306- Fake Arthur

After they finished lunch, Ethan told Crocus that they work for the Mercenary Guild's and invited Crocus to join the organization.

Crocus politely declines Ethan's request, as he prefers to stay at the lighthouse.

Ethan smiled and told him that he did not need to leave this area even after joining the guild, because he would be assigned to monitor this area and provide information to the guild about every ship that entered the Grand Line.

It would be rude to refuse Ethan again so Crocus said he would think about it.

Ethan also did not continue to bother Crocus and changed the subject and started talking about other things.

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The ship was repaired after a few hours so they could set sail at any time, but suddenly a ship bearing the Mercenaries Guild's insignia appeared.

As soon as that ship approached the lighthouse, Ethan could see someone standing on the bow of the ship.

Ethan was really surprised because this person was an exact copy of him when wearing the mask. Both size and physique are completely identical, and when wearing the same clothes and mask, the difference cannot be noticed.

'Looks like this is the person claiming to be Arthur.' Ethan thought of the goons who claimed to be from the Mercenary Guild that he had met hours earlier.

After thinking for a while, Ethan decided not to intervene and sat watching the situation with his family and Crocas.

The sailors on the merchant ship were all strong because as part of the Mercenary Guild they could use Rokushiki techniques so Ethan believed they could defeat enemies easily.

But contrary to Ethan's expectations, the enemies were able to resist for a long time, and the person claiming to be Arthur was somewhat strong and was able to withstand the captain of the merchant ship, but in the end he was still defeated.

After Fake Arthur was defeated, he thought of taking someone hostage and then running away.

Fake Arthur noticed that there is a family near the lighthouse, and from their appearance they appear to be rich and weak, so he set them as a target and moved very quickly towards them.

Unfortunately, fake Arthur chose the wrong family to mess with.

Fake Arthur wrapped one of my arms around Ethan's neck and started yelling, "IF ANYONE TAKES ONE STEP, I WILL BREAK THIS MAN'S NECK!!"

All of the sailors stopped attacking and cautiously looked at Fake Arthur.

They didn't know that Ethan was Arthur, but they knew that Ethan must have a high status within the Mercenary Guild.

Ethan did not wear his mask while traveling with his family and was traveling with merchant ships while hiding the fact that he was Arthur.

The only person who knows Ethan is Arthur is the captain of the merchant ship.

When Fake Arthur saw that everyone had stopped and that no one was attacking him anymore, he felt relieved. But at this moment, he sensed a figure moving beside him, so he quickly looked at that person and was relieved to see a cute little girl and not an enemy.

Emily looked at her father, then at Arthur, and asked in a hostile manner, "Uncle, are you a bad person?!"

Although this little girl looks very cute, Fake Arthur doesn't care about it and doesn't mind killing her. "You stupid girl, if you don't get out of my way, I'll smash your skull!"

"Emily is not a stupid girl!" Out of anger, Emily calls herself in the third person.

'That little girl is not afraid of death.' Crocas thought of this as he was ready to protect the little girl with his body if Fake Arthur tried to attack her.

"You sure are a bad person for having the audacity to attack Papa and insult Emily."

What happened next made Crocas open his mouth widely in shock, and not only him, but everyone who saw this started rubbing their eyes to make sure that what they saw was not an illusion or imagination.

The little girl kicked the leg of the man, who reached a height of three meters, and then that man fell to the ground, screaming in pain, and his leg was strangely curved, indicating that it was broken.

Although not many noticed it, some noticed that the little girl's leg turned purple-black for a moment, indicating that she had used Armament Haki.

"Apologize to Emily and Papa!" The little girl jumped into the air and then landed hard on that man's stomach, making him groan in pain.

Fake Arthur ignored the pain and angrily looked at Emily who was standing on his stomach and then tried to punch her.

Before the punch could reach Emily, his fist was grabbed by Ethan.

Emma drags her daughter away while Ethan looks at Fake Arthur with killing intent.

After Emma and Emily moved away, Ethan controlled the land to make it form a stone dome surrounding him and the fake Arthur, then he put the magic of silence so that no one outside would hear anything happening inside.

"You really have the audacity to try to hit my daughter." Ethan squeezed Fake Arthur's fist, and after a few moments, the sound of bones crunching could be heard, and immediately after that, Fake Arthur started screaming.

"AAAAAAAA, PLEASE STOP!!" Arthur tried to withdraw his hand, but he couldn't, no matter how hard he tried.

'Why the hell does this hurt so much!' He remembers that he had more serious injuries and many times he was close to death but this was the first time he felt such pain that he could not do anything.

"Are you in terrible pain?"

"I will tell you the cause of this pain." Ethan smiled maliciously while squeezing the man's fist even harder and stomping on his chest. "I have the power to make your pain multiply more than ten times."

The bear of terror inside the fake Arthur when feeling the strong killing intent and seeing the smile on Ethan's face, "Please don't kill me!"

"Who said I will kill you?" Ethan's killing intent was reduced but his smile became larger, "I'm going to make you wish for death but you won't get it."

A black mist escaped from Ethan's hand and started to enter Fake Arthur's body, causing him to yell in fright, "Don't do that please!"

Moments later, his body absorbed the black mist but he didn't notice any difference, "What have you done to me?"

"Using magic, I put a curse on you!" Ethan chuckled. "The curse will make your pain so intense that a light slap will make you feel like you've been hit with a hammer to the point where you've been smashed in the head. If you've been pricked with a needle, you'll feel like you've been stabbed by a sword."

"You are a devil!" The man trembled in fear upon hearing Ethan's explanation and seeing his smile. But after a while, he noticed that the pain of his broken leg or shattered fist had not been doubled. "Did you lie to me?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Ethan laughed out loud as he walked away, "I only stopped this curse from working for a moment because I wanted you to listen to the explanation."

After Ethan finished speaking, the fake Arthur started yelling in pain hysterically.

If a needle prick would make him feel as if he had been stabbed by a sword, then the pain he felt from his broken leg and shattered fist could not be described.

"That's the price for trying to punch my daughter, you scum."

Ethan came out of the dome of the earth and could no longer hear the cries of Fake Arthur.

Ethan looked at his wife and saw her holding Den Den Mushi in her hand and showing a sad expression so he asked confusedly, "What's wrong?"

Emma hesitated for a bit, then said with a sigh, "Amatsuki Toki has appeared."