Out at sea.
Dark clouds blanketed the sky. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, as if a storm were about to arrive, leaving people feeling oppressed and irritable.
Within the dark clouds.
From time to time, enormous sections of a dragon's body could be seen. Under the lightning, the blue, diamond-shaped dragon scales reflected the light like countless polished mirrors.
At that moment.
A ferocious and terrifying dragon's head emerged from the dark clouds. A trace of confusion flashed through his amber vertical pupils. "A Marine warship?!"
"How did they appear here..."
However, that trace of confusion was quickly overwhelmed by his blazing desire for battle. Fierce flames of war burned vigorously in his frightening golden eyes.
"I can sense it..."
"The aura of the strong!!"
There were even some familiar auras among them, as well as some unfamiliar ones.
This made the blood in Ares's enormous dragon body involuntarily begin to flow faster, surging through his body like a flood and producing a rushing sound.
"Roar!!!"
A dragon's roar that shook the eardrums burst from Ares's maw, filled with excitement, yet also seeming to be a declaration of war!!
That imposing roar rapidly spread across the sky, shaking the elite soldiers aboard the Marine warship until they covered their ears in pain.
Staring toward the direction Ares was flying from, Sengoku lowered his brows in thought. "The direction indicated by the vivre card is clearly this island, so why did Ares come from another direction?"
"That's strange..."
While he was thinking, Garp's face was filled with excitement. He grinned. "It's him. It's definitely Ares. That violent, beastlike aura is as conspicuous as a lighthouse in the night."
"Only he would know that our Marine strongmen are here and still charge over without the slightest fear."
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