Did you say Pirate?" Alicia asked dangerously.

"But the Pirates are horrible people." Prim managed to say who couldn't believe that Luffy was one of them since she had heard rumors of the bad guys that the Eostia Pirates were.

"Certainly, the Pirates rob ports, kill and take women." Alicia nodded who was now alert to Luffy.

But the boy with the straw hat didn't look worried since it wasn't the first time that someone had reacted negatively to him hearing that he was a Pirate.

"Certainly there are Pirates who do that." Luffy nodded without much concern as he was telling the truth. "But me and my crew are different, we only seek adventures."

"Even if you say that, pirates are not to be trusted." said Alice who was still pointing her sword at Luffy.

Yet Prim saw that it was time to break that tension.

"But sister an evil pirate would have allied himself with the mercenaries instead of making an enemy of them by defeating them." Prim said.

Hearing that Alicia did not find how to answer it since with her actions Luffy had become a clear enemy of the Black Dogs.

More than that he had saved Prim when Vault had her with the sword at her neck and also saved the purity of her beloved younger sister.

That boy had helped them and she had pointed her sword at him.

Perhaps because Beasley's betrayal (a man she saw as a father figure since she was little) being so fresh in Alicia's mind she had trouble trusting right now.

"I… I'm sorry…" Alicia said with a blush as she sheathed her sword.

"No problem." replied Luffy who then recognized a particular ceiling simply. "There it is." Said Luffy who pointed at that ceiling.

Alicia nodded, "Then let me call some men to get a ladder so they can go up."

But Luffy shook his head.

"That won't be necessary." Said the Straw Hat Pirate who then did something that left them both shocked.

Luffy stretched out his arm which was gripping the edge of the roof.

Alicia and Prim's eyes widened in surprise when they saw how Luffy had stretched his arm in such a way.

In if they had already seen him in front when he fought against Vault, but due to the tension of the moment they did not pay attention due to the fact that Luffy could stretch his body.

"Mister Luffy, how can you do that?" Asked a confused Prim.

"Ah, I ate the Gum Gum fruit and now I'm a rubber man." Luffy replied normally.

"A Magic Fruit?" Prim suggested.

At that Luffy simply nodded. For him the Akuma no Mi were magical fruits.

"Wait for me here I'll go find my friends." Luffy said to which the two Warrior Princesses nodded, also they were preparing to thank those friends of Luffy if they could take him to Feoh.

And so stretching his arms Luffy went to the ceiling where his friends were.

-The ceiling-

When Luffy reached the roof he could see how Olga and Chloe were standing waiting for him to arrive.

As he did so, Luffy noticed how Olga was better than he remembered since she had been exhausted after sending them to Feoh.

"Ah, you look pretty recovered." Luffy said.

"For some reason I recovered faster than normal." said Olga who was looking curiously at her own body wondering how that was possible.

However she did not complain about the results even though she would like to know the cause.

"From the fact that you came back I assume you won." said a smiling Chloe.

Luffy nodded.

"Yes, I ended up meeting Bulk but I accidentally sent him flying." Luffy admitted. "After that his people ran out of town."

Hearing that, Olga and Chloe's good spirits dropped a bit knowing that Vault had not been defeated as planned after all, but at least they could find satisfaction in the fact that he was sent flying.

"It's safe now, you can come down." Luffy said.

"While it's a shame you couldn't defeat Vault as we planned at least you sent it flying which is still very good." Said a smiling Olga.

Beside her Chloe nodded with a small smile at the mental image of Vault being sent flying outside the walls of Feoh.

"Well done Luffy, you have my congratulations." Declared a smiling Olga.

"I guess even I have to say it." Chloe took a deep breath. "G-Good job." She said with a blush.

One had to appreciate the effort it took Chloe to say those words to a human.

"Shishishi!" Luffy laughed seeing how Chloe was getting friendlier with him even if it was just a little bit. "Don't worry the next time I beat you." Luffy said.

Both Dark Elves nodded, even though it was not a certainty, they couldn't help but believe Luffy's words as if they were a certainty.

"So now we have to go down." Said Olga who believed that with Luffy she would have nothing to fear, even in a city full of humans she felt safe with Luffy being with her.

"You better protect Olga-sama." Chloe said a serious to Luffy since she knew that no matter how it was, no one would welcome them with open arms down there.

"I'll protect you two." was the reply from Luffy who wrapped his arms around Olga and Chloe's waists.

The Queen and her assistant closed their eyes as they knew the only way to get off the roof was by jumping next to Luffy.

"Luffy, I trusts you know what you do when you jump." Olga said calmly who had her eyes closed so that any nervousness could not be detected in her beautiful amber eyes.

"There is no other way to get down but I swear to you that if Olga-sama has a single scratch I will stick a knife in your neck myself." Chloe threatened who had also closed her eyes to hide her nervousness at the idea to jump.

"Don't worry, it's safe." Luffy assured with a smile.

And even though they were about to jump from the roof of a house onto the ground with Olga and Chloe simply trusted Luffy's words.

"Let's go!" And so Luffy jumped next to Olga and Chloe who to his credit didn't scream in terror.

-Streets of Feoh-

Alicia and Prim waited for Luffy to come down, and so from the ceiling Luffy jumped with two figures in each of his arms.

"Gum Gum Balloon!" Luffy declared in midair and immediately he began to gulp air.

Thus Luffy's stomach swelled into a large size and served as a mattress for Olga and Chloe when it hit the ground. Both Dark Elves felt as if they had landed on a soft cushion.

Alicia and Prim were relieved that no one had been hurt (and surprised to see how his stomach swelled to such a level) and they went to see who those friends of Luffy were.

However when they recognized the people who were next to Luffy the good cheer vanished.

"O-O-Olga Discordia!" And after coming out of her surprise Alicia was the first to take action by drawing her sword and throwing herself at Olga acting solely on instinct.

Alicia's intention was very clear she wanted to kill Olga.

Alicia's speed was such that Chloe could only watch in horror as she raised her sword which was going to take the life of the Queen from her. The Dark Elf Half was unable to move very fast due to her being slightly affected by the fall.

However, a certain person was not going to let her friend get hurt.

So before Alicia could lower the sword Luffy appeared in front of Olga putting her body directly as a shield and it was so sudden that Alicia couldn't do anything to stop herself.

KLANG

But what was heard was the sound of metal breaking.

"Mr. Luffy!" A horrified Prim screamed as she saw how Luffy received a head attack.

Only Olga was able to see that Luffy's forehead was a black color similar to ink.

"How curious..." Olga said mentally having seen that, in the end she had to add that mysterious black color to Luffy's mysteries.

"Hey!?" Alicia said noticing that she had attacked Luffy and that her sword was now cut in half.

And behind Luffy, Olga smiled lazily.

It's because she believed that Luffy would protect her. It's because Olga Discordia trusted that particular human.

And that she never I hope to put her trust in a human being.

But she like many others never considered the impact that Monkey. D Luffy could have in her life and in her way of seeing things.

"How dare you attack Olga-sama?!" Chloe on the other hand was furious at Alicia for attacking her Queen while likewise the Half Dark Elf was relaxed that Luffy would really protect them.

"How dare you and her show her faces in human territories?!" Alice replied with similar fury. "Many humans have died and many women have been raped by monsters on your Queen's orders!"

Olga just kept silent as she did not deny Alicia's words.

"It is the humans who are cruel to the Dark Elves and have done the same!" A Chloe replied that did not drop her knife and she knew perfectly of that from her own treatment at the hands of the humans. "It was the Alliance of the Seven Shields who sent the mercenaries!" Chloe added who looked incriminatingly at Alicia.

Faced with that particular accusation, Alicia could not help but look away a bit since it was certainly they who used the Black Dogs, which ended really badly with their betrayal and their almost victory in Feoh.

Luffy who had been left on the sidelines watching everything finally decided to speak after seeing that if he did nothing this discussion would last for a long time.

"Hey do you like Bulk?" Finally Luffy asked that question.

And the instant that question left Luffy's lips, the girls stopped arguing to look at Luffy with a combination of surprise and horror at that kind of question.

"NO, WE HATE IT!" Chloe and Alicia responded in unison while Olga and Prim simply nodded with what the other two said but their eyes indicated that they fully agreed with Chloe and Alicia's vocal responses.

"I must say that this is a question that may even offend." Olga said calmly although one could see a certain harshness in her eyes at the idea that she might like Vault.

"Then why don't we unite against that guy?" For Luffy that was the simplest option instead of fighting each other.

It took the girls a few moments to process what Luffy had said an alliance between them who had been enemies to practically nothing.

"What did you say?!" Asked in disbelief Alice who couldn't believe someone would suggest something like that humans like them allying with Dark Elves.

For a person who had lived all his life in Eostia such things they really were impossible to imagine.

"You may have had problems in the past. But now our enemy is the same!" Luffy declared. "That is why I suggest we make the Alliance of Pirate-Dark Elves-Warrior Princesses."

"Please tell me you're kidding." An annoyed Alicia replied. "There's no way we and they are allies."

But Olga's answer.

"If Luffy really believes that it is possible then I could accept it." Olga said which surprised the Eostia inhabitants.

"O-Olga-sama?!" Chloe said in disbelief who could not believe the words that had come out of the Queen's mouth of her.

"W-what are you up to?" Asked a suspicious Alicia who pointed at Olga with what was left of her sword, clearly the blonde could not believe what the Queen of the Dark Elves said.

"The situation we have is bad and although I do not know the state of my country, I do not think we can receive help from there if the mercenaries are still allied with monstrous, those who could only come from my country." Olga began to speak, although in Her amber eyes could see a hint of sadness when mentioning the state of her country, sadness that she could not hide. "The best option at this time would be to seek an alliance with the Alliance of the Seven Shields who are now at war against the mercenaries." Olga finished speaking, although she still did not like the idea of allying with her enemies in the end there was no other option for her if she wanted to continue her revenge against Vault.

"I-I think she's right." Prim offered shyly, which earned a look from Alice who couldn't believe her younger sister said that. "It's better to have more allies and also both Luffy and the Queen of the Dark Elves are very strong."

Even after hearing that, it was clear that Alicia was undecided.

"If they don't like it then me and they will go." Luffy said with a finality tone.

No one noticed Prim's expression of horror when Luffy said that he would leave.

"I don't understand why, even being human, do you choose them?" Asked a frustrated Alice since from the point of view of someone from Eostia (In terms of human beings) the Queen of the Dark Elves and her assistant were monsters that deserved to be executed.

"Trust me, they are not bad." Luffy said giving his typical smile.

Hearing that on Olga and Chloe's cheeks a blush began to form after hearing Luffy speak in such a way.

Normally for them humans would only use insults to refer to them and here Luffy says he trusts them and that they are not bad.

And despite all that human he still decided to protect them even if it meant fighting with other humans.

When any human would have betrayed them and left them at the mercy of the people of Feoh so as not to be seen helping them, Luffy was willing to make enemies with the Warrior Princesses.

With that action, Olga and Chloe were beginning to see what kind of man Luffy was and were surprised to come to the conclusion that he could only be the rarest man among the rare: Someone with a pure heart.

People like that were very rare or almost non-existent in Eostia.

"Aren't they bad ?!" An incredulous Alice repeated at the idea that someone could say that about Olga Discordia and her assistant.

Yet it was Alicia's own younger sister who stopped her before the situation got worse.

"Sister, please…" I implored Prim who looked at Alicia with eyes that begged. "Don't let… Mr. Luffy… go away…" Since personally Prim wanted Luffy to continue being here in Feoh to continue being close her.

It was very clear that after Feoh, the nuns, herself and most of all Alicia were saved by Luffy. Prim had developed feelings of admiration for Luffy.

If Luffy was here then Prim was sure that nothing bad would happen because he with his great power would not allow it.

And who knew but due to the chaotic state of her feelings Prim she might even be able to leave the city in order to follow Luffy. Such was the impression he had made on the pink-haired girl even with less than a day of meeting.

So unpredictable was a maiden's heart.

And hearing her beloved younger sister speaking like that as well as knowing how bad it was to let Luffy go, Alicia had no choice but to resign herself to her conditions.

"At the moment due to the debt we owe to Monkey D. Luffy, I Alicia Arcturus accept your request to allow Olga Discordia and her assistant Chloe… to stay in our castle for a temporary alliance." She said with difficulty, as if To announce that the great enemy they had been at war with for so many years was now staying in their castle was a titanic effort.

The look of joy on Prim's face at knowing Luffy was staying was enough to make Alicia feel a little better.

At least in Feoh things had calmed down and an agreement had been reached, even if it was a kind of non-aggression pact.

But while all this was going on the enemies that had been repelled from Feoh were still alive, with fewer limbs, but still alive including their leader whose spirit was still strong.

-With Vault, (Black Dogs Camp) -

A bit far from Feoh was a camp which belonged to the group of mercenaries that had suffered a second defeat and had to run away from Feoh when their leader was sent flying.

Vault had been found not far from the camp, he had landed along with Beasley on a large tree whose branches helped cushion his fall. That had scratched him while Beasley had broken his hip.

Fortunately they had someone who could make healing potions, everything was healed except for Vault's broken rib which he healed very slowly so it could still be considered broken. Luffy's Snake Shot was simply an attack that was on another level since it was developed in a place like Rusukaina.

"Damn this hurts much more than that blow." Vault complained who put his two hands on the right side of his torso to try to calm the pain but it didn't work.

Fortunately for Vault the amount of potions ingested could at least heal him from the damage he suffered from the fall after being sent flying as collateral damage. In Beasley's case most of the potions went to repair his broken hip.

"It was unexpected, I thought that guy wouldn't be in Feoh." One of the mercenaries commented referring to Luffy.

For Vault there was only one way that boy could have gotten there.

"Damn, so I managed to converge the help of that damned Queen." Said a furious Vault who did not consider that someone like Olga Discord would really come to a human city to save her. In fact, as far as she knew, the Queen of the Dark Elves shouldn't interfere if the attack was on a human city but apparently the desire for revenge was stronger than her contempt for humans.

Since defeating the Black Dogs meant saving that city, no matter how you look at it, that would be the result.

"We really earn Olga Discordia's hatred if she is willing to indirectly help humans." Commented Kin, the loyal wizard and right hand of Vault who was also the only member of the Black Dogs who survived along with Vault to the failed attempt to capture Olga Discord.

Hearing that Vault only nodded.

"I had hoped that cursed Dark Elf would stay in her territory and not disturb us in this human land." Vault explained to Kin. "However she went so far as to use her magic to prevent us from winning."

According to the information that the traitorous monsters had given Olga she could only use a single spell with power per day, after that she was weak and each spell she cast afterwards was weak.

And then she must have used that spell to send the straw hat bastard to Feoh.

Olga Discord.

"We could capture those damn Reina and her assistant as if nothing had happened and now they would be our toys! The problem is that boy!" And with that an angry Vault exploded and hit the table so hard that it ended up breaking.

As he did so, his subordinates backed away clearly frightened by that emotional outburst from their leader.

Vault could rarely be seen in that state and when that happened it was because someone or something had managed to annoy him beyond his limits.

And without a doubt Luffy had only achieved it with two encounters between them.

If the dream of Vault and his men needed to start to flourish. Then eliminating that boy was a priority!

"And if that boy appeared in Feoh to foil an attack of mine then if I do the same in another city he would also appear." ThoughtVault who already formed a plan.

But then.

The person who was flown with Vault decided to point out that he was still here.

"HEY VAULT!" A furious Beasley's voice was heard coming to the table where the Leader of Kuroinu was sitting.

Being interrupted by his thoughts, Vault saw the old man with irritation.

Irritation shared by the others towards Beasley since as the leader of the Vault group he had earned the respect of all besides that he knew how to reward them for his efforts even if he was still not what they wanted him to be.

"Betray my city because you promised me Alicia's virginity!" Shouted an indignant Beasley who was so lost in his anger that he didn't notice Vault's expression growing more and more furious. "In the end your strength turned out to be useless!"

"Oh? And what do you want us to do?" A Vault asked that didn't even try to hide his annoyance from his 'ally' who dared to speak to him in such a way.

"I want you to take the rest of your useless and any remaining monsters and go back to Feoh to get me Alicia!" Beasley ordered as if he were someone who had authority over Vault even when that was not the case.

With Beasley the most there was a union for the common good.

But now that everything had failed and with his betrayal exposed surely all his wealth would be taken away. Beasley was nothing more than an old man who could not help in anything and who had only been helped because he was considered an ally, which it would end when Vault said so.

The only one who hadn't realized that was Beasley himself and Vault planned to make it very clear.

"Listen, useless like you have no right to order me anything!" And with that a Vault that was already fed up drew its sword from him and faster than Beasley could react the Leader of the Black Dogs gave the Traitor Minister a lethal cut on the neck.

With that the Traitorous Minister of the City of Feoh had died without being able to touch Alicia's hair.

"Vault-sama..." One of his subordinates muttered, impressed to see what his leader had done with one of his allies.

While none of the mercenaries had any appreciation for Beasley who was not a comrade who fought alongside them but a simple traitor to his people he had still been key in making Feoh's downfall almost a reality.

"That old man was crazy if he thought I would allow him to insult me and us in such a way after we lost more men in that failed attack." Said Vault who put his sword back and proceeded to go sit down. "He didn't even give in! realize that now he was useless!"

A monster so wild that he had no mental capacity to reason with him to convince him to subscribe to the Black Dogs in exchange for receiving the bodies of women as a reward like Ogres and Goblins.

Many of the monsters of this world had a level of intelligence that allowed them to communicate with humans and also within them an instinct of lust in their hearts which made it possible for them to be convinced to join them with the promises of being able to satisfy their wishes with the bodies of captured women.

Appealing to that sexual desire was that many of the monsters were now allies of the Black Dogs and now enemies of Olga Discordia who formerly they followed out of fear of her enormous magical powers.

However, that did not apply to all monsters in the world. There were those who were truly killing machines.

Even large groups of Ogres had been torn apart like rabbits by the beast Vault had in mind and capturing it was something he had to plan down to the smallest detail.

But when it was done and a target was given to that monster nothing would stop it until it shattered its prey.

"Even that boy would die if he had to face that beast alone." One of the mercenaries commented excitedly.

Similarly all of them began to mentalize that that boy who had been such a nuisance to his plans would definitely die if he tried to interrupt again and so they could get their hands on Olga and Chloe.

"Kin, do you have something to tame that beast?" Vault asked.

"Well it is possible to put some seals on it to restrict its movements, but frankly I think they would break the moment the beast finds its prey." Said a Kin who was nervous at the idea of having to approach the beast that Vault had in mind to finish off that Luffy guy.

Just holding it to place some seals would be something that would involve losses since first you had to leave it still using a very powerful spell that took time to charge. To save time someone would have to face that beast.

"We will use a group of Ogres to do that job." Said Vault who preferred to sacrifice those Ogres than one of his human subordinates.

"Understood, I'll start preparing everything." Kin nodded.

"Plus I want you to get the biggest monsters you can find." Added Vault who had a smile on his face. "I think using them to see how a Halfling's body copes with their 'size' would be a lot of fun." When the Mercenary Leader said that everyone else started to show wicked smiles as they imagined that scenario.

With that plan, trust had returned to the group of mercenaries who had had that trust diminished after seeing how two plans failed and how they lost members of the group in the process.

However that confidence that Vault had about his chances of using that supposed killing machine could end up playing him very against.

After all those who underestimate Monkey D. Luffy always ended up paying dearly for him no matter how superior they looked, in number or power.

"But Vault-sama, if that boy has already made it out alive twice after facing us, Isn't it possible that he too can defeat that creature with that strange body that can stretch that he has?" After all seeing how strong his punches and kicks were that he could stretch most mercenaries believed that even a monster like the one Vault had in mind would not be enough despite the ferocity.

Yet Vault was still confident.

"If that Luffy guy manages to overcome the monster we have prepared then we will use plan B." With that a sinister smile formed in Vault's mind as he imagined the results of that backup plan.

Yes, no human could survive something like that regardless of the physical strength or abilities he possessed.

"As the spell that we will use to stun that monster is a huge electrical discharge, then that boy will end up killed by that great level of electricity that is capable of stopping a creature as powerful as that monster." Vault explained. "If he defeats to that monster he will undoubtedly be tired enough for that spell to be able to cast."

With that plan that seemed perfect, the Black Dogs Leader's faith in ending Luffy was intact again, but at the same time somewhat fragile in the sense that if he were to suffer another defeat then the mental impact would be too much and the true despair would begin.

But Vault was confident that no human, even one that could stretch his body, would manage to survive several volts of electricity, so for now he would occupy his thoughts imagining Ruu Ruu being raped and Luffy dying.

But Vault didn't know 'God' already tried once and failed to use that tactic against Luffy in terms of using electricity against him.


AUTHOR'S NOTES:

Transitional chapter after a victory, somewhat tedious but I think it was enough after Luffy struggled in the previous chapter. I wanted to show more of Luffy's life in Feoh but I decided to go straight to the action that would be the rescue of Ruu Ruu that will be seen soon.

Here we see that it is confirmed that Prim already has feelings for him while Olga and even Chloe already have hints of something else.

In Alicia's case there are also slight hints of feelings but she is too proud to admit being interested in a simple boy like Luffy.

The thing is slow but an agreement was reached reflected in the 'Pirate Alliance-Dark Elves-Warrior Princesses'.

On the other hand, our next heroine to be visited is Ruu Ruu.

I originally thought of Maia as the next option to be rescued, but after careful consideration I decided that due to the situation Ruu Ruu was the best option for the reasons explained by Vault, if they won thanks to traitors or help like Maia's feelings towards Then the victory would not have been shocking and their reputation would not be helped but that was what he thought since a victory would have been a victory.

So it only remains to see if the plan to use that powerful beast will bear fruit, but since Luffy had been on an island with fearsome beasts like Rusukaina.

Although it seems that Vault's trump card will be to use electricity against Luffy to fry him, well I think from Skypiea we all know how something like that will end.

Well I hope you liked it, in the next chapter we will have action when Luffy goes to Rad to help Ruu Ruu.

Remember to leave your reviews for a month my dear readers, they motivate me a lot in addition to the fact that this story is going better than I thought.

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