In the silent mountains, night had already fallen. Strangely, a crescent moon had risen, seeming slightly brighter than usual.
By the bright moonlight, Cole and Whitebeard could be seen standing ahead, their backs turned to Luo Han as they faced the center of the island.
Both were on high alert, their expressions grave and their Observation Haki fully unleashed. They watched the teal-green orbs continuously flying in from afar, their hearts sinking further and further. Still not enough? Those people should have noticed by now, right?
They were right. The abnormality here was quickly discovered. Though the moonlight was bright tonight and it had not been obvious at first, it eventually became impossible to ignore.
As Elles activated her ability, more and more teal-green orbs gathered from the distant vegetation. At first, they came only from the nearby mountains, but later, plants across the entire island emitted clusters of teal-green light that converged here.
The massive teal-green orb above Elles grew larger and brighter. In the end, it extended beyond the forest canopy and emerged from the mountains, naturally making it much easier to spot.
But one person had noticed even earlier. As soon as Elles released that unusual ripple covering the entire island, Roger sensed something was wrong. However, he did not possess Luo Han's ability to communicate through Divine Sense, so he failed to discover Elles's presence and was merely curious.
Not long after, Roger's All-Hearing Observation Haki seemed to hear the grass beside him say something like, "It's okay." He then began noticing faint lights flying out from the blades of grass. At first, Roger paid them no attention, because they were truly too faint to be seen with the naked eye and could only be sensed through Observation Haki.
Even now, Rocks and the others were