Gol's beastman form had a special name—the Ant King.
With a fierce kick, he cracked the ground beneath his feet and appeared before Red. His black fist streaked with crimson patterns and coated in Armament Haki smashed toward Red's chest.
Before the fist arrived, its gust of force erupted ahead of it.
Red sidestepped and raised his umbrella sword in a sweeping slash.
Gol flipped backward to evade.
The fist wind directly destroyed a third of the castle, while the slash swept toward the Marines and prison guards. Alexander's clothes burst apart across his back, revealing a spiked turtle shell.
He used the shell to take the slash head-on. Coated in Armament Haki and enhanced by Base Armor modifications, Alexander's shell was incredibly hard.
The slash left only a faint white mark on it.
Joseph, nearby, also made his move. Bone gun barrels emerged from the ten fingertips of his hands. "Bone Gatling."
The skeletal intake tubes extending from his back sucked in vast amounts of air, using it as propellant for the Bone Gatling's bullets.
Countless sharp white bone bullets sprayed toward the area around Red Count.
Red, whose Observation Haki was exceptionally powerful, did not take the attacks head-on. He continuously swung out Sword Qi, defending as he counterattacked.
Alexander acted as a shield against the sharp, dense Sword Qi, while Joseph's Armament Haki-coated bone bullets continuously strafed Red Count.
Bullets and Sword Qi left large marks all around, kicking up huge clouds of dust.
According to the law of smoke without injury, these attacks clearly had not harmed either side.
Daniel, Charles, and Parkinson, who had yet to make a move, also entered the battlefield.
Daniel, wearing a monocle, pulled smoke bombs from his pocket and threw them directly toward Red Count.
Red Count instantly sensed something