One Piece - I Am A Different Luffy! - Chapter 402 - Kingdom of Prodence 02.

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Third Person POV

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BOOOOOOOOOMMMM!!!!  

A giant explosion expanded throughout the castle courtyard as the battle continued with the sound of lightning and blasts, while the king emerged from the smoke, heavily injured. Enel was floating in the air surrounded by lightning, as if he was dealing with someone too easy to handle.

He glared at Enel with anger while struggling to breathe, and all the kingdom's soldiers were slightly terrified at the thought of their king losing the fight.

“King Elizabello II is going to lose?!” They murmured among themselves, watching the scene cautiously.

“We should help him!” Another said, trying to muster some confidence, though it seemed nonexistent.

“Yes... you’re right... trust in the king, and let’s handle the other pirates!” They then, even at the cost of their lives, rushed to fight against the kingdom’s enemies.

“It looks like I'll have to deal with them...” Baby-5 muttered, watching the group run as her arms transformed into weapons.

“Wait!!” Perona appeared at that moment, as Enel and the king of Prodence resumed their fight, creating explosions and lightning everywhere. Perona didn't want to interfere, but she knew Baby-5 had a few screws loose and could do something that Luffy had made very clear they shouldn’t do, as their captain didn’t want any civilians hurt.

“Take this!!” Baby-5 didn’t seem to hear her and aimed at everyone.

“You unfunny woman, what are you doing?!” Perona exclaimed angrily, and just as Baby-5 was about to fire, a ghost passed by her, making a playful sound. In the next moment, Baby-5 was on the ground.

“Sorry about that... maybe I'm not a good servant. I should ask Master to turn me into his doormat, so he can wipe his beautiful boots on me, kicking me with those soles.” She said, as Perona dropped to the ground a moment later.

“What kind of low self-esteem wish is that?!” Perona shouted, her face showing shock with shark-like teeth, even though she already knew Baby-5's ability. This was too much, even for her.

“Look... the woman’s down, time to defeat her!” The soldiers quickly shouted, approaching the area, and Perona returned to her serious expression, floating in the air before Domino could act.

“Go, ghosts!” She exclaimed, and hundreds of ghosts began to emerge from her in the next moment, all rushing towards the army of soldiers. In the following moment, they were all hit by them.

The sound of thousands of knees hitting the ground echoed as all the men were there, in that position before Perona, who had brought them down without using Conqueror’s Haki.

“Sorry for being born.”

“I am an amoeba...”

“Maybe I should live with ants. At least then, I’d feel welcomed.”

“I should be a tree instead of a soldier.”

“I feel like air. How can I disappear too?”

Countless phrases were heard from the crowd. As Perona watched with satisfaction, having brought down all the soldiers, her gaze shifted to the side, and she grimaced in shock. After all, while she held them off, saving everyone from her captain’s wrath, Enel and King Elizabello II were still fighting, and at that moment, both were preparing powerful attacks against each other to finish the battle.

As they fought, Enel did not have a vision of the future, but now his Haki had evolved to the point where he saw an attack that could tear the sky. This immediately left him stunned for a moment, and he quickly distanced himself from the castle, moving to a much higher point where he could gather lightning clouds to face this attack. Meanwhile, the king positioned his arm to the side, beginning to distort the space around him, preparing his super punch.

Enel summoned several bolts of lightning as the sky darkened with black clouds, transforming into his giant form made entirely of lightning. He used a power that could destroy the entire capital of this kingdom, and even the king’s attack would cause destruction, even though it was aimed at the sky. But he had no choice. He would have to sacrifice part of the city to save the whole place, realizing that the Logia user was getting quite serious.

Perona, near the king, was frightened by what she saw, knowing full well that all her efforts to protect the city and its citizens were at risk, something Luffy had made very clear he didn’t want to happen. Now they were at the mercy of destruction. She was completely terrified.

‘So you’re telling me that the kingdom of Prodence’s city was destroyed?!’ Luffy’s vision passed through Perona’s mind as she tried to imagine him hearing that.

In the next moment, after hearing it, Luffy would start smacking his fist into his hand with a sadistic grin, before transforming into his hybrid form and beating everyone up, something Perona definitely didn’t want to experience. She snapped out of her thoughts and looked angrily at both who were about to unleash these high-magnitude attacks.

"What are you doing? Stop that immediately! Stop, stop, stop!" Perona began shouting in the air, throwing a tantrum, while Baby-5, who was still lying on the ground, watched her. Domino, with a furrowed brow, didn’t like the situation either, but neither of them listened to the ghost girl. They continued charging their main attacks, ready to launch in the next moment.

"I said, stop!!!" She exclaimed again, immediately flying into the air until reaching a certain height in the middle of the city. She spread her arms as her body began to be enveloped by a gray hue, positioning herself between the two attacks. In the next moment, both the king and Enel were surprised by the appearance of a massive ghost over the capital, which emerged from Perona’s body as she released her powers. The enormous ghost made sounds like her other ghosts.

If people were already scared of the huge lightning forming in the sky and the tremor coming from the castle, seeing a ghost threw them into even more panic. They started running, screaming, trying to flee from it as quickly as possible.

Enel and the king, although surprised, didn’t stop their attacks, which were almost ready to be launched. Perona, angry at the center of the ghost, clenched her teeth.

"I said, stop!" For the third time, she shouted, moving only two arms inside the ghost in a hand gesture. The giant ghost simply began to swell like a balloon and exploded, and in the next moment, a wind blast spread so fast that no one could react. Even the king and Enel in the sky were hit, along with the entire capital by this gust of wind.

Their attacks stopped immediately. In the next moment, Enel simply began to fall, and the king stopped concentrating his power, dropping to his knees. Enel, still floating and falling, had an unhappy expression.

"Maybe I was too hasty... I shouldn’t be a god... I rushed things. Maybe I should be a fly...!" He muttered in depression as his aura darkened.

"I shouldn’t be the king of this kingdom... Maybe I should be a fish for the fishermen to catch... at least that way I’d be useful to someone..." the king muttered, also kneeling, with the same desolate mood. Even Domino was on the ground, not spared from Perona’s attack, while she and Baby-5 remained collapsed side by side.

"I’m so useless... Maybe I should ask the captain to make me his prisoner..." she murmured.

But it wasn’t limited to just the four of them—Domino and Baby-5, the king of Prodence, and Enel—as the entire city was affected. All the people, of all ages and genders, were kneeling on the ground, exclaiming all kinds of depressing thoughts into the air. Perona sighed. She had brought an entire kingdom to its knees... more or less in depression, but still, she had saved the city.

Now, all that was left was to wait for everyone to return to normal. In the next moment, they were inside the castle, while Baby-5 and Domino had already recovered. Enel and the king were still kneeling, as Perona had to use her powers again a short while ago.

It was at that moment that they stood up.

"You bastard!" the king said, raising his fist.

"Come, mortal being!" Enel exclaimed before two ghost attacks from each of their bodies sent them falling to their knees again.

"Can you stop fighting?" Perona exclaimed with a grimace, while all the king's ministers and guards could only look at the woman in fear. After all, even though she hadn’t created a giant lightning bolt, she was certainly the strongest person there, and no one wanted to experience that feeling again. Even Baby-5 and Domino looked at her with some apprehension.

Things calmed down a moment later, and the city had become quieter, despite the uncertainty of what could happen now with the arrival of the pirates. Then, Perona took the lead of the entire group.

"Listen, King of Prodence, we are here to deliver this."

"You just have to go to Dressrosa, as the Captain requested. He’s not asking for your kingdom, nor your crown, nor anything else. He just wants to talk to you. I hope you at least do that and come with us, understood?" Perona exclaimed, impatient, while the king looked at the letter sent by Luffy.

Their mission was simply to deliver this letter and bring the king to the captain, who was probably elsewhere now, sailing toward his next objective. However, they caused a commotion with the fight soon after.

"Fine..." the king murmured, looking cautiously at the girl, with little choice, as even the Straw Hat could retaliate if he tried anything against his crewmate.

"That's great, I'm sure our captain is a man of his word and won't easily be aggressive with you, even if you refuse," Domino said.

"Tsk... you can come... but don't get in the way," Enel mocked, not wanting to fight with someone so troublesome who had such precise aim.

"Fine, I’ll do this at least. But let me make it clear to your captain that I will not hand over my kingdom," he said with determination, while everyone nodded.

"Alright. Now let's go and stop fighting!" Perona exclaimed, and everyone, with no choice, began heading back to the golden ship that had landed in the courtyard after Enel returned.

"Wait, my king... you’re leaving just like that?!" The ministers were worried about Prodence without a king.

"Take care of things while I'm gone... I need to resolve this, and I’ll be back soon," he said to them, and his ministers nodded in agreement with the idea.

"We will be waiting for you then, Your Majesty!" they replied, while the king nodded and boarded the golden ship along with the other Straw Hats as they began to soar into the sky, heading for Dressrosa.