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"Desert Blade!"

Just as Gale's claws were about to touch Robin's body, the sand beneath him suddenly split open.

A condensed giant blade of sand pierced upwards from below, slashing fiercely towards Gale's waist and abdomen.

"What?!" Gale's pupils shrank. His entire attention was on Robin, and he never expected the attack to come from the sand beneath his feet!

He tried to twist and dodge, but he was in mid-air and had nowhere to grab his weight.

"Hey!"

The desert blade mercilessly cleaved through his waist and abdomen. Even though he managed to twist his body at the last moment and avoid being cut in half at the waist, a huge wound was still torn open on his left side.

Blood and fragments of internal organs spurted out, and the excruciating pain caused him to let out a shrill scream. His momentum abruptly stopped, and his body involuntarily plummeted downwards.

"No!" Gale roared in despair. Even though he was seriously injured, he still tried to struggle and lunge at Robin, but Morsen would not give him any more chances.

"Sandfall Funeral!"

Mosen's icy voice rang out, and at the same time, he loosely clenched his right fist and suddenly punched the spot where Gale had landed.

In an instant, the sand beneath Gale seemed to come alive, transforming into a massive sand cage that swallowed him whole, forming a giant sand sphere several meters in diameter.

"No! Let me go!" Gale's indistinct, desperate, and painful roar, along with the sounds of frantic struggle, came from the sand sphere.

Mosen clenched his fist tightly.

"Boom!"

The enormous sand sphere suddenly collapsed and compressed rapidly inward!

A dull, teeth-grinding sound of bones shattering came from inside the sand sphere, accompanied by a short, agonizing scream.

A few seconds later, the sand ball dispersed, turning into ordinary sand grains that flowed down, leaving only a pool of broken debris that had been crushed and drained by the terrible pressure.

"Phew..." Robin finally breathed a sigh of relief, her face pale as she took a step back. Just a moment ago, she had truly felt the threat of death.

"Are you alright, Robin?" Morsen walked over and looked at her pale face.

"It's nothing, thank you, Captain." Robin shook his head, revealing a slightly tired smile.

Bakara also ran over, looking at the wreckage with lingering fear.

“These guys are really crazy.” Bakara patted her chest.

“It was indeed crazy, but it’s over now,” Mosen said softly, glancing at the chaotic battlefield around him.

Chapter 118, Nami's Dejection, Cleaning Up

"captain!"

Just as Mosen used his Sand-Sand Fruit powers to slightly cover up the marks on the ground, Nami's urgent shouts came from afar.

Mosen turned around and saw Nami running out from behind a sand dune, looking rather disheveled, her long orange hair covered in sand.

She ran quickly to Mo Sen, and only breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was unharmed. Then she rushed into his arms and grabbed his collar tightly.

"It's alright, it's all taken care of." Mosen smiled gently, reaching out to stroke her long orange hair and brush the sand off it. "Don't worry."

"Hmm..." Nami responded listlessly. After a while, she raised her head. The lingering fear on her face had not completely faded, but there was more of a deep sense of annoyance and frustration.

"I... I just feel so useless." Nami lowered her head, her eyes fixed on the sand on the ground.

"Robin, Bakura, and you, Captain, were all up there fighting those horrible guys, while I was stuck down there watching helplessly, unable to even escape that damned trap..."

Her voice grew softer and softer, filled with disgust at her own powerlessness, which reminded her of her helplessness when facing Ah Long and the others.

"It's alright, don't be discouraged. If needed, Captain, I can give you special training, I guarantee you'll learn it!" Mosen comforted him with a smile.

"Really?!" Nami's eyes lit up immediately. "I want to learn! I want to learn!"

“However…” Morsen suddenly changed the subject, a playful smile appearing on his face: “One class costs 100,000 Berries!”

Nami charged him for fishing lessons back then, so it's only fair that he charges her for special training lessons now.

"100,000...100,000 Berries?!" Nami's face fell instantly. She had left all her money to the villagers and was now saving it up again.

However, thinking of her own desire for strength, she gritted her teeth and showed a reluctant expression: "Fine! 100,000 it is! But Captain, you must teach me well!"

"Deal!" Mo Sen couldn't help but burst into laughter at her adorable expression, which showed both reluctance to part with the money and the opportunity.

"Lord Morsen! Miss Robin! Are you alright?"

Just then, Princess Vivi arrived with Icarus and Bell, along with a group of disheveled guards.

Vivi's face was covered in sand, but she was more excited and thrilled. She chattered excitedly around Morsen, Robin, and Bakala, her eyes shining with admiration.

"Wow, amazing! Lord Morsen! We heard it all down here, the fighting up there was so intense! Are you all alright? Were all the bad guys defeated? That's incredible! Miss Robin is so cool! Miss Bakara is so brave..."

Robin spoke to her with a gentle smile, Bakala had also composed herself, and Nami had temporarily forgotten the heartache over the training fees, chatting away with Vivi.

Beside them, Icarus and Bell were looking at the bodies partially covered by sand on the ground with complicated expressions, their hearts filled with mixed feelings.

They were the guards, the captains of the Alabasta royal guard; they were the ones who should have been protecting the princess.

However, from the moment they were attacked, they were trapped in that damned sand pit ruin, and their numerical advantage and familiarity with the terrain were completely useless.

Icarus's machine gun fire was easily dodged by the opponent. Bell wanted to transform into his falcon form and rush out of the hole, but the hole was too small, and the opponent simply blocked it, so he could not use his full strength.

Finally, the guy named Gale went so far as to threaten them with Princess Vivi's safety, forcing them to stop in frustration.

They were like two spectators trapped in a cage, forced to watch others fight to the death outside while they themselves remained mere bystanders.

Looking at the corpses again, Icarum and Bell already had a guess about the identities of these people.

Well-trained, with excellent teamwork, and such formidable strength...

They are very likely the same people who secretly infiltrated Alabasta before; they really are agents of the World Government.

Fortunately, they still had some reservations about the royal family and did not actually kill Vivi, otherwise the consequences would have been unimaginable.

Thinking of this, Icarum glanced at Princess Vivi, who was chatting and laughing excitedly with Robin and the others, and couldn't help but sigh.

These people were clearly after Mo Sen and his group. How should I put it... Mo Sen and his group are indeed in trouble. They were affected just by getting close.

Princess Vivi is too young and naive; she only saw the strength of Morsen and his group and thought they were so capable of defeating the bad guys.

As for where these bad guys came from, and why they were targeted...

However, for the princess's safety and for the stability of Alabasta, it might be best to reduce contact with Morsen and his group in the future.

Although this might hurt the princess's feelings, who genuinely wants to make friends, safety comes first.

Thinking of this, Icarum took a deep breath, suppressed the complex emotions in his heart, walked up to Morsen, and solemnly said, "Mr. Morsen, thank you for your help this time. We were unable to be of much assistance."

Upon hearing this, Mo Sen shook his head and said, "I'm the one who should apologize for letting you all get caught up in this trouble. It's best that nothing bad happened..."

Mosen did feel a little apologetic, after all, Vivi and King Cobra had been very kind to them, and they had gotten along very well.

Originally, the plan was to bring Vivi out for an adventure, but they didn't expect to encounter these guys and drag Vivi into it as well.

“No, it was our dereliction of duty.” Icarus shook his head. In terms of protecting the princess, he believed they had indeed failed in their duty.

"Leave the cleanup here to us. We will do our best to clean up all traces and bodies."

"Although we certainly can't hide it from the forces behind them, at least we can reduce some direct trouble and buy you some time to leave Alabasta."

His meaning was clear: to use the power of the Alabasta royal family to cover up the incident and provide some convenience for Mosen and his party.

This is both a form of assistance and a subtle way of "sending off" the guests, to avoid causing even greater trouble for Alabasta.

Mosen naturally understood Icarus's implied meaning, but he didn't say anything more, only nodding: "Then I'll trouble you."

Ikaram's concerns and worries are reasonable, and with the Alabasta royal family helping to cover things up, it will indeed reduce a lot of trouble for their next move, at least allowing them to leave more easily.

Ikaram breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Morsen was not displeased. He immediately started to work with Bell and the guards to deal with the scene, while Morsen led a few people to the side to rest.

Soon after, the traces were mostly cleared away, and the group did not linger, embarking on their journey back to Albana.

Vivi remained excited, Nami was calculating the expenses of the special training, Robin and Baccarat walked in silence, while Ikaram and Pell were preoccupied.

Mosen walked at the front, his eyes calmly watching the city outline gradually become clearer ahead, already planning the rest of the journey.

Chapter 119, The Grand Line Chronicles, Next Stop!

The Grand Line, in the vast seas far from Alabasta.

The sky was a clear, deep blue, with a few fluffy white clouds drifting lazily by.

The sunlight wasn't scorching, but rather warmly bathed the sea, creating shimmering golden light.

On the sea, the collectors' adventure team's ship sailed leisurely forward with the gentle current and breeze, leaving a faint white mark on the boundless blue canvas.

"Coo coo! Coo!"

Several seagulls carrying newspapers flapped their wings and flew past the ship's side. One of them landed lightly on the wooden railing of the ship's side, tilting its head and curiously looking at the people on the deck with its black bean-like eyes.

On the deck, Mosen was sitting lazily on a small stool, holding a simple fishing rod in his hand, with the fishing line hanging into the sea, seemingly taking a break like Jiang Taigong fishing.

Hearing the seagulls' movements, he turned his head slightly and casually took out a few coins from his pocket.

"Here, thank you for your hard work." With a flick of his wrist, Mosen's seagull deftly caught the coin in its beak, dropped a newspaper, and then flapped its wings and flew away to continue its newspaper delivery journey.

"Anything new, Captain?" Not far away, Nami was sitting cross-legged on the deck, trying to calm herself down.

But upon hearing the noise, he couldn't help but open his eyes and look curiously at the newspaper in Mosen's hand.

"Snapped!"

Mosen walked over and tapped Nami on the head lightly with a rolled-up newspaper.

“Focus, didn’t I tell you to calm down and sense your surroundings?” Mosen said sternly. “Awakening Observation Haki isn’t easy. You need to sharpen your senses.”

"Ugh!" Nami muttered, rubbing her head. "But sitting like this is so boring, I can't feel anything special..."

"Captain, is there a faster and simpler way?" Nami blinked her big eyes and asked expectantly.

Looking at her "I want to take a shortcut" expression, Mo Sen's lips curled into a malicious smile, and he said, "Yes! The simplest and most direct way is to get beaten up!"

"As long as people keep walking on the edge of life and death, under the intense sense of crisis and pain, many people's sense of sight and hearing will awaken in a muddled way."

"How about it, Captain, do you want me to help you right now?"

"Get...get beaten?!" Nami's face turned pale instantly. She thought of the miserable state of those CP agents in the desert, and then looked at Morsen's bright smile. She couldn't help but shrink back.