The huge sword gleamed with a bone-chilling light.
Ochoku knew that Ares was still young and had yet to develop a clear understanding of the pirates' cruel law of survival.
His entire body radiated a terrifyingly cold aura and murderous intent!
"Golden Armor Swordsman—Ochoku!"
At the sight of Ochoku's arrival, Elizabeth II grew tense. Beads of cold sweat trickled down his cheeks, and his mind became flustered. "An officer of the Rocks Pirates... Ochoku has appeared too?"
Ochoku, whose bounty was 180 million Berries, was countless times more famous than Blood Hand - Ares.
"Wait..."
Elizabeth II suddenly widened his eyes, a trace of fear surfacing in them as he recalled something.
This enormous pirate ship had appeared in the plaza. Could it be...
"Could that man have come too?!"
At that thought, his heart instantly rose into his throat.
Then the sudden laughter sent chills down his spine!
"Jahaha..."
Shiki the Golden Lion had appeared on the roof of a house at some point, and floating in the sky behind him were barrel after barrel.
There were probably over a hundred of them.
Without a doubt, those wooden barrels were filled with food and fine wine.
"Big Brother Shiki!"
Seeing the Golden Lion appear, Ares happily called out.
Shiki quickly flew to Ares's side as well. Under his control, all the barrels flew onto the pirate ship's deck and were piled together.
"Ares, leave this place to me. You're still injured, so you can't let this affect your recovery." The Golden Lion, a cigar clenched between his teeth, spoke with imposing authority.
His lion-like, intimidating eyes glared menacingly at Elizabeth II.
Elizabeth II immediately felt as though he had fallen into an icy abyss. Under the Golden Lion's gaze, all the blood in his body seemed to freeze beneath