Conqueror of All 24 A long forgotten pas

"If you had stayed silent, you might have lived for slightly longer…" Izan sneered as he swiped his scythe towards Blackbeard so fast that no other than Jiutian were able to see it.

Blackbeard's body was sent crashing backwards with a bloody body. "Damn it hurts!!" Blackbeard roared out as he felt his whole body being burned by the mark the scythe left.

The moment Blackbeard gazed down on his body, he felt shocked by the sight of his own blood. "How???" Blackbeard roared out as a black aura gushed out of his body.

Izan walked forward, stepping inside the black aura which Blackbeard was releasing. Izan's body wasn't affected by Blackbeard's Devil Fruit as he didn't possess any Devil Fruit and his body and scythe was a perfect counter against Devil Fruits.

With a flicker of his hand, Izan swiped his scythe towards Blackbeard once again.

A clash between Blackbeard's Devil fruit and Izan's scythe ruptured everything near them.

"Humph!" Izan sneered as he forced more strength into his right hand as he pushed Blackbeard further back.

Izan was about to raise his scythe again, but Jiutian suddenly appeared in front of him with a frown on her face. Izan felt confused, but he lowered his scythe. "What?"

"Retreat!" Blackbeard roared out when he saw that someone was blocking Izan. He had understood from their previous clash that Izan was much stronger than himself and his own Devil Fruit couldn't harm Izan at all.

With Blackbeard's shout, every member of the Blackbeard Pirates ran away.

It didn't take long before Nojiko and Robin went towards Izan and Jiutian. They did also notice that Izan had changed in some way, but they couldn't say how he had changed.

"Izan. Are you not being able to remember?" Jiutian asked in a low voice as she stared into Izan's jet-black eyes.

Izan was about to ask 'remember what?', but Izan didn't need to ask that, because he felt that he was slowly forgetting more and more things. Izan slowly nodded his head as he answered. "I am having trouble remembering the things which happened before I met you."

Jiutian closed her eyes and stayed quiet. Nojiko and Robin both knew about Izan's past from Jiutian, therefore they were both surprised by that Izan was slowly forgetting about it.

"Jiutian, is it something dangerous…?" Robin asked in a low voice as she couldn't help but be worried about Izan.

Even Nojiko was about to ask as she could feel her heart tightening at the thought of Izan forgetting who he was. 'Why does Izan have to undergo these many challenges in his lives?' Nojiko could feel tears emerging from the corner of her eyes, but she suppressed them by force.

A sigh escaped Jiutian's mouth as she slowly opened her mouth. "It might appear that it is a bad thing at first. But, this is important for Izan." Jiutian smiled faintly as she gazed upon Izan. "Izan, I can't tell you more than this, or else it would be a hinderance."

Izan furrowed his eyebrows at the thought of someone that was his follower would say that. But, he unconsciously nodded and spoke. "I don't mind, I trust you. When the time comes, I hope that you won't hold back any details."

Jiutian nodded in return as she knew what Izan was thinking just from the expression on his face. 'At least he is able to focus and hold himself in reign. As long as Izan is able to do this, there won't be any problems…' Jiutian went silent for a good while before asking one more question. "Do you want me to tell them?"

Izan was able to see that Jiutian was glancing at both Nojiko and Robin. A relaxed smile appeared on Izan's face as he said. "Of course. Just remember not to tell me, hahaha." Izan laughed as his emotions calmed down.

"Now, you three can talk. There is still something I need to do." After Izan said that, he spun around his scythe in his hands as he walked further inside the town.

"Jiutian, will you tell us what that was about? If Izan is in a dangerous situation, I would like to know if I can do anything to help." Nojiko was the first one to speak after Izan vanished from their sights.

Robin nodded when she heard Nojiko say that. "I will do anything if it would help Izan."

Jiutian's eyes squinted when she heard them say that. Jiutian stared at the two of them before saying in a serious tone. "As you might know, Izan has died twice before, and this is his third life."

Both Nojiko and Robin nodded as Jiutian had explained some details about Izan.

"After his every death, he seemed to have forgotten about his previous life. But, it seems like Izan's soul is wishing to turn Izan into what he was previously." Jiutian kept speaking with a serious tone as she gazed at both Robin's and Nojiko's expressions.

"Into what he used to be?" Nojiko asked in a low voice as she lowered her head.

"You might not have known this. But, Izan's destiny in his first life was to become the strongest. He placed nothing in his eyes as he swept through the universe with his empowering strength and rule. All of Izan's enemies who was in his path would tremble, while all of Izan's followers would see him as a hero." Jiutian closed her eyes as she thought of the past.

"After a long time, all of his enemies gathered to forge an alliance to defeat Izan. But, they knew that Izan wouldn't easily fall into a trap or be defeated by a frontal attack." At this time, the atmosphere started turning cold.

"How did they manage to capture Izan off-guard then?" Robin asked as she narrowed her eyes slightly, even without knowing why, Robin started clenching her fist.

"They captured a 'someone' who was Izan's soft-spot, or you could call it a reverse scale of a dragon." Jiutian's voice turned gloomy as she continued. "With that, they had an absolute control of the situation. Izan had to stand in front of the whole alliance, alone…" Tears started sliding down Jiutian's cheeks.

"In order to save me… Izan went through a fierce battle which lasted for five months…" Jiutian's tears started flowing out from the corner of her eyes as her voice started cracking up. "Without brake, without resting, without a moments rest. All Izan did was to struggle, he fought and killed millions upon millions…"

The more Jiutian said, the more Robin felt her heart being crushed by the thought of what Izan had to go through.

"Izan defeated the whole alliance by himself. But, there was nothing left of him by the end of it. Because, when he came to rescue me, he was only an empty shell of his previously self. The moment he set me free from the restraints, Izan collapsed and died while smiling weakly…!" Jiutian couldn't keep it in any longer as she cried out.

Nojiko was dazed and she couldn't even think straight, the only thing Nojiko was able to do was to stare towards where Izan left to.

"His soul is trying to repair him by forgetting and turn him into what he used to previously before everything happened to him…" That was everything Jiutian could say as she slowly opened her eyes. What Jiutian saw was that both Nojiko and Robin stared towards where Izan was headed off to with tears running down their cheeks. 'Izan… Don't do anything crazy any longer…'

While Jiutian, Nojiko and Robin were talking, Izan was smiling faintly as he walked towards a building with a smiley face with a mark on it. "Come out!" Izan said in a loud voice as several pirates came out from the building.

"Bellemy, right?" Izan gazed at the tall man, his skin was tanned, and he had short, unkempt blond hair.

Bellamy would have usually mocked any pirates and looking at them in disgust. But, Bellamy couldn't do so when in front of the pirate currently standing in front of him.

"So what?" Bellamy regained his attitude as he seriously stared at Izan. The only reason Bellamy didn't dare to act like his usually self towards Izan, was because he had seen the new bounty on Izan's head which was worth a lot!

Izan nodded as he spoke. "Then I will give you a path where you can survive." Before Bellamy could even say anything, Izan continued. "Go and tell that clown in his little play castle that he should be ready. Because I will come after him when I reach the New World…!" Izan's voice turned cold as he mentioned the 'clown'. He had never liked the Celestial Dragons, and even worse a manipulating one.

Bellamy had sweat running down his entire body, the next moment Bellamy gazed upon Izan, he was shocked to see Izan wasn't there any longer. Bellamy fell to the ground while breathing heavily.

"… I need to tell Doflamingo about this right away…!" Bellamy tried to stand up with his legs shaking.

Izan didn't care any longer as he had done what he came here for. Izan knew that he would have a difficult time fighting against Doflamingo, but Izan wasn't afraid, he even despised Doflamingo to only be satisfied with his current strength. Because Izan knew that Doflamingo cared more about wealth in material items as like powerful weapon created by Caesar Clown, using Kaido as his backing and his island – Dressrosa, to further increase his black market.

With slightly narrowed eyes, Izan started walking towards his ship – Defying. He could guess that Nojiko, Jiutian and Robin would head back to their ship. Either after they had the talk on the island, or they would talk while staying on the island.

Izan really didn't think much of the things the three of them would talk about when he wasn't around. Even if it was about himself. That was because Izan trusted them. Izan knew it from the depth of his soul, that he wouldn't need to worry what they were doing, as they were already his.

Chapter end