Chapter 207 Siege

Chapter 207 Siege
"fire!"

Seeing that Esdeath had stepped into the pre-marked artillery coverage area, the Army's candidate for general and another Army lieutenant general looked at each other, then gave the order without hesitation.

'BOOM ...

Nearly a hundred fortress cannons that had been aimed at Esdeath opened fire at the same time. Such intensive firepower against a single enemy can only be described as a waste, but if the target is a top powerhouse like Esdeath, it seems somewhat insufficient.

'Pah p ...

Huge ice prisms quickly appeared in the air, and were shattered by artillery fire and then frozen again.

The more violent the bombardment, the faster the ice prisms appear.

The huge ice prisms that kept appearing protected Esdeath from the fierce bombardment from the front and the left and right sides. Seeing Esdeath getting closer and closer to the city wall, the defenders on the wall couldn't help but start to make a commotion.

"Is it really the Ice Fruit? Snipers, get ready!"

The Army General candidate who was in charge here was completely black, and he had actually normalized the wrapping of Armament Haki. Even when he was not in battle, his body was still wrapped in the dark Armament Haki.

However, the admiral candidate frowned at this time. The army did not have to "deal with" devil fruit users as often as the navy did. However, the army's senior officials who always regarded the navy as a competitor also made a lot of preparations against devil fruit users.

As for who this equipment is for, that depends on personal opinion. Anyway, it can be used now.

Several snipers carrying special rifles were quickly deployed on the city wall. Another army lieutenant general wearing glasses also raised his rifle and aimed at Esdeath who had entered the range of the musket.

'boom! '

The bespectacled lieutenant general of the army opened fire first. A seastone bullet wrapped in armed color domineering pierced through the thick ice prism. Just when it was about to hit Esdeath, Esdeath, who didn't even look at him, stretched out her slender jade finger and directly deflected it.

Soon after, the snipers also opened fire, also using seastone bullets. However, due to their insufficient attainments in Armament Haki, they were unable to even break through the ice prisms that suddenly appeared.

"All of you! Follow me! We must not let that woman climb up the city wall!"

Army General Candidate Blaze shouted loudly at the remnants of the Blackbeard Pirates, saying that no matter how strong the defense was, it would not be able to stop a top-level warrior, and someone had to hold Esdeath back.

Otherwise, with Esdeath's strength, she could easily clear out an unguarded area for the pirates to pass through.

"Hahahaha, the big shot really knows how to order people around... get ready!"

Badgers still laughed heartily, but he was secretly planning to give the dark guy a hard blow when he found the chance.

"It's such a headache. What I'm worst at is frontal combat..."

A pair of white wings grew on Lafitte's back, and he flew up holding on to his top hat.

Although they are CP0 in name, outsiders who join in midway like the remnants of the Blackbeard Pirates are nothing more than high-level cannon fodder in the eyes of the World Government. Even the general candidates of the Army can drive them to fight powerful enemies without any scruples.

"Oh... I might really die this time... No... I still want to live for a few more decades..."

Du Q sighed and jumped off the city wall on his dying horse. When the horse was about to hit the ground, it grew a pair of wings and struggled to fly.

The dark-haired Army General candidate took the lead and rushed to the front. His opponent was a top-level warrior like Esdeath. Ordinary Army generals would only have one way to die if they rushed forward.

So even though he knew he was most likely no match for his opponent, Blaze still had to lead the charge.

Although the Army has deep hostility towards its rival, the Navy, Blazer still recognizes the strength of the Navy Admirals.

The woman in front of us, named Esdeath, was able to fight with the Navy Admiral Akainu for such a long time without being hurt. This strength is probably only matched by Army Admiral Iron Fist Ryuluo.

"Bone broken!"

The pitch-black iron fist came towards Esdeath with a fierce sound of wind, and this punch successfully attracted Esdeath's attention.

'boom! '

An ice wall that was also wrapped in Armament Haki suddenly appeared. Blaze punched through the ice wall, but failed to completely break it. As a result, his arm was stuck in the ice wall.

Then Blaze's fists and arms were frozen in the ice wall. The next moment, the surroundings suddenly became dark, and a huge shadow enveloped Esdeath and Blaze at the same time.

"Unsinkable ship, anchor sinking style!"

When the two raised their heads, what came into view was Badgers carrying a super-giant alloy brick and smashing down the super-giant alloy brick weighing thousands of tons with a grin.

"asshole!"

Blaze quickly punched to shatter the ice wall that froze his arm, and retreated quickly to avoid the alloy bricks thrown by Badges.

Even though he had wrapped his entire body in Armament Haki, he could not withstand the force of an alloy brick weighing thousands of tons falling from a height of dozens of meters.

"Humph……"

Esdeath's mouth curled up slightly. Although it was not as exciting as fighting a strong enemy like Akainu, having a few more opponents like Blaze and Bugles could also make her happy.

"Ka-ka-ka-ka..."

With Esdeath as the center, dozens of icicles rose from the ground and grew rapidly towards the sky, as if trying to withstand the alloy bricks thrown down by Badges.

However, the alloy bricks themselves were too heavy. Even Badgers had to use special tricks to lift them. Dozens of icicles could only hold up for a moment before they shattered into pieces.

However, the moment the first batch of icicles shattered, Esdeath had already easily escaped from the range that the super-giant alloy bricks might affect.

‘Boom! ’

The super-giant alloy brick smashed a hole more than ten meters deep on the ground, and countless gravel and broken ice splashed in all directions.

A white figure, covered by gravel and ice, rushed towards Esdeath at an astonishing speed.

"Clang clang clang clang..."

Esdeath's saber and Lafitte's cane sword crossed dozens of times in the blink of an eye. Even the cane sword wrapped in armed color domineering was chopped into holes by the saber.

After just a few breaths, Lafitte already felt an extremely heavy pressure, as if the saber could cut off his weapon at any time and hit Lafitte directly.

"Disease Breath!"

At the critical moment, Poison Q, riding a sick horse, arrived in time. He took a deep breath, and his chest swelled up like a balloon. Then, a large amount of pale green gas was spit out by Poison Q, and even the rocks were corroded by the gas wherever it passed.

'Shuh! '

A sudden ice wall blocked the disease breath of Poison Q. Lafitte also took the opportunity of Esdeath's distraction, pulled out his pistol, pointed it at Esdeath and pulled the trigger.

'boom! '

The bullets fired from the pistol were actually seastone bullets wrapped with armed color domineering. Esdeath, who could have killed Lafitte with one sword, chose to swing the sword to cut the seastone bullets, and Lafitte took the opportunity to flap his wings to distance himself.

With Esdeath's strength, if she wanted to, she could use her armed color domineering to withstand this shot.

However, the opponent was just a guy like Lafitte, and Esdeath would not be happy even if her boots were just dirty, let alone being hit by the opponent's bullet.

"Well... my cane..."

Lafitte, who shot Esdeath, did not dare to fight. After keeping some distance, he hurriedly checked his cane and sword, which almost made him die of heartache.

The blade of the cane sword that had accompanied him for many years was covered with countless rice-sized gaps, and the armament domineering wrapped around the sword seemed to be non-existent. If the poison Q had come a little slower, Lafitte's cane sword would have been cut off by now.

“Hahahaha! She’s amazing! It looks like we’re no match for this woman…”

He was obviously the first person who wanted to attack Esdeath, but Buggy was the first one who wanted to back down and run away.

He is a typical opportunist. As long as there is a chance, Badgers would even dare to attack Borsalino, the current strongest man in the world.

But at the same time, once he finds that there is no chance or the chance is slim, Badgers doesn't want to take even the slightest risk.

"Huh...ha...there's still a chance...as long as I can touch her..."

On the contrary, he was afraid of death at the beginning and didn't want to face Esdeath's poison Q, but now he is still thinking about how to win.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't breathe towards us! Don't pass the disease to me!"

Buggy walked a few steps away from Poison Q with disgust. With his strong physique, he would naturally be immune to all diseases. Unfortunately, Poison Q was the user of the Sickness-Sickness Fruit, and even a sea king would not be able to withstand it if he got too close to him.

"Sir Blaze, you have to take the lead, otherwise we may not be her match..."

Lafitte shrugged with helplessness written on his face. He was one of the strongest men on the sea, but his opponent was a top warrior who was no different from a monster. Even if Lafitte wanted to fight to the death, he had to see if Esdeath was willing to give him a chance.

"…It's enough to hold her back."

The Army General candidate glared at Badgers with an unpleasant look on his face. With his many years of combat experience, it was not difficult for him to guess that this bastard wanted to plot against him.

But now is the time when people are needed, so Blaze can only pretend that nothing happened just now.

Although Blaze also just wanted to hold Esdeath back, his thoughts at this moment were completely different from when he attacked just now.

At the beginning, he knew that he was probably no match for Esdeath, but he didn't think the gap between him and Esdeath was that big. If he had a few powerful CP0s to help him, it shouldn't be a problem to stop this woman.

Even at that time, an idea flashed through Blaze's heart, that is, to defeat Esdeath with the help of everyone's strength and prove that their army is more worthy of the world government's attention than the navy.

Unfortunately, reality is too cruel. Just one confrontation made Blaze feel the gap between himself and Esdeath.

Compared to Esdeath, who is considered to be a leader among the top strong men, Blaze, who is at best half a level stronger than King or Katakuri, can only barely protect himself in front of Esdeath.

"Ok?"

Esdeath shot down the bullet casually but did not pursue, instead her gaze turned towards the direction of the city wall.

Esdeath's Observation Haki can sense that someone has locked onto her, but because the enemy is in the dark and Esdeath is in the light, even if her Observation Haki is more advanced, it is difficult for her to find the guy who has locked onto her.

Although with Esdeath's strength, she can almost ignore the attacks of most people except the top strongmen, unless the enemy is an extraordinary sniper like Beckman or Jesus Bu, it is impossible to pose a threat to Esdeath.

But just as she let Lafitte go in order to shoot down his bullet, Esdeath, who is extremely proud in her heart, will not allow any enemy attack to hit her easily.

Fortunately, as long as she devotes a small part of her mind, it is enough to guard against attacks from unknown enemies. The only thing she will suffer is a temporary drop in combat effectiveness by 10% or 20%.

"Huh...Huh...this woman is a little too scary..."

Van Oka, hiding in the dark, was sweating profusely without firing a shot. Esdeath in his telescope did not make any special movements throughout the whole process, but every time Van Oka tried to pull the trigger, his heart could not help but start beating rapidly, and his observation Haki also began to give warnings.

It seemed that the moment he fired the gun, the Death Star would light up above his head.

It was not until now that Van Oka finally understood the gap between him and the top snipers of the Red Hair Pirates.

In terms of marksmanship alone, he has reached the pinnacle of the realm, and even his attainments in Armament Haki are not far behind. But if the situation just now had been that of Beckman or Jesus, they would definitely be able to put aside all distractions and pull the trigger.

Even though he knew his flaws, Van Oka still didn't dare to shoot.

Even if this shot would make him comparable to Beckman and Jesus, he would be dead afterwards!
Fortunately, Van Oka's existence is not worthless. Even if he doesn't shoot, he can still divert some of Esdeath's energy. Therefore, even Badges, who has the worst relationship with him, did not complain about Van Oka's slacking behavior.

"Just charge forward! As long as we charge forward and grab all the treasures, they will be ours!"

"The last step! Beyond this wall is the holy land of Marijoa!"

"Running away will only lead to death! Follow me!"

……

Although Esdeath was held back by the Army's general candidate and the remnants of the Blackbeard Pirates, the pirates of the First Division did not stop there.

A dozen senior fighters took the lead and led thousands of mid-level fighters to charge directly towards the city gate defended by the army.

Tens of thousands of pirates were on full alert, ready to rush in as soon as someone opened the city gate.

Even though there were only more than a thousand people launching the attack, the weakest among them were mid-level fighters, and if they were placed in the four seas, they would be big pirates with bounties of tens of millions of berries.

In other words, this is a dozen or so 'Moonlight Moria' from the Terror Bark era, with a vanguard of thousands of 'Evil Dragons' or 'Crows'.

(End of this chapter)