Pirates: Your Emperor is Back!

It was a chilling picture—

In the deepest corner of the alley, a group of "people" dressed in village clothes are gathering together.

They either knelt or squatted on the ground, making "clucking" noises.

Because of the angle and light, I couldn't see their faces clearly.

Suddenly, the movement from the alley attracted their attention.

A "person" looked up, followed by several other "persons".

They saw Hiluluk and two accompanying soldiers standing at the entrance of the alley.

By the moonlight, the three of them saw the faces of those "people" clearly.

Their faces are dominated by white skin, with reflective bumps faintly visible on them, which seem to be crystals or something.

The same "crystal" also appeared everywhere in their bodies.

A portion of the larger crystal pierces the garment, more or less, leaving it bare.

Their pupils are no longer the usual black of Aden people, but a reflective orchid.

And most notable are their heads.

The crystals that grow from their bodies are clustered together to form a "helmet" that looks like a ghost.

Even some "people" with more crystals on their bodies, the crystals all over their bodies showed an effect similar to "armor".

What happened to those people?

No……

Is that really a "person"?

"Gudu..."

A soldier couldn't help swallowing.

That's the devil--

A terrifying ghost covered in translucent crystals!

Those crystal ghosts found the three people at the entrance of the alley, got up slowly, and approached them step by step.

Xiluluke made a decisive decision and shouted in a deep voice: "Run!"

Although the two soldiers were equally terrified at the moment, they still had the consciousness to be the elite soldiers of Alabasta after all, so they immediately drew out the daggers at their waists and set up their shields.

"Mr. Shiruluk, hurry up, we will block this place!"

Unexpectedly, before the words were finished, Hilluluk's two hands suddenly grabbed the back collars of the two soldiers respectively, and then pulled them back directly.

While pulling back, he reprimanded: "What kind of tragic drama are you doing here? Running away, you all have to call my old man Master!"

"Why?"

The two soldiers looked puzzled, but they immediately adjusted their posture, twisted their bodies, and kept up with Hilluluk's pace.

Yes, they seem to have heard the rumors.

The doctor in front of them seemed to be a thief who fled all over the world before embarking on the road of medicine!

Sure enough, even with the leg strength of the two soldiers, they could still barely keep up with Hilluluk, and they couldn't even surpass him.

"Hahahaha, I... I am still a sword that never grows old!"

Hiluluk almost exposed the oral habit left over from that year, so he changed his words immediately.

He led the two soldiers and ran across another street, thinking silently:

Almost there?

Running so fast, ordinary people can't keep up, let's look back and see the situation first!

Hiruluk looked back.

Unexpectedly, it didn't matter if he turned his head, the scene in front of him immediately made Hiluluk's hair stand on end.

I saw those crystal demons running wildly all the way with their hands and feet, and their speed was no less than the three of Xiluluke!

It was just a short turn around, and the distance between the two sides was instantly shortened, only about ten steps left.

"Keep running, don't stop!"

While running, Hiluluk rummaged through his pockets for something.

Then, he took out two small balls from his pocket and threw them directly behind his back.

Swish!

In an instant, smoke billowed up, stopping in front of the group of crystal demons.

However, the crystal demon didn't hesitate at all, but directly broke through the fog and continued to charge towards the three of them.

"How come? There is a high concentration of anesthetic in this smoke!"

Hiluluk frowned, "Could it be that they are drug-resistant?"

"I can't run away, prepare to meet the enemy!"

Seeing the crystal demon getting closer, the two soldiers immediately turned around and raised their shields to block it.

Click!

The crystal-covered sharp claws scratched across the surface of the metal shield, making a piercing friction sound.

"Well!"

The two soldiers grunted at the same time.

This strength...is too heavy!

They are all good players who can fight dozens with one, and ordinary pirates are not their opponents at all.

Now, just by blocking the blow of those crystal demons, half of their arms are numb!

"What the hell is this thing!"

"It doesn't matter, let's talk about it after killing them!"

A soldier let out an angry roar, and slashed with his sword.

But when the blade hit the crystals on those evil spirits, there were only a few sparks, and they couldn't cut through at all!

Another soldier made a decisive decision and shouted: "Cut at the place where the skin is still!"

Immediately, the sword fell down.

Sure enough, the blade sank into the body of one of the crystal demons, but because of the obstruction of the crystal, they couldn't cut off the opponent's body directly.

After all, facing a large number of enemies, the two soldiers retreated at the same time, intending to enter the alley and use the narrow terrain as their home field to regroup.

But the group of crystal demons moved extremely quickly, attacking the soldiers like crazy, leaving them with no time to deal with them.

"These guys are like beasts..."

Looking at this scene, Hiluluk thought very quickly about the solution.

At the same time, the two soldiers let out an angry roar, and together they set up their shields and rushed out of a path.

"Let's go, Mr. Shiruluk!"

The two motioned for Hiluluk to run.

In any case, someone must tell the main force at the pier about the vision that happened in the Kingdom of Aden!

But at this moment, the door of the side room suddenly opened.

The one who went out was a little girl with a pale face.

She seemed to have heard movement outside the door and planned to go out to have a look.

Seeing this, Xiluluke quickly shouted: "Don't come out, it's dangerous outside!"

"Um?"

The little girl looked up and saw the group of crystal demons rushing towards them, she couldn't help but exclaimed, "Ah, monsters!"

But what everyone didn't expect was that just when they thought that the group of crystal demons were about to tear the little girl apart, they actually passed in front of the little girl!

"What?!"

The three of them couldn't help being taken aback when they saw this.

It was precisely this moment of hesitation that the crystal demons rushed to one of the soldiers. Although the soldier responded, his wrist was still scratched by the crystal claws.

The wounded soldier was even ready to die, but like the little girl, the soldier was also ignored by the crystal demon after he was injured!

The wounded soldier looked at this scene in bewilderment, and subconsciously covered his injured wrist.

Suddenly, he found a few more crystals on his wrist.

The crystals on them fell off?

The soldier wanted to pick it up to have a look, but found that he couldn't lift it at all!

Those crystals... seem to grow on his body?

No, no no no no, that's not it!

Those crystals grew out of his body!

A chill that made one's body chill all over surged up.

The wounded soldier immediately shouted desperately: "Run, don't get scratched, these crystals are contagious!"

"Once they are scratched, they will become monsters like them!"

...

If Rowan himself was present, he might also be in shock.

Because of the characteristics of this "crystal", he should be very familiar with it.

Many years later, in Wano country.

[Plague] Quinn—Ice Ghost Virus.