The most courageous pirate hunter

Hermes sat up, and although his whole body felt like it was pierced by a thousand arrows, his injuries were healing rapidly.

Unfortunately, Mansherry's healing is not omnipotent; for now, it can only repair physical injuries. It cannot heal things like physical strength or domineering aura. However, this may change after awakening or developing it to its fullest potential.

Let's even go a step further and explore healing concepts, such as lifespan?

"Come alive!"

Hermes, still shaken, lay back down on the floor.

Even the pain from the first time was gone. Apart from being a little weak, I felt better than ever before. My life was hanging by a thread.

I miscalculated this time.

I thought I could go toe-to-toe with my opponent, but it turned out to be just an illusion. I could only fight so intensely after taking drugs, and I couldn't keep up for long.

You have gray hair.

Mansherry kept staring at Hermes' head, where a small tuft of white hair stood out among his dark, tousled hair.

"So fast?"

Hermes scratched his head instinctively. He'd only taken ten E.S. pills, and the side effects were already this severe? He turned to look at Hody Jones, who wasn't hanging up.

Seeing Hermes looking over, Hody Jones swallowed for some reason, and answered without waiting for Hermes to ask a question. His voice was gentle, with a hint of awe and admiration.

The battle he had just fought had shattered his worldview.

This guy in front of me looks like someone you could take down with a single slap, but he's actually incredibly fierce. How could I have been so foolish as to attack him? I was just handing myself over to be slaughtered.

Thinking about this, Hody Jones felt incredibly regretful.

"Did you take the drug E.S?"

"I took ten at once."

Hermes naturally noticed the change in Hody Jones's attitude, and not only Hody Jones, but also Guyram and Alpagachino.

If the person, the fish, and the sheep had some ulterior motives before, they now need to think things through.

A powerful deterrent is more effective than anything else.

Despite being in a sorry state, his opponent was one of the Four Emperors.

Ten?

Hody Jones was nearly scared to death. Was this beast really taking drugs so heavily? He took them one pill at a time, and at long intervals, otherwise his body simply couldn't handle it.

Is this really necessary to be so scary?

"You just started taking it, and you took ten pills at once. Your body definitely couldn't handle it, which is why some changes occurred."

"I think it's okay, I should be able to take one or two more."

Hermes felt he hadn't reached his limit and could still take more if he really wanted to, but it was better to take less until the side effects were resolved, since he was already getting gray hair at such a young age.

It was already bad enough, and now it's just made matters worse.

Hody Jones remained silent.

An ordinary human body couldn't even withstand one pill, but this beast could eat more than ten at once. Just how strong is its physique? Moreover, not everyone can endure that kind of pain.

this moment.

Hody Jones had some doubts. Weren't the fish-men's bodies "hundreds of times" larger than humans'?

Why could this human do what he couldn't?

Angry.

suddenly.

He didn't want to talk anymore.

"Boss, do you think Burgess can win?"

Mansherry changed the subject, continuing to observe the battle through her binoculars.

"Although I am no match for Kaido, I should have managed to injure him. With Burgess's strength, he should be able to escape unscathed!"

Hermes was honest.

If someone isn't your opponent, then they're not your opponent. There's no need to hide it; he appears quite open and honest. After all, just because someone isn't your opponent now doesn't mean they won't be in the future.

The gap between the Generals, the Three Calamities, and the Four Emperors is still quite large. He is still a long way from the top of the pyramid, but catching up is only a matter of time.

He also learned a lot from this battle.

When facing a strong opponent of this level, ordinary methods are useless. For example, making the watermelon knife bigger or increasing one's size will not only be ineffective but will also become a weakness.

These abilities may only come in handy once they have been developed to a certain extent.

The greatest effect it can currently achieve is still the core abilities such as Overbearing Aura, King's Fist, Life Return, and Five Millimeters. None of the strong people who can stand at the top of the pyramid are idiots.

In some battles in the original work, many strong characters become incredibly weak-minded and are easily killed or seriously injured, but that depends on who is fighting these strong characters.

That's the chosen one, born with a halo of invincibility and reduced intelligence.

Try sending other challengers along, and they'd be sure to beat the crap out of them.

Like him.

He almost vomited.

During the battle, Hermes was actually trying to find a way to enter Kaido's body, but the opponent was very resistant. Once they roughly knew Hermes's abilities, these ideas were already anticipated and predicted.

This is the combat experience and awareness of top-tier experts.

Don't you even think about it?

From an unknown person to one of the Four Emperors, Kaido has experienced countless battles and conspiracies. He has lived a life more stoic than Hermes has ever walked a path. His survival experience is far beyond what Hermes could ever hope to match.

This also shows that most people who survive in this world and have a certain status and reputation are not mediocre; on the contrary, they are very difficult to deal with and very powerful.

Unfortunately, no matter how experienced or powerful someone is, they will ultimately be completely countered by the protagonist's halo. Even if it were someone else, as long as they weren't the protagonist and didn't have those mysterious halos, do you think they would have a good ending?

To put it another way, the dungeons the protagonist runs are different from those run by others. One is on Hard difficulty, and the other is on Hell difficulty. Or rather, they were originally both Hell difficulty, but the protagonist has auras and other cheats, so the Hell difficulty is reduced to Hard difficulty. The appearance remains the same, but the core has changed.

But if others don't have this cheat, then Hell-level will still be Hell-level, with neither the outer shell nor the core changing.

If not Zaylala, then who is Zaylala?

Even in this battle, he felt that Kaido was holding back.

Oh shit.

That's incredibly perverted.

I almost beat myself to death. The initial 50/50 fight was just an illusion.

"4.6111 billion Berries, hopefully Bages can step up his game."

Mansherry's eyes sparkled with money.

That's a huge sum of money.

She believed in herself even more than Burgess, completely ignoring Hermes's statement that Burgess escaped unscathed instead of capturing Kaido; this little brat was already daydreaming.

Boom boom boom! ! !

The commotion on the island continued, but unfortunately it only lasted for an hour. Then all the noise disappeared, and soon a badly injured and miserable Burgess appeared in everyone's sight.

"My 4.6111 billion Berries."

Mansherry screamed, clutching her face. She felt like strangling Bages because she had missed out on such a large sum of money.

"Hahaha~"

"Boss, we have to run! The monster is catching up!"

Bages was yelling from afar, and he was spitting blood as he yelled, so he didn't look well.

"Get out! Get out quickly!"

Hermes did not hesitate and immediately issued the order.

A wise person is one who understands the times.

A man should be able to take things on and let them go.

"Cough cough cough~"

As soon as Burgess landed on the deck, Mansherry immediately started healing him.

Meanwhile, the aura of that primordial beast was approaching from the island, though not at a very fast pace, giving everyone a chance to escape. Even if Kaido is strong, he should be in some trouble.

Hermes stood on the ship's railing, gazing into the distance as if he could see Kaido catching up.

Once he was sure he could escape, Hermes gave a few instructions and headed towards the cabin, quite the careless fellow.

The main reason is that he expended a lot of energy in this battle.

And with nerves constantly on edge, and the body having endured excruciating pain, countless cells have died. The most basic and effective way to recover is through sleep.

As for capturing Kaido, he didn't have much hope from the start.

They're not stupid.

But this battle benefited him greatly. Putting aside the experience, Hermes was thrilled just by the fact that he could "shrink his wounds".