Chapter 228: Diehards of the Celestial Dragons

Chapter 228: Diehards of the Celestial Dragons

Chapter 228: Diehards of the Celestial Dragons
However, before continuing their advance, the pirates still had to discuss who would be responsible for commanding the subsequent battles.

Even though the gate to Marijoa seems to be just around the corner, even the most optimistic pirates would not think that the World Government will allow them to do whatever they want.

Before this, Esdeath was the leader of the first team of pirates and also the top fighter of the Universe Dark Matter Pirates. Naturally, she was the undisputed boss on the front line.

But now Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, the commanders of the second and third teams, have also arrived. With three top fighters around, Boros has never ordered Kaido and Charlotte Linlin to obey Esdeath's orders.

What's more, the pirates of the First Division had already suffered heavy losses from the battle from Red Harbor to Marijoa. They finally waited for the arrival of reinforcements from the Beasts and Big Mom Pirates, and only with the support of the pirates of the Second and Third Divisions did they capture the city wall guarded by the Army.

As a result, at the last moment, the city walls were blown up by the army and a large number of pirates were killed. Of the once mighty army of more than 100,000 pirates, only one in ten can still fight.

In contrast, the main forces of the second and third teams, mainly the Beasts and Big Mom Pirates, suffered almost no losses.

According to the rules of the sea, Esdeath, who has the weakest pirate under her command, should voluntarily give up her position and let Kaido or Charlotte Linlin become the leader. The problem is that Esdeath simply ignores the so-called rules.

Fortunately, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin are not of the same mind. Before they squeezed Esdeath out, the two pirate emperors had already begun to fight for the subsequent dominance.

The three top fighters are vying to be the boss, and the younger brothers can only wait for the results obediently.

However, before the three of them could come to an agreement, a pirate had already discovered the enemy rushing over from the direction of the holy land Marijoa.

Without waiting for the orders from the bosses above to attack, the pirates, who had long been unable to contain their desire to break into Marijoa and plunder, had already rushed forward.

"Charge! Take away all the treasures of the Celestial Dragons!"

"I'm going to chop off the heads of the Five Elders!"

"Kill the Celestial Dragons!"

……

Thousands of pirates roared excitedly, completely ignoring the difference in numbers between the enemy and us, and took the initiative to charge at the army of the gods that was rushing towards the outskirts of Marijoa.

"All living beings are suffering, go and help them to be free..."

Saint Jerolit, dressed as an ascetic, sighed and gave a casual order to a captain of the army of God.

To be able to climb to the position of captain in the hierarchical God's Army, one not only needs to be very strong, but also must have loyally followed the World Government for several generations in a row.

Especially the several commanders of the God's Army, whose ancestors even followed the twenty "Creators" who established the World Government. For such "loyal dogs", even the Celestial Dragons would not treat them as ordinary pariahs.

"Yes! Gerolith Saint!"

The captain of the Kamigata Army who received the order showed a fanatical expression, and then without hesitation led less than a thousand subordinates to launch a counterattack against the New World pirates whose number was several times that of his own.

The Shenxia Army has always had the smallest number of troops among the three armed forces, not even a fraction of the navy and the army.

However, the God's Army is able to dominate the Army with a total strength of less than 30,000 people, and it is not just because of the special treatment granted by the World Government.

Every soldier of the God's Army who is responsible for secretly hunting down and destroying the D clan is a strong man who has experienced many battles. Even the elite marines carefully selected by the Navy Headquarters can hardly be compared with these carefully selected soldiers of the God's Army.

In just a few minutes, thousands of New World pirates were killed by a large group of God's Army, while the God's Army's own casualties were only one-tenth of those of the pirates.

This is because the opponents not only come from the New World with the strongest average strength, but their numbers are several times that of the God's Army.

"Very good, very good. Another poor person has been liberated."

Saint Gerolith showed a satisfied smile. Thinking that more than 100,000 pirates would be freed in the future, this knight of God with "lofty" faith became more and more impatient.

Although Saint Jerolit often treats all the untouchables equally when granting them liberation, it is undeniable that the stronger the "poor people" are, the more difficult it is for them to obtain liberation.

So when given a choice, Saint Jerolit would naturally prefer to grant liberation to the strong.

"The pirates seem to be gathering...Should we continue the attack, Gerolith Saint?"

The expressions on the commanders' faces were somewhat hesitant. The God's Army was the smallest armed force among the three armies under the World Government, but also the one with the strongest average strength.

But the reason they have so few people is not because they don't want to expand, but because the threshold for joining the God's Army is too high, and replenishing troops can basically only rely on luck.

The navy can pull out hundreds of thousands or even millions of qualified cannon fodder through a worldwide conscription, and the only thing that can limit the size of the army is the pitiful military budget.

Only the God's Army can select elites from the few people who have served the World Government for generations and are loyal to the Celestial Dragons. Even a die-hard fan like Spandine who has proven himself has to wait until the third generation to be eligible to be selected by the God's Army.

At present, more than 200 soldiers of the God's Army have been killed in the battle. For the navy and the army, this loss is not worth mentioning, but for the God's Army, it is equivalent to a loss of 1% of the total force. Especially at this time, the total number of God's Army in Mary Joa is only more than 13,000.

What makes the commanders of God's Army even more uneasy is that this is just a preliminary battle, and the subsequent enemies will only be more numerous and stronger!

The strength displayed by that gang of scum from the New World was beyond the expectations of God's army. They had originally thought that the achievement of defending the holy land could be easily achieved, but now it seemed that they didn't know how many heavy casualties they would have to pay to defend Marijoa.

Although it has not reached the point of backing down, it is an indisputable fact that the commanders' thinking has become more conservative.

"Of course, there are still hundreds of thousands of poor people waiting for us to grant them liberation... Hmm? Don't you want to help them get liberation?"

Saint Gerolith had a smile on his face and a seemingly peaceful expression, but he spoke extremely bloody words.

Hundreds of thousands of people are nothing compared to the total number of people that Jerolit Saint has helped to free. However, considering that these people are relatively rare New World pirates, the lack of quantity can be fully compensated by quality. At this time, Jerolit Saint has already planned to help the entire Universe Dark Matter Pirates to be free, and does not allow anyone to question his plan, not even the commander of the God's Army!

"No, no, no! Of course! What we mean is that the God's army is ready to fight for your will at any time!"

Noticing that there seemed to be a hint of displeasure in Saint Jerolit's tone, several commanders of the God's Army immediately made explanations in panic.

Even if their ancestors have been loyal to the World Government for generations, the price of saying the wrong thing in front of the noble Celestial Dragons, especially a Knight of God like Saint Gerold, is something they and their families cannot afford!
Faced with the pressure from Saint Jerolit, the commanders of God's army quickly realized that no matter how heavy the casualties of the soldiers were, they would be replenished sooner or later, and the most they could do was lower the recruitment standards.

But if they make Saint Jerolit unhappy, they and the tribesmen behind them will suffer.

"Very good, the great God will pay attention to you... Ah! It is much more comfortable this way!"

Saint Jerolit nodded with satisfaction, and then he pulled open the ascetic robe on his body. His originally hunched old figure suddenly swelled up like a balloon.

His shriveled body bulged with muscles as solid as granite, and his height, which was much shorter than that of ordinary people, quickly expanded to more than three meters.

In the blink of an eye, the skinny ascetic monk turned into a muscular giant, and even his arms were thicker than the waists of the soldiers of God's Army.

Tearing the robe tightly wrapped around his body into pieces, Saint Gerolith stretched his almost inhumanly strong body, making a series of creaking sounds.

As one of the only two Knights of God who have not eaten Devil Fruit, Saint Jerolit has practiced the art of life restoration to almost the pinnacle.

Although he is not as good as Borsalino who gained the ability to stay young simply by returning his life, Saint Gerolito can also maintain an aging posture for many years to accumulate life energy, and then release it all at once to return to youth when needed.

Vegapunk once tested Saint Jerolit's various physical indicators and speculated that the maximum lifespan of this Knight of God was likely to reach two hundred and sixty years, which was almost twice that of a normal human being and was close to the lower limit of the giants.

Of course, this is only the theoretical upper limit of his lifespan. Unless Saint Jerolit always maintains the state of life return, as long as he releases the accumulated life energy, the theoretical upper limit of his lifespan will be greatly shortened.

However, this Knight of God obviously did not care about this. If it was just to enjoy the noble treatment that a Celestial Dragon had since birth, then there was no need for Saint Jerolit to join the Knights of God.

"It's incredible! Being able to cultivate to this level of life restoration is just like that Borsalino in the navy..."

A captain of the God's Army couldn't help but exclaim in amazement, the Six Styles of the Navy are universal moves even under the World Government system.

Although most of the Six Styles' moves are of limited use to truly powerful warriors, and can even be considered useless, Life Return is a unique exception.

Whether it is assisting in training or recovering from injuries, or even when fighting against a strong enemy, Life Return has an effect comparable to that of an animal-type devil fruit.

What's more, when the life return is cultivated to the extreme, it can achieve the miraculous effect of almost rejuvenation. For example, before becoming the admiral of the navy, Borsalino had always been nicknamed the immortal admiral.

The only pity is that countless people on the sea want to replicate Borsalino's miracle, but no one has succeeded so far. Instead, it was Saint Jerolit's unconventional way of taking a shortcut that brought new inspiration to the captain of God's army.

What the captain of the divine army did not notice was that when he said Borsalino's name, his colleagues around him showed expressions of horror.

Before the captain of the army of God, who was sincerely trying to flatter, could finish his words, his neck was grabbed by the expressionless Jerolit Saint.

‘Click! ’

Just like crushing a dry branch picked up on the roadside, Saint Jerolit ruthlessly twisted the neck of the captain of God's army, even the cervical vertebrae in his neck were crushed.

The blood from the neck sprayed all over the faces of the people around, but even the five commanders did not have the courage to wipe it off. They all stood there in silence, fearing that they would be killed by the angry Saint Jerolit.

The commander directly under the captain of God's army was even more shocked and frightened. He didn't expect that there would be such an idiot under his command, who dared to flatter the Knights of God without even knowing the taboos of the Knights of God.

"Really...didn't anyone tell this idiot not to mention that name in front of me?"

The Saint Statue of Gerolith threw the body aside like trash, and shook off the sticky blood on his hands with some disgust.

Even though he had killed a captain of the Divine Army whose status was higher than that of a vice admiral of the Marine Headquarters even within the World Government system, Saint Jerolit's expression did not change at all.

What is even more chilling is that the commanders and captains of God's army not only did not have the slightest dissatisfaction, but instead took it as a matter of course. Many of them even worried that Saint Jerolit would vent his anger on them.

Fortunately, Saint Jerolit seemed to be in a good mood at the moment and had no intention of pursuing the matter further, which made many people breathe a sigh of relief.

"What? The fight hasn't even started yet! You guys are too slow, Saint Geralt!"

At this moment, an airship made of huge bubbles and machinery descended from the sky, and three God's Knights in ceremonial costumes walked out of the airship's cabin with a CP0.

"Charlotte Palace, Saint Betali and Saint Baldora? Saint Green sent you?"

Saint Jerolit's gaze swept over the three new Knights of God. Charlotte Palace, who looked like an old woman, nodded slightly to him, and Saint Betali, with a serious expression, also nodded at Saint Jerolit.

Only Saint Baldora, who had just mocked Saint Jerolit, turned his head away deliberately, as if he didn't want to pay any attention to Saint Jerolit.

However, none of the four Divine Knights seemed to notice CO0 Huangmu following behind them.

Being ignored, Huangmu did not get angry. Instead, he followed carefully behind several divine knights with a flattered expression on his face.

The Celestial Dragons are the descendants of the twenty creators who created the World Government, and the Knights of God are the most outstanding individuals among the Celestial Dragons. It is simply Aramaki's dream to be able to follow them.

If Sakaski is just a die-hard fan of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, then Aramaki goes a step further than him and is a loyal dog who wants to cling to the World Government and the Celestial Dragons and beg to be their dog.

(End of this chapter)