A Fallen Knight

Ascendance Valley's 1st where Shiki and the Holy Knights were having a major battle…

There is a total of nine Holy Knights lead by Garling himself and they all possess exceptional skills.

The most prominent ones present today are the following…

[Saint Figarland Garling of the Figarland Family – The Supreme Commander of the Holy Knights]

[Saint Figarland Darian of the Figarland Family – The Captain of the Holy Knights]

[Saint Donquixote Reginald of the Donquixote Family – A member of the Holy Knights]

[Saint Nerona Lysander of the Nerona Family – A member of the Holy Knights]

Shiki was dealing with their Supreme Commander, Figarland Garling by himself while the rest were taking care of the other Holy Knights.

Kid instantly jumped in front of Darian whose appearance resembled Shanks greatly from the red hair to the saber he carries with him. Kid had an unfinished business and a grudge against Shanks and this guy pissed him off at the first glance.

Law ironically confronted Donquixote Reginald who looked similar to Doflamingo but with green hair, and Queen fought Nerona Lysander.

As for the rest of the Holy Knights they were held back by the rest of the allies who joined Shiki in this island. Kid and Law crews, Don Chinjao, his grandsons Sai and Boo and Sai's wife Baby 5, Basil Hawkins, Capone Bege, Zeus and Prometheus, the giants and S-Hawk who was leading 50 Pacifista.

Also, the Giants were split into two parties the first one lead by Dorry and Brogy went to the 3rd Island where they clashed with the Marines lead by Admiral Fujitora while the second party was led by Hajrudin and the New Giant Warriors joined Shiki.

At the center of the island's town where Kid and Darian were facing each other…

"Scum of the sea, you dare to come in the way of the God's Knights duty and ally yourself with that doomed person. I'll have to put you down!" Darian declared while pointing his sword at Kid.

Kid glared at Darian while his forehead veins bulged from anger "Shut up! Who the hell do you think you are to call me that?!..."

"…World Nobles... Slaves... Human shops... Against the 'purity' of you 'upper classes', the villains of the world look positively humane in comparison. It's because the world's in the hands of scum like you that it's all screwed to hell... I mean, we're not the nicest of guys, but at least we're honest about it" Kid said while clenching his fist "But it's all useless talk now, we're already set on taking you down. Not for some stupid reason like corruption or oppression, but just because we can do so, we're not 'saints' after all we're pirates…"

"The World Government has been standing for more than 800 years, punks like you can't do anything to change that!" Darian said while gripping his fiery sword tightly, he was using a swordsmanship style that is passed down in the Figarland Family.

As the Captain of the Holy Knights Darian possessed exceptional swordsmanship and Haki skills, as he can use both Advanced Armament and Advanced Observation Haki to see a couple of seconds in the future. He's also a Devil Fruit user, consuming the fruit of the previous Admiral Aokiji the Hie Hie no Mi, making him an ice human.

Kid looked in a bad state as his entire body was covered in blood and injuries.

Darian used Soru to dash at Kid before he swung his sword diagonally slashing Kid in the chest while using Internal Destruction to cause internal damage to Kid.

"*COUGH*-*COUGH*…!!--" Kid coughed blood while receiving that attack before Darian sent a barrage of sword thrusts ending it with one powerful slash that sent Kid crashing into the ground below.

Kid used his metal arm to defend himself against the attack, before he slowly got on his feet.

"…Huff…Huff…H-Hehe those attacks aren't strong enough to take me down…I've been taking that demon bastard punches for the past six months, this much is nothing compared to that…" Kid said while breathing heavily before he looked at his clenched fists "That's not it…after getting punched every day I finally noticed something. I felt the Color of Supreme King Haki in his attacks, he's able to infuse his attacks with it…"

"…now that I think about it, Kaido was doing the same thing back then when I fought him. I tried to do the same thing, but it didn't work…but I think I finally get it now" Kid said as he flashed a wicked smile at Darian.

"The hell are you blabbering about?"

"I'll send you to hell!...Assign!!" Kid declared before he jumped at Darian and magnetized him using his Awakened ability, and then greatly increased his level of attraction, causing him to draw countless pieces of metal from large distances around the island's town and port towards him.

"What the hell--?!!" Darian was surprised by that, and he was quickly buried underneath the metals, giving Kid the chance to strike him.

"Punk Rotten!..." Kid formed a gigantic skull-faced-demon-like golem made of scrap and then crushed Darian with both hands "…Punk Vise!!"

*BAM* Darian took some damage from it but managed to break free after that. When Kid saw that, he prepared for his next attack.

"I'll crush you down you stupid looking bastard!" Kid attracted metal pieces to his left arm in order to form a massive, makeshift arm before he coated with Armament Haki and after closing his eyes and focusing, he managed to release his Conqueror's Haki and channeled it towards the metal arm as well infusing it with it. He then slammed it into Darian.

"Punk Gibson!!"

*Lightning*-*Lightning*-*CRASH* Darian used his ability to send a huge blast of ice to counter it, but the attack was too strong, and he was crushed down while receiving tremendous damage.

The battle quickly turned to Kid's advantage after that until he dealt the last blow to Darian.

"Damn it! I'm not dying in a place like this" Darian exclaimed. Kid glared at him before he utilized a large amount of metal to construct an enormous railgun, which he then used to fire an electromagnetic projectile at Darian.

"This is the end!…Damned Punk!!"

*BOOOOM* The blast inflicted life-threatening injuries to Darian, and he was sent flying outside the island and fell into the sea, where he would die by drowning a few minutes after that.

Kid collapsed from exhaustion.

[The battle between Kid and the Captain of the Holy Knights Figarland Darian is finished…]

[…Winner is…]

[…The 2,5 Billion Demonic Captain and member of the Worst Generation, Eustass 'Captain' Kid!]

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Law who was fighting Saint Donquixote Reginald emerged victorious after a hard-fought battle, and after he and Kid took a well-deserved rest, they went to support Queen and the others in their battles, and in the end their overwhelming numbers was the deciding factor of the outcome which is…Victory!

Right now, the only ongoing fight was that of Shiki and Garling…

"Jihahaha! I see that you're not just a disgusting weakling like the other Celestial Trash…you got some skills!" Shiki said, smiling manically while holding his twin swords.

"Trash like you and Demon of the Sea needs to be cleansed, and it's our job to carry such actions if the marines fail!" Garling declared before he dashed at Shiki while swinging his sword 'Celestria' a Graded Weapon, which he can coat with a fiery aura. His weapon left a trail of thick black lightning and fire as he Infused it with Armament and Conqueror's Haki.

"Saint's Judgment!!" Garling used his signature attack by delivering a series of lightning-fast strikes that left no room for escape.

*BAM*-*BAM* The attacks generated large explosions upon contact with Shiki barely dodging some of them, receiving some injuries from that attack.

Shiki quickly retaliated after that and by gesturing with his arm, he shaped the island's ground creating two large hands and slammed Garling with them from both sides.

"Purifying Cleave!!" Garling was crushed by a great force, but he managed to break free by cutting the hands into small pieces before he gathered all of his strength and delivered a strong energy wave that destroyed anything in its path.

When Shiki saw that he coated his swords with Haki and swiftly blocked the attack, redirecting it to the sky after that before it exploded. Shiki then floated mid-air and swung his leg-swords to launch a flurry of compressed air-based slashes at Garling.

"Lion…Scattering Valley!!"

*CLANG*-*CLANG* Garling used his sword to parry and block the slashes before the two clashed in close range.

Garling thrusted his sword at Shiki's chest while releasing fire from its tip, the latter turned his body avoiding it before he gestured with his arm and two large boulders he touched before were shaped into two large spears and were thrown at Garling.

He got sent flying a few meters back before he destroyed them and charged at Shiki again.

"You're so persistent" Shiki commented while getting on guard as Garling closed the distance between them in an instant before he spun and created a vortex of fiery wind blades with his sword, trapping and overwhelming Shiki.

"Seraphic Vortex!"

Shiki used Haki all over his body to protect himself from the blades before he broke free and using his devil fruit power, he broke open the ground and fashioned the debris into the shape of a massive lion head, coating it with Advanced Armament and Conqueror's Haki and with which he then used to attack Garling.

"Lion's Threat!!"

*BAM*-*CRASH* the lion head came crushing down at Garling with such a force that it buried him in the ground while dealing tremendous damage at same time.

"Jihahaha! How do you like that you Celestial Dog?!" Shiki mocked him, before the latter emerged from the debris again with injuries across his body, but he was far from defeated.

"Don't get cocky, even Roger and Whitebeard crumbled in the face of the World Government and its forces!" Garling exclaimed while landing in front of Shiki again.

"You mean two dying men that one of them turned himself in?...don't play that game with me, Ashen told me everything…*CLICK*…Puff…I don't know how he found that out but as I expected, those Marine trash couldn't have caught Roger" Shiki responded, lighting up a new cigarette "It just proves my statement…"

"…Pirates are the rulers of the sea, no matter what you do you'll never be able change that fact. And just like you couldn't bring down Xebec without the help of Roger, or stop Roger from becoming the King of Pirates, you couldn't do the same to Ashen, and if Whitebeard was interested in the One Piece, he would have gotten it and you wouldn't have been able to stop him as well, that's just the reality"

"They were taken down in the end, it doesn't matter how…and the same thing will happen to Ashen and you. No one lives after going against the gods!" Garling declared, Shiki's veins bulged in anger before he proceeded to reply.

"Taking down Ashen?...Don't make me laugh! That man has already surpassed Roger and Whitebeard! There is no way you Imu worshipping bastards could take him down, and don't act like you could defeat me either!!" Shiki said as he attacked Garling again.

The battle between the two would go on for a few more hours.

Shiki was clashing swords with Garling, the former tried to slash Garling's chest with his twin swords, but the latter managed to block it before he stab Shiki in the lower left abdomen.

Shiki jumped back not minding the pain from his injuries, and he proceeded to gesture with his arm before two large warships floated in the air and came flying down towards Garling.

*BOOOM*-*BOOOM* The ships exploded upon contact, sending Garling crashing into a hill behind him. Although he didn't suffer a lot of damage, the attack left him disoriented which Shiki took advantage of by immediately flying to him and thrusting one of his swords at him, taking him by surprise and stabbing his right eye.

"How dare you, Shiki!!" Garling held his missing right eye from pain and he immediately retaliated by swinging his sword in an upwards motion, cutting Shiki's left ear.

Shiki didn't stop and kept overwhelming Garling with attacks until he finally landed a few slashes on his chest and stomach before he gathered all his strength for the next attack.

"Stop moaning like a bitch and die!" Shiki infused his twin swords with Advanced Armament and Conqueror's Haki and delivered a super powerful flying sword slash.

"Lion's Infinite Horizon… The Sword of a New Era!!"

Garling couldn't react in time and the attack managed to hit him dealing serious injuries. He threw a mouthful of blood before his eyes rolled back and he collapsed on the ground unconscious.

"Huff…Huff…someone like you can't be allowed to live" Shiki didn't waste any time after that and immediately ended Garling's life.

"I wonder if Ashen's fight is finished"

[Ascendance Valley's 1st island battle has ended…]

[…The Winner is…]

[…The Golden Lion Pirates and their allies!]

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Somewhere in the sea…the shadow of a large object moving above the clouds could be seen. It was flying in the direction of Ascendance Valley where the war was taking a place.