East Blue…Rare Animal…
Now after falling from the sky Luffy who was covered with blood woke up when he inhales the scent of the roasted meat in his nose and because of his hunger without thinking much he stood up and started eating the roasted meat not so far from him.
The Sphinx that was using her flame to roast the bird felt someone is eating something and looking at the source of the sound she discovered Luffy eating her roasted bird meat-eating without a care in the world which made her really angry and she screamed angrily at Luffy "Stop eating my meat, you shameless thief. "
"oh, a Lion woman. " Hearing someone calling him a thief Luffy looked at the source to find a Lion with a Woman"s head then not caring about her angry face after smelling the amazing smell of the roasted meat, he continued eating the meat that is in his hand with a satisfied face.
"I said, stop eating. " The Sphinx gave out an enraged roar at Luffy and sent a bright red fireball in his direction with the intent of burning him alive
"Hey, you almost burnt my meat. " Luffy said with an enraged face while escaping from the hot fireball with a hair length distance with much effort.
"You dare... " the Sphinx shouted angrily towards the little thief who not only ate her well-cooked meat but also escaped from one of her strongest a.s.sault easily and with a single move of her wings two wind blades went towards Luffy direction.
Looking at the attack Luffy knew if he continues his dinner he might not be able to escape from the attack that is about to hit him but inside he thought "but I am still hungry" and put the whole meat in his mouth at the same time without caring how big the piece is because his mouth can easily contain it all as it is made of rubber as he is finished putting the meat in his mouth he quickly jumped to the right by avoiding the two wind blades with minor sign of cuts on his legs which did not make him that much hurt and shouted "Alright get ready for interrupting my meal you ugly. "
"Whom do you think you are calling ugly? You thieving b.a.s.t.a.r.d. " The Sphinx shouted with an angry face while breathing fire with its nose then jumping towards Luffy it tried to give a strong slap on his face.
Luffy who wasn"t prepared for the fast speed of the Sphinx went flying immediately after receiving such a strong slap without the ability to react towards the nearby tree and crashed into the woods but because of his body construction he didn"t get any broken bones but still felt pain on the place he just got slapped by the strange Lion Woman and standing up commented "So fast. "
Looking at Luffy who seems unharmed from her direct attack made the Sphinx surprised as she commented "It looks like you are stronger than you appear. "
"You are also strong. " Luffy said with a smile then jumping out of the broken tree bubbles he started walking towards the Sphinx thinking with a determined face "If I can"t even defeat an enemy even before officially starting my journey with my own ship then I should just give up on my dream of becoming the Pirate King. "
Looking at how serious Luffy is the Sphinx also understood Luffy is thinking of fighting her as she became even angrier at Luffy and with an enraged shut she jumped at the direction of Luffy after flapping her wings quickly giving a boost to her speed and attacked Luffy in the head sending his head flying in the trees as she commented with a satisfied face looking at the empty shoulder without his head "How disappointing and here I thought he would be better to put up a little bit fight... " before she can finish her words and went back to eat something she heard an annoying voice and asked with a confused face "Huh how can I still his voice even when he is missing his head. "
"That won"t work on me. I am made of rubber. Hehe~" turning her head in the direction of the sound she found Luffy whose head she had sent flying smiling at her with a stretched neck connected to his body and shouting while his head nearing her very quickly "Gum Gum Bazooka. "
Before she could react from the sudden shock of approaching head Luffy gave her a strong headb.u.t.t sending her to crash in a bolder in the middle of the forest with no way to resist.
Boom~
"What are you? " The Sphinx said with a confused face from the rubble while standing up and looking at Luffy whose head is back on his shoulder with no visible injuries.
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When Nami and Zoro heard Reo explaining about the creature Luffy is fighting they got really curious as they had never seen or heard about something with half-human and half-animal much less seen in their life.
As they neared the battle sight the sound of their fight arrives to be even more instance and louder which made them feel even more excited when they saw something coming near them with high speed.
Looking at the fast black shadow Reo hurriedly jumped to catch it and said with a serious face looking at it"Are you alright? "
"That Lion-Woman is really strong. " Luffy said with a wide smile while pushing Reo behind and commended while running back to fight more "Don"t do any entafearing I want to defeat her by myself. "
"Was that Luffy just now? " Nami asked looking at Luffy"s back as she wasn"t able to see him because of how fast he left them.
"It can even give Luffy such a tough time. I also want to give it a shot in the hope of fighting and finding if I can defeat it. " Zoro said with full battle intent.
"Don"t b.u.t.t in unless Luffy needs our help to subdue it? " Reo said with a serious face while putting his hand in front of Zoro to stop him from joining the fight.
"Cha~ " clicking his tough Zoro replied with a satisfying face "I know. "
"Are you sure it is alright to not join him after all if Luffy gets defeated even with his strange power how will we be able to fight against that thing? " Nami asked with a serious face.
"Don"t worry we if we can"t defeat it we will flee from here. " Reo replied with a rea.s.suring face but inside "If I really get defeated by such a weak creature than I should give up on my dream of World Reformation right here and now"
"Alright that sounds like a plan"