November 20, 1496, Age of the Sea Circle
Orion looked at Ina, who was sleeping peacefully, and sighed.
After receiving Doll's call two days ago, he had decided to head to Beru immediately.
If he tried to return to Pacific Town before going to Beru, there would be no way he would arrive in time. However, if he went directly from his current position, he would be able to arrive in two or three days if the weather was good.
He had communicated with Doll continuously and knew how events were unfolding on the island where the girl lived.
Fortunately, he had made the right decision, since from Doll's words, the situation was truly complicated.
The city of Beru had been attacked simultaneously by three forces: its two neighboring cities and a pirate fleet consisting of thousands of men.
The city had requested assistance from the Marines, which normally would have arrived on the scene, if only to preserve its reputation. But this time the Marine hadn't responded, and Beru's authorities were desperate.
After two days of entrenchment, the city walls had finally been breached by the enemies, who began to destroy everything.
Doll, along with her parents, was barricaded in her mansion, and the Korns' private army was fighting tooth and nail to keep the invaders out.
However, he knew the soldiers couldn't hold out for long. At any moment, the last defenses of Doll's mansion would fall, and she would be vulnerable to the pirate attack.
Orion was very worried about the elegant, sweet, and clumsy girl and wanted to be able to reach her to protect her from the imminent danger.
In the distance, the silhouette of the island was already visible, and huge streamers of smoke rose from it into the sky, like smoke dragons that indicated the sad fate of the people living there.
"I hope I can make it in time," Orion said softly, clenching his fists.
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Doll was in a corner, hugged by Julia, who was trembling with fear.
Suddenly, the door to the shelter they were in opened, and Doll's father rushed in. He looked disheveled and very agitated.
He closed the door behind him and began pacing back and forth inside the room.
"Ken, what happened? Why did you come back?" Vivian said, her voice thick with fear.
"The walls have fallen, the enemies have entered the city. Now it's only a matter of time until they get here," Ken replied bitterly.
Vivian covered her mouth with her hand, tears welling up in her eyes. They were trapped like rats, and without any outside help, their fate was sealed.
"There's been no response from the Marines?" Vivian asked.
"No. We were able to contact Commodore Sebastian, who said they were going to send reinforcements, but so far there's no sign that this is true. If they had sent reinforcements, they should have arrived by now."
The woman heard her husband's words and began to cry bitterly, while the man took her in his arms, trying to comfort her.
Doll made a quick call, informing Orion of the situation, and felt a mixture of joy and concern when she heard that he was about to arrive on the island.
She knew Orion was very powerful, but she didn't want him to put himself in danger by trying to help her.
Suddenly, a loud explosion echoed, and screams grew louder and louder.
Julia, who had been hugging Doll until then, jumped up and ran out of the room, amidst the astonished gaze of the three people remaining people in the room.
Doll didn't think twice and ran after her.
"Doll, come back here immediately!" her father shouted vehemently upon seeing his daughter's reckless attitude.
"Doll!" her mother cried, her throat tight.
But she didn't stop; she couldn't let Julia venture out alone in the middle of an enemy attack; she was her most precious friend!
With her physical abilities, she quickly caught up with her and took her arm.
"Julia, where are you going? Go back to the shelter; it's dangerous out here," Doll said with a soft tone of voice.
Julia quickly shook her head.
"No, Doll. You go back. I'll go find my father! He must be in the servants' quarters. I'm very worried about him." Tears streamed down the girl's cheeks.
Doll blamed herself for not thinking of something so simple. Julia had only one relative in this world: her father. It was only natural for her to be worried about him in a situation as dangerous as this.
"I'll accompany you," Doll said firmly, and without letting go, she began to run out of the mansion.
"No! Doll, it's dangerous! Go back to the shelter," Julia said, trying to escape the elegant girl's firm grasp.
"It doesn't matter that it's dangerous, aren't we friends?" Doll replied as if it were a given that she would risk her life to accompany her.
Julia stopped fighting Doll, took her hand in tears, and without another word, they continued running together toward the servants' quarters, which were near the gardens where Doll grew her flowers.
Upon leaving the mansion, however, they found that the enemies had advanced much faster than they had originally thought, and were already fighting with the Korn family soldiers around them.
Julia felt her legs go weak at the sight of the brutal scene before her.
The Korn soldiers were being slaughtered by the invaders, who outnumbered them. The pirates in the area were especially brutal in their fighting, and it was common to see them torturing the guards instead of quickly eliminating them. They looked like predators toying with their prey.
Doll held her firmly and kept Julia from falling to the ground. Then, seeing the state her friend was in, she simply scooped her up with ease and ran at full speed, away from the battlefield.
One of the pirates saw the two girls running away in the distance, and his eyes lit up.
"Hey! That's one of our objectives! Stop playing around, it's time to get to work! Otherwise, the captain will get angry!" the pirate shouted, giving orders to his men. Then he let out a depraved laugh and ran in the same direction Doll and Julia had gone.
Two soldiers appeared to block his way, but the pirate simply knocked them out with a single attack.
The two soldiers fell to their knees, trying to contain the guts that were escaping from their wide-open stomachs. The scene was truly bloody.
The other pirates began to attack with more vehemence, and the rate at which the guards were killed increased exponentially.
Doll charged through the gardens at high speed, carrying Julia in her arms. But suddenly, she jumped slightly and evaded a rope that had tried to capture her feet.
"Oh? You have good reflexes, beautiful," said the pirate who had tried to capture her with his rope.
This pirate was the vice-captain of the "Scarlet Blaze" Pirates, and like his captain, he was also a depraved man.
Doll looked at the man in front of her with trepidation. She was very strong physically, but she had never received any training in any fighting style or combat technique. If she tried to fight this man, she would undoubtedly lose that fight, and she knew it.
The man blocked her path, and Doll turned around, intending to escape in another direction, only to find herself surrounded by a group of pirates, who were all glaring at her aggressively and lustfully.
"You better give up, beautiful. You're trapped, there's nowhere to go. If you behave, nothing bad will happen to you," said the vice-captain, whose name was "Double Face," Vince, licking his lips and looking at Doll vulgarly.
Doll felt a great repulsion at the sight of the perverted man looking at her with uncontrollable desire, and instinctively knew she couldn't stay here; she had to flee immediately!
She nodded, indicating that she accepted the pirate's words, and approached him slowly, head bowed.
Vince felt his dick harden at the sight of Doll's delicate appearance; she was worthy of being called the most beautiful girl in the South Blue!
He stretched out his filthy hand to touch the girl's pure body, whose skin was like that of a porcelain doll, but before he could do so, Doll moved at great speed and punched him hard in the face with her superhuman strength.
Vince flew out and crashed violently into one of the mansion's walls, completely destroying it and piercing through it.
Meanwhile, Doll took advantage of the pirates' moment of surprise to try to escape. She ran at high speed, trying to escape, but suddenly stepped on the hem of her long white dress and fell to the ground along with Julia.
She was naturally clumsy, and occasionally tripped like this, but she never imagined something like this would happen at such a crucial moment!
The pirates came to their senses after their surprise and immediately surrounded her to prevent her from trying to escape. Seeing Doll, who was on the ground, they noticed that her dress had ripped, caused by the strong pull that had occurred when she stepped on it. Now, her white and delicate body could be seen through the large tear that had appeared in the fabric, and the pirates felt their breathing quicken. They were about to lose control and throw themselves at them like animals.
"Fucking bitch!!" Vince yelled vehemently, rising from the rubble of the wall.
He walked toward the girls, spitting out the remnants of blood left in his mouth by Doll's surprise attack.
"I gave you a chance to do things the right way, but you didn't take it. Now I'm going to have to teach you a lesson," said Vince, who was thoroughly enraged by Doll's previous actions.
He ran toward her and skillfully threw a rope. Doll dodged the rope that had been aimed at her neck, but she couldn't avoid Vince, who fell upon her like an eagle, grabbing her by the back of the neck and slamming her head violently into the ground.
Doll tried to break free from Vince's grip, which was pressing her to the ground, but discovered, to her surprise and horror, that this man's strength was far superior to hers, and she couldn't free herself from his grasp!
Vince lifted Doll's head, which had been pressed to the ground, and saw two lines of blood running from her small nose.
"See what you made me do? Now your beautiful face is all bruised!" Vince said in a mocking tone.
Doll didn't react and continued to display her usual elegant and indifferent expression. Even with her face covered in blood and dirt, she had a nobility that was hard to erase.
Seeing that the girl didn't react to his words, Vince grew even angrier. He was the vice-captain of the Scarlet Blaze Pirates! When he arrived on the scene, everyone would tremble in terror and beg for mercy! How dare this insolent woman defy him like that?!
Vince slammed Doll's face against the ground several times, and her face slowly filled with new wounds, but the girl still showed no change in her expression.
She didn't want to give the pirate the pleasure of seeing her in a vulnerable state, because she understood that was what the man desired most at this moment.
Vince was completely enraged. Doll was truly like a doll, expressing no emotion, and this infuriated him. He took out a small dagger and placed it against the girl's cheek. Then, he leaned close to her ear and said softly, "What if I disfigure you? You must be very proud of that pretty face, aren't you?"
Doll looked up and stared at him, unfazed by his threats, and Vince's eyes were filled with naked mockery of her.
"No! Leave her alone!" Julia shouted from the side.
Up until now, she had been paralyzed with fear, but when she saw that the squalid pirate had drawn a dagger and was planning to seriously harm Doll, she couldn't help but scream in anxiety.
Doll's face changed for the first time. She looked at Julia and signaled with her eyes, trying to tell her not to speak and stay out of the situation.
However, Julia was very agitated, and there was no way she could understand her friend's faint gestures.
On the other hand, Vince did notice the gestures. He immediately showed a vile smile, full of depravity. He had finally figured out how to break this doll.
"Oh? You seem to be very worried about this girl?" he said in a low, mocking tone.
Doll's eyes widened in surprise, but her expression immediately returned to normal. But It was still too late; Vince already had all the information he needed.
"Now I'm going to teach you the terror of making me angry," he whispered again in her ear, then looked at his subordinates, raising his voice and shouting, "What are you doing standing there like idiots?! Capture that girl!" He paused, then added, "You have my permission to have fun with her, and you can be as brutal as you want! Haha!"
The pirates heard Vince's words and their eyes lit up. There was a well-established chain of command within this crew, and without an order from Vince, they wouldn't have dared lay their hands on these two girls, who had been designated by the vice captain as "targets."
Now that they had received the order, they were happy to release some tension! They had been bombarded with the image of Doll's beautiful body, and now they had a place to vent their pent-up desire!
Like beasts, they pounced on the girl, who paled at the onslaught of pirates falling upon her.
The pirates tore the girl's clothes off her body and pinned her down. They had committed similar acts countless times, and one could say they were professionals in this area.
Julia's screams, as she tried to resist, only excited the pirates further, and they accelerated their movements.
"Stop!!!" Doll shouted loudly. It was perhaps the first time in her life she had ever shouted angrily like that.
"Haha, calm down, miss, the show is about to begin," Vince said in his hateful voice.
Doll contracted every muscle in her body and exploded with even greater strength than she'd ever displayed before. Vince couldn't hold her down any longer, and despite him holding her, Doll managed to get to her feet.
"What monstrous strength," Vince said, surprised by the girl's feat.
But he wasn't worried; mere brute force wasn't enough to confront him.
Doll tried to run to her friend to rescue her, but Vince grabbed her by her long hair, preventing her from moving forward.
"Hey, where are you going, miss? You better stay back. When the beasts are feeding, you shouldn't get too close, otherwise they might bite you."
Doll, whose eyes were brimming with tears, completely ignored the pirate's words. If there was an obstacle in her way to saving Julia, she just had to remove it.
She exerted a powerful force with her head, and her long hair was severed by the force of the sudden jerk!
Vince fell backward, holding much of Doll's hair, while she, now free, approached the pirates and began attacking them vehemently.
The girl had no combat training whatsoever, but she was completely blinded by anger, and with her monstrous strength, she soon suppressed the group of pirates, who could not handle her attacks.
One blow was enough to shatter a pirate's bones and send him flying through the air, half-dead.
In just a few moments, more than half of the pirates sexually assaulting Julia were dead or seriously injured!
Vince saw how the girl had massacred his men in an instant and screamed in fury.
"You damn bitch! What do you think you're doing?!"
Then, he threw himself at her, and using all his strength, managed to subdue her.
Vince, who was completely enraged, violently pressed her to the ground, using his entire body weight to keep her immobilized. He spread the girl's legs with his own and ripped off her clothes, leaving her only in her underwear.
"Now I'm going to make you experience the same thing as your beloved friend," Vince said, his voice thick with lust and desire. He couldn't resist his base desires.
Doll continued to struggle desperately, trying to get away from the pirate to help her friend. She didn't care about anything else; she just wanted to make sure Julia was okay.
Just as Vince was about to tear off Doll's underwear to penetrate her, someone violently punched him in the face, and he flew at high speed, crashing into another of the mansion's walls and destroying it.
This time he stood up immediately and said angrily.
"Who the hell-" But he stopped before completing his sentence.
In front of him was his captain, "Scarlet Blaze" Blake, who glared at him angrily.
"Are you stupid?! Didn't I tell you you couldn't get your hands on this woman?! How are we going to get our money if you ruin the merchandise?! You damn idiot!!"
Blake was so angry that his body burst into flames without him even realizing it.
Doll didn't care about the pirates' conversation. She simply stood up and ran toward Julia once more.
However, this time it was Blake who stopped her.
The pirate captain grabbed her by the neck, and the fire emanating from his hand burned the girl's neck.
"Where are you going? Stop giving me trouble!" Blake said, easily throwing her to the ground.
He was stronger than his vice-captain and had no difficulty overpowering Doll.
Seeing the girl's naked body in contact with his, Blake's pulse began to race, and his bestial instincts began to emerge. After all, he was one of the most depraved pirates in the South Blue.
He was on the verge of losing control, but he thought about the huge reward he'd been offered, and his mind regained some clarity.
This time, he had come to this city with two objectives.
The first was to help the other two cities that had formed an alliance eliminate Beru's armed forces, so that his employers' armies could take control of the city without any problems.
And on the other hand, he had a second objective, which had nothing to do with the war between the three cities on this island.
His second objective was to capture Doll! and bring her safely to his employer.
His employer had offered a large reward that would undoubtedly help him expand his power enormously, perhaps even giving him enough confidence to go to the Grand Line, but the prerequisite was that he had to bring Doll back "intact." This didn't just refer to her physical condition, but also to her virginity.
His employer was the monarch of a kingdom, and he wanted to possess the famed girl who had the epithet "the most beautiful girl in South Blue."
Now, seeing Doll's condition, the monarch would probably lower the offered price!
She had small wounds on her beautiful face, her long hair had been cut unevenly, and she also had the burn on her neck that he had inflicted himself in a moment of carelessness.
Blake tried to calm himself down. Although he wanted to possess this girl's body with all his heart, his pirate ambitions came first. He had to at least make sure the girl kept her virginity, otherwise, the monarch would probably refuse to pay him!
"Ugh, ugh, but it's no problem as long as she's still a virgin, right?" Blake murmured, his desire overflowing.
With a flick of his hand, he ripped Doll's underwear off her body and turned it to ash with his flames. Then he pulled down his pants and prepared to enjoy the girl's exquisite body.
"As long as she keeps her virginity, it's no problem, right? So couldn't I just use her ass? Ha! I'm a genius!" Blake thought complacently.
He grabbed Doll by the arms, as he did every time he raped a woman, and his hands involuntarily began to emit flames, burning the girl's arms and ruining her porcelain skin.
Blake didn't notice his involuntary actions; they were practically a reflex he had developed over the years.
Doll felt the burning pain in her arms, but paid no attention to it. Her mind was occupied by a single thought: saving her friend Julia.
She watched with tears in her eyes as her friend was abused by the pirates, while in the background, the flowers in her garden burned.
With Blake's arrival, the fire had appeared as a trademark of his presence.
A trickle of drool fell from Blake's mouth, and he brought his cock close to Doll's ass, intent on making her his.
However, at that moment, a figure appeared on the battlefield, advancing at great speed, and before anyone present could react, it slammed into "Scarlet Blaze" Blake.
Boom!
The sound of Orion's fist smashing into Blake's face resonated extremely loudly across the battlefield, and the pirate's body flew into the distance like a cannonball.
Doll raised her teary eyes and saw Orion, who had suddenly appeared.
Immediately, the girl began to cry heartbreakingly, with great sadness and pain, hugging him tightly.
Orion stroked her back and saw the pitiful state she was in.
He felt an incredible heat surge in his stomach, and he had to control himself from exploding with anger.
Then, with a voice laced with bitterness and guilt, he said softly:
"Sorry I'm late, Doll. Don't worry, everything will be fine."
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Meanwhile, on a large Marine vessel sailing the waters of the South Blue, two men were talking, smoking cigars, and looking at the horizon.
Suddenly, one of them spotted something strange. He took out his spyglass and looked more closely.
"Moreau, it seems a battle is taking place on a nearby island."
"A battle? Is there any report from the base about it?"
"I don't know. This area is under Sebastian's command. Do you want me to ask him about it?"
Moreau looked thoughtful for a moment, and finally said:
"No, don't tell anyone. We'll investigate on our own. We're free anyway, right?"
Vargas didn't question his decision. Even though he always complained about having too much work, he would never turn his back on a potential situation where innocent people were in danger.
If a pirate attack were taking place on that island and he did nothing about it, his moral code as a marine would crumble.
"Very well, I'll give the order to change course then," Vargas said, walking away.
Only Moreau remained, watching thoughtfully from a distance. Finally, he sighed and said:
"How long are you going to hide there, Smoker? Didn't you hear our conversation? Go prepare yourself; we may have to go into battle very soon."
A scrawny young man with white hair appeared from behind a barrel and said without blushing:
"Yes, sir! It's about time we could do more than patrol!"
Smoker ran off with great vigor, and Moreau stood there silently smoking his cigar.