By the ti everyone aboard the Warhamr was fully ard and prepared...
The Knock-Up Stream finally appeared!
The first change was in the sky, within an instant, dark black clouds spread overhead.
It felt as though the entire world was about to be swallowed.
"Cumulonimbus Emperor Clouds!"
"This is the kind of cloud that appears right before the Knock-Up Stream shows up!"
Hamr imdiately recognized the sudden change in weather.
"Nine o'clock! The seawater over there is churning!"
"It looks like a massive whirlpool!"
From her position in the crow's nest, Shirley was the first to notice the turbulent waters.
"That's the spot!"
"Lance! Steer the ship over there!"
"That's the precursor to the Knock-Up Stream, everyone aboard the Warhamr, prepare yourselves!"
As the crew stood at the ready, fully braced for impact, the Warhamr sailed toward the swirling current...
Only then did they realize, oh no, we want to go ho.
The scene before them was absolutely shocking.
It wasn't just huge, it was colossal.
Even the massive Warhamr looked puny by comparison.
Everyone was stunned by the overwhelming spectacle.
"Dear god... this is the Knock-Up Stream? I've never seen a whirlpool this enormous in my life."
Lance felt the ship rocking violently in the current and could only marvel at the gigantic vortex before him.
"Enough gawking, dammit! Everyone, brace for launch!"
"This is just the prelude! Once the Knock-Up Stream fully forms, we're getting shot straight into the sky!"
"If you don't wanna fall to your death, hold on tight!"
Was Hamr scared? Hell yes he was.
Even though he knew all about the Knock-Up Stream from his past life, experiencing it firsthand was another matter entirely.
It was terrifying.
Absolutely, terrifying.
As the vortex began spinning faster and faster, the center of the whirlpool began to change.
The center sank lower and lower, as if trying to drag everything into its depths.
"Hold on tight!"
"Ugh! I'm getting dizzy!"
Hamr clung to the mast with both arms, eyes squeezed shut, totally disoriented by the spinning motion.
It was way too much.
Just when everyone's nerves were stretched to their limit...
The vortex suddenly slowed.
Then, an invisible force began rising from the depths of the whirlpool.
Hamr, using Observation Haki, imdiately sensed a strong upward force coming from the ocean floor.
"Everyone! HOLD ON! We're about to take off!"
He scread with all his might, worried so poor fool would freeze up from fear and get flung off.
Sure enough,
The ocean below the Warhamr suddenly bulged, lifting the entire ship high into the air.
The next second, a towering geyser of water erupted from the sea and blasted toward the sky.
The Knock-Up Stream, had fully activated!
The Warhamr was carried up with the massive stream of water, hurtling toward the clouds.
"AHHHHHHHHHH! SAVE EEEE!"
"Holy crap! Lance, stop screaming like a ghost!"
"We're gonna die! We're gonna die!!"
Lance totally lost it, the sudden vertical acceleration made it feel like his lungs had collapsed.
Hamr wasn't doing much better, and Lance's screams only made it worse. He started yelling incoherently back.
The rest of the crew was panicking just as much.
Even battle-hardened marines looked pathetically small in the face of this monstrous natural phenonon.
This, was the power of nature.
"Wait! What the hell is THAT?!"
Suddenly, Hamr sensed sothing massive in his Observation Haki.
He looked down into the stream,
"Mother of god! Are you kidding ?! Even sothing like THAT got swept up?!"
Kakei and the others followed his gaze and were equally horrified,
It was a Sea King.
A giant one, over a hundred ters long, now completely engulfed in the Knock-Up Stream.
It couldn't break free.
Even worse, it was now drifting toward the Warhamr in a panic.
"We can't let it get near us! If it hits us now..."
"The Warhamr will definitely fall!!"
Shirley scread in terror. From her height, she could see it all clearly.
They were already over a thousand ters above sea level.
If they fell now, they'd be crushed to pieces.
"Damn it!"
"Gion! Help stop it!"
Hamr shoved aside his fear and called out to the only swordsman on board.
"Haotian Hamr!"
"Ittō-ryū! Enka (Mist Glow Slash)!"
A massive air hamr and a pink sword slash flew at the Sea King.
But due to the rocking of the ship, even though both tried to stabilize themselves, the attacks missed entirely as the Sea King dove back into the water.
"Shit! It's getting even closer!"
Shirley shouted, panic rising.
Hamr gritted his teeth.
"Oath Hamr!"
"Gion! It's up to you now!"
"I'll give you a power boost!"
As soon as Gion gripped the Oath Hamr, she felt a surge of unfamiliar energy rush into her body.
"So this is your Devil Fruit's power?"
"Not bad!"
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"No ti for chit-chat! Kill that damn thing NOW, or we're dead!"
She knew full well this wasn't the mont to hesitate.
Kinpira and the Oath Hamr were raised together.
"Ittō-ryū! Enka!"
"Hamr-Hamr Fruit! Assist Haotian Hamr!!"
The giant air hamr appeared once more, this ti, sothing was different.
The hamr followed right behind the slash.
As the pink slash soared through the air, the Haotian Hamr slamd into it from behind.
The resulting combo caused the slash to explode with incredible destructive force.
"ROAR!!"
The Sea King let out a blood-curdling screech,
Its massive body was sliced clean in half.
One half continued rising with the stream.
The other half was flung sideways and began falling toward the sea below.
Crisis averted.
But Hamr still felt like sothing was wrong.
The Warhamr was still being pushed upward, violently shaking the entire ti.
"Wait... sothing's off!"
"The Going rry didn't get launched on top of the Knock-Up Stream!"
"It rode the stream upward!"
"Oh shit..."
Suddenly, Hamr realized the problem.
The Warhamr was being pushed up like a cork on a geyser...
Not smoothly riding the current up like in his mories.
"Hamr, what are you muttering about?"
"I'm saying, we did it wrong!! DAMMIT! I don't even know if we can actually reach Sky Island like this!"
Everyone was stunned.
Wait, what?
Weren't you the one who said this would get us to Sky Island?!
Now you're saying it might not work?!
Hamr was dumbfounded.
The Knock-Up Stream was still going strong, and the Warhamr was still climbing.
Faster and faster.
"Hamr! You're going to get us all killed!!"
"What do we do now?!"
Hamr blankly shook his head.
"Leave it to fate, everyone."
"See you in Heaven, no, wait, Sky Island!"
With that, Hamr closed his eyes, clenched his jaw, and fully embraced his fate.
Everyone else was speechless.
BOOOOM!
The massive Knock-Up Stream launched the Warhamr straight into the sky.
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