blogombal Chapter 218: For Family! Rocks' Choice!
Chapter 218: For Family! Rocks' Choice!
If you 'disappear' in this era, it will make it easier for your David clan to hide, and avoid a more severe purge by the World Government.
The safety of loved ones.
This knife pierced through all his pretense.
family……"
Lox's body, which had been as stiff as a stone, visibly trembled when he heard those two words.
His eyes, which were originally filled with rage and resentment, narrowed uncontrollably.
A gentle woman.
She wasn't pretty, nor did she have much strength, but there was always a starlight in her eyes when she looked at him.
She never cared whether he wanted to be the king of the world.
She would only bring him a bowl of hot soup when he came back in the middle of the night, and then sit quietly beside him, listening to him boast about conquering the sea.
A very small figure.
A child who is still learning to walk, with the same black hair as him.
Each time, he would carefully suppress the murderous aura that could subdue all beasts, and clumsily pick up the little thing.
Feel that soft weight that belongs only to him.
These images are the deepest treasure in his heart.
It was a secret that he, the overlord of the sea, had never given to anyone, not even the Whitebeard Golden Lion.
The secret belongs only to "man" Rocks D. Giebeck.
But now, Chen Ye's words easily bypassed all his defenses and precisely pierced the softest and most cherished part of his heart.
He doesn't care about his own life or death.
Men who go out to sea have their heads on the line long ago.
For someone like him who wants to devour the world, death is merely a byproduct of his failed ambition.
But he couldn't ignore his family's future.
"Liquidation..."
Locke's lips moved unconsciously, squeezing out the two words from his throat.
He understands the weight of those two words better than anyone else.
If I were to die in the Valley of the Gods, just like in "history"...
Will Im, that old monster who has lived for eight hundred years, let the David clan go?
Absolutely not.
Eradicating the root of the problem is the specialty of those self-proclaimed "gods".
What will happen to his wife then?
What will happen to his child?
What will be the outcome?
The thought of that possibility sent a chill through his body, a chill that was even more terrifying than "certain death" running through him.
For the first time, he realized that he wasn't fearless.
He could laugh as he challenged his "certain" fate, using his own life to verify whether the "history" Chen Ye spoke of was truly unbreakable.
He could laugh out loud and mock this boring world even on his deathbed.
But now, he doesn't dare.
He dared not gamble his family's future on that uncertain possibility.
The ambition to become a maritime overlord clashed with the responsibility of being the head of a family.
Two completely different wills, like two mad beasts, were tearing at the depths of his mind.
"Hahaha...hahaha..."
A dry, suppressed laugh was squeezed out of his throat.
He slowly, inch by inch, sat back down on the "throne" made of gold coins.
boom!
The uncontrolled Conqueror's Haki erupted without warning, but he forcibly suppressed it to within a meter of his body.
Countless gold coins were jolted into the air, then fell limply back down, making a clattering sound.
That sound was like his struggling heart.
Every jump was filled with pain and inner conflict.
Roger, who was standing next to him, didn't say a word the whole time.
He could clearly feel that the domineering aura that devoured everything on Lockes' body was now fluctuating and struggling violently.
Sometimes he's so enraged that he wants to destroy everything.
At times, it is as cold as iron sunk into the deep sea.
He could even feel unease and contradiction in that chaotic atmosphere.
This realization weighed heavily on Roger's mind.
He and Rocks were sworn enemies, destined to settle their differences on the high seas.
He dreamed of personally taking down this man.
But at this moment, seeing his once invincible opponent forced into this situation by just a few words, Roger felt no satisfaction whatsoever.
He just felt that fate was a really terrible thing.
And there was the young man sitting calmly across from them, the one who had orchestrated all of this.
Chen Ye.
More like a devil who manipulates fate.
Time seemed to stretch out infinitely at this moment.
Every second felt like an eternity.
Lox kept his head down, a huge shadow shrouding his face, obscuring his expression.
All that could be seen were his two iron-like fists, clenched tightly on his knees.
It was as if he was making the hardest decision of his life.
at last.
After a long while, the piercing buzzing gradually subsided.
The chaotic Conqueror's Haki also disappeared like the tide.
Lox slowly raised his head.
Roger's pupils contracted sharply when his face reappeared in the dim light of the magic lamp.
That face has changed.
That all-consuming arrogance, that domineering attitude that looked down on all heroes, is gone.
Instead, Roger had never seen an expression on Rocks' face before.
It was a solemn and resolute expression belonging to a man, a husband, and a father.
His eyes turned into two bottomless, icy pools, filled with an immense burden.
He looked at Chen Ye, and in his eyes, the previous scrutiny, resistance, and rage were gone, leaving only a calm that seemed to see through everything.
He opened his mouth, and a few dry syllables came out of his hoarse throat.
"good……"
He uttered just one word, yet it seemed to have exhausted all his strength.
Roger's heart skipped a beat.
He knew that the most terrifying man of this era had finally made his choice.
Lockes took a breath, then spoke in an incredibly firm and unwavering voice, enunciating each word clearly:
"I...can...go with you."
Each of those six words was like a mountain, spitting out of his mouth and crashing heavily to the ground.
It also hit Roger hard.
This decision surprised Roger in a way that he couldn't quite explain.
He considered countless possibilities.
Rocks might fly into a rage and attack Chen Ye without hesitation.
They might laugh wildly and refuse, saying that their fate is entirely in their own hands.
They might even feel lost and decide to leave the matter aside for now.
But what he never expected was that Lox... would actually agree.
He actually abandoned this era!
Give up his ambition to reach the pinnacle of the world!
Is this still the same Rox D. Giebeck who feared nothing and dared to dethrone even the gods?
Roger couldn't understand it.
But then, Loxty's conditions made him understand instantly.
"but……"
The sea tyrant who had just compromised showed a resolute determination that left no room for negotiation in his eyes.
He stared intently at Chen Ye, his voice not loud, but filled with undeniable power.
"Could you wait until I've made arrangements for my people, my wife, and my children?"
When he uttered those words, this sea tyrant who made the whole world tremble revealed a rare, even unfamiliar, tenderness in his eyes, which were always filled with violence and ambition.
At this moment, Roger seemed to understand some of Rocks' choice, but not completely.
Rocks probably didn't lose to the "fate" that Chenye mentioned.
It's not that I'm afraid of that "inevitable death".
He simply... chose to be a father and a husband.
He sacrificed the hegemony of an era to secure his family's future.
This choice is neither right nor wrong, nor strong nor weak.
But it inspired more respect in Roger than in any of his previous conquests.