Black Clover: The Son of Fire Dragon Igneel

Chapter 498: SFDI - 498

Drake had known long ago that the people of this world generally didn’t have the ability to manage their expressions, but he hadn’t expected that a person’s happiness could be expressed on their face this obviously.

Tama, who had been gnawing on a chicken leg, was like this, and the happiness on his face seemed to be contagious, making Drake and Stella couldn’t help but reveal a knowing smile.

It was precisely because of this that the tears in the corners of Tama’s eyes had made Drake even more angry. It was this kind of simple happiness, but someone had coldly taken it away from Tama.

Drake was very clear about everything in Wano Country, and to be honest, he didn’t have much interest in saving this country.

Just like what Drake had said in the DanMachi world, he wasn’t a hero, and he didn’t intend to become a hero.

Drake was a very self-centered person, and he wouldn’t cross his bottom line to harm innocent people, and would help people who were worth helping according to his interests, and this had been Drake’s code of conduct all along.

To be honest, just the three men of the Kouzuki family, the grandfather and grandson, had made Drake want to turn around and leave.

Although Drake also felt that the thing of Momo having to die was just a meme, the early Momo really made it hard for people to have good feelings towards him.

He didn’t have much courage to take on his own responsibility, but he had a lot of courage when it came to being lecherous, and it was fortunate that it was Luffy who had been willing to help him.

It was only after being influenced by Luffy later on that Momo had been like a man.

As for Kouzuki Oden and Kouzuki Sukiyaki, Drake felt that just trying to understand their ways of thinking would make his IQ become lower.

It was the same for those samurai as well, believing in Kouzuki Oden’s prophecy, but not actively taking action themselves.

It was a fox who had eaten a devil fruit who had made the greatest contribution to preparing for the war during these twenty years, making people not know what to feel emotional about.

But similarly, this country also had people like Tama and Shimotsuki Yasuie, and Drake could also be considered to have a bit of motivation to battle.

Looking at Tama, who had been leaning against Stella, and had even been wearing a smile on his face while sleeping, Drake had decided to go to Kaido’s place.

The next day, after Tama had opened his eyes, he had smelled a sweet scent, and had then seen a pot that had been emitting steam.

It was the scent of rice, which was something that he had only been willing to eat on his birthday.

What was strange was that Tama had only seen Stella, who had been adding firewood below the pot, but Drake was gone.

Tama couldn’t help but ask, "Stella onee-san, where did Drake nii-san go?"

Stella had said with a smile, "Don’t worry, he’s gone to resolve the problem of allowing you to fill your bellies in the future too."

And as Drake had said, Drake had been on the road to resolving the person who had created the problem.

Although the fact that Wano Country had become like this now had been to a large extent because of Kouzuki Sukiyaki’s evasion and Kouzuki Oden’s stupidity, the culprits were definitely Kurozumi Orochi and Kaido.

And among the two, Kaido was definitely the key one. Kurozumi Orochi was just a puppet of Kaido in the end.

So Drake had advanced towards Kaido’s base, Onigashima, after getting up.

From far away, Drake had seen that uniquely shaped island.

It was as if someone had cut off a demon’s head, and had then placed it on the island, forming this kind of island that had a very pirate style.

But he didn’t know why, and Drake couldn’t help but associate it with the demon god’s skull in the Black Clover world.

And just after getting close to this island, Drake had smelled the soaring scent of alcohol, and the quiet on Onigashima was clearly because everyone hadn’t woken up yet after an all-night banquet.

Drake had naturally also paid attention to the checkpoints and the dense cannons on the outer perimeter of the island.

Having been operating for this long, the Beasts Pirates had long transformed Onigashima into a war fortress. Even the other Four Emperors pirate groups would have to pay a certain price to break through this defense.

But Drake had been flying over from the sky, and had entered Onigashima without alarming the guards.

He didn’t know if the skull on Onigashima had been hollow to begin with, or if it had been hollowed out by the Beasts Pirates later on, but in any case, most of the buildings of Kaido’s base were within the skull.

And even the layout of those buildings had been arranged according to the structure of the brain.

Drake had swaggered in from the main entrance at the location of the skull’s mouth, and the guards at the gate had long fallen asleep on the side.

After passing through a long passageway and a huge torii gate, Drake had arrived at that plaza that had been surrounded by a large number of tall island country-style buildings. This was also the venue where the Beasts Pirates held banquets.

The venue had been in a mess, and Drake could see that there had been half-eaten roast meat that had just been thrown on the ground.

Fruits and pastries had been stepped on, shattering, and the remnants had been mixed together with the spilled alcohol, emitting a strange smell.

There had also been a pile of rice balls on the side, and no one had even taken a bite, and they had fallen all over the ground after someone had knocked over the plate.

Drake had thought of a lot of details from the original plot again, and including Tama, most of the villagers of Straw Hat Village didn’t have food to fill their bellies on a normal basis, and had been surviving by barnyard millet.

And barnyard millet wasn’t food at all, but was instead a weed. It was only with the life force of a weed that it could grow in a polluted environment.

And barnyard millet didn’t have much nutrition at all, and could only maintain a person’s basic survival.

So Tama could only taste the scent of rice on his birthday, and the food that the Beasts Pirates, who had caused all of this, had wasted at one banquet was something that Tama wouldn’t even dare to think about.

Drake had clenched his fist, and a trace of flame had floated out from his eyes.

His anger hadn’t affected Drake’s reason, and he had passed through the spacious plaza, seeing the Beasts Pirates’ executives on the platform on the high ground.

Of course, it was hard to pay attention to the others with that man there.

The man had been sitting on the ground, and his black hair had been scattered casually, and the huge pair of horns on his head had been emitting a valiant aura.

A purple fur cloak had been draped on his shoulders, and the front of his clothes had been wide open, revealing his gnarled muscles and a patch of dragon scale tattoo.

Even while sitting, that man had been a lot taller than the others, and even the wine gourd that he had been holding in his hand had been almost half a person tall.

Governor-General of the Beasts Pirates, the strongest creature on land, sea, and air, the strongest one-on-one fighter, and the guardian deity king of Wano Country, these were all the titles on that man’s head.

But what he had been most known as was still one of the Four Emperors... Kaido of the Beasts!

Drake’s figure had moved, and in the next second, he had squatted on the platform’s railing, staring at Kaido, who had been bleary-eyed, together.

Kaido had burped up alcohol, opening his mouth, saying, "An unfamiliar face, huh, are you a new guy? Haven’t you been enjoying the banquet, that’s really saddening!"

While saying this, Kaido had actually begun to cry, and tears had been flowing down along the muscle contours of his face like a faucet had been turned on.

Drake, who had originally wanted to give a greeting, couldn’t help but fall silent, and he had still experienced too little, and he really hadn’t encountered this kind of situation before.

Although Kaido had been muddled, there had been someone who had been very clear-headed.

Counting the pirate groups of this world, it seemed that most of the captains had this problem or that, but their second-in-commands were generally very reliable.

For example, Katakuri, Beckman, and Rayleigh, who had already retired.

And it had been the same for the Beasts Pirates, Kaido had been moody, would go on a drunken rampage at the slightest provocation, and would intermittently go crazy and try to commit suicide.

When Kaido had been offline, the one who had reliably handled all of the problems had been the All-Stars of the Beasts Pirates’ three great executives, King the Wildfire.

King had directly drawn the long sword from his waist, pointing it at Drake, saying coldly, "Kaido aniki, this guy isn’t one of us, he’s an intruder!"

Kaido had tried hard to open his eyes, but he had only seen several figures that had been split apart. Wanting to stand up, his feet had gone soft, and he had fallen back down.

That commotion had made the fatty on the side also wake up, and he had been planning to complain, but he had seen King looking at a person that he hadn’t seen before with a serious expression.

King had only been looking at Drake, and the eyes below his black mask had been filled with killing intent.

"Who are you? What do you want to do, infiltrating Onigashima?"

Drake hadn’t had the appearance of being trapped in enemy territory at all, opening his mouth, saying, "My name is Drake, someone had something stolen by you guys, and I’ve come to take it back for her!"

The fatty on the side had laughed mockingly, opening his mouth, saying, "What are you joking about, do you know who we are? We’re...!"

Before the fatty could even finish speaking, he had seen Drake, who had been on the railing in the previous second, flash before him, blasting a punch on his head, blasting him straight into the room behind him.

"Sorry, I’m a bit angry right now, and I couldn’t endure that strange laughter of yours."

One of the Beasts Pirates’ great executives, one of the three disasters, Plague Queen, had been knocked down by Drake with one punch.

King’s pupils had shrunk, and he had also barely seen Drake’s movements just now. Regardless of what Drake’s identity was, he was already an enemy of the Beasts Pirates now, and was also an enemy who had to be taken seriously.

So flames had suddenly surged out from behind King, and he had directly used his Lunarian clan’s innate ability.

"Fire Dragon Emperor!"

King’s long sword had been wrapped in flames, slashing towards Drake fiercely.

But this strike, which could have split stones and divided gold, had stopped before Drake’s neck, unable to continue forward. King also hadn’t expected that Drake would have grabbed his blade with his palm.

Tilting his head, Drake had opened his mouth, and the flames that King had attached to the sword had been directly sucked in.

"Thank you for the treat!"

King had probably gotten used to the strange and bizarre strong people on this sea, and he hadn’t been too surprised, and had wanted to launch his fruit ability to transform to battle.

But Drake’s kick had already blasted over, blasting him, slamming him onto the plaza.

Only King and Queen had been sitting with Kaido on the platform, and Jack should have been out on an expedition, so only Kaido was left now.

Kaido had raised his hand, covering his eyes, and tears had been flowing out along the gaps between his fingers.

"Seriously, why are my subordinates this useless!"

Kaido had been crying, and his body had also begun to deform, and patches of cyan scales had covered his body, and his entire body had also begun to lengthen.

In the blink of an eye before this, Kaido had transformed into a huge cyan divine dragon, and his huge body had even made the entire platform collapse.

Drake had reached out his hand, just happening to grab the dragon head that had been blasting over, but he had also been blasted through several layers of walls by the flying Kaido, arriving outside of the skull.

Drake, who had come to cause trouble, hadn’t done anything yet, and Kaido had first opened a big hole in his own lair, and you could only say that it was very in line with his personality.

Drake had directly flown out, and had only stabilized his body after spreading out his flame wings. And Kaido had also opened his large mouth at this time, biting over.

Feeling the power that had been surging within his body, it was the skill [Dragon Slayer] that had begun to take effect.

The flames had been burning wildly, and Drake had turned around, charging up.

"Fire Dragon’s Hook Claw!"

"I’ll help you wake up with this strike!"

Drake had said this, and his kick had already landed on the dragon head, and a huge dent had appeared, and Kaido’s eyeballs had almost been squeezed out.

Kaido’s body had softened all of a sudden, slamming on the ground with a loud bang, stirring up dust that had covered the sky.

Before long, Kaido’s voice had been transmitted from within the dust.

"That really hurt!"

The smoke and dust had scattered, revealing Kaido, who had transformed back into his human form.

Just at this time, the pirates of the Beasts Pirates had also all woken up, surrounding him with a whoosh.

Kaido had turned his head, shouting angrily, "Don’t you guys come and add to the mess, he’s my opponent!"

All of the pirates’ footsteps had stopped, and they had all retreated back. They knew their governor-general well, and if they went up to help at this time, they were probably going to taste the governor-general’s Thunder Bagua first.

"Kaido-san!"

King, who had transformed into a pteranodon form, had flown out, releasing his claws, dropping Kaido’s studded club, Hassaikai, down.

Kaido had raised his hand, just happening to catch his weapon, carrying it on his shoulder, turning his head to look at Drake, saying, "Brat, although I don’t know what you’ve come to do, you don’t have any other path to walk now!"

Drake had clenched his fist, saying, "I had known this long ago, I’ve just come to beat you up!"

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