“Snap!”
The ship, unable to bear the force of the slash, broke into two.
Treasures on board tumbled into the sea, and one servant, caught off guard by the slash, died on the spot.
The remaining servants who miraculously survived shrieked in horror after seeing the bloody corpse severed in two.
The broken ship slowly sank.
Some servants on board panicked and jumped into the sea to escape, while others sat in despair, crying.
King Greyscent seemed to be scared stiff, standing motionless in place.
A tall figure flashed past his eyes.
By the time he reacted again, he had already been lifted into the air.
At the same time, the news birds, ubiquitous around the world, had already taken out their cameras and were constantly snapping photos of various scenes in Flevance.
The scene of Whitebeard capturing King Greyscent was naturally not missed.
As Newgate moved at extreme speed, the fierce sea wind blew him into a state of clarity.
Looking at the figure who defeated Aquila, like a demon god, Greyscent felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
“You…”
He had just opened his mouth to say something, but the wind filled his mouth, and the words he was about to say were swallowed back.
Newgate didn’t care what he wanted to do; he was only focused on the battle between the three little ones on shore and the guard.
Jozu’s arms were instantly covered in pitch-black Armament Haki, blocking the guard’s sword strike head-on.
At the same time, Vista’s sword edge and Marco’s kick simultaneously struck the guard’s body.
“Bang!”
The guard spat out a mouthful of blood, flew backward, and fell heavily to the ground.
Newgate took in the entire battle; the victor was already clear.
He picked up Greyscent and leaped, landing steadily on the palace steps.
Rocks, standing beside him, looked at Greyscent, who had been captured by Whitebeard, and a cruel smile appeared on his face.
John, however, was the first to lash out: “Whitebeard!
You bastard actually capsized the ship!
All the treasures sank to the bottom of the sea!”
“Gurararara!
I used too much force!”
Newgate laughed it off.
John was truly greedy for money, but Newgate himself was not much different.
So many treasures, not much less than what was in the palace treasury.
The moment the ship sank to the bottom of the sea, he had already collected everything that fell from the ship into his system backpack.
However, there was no time to check how many items were in that system backpack now.
To act this way now was to give others the false impression that he hadn’t plundered the wealth, so he could secretly make a fortune within the Rocks Pirates.
“Damn it!”
John’s eyes blazed with infinite rage, but it was just impotent fury.
Unless they were Fishmen, humans had no way to salvage so many treasures from the seabed.
He couldn’t beat Whitebeard, so he could only swallow this insult.
Countless citizens looked at their King, their eyes full of hope.
They yearned for their King to command these vile pirates, as he once commanded the entire nation, to get out of their country.
However, reality was despair-inducing.
Greyscent was already scared out of his wits; his luxurious robes were soaked, and a pale yellow, foul-smelling liquid flowed down the steps.
He pleaded, tears and snot streaming down his face: “Please, spare my life!”
“I have treasures, I have women, I am the King of this country!
I can give you anything you want!”
“As long as you spare my life!”
Before he could finish speaking, Rocks’s fist had already struck.
Before it even touched Greyscent, his head burst open like a watermelon.
“Ding!
Congratulations to the host for completing Main Quest 1.1: Participate in and complete the Rocks Pirates’ ‘Nation Destruction’ operation.”
“Quest reward, Sparkle-Sparkle Fruit, has been placed in the system backpack.
Please claim it promptly, Host.”
“Note: Plot items obtained from main quests can be used at any time.”
As Greyscent’s headless corpse fell, all the citizens of Flevance present widened their eyes.
They watched in disbelief as their King, who was usually high above and held their lives in his hands, lay tragically dead on the ground in an instant.
Their faith, their hope, shattered completely at this moment.
The nation of Flevance, which had stood in this world for eight hundred years, declared its destruction twenty years early… As for how to deal with the country’s resources and how to arrange for the surviving citizens, Newgate had no interest.
Wang Zhi and Silver Axe had already led their teams to take over the Amber Lead mine.
It was said that Rocks wanted several pirate crews under his command to be stationed here, establish a stronghold, and make this his territory… In the distance, Nockel looked through a telescope from a small island at the scarlet skull flag slowly rising atop the royal palace, feeling as if he had fallen into an ice cellar.
In just half a day, a medium-sized country was destroyed by the Rocks Pirates.
What terrifying power this was.
Although it was expected, witnessing it firsthand was still extremely shocking.
He tremblingly dialed the Transponder Snail to contact the Gorosei… On the sea less than a hundred nautical miles from Flevance.
Three Marine warships were speeding through the waves.
Zephyr, with purple hair and wearing a cape emblazoned with the word ‘Justice’, stood at the bow, constantly looking into the distance with a telescope.
“How much longer until we reach Flevance?”
Zephyr asked anxiously, bearing the ‘Justice in the name of protection’; he would never tolerate pirate atrocities against civilians, let alone the annihilation of a nation.
“Reporting, Vice Admiral Zephyr, at our current speed, we still need an hour and a half to reach Flevance!”
A staff officer gave a crisp Marine salute.
“Continue to speed up!”
“Reporting, Vice Admiral, we are already at full speed!”
… “Purupurupuru…”
Click!
The sound of the Transponder Snail pulled Zephyr back from his thoughts.
He answered the call, and a familiar voice came through:
“Why, Admiral Sengoku!”
“Flevance… has already been destroyed…”
… “Hello?
Hello?
Zephyr, did you hear me?”
“Don’t be reckless!
They are the Rocks Pirates!”
“Hello!
Zephyr!”
Click!
Zephyr hung up the Transponder Snail.
The deck fell into a deathly silence.
After a long time, Zephyr finally turned around, looking at the nation, now so close yet billowing with black smoke, and spoke in a low voice:
“Return to base!
Destination, Marine branch.”
… Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
Sengoku’s office.
“That bastard!
He actually dared to hang up on me!”
Sengoku’s roar echoed in the office.
Garp, stuffing rice crackers into his mouth, burst out laughing, tears streaming down his face: “Wahahahaha, that Zephyr!”
“Shut up, Garp!” Sengoku’s forehead bulged with several veins.
“I haven’t even settled the score with you for your unauthorized actions!”
“Wahahahaha!
For now, let’s figure out how to save Zephyr!” Garp continued to eat his rice crackers carelessly, crumbs falling from his mouth and scattering onto Sengoku’s desk.
Sengoku, after a moment of thought, pushed up his glasses and said: “Zephyr won’t disobey orders.
The urgent task is to minimize the impact of Flevance being destroyed by pirates to prevent public panic.”
Sengoku looked at Sengoku approvingly; his words were exactly to his liking.
He was indeed worthy of being called the Marine’s ‘Tactician’, a complete opposite of that simple-minded Garp.
“Then, Mr.
Sengoku, what should we do?” The young Vice Admiral Tsuru calmly inquired.
“Try to blockade the news, and even if it’s exposed… it was the Rocks Pirates who destroyed the nation.
We absolutely cannot expose the World Government’s involvement in Flevance!”
“The Marines… no, the World Government, is ‘Absolute Justice’!”
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