To keep this ship of Marines from disturbing Maud's mood, Lafitte took the initiative and attacked.
Before the other warship had even drawn near, he had already flown onto the railing along its side.
His arrival directly cut off the Marines' intention of rushing to the deck's aid.
"Heh heh."
Lafitte stood atop the railing, his cane-sword held horizontally before him as beads of blood dripped from its blade.
Without pausing for long, Lafitte charged at the Marines on the deck without another word.
In just a few seconds, several Marines had already fallen on the deck.
The overall quality of the headquarters Marines was indeed higher than that of branch Marines, but their individual combat power was still insufficient to threaten Lafitte.
And some gaps in combat strength could not be made up for through numbers alone.
However, the Marines had fought together for a long time, and their extremely coordinated teamwork kept Lafitte from slaughtering them outright.
Even so, the gap between the two sides quickly became apparent.
No matter how desperately the Marines attacked, they could not injure Lafitte.
Lafitte, on the other hand, continued taking Marine lives amid their encirclement.
This stark disparity was the result of Haki.
On a broader level, it was the clear contrast between the New World and Paradise.
Under Lafitte's overwhelming offensive, the Marines fell one after another.
On the other warship, Maud's battle with the Bucktooth Brigadier General was gradually reaching its climax.
The seemingly endless clashes of blades left only the clanging of colliding metal ringing across the deck.
The Bucktooth Brigadier General had not been suppressed. On the contrary, after more than a thousand exchanges, he had inflicted five cuts on Maud.
However, those five wounds were not serious and had no effect on Maud whatsoever.
Judging by