He was completely unaware that the Marine knew his whereabouts and that Kong was on his way to apprehend him.
After all, he hadn't expected there to be a Marine in plain clothes in the tavern.
Although he had no aversion to killing, he wouldn't just kill anyone he saw, which is why this "fish that escaped the net" existed, unknown to him.
Leading to the exposure of his identity.
Most importantly, this plain-clothed Marine held no hostility towards Nox, only deep fear.
Following the map given by the tavern owner, Nox quickly led Karoo into the mountain forest and found the ancient village responsible for sealing the Seven Star Sword.
"Stop, outsiders are not allowed here!"
Before Nox and the others even reached the village entrance, they were blocked by over twenty people armed with swords and flintlock guns.
"Get out of the way, we're here for the Seven Star Sword, don't block the road!"
Karoo, who was walking in front, saw that someone dared to block their path. He immediately charged forward and easily killed the two people at the very front.
"Run!!!"
The remaining people saw how strong Karoo was and turned to run, completely losing their earlier tough demeanor.
"Where is the Seven Star Sword?"
Just then, Nox appeared in front of the group and captured one of them who looked like a Vice Captain.
"I don't know anything about the Seven Star Sword."
The Vice Captain trembled as he was captured by Nox.
"Then, is there any altar or ancient place in this village that you are not allowed to enter?"
Nox continued to ask.
"Yes, there is one..."
"Ah!!!"
However, before he could finish speaking, Nox directly snapped his neck.
"I've found the answer, you can die!!!"
Nox said indifferently after releasing the man's collar.
Compared to what the other person said, he trusted the memories he read using Kenbunshoku Haki more.
He had asked the other person before simply because this method could make the other person recall memories related to this topic in their mind, making it easier for him to read.
Otherwise, with so many and so messy memories, it would be too time and energy-consuming for him to search for each one individually.
According to the Vice Captain's memory, Nox came to the back mountain of this village. This place was a forbidden area within the village, and no one was allowed to enter except for the witch.
"Karoo, you guys stay here and guard this place. Don't let anyone get close!"
Nox said.
"Don't worry, Senior Brother, we'll guard here. No one can disturb you!"
Karoo said confidently.
On this island, the Marine had already been dealt with. The remaining people weren't particularly powerful. With the strength of Karoo and the Senior apprentice brothers, guarding this place was more than enough.
Then Nox took two large wooden barrels and walked towards the back mountain.
On the back mountain of the village, there was a clear pool, which was the Witch's Pool.
Every time she went to perform a sacrifice, the witch would cleanse herself here first to ensure her purity before going to the altar to sacrifice to the gods and pray for protection.
Today, the witch Athena was cleansing her body in the pool as usual, but she didn't expect that suddenly a man would appear at the Witch's Pool.
"Ah!!!!!"
Nox's appearance startled the witch Athena.
"Hmm?"
Nox also didn't expect that in this remote back mountain, there would be a woman taking a bath!
Nox looked down following the scream. The air was filled with the misty steam rising from the water.
Reflecting the shimmering light, in the vast and boundless pool, a flawless figure was fully displayed.
The woman, whose skin was like solidified fat, revealed her delicate collarbone. Her pure white skin was stained with a few drops of water, like a feast of fragrant sweat.
Her face was breathtakingly beautiful, her eyes as clear as a baby's, with a delicate nose and cherry lips, her appearance was charming and full of charm.
Her wet, waist-length blue hair hung down to her waist, with a few strands scattered across her chest, where her proud '兇器' (literally "fierce weapon", a euphemism for breasts) were magnificent, enough to make her unable to see her toes when she looked down!
"You, you turn around quickly!"
Seeing that Nox was staring at her, Athena's face instantly turned red.
More importantly, Nox's position was where she had placed her clothes!
"Are you the witch of this village?"
Instead of turning around, Nox continued to look at her with interest and asked.
"Yes, I am the witch. But, what do you want in return for giving me back my clothes?"
The witch Athena was so ashamed and angry at this moment that she wanted to find a hole in the ground to bury herself. This man was so lewd, he kept staring at her!!!!
"Since you are the witch, that means the Seven Star Sword is nearby, right?"
Nox released his Kenbunshoku Haki, wanting to sense the Seven Star Sword's fierce sword qi, but he couldn't sense anything.
"What? You're looking for the Seven Star Sword!!"
"No, absolutely not. That is a cursed sword. Once the Seven Star Sword appears, it will definitely bring disaster to this World. Kings and many people will die because of it!"
When Athena heard that Nox was looking for the Seven Star Sword, she didn't even bother to cover herself, just wanting to make Nox give up on finding the Seven Star Sword.
"Oh? Many Kings? Many people? How many kingdoms, how many people?"
"You know, before I came here, I personally participated in the destruction of six kingdoms. The number of people who died was at least several million or even tens of millions."
"I heard that the Seven Star Sword used to bring endless disaster and war to this sea area. I just want to know how many millions of people died in the wars brought by the Seven Star Sword back then, were there hundreds of millions?"
Seeing Athena's naive thoughts, Nox became quite interested in her. In this era, such naive and pure-minded women were rare.
"What, destroying kingdoms, tens of millions of people!!!"
"You are a great evil person!!"
"The Seven Star Sword must not fall into your hands!"
Hearing Nox say this, Athena didn't know how to describe his wickedness.
In her understanding, the total population of this island was less than 100,000.
Tens of millions of people, that would be the population of hundreds of islands like theirs combined, yet they died at the hands of this person before her!
How evil must one be to do such a heinous thing.
"Hehe, then you need to have the strength to stop me. In this World, strength is everything."
Nox no longer paid attention to the stunning Athena before him. While searching with Kenbunshoku Haki just now, although he didn't find the Seven Star Sword, he did find a cave.
Nox instantly disappeared from Athena's sight and entered the cave.
Inside the cave, there was nothing but a stone coffin.
This was a stone coffin that had accumulated the marks of time. Even after being washed away by so many years, it still didn't leave any traces.