“What?
The five Marine squads sent onto the island were completely wiped out?!”
On the Marine warship, the moment the last Marine soldier died, Strawberry’s roar echoed throughout the entire vessel.
These Marine soldiers were troops from Headquarters.
Every single one of them knew either Armament Haki or Observation Haki.
Just what was on this Bone Island that could make so many soldiers die there?
“According to the final information sent back by a sergeant, there are strange beasts of unknown number on this island!”
As the staff officer spoke, he took out a Projection Transponder Snail, and a white monster appeared in front of Strawberry.
It was a creature covered entirely in white carapace.
From its appearance alone, it looked like a weapon made purely for slaughter.
A row of sharp bone spikes lined its back.
Several interlocking rows of razor teeth filled its mouth.
Its palms were extremely similar to those of a human, and cold light flashed across its sharp claws.
“This shouldn’t be a creature from nature.
It was created by someone!”
The moment he saw this creature, Strawberry’s eyes turned grave.
As a Marine rear admiral, he had carried out many missions across the sea, but he had never seen a creature like this before.
“What should we do now?
Should we request instructions from Vice Admiral Borsalino?”
The staff officer asked Strawberry.
“No need.
I can handle this!”
Strawberry rejected the staff officer’s suggestion.
Afterward, the cannons of the Marine warship aimed at Bone Island.
With Strawberry’s command, cannonballs began bombarding Bone Island one after another.
Boom, boom, boom!
Clusters of flames erupted across Bone Island, sending white bones flying in every direction.
There were even two unlucky Chimera Ants struck by the cannon fire, but aside from their carapaces turning black, they did not suffer any serious injuries.
“The Marines have launched an attack!”
Feeling Bone Island tremble, the three Boa sisters, who were grilling meat, shook violently.
If all the Marines on that warship attacked the island, they did not know whether Morin could still hold them off.
“Relax and grill my meat.
The Marines won’t take you away.
I said so!”
Morin enjoyed being personally fed by Boa Hancock as he spoke to them.
The moment he sensed the Marine attack, Morin ordered the Chimera Ants lurking in the sea to launch an assault on the Marine warship.
One purple-black shadow after another twisted through the water, heading toward the underside of the Marine warship.
“Enemy attack!”
Strawberry discovered the abnormality at once with Observation Haki.
The twin swords in his hands left their sheaths, and a cross-shaped slash cut toward the sea.
Boom!
As waves burst across the sea’s surface, a deep, muffled growl came from beneath the water.
A huge centipede-like Chimera Ant poked its head out of the sea and bit toward Strawberry.
Another brilliant slash flashed.
In an instant, the Chimera Ant was cut into several pieces.
Under Strawberry’s Armament Haki and sword slash, the Chimera Ant’s sturdy carapace was as fragile as paper.
“Is this a Sea King?”
Strawberry frowned as he looked at the monster he had slain.
Although Sea Kings came in all kinds of bizarre forms, he did not remember any Sea King with a carapace covering its body.
The other Marines did not possess Strawberry’s strength.
Under the attacks of these massive Chimera Ants, the warship was knocked around like a ball.
Strawberry stepped through the air with Moonwalk and charged toward the other Chimera Ants.
Beneath his blades, another three Chimera Ants fused with Sea King flesh and blood died.
“Looks like ordinary Chimera Ants can’t pose a threat to someone with vice admiral-level strength.”
Morin’s Observation Haki took in everything clearly.
Although Strawberry was currently only a rear admiral, he already possessed the strength of a vice admiral.
After killing Tiger, he would also become a vice admiral, and an elite vice admiral at that.
The Chimera Ants Morin created merely had relatively tough bodies.
They did not know Armament Haki at all.
Forget Strawberry.
Even some elite colonels and ordinary commodores could contend with them.
For Chimera Ants made from the flesh and blood of ordinary Sea Kings and wild beasts to reach this level, Morin was already very satisfied.
Once Morin found the flesh and blood of higher-level beasts, he could create Chimera Ants at squadron leader and Royal Guard levels.
Chimera Ants of that level would be able to use Haki and martial arts.
When that time came, it would also be the moment Morin swept across the sea.
Since these Chimera Ants could not repel the Marines now, Morin had no choice but to act personally.
Furthermore, Morin was also very curious about Strawberry’s swordsmanship.
He wanted to see whether he could learn Strawberry’s swordsmanship.
“What’s going on?
Why are these monsters retreating toward Bone Island?”
After Strawberry cut down another Chimera Ant, he saw that the remaining Chimera Ants had actually lined up in front of Bone Island.
These Chimera Ants were actually building a massive floating bridge between Bone Island and the Marine warship.
At the sight of this scene, all the Marines were stunned.