One Piece: Gold And Fire

His attacks weren't working, it was clear to him, though he was able to damage the armour with his quick draw technique but that attack too wasn't enough.

No matter how hard Ragna slashed, punched, or kicked, Krieg's golden armor absorbed everything. He secretly started to feel that that wasn't gold but Vibranium.

Meanwhile, Krieg barely looked tired, he was looking for the worst due to his damaged armour but beside that he wasn't in that bad of a situation like Ragna.

"Brat, do you know how much money it took, how much gold it took, how much time it took to gather the said gold to build this armour. Don't think your death will be easy after what you have done," Krieg sneered. "You will pay for this, you'll be begging for death after I'm done with you!"

Ragna didn't reply, he was too busy catching up with his breath. There was a reason why Krieg's armour was damaged so badly after all, Ragna was going full out to break that armour of his or cut it but nothing he did worked.

"We'll see," he said and dashed forward, blade flashing, aiming for the gaps in the armor. But before he could strike, Krieg raised his massive arm and fired another round of bullets from his wrist-mounted gun. Ragna barely managed to dodge, rolling to the side. But Krieg didn't stop. He pressed a button, and hidden compartments on his armour opened up, launching tiny missiles.

Boom!

Explosions erupted around Ragna, sending shockwaves through the battlefield. He jumped back, but shrapnel cut into his arm and leg, causing him to stumble. Krieg used the opportunity to pull out a large steel spear and charged at him.

Clang!

Ragna blocked with his sword, but the force sent him skidding backwards. Blood dripped from multiple wounds, and his body ached.

That armour was more trouble than he thought it would be. Not only it was extraordinarily tough but at the same time it had many weapons which Ragna had to look out for.

From guns to missiles, krieg almost seems to have everything install in that armour.

'At this point why not just name yourself Don Stark...'

"Tired already?" Krieg taunted. "This is why you can't beat me. I have the strongest weapons, the strongest armour! You're nothing but a fool who thought he could win with just his fists and a sword!"

Ragna was huffing hard at this point, his stamina was getting drained the more he kept on fighting. He knew he couldn't keep dodging forever. His body was reaching its limit.

"I either have to run away or do something about that armour of his if I wish to beat him." Ragna muttered to himself seeing the tattered gold armour with irritation. Even after being in that kind of state, it kept on Krieg's body, clinging to him and protecting him.

'How the hell even gold suppose to be that dense and strong in the first place, ain't gold suppose to be a soft metal.' at this point Ragna's mind was coming up with all sorts of nonsense because he didn't wanted to accept the situation.

But then suddenly like a bulb lit up inside him, his mind came back to focus and with that came a wild idea in his head.

"God damn, that's almost suicide, but what other choice I have." Ragna gritted his teeth and after making his mind regarding something he sprinted forward at full speed.

Krieg laughed. "Hahahaha....You still wanna fight, find come on you are just seeking your own dead!" He shouted and at this time Krieg open all hidden sections of his armour, from those sections came out missiles, Guns, Bombs and so on.

But Ragna didn't stop. He kept on running.

"DIE..." Shouted Krieg and a loud sound came, when all those weapons exploded right at when Ragna was almost a hairs length from Krieg.

*BOOM.

The explosion shook the entire place, the sound was enough to deaf Krieg for few second.

His eyes blured, as the dark smoke of the explosion covered his vision. And though he might not be able to see Ragna but he didn't care, he didn't doubt for a second that his attack didn't worked.

'There is no one who could avoid that attack.' At least that what he thought.

And to some degree he was right. By the time the black smoke disperse, he could see Ragna lying down, almost unconsious while smoke still coming out of his upper body.

Anyone could have thought that he has lost his entire upper body by seeing this scene while the black smoke was still emiting from his upper half.

"Hahahaha... serves you right. Do you really think that you could beat me. Brat, you overestimate yourself too much.

I'm the overlord of the east blue, I hold the grant fleet of pirates here. Don Krieg is no a name the likes of you could take down so easily." Krieg shouted and laugh seeing Ragna down.

However, that's when he realized after the short term dopamine of winning was over. He realized that he was a lot lighter suddenly.

And he was suddenly feeling a lot breezy?

Looking down his eyes went wide.

"What...?"

He saw he was completely bare chest right now.

"Where is my armour?

[Ding... System requirement completed.]

[System Collected Gold Worth 10 Million Belli]

[Congratulation Host On Activating The System]

One after another the notification rang in Ragna's ears and the boy didn't remember having a bigger smile on his face outside playing with his mother's ti..."Cough Cough..."

Black smoke gust out of Ragna mouth with blood. His entire body was charcoaled and blood was flowing out from almost everywhere.

Many of his rips were broken his skins was ruptured.

However, he still smiled, a big smile on his face as he struggled to get up.

"A saying is that a good workman never blames his tools. Tell me O so great pirate captain, now that your armour his gone, what you gonna dooooo." Ragna let out a loud roar as he rushed at Krieg, not giving him any time.

Even after being badly injuired, he pushed his body and tangle Krieg in another fight.

Krieg was still delving at the lost of his armour, anger and and a sense of lost was building inside him. That was his favourite armour, not to mention it was very expensive to made. Not only gold but all the weapon he put in the armour.

So, when Krieg heard Ragna's voice, he was startled, he was sure that he hit the boy with his strongest weapons. There is no way that he would survive that attack.

However, until he comes to accept the fact that Ragna wasn't down and his armour was gone, it was already too late to react to Ragna charging at him.

Ragna's was already on top on him with only his fist drawn. He had no idea where his sword when after that explosion. Not having time to get it he decided to handle the matter the old school way.

*Bam....

A sound of fist hitting the flesh came, and Krieg was thrown back. However, there wasn't much power in the punch due to Ragna's injuries.

"Tsh, Just like an insect, hard to kill," Krieg sneered.

"But how long do you think you can last with those injuries."

Ragna didn't respond, he was in no condition to respond, panting heavily he was just happy that he was able to concentrate without losing consciousness right now.

He rushed forward by sheer willpower, throwing a powerful punch straight at Krieg's face. Krieg blocked it with his forearm, but Ragna followed up with a knee to his ribs. Krieg grunted but quickly countered with a heavy punch to Ragna's already injured shoulder.

Ragna staggered back, biting his lip to ignore the pain. He charged again though, trading blow for blow with Krieg was his last option with his condition if only he had his weapon right now. But again, a good workman doesn't complain about his tools.

Krieg gritted his teeth and shifted his attacks. He struck Ragna's injured ribs intentionally, making him cough up more blood.

"Ahhhh..." Pain shot through Ragna's body.

"You have his pirate flag, tell me kid, where is that bastard Golden Hook."

"AHhh."Ragna grunted as Krieg put more pressure on his wounds.

Ragna tried to fight back, but his body was slowing down.

Then—bam!

Krieg landed a brutal punch to Ragna's stomach, sending him flying. Ragna crashed to the ground, gasping for air.

"Tell me and I might let you die peacefully." Krieg.

Ragna grunted to himself, his body getting heavy and strength finally leaving him.

However, just as he thought that this was his loss and his journey was about to end here, he noticed something pointy under him.

Krieg marched forward. "What do you prefer, losing your hand or leg, where would you want me to start your torture from ?"

Ragna stayed still, not moving.

Then, just as Krieg raised his fist, Ragna grabbed the pointy thing which was his sword which he lost in the explosion, and slashed upward with all his remaining strength.

"UNSHETHE..."

And that was the last thing he could do before felt his mind go blank and he fell down unconscious.

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