Dragon Sorcerer In One Piece

Chapter 61 - Reminiscing Old Memories

Hades and three of his escapees teleported to the uninhabited island located on Paradise. The island is near the Clam Belt with minor islands around it but importantly, this island was created by Hades a few days ago, in other words, there is no log pose to find this particular island.

With fresh salt air and bright sunlight, Shiryu and Bullet took a few moments to recover their sight as they haven't seen sunlight for a long time. For Carina, she is just glad that she is out from the hell prison and committed to never go back there again. When three people finally realized their surroundings, they saw a large table with various dishes of foods and barrels of drinks next to it.

With a smile, Hades gestures his hands to everyone to take a seat and enjoy the meal. Bullet and Shiryu grab the chair immediately and start devouring foods and drinks while Carina slowly approaches the table next to Hades.

"When did you have the time to prepare all of this? I thought you would take us to the Gold Resort," She asked Hades with curiosity as she looked around the tables which Hades gladly explained to her in whispers.

"I had my people prepare all of this before our departure. The ship is waiting nearby to take you anywhere you want, also there is your reward since you did exceptionally on this job. Here, take this and show it to the person in charge." Hades gave Carina a letter with a wax seal in the back. Looking at the seal, it is stamped with a symbol of three-headed dogs with a middle head's mouth holding bident, the classic weapon associated with God of the Underworld.

"This is new, head of the Cerberus with a pitchfork. Decided to make your own jolly roger?" Carnia said to Hades as she put the letter in her back pouch. But before Hades could give her an answer, Hades sensed an attack coming from his back which he immediately used his teleportation to send Carina away to near the ship.

Boom!

The powerful strike created an explosion and a ripple of shockwave which destroyed the tables and barrels of alcohol. When small dust cleared, Hades blocked Bullet's powerful Haki punch with his own while remaining where he stood. Seeing that it was Douglas Bullet who threw the first punch, Hades once again smiled after pushing Bullet back.

"I thought it would be Shiryu who would strike first. I guess you had enough to fill your stomach already?" Hades said to Bullet and looked at Shiryu who kept his distance while holding a barrel of alcohol in his hand. It seems Shiryu decided to stay a spectator while Douglas Bullet began his fight against Hades.

"We still have a deal. You against me to see if you are indeed strong enough to defeat me. I don't know how you did your little trick before but I know you won't blow my brain like those fools from level 6. Show me your strength and don't disappoint me in the real fight." Bullet declares his first duel against Hades as he flexes his c.h.e.s.t muscles which rip his prison shirt.

Seeing this, Hades prepared himself while talking to Shiryu out loud, "You are not joining the fight? I could take 2 vs 1 if you want." Shiryu, hearing this, didn't say anything and only shook his head to show he is not interested in teaming up with Bullet.

'I have a common sense of not joining this fight. If Bullet wins I don't have to work for Hades and be free to do whatever I want. On the other hand, if Hades wins, I know how strong he is and waits for my opportunity to draw blood on my terms. Either way, this fight will benefit me without dirtying my hand.' Shiryu thought to himself and watched quietly as a fight between two powerful Haki users was about to begin.

The former crew member of the legendary pirate and self-proclaimed king silently stare at each other as the direction of the wind suddenly stops and clouds start to turn dark color. The moment the wind once again blows in a different direction, this signals the beginning of the fight.

Hades is the one who made the first move by using Soru (Shave) to disappear from where he was and strike Bullet's stomach with a powerful punch with imbued Haki. Bullet, sensing the incoming attack decided to take the punch head-on. With his own Haki strengthened stomach, Bullet digs his feet deep into the ground and takes the first punch from the young king.

The powerful punch smacked Bullet's stomach so hard that it pushed Bullet's entire body to a few yards back. Even though it was a solid hit, Bullet wasn't damaged by Hades's punch. The only thing that showed any damage was the prison clothes Bullet was wearing as his clothes are now ripped with a hole in his stomach area.

"Not a bad punch, but this isn't enough to put me down. You better increase your power up a notch if you want to make me bleed." Bullet gave a small warning to Hades and charged at his opponent with incredible speed. In an instant, Bullet disappeared from Hades's sight and reappeared next to him with his Haki imbued punch about to hit Hades's face.

Sensing this, Hades quickly positioned himself to counter-attack by grabbing the Bullet's fist with a smooth single motion. Using the judo technique, Hades threw Douglas Bullet over his shoulder and slammed him to the ground using Bullet's own strength and momentum. The heavy impact shook the ground and created a small crater but this didn't stop Bullet from fighting back as he quickly recovered and grabbed Hades's head with his free hand.

Bullet slammed Hades to the ground next to him which then got up and began to drag Hades while holding his face planted to the ground. Seeing a large boulder in front of him, Bullet slam Hades right at the rock and breakthrough with sheer brute force.

"You are making this way too easy. Don't tell me this is all you got!" With that, Bullet dropped Hades to the ground and gathered his two hands to slam a powerful finisher. Unfortunately for Bullet, this short pause gave Hades a chance to counter-attack by kicking Bullet's face and making a quick escape.

"Looks like you have a tough time killing me when I'm not even trying at all. Maybe I'm wrong about this whole thing, you are not giving me much of a challenge at all, as if being in prison made you soft." Returning to his feet, Hades imbued Haki with his two arms and changed his stance to the Vice-Admiral Garp's fighting style.

Using super speed, Hades charged head-on which Bullet couldn't react in time to dodge the attack. Hades threw multiple punches with the next punch much stronger than before. Unable to escape Hades's new fighting style, Bullet put up his defense as he tries to regain the rhythm of the

'What is this sudden change of pace? This is Garp's fighting style. Did he learn how to fight from Garp?' Douglas Bullet thought to himself as he maintained his defense and increased his Haki to match Hades's strength. Because of his long history as an experienced fighter and pirate, Bullet is an expert when it comes to identifying certain fighting styles. From Admiral Sengoku to Black Arm Zephyr, Bullet fought them all and survived to teach himself a few of their techniques including two of Six Power, Soru (Shave) and Geppo (Moon Step).

Hades continued to push his attack against Bullet but Bullet's defense was tough to break which made Hades change strategy. By combining super strength, Haki and the secret technique of the Six Power, Hades strikes Bullet's defense with Rokugan (Six King Gun).

"Six Powers Extreme: Six King Guns!"

The shocking impact of the Rokugan overpassed the Bullet's defense and struck him even though he used his own Haki. For the first time since he gotten locked up, Bullet felt the pain as Hades's attack went through the defense and damaged internally. Bullet coughs a little bit of blood while Hades steps back a few steps to recharge and take a deep breath.

"Oh, that is a new one. You managed not to disappoint me," Bullet wiped the blood from his mouth and went back to his fighting stance. This time, taking it seriously as his eyes start to show ignited will of fire. Hades, seeing this returns to his fighting stance and increases Haki.

After both fighters get ready for the second round, Douglas Bullet made the first move by unleashing his Conqueror's Haki. The powerful red aura project itself and push everything with tremendous force. When the Red Haki reached Hades, it didn't incapacitate him as Hades pushed back the Conqueror's Haki with his willpower of death aura of the Mountain demon.

As two powerful willpower continues to clash against each other, Bullet increases his will to attempt to overwhelm Hades. This became Bullet's big mistake as Hades increased his own to push back and start to gain more area than before. Ultimately, Hades's death aura overpower the Bullet's Conqueror's Haki and shatter them right in front of Bullet which backlash of his own Haki and Hades's death aura overload Bullet.

The powerful backlash of two different willpower push Bullet far and destructive as multiple boulders and small hills get destroyed. Seeing the devastation, Hades uses Soru (Shave) and super speed to catch up where Bullet is. Buried within crumbled rocks and debris, Bullet emerged with minor injuries and filled rage in his eyes.

"Douglas Bullet, let me know if you want to surrender. I'm sure by now you know there is a big difference when it comes to Haki and strength," Hades said to Bullet with a taunting voice which made Bullet turn his rage into wrath.

"You haven't seen everything, yet punk!" Bullet shouts and rips his prison shirt which he covers himself with Haki. From his head to feet, Bullet covers his entire body with Armament Haki and focuses his power onto his fist. With full-body Armament Haki, Bullet uses Soru to increase his speed to reach Hades on close combat once again. Sensing the Bullet's final attack, Hades did the same and charged head-on with intent to attack with his powerful attack.

When two fighters get to a close range, they throw their punch at the same time. Just like how Hades fought Kaido last time, the two fists clashed with each other and unleashed a tremendous shock wave that shook the entire island. Even Shiryu who was watching from a distance had to take shelter from the shockwave as everything around him turned into deadly projectiles. When the island stopped shaking and the dust settled, only one person was standing as the second person was lying on the ground.

"I know you are a devil fruit user, Hades. Instead of using it against me, you only used Haki to match against mine. Let's fight again with devil fruit powers next time," Bullet said to Hades while looking up to the sky as he can't move his body to stand up or able to raise his arms.

"Does this mean I won the fight? Are you finally satisfied enough to join my organization as my enforcer?" Hades asks Douglas Bullet while removing a half-destroyed metal mask from his face. As Revan's mask is no more, Hades simply drops the mask and pulls out a flask to drink from it.

Hearing this Bullet gave a small smirk as if he heard something funny which made Hades question Bullet on the meaning behind it.

"What is so funny? We had an agreement, remember?" Hades put away the flask and turned around to face Bullet.

"I'm laughing because enough thought you are this strong, you still seek my employment as your enforcer. Why don't you just enforce your rule with brute force once and for all? Why do you need me?" Bullet asked Hades believing only strength and might as everything else such as comrades or friends only hold back or ultimately backstabbed in the end.

"Why do I need to have people around me instead of doing it myself… I guess I'm just too lazy to do all the work. What is the point of being a king if I can't do what I want to do? I like to surround myself with reliable people so they can do all my work while I piss-off the World Government." Hades gave his answer to Douglas Bullet to which made the former pirate laugh out loud as he just realized how simple Hades's answer was. This made Bullet remember a certain captain from his past as he was a layback person but powerful enough to shake the entire world as King of the Pirate.

"There is no point in being a pirate if I can't do what I want right?" The voice of Gol D Roger could be heard in Bullet's head as he simply smiled and began to recall the good memory of the crewmates of the Roger Pirates.

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