Chapter 408
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The night was long, and the darkness seemed to be stagnant. The cold wind hit the bow of the Golden Merry with dry gravel. The scar across the goat's head was mended by iron nails, which destroyed the original beauty and added a sense of hostility and ferocity.
The Straw Hats, who were almost dismembered, had just escaped to the deck. Zoro, whose arms were crippled, was lying on the ground, panting as he looked at the dark night sky. Luffy was kneeling on the ground, staring blankly at the deck, as if he had lost his soul.
The main fighting force was either dead or injured. Only Usopp and Nami were left. The boatman and the navigator became emotional and became the backbone of the decision.
The bald man who stayed on the ship smelled the blood that Luffy and the others brought back. The smell of blood was mixed with a gloomy and cold aura. A faint and strange gloomy aura spread out from the blood drop tattoo on the back of their necks.
The blood droplet-shaped pupils were slowly melting, as if responding to Dalaran's death. The blood eye that was planted lost its support and fell off on its own.
The bald man had a keen sense of smell. He could smell the strange power contained in the melting blood droplets. That power made him feel fear and familiarity.
All the creatures transformed by Yarlin would have a trace of the broodmother's aura implanted in their bodies during the transformation process. It was similar to the implantation of a mark.
The bald man's nose twitched. He sniffed the remaining smell in the air. Something familiar and frightening seemed to be reawakening the "lost" mark in his body.
The bald man let out a low growl as he struggled and whimpered. His strong body moved restlessly on the deck. When his ferocious beast eyes swept over Zoro and Luffy, there was a violent and bloodthirsty desire to attack in his eyes.
"Bald man, sit down!"
Usopp walked over and put a chain on the bald man and tied him to the stern of the ship. The ferocious look in the bald man's eyes faded when he faced Usopp, but if one peeled off his thick eyelids, they would be able to see the dense blood below. It was as if his eyes could be swallowed from all directions at any time.
In the deepest part of his eyes, a broken black line trembled as if it had been electrocuted, and the broken line quietly moved closer.
"Alopecia areata is getting more and more irritable recently!" Nami glanced at the bald man and said to Usopp without hesitation, "I don't think we are safe. If there are more enemies, we will die!"
In the sand maze, there was more than one Sixth Apostle who could control blood. Now, any two-headed monster would be able to wipe them out.
They weren't confident that Luffy's brother would be able to hold Dalaran back. Moreover, they couldn't possibly go back to observe the situation. They were just a bunch of burdens.
"Luffy and Zoro's injuries need treatment. We should leave Alabasta first." Usopp felt goosebumps all over his body whenever he saw the desert. He was afraid that countless terrifying monsters would break out of the ground in the next second and eat them alive.
Horror, fear, unease …
Everything that happened today was too sudden. The series of blows robbed them of even the time to grieve. They raised their sails in a flurry and followed their instincts to temporarily escape from this terrifying desert.
During the whole process, Zoro and Luffy didn't say anything. Usopp and Nami's nerves were tense. After a long time, the two looked at each other. Their backs were soaked in cold sweat, and their hands and feet were cold and numb.
The cold wind blew past their ears, and their greasy hair had long been wet with sweat. Usopp and Nami subconsciously wiped the back of their necks, and then found that the protruding tattoo of the bloody eye had disappeared.
"That blood drop is gone!" Usopp jumped up and quickly checked. Sure enough, the strange "bloody eye" behind everyone's neck had disappeared.
"That monster is dead!" Nami's mind suddenly came up with a guess. This was probably the only good news they had tonight, "It should have been killed by Luffy's brother. Otherwise, the ghost behind our necks wouldn't have disappeared for no reason."
They didn't know. They just guessed the result, but the process was a mess.
Four days later!
On the Golden Merry that had left Alabasta, Zoro's arms were wrapped in bandages covered with ointment. The pungent smell of ointment could not cover the smell of rust coming from his body.
He leaned against the mast and coughed uncontrollably. Occasionally, he spat out thick phlegm mixed with blood and some brown rust spots. For some reason, every time Zoro looked at the phlegm, he felt that the rust spots were like some kind of living thing that was slightly wriggling.
Usopp looked at Zoro worriedly. He had tried all the medicines in the medicine bag left by Choba on Zoro, but they couldn't get rid of the smell of rust on Zoro's body. Instead, the wounds under the bandages were being filled with rust.
Usopp had seen it once when he removed Zoro's bandages and changed his dressing. The newly grown granulation had fused with the rust, and the strange color and shape made it look like a wriggling, hideous centipede, the kind that had been dismembered and randomly pieced together on Zoro's two arms. The visual effect was extremely disgusting.
"Zoro, how do you feel?" Usopp was worried.
Zoro's eyes were half open. There was no joy or sadness in his eyes. His pale and cold face was as hard as his heart. He raised his arms and clenched his fists. A strange creaking sound came from his palms. It was the sound of muscles and rust rubbing against each other.
Intense pain invaded his nerves. The tearing pain surged from his wrists to his arms and then to his temples. Usopp could see Zoro's temples throbbing violently.
Zoro did not make a sound. He just coughed from his throat and spat a mouthful of phlegm into the sea. He gritted his teeth and said to Usopp, "Although it hurts, I can move my hands again. If I can move, I can hold the sword!"
Not only could he move, but his grip on the sword had also become much stronger. Even a little bit of force could break his muscles. Sauron licked his wet lips, and Usopp saw his expression. He wanted to say something, but he stopped. His sensitive touch made him feel that there was a vicious beast in Sauron's chest, licking its injured claws and teeth.
The atmosphere on the ship was very heavy and depressing. Everyone was trying their best to control their emotions.
"Where are we going next?" Nami held a weather stick in her hand and looked up at Luffy, who was sitting on the goat's head with his back covered in bandages.
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