Before the deafening roar had dissipated, the sea surface hundreds of meters around the training ship exploded one after another!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
One after another, huge black shadows covering the sky and the sun broke through the sea, rolling up jaw-dropping huge waves.
An octopus, Sea King, whose body was completely black and had countless huge tentacles. Its head alone was several times larger than the training ship. Its scarlet single eye stared intently at the tiny human on the deck.
Next to it, a monster that looked like a giant turtle with a back covered with rugged peaks slowly surfaced from the water. Every time it breathed, it stirred up violent sea currents, causing the trainee ship to teeter like a small boat in this apocalyptic sea.
In an instant, seven or eight Giant Sea Kingss of indescribably huge size surrounded the training ship. The shadows they cast turned the day into dusk, and the air was filled with the salty smell from ancient times and a suffocating sense of oppression.
On the deck, time seemed to have frozen.
"Pfft!"
"Poof!"
With two soft sounds, Usopp and Chopper rolled their eyes, a wisp of white smoke came out of their mouths, and fainted. This level of terror was far beyond the processing capabilities of their brains.
"Ah--"
A shrill scream cut through the sky, and Nami turned into an orange afterimage. At a speed that exceeded the limits of the human body, it hung on Akira's body with hands and feet, like a frightened koala, hugging it tightly and refusing to let go.
However, in this almost frozen atmosphere of despair, an inappropriate voice sounded.
"Meat! Such big meat!"
Luffy raised his head and looked at the huge body that was like an endless mountain range. His eyes turned into shining stars. His laughter flowed from the corner of his mouth. He was already thinking about whether to roast or stew it.
"Hey, Diviner." Sanji turned his head and looked at Hawkins, who had already turned pale. "Is this the 100% mortality rate you are talking about?"
Hawkins's lips were trembling and he could not utter a word. He had divined countless times and had never seen such a desperate card, but he never imagined that the so-called "God of Death" could be such a concrete natural disaster.
"Just a few Sea King."
Vinsmoke·Ichiji's voice was cold. The battle uniform on his body had covered his whole body. Under the red lenses, there was no concealment of arrogance and fighting spirit, "Watch me blow their heads off one by one!"
Ace and Zoro are also ready to go.
But no one dared to move.
They all know that with the size of these Sea King, any one of them struggling before death is enough to smash the trainee ship under their feet into pieces and sink into the abyss. Once they fall into the water, they will have no chance of winning against this group of deep-sea overlords.
In this tense and deadly silence, Akira finally made a move.
He reluctantly patted the Nami that was still hanging on his body, and a gentle voice sounded.
"Don't be afraid."
After saying that, he raised his eyes and scanned the nervous, excited, or scared young faces, and finally turned his attention to the group of behemoths.
"Let me talk to them first."
Let's talk?
Everyone was stunned, including Ichiji who was about to rush out. What to talk about with these monsters? About the good weather today, or about letting them jump into the pot on their own?
In the astonished eyes of everyone, Akira took a step forward and stood on the bow of the ship with Nami hanging on his body.
He did not release any earth-shattering momentum, but calmly looked at the largest turtle among them, Sea King, which was like a moving mountain.
The next second, an invisible will transcended the barriers of language and race, like a silent giant hammer, accurately hitting the depths of the soul of every Sea King.
"Back off."
Just two words, simple, direct, and cannot be disobeyed.
For an instant, all Sea King's movements froze. Their huge abyss-like pupils suddenly shrank, focusing on the tiny human on the bow of the ship.
For the first time, their minds received such clear orders from other species. It was not a threat or a begging, but a natural order that came from a higher level of life.
[Who are you...?]
The ancient and chaotic consciousness of the giant turtle Sea King turned into a loud bell-like voice, [Why can we hear your orders?]
Akira's mouth corners raised slightly.
"My name is Akira, Marine Headquarters Marshal."
His voice was conveyed through the same will, calm, but with the majesty of a king over the world, "I am also your king."
The moment the voice fell, Akira took another step forward and held the handle of Supreme Grade Sword's knife at his waist with one hand.
Boom--
An indescribable force Conqueror's Haki exploded with him as the center!
The sky seemed to be torn apart at this moment, the surging seawater suddenly stagnated, and the whole world seemed to bow before this will to dominate the world!
[Retreat or die!]
This time, it is no longer an order, but an ultimatum.
Facing this terrifying pressure that could make even the soul tremble, the giant bodies of the deep sea beasts that were so arrogant just now began to tremble uncontrollably.
Fear, an emotion they had not experienced for thousands of years, instantly ran through their huge bodies like the deepest cold current.
Without any hesitation, the giant octopus Sea King was the first to turn around. Its huge body stirred the sea water, and plunged into the bottomless seabed in an almost embarrassed manner.
Immediately afterwards, Sea King one after another, as if they had seen their natural enemies, scrambled to turn around and fled frantically from the sea area.
In just a moment, the apocalyptic scene disappeared without a trace, leaving only the still rough sea surface, proving that they once existed.
However, the giant turtle Sea King, which was like a mountain, trembled under the suppression of Haki, but did not leave immediately.
It held on to the fear coming from the depths of the soul and sent an intermittent thought into Akira's mind.
[We didn't mean to offend, we were just trying to avoid it!]
[Seven-Colored Mist appears in the sea ahead and cannot be entered!]
[Time is disrupted in the fog. Once you enter the sea area covered by colorful fog, you will be trapped in the fog and unable to escape. Even if you escape, you will age rapidly or even die due to the different flow rates of time]
Listening to this intermittent voice, Akira slowly released his hand from the handle of the knife, and the domineering and coldness in his eyes gradually faded away.
Seven-Colored Mist?
He turned his head and glanced at Hawkins, who was lying limply on the ground not far away from the aftermath of the disaster.
Obviously, the colorful mist should be the real reason why Hawkins divined a 100% mortality rate.
I need light, please use love to generate electricity~
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