The frozen city radiated waves of bitter cold.
Aside from the lucky ones around Cobra, and people like Roy who had not been frozen.
At that moment, all of Alubarna had been turned into Ice Sculptures by Aokiji's power.
The cold night continued, but as the first rays of sunlight pierced the darkness.
The sun rose high in the sky, and as time slowly passed, the desert's characteristic heat gradually began to melt the ice.
Roy watched the city slowly thaw.
His heart stirred, and dark clouds began gathering overhead. Crash! Rain poured down over the city once more.
The desert heat combined with the rain, rapidly thawing the frozen people and gradually restoring their vitality.
He watched Ice Sculptures turn into living people one after another.
No matter how many times he saw it, Roy was still shocked by it.
Because in his previous life, if someone had been frozen into an ice sculpture, the only outcome would have been death.
But in the fantastical world of the Pirate King, the miraculous powers of Devil Fruits could often create miracles.
Aokiji had mastered the power of the Ice-Ice Fruit to perfection.
Looking at the civilians who had yet to melt but were still alive.
For the first time, Roy clearly felt the enormous gap between himself and an admiral.
An ordeal that had brought them to the brink of death immediately sobered everyone whose minds had gone mad.
Especially after five Marine vice admirals, together with the Marines who had not been frozen earlier, arrested Crocodile's criminals one by one.
No one knew who started the cheers.
Everyone was still shivering, yet the smiles on their faces simply would not fade.
The rain from above and their newly regained lives made many people cherish the present deeply.
Although there