Oden finally began to take the opponent before him seriously. With a grave expression, he asked,
"Marine, what is your name?"
Gigue replied calmly,
"Second-year cadet of the Marine Academy, Darkseid Gigue."
At those words, the surrounding pirates all showed looks of shock. Someone with such strength was merely a Marine cadet!? Was this some kind of joke?
If all new Marines were like him, how were pirates supposed to survive on the seas in the future?
Before they could recover from their shock, several warships emerged on the distant sea. Then, several transparent bear paws came flying over at a speed nearly impossible to follow with the naked eye. Six paw-shaped craters instantly appeared on the deck behind Gigue. Kuma and the others had arrived.
As for Zephyr, Kuma had already sent him to the Moby Dick.
Akainu swept his gaze around. When he saw the Marine soldiers lying on the ground, scorching magma instantly surged from his body, and the temperature across the deck abruptly rose.
Seeing this, Oden's pupils constricted as he cried out,
"Magma!? Damn it! He's a Logia! Spread out, quickly!"
However, it was already too late. Akainu was ruthless and sparing with words. Both his arms had long since transformed into magma as he blasted them directly at the surrounding pirates.
In a single exchange, a large number of pirates were reduced to ash by the blazing magma. Quite a few unlucky ones were blasted off the warship by its immense explosive force, plunging into the sea like dumplings dropped into a pot.
At this sight, the remaining Marines on the deck were instantly fired up. Shouting war cries, they charged at the pirates opposite them.
The Whitebeard Pirates were no ordinary pirates either, and they quickly regained their formation. Oden was the first