"BEEOO-BEEOO!"
A loud alarm blares.
Many start to scream.
Some cursing, others reprimanding, while the slaves cried out for freedom.
"Call an Admiral!!"
"Damn it, who is this trash? How dare he attack us, the Tenryuubito?"
However, as desperate as it may seem, reality was the opposite.
In an organized manner, all of Zaydas' clones freed the slaves and led them to a wide area while the Tenryuubito were forced into a separate area.
Even under their reluctance and screams, they had neither the power nor strength to fight back. Even their guards were easily knocked out by Zaydas.
Half of the clones were tasked with saving the slaves and separating the Tenryuubito, while the other half was responsible for stealing everything of value from them.
The Tenryuubito were separated into two groups: the evil ones, and the neutral ones.
For Zaydas, it was easy to distinguish that.
Although confused by this separation, even more outraged, shouting how noble they were and that he couldn't do this to them, Zaydas turned a deaf ear to their cries.
In the area where he had placed all the slaves, he announced: "Hello everyone, I am The Traveler. And, from today onwards, you will no longer be slaves, but free beings!"
With his six pairs of demonic wings, each stretching five meters to each side, curved like the skeletal structure of a wing, he had a white aura surrounding him that made it impossible to look away.
The moment his voice fell, a white light shone upon them all.
It was as if this light were the bridge to paradise. Some even had the illusion that God had come to free them from the suffering of slavery and take them to live in heaven.
The light surrounding them gave them a comforting sensation as all their wounds were healed. Even their torn clothes were restored, their locked chains undone.
At the sound of metal falling to the floor, nearly all of them cried.
When several of them noticed that even the brand marking them as slaves was being erased, their crying grew even louder.
One by one could not hold back their tears.
The long-awaited liberation that seemed like an impossible dream had finally arrived.
And their liberator had the wings of a demon, the face of a God, and a name that sounded more like a title: The Traveler.
"Mari, did the mark really disappear?" A girl around 17 years old asked.
"Yes, sister, it really disappeared!" Mari, with wavy orange hair, replied.
The tallest among them, with a head disproportionate to her body, saw her body shrink and her head return to normal proportions, and said: "Sister, I feel like I lost my Devil Fruit powers...!"
She wasn't the only one—many others who had Devil Fruits found themselves losing their powers.
"It doesn't matter, we don't need those cursed powers!" Boa Hancock said harshly.
Other conversations, not exactly the same, but also about losing their Devil Fruits, were heard.
'An unexpected effect...' Zaydas thought. 'Wait... Did Luffy lose his Devil Fruit then?'
Since he hadn't stayed long, he didn't know what had happened to Luffy after he used the healing ability that simultaneously purified someone's body.
This ability was highly linked to his divinity, something he inherited upon becoming a hero. He hadn't imagined that this ability would identify the Devil Fruit as something harmful and eliminate it.
And the users didn't die because the evil was removed at the root and, at the same time, the users were healed.
The healing he used was strong enough to even heal someone at death's door.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh!"
Meanwhile, on the side of the 'World Nobles', Zaydas' clones began to mark the forehead of everyone who had slaves or had ever enslaved someone. The mark on their foreheads was the same mark they had branded others with. However, there was something special about the mark he made—it was created from his divine power.
Because of this, even if they tried to cover it up, it could still be seen through whatever was used to hide it.
Even if they tried to get a tattoo over it, it would be impossible—there was a magical formation that erased any kind of influence on their foreheads. In other words, the mark would forever be the mark that brought them shame.
That wasn't all—there was a harmful effect: whenever they tried to remove or camouflage the mark in any way, they would feel a colossal pain that would make them wish for death.
"What's happening over there?"
Some grew curious upon hearing the screams, but didn't dare leave that area.
"Attention!" Zaydas suddenly said after finishing healing all of them. "Prepare to be teleported away from this place. And once you leave, I have only one warning: Do not harm one another, even if you are from different races. Otherwise…"
He didn't continue, but his warning couldn't have been clearer.
Without saying another single word, they were surrounded by an invisible force that made them remain motionless.
The next instant, they all vanished.
It was a large number of people, but in the blink of an eye, they simply disappeared.
At the same time, the other 500 clones who had left earlier returned one by one.
Each of them carried giant bags, and soon, the courtyard—left empty by the departure of the ex-slaves—was filled with treasures.
From Zaydas' shadow, a huge wolf emerged. With a single bite, the entire mountain of treasure was swallowed.
There were hundreds of thousands of money notes, as well as all kinds of treasures and Devil Fruits.
With a loud snap that echoed throughout Mary Geoise, Zaydas' voice was heard right after: "I'm back!"
Then, his hand stretched as if made of elastic, using size alteration together with mimicry to make his hand resemble a snake. His hand slithered, entered the castle, grabbed something from a secret area, and pulled it all the way back to him.
"NOOOOO!!"
A furious scream was heard right after, while in Zaydas' hand was a huge straw hat, very similar to Luffy's, being brought to him.
After that, Zaydas began to grow until he was proportional to the hat's size. Placing it on his head, he made his wings disappear while high in the sky, a shadow was seen by everyone.
It was the shadow of a man smiling while wearing a hat.
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