Hearing the sudden voice, Felost instinctively turned toward its source.
He saw a teenager, probably in his teens, lounging casually on the city wall. Right beside him, the city guards and the pirates were locked in fierce combat, yet neither side had noticed his presence in the slightest.
"Who are you, sir? Can you really guarantee that the Kingdom of Joromia won't fall to these pirates? Don't forget, they're under the command of Mammoth Jack—the captain of the Jack Pirates! He has a bounty of 450 million berries!" Felost exclaid, completely demoralized after witnessing Jack's overwhelming power.
"Heh heh heh… Since I spoke up, of course I have the ans to ensure the Kingdom of Joromia won't be hard. If I didn't, what would be the point of saying anything at all?" the young man said with a light laugh.
"If you can truly save Joromia from being ravaged by pirates, then there's no harm in crowning you king!" Felost declared.
After all, the nobles and royalty had already fled. If this man could repel Jack, then making him king would be far better than handing the crown to those cowards who abandoned their people.
"Then the deal is sealed."
With a gentle leap, the young man landed from the city wall and slowly began walking toward Jack.
"Hey, big guy, you heard it too, right? Starting today, the Kingdom of Joromia is my territory. Would you mind getting the hell out? My kingdom doesn't welco the likes of you," the young man said as he ca to a halt in front of the mammoth.
"Who the hell do you think you are to speak to like that? Who gave you the guts to act so arrogantly in front of ?!" Jack's bloodshot eyes flared with fury as he let out a roar. His massive trunk suddenly raised high and ca crashing down toward the young man.
"Silence—Silent Strike!"
The young man was none other than Rosinante.
Using the power of the Silence fruit, Rosinante had walked on air from Loguetown, crossing the Red Line and entering the New World.
He knew that after nearly killing Borsalino in Loguetown, the Navy would begin to take serious notice of him. The Great Pirate Era had just begun, and although the Navy and World Governnt were under imnse pressure, they still had the capacity to hunt down individuals like him. Going back to the North Blue was out of the question.
The New World, on the other hand, was the region where the Navy and World Governnt had the weakest presence—and it would soon beco the epicenter of the coming storm. If Rosinante was to be part of this new age, he had to be here, in the heart of the chaos.
So after so thought, Rosinante decided to head into the New World.
It didn't take long for him to realize how brutal this sea truly was. The erratic, violent climate of the New World rendered even his Silence powers nearly useless in the face of nature's fury. Eventually, Rosinante decided he needed to find a base of operations and build his own power.
To find a suitable location, he fully unleashed his Observation Haki—and that's when the cries from the Kingdom of Joromia reached his ears. He rushed toward the source and happened to arrive just as Jack was assaulting Mia City.
Rosinante wasn't so bleeding-heart saint. He hadn't co here to fight Jack just to help the kingdom. After all, even though Jack wasn't yet one of the Three Calamities under Kaido, he was still a major pirate with a bounty approaching 500 million. That level of strength was easily on par with a Marine Vice Admiral. Rosinante wasn't about to pick a fight with soone like that without a reason.
But he needed a base—and being a king didn't sound half bad. That was the reason behind the exchange he just had with Felost. If he could take this kingdom, it would be worth the risk—even if it ant confronting Jack.
Jack's massive trunk ca crashing down like the end of the world. But the mont it struck Rosinante's hand, the impact vanished without a sound. Not even a gust of wind stirred from the collision. Anyone watching might have thought they were acting out a stage play.
"Captain Jack's attack… it was blocked!" The pirates of the Mammoth Crew had been closely watching Jack's fight. Seeing Rosinante stop the blow stunned them speechless.
"He blocked it… he really blocked it! Maybe this man truly can save the Kingdom of Joromia!" Felost gasped in shock.
"He blocked Mammoth Jack's attack! We're saved!" shouted the citizens and city guards in unison, filled with hope.
"If you won't leave, then none of you are leaving!" Rosinante declared coldly.
Suddenly, an overwhelming pressure exploded from his body.
A dominating aura swept through the battlefield. Whether city guards or Mammoth pirates, they all collapsed to the ground unconscious—completely overwheld.
Within monts, only Jack, Felost, and a few others within a several-hundred-ter radius were still standing.
"Conqueror's Haki?" Jack muttered, his brow furrowed in disbelief.
"Collapse Fist—Critical Strike!"
Without a sound, Rosinante stepped forward and punched the mammoth. His Armant Haki-enhanced fist crashed into Jack's massive form.
BOOM!
Jack's enormous mammoth body was launched into the air, sent flying backward.
"He—he sent Jack flying!"
The few conscious onlookers were stunned.
Before his transmigration, Rosinante had just completed his university military training. During that ti, he asked his instructor to teach him so hand-to-hand combat techniques. The instructor, impressed by Rosinante's performance, shared a few practical skills—mostly defensive maneuvers like joint locks and counters. The only real offensive move he learned was a powerful close-range strike known as the Collapse Fist.
Though he barely scratched the surface back then, after arriving in this world and surviving constant pursuit and life-or-death situations, Rosinante had no choice but to grow stronger. Through rging his own insights and the power of his Devil Fruit, he developed his own version of the Collapse Fist.
Using the fruit's power, he refined the technique's explosive acceleration and internal striking force. Each punch was utterly silent, storing energy within and piercing through organs with devastating efficiency.
Jack hadn't yet been taken in by Kaido and made into one of the Beast Pirates' Three Calamities. Kaido was still a lone monster roaming around looking for fights. Jack, while still powerful, was only on par with a standard Marine Vice Admiral. However, his Ancient Zoan Devil Fruit gave him trendous durability—so much so that even Vice Admirals found him difficult to deal with.
If it had been anyone else, that punch would have sent its force straight through the vital organs, ending the fight. But Jack's sheer durability allowed him to absorb much of the blow. Still, it sent him flying and scattered so of the force.
He crashed into the ground with a thunderous impact, forming a deep crater.
"Damn it… damn it…" Jack growled as he stood up slowly. Blood trickled from the corner of his mouth—the punch had still inflicted internal damage despite his defenses.
"What insane defense… I hit you with a Collapse Fist and you only got lightly injured. You really do have a talent for being a punching bag," Rosinante said coolly.
"You bastard… you bastard… you bastard!" Jack roared in fury. His body reverted from beast form back into human shape.
From his back, he drew two massive, sinister scythes.
"Destroy! I'll destroy everything you've got!" he scread as he lunged at Rosinante with a violent slash.
Rosinante drew the longsword from his waist at the sa ti.
Steel clashed. The force of their collision sent shockwaves flying in all directions. Even nearby boulders were shattered and sent tumbling away from the force of their blows.
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