One Piece: Nobody has more Devil Fruits than me.

Meanwhile, Bucky and his group also reached the bridge. Grace sensed several presences, but...

"Your pirate crew only has a dozen or so people?"

Only the flying members of the Beast Squad and executives like Ella and Bucky were able to get up there; their numbers were indeed not many.

"Are you overestimating those with guns, or underestimating us?"

Russell said calmly, "Numbers are the most useless thing on this ocean."

Demonstrating strength is also very important. Russell waved his hand, and Bucky and the others immediately understood. Then they looked at the hyenas that were coming to reinforce them and charged straight at them.

Grace had expected that this group of pirates wouldn't be weak, but she didn't expect them to be this strong!

She couldn't see them, but she could sense that the hyenas' presence appeared briefly and then quickly disappeared.

"If you can fix the ship, you'll be a member of my Devil Pirates!"

The Devil Pirates?

“You are Russell Snard?” Grace exclaimed.

Russell laughed loudly, "It seems your place isn't so isolated after all."

This is the benefit of having a good reputation; as long as you say your name, everyone knows you and what you are capable of doing.

Chapter 57 Princess Grace of a Fallen Kingdom

"Tell me about the situation here. Apart from those guys who look like prison guards, are there any other armed forces here?"

After a brief moment of distraction, Grace quickly followed Russell as he strode out.

"As far as I know, each bridge has a certain number of guards. This kingdom is only a country in name only; it doesn't have a royal army or anything like that. However, the nearby navy might come at any time; they came not long ago..."

Grace clenched her fists as she recalled the navy's brief stay here a few days ago.

If it weren't for those navy personnel, the power unit wouldn't have been discovered... Of course, she and her master probably wouldn't have been able to see through their true nature either.

"The Navy? You mean those guys who escorted the Heavenly Gold?"

Russell chuckled. "Then there's nothing to worry about."

Grace couldn't help but ask, "Did you run into them?"

Ella, standing nearby, said calmly, "Of course, if it's just that group of navy reinforcements, we have no problem taking this place."

Grace's eyes widened. Did this mean that the group of marines had already been eaten? It wasn't until Ella produced the stolen power plant design blueprints that she understood.

"You guys are very strong..."

"You're not bad either,"

Russell looked at Grace, who was steadily following behind, and said, "You must have some connections, with both skill and talent."

Such people are generally called geniuses.

The shipwright's skills are another story, as he was taught by a master. But his eyes, which can see nothing yet perceive everything, are truly extraordinary. There are no shortcuts to this; he is a genius.

It's like having the qualities of a king, one in a million.

Ella stared at Grace with some curiosity. "Someone who has absolutely no sight can sense everything. Could it be...?"

"It's Observation Haki!"

Russell looked in the distance and saw a group of people running menacingly towards the bridge. "Someone's come to welcome us too."

Dozens of men, armed with guns, arrived in a large procession. They were dressed in black uniforms, and the leader was a man with a scar on his face. When he saw Grace, his face contorted with rage.

"Princess Grace, we've finally found you! Still trying to run away? Do you know whose territory this is now?"

Princess?

Russell raised an eyebrow and looked at Grace beside him with interest.

“I’m not a princess now, I’m just Ms. Gale’s student,”

Grace's eyes shifted to the scarred man, her gaze seemingly lifeless yet chilling. "Walker, I told you I wouldn't let you get away with this."

"You? Just a mere princess of a fallen kingdom,"

The scarred man laughed loudly, "Because they didn't pay the Heavenly Gold, they lost the protection of the navy, and in the end, the entire royal family was forced to go to sea and ended up here. Your father was truly the most foolish king!"

"He is the best father in my heart!"

Grace gritted her teeth and said, "A treacherous fellow like you wouldn't understand what affection or the way of a king is!"

Walker sneered, "So what did your father, who died young, leave behind? The civilians he wanted to protect ended up reporting his daughter... In the world of the sea, only power, status, and strength matter. All that bullshit sentiment is utterly useless!"

The most important decision I made was to become the manager here based on my own abilities. Hmph, I told you before, just work honestly for the World Government, and you can still get by with the skills you learned from that old man Gale.

See, they're quite sensible.

Walker looked at the group of people beside him and laughed loudly, "I'll expose all the little tricks you've been up to behind my back, and then I won't have to be a prisoner anymore. All I can do all day is eat, drink, have fun, and keep an eye on you!"

Seeing Grace's angry expression, Walker's smile remained undiminished.

He used to be just the captain of the guard of another country, serving the royal family. He didn't understand that as long as he became a member country and contributed heavenly gold, the royal family would be fine and they could also enjoy wealth and glory.

Don't other member states do the same thing?

What do the lives of the lowest of the low care about? Just obediently hand over your income and contribute your share of the heavenly gold, and at least you won't have to go out to sea to become a pirate.

For an ordinary person to become a pirate is no different from suicide.

Watching the once high and mighty princess quickly become his prisoner again, the dopamine rush was an unparalleled pleasure.

However, when he saw his men lying on the ground and the man standing next to Grace, he revealed a disdainful sneer, "Is this your confidence? You don't really think that a few people can do anything, do you? There are more than one steward like me in the Bridge Kingdom!"

"By the way, where did she find you guys? Bounty hunters? Underworld gangs? Or pirates?"

With a smile still on his face, Russell kicked him directly in the face, and Walker was no longer in the same spot a second later.

Boom!

The men stared in disbelief at the man who had suddenly appeared before them. "You, you, you..."

"What do you mean, 'you'? Do you look down on pirates?"

His trouser legs were slightly dirty. He glanced at the person in front of him and almost simultaneously raised his gun.

"Don't underestimate Manager Walker, he's..."

The next second, the wind howled, and two gusts of wind swept past, knocking down a neat row of people like fallen leaves in autumn.

Ella simply appeared beside Russell with a blank expression.

"But what? A Devil Fruit user actually thinks he's that strong?"

Russell looked up at the dust-filled bridge pier, where a man covered in blood emerged, his body covered in fine scales, a dark bluish-gray hue.

Zoan-type Devil Fruit user.

Human-beast form.

You've angered me!

Walker was furious. You don't hit someone in the face, let alone someone who has been kicked in the face.

"Oh, you're really confident, with your measly Lizard Fruit abilities?"

Russell chuckled and casually drew Muramasa. "You really haven't developed this fruit at all. The Zoan-type Lizard Fruit is actually not bad."

The best development path for Zoan-type characters is to enhance physical strength, unlike Paramecia-type characters which have as many variations.

But judging from that kick just now, his physique was so weak that without the support of his Zoan-type ability, he might not even be half as strong as Buggy.

It can't even compare to a single unit of measurement in Pakistan, so you can imagine how weak it is.

Walker's expression grew increasingly serious. "Who exactly are you?"

"I've already said I'm a pirate!"

Russell's body was also changing. In terms of appearance, it was not much different, and his skin was also covered with scales. However, it was obvious to the naked eye that the two were not on the same level in terms of power.

Who is better, the python or the lizard man?

"Heh, a Devil Fruit of the same type as mine?"

Walker forced a smile, "He's worth killing..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Russell disappeared.

A gust of wind swept by, and Walker saw his body spinning, as the man lifted him up and did something.

It took him a while to realize what was happening.

It turns out my head was spinning.

Chapter 58 If you won't do it, plenty of others will!

The lizard is still somewhat inferior to the Titanoboa in terms of level. After attempting to fuse the two Zoan-type Devil Fruits, its appearance did not change much in either human-beast or beast form.

but......

Whoosh!