Chapter 12: The End of Vault
-City of Ravolox, (1 Hour Later) -
Since the battle had started, an hour had passed.
No one in Eostia had stopped watching the battle. The future of the nation depended on this so no one dared stop looking. The people against the Black Dogs watched in the hope that the nightmare would end, while the people in favor of the Black Dogs prayed for Vault's victory.
Among all perhaps those who watched with more emotion than anyone in Eostia were the beauties that were in Rad all of them girls that Luffy had directly saved, Each of them trusted that Luffy would win even against Vault's armor, they knew that Luffy was capable of achieving the impossible.
This match had basically been Luffy attacking energetically while Vault focused on holding out.
Occasionally the Leader of the Black Dogs went on the offensive creating weapons made of stone such as swords, spears, and axes, but these did not harm Luffy at all and they ended up broken.
Throughout the battle, different techniques were seen by Luffy and truly everyone was impressed by the versatility and creativity that he must have taken to have created such powers.
The number of children who began to imitate his movements was not a small number, shouting the names of the attacks that came out of Luffy's mouth.
In the same city where the combat was fought.
Maia for the part of her had been stuck watching the combat. Her feelings of guilt about her for betraying Luffy due to Vault's words still existed, yet right now she could ignore those feelings by fully focusing on the battle in front of her eyes.
While her own feelings were complicated (In the sense that even with everything, a very small part of her still had feelings for Vault) right now with her betrayal so fresh she just wished for Luffy's victory.
Of course, she wasn't the only one watching the combat in this city.
Even Vault's subordinates who were left on the ground thanks to Luffy's King Haki woke up. Normally these would have decided to join the fight to finish off Luffy thanks to higher numbers, but even the desire to intervene was overshadowed by the mere presence of the battle, it was as if instinctively even scum as they knew that this was a fight where not to interfere.
"Luffy..." Whispered Maia who was watching the entire match carefully. "Please win..."
"That rubber guy has been fighting for over an hour without stopping." Said a mercenary confidently who was still amazed at how long the fight had lasted. "No matter what kind of monster it is, everyone must have a limit." Even Dragons and Hydras had the need to sleep and rest.
Heh, she was deluded.
This Luffy with the motivation to defeat his opponent however he was able to fight to the fullest for more than a whole day if he did not receive damage, Until now his energy had not been spent in excess either since he had not received real damage from Vault attacks.
"Gum Gum Pistol!" Showing that there was still energy left to spare, Luffy launched his classic attack.
Using his control of the stones Vault managed to create a huge club made of stone.
A crude and inelegant weapon went well with a guy like Vault, however, said weapon would help him little in combat since it failed to damage Luffy and broke after few uses, forcing Vault to create another club.
Apparently, the powers of the Ring that Vault had taken were more complex, and using its previous and only user until now as a reference had been a mistake, what the Ring did in reality was to feel the desire of its user and give it a power according to that wish.
In the case of his previous user, the desire to win increased his power and healed his body without caring about being hurt in Vault's case a defense to withstand blows had been created.
If you weren't a Haki user or possessed truly remarkable strength then using hit-damage weapons instead of bladed weapons against Luffy was a mistake. Vault was neither of those two things so attacking was useless.
"TAKE THIS!" Vault lunged at Luffy for a direct hit, It was unlikely that he would even scratch it, but he just kept trying.
Luffy did not move and prepared to receive an attack, which of course would put Vault too close to make a more devastating attack.
BAM!
The sound of the stone club hitting Luffy's body was heard.
That weapon shattered immediately after making contact.
Luffy on the part of him had stretched his left arm back which began to spin many times.
"Keep attacking nature's cursed abomination!" Vault yelled to provoke Luffy.
Luffy didn't even need the provocation to keep attacking.
Taking advantage of the fact that his arm was already stretched and with several turns to add additional power ...
"Gum Gum Rifle!" With that Luffy sent his attack with a powerful blow aided by his rubber body.
"Come!" Said Vault who extended his arms inviting Luffy to attack.
BAM!
Luffy's attack rang out, hitting Vault full-chest, who fell back a bit from the force of the attack, but was otherwise unhurt.
Luffy immediately jumped into the air.
In midair, Luffy had brought his feet together and used his Armament Haki to turn them black, and had aimed at Vault.
"Gum Gum Spear!" Shouted Luffy who launched a movement from the air.
Both of Luffy's legs stretched out, slamming into Vault's stomach.
Of course, that attack had more piercing power than a spear made by a good blacksmith and even reinforced with Haki the attack failed to touch Vault's flesh.
"Hnnng..." Vault complained who was forced back a few steps by the enormous amount of power behind that attack even if he was blocked by his armor.
But still, the cracked part of the armor was regenerated in a few seconds.
Whatever magic was used to create such defensive power it truly was an incredible and possibly lost magic to magic users of this age.
"This armor is amazing!" Joyfully declared Vault to see that those monstrous blows were resisted by the rock armor that protected his skin "Just as expected of a legendary item!"
However, using that time to show off only gave Luffy the time to prepare for his next attack.
"Gum Gum Bell!" And applying the Armament Haki to his forehead, Luffy caused his stretched neck to return and impact against the head part of the armor.
BAM!
The sound of a heavy impact echoed across the battlefield.
Upon receiving the powerful attack Vault ended up taking a few steps back, but even so, his body was not directly injured but that did not leave him undamaged.
As seen, even if that attack didn't damage him directly, the shock wave from the impact left Vault confused as it reached his head, but the adrenaline rush and absolute focus on his opponent allowed Vaut to ignore that for all. now.
"Come on! That didn't hurt at all!" Vault responded feeling the confidence of him reaching new extremes having lasted so long against a monster like Luffy.
"Bulk! Even with that armor, you won't be able to win!" Declared Luffy who after those blows began to understand how Vault's armor worked as Luffy's intelligence was the one that manifested itself during full combat and that allowed him little by little to realize how to face an opponent who with pure blows to the brute was not going to fall even if said blows possessed the Armament Haki.
"Keep hitting until you're exhausted! This armor will never yield to you!" Shouted a Vault sure of his chances of victory, The reduced damage reaching his body was simply ignored.
So you just had to keep hitting until that armor and Bulk that was inside didn't hold up badly.
A simple plan and perfect for Luffy's style.
-City of Ansur-
Our attention was now focused on one of the cities ruled by one of the Warrior Princesses. One of those that until now our Pirate had not visited nor had a real reason to approach Ansur where she resided.
Ansur was a place where Ken, Thorn, and Geofu had escaped from the Black Dog's attacks.
By this point news of the rebellion and the failed attacks on Rad and Feoh had spread to Ansur.
Naturally, upon hearing of the risks of a possible invasion, the first command of the Warrior Princess in charge of this city was to increase the number of patrols so that they could catch people who could be part of the Black Dogs.
However, as for now, nothing had passed the rumors of the Black Dogs being defeated in each of her attacks, Claudia had allowed security to decrease a little, but not totally until confirmation of Vault's defeat was given.
The one who had been responsible for this order was the Warrior Princess in charge of Ansur, a woman who was currently having a nice dinner with her husband.
Ansur Castle, (Dining Room) -
In a dining room as spacious and with food as appetizing as the one served in Luu-Luu's, we can see three people.
The first person is a man in his thirties, that man saw himself as a calm and intellectual person.
That man is Klaus Levantine, the heir to the Levantine family and a rare case of a man more focused on academics than combat.
While his fighting power is even lower than an untrained villager one would not be stupid to simply think of Klaus as a waste of space since in terms of knowledge and intelligence he was far above many.
In addition, a gentle heart that did not allow itself to be imprisoned by lust was another trait to notice about that man.
Sitting across from Klaus was an older man in his fifties or sixties.
That man is Grave Levantine, he is the acting leader of the prestigious Levantine Family.
To ordinary people as well as his close family, Grave was an old retired military man, a cold man but deep down he cared about his family.
However, for those who knew him Grave would be a man guided by his wishes, especially a wish directed towards his daughter-in-law who from his point of view was being wasted on the uselessness of his son.
Said daughter-in-law was also sitting at the table, that was a woman who among all the Warrior Princesses looked like the oldest, however, her beauty did not lose to her younger companions, but gave her a mature and understanding charm.
A beautiful woman with a beauty worthy of envy among the younger generation, with beautiful brown hair slightly wavy which was held in a bun to avoid disadvantage in combat, and dark blue eyes as the depth of the sea.
That beautiful and sexy woman is Claudia Levantine, the oldest human Warrior Princess who was also the closest to Celestine serving her as her personal bodyguard when there were Alliance meetings.
Seeing her the most remarkable thing about her was the scanty armor that did little to cover the sexy body of the Warrior Princess.
The official story was that these light armors were to increase mobility and protect very vital areas, although ultimately one should not seek logic to those things because one would only get a headache.
The main thing here was that said 'armor' only further enhanced the beauty of Claudia's mature body.
A figure with curves that fit the frame of her agile and strong body, large breasts almost visible thanks to the armor, and despite her age, they remained perfectly firm, there was certainly no man who did not want to touch them at least once before dying. Wide and attractive hips along with a soft butt, perfect for a safe birth, something that undoubtedly added to the mature charm in the eyes of men along with long and slender legs.
It was a body of a mature woman, but sensual, and she did not appear to be more than 20 years old, it was the wet dream of many men, and unfortunately for them, she was happily married.
No, in fact, even though she was married, Claudia was a woman desired by many. However, due to her status as the Grave Levantine family, not many decided to act on those wishes.
That being said, it was because she was Grave's daughter-in-law that no one tried anything, the fact that she was married and in a love relationship seemed to not matter to anyone who wanted to have her body.
But since Claudia was very strong and the vast majority of Ansur soldiers and inhabitants were in favor of her, those who wanted her knew that trying to act would have consequences with a very probable defeat.
The only way to possess Claudia would be by conquering Ansur and trapping her. Which at this time seemed impossible.
Everything was fine with the Warrior Princess known as Claudia Levantine eating lunch amicably with her husband Klaus Levantine.
If one had to describe the relationship between husband and wife that would be a happy relationship.
Even if theirs had been an arranged marriage, it was in Klaus's will to make this marriage work, for her part was content in this union knowing that her husband was a kind-hearted man who even when he was dedicated more to read than anything accepted without problems the fact that she was a warrior when other men would have preferred that she stop fighting to be only a wife.
As they were eating together they could both hear the commotion that caused the images in the sky to appear so Claudia went to investigate while Klaus followed her.
That is why they were both looking at the roof of the castle at the events that Vault was broadcasting to the entire nation.
"That was impressive," A surprised Claudia commented upon seeing how half of that large number of mercenaries and monsters ended up unconscious on the ground and then engaged in a long battle with Vault. She had never seen this in her years of battles.
Although her husband didn't seem to be looking with the same amazement at Luffy's power to be focusing on something else.
"What worries me is that the Ravolox is being used as a battlefield." Said Klaus, realizing that that city was at risk of being destroyed by only remaining fragile ruins.
Specifically, Klaus feared if 'those things' were released for some reason. Maybe by this point many thought of the existence of the three gods as a myth, however, Klaus was not one of those mainly because unlike most people who were ignorant and probably did not know how to read, Klaus did.
There have even been some who laughed at him for expressing such concern that the deities might one day be released, however, with Laurentia existing in Celestine Lucross, people believed that even if those gods were released the goddess Laurentia would again defeat them. as the story said.
"No matter what they say that mortal body must limit the powers of the Goddess..." Klaus said mentally after this planned a trip to the bookstore so that he could investigate a little more to find something useful and perhaps even how to repair the statue.
Klaus honestly did not believe that Eostia could bear the calamities that would occur if the Sealed Gods were to walk the nation again. According to what he said, and what he had read about them, things like the Black Dogs rebellion and even the war against Olga Discordia in him would be seen as child's play.
However, there was one person in particular who was not happy, a person who shared a table with Klaus and Claudia.
Since everyone was focused on the sky, no one paid attention to a certain elderly man instead of being surprised or joyful at seeing how easily the Black Dogs were falling.
"This can't be happening… Those useless ones!" On his side, Klaus's father, the man known as Grave Levantine was clenching his fists due to the anger that caused him to see how all his ambitions were being undone without him being able to do anything.
As had been said, there were many men who lusted after Claudia including her own father-in-law, Grave Levantine.
The fact that she was the wife of his son did nothing but anger Grave rather than give him some kind of satisfaction or pride.
For many years Grave considered his son Klaus a mistake. To begin with, Klaus showed a total lack of combat ability, preferring to spend his time reading and learning.
In some other societies that could be considered a virtue, but in Eostia that attitude was seen as a synonym for weakness.
For Klaus, the idea that someone like that was the heir to the prestigious Levantine family was something that outraged him much more than it was his son.
Perhaps if Klaus had managed to do something like impregnate Claudia in order to have a worthy heir for the Levantine family then perhaps (and very perhaps) Grave would not have such a low opinion of his son.
But as seen the garbage of his son was infertile so there would be no heir for the Levantine Family.
So with that final failure, Grave made the decision to get a blood heir, even if for that he himself had to take Claudia and get her pregnant.
Although even if her son was fertile it was possible that nothing would have changed since in case Grave wanted Claudia's body to the point of doing something drastic to have her by his side.
In the end that manifested in a secret alliance with Vault which would allow him to have Claudia when Kuroinu attacked Ansur.
Grave would have Claudia one way or another. No one was going to stop him from fulfilling his dream!
For now, it only remained to hide that nothing was wrong and plan his next move. Acting impulsively would only bring you disaster.
So for now Grave was going to quietly watch what happened with Vault and at the same time learn as much as possible about the rubber boy since if Vault fell then Grave eventually planned to take care of a possible nuisance like that boy was.
Although perhaps his desire for Claudia and the suddenly more distant view of something that seemed secure with his alliance with Vault he was making Grave make a bad decision.
-City of Ken, (Temple, Onsen) -
And finally, another key place in Eostia was the focus of our attention.
This city looked like what one would find in the countries of the eastern continent far from Serenus as it was one made by immigrants from said certain country in the eastern continent who long ago escaped civil war and eventually ended up turning Eostia into a new home thus founding Ken.
As the cultural origin was different one could imagine that certain traditions of Ken were also different even though the city itself was young all the traditions of the place of origin had been preserved and continued to perfection.
A place especially rich in traditions is the City Temple where the priestesses meet. In this place, there can only be women and men can only enter with a special permit.
The priestesses were not only women who worshiped a deity from the eastern lands, but they were also warriors specializing in magic and hand-to-hand combat from those lands.
In the Temple, there was one Priestess in particular who stood out a lot compared to the rest.
She had been appointed as the High Priestess, a title that went to those who displayed excellence in an area or enormous potential for the future.
And said woman not only held the most important position in the Temple, but she was also the Warrior Princess who represented this city.
Said woman was bathing alone in an onsen located in the courtyard of the temple which was protected not only by high walls but also by magic thanks to the talismans placed on said walls.
Standing there in the hot water you could see a young girl with short jet-black hair, beautiful amber eyes, and beautiful white skin which she did not have a single blemish.
That girl was Kaguya, a girl with no last name due to being an orphan and who at the same time was the most important person in the temple.
Kaguya had an elegant and balanced body that did not detract from the sexy, creamy, and well-groomed skin, large breasts approaching Claudia's size, but thanks to her youth and care of her body, they were much firmer, her hips and Wide legs and her round and firm butt were without a doubt the sexiest part of her body and something she was not afraid to show, along with her beautiful and long legs.
Despite being a priestess, the common sense of this world regarding female clothes was different from places like Luffy's home world.
So nudity was necessary to elicit a 'normal' reaction from a woman in this world.
But going back to Kaguya who was looking at the sky, she only had one thing to say about Luffy's display of power.
"Amazing…" Muttered a Kaguya who was honestly very impressed by what Luffy had done.
Even she with her knowledge of Far Eastern magic didn't think she was capable of doing something that could defeat so many opponents at the same time and fight continuously for an hour without showing any sign of wear and tear.
"But that wasn't magic, I didn't see anything to indicate that this man was using arcane energy." With Kaguya's lack of information trying to understand his abilities was difficult even for a girl like her who knew a lot about specializing in the Magic.
In fact, if she could one day meet that boy then Kaguya wanted to ask him some questions about her abilities.
Best of all, due to her position in the temple she could bathe in peace as there was no one near her.
In other words, Kaguya could enjoy what was going to happen next in complete peace and harmony.
However, what she did not know was that something very important
That Seal of Chastity had been designed to maintain Kaguya's purity as the High Priestess of the Shining Temple and at the same time as a token of loyalty to the deity that was worshiped in the temple.
However, seeing Luffy's power that seal shone for an instant, which Kaguya couldn't see when she was focused on the skies.
Apparently, the D were enemies of the gods to such an extent that even at a distance an object created to serve a deity would react to the existence of someone with the blood of the D.
What Kaguya did not know was that in the same city as her, someone she trusted was also looking at the sky at that scene of Luffy and the Black Dogs and so that person was planning a change of plans depending on the final result.
-Ravolox-
The battle continued without rest or rather Luffy attacked so furiously that he could not have rest.
"Gum Gum Hawk Stamp!" Shouted Luffy who for this attack stretched his leg towards Vault to hit him with the sole of his foot reinforced with Armor Haki in Vault's stomach.
Upon receiving that attack, Vault took a few steps back due to Luffy's great power.
"Don't think you have an advantage over me!" Vault answered who again tried to go on the offensive.
From the ground towards the feet of Vault, many weapons made of rock were formed, Since the armor allowed him to build weapons made of rock Vault decided to attack in a big way more specifically a certain person that he knew that Luffy would not let him get hurt.
Floating above the Vault were a large number of weapons made of rock: swords, spears, axes, hammers, and daggers.
"Take this!" With that Vault threw the rock weapons at Luffy however he was pointing at Maia who was watching along with the Kuroinu members right behind Luffy.
Luffy was someone with techniques that gave him flexibility in combat.
"Gum Gum Balloon!" Luffy immediately began to gulp air at high speed which caused his body to become very inflated in the torso area.
Thanks to Luffy's technique the weapons bounced off his stretchy body and flew out of the ruined city.
"You really are an annoying guy." Said Luffy who gave his opponent a look. The fact of intentionally targeting Maia that would also have hurt his subordinates was one of those things that irritated Luffy a lot.
If you want to win over Luffy's bad side, you only had to treat your subordinates as disposable beings that even you could kill yourself ... regardless of whether Vault's subordinates were scum.
At this point after so many humiliations suffered by the boy in the straw hat just to have managed to get that comment of irritation after having resisted so many attacks felt very sweet for Vault.
"So the rubber monstrosity is finally feeling the pressure," Vault said smugly as if that was an achievement.
An achievement would have been to make Luffy bleed or at least cause him a slight injury.
"This power proves that I have been chosen!" Vault declared. "I promise I'll get over you and make all those bitches you saved my slaves!"
Seeing a guy like Vault saying things like that frankly, irritated Luffy in a special way, more than anything because of the threat to those girls.
So instead of answering Luffy decided to act using another of his techniques.
Luffy stretched his arms towards Vault at the same time that he twirled them in midair, then he grabbed Vault to immediately begin to untangle his arms which caused Vault to spin many times in the air.
"Gum Gum Hammer!" Luffy declared who hit Vault on the ground in front of Luffy.
But Luffy wasn't going to give Vault a single moment to try to get up as he immediately kicked up to stretch his right foot up high.
That was a fight-ending move.
"Gum Gum Axe!" Immediately lowering his foot from the Alturas Luffy finished his movement.
That foot descended with impressive speed and struck right into Vault's back.
BAAM!
The sound of a great impact was heard when Luffy's foot made contact.
A hole was even created in the ground below the Vault with this it seemed that a decisive blow had been delivered.
However, after an instant after not moving for a few seconds which caused a few to believe that Vault had been defeated, he began to move.
Vault got up from the hole hinting that Luffy's latest attack did nothing despite looking so effective.
"Hah! I can even get up fast from that!" Said Vault who was planning to provoke Luffy again or that was the original plan.
Suddenly Vault began to wobble a bit immediately feeling his knees shaking and his legs losing power causing him to stay on his knees facing the ground.
And then the armor visor began to flow blood from Vault's nose.
"W-What is happening to me?" A confused Vault asked as they saw the blood pouring out of his armor visor and beginning to mark the ground.
Suddenly he began to feel a lot of pain in various parts of his body and to see blurred.
This was the result of accumulating damage indirectly throughout the fight.
Even so that regeneration and toughness were not infallible to the Vault to slightly feel the force behind Luffy's fists which he had been feeling for over an hour.
Even if the armor blocked direct damage from the fists, the shock wave behind the fists could still touch Vault's body. Although it could not be much in the end, the shock wave ended up penetrating the armor and reaching Vault's body, even reaching the bones.
If this went on for long, that accumulated damage could destroy a vital organ and kill Vault.
It could be his lungs collapsing or perhaps an artery in his brain rupturing the accumulated damage could kill the Leader of Black Dogs in various ways.
Luffy just had to keep hitting hard.
Although the problem with that method was that he was going to kill Vault while Luffy wanted to leave him hurt, but alive after all he made that promise to Olga and she would fulfill it. That's why he hasn't used any of his Gears, using them could have caused lethal damage by this point where the damage was stacking in Vault.
So that's why Luffy did something unusual for someone like him trying to speak so that his opponent would give up.
"I can go on for more than ten hours." Luffy declared with all confidence in his ability to do so. "But Bulk, can you endure that long?"
"Ghhjkkk…" A helpless groan came from Vault's mouth upon hearing Luffy's words.
The mercenary was realizing that Luffy's words were true.
"I'm not very good at things like calculating," Luffy admitted, Certainly he could barely do basic math and even there he could fail. "But I reckon it would take another hour of relentlessly attacking you to knock you unconscious." That being said. In the heat of battle, Luffy could show another kind of ingenuity in calculating.
"You… are basically… saying that…" Vault didn't want to continue speaking, but Vault had to.
"That means my victory is sealed and it's only a matter of time." Luffy declared. "Give it up now Bulk."
Maia made a smile on her face when she heard the words full of conviction from Luffy.
Those were not the words of someone speaking with excessive confidence.
No this was someone stating a fact that was going to happen with all certainty.
And not only she but everyone present on the battlefield felt it along with the vast majority of onlookers in Eostia.
"NOOOO! This can't be happening!" Scream of terror another mercenary.
"Even with a legendary item you can't defeat that straw hat monster…" A mercenary whispered in horror.
One by one the mercenaries present lost the will to continue and Vault saw it with his own eyes, he saw how those who chose to fight for his ideals were now convinced that victory was impossible.
And frankly, that caused Vault a fit of murderous rage towards the culprit.
"You... YOU SON OF A BITCH! DON'T THINK YOU WON!" Finally, after seeing that even with the magical artifact with which he put all his faith, winning was not going to happen. Vault lost his composure and launched into a strike creating a new stone club.
It was clear that Vault could no longer think logically, with his only strategy of holding on now rendered useless, Vault launched himself into a purposeless attack, an attack whose sole objective was to try to cause damage to Luffy.
It didn't matter that his attacks didn't hurt Luffy, it didn't matter.
Even Luffy stood still and extended his arms to receive Vault's attacks.
With his stone club, Vault attacked and attacked, but his attacks simply bounced off Luffy's body who was just giving a serious look.
"IF ONLY YOU HADN'T SHOWN UP HERE, THEN MY DREAMS WOULD HAVE ALREADY BE A REALITY!" A desperate Vault screamed who only attacked and attacked Luffy who continued to receive flawless attacks from him that lacked all elegance. "I WAS GOING TO BE THE GREAT KING OF THE SEX EMPIRE WITH HOW MANY WOMEN AT MY FEET!"
For Vault that was a dream worth risking and dying, a dream that despite being built under the corpses of many would be seen as a legendary legacy however, since Luffy showed himself that dream right now it seemed something so far away, without mention that many of his allies who were going to enjoy that paradise now lay dead.
"A guy like you will never be the King of anything!" Luffy replied. "The true kings care about the happiness of the inhabitants of their countries!" Luffy remembered guys like Cobra, Gan Fall, Iceberg even mayors like the mayor of his village Woop Slap, and Boodle one of the villages that was attacked by Buggy.
Although Luffy would never want to be the leader of a nation or city like them, at least he could respect how they did their jobs and how they cared for the inhabitants of their countries and they in response wanted them.
People like these were true leaders in his eyes, people who cared about the inhabitants of their respective countries, and the fact that they had befriended them only reinforced his positive feelings.
At the same time that helped Luffy to form an idea of what an ideal leader of a village or a kingdom was.
Vault fell into the category of a guy who would eventually find himself in conflict with Luffy if they were to be in the same country simply because it was such scum that seeing the misery of good people, Luffy would have ended up facing him.
In the end, what is meant here is that regardless of the circumstances the relationship between these two was destined to be antagonistic.
"I will be the king of all Eostia! My Empire of Sex will live forever and the story of your death will be eternally told!" Vault answered with euphoria in his voice believing that his new power had been something sent from heaven to confirm his victory.
"No matter what you do or who you come with, everything will be Useless (Mute)." Said Luffy who had a rather cold voice.
"Those are good words from a bastard who will see how me and my men transform those women of yours into whores." Despite Luffy's voice Vault's tone of voice was still full of confidence due to his newly awakened ability of the ring.
"A piece of shit like you won't make it." Luffy's cold voice continued, which was a contrast to his voice which was always intense in battles since at those times Luffy was always raising his voice as loud and intense. since that voice conveyed his will while partly acknowledging that his opponent was someone worthy to fight even if it was only to acknowledge said opponent's power.
That showed how enormously annoyed our hero was with Vault to the point that he did not even recognize his power ... and at the same time, the man inside Luffy was especially annoyed at feeling the threat towards his women.
"So it will be useless (Muda)," Luffy replied. "No matter how many times you try your dreams will be nothing. Because scum like you is a piece of shit!" Luffy declared something that the inhabitants of Eostia would remember in the future: he Scum as Vault of the Black Dogs and people who followed his same ideals would not get anywhere as long as there were people with the will to oppose them.
Even if the chances were not good, in the end, those with a heart that was not rotten would succeed.
Perhaps in some cases, it would take time and those with rotten hearts could have reached the state of 'victory', however, the concept of 'Karma' would eventually catch up with them.
A clear example was that at this time in a place called Dressrosa, there was a man with a rotten heart as King, although one could make the argument that in the case of that man life itself was cruel towards him and in a certain way justifies your attitude and actions.
Karma would eventually catch up with that man and if the weight of his bad deeds was going to come to that man then it was ridiculous to think that Vault would escape punishment for his ambitions which, having been completed, would have ruined his life so much.
"YOU WILL BE THE ONE THAT WILL FAIL!" An irate Vault answered who in his hands created a huge club with sharp spikes made of stones and ran towards Luffy with the intention of hitting him very hard.
Luffy responded by activating the Second Gear in his entire body which took on a pinkish hue and smoke began to emanate from said body.
"Gum Gum Jet Gattling!" Luffy yelled.
Immediately a flurry of blows was sent by Luffy toward Vault, If he had an extremely sharp eye you would have noticed the black color being present which symbolized the Armament Haki hardening Luffy's fists.
"Protect me my armor!" Vault answered who threw his club to the ground and spread his arms to show his absolute confidence in defending him.
His armor would prevent any blow from touching him so that boy could waste his energy trying.
And if that worked then his opponent would undoubtedly be demoralized although put another way in a confrontation like this Vault could only take Luffy's blows, the Black Dog's Leader was not agile enough to dodge blows.
BAM! BAM! BAM!
The sound of Luffy's fists colliding with Vault's armor was heard. The armor was working from him containing the fists and much of the power behind it but still the remaining power was seeping into it.
"With this… I'm practically a god!" He declared in his mind a triumphant Vault who in his state of denial tried to ignore the shock wave produced by the blows or perhaps taking so much damage simply hurt his head.
Yet Vault still placed his trust and dreams in the Ring.
As magical and famous as it was, an object was still an object.
While a human who had reached his limits could break his body, he could rest and recover to eventually fight another time as long as the damage was not irreparable.
An object on the other hand remained a susceptible existence and capable of being broken when it came to testing its limits.
CRACK!
The Ring was heard breaking into hundreds of pieces on Vault's armor finger. His powers were ultimately unable to counter the enormous amount of damage caused by Luffy.
Immediately with the ring falling apart, Vault's armor cracked and fell to the ground in hundreds of pieces.
Standing there was only Vault without his armor right in front of a flurry of fists.
"Oh... no..." It was the only thing Vault could think when he felt his body lose that feeling of being well protected leaving him exposed to a furious rain of blows since the Vault protection that had protected him for more than an hour of Luffy's blows had been penetrated.
Finally, the amount of Luffy's attacks exceeded the regeneration capacity of the ring which could not create more armor on his skin to protect Vault.
I mean Vault felt firsthand the furious burst of Luffy's blows.
"Ahhhgggg!" Shouted the Leader of Kuroinu when he felt Luffy's blows firsthand.
For some reason that Luffy did not understand, simply to make it clear to anyone who was looking that no one would touch his women (whom he unconsciously recognized in such a way as his women) he made the following words come out of his mouth to show how futile it was to try to defeat him.
"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" Luffy started yelling as the blows from his Gum Gum Jet Gattling struck directly at Vault's body.
The Armament Haki had been deactivated by Luffy instantly because now that he had direct contact with Vault the amount of reinforced hits would be enough to kill him and although tempting Luffy kept remembering his promise to Olga not to kill Vault.
"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" Luffy kept yelling.
However, the rain of blows did not decrease in intensity because Luffy felt that even with this it would not be enough to stop Vault until his heart told him Luffy would not stop beating.
Luffy's instinct was quite a sharp one, in a situation like this, said instinct would tell him when to stop.
Until that moment the blast of blow would simply continue without stopping for a single second.
"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" Luffy's screams continued as he connected blow after blow against Vault.
The mercenaries present only saw with horror the absolute defeat of their leader who despite gaining a 'legendary power' with the ring was now again at the mercy of a monster like Luffy.
"MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!" The flurry of blows never stopped their intensity.
In Rad and Feoh it was seen with enough happiness that great amount of attacks towards Vault, for those who suffered at their hands seeing that felt tremendously satisfying.
Yes for those who hated the Black Dogs or loved them, that scene would be marked in the history of the nation.
And finally after countless blows.
"CHANGE!" Using his right fist coated in Armament Haki, Luffy finished his flurry of blows.
With that last blow, Vault was sent flying into the skies as it had many times before.
Quickly stretching out his arm Luffy was able to grab Vault's leg before the distance became too great, If that happened then Vault would again be sent flying to a place where Luffy couldn't find him easily.
Knowing that it was possible that Vault would try to return even after receiving such a beating, Luffy made sure not to allow it again, so he extended his hand again to make sure he had a good grip on Vault.
With that Luffy brought the Black Dog Leader's body onto his body and then simply tossed it to the ground like a piece of trash.
The ring that contained the armor simply shattered into hundreds of pieces after being used beyond its limits to the point of not being able to do anything else, unfortunately, a great piece of magic had been lost because of Vault.
Vault was still alive, however now even if he was alive it no longer mattered because the damage caused by Luffy was such that it was likely that he would not stand up again, much less brandish a sword again.
His bones were probably broken at this point The damage done by Luffy was irreversible unless very powerful magic (to the point of needing the power of some deity) was used to heal Vault considering that helping him would turn one into Luffy's enemy before Eostia's eyes
But Vault was still alive after all, and that was what mattered.
Luffy had fulfilled his promise, he had defeated Vault in such a way that his will had finally been defeated and his body had been totally broken only at the limit of death, perhaps even just one more blow would have been enough to cross that line.
Perhaps to show that this was really over, the screen in the sky began to tinkle for a few seconds before disappearing as a sign that the spell that allowed Eostia to see everything was finally over.
And all of Eostia could see it. All of Eostia could witness the defeat of a man with a twisted heart who in another life could have made life hell for the women who protected this nation.
-In Rad-
Just seeing the defeated image of the leader of the Black Dogs before the transmission was cut was enough to give happiness to almost all of Eostia (Except those who supported the Black Dogs in secret) a great reason to celebrate.
Of course, Rad where Luffy's closest allies were together was not going to be the exception since all of them watched carefully the entire process of Luffy's victory and Vault's supreme beating.
"He did it!" Luu-Luu celebrated and even jumped in excitement after seeing how Luffy with incredible power had managed to defeat a Vault that possessed the power of legendary armor.
"Luffy..." Prim on his part limited himself to saying with amazement and happiness the name of the father of the future baby of his, but in his tone of voice, you could see the admiration and love from Prim.
"Without a doubt, he is a warrior like no other, I doubt that all of Eostia had a chance against Luffy." Said a smiling Alice giving Luffy a big compliment on her part.
With her position as Warrior Princess and in addition to being a notable warrior herself, Alicia took pride in the power of her nation and her own power.
Luffy was a man worth giving his heart to as he had great power and a pure heart who did not perform acts of cruelty for pleasure. In the end, there was another man worth getting.
"That image of Vault suffering a tremendous beating will remain forever engraved in my heart." Chloe smiled after seeing something tremendously satisfying, Finally Vault had been stopped and with no possibility of escape. "Luffy, you are the only human that I will say this to. Thank you from the bottom of my heart." After all the hatred towards Vault outweighed any enmity Olga felt for other human beings.
Although Luffy being Luffy was already much better positioned in what Chloe felt about others.
Mind you, the fact that he was so close to her Queen was something that Chloe still had trouble accepting even though it was clear that her crush on her beloved would never end.
"Well, my future husband is that amazing!" Luu-Luu declared without leaving room for any doubt about Luffy's power and her desire to make him her husband.
That demonstration of pure power made in the area of his belly, Luu-Luu felt a little burning being his instincts like Halfling yelling at him to take Luffy to a bed to start mating.
However, at the same time, a grimace of displeasure took over her face when she realized a problem.
"Ughh, now that the other Halflings in my village have seen it without a doubt they will be after Luffy..." She lamented that the real possibility is that with that Luffy proved to be someone very strong, which for his species would mean the ideal male to have offspring.
If, in other words, Luffy could end up being the husband of all the inhabitants of Luu-Luu's village as she heard once from her mother that if the individual is powerful to an extreme level, then the entire village was free to mate with for future generations to inherit that power, however in that situation said individual had to show such a power that everyone would recognize it.
Even if the situation was different and she had not met Luffy personally, Luu-Luu would have accepted something like returning to his village to mate with such a strong man. but now...
Luu-Luu simply wanted to be with Luffy not because of his power but because of true feelings of love.
I mean if necessary she would fight against the very inhabitants of her village to defend the man from her.
"If they try, they'll deal with me..." The orange-haired woman whispered with determination who had decided to face her entire village (at the risk of possibly not being able to return) if they really decided to go after Luffy.
It was a bit scary how sometimes love could lead some to perform certain actions that under normal circumstances they would not have considered.
And speaking of love here among those present there was the case of one where said love for Luffy had a physical form growing within her.
"Your father is without a doubt a unique man in the world, my son or daughter." Said a happy Prim as she stroked her belly.
However, her words had been overheard by someone.
"It's a girl," Said Olga who had heard Prim's whispers in truth her Dark Elf ears weren't there just for decoration, with them better listening was possible. "If you're wondering it's a girl."
"But how…?" She began to ask a surprised Prim.
"Magic, as I don't know much about pregnancies, I couldn't determine the gender when I put the protection seal on you, but after thinking about it and with the help of my magic I was able to determine the gender," replied Olga with simplicity, who was still trapped in her thoughts.
And Prim without a moment's hesitation decided to trust Olga's words.
"Did you see that Ruaha?" Said a totally happy Prim, Those words were directed towards the baby that was growing inside her. "Your father is incredible, thanks to him that horrible man named Vault was finally defeated." Clearly, he drank inside her he couldn't hear her so those words were essentially useless, yet that act only demonstrated the maternal love that Prim Fiorire possessed for her daughter who could now be raised in a peaceful Eostia.
However, that illusion of happiness with her future family was maintained by the belief that Luffy would stay with her upon learning of the existence of her future daughter. Prim didn't know enough about Luffy to know that staying in a place with a family wasn't his thing.
Although among all the smiling and happy beauties present, there was one who was not smiling.
Although normally Olga would have been smiling when she saw Vault finally defeated, she did not have a smile on her face (Well she gave a huge smile when she saw Vault being beaten so many times in a row and Luffy yelling Useless (Mute) and said smile faded when end the transmission), only a look of seriousness was present on Olga's face.
She knew that a threat had left to give way to a much worse.
"It's great that Vault trash has finally dropped." Thought Olga who would normally be smiling with satisfaction at seeing that ending. "But that that idiot has released such a great threat is the real problem."
As someone with a lot of knowledge and a long time in this world, it was only natural that Olga also knew about those dangerous creatures even if she had not been born when they were free.
Likewise, as far as she knew the power of these creatures was such that even many years later the marks they left on Eostia had not healed.
That cynical part of her mind telling him that escaping was the best option she just fell silent when Olga had another thought.
For some reason, the idea that Luffy would fight even at a disadvantage did not leave the Queen of the Dark Elves alone.
And if Luffy decided to fight then.
"I'm going to believe in his power," Olga who had a look of determination said to herself. "If it's Luffy then maybe he would be able to pull off that miracle." Even though the experts who knew of the approaching danger would be crossing out Olga from a naive woman who overestimated the power of a simple human she wanted to continue believing in her lover.
Honestly, if the Gods were still in this world like in the previous time before Olga was born.
But in this era, the Tenkai was totally out of reach for the inhabitants of Eostia who could only make contact with the minor deities or who had voluntarily stayed in this world while the deities with the power to oppose were out of reach.
Whatever it was, she would undoubtedly be by the side of her lover to face those nightmare beings and if her lover failed then Olga would be willing to die beside her fighting her.
"I'd rather die with you than continue in this world without you, Luffy." The Dark Elf Queen admitted with a slightly bitter smile as she imagined a scenario where her beloved died fighting, leaving her alone and unable to become one with him.
Thinking about it made the idea of restoring her kingdom feel empty now that she knew the warmth that only a man like Luffy could give her, Olga just couldn't go back to being the same as ever.
So in the end as a good Queen that she once was, Olga began to formulate a plan in her mind.
"Chloe, I'll wait for you in my room, I need you to do something for me." The dark-skinned beauty whispered softly.
Without saying anything, Chloe nodded.
-Olga Discordia's Room, (Minutes Later) -
This room was a guest room, although the size was good compared to her actual room, this place was not very impressive to Olga. Well considering that in her territory she had a huge room with many luxuries.
However, if she was to be in this castle any longer then a little remodel would be needed to make this place worthy of being called 'Her room'. More books and a small laboratory for testing potions and research were a necessity in a place Olga decided to call her 'home'.
Frankly, having a simple guest room was not ideal, but as this was not her castle, Olga had to settle for this although not thinking about a remodel was not bad at all.
"I'll talk to Luu-Luu about how important it would be to build a kitchen for me in this room." The idea of learning to cook better sounded more attractive to Olga Discordia, no doubt she was thinking about it so she could feed Luffy.
Olga Discordia from before would never have believed that there would be a future where she considered using her magic to help with food much less herself using her elegant hands to cook for a man.
However, love even managed to penetrate the heart of a woman like Olga Discordia, pure love that awakened the desire to be a woman within the Queen.
As Olga thought about future actions that she would take in order to have Luffy closer to her, the door to the room opened.
"I've arrived, Olga-sama." The voice of her subordinate Chloe was heard from her who after closing the door proceeded to kneel in front of Olga as a sign of respect.
"Chloe the reason I called is that I have an order for you," Olga said getting straight to the point as there was no time for delicacies.
Immediately the Dark Elf Half nodded and prepared for what her Queen ordered, she would carry it out to the best of her abilities.
Maybe even an assassination mission? Was there anyone in the city or castle who had gotten the Queen's anger out of her?
For her part, Olga was clear that this would be something necessary and although it would leave her unprotected and exposed to questioning, she was willing to accept it in order to help her beloved, who was the type who had problems. Olga decided to do something to increase, even a little, Luffy's chances of survival.
"Chloe, I ordered you to escape the city and go catch up with Luffy," Olga whispered softly to her loyal subordinate.
Immediately the Dark Elf Half gained a look of total surprise at those words.
"W-What?!" Chloe yelled in utter surprise.
"As things have changed I think it would be good for Luffy to have an extra pair of hands, but since my position is very complicated for such a movement I have decided that you are the one to help him." I elaborate on the dark-skinned beauty.
Olga among all those present in Rad considered herself the best option to help Luffy since her magic offered versatility while the others could help by fighting physically and as seen recently Luffy did not need help in that appearance.
In other words, Olga knew that she was the one who could help Luffy the most, but at the same time, her position prevented her from doing so.
With that in mind, Chloe was the second best option as Olga knew that she was useful as a support.
"B-But I can't just leave her alone." Chloe replied.
However, Olga expected that answer from Chloe, and for the same reason, the Queen of the Dark Elves had a ready answer.
"Who knows? If my beloved goes there alone without help I don't think I can stay here even if that puts me in a bad situation with the rest of the Alliance." The implication was Olga's threat or Chloe would go or Olga would put your own safety at risk.
"How cruel you are Olga-sama..." A depressed Chloe whispered to know that she could do nothing but accept the orders of the Queen from her. "If you say that it is impossible for me to refuse her orders."
The only orders that Chloe would refuse would be those where her Queen directly ordered him to hurt her, Chloe would prefer suicide before fulfilling that order.
"I know," Olga admitted that she was using the feelings of her loyal subordinate to achieve something. "However even if you hold a grudge against me for it my order is still intact, for Luffy's sake."
"Monkey D. Luffy… look what you've done to my Queen." Chloe thought bitterly since Olga had never resorted to a tactic like that when she found him underneath someone like her.
With any other man who caused such a change in her beloved Queen, Chloe would have cut her neck while she slept while she smiled naturally. But why was it different with Luffy?
At worst right now Chloe wanted to slap Luffy for his negative influence on Olga, but nothing more than that.
"No… Look what you've done to me…" And with that, she gave a mental sigh admitting that to herself.
In spite of everything Chloe couldn't find within herself to hate that man even though it caused Olga to give an order like that. In the end, Chloe was fond of Luffy for all the times he had kicked the Black Dog's butt.
"Olga-sama, after seeing what Luffy is capable of, would he really need help?" Chloe felt that this was a valid question since Luffy was so strong that sending more people was simply redundant.
"Luffy is certainly very powerful, but that alone is not enough." Olga closed her eyes and remembered her moments with Luffy and there she saw that he needed help in another way. "He is a man who is honest and from the heart pure, a man who surely cannot lie and it would be easy to deceive him, so I think he needs someone who is difficult to deceive and who can help him in that regard." And for Olga, Chloe was the most perfect for that role, even if she did not. If her subordinate the Queen of the Dark Elves would still think the same. "My powers have returned but they are still not as perfect as before," Olga said. "Although most of the time they are close to as before, my powers still return several times to be in a state of weakness, and if in battle my powers ended in that state I would be an easy prey even for a novice soldier." Olga was a master of the arcane but physically speaking her abilities hurt.
The body of a Dark Elf was naturally longer, stronger, and more resistant compared to that of human beings, however, those were still physical bodies that followed the same basic rules of all living beings: If the body was long if I use it regularly it became weaker.
And for a Queen whose main interest was magic, physical activity was never a priority, in fact, having a fight against Prim who was the only Warrior Princess without training the result was disputed. Although personally seeing the steel that Prim had in her soul when she threatened to execute her if any harm happened to her unborn daughter it was possible that in a physical confrontation without magic, Prim would be the winner.
Of course, Olga could use a spell to strengthen her body to the point of being able to fight as equals against orcs and strong creatures, but if her magical powers were unstable it was entirely possible she would end up losing that strength in a moment critical.
So as one could imagine, for her stability was the most important thing, the certainty of not losing her powers at random intervals.
Furthermore, Olga was afraid of losing her powers at a critical moment and failing Luffy.
"I will accept whatever punishment you have for me." The amber-eyed beauty said with determination. "But if my virginity was at stake then I would reduce everything to rubble myself." Olga Discordia was determined that Luffy would be the one to take her virginity (Ideally leaving a baby inside her but nothing that a little fertility spell wouldn't help ensure) and therefore she would remain pure for when he returned.
Of course, reducing this castle to ashes would mark her for life as an enemy of the Alliance since that would be seen as a definitive betrayal even though she was offered refuge and the possibility of making peace between her and Celestine.
Chloe of course hated the possibility of Olga getting hurt in any way and that included being hurt by her own actions.
In the end, Chloe understood that the best route to ensure Olga's safety was to accept her mission and separate from her.
"I-I'm going to pack my things and then leave in the middle of the night." Chloe resignedly nodded at Olga's command.
With that, the blonde went to the door of the room and before leaving she looked with eyes full of conflict at her Queen, Chloe left to fulfill her mission, leaving Olga Discordia alone.
"Chloe, maybe this experience away from me will help you grow a little." Thinking of her subordinate, Olga's eyes softened a bit compared to the great determination of a few moments ago. "If Luffy could make me change my view on human beings, maybe he can help you with your problems." Although Olga was better, she still did not appreciate human beings, only a few exceptions were the ones she respected, with Luffy the only one she saw as her equal or maybe as someone more important than his own kingdom.
Olga understood that Luffy had a strange power to help and attract people to make allies and according to her experiences that could be the most dangerous power in the whole world.
Had the circumstances been different and had never fallen prey to the Black Dogs, it was likely that an encounter between Luffy and Olga would have had them as enemies since she in that circumstance would have feared their power while Luffy would have been against her because of her previous subordinates attacked humanity.
But now Olga had been one hundred percent captured the heart of that one named Monkey D. Luffy.
And understanding that he could do great things even with someone like her who despised humans and men.
Maybe being away from her and only with Luffy as someone she could trust then maybe something could change for Chloe.
"If he could help me, I'm sure he would help you," Olga said thinking that if someone could help Chloe overcome that horrible past, Luffy would be the right person despite being a simple man who was not much for things complex.
After all, Olga had confidence in her future husband and the father of her children.
AUTHOR'S NOTES:
Hi, it's been a while, I still hope you can enjoy this chapter.
The main thing was the defeat of Vault at the hands of Luffy and since he did not fly away this time he could not escape to return later.
The Vault defeat scene was originally going to be different, however, after watching the Vento Aureo anime, especially the scene where Giorno defeats Cioccolata. I loved it so much that I just had to include it.
What better than the great defeat of Vault?
Outside of that, the other main thing is that Prim learns that she will be a daughter what she will have and that Chloe has been sent to help Luffy even if that will cause consequences for Olga.
If I wanted to do something with Chloe separated from Olga that right there she could open up with Luffy by only really trusting him.
That's it... If you like it, leave reviews and see my other stories and also Hyakki Yako's.
P.S:
This has to do with my extended absence from this story.
A very close relative of mine has died after a long struggle against a disease said relative left this world.
As it was a gradual process, I was able to say goodbye but even the fact that said relative left hit me hard along with my motivation to write, that is, I could write a few words, but not as much as before and everything was slower.
Other factor:
My computer died taking with it my future caps and other ideas that I have been working on along with many other important things.
There were parts of the future chapters of this story.
Among those things the inspiration for the previous enemies that he had in mind.
Luckily I had a secondary idea ready in case that happened, That computer always crashed a bit, but I never thought it would end that way.
Because of that, Luffy's enemies I have been forced to change in that case to certain characters that killed me a lot in a certain game. They are still considered deities as in my original plan for this story:
-Artorias the Abyss Walker.
-Ornstein the Dragon Hunter.
-Smough the Executor.
-Ciaran the Sword of the Lord.
-Unknown leader, but from the previous names it is known who it could be.
That would be it, I'm working on the next chapter and I hope it comes out sooner.
For those circumstances I do not apologize for having taken so long, Those two situations happened close to each other and if that did not let me write in peace then there was nothing to do.
Perhaps that is why some detail has escaped me in this chapter, if so, inform me.