Chapter 498 Ending the Outbreak

During the storm, the Oro Jackson quickly left the position of the island battleship.

However, they did not plan to leave directly and needed time to recover, especially Roger, who had reached his limit and lost his fighting power.

At least take a day or two to recuperate before leaving.

The Storm Realm at this time is also a kind of shelter. There are still many people outside who are spying on them and are ready to beat up the drowned dog.

Especially the Navy. Based on Roger's understanding, the Navy would never let this opportunity go.

The strong wind carried a biting chill, making one's blood turn cold.

There was silence on the usually bustling ship.

The atmosphere on the ship was a bit gloomy, and each crew member quietly looked at the lifeless corpses on the deck.

These were their companions who had been together day and night, and now they were sacrificed like this.

Roger knelt on the ground and drank sip after sip of wine.

War is cruel, everyone knows it.

Before they decided to face the Flying Pirates, they made the decision to sacrifice. After all, the Flying Pirates were indeed stronger than them.

But when reality is placed in front of them, they still cannot hide their inner sadness.

Over the years of sailing, the Roger Pirates have not suffered casualties.

In the previous naval encirclement and suppression battles, some combatants from the Roger Pirates died, but the number was not large, only a few.

This battle was the most tragic one since the establishment of the Roger Pirates.

The Roger Pirates originally had more than seventy crew members, but now there are only close to sixty left.

Young and helpless, Shanks and Bucky knelt on the ground and cried bitterly.

They stayed on the ship and did not participate in this battle. They watched their partners who usually got along day and night die in the battle, but they could do nothing.

If the battle between the crews of both sides hadn't stopped with a tacit understanding later, only the top combat forces and even the battle between the two captains would have remained.

The casualties of the Roger Pirates will definitely be even more tragic.

This battle was a major blow to the Roger Pirates.

But people always have to keep moving forward.

No ship comes all the way without experiencing casualties, unless it is cheating.

Even in the Pluto Pirates, the cadres chosen by Hades basically grew up smoothly. In the early days, one cadre died in the war.

"Cobra" Worthy still has a child left, which is a very pity for Hades, and he is also somewhat concerned about it secretly.

He has also grown up over the years, joined the Pluto Pirates, and has potential no less than Worthy.

In the Royal Military Academy, the Kingdom of Chronos will selectively reward devil fruits to those members with outstanding potential.

Eating Devil Fruits early will allow you to develop your abilities earlier and give you more time.

At least in the Kingdom of Chronos, there won't be any over-reliance on Devil Fruits.

Worthy's son has excellent performance, paranoid personality, hard training, and his father's identity. He got a good animal devil fruit, the snake fruit black mamba form.

All in all, this level has been passed, and the Sky Pirates will not be an obstacle to them on their final voyage.

suddenly.

"Cough cough!"

Roger, who was drinking, coughed violently, and the wine spurted out from his mouth, mixed with some black blood.

With his body reaching its limit, coupled with the inner grief, the terminal illness suddenly broke out at this time, causing Roger's body to collapse.

Roger was seen unconscious and lying on the deck. The sudden change shocked everyone.

"Roger!"

"captain!"

The ship's doctor, Kurokas, rushed to Roger to check his body immediately.

Roger is the spiritual pillar of the pirate group. If something happens, they don't know what to do next, especially after a big battle.

On the other side, using the island battleship to block the rain, the Sky Pirates also left after the war.

"Admiral, we could have won this battle."

Reinhard looked at Shiki, somewhat confused about Shiki's thoughts.

Without Shi Ji's acquiescence, this war would still not have stopped.

Although many fleet captains and officers under his command are not completely surrendered to Shiji, they are definitely not willing to fight to the death with a pirate group as powerful as the Roger Pirates.

But if Shi Ji insists, this battle will continue unless one party surrenders or is destroyed.

After all, the Sky Pirates have an advantage.

Compared with the losses, the Sky Pirates are definitely smaller than the Roger Pirates.

Because they are stronger, every Roger Pirates combatant has to face the siege of several strong men.

In the end, the battle continued for several days. How could so many people in the Roger Pirates survive? There were only a dozen or twenty people left at most.

But Shi Ji didn't do that. He had obviously beaten Roger to death before, but he didn't know why such a change happened.

This is what Reinhard is confused about.

"The loss would be too great."

Shiki explained casually, but Reinhard knew that this was not the real reason.

Controlling the island battleship and pirate ship did not put much pressure on Shiji. The physical consumption of using abilities was not as high as his recovery speed.

Perhaps due to his pride, Shiji did not want to defeat Roger in this way.

When facing John, Silver Ax and Wang Zhi were the same. Shiji did not want to rely on external forces and defeated Roger with only his own strength.

Only in this way can he be considered a victory.

Unfortunately, in the end, he failed. The two were evenly matched and there was no winner until the end.

"It would be interesting not to do this, otherwise the world would be too boring."

Thinking of this, Shi Ji had a smile on his face.

What's the point of this sea if there isn't a strong person who can truly compete with him?

Roger was clearly that guy.

The same goes for Whitebeard, but he has fallen into the inferior category, and the Whitebeard Pirates are not looked down upon by him.

So does Hades.

Hades was present at the Pirate Expo held by the Sky Pirates last year, but did not appear.

It comes in secret and not many people know about it.

Facing Hades, Shiji felt even more terrifying, invulnerable in all directions.

In a real fight, it is still unknown who will win, but Hades's winning rate is higher. At least in terms of close combat, Shi Ji is not sure.

Since he joined the Rocks Pirates more than twenty years ago, as he has grown and become stronger, fewer and fewer people can be taken seriously by him.

The entire sea is no more than the number of hands, and secretly there is the monster swordsman who has won the title of "the world's best swordsman".

And the "lonely red" Redfield, which has not been seen on the sea for a long time.

There was not much time left for Roger, and Shiji didn't know how long Roger could hold on.

As an opponent he truly recognized, Shiji also did not want to leave any regrets for Roger.

So he decided to let it go.

As for any grudges, there was nothing that couldn't be resolved in a battle. Shiji's anger had dissipated during the battle with Roger.

Whatever Roger wanted to do.

Of course, what he said was right. If he fought to the death with the Roger Pirates, even if he could win in the end, it would be a miserable victory.

At least one-third, or even nearly half, of the combat power with him would be lost.

If his right and left hands were killed in battle, there would really be no place to cry.

Such a huge loss is basically difficult to recover from, so Shi Ji doesn't want to see that scene happen.

Moreover, Shi Ji didn't completely believe the other members in his heart. He had different thoughts, and who knew if someone would suddenly betray them.

He has worked his way up from being an ordinary crew member of the Rocks Pirates, so he has naturally experienced a lot.

In essence, today's Sky Pirates are no different from the Rocks Pirates.

Except for a few crew members, it is impossible to be as united and cohesive as the Roger Pirates.

That was what Shi Ji envied, and the current path was also Shi Ji's own choice.