The Divine Knights Enter the Fray (Part 2)

Meanwhile, the other four elite members of the Divine Knights charged into the main battlefield like tigers descending the mountain.

They each locked onto their targets—Moria; the duo of Laki and Conis; Marian; and Perona.

The strength these people displayed was anything but ordinary.

Although Moria was no longer under Manmaya's sniper fire, he now faced a knight with a frenzied close-combat style who could rebound others' attacks.

Every attack he launched was instead exploited by his opponent, leaving him at a severe disadvantage.

Though Laki and Conis worked together seamlessly, they were forced onto the defensive by a bizarre ability that disrupted the flow of energy. The rhythm of the sandstorm and fireflies was thrown into disarray.

Marian's ink-splashing, crushing offensive was countered by a knight with nearly precognitive evasive maneuvers and a force field ability that made attacks "slide away."

Perona's "Cloud Dream Domain" encountered an opponent with extraordinarily high mental resistance who could also release purifying light, greatly weakening the effects of her illusions and negative emotions.

For a time, the pressure on these members of the Cloud Wanderer Pirates surged dramatically. They had no choice but to fall back into defense and struggle to hold on.

With the full entry of these nine elite Divine Knights, the scales of battle seemed to tilt visibly once more toward the Marines and the World Government.

Shamrock slowly swept his gaze over the chaotic battlefield below before finally returning it to Brook.

"Brook Lott, even now, do you still refuse to withdraw?"

His voice was not loud, yet it carried a peculiar penetrating force that clearly overpowered the battlefield's clamor. "It seems you do not care all that much about your crew either."

Brook raised a brow. "Oh my, Commander, is it? You keep telling me to leave one