Inside the vast palace, pavilions and towers stood in dense profusion as furious shouts and the clang of clashing blades rang out without pause.
Boom! Boom!
Cannon fire exploded amid the packed crowds. The snowy ground was littered with pirates lying in pools of blood.
Black and red stained the vast white landscape as biting winds swept snow across the entire battlefield.
"How's the situation now?" shouted a burly-looking pirate captain with a long scar slashing across his face.
He kept a wary eye on the swordsman not far away, who wielded three swords at once and fought with the savagery of a beast.
By now, the enemy had nearly wiped out five pirate crews single-handedly—that was a tenth of their strength!
"Captain! Our fleet's casualties have already exceeded one-third!"
"In such a short time?!"
The scarred man's face darkened. "Then what about the enemy?!"
Everyone who had landed on this island was a captain or an elite crew member!
And Lord Shiki was being held up by the enemy. If the fighting continued like this, even if they won the war, their newly assembled fleet would pay an enormous price!
That was right—this was already a war. Their opponents might have numbered barely a dozen, but the fleet formed by their fifty pirate crews had enough power to bring down a country!
"The enemy hasn't suffered any casualties so far!"
"What did you say?! We've lost this many men and haven't even taken out a single one of them?!" the scarred pirate roared in disbelief.
They weren't rookies. They were veteran pirates who had roamed the seas for years, which was why Golden Lion's reputation had brought them here.
They knew the Straw Hat Crew had made a name for themselves lately, but they hadn't expected every member to