New World, Marine defensive line behind Whole Cake Island.
Due to the distance, the officers who had not attended the eting selected commanders and unified their forces, forming the inner defensive line before beginning the advance.
By evening, the newly ford inner defensive line slowly pushed forward.
On a warship, Isaac, who had just rotated off duty, sat at the edge of the second deck while staring in the direction of Kergashi Island. In his hands, he carefully polished his father’s military dal.
Smack!
Soone patted his shoulder.
Caught off guard, the dal nearly slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.
The two n who had once dragged corpses together months ago, only to later be separated and reorganized into different units, had reunited once again.
Isaac looked at the newcor with a helpless expression. "At least give a warning next ti, Elton."
Elton grinned and sat down beside him. Looking at the battle-scarred dal, admiration flashed through his eyes. "Missing ho again, huh?"
Honestly speaking, Isaac’s dal might really possess so mysterious power. Those bullet holes were the best proof.
Isaac shrugged and carefully placed his cleaned father’s dal back against his chest. "Yeah."
There was a hint of emotion in his voice before he suddenly laughed and continued, "Actually, I never planned to make it back alive. Back then, I figured killing one pirate would make it worthwhile. Killing two would already be a profit. I never imagined I’d survive all the way until now.
"I even got to witness monsters like the Four Emperors fall. The Great Pirate Era is over...
"Now I suddenly really want to go ho. I miss my mother. I miss my little sister. I even miss that annoying brother-in-law of mine..."
Elton chuckled softly, though there was envy hidden in his tone. "That’s nice..."
In truth, he had once thought the sa as Isaac. He never expected to survive until the end of the war either.
But unlike Isaac, his ho and family had long since disappeared.
Isaac smiled and placed a hand on Elton’s shoulder. "When the war ends, co visit Kergashi Island with . It’s a really beautiful place."
Elton froze for a mont before smiling as well. "Alright—"
Before he could finish speaking, the warship violently shook.
Then ca a massive explosion.
The two n, who had been leaning against the deck together, were just like the other ordinary soldiers around them. The impact instantly caused blood to burst from their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth before they lost consciousness...
To true monsters, ordinary soldiers like them were no different from ants...
Columns of boiling seawater descended from the sky one after another and smashed toward the center of the fleet.
A voice overflowing with killing intent followed closely behind.
"Tropical Tornt!"
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!!!
The water pillars blasted straight through the deck, and the keel of the warship commanded by a Vice Admiral was instantly shattered apart.
Inside the cabin, the commanding Vice Admiral drew his sword and shot into the sky.
Charlotte Oven, his entire body glowing red while holding a naginata, ca crashing down like a mountain-splitting strike.
BOOM!!!!
He pressed the Vice Admiral down onto the deck with overwhelming force.
Beside the warship, a gigantic blue steam genie dozens of ters tall swung its naginata and sliced the warship cleanly in half with a single strike.
Charlotte Daifuku controlled the massive steam genie and flew toward several other warships radiating powerful auras.
"Genie Guillotine!"
BOOM!!!!
Another warship was cut straight through the middle.
Far away in the distance, taking advantage of the sun having just set, the remnants of Knox’s forces charged toward this area.
These were the people Oven and Daifuku had gone to retrieve.
But there were too many people and not enough ships, causing their fleet to move slowly. Then contact with Whole Cake Island had suddenly been lost.
They could only bring the survivors back first, only to run directly into the Marine fleet carrying out the encirclent operation...
Puchi!
Oven thrust his blade straight into the chest of the commanding Vice Admiral before pulling it back out.
The Vice Admiral slowly collapsed to the ground...
Oven touched the wound on his neck that had nearly sliced through his throat. Fear still lingered in his eyes.
"Damn Marines."
The pirates they had retrieved in the distance also charged over at this mont.
Oven took a deep breath and shouted, "Seize the ships!!!"
Countless pirates sward onto the Marine vessels as both sides imdiately descended into a brutal struggle for control of the fleet.
But with monsters of this level personally supporting the pirates, this Marine fleet quickly began to...
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New World, Kergashi Island.
Aria humd a small tune while cooking.
Every now and then, she returned to the room to check on her mother, who had already fallen into dentia.
Bang!
The door was suddenly shoved open.
Aria jumped in fright, but after seeing it was her husband, she finally relaxed. "You scared to death."
But soon she realized sothing was wrong.
Her husband was gasping heavily for breath, clearly having run all the way ho. His face was filled with joy while he tightly gripped a newspaper and a letter in his hands.
"What happened?"
There were tears glimring in his eyes. "The... the Four Emperors are dead! The Marines won!! And there’s also a letter from Isaac!"
As he spoke, he quickly walked over to her and unfolded the newspaper wide open.
On the front page was the familiar Marine Headquarters plaza. The sa place where Fleet Admiral Sakazuki had declared war against the pirates. But now...
Four severed heads were mounted there!!!!
Aria covered her mouth in disbelief as tears instantly poured from her eyes.
The Great Pirate Era had truly ended. Just like that Marine Fleet Admiral had declared... it had really... ended...
Unable to hold back any longer, Aria hugged her husband tightly and burst into tears.
No one could understand what Roger’s massacre over twenty years ago had done to the people here.
It was a pain that one generation, two generations, even three generations could never erase. A shadow that had haunted them for decades without fading...
And now, the era of rampant piracy that had begun because of that unforgivable man had finally co to an end...
After crying for a long ti, as though she had finally released over twenty years of suffering, Aria gradually cald down.
Wiping her tears away, she looked at the newspaper and letter soaked with moisture in her hands.
"I’m going to read this to mom."
She let go of her husband while crying and laughing at the sa ti. "Go buy more at. We’re making a huge feast today to celebrate!"
Her husband grinned. "No problem. I’ll go right now. If I’m late, everything will be sold out."
The entire island had already fallen into an ocean of joy. Even from inside their ho, they could hear cheers and celebrations echoing everywhere.
Tonight was destined to be a sleepless night.
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