Stopped The Disaster From Spreading

Seeing this, Kureha curled up the corner of her mouth into a smile.

She was reluctant in her heart, but she did not stop him; she just said calmly: "You are just a pet that Hiriluk has entrusted to me. You can leave at your own will."

Chopper was stunned, and when he turned around, he found that Kureha's eyes were already filled with tears: "Dr. Kureha…"

"At least call me teacher!"

"Bastard boy!"

At the other end, Dalton and others have already crawled out of the snow.

The incident happened suddenly, and they could only rely on the giant hippopotamus to barely avoid the crisis.

Fortunately, except for two unlucky guys who broke their legs, the rest of the people were not seriously injured.

At this moment, everyone who had relaxed stared blankly at the pink snowflakes falling from the sky, and no one spoke for a while.

"We… We don't have to leave?"

Someone asked a question with disbelief in his voice.

"Almost all of the highly toxic spores were burned by the explosion just now. Even if there are some left, they can't cause such large-scale damage."

Dalton muttered.

The scene of Gawain flapping his wings just now emerged in his mind, and he was speechless for a moment.

But he could already hear the cheers of the crowd.

"Very good!"

"This time, Wapol is dead, the threat from Musshuru has been lifted, and this kingdom will be reborn!"

"It was the dragon! It was the dragon's breath that ended everything!"

Everyone cried with joy, watching the snowflakes falling all over the sky.

They know the nightmare that had shrouded them for decades was ended by the existence of that dragon.

"That… dragon saves the kingdom?!"

"That's right. It's that dragon that saves the kingdom!"

"His achievements should be recorded and should not be erased with the passage of history!"

"He will become a new legend in this country!"

The crowd was instantly excited. They looked at the pink snowflakes falling all over the sky with indescribable gratitude in their hearts.

Even the two unlucky guys who were injured had expressions of relief on their faces.

After all, compared with losing one's life, the current price is too small.

As Dalton listened to their words, an idea gradually came to his mind: "Wapol is dead, and this country is reborn because of White Knight Gawain and the cherry blossoms."

"We should have a new name and flag."

"But now, follow me to save people first!"

As everyone cheered.

At the central area of the Drum Island, Gawain fell into a desert and turned back into Human-Beast Form.

He extracted one-fifth of the earth's vitality from Drum Island at one time, causing the snowfield with a radius of dozens of kilometers around Drum Castle to turn into a desert, turning it into a dead place and unable to support the birth of a new life.

"Click!"

Gawain opened his mouth and coughed out a large mouthful of blood mixed with flesh. At this moment, there was only unspeakable regret in his eyes.

"Careless."

"But I finally stopped the disaster from spreading."

After speaking, Gawain couldn't help but let out a smile.

He couldn't explain why he went to such lengths just for a group of irrelevant people.

He just instinctively didn't want to let people like Musshuru get what they wanted and didn't want to watch these innocent people die tragically.

Gawain looked around and saw that there was no sign of life in the surrounding desert.

"Is this why it is called evil god? Its destructive power is truly exaggerated to the extreme!"

"With my current physical condition, I can only barely control this much of the earth's vitality."

"But as my physique improves, I will be able to control more of the earth's vitality, and the destructive power of this move will increase exponentially."

"There's even a possibility to reach the same destructive power as the Ancient Weapons…"

After speaking, the scene of the destruction of the Lulusia Kingdom flashed through Gawain's mind.

That was the only time that Gawain could remember an Ancient Weapon being used.

The World Government is suspected of having controlled Uranus, and one shot directly wiped a country off the map.

It is different from using thermal weapons to wipe out buildings and lives within the range.

Ancient Weapons have the power to physically destroy a country or even an entire island.

Even the sea level rose by one meter, causing countless people to lose their homes and be forced to migrate to higher places.

Even the nuclear weapons in Gawain's previous life would probably find it difficult to do this.

If he has to make a comparison.

Whitebeard led tens of thousands of elite troops but couldn't take down Marineford no matter how hard they tried, but the ancient weapon could do it with just one shot.

The three Ancient Weapons in this world have the same significance as nuclear deterrence.

Even someone as powerful as Golden Lion went to find Roger because of his information on the poneglyph, not because of Roger's powerful fighting ability.

The clues about Ancient Weapons are recorded above the poneglyph.

This is also confirmed in the Historical Poneglyph of Alabasta and Sky Island.

The former records the location of Pluton, while the latter records clues about Uranus.

Gawain collected his scattered thoughts; after comparing the effects of the Ancient Weapons controlled by the World Government with his own abilities, he shook his head helplessly:

"If I really want to cause that level of damage, the vitality required from the earth would probably be enormous."

"Even if I absorb all the vitality from Drum Island, I might be able to wipe out all life on the island, but I will never be able to make Drum Island disappear physically."

"Unless…"

Gawain glanced at the sea in the distance, was slightly stunned, and shook his head helplessly: "This idea is even more unrealistic."

"It's better to heal my injuries first."

Gawain flapped his wings and flew out of the desert.

After a few minutes, he landed in a snowy field, and as the vitality emitting a light blue glow entered Gawain's body, his physical strength was quickly replenished, and his injuries healed in a few seconds.

"Huh!"

"The ability of the red dragon fruit to extract vitality from the earth to repair itself is really like a bug."

"Compared to this, other devil fruit is simply weak!"

"As long as I'm not killed instantly during the battle and the earth's vitality is not exhausted, I can continue to fight tirelessly."

Gawain took a deep breath and felt his body relax. He flapped his wings behind him and flew toward Gin's and others' locations.

In just a few seconds, he disappeared into the clouds.

The crisis that affected the entire Drum Kingdom ended here.

After confirming that most of the poisonous spores had been burned by Gawain, Dalton led a group of civilians back to the village. 

Now, they didn't have to leave their hometown.

But, at the reminder of Isshi-20, Dalton quickly organized the guards on the island, put on protective clothing, and burned the few remaining highly toxic spores on Drum Island to ensure that the spores were completely eradicated.

Musshuru's subordinates were also found in the underworld sewer by Dalton's men.

Just because Musshuru was not there to lead the way, these people had already lost their way and froze to death in the underground river. 

As there were many wounded on Gawain's ship, they temporarily moved to Bighorn Village, and Dalton also sent one of the Isshi-20 to treat their injuries.