[One Piece]Nix likes idiots

"I am the master of the labyrinth who ate the fruit of the labyrinth." The master of the labyrinth said proudly, "In the labyrinth world I created, I am the master."

The fierce flames rushed towards the Lord of the Labyrinth. The master of the maze calmly stretched out his left hand and held it in the air, and a circular area with a diameter of about two meters appeared.

All the flames in that area disappeared without a trace, and the remaining flames, even if they outlined the outline of the circle, could no longer cause harm to the Lord of the Labyrinth standing behind the circle, and could only be drawn from his Whistling overhead and beside you.

"How many more times do you want to try?" The master of the maze smiled meaningfully, "I don't mind playing with you anymore, but that beautiful rose will be burned to ashes by your own hands, right?"

Rose equals Nix.

Ace laid out the equation in his head.

But what does it mean to be burned to ashes by his own hands?

The flames on Ace's body wavered unsteadily, and he delayed launching his next attack.

Master of the Labyrinth: "Can I give you a hint? I can create an entrance to the labyrinth anywhere within a certain range."

"Sluggish guy, now let's guess where the flames you attacked me have gone to!" The Lord of the Labyrinth laughed and couldn't wait to reveal the answer to the mystery, "Yes, I transferred them all to the labyrinth! That's it! The maze where your comrades are imprisoned!”

"All your attacks fell on that woman!"

Ace gritted his teeth and the flames burned even more intensely.

"Liar...!"

He rushed to the Lord of the Labyrinth with the acceleration of the flames, but his raised fists no longer contained flames.

The Lord of the Labyrinth smiled slightly, held his left hand in the air, and appeared a few meters behind Ace in the blink of an eye, avoiding Ace's close attack.

"Don't you believe this?" The master of the maze rubbed the maze model in his hand, "otherwise, why don't you continue to attack me with your proud flames?"

Ace: "Shut up..."

"Do you know?" The eyes of the Master of the Labyrinth were filled with twisted desire, "The man wearing the mask should have realized who the flame that engulfed the rose belonged to."

"Do you think that in his mind, you are still his beloved captain?"

Ace: "I told you to shut up!"

Even though there wasn't a single scratch on his body, Ace felt as if he was about to be crushed by pain.

But the master of the labyrinth wanted to add the last straw.

"Portcas D. Ace..."

The Master of the Labyrinth called out Ace's full name with deep malice.

"How does it feel to kill the crew with your own hands?"

"..." A slightly hoarse female voice suddenly came out from the communication phone that had not seen any movement for a long time, "How does it feel?"

One sentence caused completely different reactions from the two people present.

Ace rushed to the side of the phone bug and held the conversation device firmly in his hand: "Nix, are you okay?"

After the master of the maze focused his consciousness on the maze, the expression on his face became even more gloomy: "How can you still be alive!"

When the flames bombarded the ring, the woman was still on the ring. She should have been reduced to ashes along with that traitor!

"Don't worry, you're still alive." Nyx's voice seemed to be suppressing something, "Ace, listen to me first."

"You say it, and I'll listen." Ace held the phone bug to avoid the maze master's furious attack, and didn't notice the strangeness in her voice.

Nyx: "The Lord of the Labyrinth likes to play with people's hearts. Don't listen to any of his words."

Ace pushed his hat down: "Yeah."

Nyx: "The people who were taken away are all here with me. I will ensure their safety. You don't have to worry."

Ace: "Yeah, I know."

Nyx: "Ace."

Ace: "Huh?"

Nyx: "Do you believe me?"

Ace: "I believe you."

Nyx laughed softly.

And the Master of the Labyrinth felt a surge of anger at being despised.

"Okay, very good!" The master of the maze held the maze with his right hand and made a fist with his left hand at the same time. "Then, you can go to hell with trust!"

Almost at the same time, the phone buzzed from the other side, and in the background were the exclamations of Deus and the others.

Nyx: "Ace!"

Needless to say, Ace had already rushed forward and waved his fist at the Lord of the Labyrinth.

The master of the labyrinth was forced to stop destroying the labyrinth and used his ability to move to another place.

Nyx's voice: "Then, there is only one thing you have to do now."

Ace: "I know."

Nyx: "It doesn't matter if you use your abilities."

Ace: "Ah..."

Nyx: "Let's talk about the rest after we get out."

Ace: "Okay."

The phone bug closed his eyes after making a clicking sound.

-

In the maze, Nyx hung up the phone and started coughing violently, covering her mouth.

She sat weakly in the middle of the ruins of the arena, and Nia began to squat on her shoulders at some point. The hood of the cloak was lifted behind her in the explosion. Nyx's face exposed to the air was covered in blood, but she was still smiling.

Deus stepped forward to check her injuries while cursing: "You are still talking about ensuring our safety, you should take care of yourself first!"

"I know my body well." Nyx stood up and waved her hand to stop Deus' rescue, "I can't die."

She wiped away the blood that had just spilled from the corner of her mouth, took out her wand and used a cleaning spell on herself.

The blood faded from her face, and only her face, which was paler than usual, silently told her poor physical condition.

Deus: "But just now——"

"Nothing happened just now." Nyx put her hood back on, "Isn't it?"

Deus was silent for a few seconds: "How are you going to explain your injuries to him?"

"Of course it's the Master of the Labyrinth's fault." Nyx pointed to the group of people opposite, "And they beat me."

When the fighting factions who were surrounding in a protective posture heard this, the originally tangled expressions on their faces suddenly became enlightened, and they stared more fiercely at the trembling enemies on the opposite side: "You actually let Nyx get injured? !”

The enemy on the opposite side was in tears.

It's obviously them who are injured, right? Who has ever hit that monster-like woman?

The maze was shaken again. The cadre who had just been protected by Nyx jumped out and shouted hurriedly: "Brother Ace's friends, we have to get out of here quickly!"

The former attacker ran over with the still unconscious boy on his back and urged him together: "The master of the maze must be planning to destroy this maze!"

Deus made a quick decision: "Let's go!"

"No...don't leave!" The few remaining enemies stood in front of them with weapons raised.

Nyx said in a deep voice: "Do you really want to be buried with us?"

The enemies hesitated, then quickly remembered something and changed their expressions: "But after we get out, the Lord of the Labyrinth will not let us defectors go!"

Nyx: "What if we can defeat him?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the entire maze shook even more violently, and black cracks appeared on the ground and walls. The spatial fluctuations coming from the crack made Nyx's expression change.

"Avoid those black cracks!" Nyx reminded everyone sternly, taking another step forward and pointing her wand at the enemy, "Get away, or die!"

Nix's momentum at this moment is even more terrifying than in the ring. On her shoulder, the black cat nugget slightly arched its back and exposed its fangs, uttering a silent threat to them.

The Labyrinth Pirates quickly turned around and fled towards the exit.

"go!"

Everyone in the Spade Pirates also ran towards the only exit without stopping.

The vibrations of the maze occasionally stop, but each vibration accelerates the collapse of the maze. There were more and more black cracks, and Nyx's thoughts became more and more confusing.

Painful memories of being forced to travel between time and space flooded her mind, and Nyx realized she had never reconciled with those special five years.

With expectations and hopes, I embarked on the journey home with all my might, but kept losing my way. I don't know the time, I don't know where I came from, I don't know where I'm going, I don't know where I'm going, dragging my bruised body and exhausted soul through the extremely dangerous cracks in time and space, moving forward as if there is no end.

Maybe those five years gave her more power than ordinary people. Maybe those five years made her understand the world better than when she couldn't express herself. Maybe the goodwill and blessings she received in those five years were also important in her life. support and memories.

But when Nyx felt the fluctuations caused by the collapse of space again after many years, her heart was still filled with fear.

No one noticed anything strange about Nyx.

She looked extremely calm. While pulling his companions who accidentally approached the crack to a safe place, he cleared the obstacles on the road. He also threw the slow-running Deus onto the shoulders of the martial arts faction, and even laughed at the way Deus covered his face with his hands.

No one noticed that her heart was in a mess.

Nyx gradually fell to the back of the team.

She lifted her hood and watched as one after another her companions rushed into the exit emitting dazzling white light, but she slowed down her steps hesitantly.

Where does this door lead to?

After passing through it, where will you end up?

Will we arrive in a strange world again?

Does she still have the courage to embark on the journey again?

-

Outside the maze, Ace is still entangled with the master of the maze.

The Master of the Labyrinth was unable to cause harm to the natural-type Ace, and Ace was concerned about his partners in the labyrinth, so he had nothing to do against the Master of the Labyrinth for the time being.

Suddenly, the maze model in the master's hand broke free from the master's control and flew into the air.

The master of the maze tried to snatch back the maze model floating in the air, but Ace quickly stopped him with his quick eyes and hands.

The maze model that had not been transformed by the maze master in time began to light up with a dazzling white light, and then vomited people out.

The spit-out mini-human beings the size of beans gradually returned to their normal human size in the air.

The guy who came out first didn't have time to be happy for long before he was knocked unconscious by the next person who came out. The clever guy adjusted his landing position in mid-air, or rolled out of his original position. The slow-responsive guy could only play Jenga one after another.

The deserters of the Labyrinth Pirates and the crew of the Spade Pirates were piled on top of each other without distinguishing between friend and foe.

Because Deus was carried out on his shoulders, his landing point was different from others from the beginning. At this moment, he was standing next to Jenga, counting people with a frown on his face.

"One, two, three, four, five, six..." Deus finally pointed to himself, "Seven."

One person is missing.

Deus looked around and couldn't find the figure he expected to see.

The speed at which the maze model spits out people has slowed down.

The last two people to come out were the original two attackers. The adult attacker had worked underground for a long time, was weak due to malnutrition, and was carrying an unconscious teenager on his back, so naturally he ran the slowest.

After these two people came out, the light of the maze model went out and fell from the sky.

"Have you seen Nyx?" Deus ran forward and asked.

The man who was putting the boy down on his back was stunned for a moment: "She hasn't come out yet?"

Deus: "No."

The man thought about it carefully, and his original puzzled expression turned into very worried one.

Deus: "What's wrong?"

The man breathed out: "When I ran out, I passed her."

Deus: "...passing by?"

Man: "Yes, she ran very slowly, almost walking away. I felt strange at that time and looked back at her, wondering if she was tired and whether I should give her a hand."

Man: "But she smiled at me, and then waved the small wooden stick in her hand. I felt my body became very light, and I rushed out in one breath."

Man: "Now that I think about it... I've actually seen a similar smile."

A long time ago, he and his companions explored the exit of the maze. But they walked for a long time, and finally turned back to the starting point where the mark was left.

At that time, his companion also showed the same smile.

His companion said, "I'm tired and I won't leave. You can go by yourself."

Man: "If she was in the same mental state as my companion at that time..."

Deus thought of Nyx's behavior after entering the maze, cursed in his mind, turned around and ran to Ace: "Ace, Nyx is still in the maze! Her condition may not be right!"

Ace: "What?!"

His fighting movements stalled.

The master of the labyrinth, who also heard the news, took the opportunity to move to the side of the labyrinth model and hold it with his right hand again.

His consciousness sank into the maze to explore, and when he saw Nyx stopped at the exit of the maze, he couldn't help laughing wildly.

"Beautiful rose, are you really reluctant to let me go?" The master of the maze held the maze ecstatically, "I know, I know, you should belong to me!"

Ace didn't say anything, and quickly transformed into flames and attacked the Lord of the Labyrinth.

The Lord of the Labyrinth held his left hand in mid-air: "You haven't learned enough lessons yet!"

A circular entrance is generated in front of the Lord of the Labyrinth.

Ace, who was supposed to attack, showed a smile of success. He used the flames to accelerate again and rushed into the entrance of the maze.

"Ha... How could there be such a stupid guy!" The master of the maze didn't know what kind of expression to show, "He actually jumped into my maze twice?"

Swish.

A long knife struck at the Lord of the Labyrinth. He narrowly avoided the blow by using his abilities.

Before he could stand still, another bullet shot through the air.

Deus moved his wrist: "Hey, Lord of the Labyrinth, have you forgotten our existence?"

The master of the labyrinth of the six fighting parties, which barely consumed their physical strength, stared at him with eager eyes.

"Brothers, come on!" Deus ordered, "Get that thing back! Don't let him disturb Ace!"

The martial arts factions, whose hands had been itching for a long time, roared and rushed forward.

-

The only person left awake in the maze was Nyx.

She knew she should go out quickly, but she couldn't move.

Nia, crouched on her shoulders, almost blended into the dim maze. The black color on its body is darker and darker, while the silvery white part becomes darker and darker.

Nyx thought back to the "roads" she had walked between the two worlds.

To the left was darkness. The right side was also pitch black. It was also dark behind him.

There is only a door of light in front of you, very close at hand.

But she ran after the door for a long time, and it still stood within easy reach of her.

So close yet so far away.

Now, the light of the exit right in front of her was so dazzling that she was about to burst into tears, but she still had to go -

There were hurried footsteps behind me. Then, a pair of hot hands picked her up without any explanation and took her out of the darkness that restrained her.

The moment she passed through the light door, Nyx shed tears.

-

Ace held Nyx and landed steadily.

"Really. There are only two steps left, why are you dazed?"

In order to express his worry and indignation, Ace, who was unable to take action, hit Nyx's forehead with his head.

Nyx, who had not yet come to her senses, stretched out her hands to cover her painful forehead, with tears still in her eyes.

Ace was frightened by her appearance. The last time he saw Nyx cry was six or seven years ago, on the day they parted.

Ace: "What's wrong, don't cry! Didn't I just hit you?"

Nyx didn't speak, she just kept looking at him blankly, tears continuing to fall.

"Uh-huh, does it really hurt that much?" Ace was so frantic that he wanted to hold his head, but he was still holding Nyx in his hand, "The worst case scenario is that I'll knock you back!"

Nyx opened her mouth: "I..."

"Boss, be careful!" The crew members' exclamations covered Nyx's voice.

At the same time, the Master of the Labyrinth raised his knife and rushed towards the two of them.

"Rose...my rose!" The master of the labyrinth's tone was filled with the hatred of asking for and getting nothing, "Why do you want to take away my rose!"

Ace held Nyx and nimbly dodged the maze lord's attack.

"It's so noisy, what's your rose?" Ace yelled the rest of the sentence to the Lord of the Labyrinth without thinking, "This is my rose!"

"Mine!" Ace emphasized again confidently.

Nyx's hands that were covering her forehead slid down to cover her face.