Achieving Nothing, I Can Only Be the Pirate King-Chapter 590 - 348: The Decisive Battle, Zephyr’s Departure
Dark clouds slowly descended onto the Death Star, reaching the deck, and as the dark clouds scattered, Sage stood on the deck.
"Sage!"
Lily was the first to rush over, immediately wanting to reach out, but Sage waved his hand to stop her.
She pressed the sword hilt, standing beside Sage, ready to support him at any moment.
Because at this moment, Sage wasn’t in a good state.
His chest was heaving violently, his breath was very short, clearly having expended a lot of physical strength.
"Captain, Red Hair actually escaped!"
Pearl shouted, "Let’s hurry and chase him, now is the time to completely annihilate Red Hair, Captain, your fame will definitely skyrocket!"
That’s a [Four Emperors]!
Their captain, after fighting two previous Pirate Emperors, finally caused a Pirate Emperor to flee voluntarily!
"Oh? I didn’t expect you to have more ambition than I do, wanting to wipe out a Four Emperors team, Pearl, how many people do you want, I’ll let you fulfill this dream solo."
Sage rolled his eyes, "If we could completely annihilate them, Pirate Emperors wouldn’t be at the top of the sea!"
"Eh? Captain, weren’t you suppressing the Red Hair Pirates? That was truly imposing!" Pearl was excited.
Such level battles, they indeed couldn’t enter, only watch from outside.
Even Lord Lily and Lord Moriah dared not venture too deep into the captain’s storm range, but it didn’t prevent them from seeing.
Thunderbolt within the storm, all under the captain’s control, even if he entered the opposing ship alone, he managed with ease.
"Captain Sage, you are too impressive!" Bellamy admired.
Sage glanced at these small officers, excited or admiring, then looked at the high-ranking officers, finally at Lily.
"Lily."
"It’s not like that."
Lily pondered, analyzing, "Otherwise, you wouldn’t have gone all out from the start."
"Very good." Sage smiled, speaking, "Not everyone can force me to go all out within a few moves."
It seemed he was suppressing everyone, but fighting for so long, he barely gave Shanks a few bruises, gaining no advantage.
Unlike fighting Big Mom, Sage was cautious facing Red Hair.
Upon initial contact, he immediately used full power, not underestimating.
That guy wasn’t the type to battle leisurely and warm-up, fully armed with Haki from the start, going standard would risk being dealt with in one strike.
Sage’s Haki strength truly wasn’t enough. Surviving Shanks’ attacks relied on his amplified physique.
Otherwise, upon initial contact, he might lose consciousness from Supreme King shocks, leading to total failure.
As a pirate, whether to kill or show mercy isn’t a matter of subjective decision.
The only decision is full-force battle, immediately disabling opponents as truth.
Even if Observation missed danger, Sage’s judgment wouldn’t be swayed, so he used full strength from the beginning.
Even then, it was enough to make the fight difficult.
He considered calling for support, but regardless of Lily or Moriah, assisting could cause more harm than benefit.
One-on-one fights allowed more focus, and his storm control wasn’t suited for rash entries.
Overall, advantages and disadvantages existed.
He engaged in close combat, fighting alone made handling such a balanced team difficult, almost getting left behind without swift withdrawal.
But in long-range battles, he held a decisive advantage.
Storm manipulation, using abilities, harnessing Haki, in naval combat, few matched him.
But the drain was indeed immense.
This wasn’t infinite Haki; using Homiez exhausted his mind, combining amplification with Homiez storms further depleting vigor.
If this continued without Red Hair retreating, Sage would need withdrawal,
consumption was too high, stamina couldn’t last.
However, it was better than before.
’Full Form’ was based on developing 100% of this form, previously sustaining longer with growing physique.
He reached out, eyes down, fixed on his palm, suddenly gripping.
"Once I train to stabilize this form long-term, then, I won’t allow anyone to block me! Red Hair, remember this, I’ll settle with you eventually!"
He arrived in the New World this past year.
Currently urgent was his plan.
"Lily, call Teach. Marika, prepare a feast, I’m hungry. Rady, go check for ship issues. Others, divide a part to stay alert, ensuring fleet members wake."
The grand fleet mostly lost combat ability, except for Death Star, others couldn’t even sail.
Thus, only Death Star must proceed to the destination.
Plans cannot fail.
Just as entering the captain’s chamber and before Lily’s call, the Radio Snail rang first.
Sage sat at the throne before the desk, took the receiver, the snail’s humanoid face turned into a cocky, toothless, laughing face.
"Sage, AiBo! Pirate ha ha, Pirate ha ha ha!"
