A magic merchant infiltrating Fairy Tail

"What happened?! PX-1, PX-2, and PX-3 are all destroyed?! That's the cost of three warships!"

"Grandpa, are these pirates really that strong?"

Everyone looked over at the sound and saw that Kizaru, who had just fought them, had reappeared, accompanied by a big, white, fat man wearing a bib and shorts and wielding a large axe.

"Oh no!! It's Kizaru! And there's one more person!!"

Bucky panicked immediately. His eyes darted around, and he quickly came up with a plan to intimidate others. "You...you actually dare to chase after us? Are you really going to challenge all the powers of the New World at the same time??"

However, Kizaru, who had now received Sengoku's orders, had no intention of slacking off, so his reply disappointed Buggy.

"It's a shame my orders are to 'arrest Bucky the Joker and Portgas D. Ace.' Whether it will cause a major upheaval is not something a working-class person like me needs to consider..."

"You mean Nani?!" Bucky's expression changed drastically, and he visibly panicked.

On the other side, upon hearing that he was also on the arrest list, Ace's expression changed, and he pressed down his hat: "Even I'm being arrested? This is going to be troublesome..."

"You don't look like you're in trouble at all! You're clearly saying 'This looks interesting!'"

"Really? Whatever..."

Ace chuckled, flames erupting from his body. "Anyway, the only thing we can do now is fight, right? I've been at sea for so long, and I've never seriously fought a Marine Admiral before..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ace immediately moved, placing his hands together at his sides in a pistol shape, aiming directly at Sentomaru: "Musketeer!"

The next moment, flames flickered!

bang bang bang...

Accompanied by loud gunshots, orange-yellow flame bullets shot out from Ace's two fingers, attacking Sentomaru like machine gun fire, showing no regard for martial ethics.

However, such an attack might be effective against ordinary minor characters, but it's not enough to deal with Sentomaru, who grew up alongside Vegapunk and Kizaru and has witnessed the strength of various powerful figures in the Navy.

With a sudden stomp of his feet, Sentomaru leaped high into the air with a speed and power completely disproportionate to his physique. The force was so great that it even caused a small crater to form where he had been standing.

In mid-air, Sentomaru swung his hand behind his back, pulling out the giant axe strapped to his back. He quickly raised it in front of him, using his own weight and the explosive force from his jump to create a powerful slash that crashed down on Ace!

Ace, of course, wouldn't just stand there and get hacked away, so he quickly jumped to the side to dodge.

boom!!!

The giant axe smashed into the ground, the powerful force tearing the ground apart and spreading outwards for four or five meters.

"Is that... domineering? This is really troublesome!"

Ace narrowed his eyes and saw that the giant axe that had been smashed to the ground was covered with a high level of Armament Haki. He immediately judged that Sentomaru was someone who could use Armament Haki.

Knowing that this opponent was no ordinary person, Ace spread his five fingers and released a large number of green fireflies, like fireflies in a field under a summer night sky, which was beautiful and magnificent.

"Firefly Fire Daruma!!"

Each of these fireflies is actually formed from the condensation of flame energy. This color is difficult to see in sunlight. Even if you can see it, the stereotype of fireflies will make the enemy lower their guard, making it very suitable for surprise attacks.

However, Sentomaru is no pushover. Although he is not as tight-lipped as he claims, his defensive capabilities are truly formidable.

He calmly placed the axe on the ground, raised both hands in front of him, and with a loud shout, released his Armament Haki, scattering all the fireflies flying towards him three meters away.

"Walking alone with bare feet!!"

Rumble...

Amid the explosion, Ace's eyes turned serious. He hadn't expected that the big, white, fat man in front of him not only possessed Armament Haki, but also had such a high level of it, having already reached the 'external release' stage.

Even those who have awakened Armament Haki rarely know that there are actually three ways to use Armament Haki: binding, internal destruction, and external release.

Entanglement is the most basic usage. It can be automatically learned after awakening Armament Haki. As long as you wrap Haki around your limbs or weapons, you can give them a 'strengthening' effect.

When wrapping limbs with Armament Haki, it's generally best to wrap only a portion of the body to maximize the efficiency of Haki usage. Legendary figures like "Black Arm" Zephyr and "Marine Hero" Garp exemplify this. In contrast, those who wrap their entire bodies with Armament Haki are either idiots or morons.

Weapon entangling includes melee weapons and ranged weapons. Taking swords and arrows as examples, if you use entangling on a sword for a long time, there is a chance that it will evolve into a 'black sword'. As for bows and arrows, since they leave the body, it is more difficult to add Haki to them, but it is not that no one can do it. The warriors of Amazon Lily have this ability.

As for internal destruction and external weapon release, those are advanced applications of Armament Haki. They require a certain amount of time to cultivate Haki as a foundation, and may also require guidance from a master and understanding of the techniques before one can learn them.

However, even in the New World, very few people have mastered internal sabotage and external weapon deployment. If one has mastered even one of these skills, becoming a high-ranking officer in a Yonko crew or an elite vice admiral in the Navy would be a piece of cake.

Ace spent three years with the Whitebeard Pirates, surrounded by top-tier figures, and naturally awakened Armament Haki early on. However, even he wasn't proficient in this area, only able to use it to fight against Logia-type Devil Fruit users. He showed no signs of comprehending higher-level internal destruction and external projection techniques.

"Armed deployment? This is troublesome..." Ace muttered, frowning as he pondered how to defeat the enemy.

However, Sentomaru didn't give him any time to think. He crouched down slightly in a sumo wrestling stance, then shot out at such a speed that it even created a sonic boom.

"Walking alone with bare feet!!"

Armed Release is both offensive and defensive. Since learning this skill, Sentomaru has worked diligently every day and can now use it with ease. He has even developed his own unique way of using it, showing a style of "one trick that can get you by all".

boom!!!

Ace was caught off guard and was sent flying by a powerful blow, crashing to the ground!

Chapter 917 Crushing Magic VS Laser

Sentomaru's proficiency in unleashing Armament Haki surpasses that of many pirates with bounties exceeding 100 million. Ace was caught off guard and slammed to the ground with a palm strike from a distance, causing the ground to crack and Ace to vomit blood.

"Ace!!"

Are you alright?!

Seeing that the incredibly strong Ace was defeated in one move, Buggy was visibly panicked.

He had just heard that the other party wanted to capture not only him, but also Ace. However, Ace was not only Whitebeard's adopted son, but also Captain Roger's son. If he died or fell into the hands of the Navy because of him, he would never forgive himself!

If I were to voluntarily step forward and beg to save his life...

Snapped!

Bucky slapped himself hard, cursing under his breath, "How could I have such a stupid thought?!"

Sacrificing oneself for others? When did I, Captain Bucky, ever become that kind of loyal person?

The reason I thought that way just now was definitely because Ace had Roger's shadow in him, which affected my will. That's not good!

Ace scrambled out of the crater, dusted himself off, and gasped, "I'm fine..."

His gaze toward Sentomaru was filled with solemnity.

On the other side, Gildarts and Cana stopped the slacking Admiral Kizaru. The three looked at each other, none of them making any rash moves.

“This guy is so tall…” Gildarts stared at Kizaru, who was over three meters tall, his eyes filled with astonishment.

Kana said calmly, "People in this world are like that. Their height is very strange. I've seen quite a few people who are over two or three meters tall recently."

"Yeah……??"

After arriving in the world of One Piece, Gildarts stayed with the Buggy Pirates, and those people were all ordinary people who did not have the height that was standard for the strong in this world.

While the two were observing Kizaru, Kizaru was also sizing up the father and daughter.

"You're mages, not pirates, right? Are you trying to obstruct the Navy's operation to capture pirates by setting up this situation? This isn't good for you and your crew..."

According to information from the New World, Kizaru's current understanding of these mages is that they are a group of people who do not follow the rules and laws, but are not evil. They do not have the ambition to dominate the sea like pirates. Occasionally, a few like to fight for justice and believe that their comrades are above all else.

"Didn't I just say? Ace is my friend!!"

Gildas grinned, clenched his right fist, and unleashed a devastating blow. The shattering magic sliced ​​the air in front of him into pieces, which then exploded under the shock and compression, kicking up a huge cloud of dust.

boom!!

"Can we take him down?"

"Absolutely not! He's a Logia-type Devil Fruit user; he can transform into light, something like Juvia's magic. Ordinary attacks are ineffective against him!"

Cana told Gildarts the information she had heard from Shakky, "It seems that only Haki can deal with Logia-types. Dad, you probably don't know how to use it yet, right?"

"...No! Do you know how?"

Kana proudly puffed out her chest: "Of course! I learned it from Uncle Rayleigh a while ago!!"

"Oh my god!! As expected of my Kana-chan~"

As the smoke and dust gradually dissipated, the three-meter-tall figure emerged unscathed from the blast zone. A look of astonishment mixed with mockery appeared on his wrinkled old face: "What an amazing attack! You mages are all truly terrifying!"

"I don't know why, but I always feel like this guy's expression is so annoying..." Kana muttered to herself.

Kizaru's smile froze on his face.

He glanced to the other side and saw that Sentomaru was putting pressure on Ace and Buggy. The battle was going well and he wasn't struggling. He figured he would be able to take them down soon, so he stopped worrying and focused on dealing with the two in front of him.

Although his face was full of smirk, Kizaru was not relaxed in the slightest.

He had witnessed the strange phenomenon just now, otherwise he wouldn't have found this place so quickly. In addition, the corpses of the three pacifists were still lying quietly around, and these people showed no signs of fatigue, which showed that their strength was not comparable to that of ordinary small-time pirates.

Even if he doesn't have a domineering presence, he's definitely much stronger than most supernovas.

Kizaru then raised two fingers, gathering golden beams of light at their tips, aiming them directly at Gildarts and Cana: "Since you refuse to leave no matter what, don't blame me for taking action!"

If he could, he really didn't want to deal with these guys of unknown origin and with such strange methods! What if one day he ran into a mage, and that mage suddenly summoned a resurrected Roger or Rocks...

That's a situation I wouldn't even dare to imagine!

With that, the laser shot out into the air.

"Be careful!!"

Cana shouted, but Gildarts was faster. With a wave of his sleeve, the Shattering Magic unfolded a domain in front of him, which blocked the path of the laser beam and shattered the hard-won beam into countless invisible light particles.

The principle behind laser attacks lies in its thermal effect; therefore, once the light is shattered, the accumulated energy naturally dissipates.

"Huh? You shattered the laser? You used the power to shatter matter??"

Under the observation of Observation Haki, no change in the surroundings can be hidden.

At this moment, Gildarts's shattering magic was laid bare before Kizaru, like a peanut with its shell removed.

Could it be an ability like a 'crushing fruit'?

The Navy has a Devil Fruit encyclopedia, and Kizaru, as a high-ranking officer in the Navy, has naturally seen it. However, there are many types of Devil Fruits, and he did not specifically memorize the abilities and names of each fruit.

Kizaru didn't think too much about it at the moment. Since single-point attacks weren't working, he could only choose to launch a wide-area attack!

He became slightly more serious, raising both palms together and unleashing a torrential rain of laser bullets with a speed and force ten times faster than before.

"The Eight-Span Curved Jewel!!"

Dozens of light sources suddenly appeared in their field of vision, shocking Gildarts and Cana, who clicked their tongues in amazement: "Is that the attack we just used on Buggy?! No, it's even more powerful than before!"