Transcended as Lord Buggy-Part 1

14. Buggy vs Bass

Buggy, Jimmy & Burton are now facing the Pirate Captain & Vice-Captain. The Captain's name is 'Black Skull' Bass, and the Vice-Captain is Bill the 'Lumberjack'. Strange epithet, but it's not that important.

Bill take out an axe from his back, and it's an axe for cutting tree, no wonder they call him lumberjack. Then Bass suddenly surrounded by black aura, and 5 beast skulls that covered by black aura appear around him.

"What's this? Sorcery?"-Jimmy

"It's devil fruit, but i don't know what devil fruit. Looking from the appearance, it seem to be Paramecia."-Bugg

'Hmm, i don't know there is a pirate crew with 2 devil fruits from East Blue like this. Also, judging from their strength just now, they're strong enough to sail on Grandline. Well, maybe they couldn't survive before the series start, so they're not recorded. Or maybe, my existence in here change a lot of things?'-Buggy

"You guys take care of the Vice-Captain, i will take care of the Captain."-Buggy

""Alright.""-Jimmy & Burton

The enemies also seem to have the same thinking with them. They immediately split and face their own opponents. Buggy use his observation haki and prepare his swords to fight. He doesn't know what those skulls can do, so he need to be careful.

"I've gave you a chance, but you wasted it, so your death is your own fault."-Bass

"Don't talk too big! It will make you look weak."-Buggy grin

Bass get angry and he send his black skulls towars Buggy. Buggy have a bad feeling about this, so he grab an unconscious pirate and throw him toward the beast skulls. The pirate suddenly scream and the beast skulls start to bite and tear him apart, then he die after all his body got torned. The flesh that got teared also start to rot at visible speed.

"Damn, they're wild."-Buggy

"Of course, these are the skulls of 5 strongest beasts in the world that i've defeated. Crocodile, Lion, Tiger, Gorilla, and Jaguar."-Bass seem proud

"The strongest beasts? HAHAHAHA, DUDE, THEY'RE JUST NORMAL BEASTS IN THIS WORLD. You certainly never saw the real beast in this world, huh? You still have a long way to go."-Buggy laugh at Bass's shallow knowledge

"Hmph, no use to talk more."-Bass

Bass send his black skulls to Buggy, and Buggy step back. He need to understand the skulls nature first before he attack. He throw another pirate at the skulls and watch the process intensely when the skulls torn the pirate's body.

Buggy watch as the skulls bite onto the pirate and the black aura around the skulls seep into the wound. Then when the wound start to rot and the flesh break apart. Buggy now seem to understand the power.

'His power is not the skull, but it's that black aura. It's like a curse or flesh decaying power. But it need to get in contact with flesh or blood immediately, so he use beast skulls that have sharp fangs. And it seem to be attracted to flesh, as it kept biting that pirate until he's finished.'-Buggy

Buggy know he need to destroy the skulls first. So Buggy rush to the skulls while carrying a pirate body. When the skulls try to bite him, Buggy use the body as a shield and he grab the skull from behind while it bite the pirate.

Another skull try to bite him, but Buggy immediately split his body and jump back to avoid the bite. Buggy then break the skull on his hand with his sword, and it break easily. The decaying power also seem to affect the skull's durability.

"1 down, 4 to go."-Buggy

Buggy then attack the skulls and he use his observation haki to dodge their bites. Buggy try to grab & hit the skulls, but it's not that easy. Buggy finally catch a skull and he crushed it with his sword hilt.