Please enter the main text. An invisible ripple spread out, enveloping the entire battlefield.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Countless people collapsed unconscious onto the deck in an instant, falling with the neat synchronicity of a symphony. A small number held on for a moment longer, but their bodies soon went limp as well. Dizzy and weak-kneed, they crashed to the ground and lost consciousness.
"Wh-what is going on? Why did this happen? Is this some kind of dark magic?"
"Why was the situation reversed in an instant? Am I dreaming? Yes, that must be it. Hurry up and wake me from this nightmare."
Only around thirty people were still able to hold on. Most of them were pirate captains or high-ranking officers, renowned powerhouses throughout the North Blue who could make the region tremble with a mere stomp of their feet. Yet now, they were utterly at a loss, dazed and distraught. What was happening before their eyes had surpassed their imagination. They could not understand how such a favorable situation had suddenly changed so completely.
Judge had seen the world, after all. His face quickly went pale as he thought of a possibility—but he would rather not have known it. He would rather have run about like a headless fly, just like everyone else.
"Y-you... could this be the legendary Conqueror's Haki? The incredibly powerful ability possessed by only one person in a million—the inborn disposition of a king?" Judge asked with difficulty.
Ichiji and Niji were greatly startled upon hearing this. Clearly, they too knew of Conqueror's Haki. What they had lost were emotions Judge considered useless, such as pity, sorrow, and fear. They were still capable of things like surprise.
Reiju's beautiful eyes widened slightly as she looked at Roy. Was this the man who had made her