Chapter 9 Another Funeral

South Blue.

Karate Island.

Rox using the swords as crutches to lean on, stayed like that for half an hour, before his pale face began to improve slightly, finally standing straight.

Ha…

Looking at the decimated corpse of Beri, Rox took a deep breath, before he went forward and began to rummage through the bag Beri was holding earlier.

Wow!!

But looking at the huge amount of berries inside the bag, his eyes widened, an excited look appearing on his face.

"I better leave..." the scent of blood will soon spread... But quickly, Rox calmed himself, and giving his deserted surroundings a look, he hurriedly escaped with the bag on his shoulders, the newly obtained swords hung on his waist.

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Karate Island Port.

The sun had begun to go down, but the port was still lively, ships docking and setting sail every moment.

"Damn…what do I do…? I am definitely going to be late!!" Rox with a cloak covering him completely, stood at the corner of the port, a scared look on his face, the boat he had arrived at was missing.

It's not like he could not go back, he can buy a raft and set sail towards his home alone, but even with the memories of Ryuma, his navigating skills are just slightly above average.

He definitely won't make in time, and his mother would definitely spank him for being late, as in the memory he received, she had spanked the old Ryuma, despite being 10.

"Sigh…Guess I have no choice…." Rox thought a lot but he couldn't think of anything to fool his mom, in the end rubbing his hips, he sighed and accepted his upcoming fate.

Quickly Rox bought a suitable raft, and set sail from the port of Karate Island, sailing towards Whale Island.

But just after an hour or so he left, a sudden news which shook the whole Island was released from Navy Branch.

The famous pirate bounty hunter, Vicious Beri was killed, killer unknown, fear enveloping everyone.

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The sky was dark, not a single star could be seen above, even the moon seemed a bit dim, the sea under it calm.

A small raft sailed on the endless sea, a figure with brown hair sat at the middle, both hands continually paddling the raft, moving towards it's direction.

"Phew…Finally home!!"

Time passed, and under the dark sky, on the endless sea, an outline of a Island appeared in the sight of Rox, who finally sighed in relief.

"Huh?"

But as the raft got closer to Island, the complexion of Rox suddenly changed, as even from afar smoke rising high from the Island could be seen, fire burning everywhere on the Island.

"Trrr"

The hands of Rox oaring the boat trembled, his heat beating fast, as with a panicked face, he increased the speed of oaring, the boat whizzing towards the shore.

Swoosh!!

Minutes later, the raft finally reached the shore, as Rox without a care, jumped out of the raft, with a panicked look on his face, he immediately ran towards the depths of Island, the sword on his waist trembling due to his movements.

The figure of Rox, without a care, whizzed through the forest where fire burned everywhere, soon, through the fire, he arrived outside the entrance of the town, the shops on both sides after entering the town on fire.

Tap…

No…

Murmured Rox, with a complex face looking at the town which was burning, flames everywhere, trembling he took a step in the town, walking on the road who's on both sides fire burned.

Thud….

With his legs trembling from unknown fear, Rox continued to walk further and further into the town, but suddenly he stopped at the mid, falling on his knees, his eyes turning white.

This was a completely razed area, all the shops and houses from before were nowhere to be seen, a huge pit of hundred meters could be seen at the center.

In the pit, multiple candles were dug into the ground, all burning, numerous tombstones could be seen near the candles dug into the ground, with names written on every Tombstone.

"No…No…" Shaking his head, Rox continued to murmur as while doing so he stood up, walking down towards the depth of the pit, his hazy eyes stuck at the first tombstone, the tombstone at the forefront.

The name "Mabel" was clearly written on the tombstone, with smaller words like "May your soul rest in Peace" written underneath.

The tomb a little behind the first had the word "Ralph" with similar words to the first one written underneath clearly, tears going down the eyes of Rox.

Every tombstone had the name of the person that lived here, it was like a collective funeral was held for everyone.

"Trrr"

"Mom…." Trembling hands of Rox stretched towards the first tombstone, grasping it, his trembling and painful voice echoing in the burning surroundings.

Under the tombstone of the Mabel a reward order was lying on the ground, the image of a bald guy with a huge golden axe on his shoulders, a cruel smile on his face, on the reward order, name "Boris" bounty 800 Million Berries written as well.

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