Chapter 248: Natural Selection
The Six World Nobles standing before me continued smirking arrogantly as they stared at me. The Marines behind them continued maintaining formation while they waited for further orders.
Suddenly, the people inside the restaurant behind me opened the doors to figure out the source of all the ruckus. They all froze upon realizing that an Admiral, Vice-Admiral, and countless Marine soldiers had surrounded them. However, they all paled in comparison to the individuals that had been standing right in front of me.
The people immediately bowed as sweat trickled down their skin. Their mouths shut as they trembled in fear of the possible consequences of directly looking at a Celestial Dragon.
"Boris? What's going on?" Robin's innocent voice sounded from the far back.
She was the only one standing among the customers and hosts who had been in the restaurant.
"Robin, I told you to stay in the restaurant," I remarked.
"The people just starting flooding out. I thought that we were in trouble," Nico Robin replied.
"Hm? That's quite the pretty eyes you got there; make sure to grab her for me. I'm sure I can raise her to be a fine specimen," One of the Celestial Dragons remarked as he drooled over her.
A vein popped out in the middle of Zephyr's forehead, and Kuzan kept looking on coldly as his hands were firmly crossed on his chest.
"This isn't something worth dying about, Zephyr; turn around and go back," I remarked. Slowly going for my axe that had been resting on my back.
"You have a lot of guts to stand against us! Just bend the knee and accept your fate, and maybe we might be able to convince our Patriarchs to spare you from too much torture!" The woman said as she cocked back her pistol.
"Boris!! Those are-" Robin was about to call them out when another Celestial Dragon suddenly aimed his weapon right at Robin before pulling the trigger.
I quickly appeared in front of the bullet before grabbing it with my bare hands, but it didn't stop another one of them from pulling the trigger right at her again.
"What the fuck are you guys doing?! I said that the girl is mine!!" The Celestial Dragon that had been drooling over called out.
"Robin, I need you to go back inside the restaurant. It's not safe out here," I calmly explained.
By now, I had turned my back to the Celestial Dragons and was explaining things to her, but another one of those annoying World Nobles let out another gunshot. It almost ended up hitting Nico Robin, and I was having just about enough of all of this.
"To think that you have the audacity to ignore us. Scoundrels like you need training ingrained in their bodies thoroughly," The one that had been leading these World Nobles had spoken up for the first time.
By now, Robin had finally gotten up and rushed back into the restaurant; the other people who had been kneeling in front of the Celestial Dragons immediately followed her, and with a quick clicking sound, they locked the doors to the restaurant. Leaving the Celestial Dragons and marines alone with me.
"Hmph! To ignore our prestige because of a lowly mongrel, we'll have to deal with them soon after you. Now get him!" Another one immediately looked at Zephyr and ordered.
Conqurer's Haki slowly bloomed out of me as I slowly began cracking my neck. I had given them more than enough grace to step away from the situation. Yet, they didn't even bother listening to me. I had no reason to sympathize with them, especially after that bastard started lusting for Robin.
Bloodlust also ended up fusing with my Conqurer's Haki, making the individuals standing right in front of me hesitate. The Celestial Dragons made the first smart move of their lives and decided to take a wise step back to avoid the sudden turn of events.
Zephyr took a step forward before I sent him flying back into one of the Marine Ships that had been surrounding the island. I used Soru to appear right in front of him, but he immediately raised his arms up so that he could block the kick I had just delivered.
"Quick! Raid the Restaurant and grab everyone in there! Make sure that you grab the girl as well!" The leader of the group of Celestial Dragons ordered the Marines and their agents as they all started rushing for the restaurant.
It was then that I immediately let out the Conqurer's Haki I had been keeping restrained out. All the Marines and World Government agents immediately passed out. The ones who remained standing couldn't even move because my bloodlust had made them freeze up.
All except for one, of course.
"Ice Ball!!"
Kuzan launched numerous spheres of ice right at me. Because Robin had been inside the restaurant behind me, I couldn't afford to dodge Kuzan's attacks. I immediately coated Labrys with Advanced Armament Haki. I repelled the attack and sent the Ice balls right back at him.
He deflected some and dodged others, freezing his subordinates and comrades by accident.
The World Government agents grabbed the passed-out Celestial Dragons before they could all be frozen by the Ice Ball.
Kuzan's hands turned into claws as he lunged straight at me. His hands reaped through the air as he tried to split my head into ribbons. I easily dodged it as I kicked him right in the gut and sent him flying a bit farther from the restaurant. I kicked the ground, shattering some Ice sculptures of Marine soldiers, before racing right after him.
However, another problem emerged. Zephyr immediately appeared in front of me before slamming his Armament Haki-Clad fist right in my gut.
I had already infused the area of impact with Armament Haki, so I wasn't hurt as I destroyed and killed more Marine frozen statues and still-warm individuals.
I stopped right before the restaurant and readied my axe for my next attacks, but those annoying World Nobles had gotten up, and boy did they have some words to say.
"What the fuck are you numbskulls doing?! Hurry up and help your Admiral subdue this garbage!! And bring those peasants in front of us!! That girl too!" The leader ordered his subordinates.
What remained of the conscious Marines and World Government Agents were about to get up and head to the restaurant, but I let out an even denser amount of Conqurer's Haki to subdue them. The density of my Conqurer's Haki was so dense that black lightning coated with grey outlines danced out of me.
It was one of the rare times when I had to exercise healthy control of my powers; letting lose meant that I'd end up killing Robin while I fought. That was something that I couldn't afford to do.
"Anyone who touches the restaurant is dead," I growled coldly as I gripped my axe even tighter.
The World Nobles, who had now fully regained consciousness, started laughing.
"You may scare those idiot Elders who dictate matters, but you sure as hell don't scare the Prominent Families of Mariejois!" Another one of those World Nobles said.