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Of course.

From any perspective, air raids are an excellent and foolproof strategy.

Everyone knows that the Four Seas Alliance has many merfolk warriors, so a direct sea attack would undoubtedly give the Four Seas Alliance an opportunity to prepare in advance.

In that case, an attack from the air shouldn't be detected!

……

Is this really the case?

Absolutely not!

The reach of the Four Seas Alliance extends far beyond the sea surface.

In the air, there is also an air force led by the Sky Islander "Habu"!

They had been waiting in the skies over Alabasta for quite some time.

However, due to reasons such as the extreme difficulty of training, the number of personnel in the Four Seas Alliance air force is small, far from enough to cover the entire airspace of Alabasta.

But under Hab's control, this air force has gained extremely strong support capabilities, enough to reach all parts of Alabasta at top speed!

……

Now, long before the Queen Mother Anthem descended from the sky to the waters near the Fishman Village, Habu was already carrying the mobile force toward this place.

When the old woman officially appeared, the Legion of Abandoned Ones, led by the quack doctor Hiluluk, also finally made their official appearance in the Fishman Village!

They stood on the shore, facing the pirate crew that bore the name of the "Four Emperors"!

[Quack Doctor] Hiluluk straightened his posture and smiled:

"Eating too much candy isn't good for your health, ma'am..."

……

That was in the future, the Legion of the Forsaken, known to the world as the "strongest legion on earth".

Now, the "future" has officially begun.

Faced with the baptism of the Big Mom Pirates, the Forsaken Legion took their first step...

[Chapter 256. The Birth of the Legion]

It was an "elegant" posture that didn't quite match her appearance—

A crystal demon dressed in a tuxedo and wearing a tattered suit hat removed his hat and then gave an elegant bow.

"Eating too much candy isn't good for your health, ma'am..."

Hiluluk smiled.

……

Crystal Ghost Virus —

This is a very special virus created by scientist Caesar Courland by combining the discarded scientific research results of the world's number one scientist, Vegapunk, with his own Gas Fruit.

This virus can spread rapidly through blood contact.

Years later, Quinn, the Plague, also developed a similar virus, which he named the "Ice Demon Virus".

However, the Ice Ghost Virus and the Crystal Ghost Virus are not exactly the same.

Those infected by the Crystal Demon Virus will have countless hard crystal solids grow on their body surface, resembling an indestructible crystal armor.

The infected person will also become extremely aggressive due to the characteristics of this virus, and their physical functions will increase significantly, making them resemble a ferocious crystal demon!

Caesar and Doflamingo released the virus into the Kingdom of Aden in the North Blue, using the fabricated infectious disease "Platinum Lead Disease" as a pretext to set up a series of traps for the Four Seas Alliance.

The goal was to obtain the crucial surgical result and to secure a place for Donquixote Doflamingo as one of the Seven Warlords of the Sea.

Ultimately, however, with the intervention of the Four Seas Alliance, Caesar Clown and Donquixote Doflamingo were arrested, and the Donquixote Family was defeated.

However, as with all wars, this is the outcome.

Even though the two sides have stopped fighting, the "traces" they left behind can never be easily erased.

The Crystal Demon virus remained in the Kingdom of Aden.

Although the "core crystal" that Caesar used to control the Crystal Ghost virus infected has shattered, those Crystal Ghost virus infected who had gone mad have regained their consciousness.

At the same time, due to the disappearance of the core crystal of the Crystal Ghost Virus, the Crystal Ghost Virus itself also lost its activity and no longer had that terrible infectiousness that would cause infection upon contact.

However, those infected with the Crystal Demon virus were never able to recover.

Their bodies were still covered with that hard, solid crystal.

Although the Crystal Ghost Virus has lost its ability to become extremely active due to the loss of its core crystal, causing the crystals on the surface of these infected individuals to shrink slightly.

Even so, those "land bombed by artillery fire" cannot be easily restored.

The land is like this, and so are those infected.

The solid crystals on their bodies could not be removed; they had penetrated deep into their bodies and eventually become part of them.

Fortunately, without the core crystal, these crystals will no longer further erode the infected's bodies, nor will they pose a threat to their lives.

Fortunately, the Crystal Ghost virus continues to amplify the bodies of those infected, and they still possess superhuman physical abilities.

However, for the quack doctor Hiruluk himself, the "luck" regarding the Crystal Demon virus was far more than that.

Due to the invasion of the Crystal Demon virus, the lesions inside Hiruluk's body were also eroded.

Afterwards, the Crystal Ghost Virus lost its ability to activate, but the eroded lesions were completely replaced by the Crystal Ghost Virus, perfectly maintaining the original bodily functions!

In other words, the terminal illness in Hiluluk's body was accidentally cured by the Crystal Ghost Virus!

This was a possibility that even Dr. Kureha had never imagined.

Moreover, not only Hiruluk, but the vast majority of "patients" infected with the Crystal Demon virus successfully treated their illness.

Even those few who were not completely cured experienced significant relief and had no problems with their daily lives.

……

"Coincidence? Or fate?"

"No...none of those are..."

"It should be said... that it's the duality of things, it perfectly defies common sense..."

Kureha remarked this after examining Hiruluk's body.

……

In short, the terminal illness that had threatened Hiruluk's life at any moment had been completely eradicated.

Those infected with the Crystal Ghost virus call themselves "the Abandoners".

Driven by the Four Seas Alliance, the infected who voluntarily joined the Four Seas Alliance were united, and the Legion of the Forsaken of the Four Seas Alliance was thus established.

Furthermore, due to the active role played by the quack doctor Hiruluk in the Kingdom of Aden, the people of the Forsaken held this doctor wearing a tattered top hat in high esteem and regarded him as their leader.

Hiluluk was very troubled by this.

He was originally a "doctor" and knew nothing about things like leading troops into battle.

Rowan was happy to see this, and he also comforted Hiluluk.

"Just follow your heart when necessary."

Rowan grinned. "Just like you said, believe in 'miracles'!"

……

After some time, Hiruluk had become the spiritual leader and de facto leader of the Forsaken Legion.

that's true.

After all, strictly speaking, although the Legion of the Forsaken is an incredibly powerful force, the vast majority of its members are ordinary residents of the Kingdom of Aden.

Although some of them were soldiers from the Kingdom of Aden, the Kingdom of Aden was ultimately a small country that was not valued by the World Government.

Let alone "war", there is very little friction even with pirates!

Therefore, these abandoned individuals, who possess immense power, do indeed need a "guide".

Hiluluk is very suitable for this position.

The person who guides the abandoned need not have great power, but they do need a strong heart.

He cannot be controlled by his own powerful strength; on the contrary, he must rely on his inner strength to control that powerful strength!

This is the "miracle" power possessed by the quack doctor Hiruluk!

……

Besides that, there's one more thing.

It wasn't important, but Rowan was very concerned about it.

Not long ago, Hiluluk returned to Drum Island.

There, he encountered the legendary "Snow Man" of Drum Island.

Despite being called a snowman, he is actually just a reindeer with a blue nose who ate a Zoan-type Human-Human Fruit and took on a human form.

That reindeer is named "Tony Tony Chopper"!

No one else knew what had happened between Hiruluk and the raccoon-like reindeer.

In any case, Hiluluk adopted him.

……

In Hiluluk's words, that is—

"Hahaha, what does it matter? We're all 'monsters'!"

An abandoned person infected with the Crystal Demon Virus, and a reindeer that ate a Devil Fruit...

Indeed, both of them are "monsters".

……

At this moment, facing the Big Mom Pirates, Chopper also stayed by Hiluluk's side.