Night Assault

Seth was running as fast as he could. The people around were panicking and running away with family members and belongings for each one cherished his life.

The pirate raids were common in this new age. Many may debate that the dream that the old Pirate King Gol D. Roger showed to the world was for the greater good but it had serious consequences, and millions of people are suffering daily due to the increased pirate activities. You could say: Two sides of the same coin; it had its pros and cons. There wouldn't even be a day when somewhere in this world, there wouldn't be a pirate attack or a ship sinking by gunfight. And most of the times, it was villages like the Foosha village which fell victim to those attacks, places that didn't have a good marine protection.

Being in the East Blue where pirate activities was the lowest among all seas, Foosha village hadn't had any such incident for a few years now and things seemed to settle down. Then suddenly out of nowhere this occured. This just shows how unstable and unpredictable the current world is.

Here only strength mattered. As long as you are powerful enough, you can live the way you want. The weak are the mercy of the strong.

But Seth knew that this wasn't any prepared pirate assault, but an act of retribution and he was also responsible for this. What seemed like the right thing to do in the morning, turned into a big mistake at night.

"I knew it would happen but didn't do anything to stop" Seth cursed. Yes, this was his biggest regret. He doesn't know how many people have died or will die or get injured by the time he arrives. And even if he reaches in time, how will he solve this tragedy? He is but a single person and that too, inexperienced.

As he reached closer, the worse was the scenery. Houses were burning and he could see a few pirates pillaging here and there. And there was no one to stop the pirates.

Seth tightened his fist and dashed forward to the pirate nearby. Before the pirate could even see Seth, he was punched and thrown into the burning house. Seeing their comrade knocked, other pirates charged at Seth but were met with punches and kicks resulting in them suffering the same ending as the first pirate.

(Defeating these grunts won't solve a thing. I will have to defeat their captain.)

Seth charged forward. The boss always stays at the back after all. Obviously he will have to go there.

Some pirates would block the way trying to slash with their swords and cutlasses but Seth's animalistic reflexes helped him dodge and defeat the attacker. Seth forgot to count the number of enemies he had defeated. 50? 60? But the enemies kept pouring and Seth's endurance was starting to give up. This was the first time he had engaged in a fight in his life and even though his base stats were better, he had zero combat training. And it was just this morning he ate the devil fruit and he needed time to properly adapt to its power in order to use it to his full extent.

A few pirates fired the guns but Seth barely managed to escape, jumping at them and crushing them. He was using two long feathers which he had created with his powers as his weapons. The feathers weren't like a normal feathers but sharp as knives and rigid as a stone.

The first time he killed a pirate, he felt like puking but the tension and anger didn't allow him to rest. And now, after killing left and right, he didn't feel anything.

He sat down near a corpse he had just slained. He was getting tired. Just how monstrous was the stamina of Straw Hats that they defeated thousands and thousands of marines at Enies Lobby.

Suddenly another Pirate jumped at him but Seth shot him down with his feather.

Even before defeating a hundred, his strength was giving away. But he still stood up, running forward to his destination.

If only he could fly he could avoid all these drudges and go for the main enemy. His devil fruit grants the ability to fly to its user but he still can't control the aerodynamics. He was weak. So, he can only rely on running and fighting like any other fighter.

But Seth still persevered, it was getting painful and his dodges and attack were getting dull but he had to go on. On and on, slowly by slowly, he was even getting injured. The Zoan power in his body was healing his body but fatigue was another thing. He sent three more feathers at the pirates coming from the front.

(Are they not afraid of death?)

He understood how insane this world was. Human life is so frail. A person can die in more than a thousand ways. And these pirates are so crazy to give up their lives just because of their captain. Is it loyalty or this is just how life really is in this world?

He sprinted on. He had to defeat the captain. That will at least break the morale of the troop and slow down this carnage. And possibly the village and he will chase away the remaining pirates.

As if heavens had heard his prayers, he could see the ship at a distance. Smile rose as he could see the destination.

(There it is-!!!)

But exhaustion hit him and he fell to the ground.

"Dammit, I can still go on." Seth tried lifting his body but his body has reached its limit. It was as if the gods had played a bad joke with him. His goal was just a hundred meters away. Couldn't he have lost his endurance after the final battle? Why now?

For pirates who were starting to get scared of Seth, it was like a golden opportunity. They jumped at him trying to finish their foe once and for all.

"This is it, huh. Damnit" Seth cursed. Tears just won't stop falling. After all that, his life was supposed to end in such a pathetic way. By a nameless grunt before he could even do anything in this world. Why did that stupid God reincarnate him if he had to die like this?

But something seemed amiss. Shouldn't the pirates be here already. Shouldn't he have been killed by now?

Seth raised his head and was surprised by what he saw. In front of him stood a single person with a red sleeveless shirt, blue pants and a straw hat on his head.

"You did well" the person said "Leave the rest to me."

Seth closed his eyes and smiled. He no longer had any worries. After all the main protagonist was here.

-:- Scene Change -:-

A person stood at the bow of the ship and looked at the burning scenery in front of him. The red mask he wore shined by the lights of the burning flames. He was clearly amused by what he was seeing. The more the destruction, the more pleased he was.

Captain Skuller, the captain of the Red Skull pirates.

The man who had a bounty of 5 million beli on him.

The man who terrorised these parts of the ocean.

Countless marine ships were sunk and countless marines beheaded by him.

How dare a small town like this try to insult him.

He needed to make an example so that no one will ever think of challenging him.

All that could be heard in that night on the ship was laughter of a beast.