Everything Was In Vain

At the same time, all the refugees in the kingdom noticed this scene; everyone was stunned for a moment, except for a few children who had not experienced the nightmare of twenty years ago. They pointed at the black smoke in the mountain and asked curiously.

"What is that… something is spreading through the kingdom!"

An old man turned his head in response, but his face turned extremely pale the next moment. He opened his mouth and tried several times before finally squeezing out a sound from his throat: "Mu… Musshuru's poisonous spores!"

"Is the nightmare at that time going to happen again?"

"The spores are spreading so fast that it could swallow up several villages soon. Is it possible that even the heavens are against our side this time?!"

One guard was so desperate that he couldn't even hold the spear firmly in his hand. His legs went limp, and he collapsed to the ground.

Just because the scene in front of him awakened his nightmare from the past.

Dalton also noticed that scene, and he felt a deep sense of powerlessness in his heart:

"Dr. Chopper cured the disease, and the pirates helped us defeat the enemy, but in the end, everything was in vain, and we could not save the kingdom…"

"Does it make any sense?!"

"It is certain that the people in the kingdom are born to be destroyers? Then what is the meaning of our existence?!"

"Bring a grand fireworks display to that world?!"

"Stop joking!"

Dalton let out a roar.

When he turned around, he noticed that several confused people were looking at him.

"Dalton, what are we going to do if it catches up with us?!"

"Should we withdraw from Drum Island directly or stay there?"

"I can die, but please save my child."

The sounds of people begging and crying reached Dalton's ears, and he realized then that he had become everyone's hope.

He must not collapse at this time and carry everyone's hope!

He raised my hand and grasped the strange violin sword on his back, and the cold fire ignited in my eyes again, and said: "You… go and run!"

"The Drum Kingdom is very small. If you retreat to another island now, there will still be hope!"

As soon as these words were spoken, they drew responses from the people around him.

There was still a hint of bitterness in Dalton's eyes.

There were some things he didn't say.

If that thing spreads, the Heavenly Tribute that will be handed over to the World Government this year will crush everyone.

But compared to death, this seems nothing.

"Go!"

On the other hand, in the town of Gyasta, Kureha stood on the deck of the refugee ship while looking back at the center of Drum Island, stunned by the gradually spreading spores.

"Is there still any way to stop it?!"

"Dr. Kureha, what is this? Why does it make me feel so anxious?"

Chopper frowned.

Even if it was out of instinct, he also realized that the black smoke that spread out was carrying waves of aura that made him feel uneasy.

It seemed as if it wanted to devour all the life it touched.

Kureha's eyes rarely showed a trace of fear: "This is the most violent spore in Musshuru's body." 

"Then the Drum Kingdom may really be destroyed."

"You have to go."

Chopper was stunned and said quickly: "What about the patients in Drum Island?"

"The residents of these large inland towns don't have enough time to escape!"

After speaking, Chopper raised his head and looked at his two big hooves, his eyes filled with deep sorrow: "I have done everything I can, but in the end, I can't save everyone?!"

"Dr. Hiriluk's idea of saving the kingdom, it turns out that it was just… a delusion from the beginning to the end?!"

The scene in front of him made him feel the most desperate thing as a doctor for the first time.

"Ahhh!"

Chopper opened his mouth and started crying.

The diseases are actually curable, but patients often do not have enough time.

Either the body does not collapse after being cured, or it does not receive timely treatment and dies with regret, and what is happening in the Drum Kingdom right now was also like this.

Kureha looked at Chopper, who was crying loudly, reached out, and touched his head.

Whose doctor doesn't have the dream of curing every disease and saving lives?!

"Damn it!"

At the other end, amidst the spores, Kuro ran forward swiftly, but his speed was much slower than the spread of the spores.

He looked up and saw a red dragon diving into the sky full of black spores.

Kuro realized Gawain's intention and quickly picked up the Den Den Mushi and said: "Gawain, don't be stupid! At this time, even you can't do anything about that kind of thing!"

"How can you become the King of the Pirates if you die?!" 

However, the only voice that answered him was a low and indifferent voice: "You don't know, maybe it will work."

"For those infected with the spores, there's only one result for them, death. It's better to give them an easy time."

Kuro was stunned, and his pupils shrank suddenly: "Is he going to use that trick?"

"Insane, he has totally gone insane!"

After speaking, Kuro hung up the Den Den Mushi immediately, and his pace sped up suddenly, leaving a trail of smoke and dust behind him.

It's because he knows that if he moves a little slower, he will be affected by Gawain's subsequent attack.

At the same time, he used the Den Den Mushi in my hand to transmit the message to Gin, Nami, and others who stayed behind on the Raven.

"Go quickly!"

"This guy, Gawain, is crazy; he's going to blow up the island!"

At the Bighorn Village, Van Augur and the others gathered on the deck, listening to the news from Kuro.

"What do you mean… blow up the island?!"

Zoro frowned, and even though he was wrapped in bandages, he still stubbornly carried all three swords with him.

"Is he planning to use some kind of powerful bomb to instantly disperse the poisonous spores on the island?!"

Lucci couldn't help but guess.

But when he was halfway through his speech, he noticed that the expression on Gin's face was becoming more strange.

"Gin?!"

Gin turned his head and looked at everyone, his eyes becoming more solemn: "I think I know what it is."

"The captain mentioned to me once before that his Devil Fruit, the Red Dragon fruit, has a special ability."

"In an instant, all the energy stored and absorbed in the body is released, causing a violent explosion."

Lucci's pupils shrank, and he subconsciously asked: "How powerful will it be?!"

Lucci's voice became quieter halfway through his speech because after he turned around, he saw a horrifying scene.

Far away, right in the center of Drum Island.

The red dragon broke through the rapidly spreading black smoke and reached a height of nearly ten thousand meters.

But the light blue light flowing all over his body was so bright that it even overshadowed the sun's rays, allowing everyone on the Drum Island to see it clearly.

That was the abnormal phenomenon that occurred after Gawain extracted nearly one-fifth of the vitality of Drum Island at one time.

Even his body could not withstand such a huge amount of energy, which directly overflowed and vaporized in the air in an instant, forming a flowing light mist.

Gawain felt the huge vitality in his body and couldn't help but feel frightened for a moment.

In terms of destructive power, this thing is almost the same as the Dyna Stone, and the vitality stored in his body is even more massive, nearly a thousand times the previous test capacity.

Although Gawain's physique is more than twice as strong as before, and even because of the existence of the Harmony feature, he can have perfect control of his body.

But at this moment, he could still feel that the blood vessels in his body were constantly bursting because they could not withstand such exaggerated vitality, but they were healed under the effect of the Red Dragon's ability. 

The only feeling he had all over his body was the pain of his flesh and blood being torn apart and then rapidly healing.