"Sisters! Prepare for battle!" Gölz's voice echoed across the st. freya.
"Roger that! Gölz!"
"Gölz, are we charging in again this time?"
"Don't worry, Gölz! We won't give them a chance to bombard you this time! Keep charging!"
The warriors of the Heavenly Calamity Pirates picked up their equipment and drew their bows, teasing their companion who looked massive and mature but still had the heart of a young girl.
"No, no! You guys take the first move this time!"
Gölz shook her head repeatedly in refusal; the last time she was nearly blasted off Zeus still left her with lingering fears.
The only reason the enemy pirate ship had a chance to bombard her was because her massive size blocked her own comrades' line of fire; she had brought it upon herself.
"Tsk, as expected of a so-called 'Supernova.' Instead of running when they see such a large ship like ours, they actually approach us proactively?"
Meanwhile, through a sniper scope, Charlotte Linlin clearly saw an ugly pirate standing on the opposite bow, wearing a greedy and excited smile.
"Is it another idiot who gets horny just because the whole ship is female? In that case, here's a warning first!"
As soon as she finished speaking, she pulled the trigger.
Swoosh—!
A crimson stream of light instantly sliced through the sea surface, flying past Smyke's cheek with precision at a speed difficult for the naked eye to track.
Boom!
Accompanied by the tooth-gritting sound of snapping wood, the thick mainmast behind him came crashing down!
In the sniper scope, Smyke's arrogant smile instantly froze, and his face turned as pale as paper, clearly terrified by this sudden warning.
Although the st. freya was built according to pirate ship standards, its massive size meant speed was not its forte; it couldn't catch up to those small, nimble pirate ships.
Speaking of which, don't Fishmen have the ability to manipulate water currents? If I could recruit Fishman Crew members, could they speed up the ship? Wait... could wind work too?
Putting down the sniper rifle, a thought flashed through Charlotte Linlin's mind.
At this moment, the st. freya steadily approached the enemy ship that had lost its power.
The pirates on the other side seemed to want to put up a desperate struggle, frantically trying to operate the cannons on the deck.
However, before they could light the fuses, Lilith, who was in charge of the combat team on the st. freya, calmly ordered:
"Fire!"
In an instant, a dense rain of arrows rose from the deck of the st. freya like a swarm of locusts.
These arrows not only had a range far exceeding that of cannons, but the arrows covered in a layer of pitch-black Armament Haki were also no less powerful!
Thud thud thud—!
The arrows easily pierced through the wooden deck and the bodies of the cannons, pinning the pirates who were trying to operate them to the deck along with the cannons!
After one round of arrows, no one was left standing on the enemy deck.
This was why, despite many naval battles, no traces of cannon fire could be found on the hull of the st. freya—the archery of the Heavenly Punishment Pirates' warriors, whether in terms of range, accuracy, or power, was far beyond that of ordinary cannons.
The two ships gradually pulled alongside each other. Gölz took the lead, leaping onto the enemy deck, her twenty-meter-tall massive frame bringing a powerful sense of oppression.
"Mon... Monster!"
"A Giant?! Why is there a Giant in the New World?!"
"You've got to be kidding! How could such a monster appear here?!"
"Mama! I want to go home!"
"The New World is too terrifying!"
The pirates of the Smyke Pirates looked up at the mountain-like Gölz, their faces filled with shock and the most primitive human fear of giant creatures.
Their understanding was still stuck at the level of 'Paradise,' and they completely failed to comprehend the true horrors of the New World.
The battle was without suspense. Although Smyke was known as 'Bomb Man' and his abilities were quite troublesome, his little tricks seemed pale and powerless in the face of absolute strength and size difference.
A few heavy blows from Napoleon, wrapped in Armament Haki, smashed him to the ground, spitting blood and losing all ability to resist.
The rest of the pirates were like clay chickens and pottery dogs, quickly subdued by the Heavenly Calamity warriors who boarded the ship afterward.
Soon, all the surviving pirates of the Smyke Pirates were tied up tightly and thrown onto the deck.
Charlotte Linlin signaled for Gölz to take action.
Gölz took a deep breath and extended her massive palm, hovering it over a pirate's head.
The power of the Soul-Soul Fruit was activated, and an invisible force descended. A blurry orb of light, representing life energy, was slowly extracted from the pirate's body.
As the life energy drained away, the pirate aged rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye; his skin became covered in wrinkles, his hair turned gray and withered, and he finally turned into a white-haired old man.
Watching this terrifying scene, Charlotte Linlin wasn't afraid at all; instead, she thought of a question from her previous life: "Now I can confirm, it's the bad guys who have grown old."
"Mon... Monster!"
"Mama! I want to go home!"
"The New World is too terrifying! I'm never being a pirate again!"
"Devil! She's a devil who sucks away lifespans!"
The other pirates collapsed instantly upon seeing this hair-raising scene, their cries, pleas for mercy, and curses blending into one.
Extreme fear spread, which actually made Gölz's process of extracting lifespans easier—fear is precisely the most delicious seasoning for souls.
Smyke, who had been arrogant and overbearing before, was now pale as a ghost, begging for mercy with tears and snot streaming down his face:
"I surrender! I surrender! Please, don't do this to me! I'm still young, I still want to conquer the sea, I don't want to become an old man!
I can join you! Become your subordinate! Don't do this to me! I will absolutely obey your orders!"
Charlotte Linlin looked down at him coldly:
"When you were recklessly throwing bombs, turning those peaceful towns and villages into ruins and taking countless lives, did you ever think of sparing them?"
Smyke was speechless, then argued as if grasping at a straw:
"But... but we're pirates! Aren't pirates like this, free and doing whatever they want?!"
"Yes," a playful, cold smile appeared on Charlotte Linlin's face,
"we are pirates too. So, we'll do whatever we want now. Gölz, do it."
"No—!!!"
Amidst Smyke's roar of resentment and despair, his life energy was completely drained, turning him into a white-haired old man on the verge of death.
Having dealt with this scum, Charlotte Linlin looked at Lilith, who was counting the spoils:
"How is it? Has everything of value been cleared out?"
Lilith walked over quickly, a hint of joy from the harvest on her face:
"Everything has been cleared, Captain Linlin. Initial estimates suggest the treasures and valuables add up to about one billion Berries!"
Hearing this, Charlotte Linlin couldn't help but raise an eyebrow:
"Hehe~ As expected, the more wicked a pirate group is, the more wealth they've plundered. Robbing this one ship is almost equivalent to my current bounty."
The group returned to the st. freya with their spoils and set sail, leaving the broken pirate ship full of 'old men' behind.
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