"Line up, you pigs. Don't think about causing chaos and trying to escape.
"If I spot anything wrong, everyone in your entire line will die."
Over a hundred ships drifted across the calm sea, each one packed with slaves whose hands and feet were bound in iron chains.
Crack! Whips lashed across the decks without pause, and foul stench inevitably spread throughout the ships.
The harsh conditions left the slaves listless, but the guards watching them showed no sympathy whatsoever.
In fact, whenever the guards saw the slaves' miserable state, they stepped forward and whipped them even more viciously.
The reason these guards were so cruel was that, before being captured, the slaves aboard every ship had either been pirates who ran rampant across the seas, murderers, or remnants of the Beasts Pirates and Doflamingo Family who had refused to surrender to the death.
It could be said that these seemingly pitiful slaves had all been villains who terrorized their respective regions before their capture.
Thus, when faced with the miserable appearance of a group of scoundrels, the guards overseeing them naturally felt no pity or mercy.
The whips tore through flesh amid cries of pain.
The wolves of the past had now become frail, lamb-like creatures.
Perhaps seeing that his subordinates were hitting them too hard,
Albert, the commander of the entire fleet, activated the broadcasts aboard every ship so as not to affect Roy's plan.
"Do your jobs properly. Don't kill the bait.
"They may all deserve death, but until they have served their purpose, remember that they must stay alive."
Albert's order made all the slaves being beaten let out a sharp breath of relief.
Following Albert's instructions, the guards stopped whipping the slave criminals so frequently.
Amid the gaps between more than a hundred massive seagoing