A blinding cross-shaped radiance gathered in the sky—
Like a newborn sun rising above Grove 29.
The compression of Conqueror's Haki brought with it the unmistakable scent of death.
The Marines below went pale.
They recognized that stance.
They knew that light.
Wasn't that—
Vice Admiral Garp's signature move?
Galaxy Impact.
And now—
Roldi, that madman, could use it too?
Even knowing it was inappropriate, several Vice Admirals shot Garp resentful looks.
What kind of monster did you raise, old man?!
The power condensed in that fist was beyond absurd. If no one stopped this strike, the entire island would sink.
Every Marine knocked unconscious by Roldi's Conqueror's Haki would die.
"Sakazuki! Borsalino!"
Garp might be carefree—but he wasn't foolish.
The mont Roldy began charging, Garp felt unease.
Now, seeing the sky blaze with that completed attack—
And sensing the amplification—
Roldy was pushing his Devil Fruit power to the extre.
Moa Moa: Sixty-Sixfold Amplification.
This wasn't just about one island.
That punch might erase half the Sabaody Archipelago from the map.
The two Admirals felt it as well.
Neither doubted—
If that fist landed on them directly, the lightest outco would be severe injury.
Ironically, the Marines' overwhelming numbers had now beco a liability.
"Everyone… try not to die!"
Roldy shouted.
No one knew who he ant.
Seizing the mont of Marine hesitation, Moria used his Devil Fruit to slip free. Yet even as he escaped, the killing aura in the sky made his scalp go numb.
For a fleeting second—
He thought that warning had been directed at them.
"Hahahaha! That's our Captain!"
Sheen actually laughed at a ti like this.
Moria stared at him as though he were insane—
Then promptly transford into a swarm of shadow bats and hid behind Sheen.
"Co on, old man! Let's see whose fist is stronger—mine now, or yours in your pri!"
Only after the Marines ford a triangular defensive formation did Roldy descend like a teor.
His right arm was more than twice the size of his left.
Dense Conqueror's Haki coiled around his fist.
The cross-shaped flare was far more brilliant than Garp's earlier strike.
"Moa Moa: Sixty-Sixfold Amplification—
Fist of Love: Galaxy Destruction Impact!!!"
Speed was power.
Power was speed.
Roldy beca a streak of light no ordinary eye could track.
Below—
Garp, Sakazuki, and Borsalino braced in triangular formation.
Roldi's once-handso face twisted with feral exhilaration.
Past ntorship.
Past camaraderie.
He cast it aside.
He only wanted a fight.
His nature had always been violent.
Suppressing it had never been easy.
And now he was forced to walk the path of brutality.
For years he had tried to reconcile with that part of himself.
Age had brought him to physical peak—
But also made it harder to restrain what lay within.
Most of the ti, he was gentle.
Sotis—
He was very gentle.
"This power…!"
Garp poured nearly all of his Conqueror's Haki into the defense.
The two Admirals reinforced with their own Haki.
Three monsters—
Against one.
And still—
They struggled.
Garp's hands trembled.
This wasn't a storybook miracle.
There would be no sudden reversal.
With another roar from Roldi—
The force in his fist increased just a fraction.
That fraction shattered the fragile balance.
BOOOOOOM!!!!!
Across the other groves of Sabaody, civilians were still discussing the teor-like streak they had seen earlier.
So had heard rumors of a battle.
But none could imagine the scale.
Then—
A thunderclap shook the world.
The ground inverted.
People were hurled into the air as though gravity itself had broken.
Buildings followed.
When they crashed back down, faces were deathly pale.
So had wet themselves in terror.
"Is… is this the end of the world?"
"The world is being destroyed!"
"Run! Run!"
Panic spread without direction.
They didn't know where to go—
Only that they had to flee Sabaody.
Anywhere would do.
"Interesting."
Amid the chaos, a towering man with a physique like sculpted stone smiled.
He wore a black military coat.
Long golden hair spilled across his shoulders.
His eyes locked onto Grove 29.
In a blur—
He vanished, reappearing a hundred ters away.
Grove 29 — Aftermath
The island had transford.
Entire streets were gone.
Reduced to rubble.
Slow-moving civilians and stubborn stragglers wailed among the ruins.
Unconscious Marines lay scattered—casualties unknown.
Even so Vice Admirals were injured.
Behind a massive sand barrier, Crocodile wiped blood from the corner of his mouth.
He had used everything to block that impact.
Even with his Devil Fruit fully unleashed, the shockwave had forced blood from his throat.
Fortunately, the sand wall had cushioned enough of it.
The four of them were still alive.
"…He's reached this level already?"
Crocodile fell silent.
He was suddenly grateful that, during their first eting years ago, he had been respectful.
He had no doubt—
That monster would have crushed him like a grape otherwise.
rcy was not sothing that creature possessed.
"Captain Roldy just keeps getting scarier!"
As the sand dispersed, Sheen stared at the half-vanished Grove 29.
He sat down, laughing freely, savoring the lingering scent of death.
"Terrifying, sure… but now the balance of power should be even, right?"
Moria's face was even paler than before.
Yet seeing the Marines' heavy losses, a twisted grin crept across his face.
In an instant—
The battlefield equilibrium shifted.
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