"I really hadn't expected to run into them so soon..."
The Oro Jackson seemed to spend its entire life being surrounded.
As Austin remembered, the last time had been the Battle of Ed War—one lone ship surrounded by an enemy fleet.
Come to think of it, when Roger took part in the battle at God Valley, he had said he wanted to avenge what happened a year earlier.
Could this have been the time they were surrounded?
Austin did not panic. Instead, he unhurriedly walked to the side of the ship. Facing the bleak, raging winds, he looked toward the many massive ships in the distance.
Bearing Rocks' insignia, pirate ships filled the sea. Countless pirates brandished their blades and guns, glaring menacingly in the direction of the Roger Pirates.
Before they had even drawn close, their shouts could already be heard.
"Die, Roger!!!"
"You actually dared refuse Captain Rocks' invitation? You're far too arrogant, you bastard!!!"
"With so many captains joining forces this time, the Roger Pirates are finished..."
Amid the fleet stood an immensely tall and burly man with a crescent-shaped white beard. He held a naginata and wore a Captain's Hat, standing at the very front.
Thud—
He slowly walked to the bow. His massive body alone caused thunderous sounds with every step.
The overwhelming aura he exuded made the ordinary crewmen around him tremble in fear.
A sexy beauty with short, side-swept blonde hair lay draped over his shoulder.
"It's Captain Newgate!!!"
As a captain whose strength was second only to Rocks, capable of destroying heaven and earth with a mere gesture, he inspired awe in every pirate under the Rocks Pirates. None of them dared act recklessly around him.
But Whitebeard could not be bothered with them. He merely gazed across the sea at the