After destroying Ham Island, Carlos led his men on a rampage, repeatedly attacking the Charlie Family's forces. Whether they belonged to the main family or affiliated families, as long as they lay along the route to Paradise Island, they fell within his strike range.
Battle, rest, battle, rest—excitement, exhilaration, tension. They broke through five islands in a row, killing, wounding, or capturing seven to eight thousand people.
With Carlos personally dealing with troublesome opponents and difficult fortresses, the Lucifer Family's losses were not too severe, though they had still lost quite a few men.
What war did not claim lives? The Lucifer Family had suffered fifteen hundred dead or wounded. After leaving some men behind to tend to the injured, Carlos still had more than five thousand men and twenty-five ships under his command.
Of course, compared to their gains, the Lucifer Family had made an absolute fortune.
They had taken five defended islands of the Charlie Family in succession. Only three islands now stood between them and the Charlie Family's headquarters, Paradise Island.
As long as they broke through those three islands, they could bring the flames of war directly to the Charlie Family's headquarters. Once war reached the headquarters, the Charlie Family would suffer a devastating loss no matter what!
However, the Charlie Family was no pushover. Although Carlos's attack had come suddenly, and despite the highly convenient communication provided by Den Den Mushi, mobilizing forces, gathering them, and rushing them over all took time.
They had not had enough time to mobilize sufficient reinforcements for the first five islands. But by the sixth island, the Charlie Family had urgently gathered forces from the main family and nearby affiliated Mafia families, totaling more than six thousand men, and waited in full battle readiness!
The sixth island was called