"Fist of Love — Giant's Might: Earthbreaker Cannon!"
Roldy let out an excited growl.
After a brief charge, his already massive arm swelled with terrifying power. He shot upward, eting Garp's descending fist head-on.
The mixed bloodlines within him were fully unleashed.
His physical strength surged to another tier.
Two waves of Conqueror's Haki collided midair, black and crimson lightning tearing across the sky. The space between their fists compressed violently, crackling under unbearable pressure.
The re aftershock of their clash was enough to prevent Borsalino's Yasakani no Magatama from approaching.
Without hesitation, Borsalino shifted targets—redirecting the barrage of light toward the four below.
"Hey, hey… that kind of attack isn't a joke!"
Sheen grinned—but his body moved far faster than his words.
He stepped forward. Water began to bead across his webbed hands. Then he swung his arms violently, flinging the droplets outward.
Empowered by the strength of a shark Fish-Man, each droplet tore through the air with the force of a bullet.
"You pirates of the New World… one after another, you're all monsters. So scary, you know~"
Borsalino spoke lazily.
But with his bruised and swollen face, the effect was sowhat ruined.
anwhile, beneath the ground—
Sakazuki made his move.
Dozens of magma pillars erupted from below, surging toward the four with searing heat.
Mihawk's eyes flashed coldly.
Yoru left its sheath.
Armant Haki coated the blade.
The instant Sakazuki burst from underground, Mihawk shot forward, bringing the black blade down in a decisive slash.
"'Hawk Eyes' Mihawk—bounty of 1,830,000,000 Berries. An accomplice of Roldi. Equally unforgivable."
Sakazuki upheld Absolute Justice without hesitation.
Every strike he launched carried killing intent.
But Mihawk's sword existed purely for combat.
Precise angles.
Overwhelming Haki.
Peerless technique.
To Sakazuki's surprise—
He found himself unable to gain the upper hand against the young swordsman.
The Marine fleet made landfall.
Countless soldiers poured from the warships.
Over fifteen Marine Headquarters Vice Admirals led the charge.
Their targets were imdiately set on Crocodile and Moria.
Battle erupted across Grove 29.
The Marines held absolute nurical superiority.
Though Crocodile and Moria had grown stronger under Roldi's banner, facing multiple Vice Admirals at once quickly pushed them into disadvantage.
"Enough already! Get out of my way!"
Crocodile's veins bulged as he generated a massive sandstorm with a flick of his wrist.
For ordinary soldiers, it was a natural disaster.
For seasoned Vice Admirals—
It was insufficient.
Two elite Vice Admirals escaped with Rokushiki.
One slashed with a blade.
The other drove a heavy fist into Crocodile's back.
Steel bit into flesh.
Blood sprayed.
"Damn it…"
Crocodile cursed inwardly.
At this rate, defeat was only a matter of ti.
What had Roldy been thinking, marching openly into the Sabaody Archipelago?
And why had he agreed so readily?
Even Crocodile himself hadn't noticed how deeply his trust in Roldy had grown over the years.
Roldy never boasted.
He simply delivered.
Every insane plan.
Every impossible gamble.
The result had never disappointed.
That was why the four of them believed—
They could take Sabaody.
Even if it ant tearing open the heavens.
"Damn it! Crocodile, help out here!"
Moria shrieked.
The weakest among the four, he was faring even worse.
At best, his strength rivaled a Marine Headquarters Vice Admiral.
Under siege from so many at once, only the tricky nature of his Devil Fruit kept him alive.
"Idiot! I can barely handle myself!"
Crocodile snapped—
Only to take another heavy punch to the face.
Ironically, the reason he'd been hit was because he'd just thrown a sand blade to knock back a Vice Admiral attempting to ambush Moria from behind.
Defeat seed inevitable.
Yet—
The Marines were even more shaken.
Borsalino and Sakazuki were each tied down by Sheen and Mihawk respectively.
The two were performing brilliantly, holding back Admirals head-on.
And the remaining two, though weaker, were still resisting under overwhelming Vice Admiral pressure.
This was beyond monstrous.
"We can't drag this out any longer! All officers at the rank of Rear Admiral and above—reinforce the Vice Admirals!"
"YES, SIR!"
The Marines escalated.
Rear Admirals joined the battlefield.
Ordinary soldiers ford layers of encirclent.
The pressure on Mihawk and the others skyrocketed.
Moria was kicked violently into the ground.
Several blades pressed against his throat.
Seastone cuffs were brought forward—
And just as the Marines were about to secure their first captive—
BOOM!!!
A thunderous explosion shook the island.
Heads turned.
A glance—
And pupils shrank in shock.
"Vice Admiral Garp!!!"
The hero of the Marines.
The legend who once cornered the Pirate King across the seas.
Was he—
Defeated?
"You've got to be kidding…"
"No way…"
Borsalino and Sakazuki forced their opponents back.
The plan had been simple.
Garp would stall Roldi.
The two Admirals, supported by Vice Admirals, would capture the remaining four.
Then they would concentrate forces against Roldi.
It was flawless.
And it had worked—
Moria had already fallen.
The others were close.
Yet the one link they believed unbreakable—
Had failed.
"Gahahaha! Old Man Garp! How was that—my Seabed Descent?"
Roldy hovered in the air, roaring with laughter.
His aura erupted fully, no longer restrained.
Conqueror's Haki swept across the battlefield like a tidal wave.
Why weren't ordinary soldiers allowed onto such a battlefield?
Because they would never get the chance to fire.
Under the baptism of supre Conqueror's Haki, every Marine below Rear Admiral rank rolled their eyes back and collapsed.
Most Rear Admirals lost their ability to fight.
Even many Vice Admirals were affected.
This—
Was top-tier Conqueror's Haki.
But what kind of ambition could sustain such dominance?
"Wahahaha! Roldi… you're still far from ready!"
Garp clawed his way out of a massive crater.
Blood trickled down his forehead.
He was still laughing.
But the gravity in his eyes was unmistakable.
He looked up at the young man in the sky—
The boy he had once watched grow up—
Now overlapping with the image of another monster from his mories.
"In just twenty years… you've reached the height Rocks once stood upon."
"So… are you the king of this era?"
Garp's thoughts churned.
Complicated.
Heavy.
Roldi's laughter echoed across the battlefield.
"To overturn the rules of the world… and create a new one…"
Garp exhaled slowly.
"That kind of ambition…"
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