With a cannon blast from the Ohr Jackson, the battle between the two pirate crews officially began.
At Golden Lion's command, dozens of pirate ships surrounding the Ohr Jackson attacked all at once. In an instant, their cannons unleashed a veritable rain of cannonballs.
"Everyone, get ready to fight back!" Roger drew his sword and spoke with high spirits. Even if they died on this sea, they would have no regrets.
Faced with dozens of cannonballs raining down on them, the Roger Pirates weren't afraid. Gaban fired several bullets, each hitting a cannonball with perfect accuracy and setting it off.
A swordsman like Rayleigh could send out a slash that cut through more than a dozen cannonballs in an instant, making them explode before they reached the ship. In short, not a single cannonball hit the Ohr Jackson.
Golden Lion wasn't surprised in the least. He would have been surprised if the Roger Pirates had actually been sunk by an attack like that.
They both knew each other's strength. Golden Lion didn't join the fight himself; he wanted to give Roger a little more time to think. Joining him was surely the sensible choice.
"Roger, still not willing to join me?" The cannon fire came in one volley after another. The Roger Pirates fought back desperately, and whenever they had a moment to spare, they sank an enemy ship.
But there were simply too many enemy ships. Defeating one wouldn't make much difference to the battle.
As time passed, Golden Lion decided to join the fight himself. If he couldn't have them, he would destroy them. That was what he had decided.
Golden Lion used his Devil Fruit powers to fly into the air, drew his swords, and slashed toward the Roger Pirates. "War Wave!"
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