Chapter 7 Battle

South Blue.

Karate Island.

Swish…

Wind swept across the deserted street, the sun right above the head, silence in the street, only the rapid breathing of Rox, who was about to fight for the first time could be heard.

Thup…Thup…

Seeing Rox adjusting his breathing, acting like a novice, a trace of mockery flashed in the eyes of Beri, but without saying anything, he hurried towards Rox, reaching him at quite good speed.

"Slash"

"Keng"

Approaching Rox, Beri without any hesitation slashed the right sword towards Rox, the cursed sword making wind cutting sound, but at last moment, Rox brought his own somewhat broken sword before him, blocking the blade, the sound of blade colliding ringing.

"Swish! Swish!"

Kach….

Beri didn't stop at the first slash, as he began to wave both swords at Rox, who with his broken sword blocked every attack, the cracks on his sword increasing.

Keng!

"Haha…if you wanted to challenge…you should at least have brought a usable weapon!" Said Beri laughing, his eyes clearly spotting the increasing cracks on the swords of Rox, it definitely won't last long and may break any moment.

"Those blades are crying in your hands…such pathetic skill…let me teach you how to handle a sword…" Said Rox lightly, the excited look from the start had turned into a calm one, as he had adapted to the fighting and was no longer nervous.

"Why…you…don't act cocky before me!!" Hearing his words, Beri was riled up, just a brat who still reeked of his mother's breast, how dare he act this calm in his presence, his name strikes fear in the hearts of countless cruel pirates.

Die!!

Tap…Tap…

Beri swung both swords towards Rox in anger, the wind seemed to be cut apart, Rox in response calmly crossing both the swords before him, his feet tapping the ground 4 times in a blink of an eye.

Swoosh!!

"Keng!!"

"Kach"

Pfft!!

A shadow flew past Beri whose eyes widened slightly, blood splashing on the ground, the swords in his hands knocked towards the sky, the swords spinning in the air, landing towards Rox who had appeared at some distance behind Beri, his back facing him, two broken swords at his feet, his hands pointing towards the sky, head down.

The sharp edges of the cursed blade shone in the sky as they continued to spin in the air landing towards Rox, for a moment it looked they would cut the hands of Rox.

But at the last moment, the spinning blades seemed to have a will of their own as they happened to spin once again right above the hand of Rox, the hilts of both swords calmly landing in the hands of Rox.

"Haha…so I take it as you have chosen me!!" Laughing Rox brought the crescent and sun patterned blades before him, as he spoke to them with excitement in his eyes.

That was a gamble, the blade could have really cut Rox's hands if they haven't spun at the last moment, but he had confidence in himself, if he is afraid of a sword, how would he master it in the future.

"You…you'll pay for this…" But at this moment, an angry voice fell in the ears of Rox, whose eyes widened with some surprise as he turned around and saw the figure who he had though should be dead, but his current appearance shocked Rox even more.

In the eyes of Rox, the 250 cm Beri from before, had currently turned into numerous orbs floating in the air, or more precisely his all body parts had turned into orbs.

The spherical head of Beri was floating at the front, anger on the face, his red eyes stuck at Rox, who was looking at him with surprise.

"Devil Fruit…. Beri Beri-no-Mi…so that's the reason behind your name…." Rox was surprised for some while, before he finally calmed himself and spoke to Beri, recognizing the devil fruit that Beri had ate.

In the cannon, it was eaten by a marine but that was 20 years later, now it's owner was the pirate hunter before Rox, the reason for his name was also this fruit.

Beri Beri no Mi, a Paramecia-type Devil Fruit, which allowed the user to turn his body parts into orbs or spheres, like the round parts of berries.

{AN: - This Devil Fruit is similar to Bara Bara no Mi, that Buggy ate, but they have opposite advantages, Buggy's Devil Fruit makes him immune to slash attacks, here Beri is immune to Blunt attacks, opposite affects you can say}

"You'll regrets crossing roads with me…" Said the pissed off Beri, giving Rox a terrifying look, whose face changed slightly.

Swoosh!!

"Huh?" Next moment, all the spheres floating in the air except for the head of Beri, all shot towards Rox like cannon balls, the complexions of Rox changing.

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