Having received various comments on this subject, I admit that the waiting time between the arc of the sports festival and that of Stain was a bit long. But I needed time to prepare everything.
I hope the wait was worth it.
Besides, I hope you like this part of the story because, to be honest, the story could end... in four or five chapters (it will depend on whether my account will be deleted or not. )
"A demon slayer?"
Not knowing how to react to that, Albedo just stared at Usopp, while remembering Foire's report.
" The man who claims to be the second in Mugiwara's crew, as well as his strongest fighter ."
For Albedo, it was just a lie told by the man in order to impress the homuculus. Nevertheless, she knew she had to beware of these pirates. After all, Zoro had managed to beat Aura. It was certainly not the time for her to experience a defeat as well.
"U...Usopp." Sanji muttered, opening one eye. "Bakayaro! Run!"
"You're the idiot." Usopp retorted, looking down. "Look at the state you are in, just because you didn't want to deny your values! But whatever..."
Smiling confidently, Usopp targeted Albedo with his Kuro Kabuto, while declaring.
"I am the terror of the oceans! The man who defeated thousands of pirates with the strength of his little finger! No one has ever managed to list the list of my exploits! I am Captain Usopp."
"Captain Usopp? Tsssss!"
Throwing Sanji's body violently against a building, Albedo preferred to leave it there, while she killed the newcomer. After all, given her level, she would have no trouble killing the blond, even if he managed to flee. Plus, Usopp could turn out to be a bigger threat than him. Otherwise, how could he be so confident when she had easily defeated his friend?
In truth, Usopp was genuinely confident in his abilities. Not knowing that Albedo had no connection with this world, he considered her as a potential new recruit of All For One. And because of all his victories since he came into this world, Usopp's self-confidence had reached its peak.
As for Sanji's defeat, Usopp knew it was mostly caused by the fact that his opponent was a woman. So, with a somewhat conceited voice, he declared.
"Go back where you came from and tell your boss that you have no chance of defeating us."
Thinking the word 'boss' was a reference to Galadriel, Albedo frowned and asked him.
"What makes you say that I am not the person who manages my group?"
"Don't take me for a fool." Usopp retorted, convinced that she was working for All For One. "We know all about you! The proof...do you think we're here by coincidence?"
Using the art of lying to perfection, he assured.
"You can attempt the slightest assault here... but we will always know in advance how to react to thwart it! We, Mugiwara's crew, are ready to declare war on you! We have nothing to fear from you."
Hearing this, Albedo's eyes widened, as a huge misunderstanding took place.
" He knew it! Mugiwara knew from the beginning that Nazarick was in this world! But in that case, why didn't he take advantage of our absence to attack Galadriel-sama, when she was at school? Is it because he was too scared of her? Or even though he knows Nazarick, does Mugiwara not know our lady's true identity? "
Seeing her stand still, Usopp thought his bluff was working.
"If you agree to leave and never come back, I'll spare you! Take advantage of my generosity."
Nevertheless, his eyes widened, when he saw Albedo appear in front of him, and aim her halberd at his face.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" The pirate cried, ducking immediately.
Hit by the weapon, a wall which was behind him was cut like a lump of butter. Doing several rolls on the ground to get away from Albedo, Usopp then turned around and saw a huge slash on the wall. If he had not managed to avoid this attack, he would have been cut in two.
"WHAT?" He cried, as his eyes popped out of their sockets.
Clutching the hilt of her weapon, Albedo turned to him and created a sharp gust of wind. Again, Usopp had to dodge it so as not to get sliced in half. Then, realizing the destructive power of the succubus, the sniper performed his most powerful technique.
" USOOOOPPPPP ... "
Getting ready to perform a defensive spell, Albedo was completely surprised, seeing him running away. Within seconds, Usopp's confidence had completely been replaced by his cowardly and fearful demeanor.
" RUN ! "
Remaining motionless for a few seconds, creaking noises were heard through Albedo's helm. Gritting her teeth, while veins of anger appeared on her temple, Albedo spread her wings and hastened to follow him.
" DARK CLOUD TEMPO ! "
Seeing a cloud of lightning coming towards them, Solution and Entoma rushed to avoid it, before rushing towards Nami.
"Gotta get rid of her! Now that the Human Torch is down, she's the most dangerous."
Wanting to prove otherwise, Tina walked towards them, before making movements with her hands.
" SHADOW CLONE ! "
Stepping out of Tina's shadow, a clone of the ninja appeared. Then, the two seize an object at the level of their belt.
" SMOKE CLOUD ! "
Throwing smoke bombs on the ground, the duo used the smoke to hide from the vision of the two pleiades before jumping into the air. Knowing their positions perfectly, they grabbed their shurikens and began to target them.
Unfortunately, a clawed hand went through the smoke, and very long claws went through the clone's body. widening her eyes, the clone eventually disappears, leaving Tina alone with Regina.
" Hello ! And goodbye ! "
" TORNADO TEMPO !"
Breaking through the smoke, Nami's attack streaked towards the Pleiad and managed to hit her. ejected by exceptional force, Regina flew high into the sky, before crashing to the ground. Seeing this, Entoma glared at Nami, before running towards her.
"It's really time to get rid of Mugiwara's crew! BLADE BUG !"
Seeming scared, Nami saw Entoma's arm turn into a blade, before decapitating her. However, the next moment, it was Entoma who was surprised, seeing Nami's body disappear like a mirage.
" What ? "
" MIRAGE TEMPO! " Nami said, appearing further away.
"How did she do it?"
Taking the opportunity to target her, Tina positioned two fingers in front of her mouth, before spitting flames.
" BURSTING FLAME COLUMN ! "
Feeling the flames hit her back, Entoma began to make disorganized gestures with her arms in an attempt to extinguish them. Seeing this, Solution puffed out her cheeks, before spitting poison projectiles at the ninja.
" GATLING POISON ! "
" TORNADO TEMPO ! "
Barely having time to see Solution's attack coming towards her, Tina saw a tornado of wind hitting the attack managing to stop it. Immediately, the ninja jumped back and hurriedly landed near Nami.
"I must confess that you are a powerful ally."
"Maybe, but I don't think we'll be able to beat them." The redhead remarked.
Indeed, it was at this moment that Regina got up, while Entoma managed to extinguish the flames that burned her back. Finally, the three pleiades positioned themselves in front of the duo.
" Damn it. " Dit Nami.
Suddenly, a sound of impact was heard. Spitting blood, Tina collapsed to the ground. Behind her, Kanjuro smirked cruelly, while the end of his enormous brush was coated in haki.
"Have you forgotten me?"
Backing away from him, Nami tried to maintain her composure. Nevertheless, behind her, the Pleiades marched in her direction, ready to finish her off.
"Do you have any last words?" Regina questioned her, with a cruel smile.
However, the small group suddenly stopped, hearing a body fall to the ground. Having been attacked by surprise, Emami had fallen to the ground, while Tia was now crouched down, in front of Endeavor's body. Holding a vial in her hand, she filled the hero's mouth with a blue liquid.
"What the...?" Solution wondered. "A healing potion?"
" A what ? " Asked Kanjuro.
Ignoring her question, Entoma threw talismans at Tia, which transformed into an electric bird. Turning to face them, Tia prepared to attack. However, a veritable wall of flames suddenly appeared, and upon touching it, the electric birds were completely pulverized.
" Que ... ? "
Then transforming into a huge sphere of fire, the flames hurtled towards the Pleiades who jumped to the side to avoid them. Then, stopping near Nami, the ball of flame gave way to Endeavor, while he held Tia under his arm.
"Oh?" Solution said. "Still able to beat you?"
Breathing heavily, Endeavor showed he was exhausted. Certainly, thanks to Tia's potion, he was able to fight again... but he was certainly not able to face the four opponents in front of him.
However, knowing that he had no choice, he let out a cry of rage, before creating a column of flames.
" JET BURN ! "
Seeing him concentrating all his power in this attack, Nami and Tia decided to do the same.
" THUNDER LANCE TEMPO ! "
" BURSTING FLAME COLUMN ! "
Merging together, the three attacks rocketed towards the Pleiades, who wasted no time in counterattacking.
" FIRE FALL ! "
" GATLING POISON ! "
" BULLET BUG ! "
Also merging, the three attacks collide with their enemies and a shock wave occurs at the moment of the attack, followed by a huge explosion. being of equal strength, the attacks canceled each other, and turned into a huge cloud of smoke, which covered the entire area, blinding anyone in it.
Unfortunately, being able to use his haki, Kanjuro's figure appeared right in front of Nami and twirled his brush. Not being able to distinguish anything, it was with a bad surprise that Nami felt the weapon of the samurai hitting her abdomen.
Dropping her clima-tack to the ground, Nami's body ends up slamming into a street lamp, which twists on impact. Letting her eyes turn white, Nami then collapsed to the ground, knocked unconscious from the attack.
"What?" Endeavor and Tia wondered, knowing that something had happened.
And hardly had the smoke had time to dissipate than the silhouettes of the Pleiades were visible above them.
"That's the end." The trio assured, dropping down in their direction.
" FRANKY ... "
Startled, Regina felt a pair of arms wrap around her waist.
"WHAT?" She wondered, as Franky found herself behind her.
" SUPPLEX !"
Totally stunned, everyone saw Franky drop down, before slamming Regina's head hard on the ground. Finding themselves in the center of a crater, the pleiad spat blood.
"Re…Regina." Solution and Entoma shouted.
Getting up without the slightest problem, Franky faced the duo, while Regina remained on the ground. Even worse. She reverted to her human form, while her eyes remained white. Franky had just defeated her.
"GREAT!" The cyborg shouted.
"Im... Impossible." Affirmed Solution.
Then gritting her teeth in anger, she targeted the newcomer, before letting a spear shoot out of her body.
" SPEAR POISON ! "
Throwing the spear, she allowed the weapon to transform into a veritable poisonous projectile. Still, hitting her with his huge fist, Franky had no trouble shattering the weapon.
"Tsss! That's not how you'll get me."
But already, having plunged his hands into his body, Solution pulled out two magic swords and leapt into the sky, before flying towards Franky.
" FLY ! "
" WEAPONS LEFT !"
Targeting her, Franky fired dozens of projectiles in her direction. Nevertheless, zigzagging to dodge them, the pleiad barely reacted when they felt a few of them pass through them, leaving a simple hole in their body which they hastened to cover with slime.
Seeing his projectiles turn out to be useless, Franky swung his arm in her direction.
" STRONG RIGHT ! "
Slamming into Solution's abdomen, the cyborg's arm managed to stop her. Yet, turning her body into slime, Solution slid down the chain that connected Franky's arm to his body. And finally, her body returned to its humanoid form, as she found herself in front of his face.
"DIE!" she roared, lowering both sabers at him.
" FIRE ! "
This time, Franky's flames knocked Solution back, while her upper body melted. Unfortunately, flowing over his body, Solution let her corrosive power take effect and immediately, Franky had the impression that acid was deteriorating his organism.
"AHHHHHH! IT BURNS!"
Gesturing, he tried in vain to remove all the slime that covered him, while his skin began to disappear.
"Stop! DAMN IT!"
Not wanting to lose her advantage in any way, Solution enjoyed hearing him scream, as it began to seep into his system and melt all the metal parts of his body.
" PROMINENCE BURN ! "
Surprising both the Pleiad and the Cyborg, Endeavor targeted the pair, who vanished through his flames. Both of them screaming in pain, Solution finally broke away from Franky and assumed her humanoid form, before summoning a magical shield in front of her.
Finally, when the flames disappeared, Franky was on one knee, while his shirt was completely burned.
"ASSHOLE!" he roared, in Endeavor's direction. "Don't you understand that we are on the same side ?"
" Tsss! I never claimed to be your ally. " Retorted the hero. "Besides that, you should thank me."
Seeing visible damaged parts on Franky's body, the hero affirmed.
"If that woman had attacked you any longer, you would have died."
Then, he glanced towards Solution, while Entoma and Kanjuro were at her side. For his part, Endeavor could only count on Franky and Tia to help him.
"Hey, ninja! Your healing potion! Do you have any more?"
"That was my last." Tia retorted.
" Too bad! We will have to deal with it. "
"Tssss! Potion or no, you don't stand a chance against us." Solution affirmed.
"Your bodies will serve us as food." Entoma assured.
"You can still dream." Franky retorted, getting into a fighting stance, as did Tia and Endeavor.
The trio came from three different worlds and did not know each other. And yet, having an enemy in common, they cared little about their allies' past and decided to help each other defeat the enemy.
" DETROIT SMASH ! "
Withstanding the attack, without trying to defend herself, Darkness felt her feet roll back several meters. Following her, All Might continued with more punches.
" MISSOURI SMASH ! "
Punching Darkness on the chin, All Might managed to send her flying through the air. Bending his legs, he performed an incredible blonde that allowed him to find himself on top of his opponent's body. Then falling back in his direction, he crossed his arms in front of him, before hitting the demon's abdomen.
" CALIFORNIA SMASH ! "
Feeling his body being thrown downwards, it was with a crash that Darkness hit the ground.
Nonetheless, descending directly towards her, All Might raised his fist as high as he could, before bringing it down towards Darkness' face. Immediately, the crater around the demon doubled in diameter, showing the force of the impact.
"He got her." Izuku rejoiced, still at Torino's side.
For their part, Evileye and Lakyus couldn't help but be in awe of All Might's power.
"That's impossible." Evileye affirmed. "This is the first time I've seen a human go past level 50 like this."
"He has level 65 strength." Lakyus affirmed. "No, even more! Maybe 70! I thought it was impossible for a mere human to reach that level."
Watching the fight with interest, Pandora remained silent. Still being in Galadriel's form, he made no effort to come to Darkness' aid. What's the point ? He knew full well who had the advantage. Moreover, after Sebas's intervention, he knew that Galadriel needed to have no excuse to vent her anger.
Precisely, while All Might landed on the ground, he saw the silhouette of Darkness get back to his feet. Having no wounds, Darkness seemed to have suffered no damage. No one could even see that she had taken several attacks from All Might.
Showing a mocking smile, she questioned him.
"Seriously? Is this the strongest man on this planet worth? Nonsense! Honestly, I feel like Mugiwara was a much tougher opponent than you."
"Don't start being arrogant! Our fight has only just begun." All Might assured.
However, feeling the effects of the poor state of his body again, the man already had a trickle of blood trickling out of his mouth. Seeing this, Darkness shook her head slightly.
"Seriously, I pity you! I'm almost ashamed to have to defeat you, when you already have one foot in your grave."
"Don't mess with me." The hero roared, rushing towards her. " DETROIT SMASH !"
This time, letting a magical aura surround her, Galadriel withstood the attack, while the impact didn't even move her a millimeter.
" What ? "
Extending her smile, Galadriel pointed her finger at him, before creating electricity. Stunned, All Might cried out in pain. But already Darkness had aimed her foot at his face and kicked him hard in the cheek.
Collapsing on the ground, the blond spat blood. Then, he screamed in pain, feeling Galadriel's foot crush his abdomen, to keep him flat against the ground.
"What's going on, hero number 1?" the demon asked, enjoying crushing him under her foot. "Seriously, I didn't even have to sweat to defeat you."
Raising her foot, she slammed it into All Might's abdomen again, crushing part of his ribcage. Spitting more blood, All Might tried in vain to get back on his feet. Crushing him repeatedly, Galadriel couldn't erase the sneer that crossed her face.
What was Sebas afraid of? She was the most powerful being in this world. No, of the whole universe. All Might...Luffy...All people on this planet...Galadriel was going to pulverize them one by one and dominate this world.
"I'm going to smash you all to pieces." She asserted. "Your strength...your honor...your pride...nothing will be left of it."
"ALL MIGHT!" Torino shouted, seeing him in trouble.
Suddenly, to his surprise, he saw a figure pass him and jump off the roof.
" What ? "
" ONE FOR ALL ! 100 % ! "
" Huh ? " Said Darkness.
Struck in the face, the Empress stood still, as she saw Deku standing in front of her. Having knocked with all his might, the boy's teeth were clenched. However, seeing his attack having no effect, he was forced to jump back.
"Oh?" His opponent said, staring at him. "To what do I owe the honor of your coming here, young hero?"
With a clenched fist, Deku only stared at his idol's injured body on the ground, while All Might seemed unable to get back to his feet.
"Mi... Midoriya..." The hero muttered, before coughing up blood.
Unable to calm his anger, Midoriya stared at Darkness, while affirming.
"There's no way I'm letting you kill him without reacting! I'm going to fight you."
"Oh? And do you seriously think you can scare me by saying that? DESPAIR AURA I !"
Being in front of Darkness, Deku felt the effects of her dark aura, while her body shook uncontrollably.
" That ... ? "
"Playing hero and being a hero are two completely different things." Darkness asserted. "Tell me, are you really able to make the border that separates them?"
Unable to answer her, Deku remained motionless. Even when a large column of ice suddenly appeared on the other side of town.
"Huh?" Galadriel wondered, directing her gaze in that direction.
Sitting on the ground, Brain felt his body completely freeze. Yet there was not the slightest trace of ice on him. No, what immobilized him was fear.
In front of him, a face to face took place, opposing two monsters who could not be qualified as human.
"Who…Who are these guys?" He wanted to know, seeing Zoro and Cocytus fighting, with so much violence that the neighborhood around them was a heap of ruins covered in ice.
Fighting with unparalleled violence, Zoro and Cocytus risked their lives at all times. And yet, for the first time since their arrival in this world, they had never felt so alive.
" You really are amazing. " Confirmed Zoro. " Excluding humans, you are the most powerful monster I have fought. "
"I'm returning the compliment." Cocytus assured. "Excluding monsters, you're the most powerful swordsman I've fought."
