Chapter 4 Shadow Soldiers

The superhuman shadow fruit that Coles ate did not give him much combat power now. The only thing that can change the situation is to summon shadow.

However, during the period of exploring the fruit's ability, he summoned not many shadow creatures.

Apart from the dead homeless man, there were only five gang members who died in the fight, plus an orange cat and two hounds. Even if they were released, they would not be able to compare with these two experienced pirates.

Therefore, he always showed weakness to his enemies.

Let the opponent think that he is just an ordinary recruit with high physical fitness. When Yaden is relaxed, he silently summons the shadow soldiers and lets them shoot and kill the opponent.

Although this shadow soldier is only the most common level, as long as he has a weapon in his hand, he can still exert extremely high lethality.

As for the flintlock in the hands of the shadow soldier, it did not belong to Coles, but was dropped by the pirate Arden during a fight.

Arden was confident in himself and thought that Coles would not be able to pick up the flintlock to counterattack under his interception, so he did not pay too much attention.

Unfortunately, Aden didn't know that he was a special Devil Fruit user, and he died tragically due to his carelessness.

At this time, Coles finally stopped covering up, the Shadow Fruit ability unfolded, and the dead pirate Aden was also summoned by him to become a shadow soldier.

At the same time, all his shadow soldiers also appeared in the alleyway out of thin air.

The situation at the scene was instantly reversed!

On one side is the one-man pirate Adulun.

On one side were the navy recruit Coles who was about to report, the shadow soldier Adon, the six shadow soldiers summoned before, and two shadow hounds.

The orange cat had almost no fighting power, so Coles did not summon it. (っ◔◡◔)っ

"Damn it!"

Facing Coles who showed off his Devil Fruit ability, Adulun cursed, but his face didn't show much timidity.

Captain William once told him that people with devil fruit abilities are not scary and can be defeated as long as they find a way to deal with them.

Although the gunfire just now may have alerted the navy, it will still take some time for the navy to get here as quickly as possible. During this time, Adulun will try to avenge his companion Adun.

Even if the opponent is a devil fruit user!

Not all pirates are emotionless people, at least they, the William Pirates, have emotions.

This operation to arrest the navy recruits was also to rescue the deputy captain who was captured half a month ago.

As for why not arrest civilians to blackmail the navy?

That's because Captain William said that they are a different kind of pirates. It is understandable that they are enemies of the navy, but the William Pirates will not harm civilians.

Therefore, the hostages they planned to kidnap this time were navy recruits.

Adulun pulled out the sharp knife from his waist, with murderous intent in his eyes.

And faced with real pirates.

Coles did not dare to let down his guard at all.

boom!

A shadow soldier pointed the flintlock gun in his hand at Adulun, and then pulled the trigger, and gunshots rang out in the alleyway again.

Adulun's reaction was extremely fast and he quickly hid behind the nearby bunker.

Coles continued to order the shadow soldiers to shoot.

Bang bang bang!

Gunshots continued to ring out in the alley, causing panic among nearby townspeople.

After dodging several bullets in succession, Adulun seized the opportunity, jumped up, and quickly approached Coles.

Even though the black figure holding a flintlock gun in the distance was more threatening, he still targeted Coles.

Because no matter what kind of devil fruit ability it is, as long as the person with the ability is eliminated first, those strange abilities will become ineffective.

Adulun's speed was extremely fast, and the long knife in his hand was slashed like lightning. The target was pointed directly at Coles' neck, and he was about to kill him with one blow.

Coles was already prepared for this.

Adun, who had turned into a shadow soldier, was already standing in front of him, and his broad palms directly blocked Adulun's long knife.

Taking the sword with bare hands, for Adun, who is still a human, his hands will inevitably be scrapped.

But now it's Shadow Soldier Arden.

The shadow soldiers summoned by Coles not only do not feel pain, but even if their bodies are broken, they can still be continuously reorganized through the power of shadow.

The only thing consumed.

It's just Coles' willpower.

Unless Coles is unconscious, the shadow soldiers will be completely defeated.

"Adun, what are you doing here?" Adulun asked with hidden anger.

"Adun" did not answer Adulun's question because he was also just a low-level shadow soldier and could not communicate with others.

Adulun retracted his sword and tried to slash Coles again, but was always in vain due to the obstruction of the shadow soldier Adun.

The six shadow soldiers and two shadow "hounds" on the side were not idle either, and quickly launched interference and attack on Adulun.

Seeing this, Adulun directly struck back with a knife, killing the shadow hound on the left first, but the next moment, something happened that made his scalp numb...

After the shadow hound was cut in half and disappeared, it reappeared and bit Adulun viciously.

"What a damn ability!"

Adulun cursed.

He waved his long sword again and attacked these special "monsters".

The shadow soldiers were shattered and restored again!

Broken, restored!

Broken, restored!

As a swordsman who once studied in Isshin Dojo, Adulun's swordsmanship is not weak.

But facing these special "monsters" that are almost unkillable, he feels like he is trapped in a quagmire, with a faint sense of powerlessness.

Bang!

A string of blood flowers burst out, and Adulun was besieged by so many shadow soldiers and had no time to dodge, and was directly hit in the arm by the bullet of the flintlock.

Sweat appeared on Adulun's head, and the gunshot wound on his arm told him that he was already at a disadvantage in the battle, and he could not fight anymore and had to evacuate.

Although he was unwilling, Adulun turned around rationally and quickly left the alley.

Seeing this, Coles immediately gave orders to the shadow soldier Atun.

"Hold him!"

"Atun" quickly rushed towards Adulun and blocked his retreat.

Adulun looked at "Atun" who was blocking the way, suppressed his anger, and growled.

"Aton, get out of the way!"

The shadow soldier Aton did not respond. It just followed the summoner's order and blocked the tall and thin pirate from evacuating.

Seeing this, the last hope in Adulun's heart disappeared. He held the long sword in his right hand tightly, used his legs to attack Aton with all his strength.

During the battle, Adulun began to speak.

"Do you know why you always have to be a little bit short of winning every time you fight with me?"

The shadow soldier Aton did not answer.

Adulun did not care that "Aton" would not answer. He waved his sword and talked to himself.

"Is it because you are unlucky? No, the real reason is that when you are training, you always feel that you are almost there, almost there. After so many times, you are already a long way behind me!"

In the alley, Adulun's figure suddenly accelerated, and the long sword in his hand directly cut Aton in half.

Da da da da!

At this time, dense footsteps came from a distance.

Adulun's eyes caught a glimpse of the navy coming from afar. He knew he couldn't stay any longer, so he left quickly after whispering a few words.

"Sorry, I'll tell you this after you die!"

After Adulun's figure disappeared, the shadow soldier Atun also recovered quickly on the spot, but after losing the target, it just stayed there quietly.

And Coles breathed a sigh of relief.

Although he failed to keep the pirate Adulun, he was finally out of danger now.

After the navy arrived, Coles also took back his shadow fruit ability, and the shadow soldiers merged into his shadow and disappeared.