"Dalton's whereabouts are still unknown?" Akainu frowned.
"Ask more citizens. I will handle the castle."
"Yes, Admiral!" All the soldiers answered in unison.
"Hmm?" When Akainu was about to continue his walk towards the castle, suddenly, a glowing humanoid figure appeared before him. When the light condensed, the famous King of Knights appeared!
"Is-isn't that?! That's King of Knights, Artoria!"
"Impossible! How could she appear here? Wasn't she with Marshal Blue?" Seeing Artoria's sudden appearance, the soldiers simultaneously showed their panic.
Even with Admiral Akainu, fighting someone who could defeat Vice Admiral Garp immediately shrank their courage.
"Admiral, what should we do now?" Asked one of the soldiers, "If Artoria is here, most likely the other members of the Drake Pirates are too. Should we retreat?"
"Quite!" Akainu kicked his subordinate several tens of meters away. Whether he died or not is still unknown.
"Cowardly soldiers like you are not needed."
Seeing one of their friends get kicked, the others immediately swallow hard. They have now given up their desire to retreat.
"You attacked your subordinates?" Artoria's brow furrowed, "Truly, you are not worthy of the name of justice."
"Hmph! A cowardly soldier will likely affect the overall morale of other soldiers." Akainu said in a disdainful tone.
"Injuring him was unnecessary." Artoria could only shake her head.
"Fugitive criminals like you have no right to comment and intervene in our Marine affairs." He continued, "Since you appeared here, I will capture you. I want to see how strong the person who can defeat Vice Admiral Garp is."
"Then let me show you my skills." Clenching her hand, the golden light condensed into the shape of a sharp sword. In the blink of an eye, the legendary Excalibur appeared before everyone's eyes.
"Hmph!" Akainu punched Artoria with his signature magma fist. The magma immediately erupted and chased Artoria.
The snow scattered along the road immediately evaporated due to Akainu's attack, showing how hot the magma attack was.
Facing the opponent's attack, Artoria slashed horizontally. The pale blue wind directly blew away the opponent's magma fist.
"How about this one trick." Parried by her, Akainu jumped high into the air and then launched a high-speed attack.
A loud explosion, like an erupting volcano, was heard. Dozens of Akainu's magma fists fell like a meteor shower!
"Attacking with such a large-scale attack, this man doesn't think about the safety of his subordinates at all." Artoria pouted even more. "I will not let your attack pass!" Raising her Excalibur, a dazzling light directly slashed toward the meteor fists. As fast as lightning, dozens of meteor fists were instantly dispelled.
"Damn it." Watching the sharp light rush towards him, Akainu dodged using Moon Step.
"Dog Biting Crimson Lotus!" Above Artoria, Akainu dropped one of his strongest techniques.
The magma attack formed a fierce dog head, wanting to bite Artoria's Excalibur sword.
From his perception, most of the opponent's strength must be centered on her sword. Hence, his priority now is to destroy Excalibur.
Reading Akainu's thoughts, Artoria faintly smiled. She confidently raised her sword and thrust it into the magma dog's head.
Seeing his attack successfully bite through the opponent's sword, Akainu was delighted, but that joy was soon replaced by pain. He hastily dodged to the side to avoid unwanted injury. Even though his reaction was fast, his arm was scratched, and blood was spilling.
"Without Armament Haki, you managed to injure me. Your sword must be very special." Akainu said with a severe expression, "Then let's see if your sword can still withstand this attack!"
"Meteor Volcano!" Akainu shouted.
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