22 Chapter 21 (2/2)

”Everyone, try to keep your distance from him and hit him with ranged attacks. Nami, look after Aisha, and make sure she is safe.” After giving my order, I transformed into my hybrid form and went on the offensive. Ussop started bombarding him with his small bombs, Nojiko was shooting him with wooden projectiles, while Johnny and Yosaku were throwing anything they find at him.

Unfortunately, the wolf was incredibly strong, and it looked like we weren't doing anything with our attacks. Thankfully he didn't pay much attention to my crew since his gaze has not left me after I transformed. I was dodging all of his attacks and punching or kicking him whenever I got the chance, but he managed to hit me with one of his paws, and it felt like a mountain slammed into me. He sent me flying with his hit into a building.

”Wufwufwuf, my, my you are a special one, and your scent got so much more intoxifying after you transformed, if I could I would even use you as a sacrifice tomorrow.” Seeing as I wasn't able to do much to him like this, despite transforming, I decided to takes things further. I created four clones, and we started attacking him together. Three entered Second Gear, while the other two entered Third Gear, by inflating their arms.

Recently, I have had a lot of improvements with using my rubber Devil Fruit, and I was able to enter Second Gear or Third Gear almost instantaneously. Unfortunately, I can't use Fourth Gear since I am still unable to use Armament Haki, much less harden it into armor.

With my enhanced strength and speed, and the addition of my clones, I was finally able to do something to him, since he started howling in pain from our attacks. One clone using Third Gear managed to land a clean hit on his ugly face and lift him off the ground. The wolf cried in pain, but when he landed I saw him transform into a more humanoid shape, but he still kept his wolf traits, like his head, the fur, and his claws. He looked like a giant werewolf.

”I am the almighty God Alarick, and I am gifted with the power of sacrifice, making me a sacrifice-wolf. You are the first humans to witness this form. I obtained it from a Devil Fruit user, who got sacrificed to me. Be glad that I will use it against you.” He looked extremely clumsy in this form, but his speed and strength were on a whole other level.

My attacks in Second Gear were doing substantially less damage, and he was slowly adapting to his body. Only the two clones using Third Gear were able to damage him. We managed to land quite a few hits, but he already adapted to his form, and things went south.

He destroyed my four clones, and the pain from their death got transferred to me. I lost my focus and stumbled from experiencing four deaths, and that allowed him to catch me. He kept smashing me on the ground or throwing me at the surrounding buildings, destroying them in the process. Every single one of my bones would have been broken if I wasn't made out of rubber. Despite that, I couldn't do anything to stop him while being caught by him.

He threw me on the ground and was preparing to slice me apart with his claws, but something stopped his attack. The only thing I was able to see from my position was a big mass of white fur.

”I will not allow you to hurt Luffy anymore!” I heard Aisha's voice coming from the mass of fur, and when I was able to get a better look, I saw a giant white nine-tailed fox stopping Alarick. The fox was smaller than the werewolf but was around six meters in height.

For a second I forgot I was fighting, and I got mesmerized by how beautiful it looked with the nine tails dancing behind it. I got released out of my stupor when Alarick threw Aisha away and stabbed her in the gut with his giant claws sticking out of from her backside. When I saw that, every single moment that I've had with her flashed before my eyes. Aisha is one of the sweetest and kindest girls I've met, and after seeing Alarick claws stuck inside her, my vision turned red, and I felt something pop within me. I didn't care how, but I was going to make sure that the wolf disappears from the face of this planet today.

At that moment, I felt something within me evolve. It felt like something exploded inside of me like some invisible restraints were removed. And that's when I felt a surge of power coming from within me, it didn't directly boost my strength, but it felt like my powers improved by a large margin.

Instinctively I knew what happened. I wasn't sure what triggered this, but I was sure as hell going to use everything within my capabilities to erase the filthy mutt in front of me.