NovelKBC Chapter 516: God Valley Arc — Keek’s Code of Honor
Chapter 516: God Valley Arc — Keek’s Code of Honor
Dragon was also puzzled. There were actually pirates who weren’t interested in slaughter or treasure, but instead stopped because of two children. Keek seemed to notice Dragon’s gaze too, and a heartfelt smile appeared on his face.
"Don’t look so surprised. War is war, but innocent children are another matter. People who ignore morality and genuine feeling are worse than beasts, aren’t they?"
Keek practiced his own "monster’s code of honor," and Orin in the future was not uninfluenced by it. Keek picked up Shanks. Someone with the potential to nurture a king couldn’t just watch a young life die so easily.
"Let’s go. I’ll help you get the kids out safely."
A world-famous painting: Keek carrying Shanks, while Dragon carried Shamrock, breaking out toward the edge of the island. Both of them had luck stats maxed out, and breaking out together, they actually didn’t run into any real danger—until a member of the God’s Knights appeared.
"Bang—"
Spitting lasers from her mouth, a God’s Knights member from the Satchels family, Saint Maffey—a tall woman with fangs and sunglasses—had gathered many of the Shichibukai traits. With one mouth blast, she knocked Dragon down.
"What?!"
Dragon fell to the ground with a face full of unwillingness, clearly badly injured. Keek, running forward with Shanks in his arms, sensed something wrong. He slammed on the brakes and turned back to look at the young man. At this moment, Dragon had already been knocked down by Maffey, and little Shamrock was also in her hands. She was grinning evilly as she sized the few of them up.
"What a strange combination. A pirate and a marine teaming up just to take away Garling’s kid?"
Dragon struggled to reach out a hand.
"Wait! That child is my salvation!!!"
Maffey raised her longsword, preparing to finish off this strange marine.
"Farewell, young man..."
Just then,
"Bang—"
Dragon opened his eyes. The pain he had imagined didn’t come. Instead, a figure was standing in front of him. It was a man carrying a child on his back with cloth, holding dual blades, blocking the strike for him. Dragon was utterly shocked!!! Another MVP appeared at God Valley. At the brink of death, he saved the seed of the future revolution.
The dual blades wrapped in Armament Haki barely managed to block the blow from the God’s Knights member. Keek’s highlight moment!!! He had just wanted to turn his head coolly and leave Dragon a handsome smile, but suddenly realized he was about to give out. The God’s Knights were called the "youth corps," but that was only in comparison to those king-level fighters. When ordinary people faced them, they were still powerhouses with at least All-Star commander-tier strength.
"Bang—"
Keek was blown away by a single slash. Even though he tried to protect Shanks on his back, the impact still left him unable to care for himself, and he crashed to the ground. A big bump rose on Shanks’s head as well, and he passed out.
"Damn it..."
Keek’s hands trembled. He clearly realized the gap between himself and the person in front of him. He clenched the black cube in his arms tightly, his eyes bloodshot as he looked forward. That sharp blade was about to come down on him again...
"Clang—"
At this critical moment, a fierce slash swept across, cutting Maffey in two with a single strike.
"I remember you. You’re the one who often follows Orin around, right?"
A towering figure came out of the forest, a naginata slung over his shoulder. Newgate, Linlin, and the others noticed Keek’s figure. They also knew that Keek had a good relationship with Orin.
"That was close. If this guy died here, Orin would probably go crazy, right?" Shiki shouted with malicious glee.
"...He might even kill everyone on this island," Linlin replied with an ugly expression.
Newgate didn’t pay attention to them. He just said to Keek,
"Want to come with us? Orin might be inside God Valley right now."
Then Newgate looked at the red-haired baby behind him who had already fainted with a bump on his head.
"But if we go there, it’ll be hard for a baby to survive."
Keek was stunned when he heard that. Then he looked back at Shanks with a helpless expression. What should he do? Leave the baby here, or... Between going to find Captain Orin and protecting the child, Keek started sweating, caught in a dilemma. Going to find Captain Orin was loyalty; the little Shanks on his back was righteousness. How should he choose between loyalty and righteousness? Keek gritted his teeth. In the end, he still chose to take Shanks off his back. Looking at the red-haired baby, his face solemn, he stuffed him into Dragon’s arms, and also put a black cube into the swaddling in front of Dragon.
"This is..."
Dragon wanted to say something, but Keek’s serious gaze shut him up.
"Go, kid. Young lives can’t die in this hell~"
Keek might not have a monster’s body, but he had a heart that aspired to stand shoulder to shoulder with the great heroes of the sea. He handed over the life-saving item Orin had given him to this young life instead, then followed Newgate and the others as they strode away. Dragon stood there in a daze watching the group of pirates go far away.
Coming back to his senses, taking advantage of the fact that Maffey hadn’t fully recovered yet, he looked unwillingly at Shamrock in her hands. Holding the black cube, he could only choose to leave with Shanks first. On the road, even Newgate couldn’t help but look at Keek a few more times. He hadn’t expected that this combatant who never stood out on the ship would have such a side. At first it was only for Orin’s sake; now he truly acknowledged Keek and let him follow behind him.
But soon, they ran into a troublesome guy. Garp, wearing a cape of justice, his fists wrapped in incredibly dense Haki, smashed the ground apart with one punch. Newgate and the others ran toward the other side. Keek also ran like crazy, escaping alongside them.
"Why be afraid of him?" Keek asked in confusion. He was just someone Captain Orin had defeated before. Even if Linlin and Kaido weren’t his match now, Captain Newgate should still be able to fight him.
"If we fight, it’ll only drag on longer. We still need to rendezvous with Rocks and Orin!!!" Newgate shouted while running.
...
On the other side, Orin repeatedly stomped the regenerating head of one of the God’s Knights members—the hat-wearing sniper from the Manmaiya family—crushing it again and again. With his hands in his pockets, he glanced into the distance.
"That’s strange..."
"The box where I sealed Conqueror’s Haki and spatial power—why is it running toward the direction of the Marine warships?"
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