Calamitous Water!

Marine Calendar 1503, January 30.

In the Teigu World, upon the East Blue, there stood such an island.

It had once been the former Empire's Marine Headquarters. Its four seasons had been normal, its vegetation lush, and countless warships had been docked within its harbor.

But when the World Government conquered this world, Navy Admiral Aokiji arrived alone and instantly froze the Imperial Navy Headquarters at the island's edge.

He then fought a great battle with Esdeath, who had still been an Imperial Navy Admiral at the time.

As a result, this island, spanning over thirty thousand square kilometers, became the Isle of Eternal Winter, where heavy snow fell year-round and the climate remained frigid.

However.

The island's misfortune did not end there. Later, it became the battlefield of nearly ten combatants with admiral-level strength.

Under the double ravaging of the Supreme Teigu and Edward Newgate, not only was most of its land destroyed, but countless craters and bottomless fissures were left behind.

The island's environment also became Eternal Day Ice-and-Fire Island, with two-thirds covered in ice and snow, while the remaining third was occupied by several perpetually active volcanoes.

It was called Eternal Day.

Because ever since that great battle ended, night had never fallen on the island. It had remained bright and sunny at all times.

Yet on the sea outside the island, continuous icebergs rose from the water, blanketed beneath thick dark clouds. Bone-chilling winds and heavy snow blew without pause.

And yet, despite being such a chaotic, terrifying, and extreme place.

The steady flow of ships of all sizes and endless crowds of people made this harbor, facing the Empire's mainland, seem incomparably lively and full of life.

Especially the civilians heading deeper into the island. Every one of them wore thick winter clothes, braced against