Beside her, Tokikake—Chaton, another Admiral candidate—took a deep drag from his cigarette. His gaze was profound as he let out a helpless sigh.
Although their strength far surpassed that of most people in the world, in a battle of this level, they were still far too weak.
There was simply no way for them to interfere.
"Gion, if the World Government loses this time, will you marry me?"
"...Get lost!"
On the battlefield, Roy looked at the figures who had been beaten until they were coughing up blood.
Then he raised his head and calmly gazed toward the castle standing at the center of the Holy Land Mary Geoise—
Pangaea Castle.
He saw the Empty Throne inside the castle.
He also saw the twenty weapons planted before the throne, left behind by the Twenty Kings who had founded the World Government eight hundred years ago.
"Eight hundred years of history... You've certainly worked hard to keep it going."
Roy stared deeply at Pangaea Castle before slowly speaking.
"Today, I'll finally put an end to it all and set you free."
As his words fell, under the gazes of countless people, Roy finally extended one hand and pressed it toward Pangaea Castle from afar.
"He's finally going to make his move... the world's strongest man..."
Countless people stared at the scene.
They stared at Roy in the sky.
The moment Roy extended his hand and pressed downward, almost everyone's eyes widened in horror.
On this battlefield—
As long as Roy remained standing, as long as Roy remained undefeated, then no matter how chaotic the situation became, the World Government could never achieve victory!
After Roy pressed his hand toward Pangaea Castle—
High above in the sky, at an unknown altitude, an enormous dark shadow appeared.
That shadow was rapidly descending toward the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
Looking more carefully, it was no shadow at all.
It was an island!
An enormous island!
A gigantic island large enough to accommodate three entire countries!
"Damn it! He actually moved an entire island into the sky and brought it directly above Mary Geoise! What the hell have those Cipher Pol people been doing?!"
Kong, who had been knocked out of the immediate combat zone, underwent a drastic change in expression.
After coughing up a mouthful of scorching blood, he could not stop himself from roaring in fury.
"This is obviously the power of the Float-Float Fruit. The island must have been moved here together with the Thunder God just now. Even though we're agents, against a sudden attack like this, there was simply no opportunity for us to gather intelligence beforehand."
The current captain of the CP0 Guard Unit spoke coldly.
At the same time, he raised his head toward the enormous island above them, his expression turning solemn.
"Don't worry. The Five Elders are still inside the Holy Land. With their abilities, a mere island is nothing!!"
Within the Holy Land itself, many Celestial Dragons stared at the descending island with expressions of absolute terror.
They were Celestial Dragons!
Descendants of the gods who had created this world!
How could they possibly encounter such a terrifying disaster?!
Some Celestial Dragons were so frightened that they immediately fainted.
Others, particularly some of the older Celestial Dragons with greater mental fortitude, wore extremely ugly expressions as they tightly clutched the possessions they normally treasured most.
Could their rule truly come to an end here?!
No!
Impossible!
The Five Elders were still within the Holy Land.
And that person was still there!
Moreover, over the course of these eight hundred years, the World Government had endured countless storms without ever truly being shaken.
No one could overthrow the World Government.
There was absolutely no way anyone could drag the Celestial Dragons down from their position as World Nobles!
"The Holy Land is in danger!"
At Marine Headquarters, Sengoku, who was overseeing the Summit War, looked in the direction of Mary Geoise with an exceptionally grim expression.
There was probably only one person who could use an entire island as a weapon—
The Thunder Emperor.
The Holy Land Mary Geoise stood atop the Red Line and was very close to Marine Headquarters.
Therefore, Sengoku only needed a moment of thought before immediately making his decision.
"Garp!"
"Got it!!"
Garp had already entered the battle.
After sending Queen and Jack flying with a single punch before either of them could enter their Rampage Forms, Garp threw off the coat draped over his shoulders and began using Moonwalk, racing toward the Holy Land Mary Geoise.
This battlefield simply wasn't suitable for him.
On one side was his faith and duty.
On the other were his family and old friends.
Caught between both sides, Garp found the situation unbearably difficult.
It was better for him to head directly toward the Holy Land Mary Geoise and provide support there instead.
When the Whitebeard Pirates saw this scene, their morale surged.
The Marines, by contrast, became even more dispirited.
"Damn it!!"
Sengoku's expression became even uglier.
Just as he was about to remove his coat and personally enter the battle, Tsuru stopped him.
Sengoku's expression shifted repeatedly for a long while.
Eventually, he nodded with a gloomy face, picked up the microphone, and began reorganizing the Marines' defensive deployment.
Back at the Holy Land Mary Geoise—
As the island continued descending and drew closer and closer to the Holy Land, the Five Elders inside Pangaea Castle finally could no longer remain seated.
"Whoosh! Whoosh!"
In an instant, several overwhelmingly powerful flying sword slashes shot out from within Pangaea Castle!
The enormous island falling toward the Holy Land Mary Geoise was instantly sliced into countless fragments!
"What incredible swordsmanship!!"
Below, Mihawk casually sent an agent flying with a slash before narrowing his eyes at the sight above.
"So this is one of the Five Elders the Captain mentioned—the one who possesses Shodai Kitetsu and extraordinary swordsmanship?"
Mihawk murmured to himself.
"He really is powerful. But compared with the Captain... he should still fall short."
Although the incomparably sharp flying sword slashes had cut the entire island apart, the resulting fragments still continued falling toward the Holy Land below.
Just as everyone inside the Holy Land stared upward in terror, an indifferent yet majestic voice echoed throughout the entire sky.
"Attraction!"
Immediately, every single fragment of the island froze in midair.
"Repulsion!"
In the next instant, all of the island fragments abruptly reversed direction and shot toward Roy, Burgess, and the others!
"A Paramecia-type Gravity-Gravity Fruit? Or perhaps a superior version of Issho's Press-Press Fruit?"
Roy's expression remained unchanged.
He watched the incoming island fragments and merely opened his eyes slightly wider.
An unparalleled wave of Conqueror's Haki instantly surged outward!
Every object flying toward him was crushed into powder beneath the overwhelming pressure before scattering through the air!
But it still wasn't over.
After the attack using gravitational attraction and repulsion failed, several more devastating flying sword slashes erupted from Pangaea Castle.
Roy merely flicked his fingers.
Equally sharp flying sword slashes burst forth from his fingertips, intercepting and neutralizing every incoming attack one after another.
(End of Chapter)
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