| abstract | - Anouncer: And now for round two! The Obsidian pirate team, captained by Dimitri Marcellus, vs Zeroth Kelp of the Crimson Pirates! Kelp has so far decimated everyone he faced instantly! Should he do so again, he will be against his own captain for the position of finalist. Byrn: Save some for me captain. You can have the final. Dimitri: aww.. ok. Make it quick. Byrn: two minutes at the most. I guarantee it. Byrn: hmmph. Not bad. Kelp: Will you not draw a weapon? Do you intend to fight? Byrn: No. Kelp: Explain. Byrn: If the intent is only to fight, then the battle would be prolonged unnecessarily. I will fight, but my goal is not battle but victory. I intend to defeat you. Kelp: True. Byrn: I said I’d make this quick. Byrn: Oh... Not now! Kelp: You would have been better off just firing bullets. With my speed and power, I can deflect slow moving objects easily. Byrn: Bullets kill. This is a friendly tournament. Kelp: hmmph. Byrn: And now you decide to work. About time. Kelp: So now you are fighting seriously? I am glad. Kelp: What?! An explosive weapon… Made out of air?! Byrn: one minute, fifty seven seconds. Close. ???: Merde! Byrn: Drunken Devil Monroe? Monroe: You will pay! I’ll cut you down myself! Byrn: I see. I’m afraid I must withdraw for now, although my teammates will be along to deal with you shortly. Monroe: mostra il tuo volto, vigliacco! Sbarazzarsi di quella sciarpa ridicolo! Dimitri: …except it doesn’t always work. Sometimes, like earlier it just stops. So really, marksman’s folly is a good name for it.. Byrn: Your turn George. Shooting him won’t cut it. Marley: Cut eh? Sure, I can cut it. Right now in fact. Why not? Tag bro. Jessica: Hold on….. does he have any weapons? I mean.. well, Monroe is a pirate captain! Dimitri: heh heh don’t worry. In a battle of swordsmen, Marley cannot lose. Jessica: You sound pretty confident.. Dimitri: Of course. Thanks by the way. Jessica: Thanks? Dimitri: for actually worrying. Even if you hate pirates. Jessica: What?! I told you.. I… Dimitri: You…? Jessica: …. I… I’ll make an exception. Anouncer: And so we find ourselves advancing to a semi final match! The team that wins this will be competing as our first finalist! And we face a clash of pirate crews once again! “Drunken Devil” Monroe, undefeated single-handed fighting captain from the Crimson pirates, against the representative of the Obsidian pirates, George Marley! Now begin! Marley: Hey, how come he gets an awesome title and I don’t?! I want to be called something cool! Monroe: Hey! Marley: huh? Monroe: Come meet your fate! Marley: Huh? Sorry, I can’t exactly right now, I gotta try and- Monroe: HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGH! Monroe: I would have thought you at least wounded. Truly you were fortunate! Marley: Nah, I just dodged.. Monroe: Vous excuse présomptueux et ridicule pour un combattant! Marley: uh.. that sounded kinda angry.. Monroe: Enough! Fall or fight! Marley: Devil fruit power. I have a mind-sword. Jessica: I get it. It’s not a real sword, so he can swing it around much faster than Monroe does, as a trade-off for less offensive power. That’s it isn’t it? Dimitri: Yeah, seems so. Of course, it can’t go unmentioned that Monroe’s fighting seems to be all offense as well. Marley: Ain’t no rule I can’t have two swords. Monroe: La tua lotta è puramente inganno! Non hai abilità vero! Lei non potrà mai diventare un grande spadaccino! Ora io vi tagliato! Marley: Ok, I- Monroe: HAAAAA!! Dimitri: Typical. Just as it was getting interesting! Jessica: Is that what you call it?! This is getting out of hand! Byrn: Not yet. Jessica: I’m sorry? Byrn: For all his fooling around, George is a surprisingly skilled swordsman. He picks up on the connections between similar techniques, and finds their weaknesses. And in certain select areas he is very imaginative. Jessica: What do you mean by that? Dimitri: This fight is about to turn ever so slightly more surreal. And then, with perfect timing, Marley literally hurls himself backwards, using the force of a particularly heavy strike from Monroe, and unexpectedly hurtles around in a spiralling circle, recovering from the blow above Monroe, and slightly to one side. The captain realises what has happened just in time to throw himself off balance, getting his swords up to block. The descending strike that follows this odd evasion knocks away Monroe’s straight blade, as well as sending him staggering back a good few paces. Marley: I don’t have to use my swords to hit you directly, you know. Anyway, want to call it a day? Monroe: Zut! Dimitri: you see? He holds off on risky offensive tactics in favour of evasion, in order to improve his ability to counterattack. And because he uses Devil fruit powered swords he.. hang on.. He’s nicked my move! That’s what I did to Nelson! Anouncer: And that’s that, ladies and gentlemen! The first finalist position has been claimed by the Obsidian Pirates! And now there are only two more fights remaining before that. Now for the last Semi-final round. Rachel Cain Vs “Stonewall” Eddie!
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