Chapter 247 Destined to suffer!
Chapter 247 Destined to suffer!
Ace pondered for a moment and turned his gaze to Red-Hair Shanks standing beside him. The Whitebeard Pirates will always repay a favor, and even if it is to repay the favor owed during the Battle of Marineford, Ace doesn't mind helping Red-Hair Shanks once.
Even though Ace was a reckless young man in the past, the time he spent in charge of the Whitebeard Pirates was enough for him to learn how to think and judge the situation.
At first, Red Hair might have wanted to drag the Whitebeard Pirates into trouble with the Navy, but after waiting for so long and seeing no movement from Marinford and Borsalino, even a fool could guess that something probably went wrong with the Navy.
"I want to go up to Marijoa and see what's happening there."
Shanks raised his head and looked at Mary Geoise. Although the straight-line distance was only ten kilometers away, the chaotic battlefield had achieved the effect of killing by sight. Even someone as strong as Shanks could not sense what was happening in Mary Geoise at this moment.
Initially, Shanks had thought about mediating between the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates and the World Government, but now that the fight has come to this point, even if the Whitebeard Pirates are involved, it may not be enough to convince both sides, especially the one with the advantage, to make concessions.
Since a ceasefire is impossible, the only thing Shanks can do is to strive for a relatively acceptable outcome for the future of this world, or at least maintain the situation in a relatively balanced state.
Only in this way will Luffy have the time and space to grow. Otherwise, once the situation is completely out of balance, the war may spread to the whole world before the new era arrives.
"I'm afraid that Beasts and Big Mom won't welcome us..."
Joz crossed his arms and spoke hesitantly. What he said was still a relatively polite description. If they really encountered the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, Kaido and Charlotte Linlin would probably pounce on them and tear them all apart at the first moment.
Whether it is the banner of the Whitebeard Pirates or the strength and uniqueness of these remnants themselves, they are enough to induce Beasts and BIG MOM to take action against them.
"They probably don't have time to deal with us now. Even though they have already attacked Marijoa, the World Government is not to be trifled with. I wouldn't be surprised even if the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates have been completely wiped out..."
Beckman took out a cigarette with some difficulty and lit it. The impact of losing an arm was not only on his combat, but also caused a lot of trouble in his daily life.
Fortunately, as a gunner, he does not need to fight with the enemy in close combat often, and the impact of losing an arm is still within his tolerance range for long-range sniping.
"Then let Beasts and Big Mom fight the World Government to their heart's content. We are not the ones who want to overthrow the World Government, so what does their fight have to do with us..."
Joz spoke with some disapproval. Even though it was because Kaido and Charlotte Linlin took advantage of the death of their father just after the end of the War of Marineford to wantonly invade the territory of the Whitebeard Pirates, he still wished that these two pirate emperors would be completely eliminated by the World Government.
Shanks, who originally wanted to say a few words of advice, was almost choked to death by Jotz, especially when he brought in the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates at the beginning. Shanks already had the intention of taking advantage of them, so now he couldn't even utter a word of advice.
"If Whitebeard were still alive, there would be no reason for him to miss this war..."
Beckman on the side slowly retorted that the Whitebeard Pirates with Whitebeard in charge have always been chess players on the chessboard. In Beckman's view, the biggest problem of the Whitebeard Pirates led by Ace has always been that they have not clearly defined their own positioning.
Even when his strength was still insufficient, Ace should have had the thought of making a move on the chessboard. After all, the mere banner of the Whitebeard Pirates was enough to qualify him to make a move, but Ace had never realized it.
"…Beckman is right. If Dad were still alive, he wouldn't want to see us hiding in our shells and waiting for the storm to end. Let's go up too!"
Ace was convinced by Beckman's words, and on some issues that did not involve principles, the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates were also happy to obey Ace's decisions.
Even Joz, who had just been voicing his opposition, no longer insisted on his position after hearing that Ace had made the decision. He chose to maintain the captain's authority and remained silent.
The two captains of the temporary alliance have already made a decision. The next step is to land in Marijoa together in the bubble pod. Shanks, who has been on Marijoa before, is very familiar with this. He quickly arranged for everyone to board different batches of bubble pods and head towards the towering holy land of Marijoa.
The higher they went, the more noises they could hear coming from Marijoa, shouts and explosions one after another. However, what made this temporary alliance of pirates a little uneasy was that the shouts they heard were almost all from the pirates, and there were very few noises from the World Government.
There is only one reason for this situation to occur, and that is that the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates have an absolute upper hand. By the time they land on Marijoa, they might run head-on into the Beasts and Big Mom Pirates who have just cleaned up the battlefield.
Shanks, sitting in the first bubble pod, couldn't help but tighten his grip on the hilt of his beloved sword. He didn't believe that the man called Ancient Saint Grimm would die so easily at the hands of Beasts and Big Mom.
But before the temporary alliance's bubble pod reached the halfway point, they heard a sudden earthquake in Marijoa above, as if two or more sea kings were fighting each other there.
Even the pirates' shouts and explosions had weakened a lot. I guess they were afraid of being affected by the battle between the strong ones.
Fortunately, the Red Soil Continent is strong enough, and the possibility of being caught up in the war was taken into consideration when the bubble pod was built, so it was designed to be quite strong and stable. Even if the Red Soil Continent was shaking slightly, the people riding the bubble pod still didn't feel much.
"It's really high. Fisher Tiger was able to climb up there with his bare hands..."
Bramanque, the captain of the Sixth Team of the Whitebeard Pirates, couldn't help but sigh. A fat man like him felt a little suffocated when he saw the cliffs of the Red Earth Continent. If he were to climb, he would probably fall off the stone wall after climbing only a few hundred meters.
But this cannot be blamed on Bramanque. With his physique, it is indeed a bit difficult for him to climb up along the red soil continent.
"He's Brother Tiger after all!"
Namur, the captain of the Eighth Team, spoke with great pride that even though more than a decade had passed, the murloc adventurer Fisher Tiger was still the common pride of all murlocs.
Some of the wandering fishmen may not know the name of the King of Dragon Palace City, but no one does not know Fisher Tiger.
"I'm afraid that Dad and Roger would never have thought that Beast and Big Mom could do this. If Dad and Roger had joined forces at that time, they might have really been able to overthrow the World Government..."
Izo, the captain of the 16th team who had experienced the Roger era, couldn't help but sigh that although they were two such powerful people at the beginning, they never showed their true strength at their strongest.
As a result, after the end of the war, rumors began to spread on the sea that Whitebeard was not worthy of his reputation and that Admiral Borsalino was the strongest. This made the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, who revered their father as a god, extremely angry. They always stubbornly believed that Whitebeard was the strongest man in the world. If he had not been dragged down by his sons, how could he have lost to those despicable navy!
"Don't think too much. If it weren't for that mysterious Boros, it would be good that Beasts and Big Mom didn't fight each other... I don't know if that guy joined the battle. I really want to see with my own eyes a monster that can suppress two pirate emperors at the same time..."
Marco opened his dead fish eyes and spoke slowly. In his opinion, the key reason why Kaido and Charlotte Linlin could defeat Marijoa was Boros, a guy who was full of mystery from beginning to end.
Moreover, the attack of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates was so smooth that it was hard not to suspect that they had placed spies in the upper echelons of the World Government.
The distance of ten thousand meters was not too long for the bubble pod that climbed very quickly, and soon the temporary alliance of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates landed on Marijoa amid a series of roars.
"Roar!"
Even from a long distance, one could hear Kaido's deafening roar on the battlefield. Kaido, the beast who transformed into a blue dragon, was so huge that Ace, Shanks and others who had just landed on Marijoa could immediately see the furious blue dragon above the battlefield.
"He's going to lose. Kaido the Beast is going to lose soon..."
Beckman, who had excellent eyesight, changed his expression slightly. Only Jesus Bu and Izo, who were also gunmen like him, could see clearly the several figures fighting with Kaido, the Beast.
Although the effect of Observation Haki has been weakened to the minimum, Beckman, as a top sniper, can still roughly estimate the strength of the Divine Knights besieging Kaido by visual inspection.
"You can actually defeat that beast? Does that mean Big Mom is in danger?"
Vista couldn't help but take a breath. If you were to be serious, the number of times the Beasts had been defeated was actually quite large. The Whitebeard Pirates alone had defeated and even captured the Beasts Kaido more than once.
But that was all a few years or even more than ten years ago. Ever since Kaido, the King of Beasts, became the Protector of Wano Country, he has never failed again.
Kaido, the King of Beasts, is currently the main force of the Dark Matter Pirates. If even he is defeated, doesn’t it mean that the World Government is about to win?
"Those people who besieged Kaido should be the Knights of God that my father once mentioned. They are indeed a group of terrifying guys..."
Marco spoke with a serious expression. If possible, he really didn't want to deal with an enemy that both his father and Roger were very afraid of. However, seeing the miserable state of Kaido, the King of Beasts, Marco knew very well that if the World Government defeated the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates, they might really take advantage of the victory to attack the New World.
Without the three pirate emperors in charge, the New World would not be a match for the World Government no matter how many pirates there were. Not to mention that before the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates set out, they were recruiting pirates on a large scale in the New World, almost reducing the number of pirates in the New World to the lowest point in history.
If Marco hadn't seen the battle between the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates and the World Government leaving corpses everywhere, he would have been unable to resist the conspiracy theory and suspected that Boros might be a member of the World Government.
"Ace, should we help Beast and Big Mom?"
The expression on Vista's face was obviously somewhat resistant. Not long ago, they had fought against the Beasts and the BIG MOM Pirates in order to protect the territory and flag left by their father.
Although for pirates, friends and enemies can always be switched at any time, it is not uncommon for them to fight to the death during the day and have a party together at night.
However, Beasts and Big Mom have always been the most troublesome enemies for the Whitebeard Pirates, but they still have to take the initiative to help Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, which is like putting their hot faces against Beasts and Big Mom's cold butts.
"We are not helping Beasts and Big Mom. We are just trying to maintain the balance of power in the New World and prevent the World Government from taking advantage of the opportunity to control the New World."
Shanks saw that the members of the Whitebeard Pirates were struggling, so he took the initiative to explain.
Although it was still Kaido and Charlotte Linlin who had to do the job, after what Shanks said, the captains of the Whitebeard Pirates didn't look so ugly anymore. It was just that they usually disliked Red-Hair Shanks, a guy who liked to meddle in other people's business, and they didn't expect that they would also meddle in other people's business like Red-Hair Shanks today.
"Let's go and rescue the beasts and Big Mom!"
Ace lifted his hood and strode towards the battlefield.
After the arrival of the Knights of God, the situation on the battlefield quickly turned to the favor of the World Government. The three top fighters were in danger under the siege of several Knights of God. The cadres of the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates were also blocked by the three new Knights of God and had no way to support their boss.
“Hahahahaha! Go to hell! Accelerate and continuously fire Yunluo cannons!”
With the cooperation of Saint Betali, Saint Valvaro finally seized the opportunity. The Cloud Demon, who had accelerated to the extreme, suddenly punched Esdeath into the ground.
And when the tornado in the sky tried to swoop down to save people, Saint Dodagosia, who was well prepared, directly created countless sharp cubes of different sizes in the air to block the tornado's way.
Seeing that Esdeath, who was covered in blood, was breathing out more than breathing in and even her physical strength was exhausted, the complacent Saint Valvaro actually broke away from the protection of the Cloud Demon God and prepared to personally get rid of this heinous man who killed his compatriots.
Esdeath, who was originally ready to leave the stage, couldn't help but light up her eyes when she saw this scene. She vomited blood even more violently. At first glance, it looked like she was struggling in death.
"Are you ready to repent before you die? Unfortunately, the crime of killing the Knight of God is destined to be tortured even in hell!"
Saint Valvaro looked at Esdeath's beautiful face with some regret. Even in her current state with a pale face and constant coughing up blood, there was a kind of sad beauty like a withering flower.
(End of this chapter)