No matter how hard Kake tried, the Golden Lion Pirates' ship ultimately fell onto the sea.
Although Issho also possessed the ability to manipulate a ship's gravity, the Gravity-Gravity Fruit was far inferior to the Float-Float Fruit in this regard—so long as Golden Lion granted a ship the ability to float, it would remain in effect permanently. Unless he released the ability himself, died, or fell unconscious, those ships and floating islands would never sink from the sky. It did not even consume his stamina.
Likewise, with a single thought, he could naturally make those Floating Islands descend from the sky.
Fujitora Issho's Gravity-Gravity Fruit, however, had to remain continuously activated to push objects into the air. Already at a slight disadvantage in his battle against Golden Lion, Issho simply had no spare attention to help.
With a tremendous splash, Golden Lion's near-island-sized ship crashed onto the sea, raising monstrous waves. Soaked by huge amounts of seawater, the earth giant immediately became incredibly sluggish, even showing signs of falling apart.
Golden Lion's flagship was practically a fusion of ship and island. It looked rather similar to Gecko Moria's Thriller Bark.
In any case, as a Float-Float Fruit user, Golden Lion never needed to consider a ship's weight. As a result, once his flagship fell onto the water, it could barely stay afloat and could not withstand much wind or wave action at all.
On top of that, the earth giant Kake had formed by absorbing massive amounts of soil had utterly wrecked the ship's structure. That was the true culprit behind the ship being flooded by seawater.
Facing the towering waves, Minos dodged repeatedly. Though he was not a Devil Fruit user, he could not let his disguise slip. If something unexpected happened, it might still give him a chance