"Ha, seven giant warships and fifteen large warships. You really think highly of me!"
Mongge stood at the highest point of the harbor, gripping the hilt of his blade with his chest puffed out, fixing his gaze directly on the Marine warships a few kilometers away.
The giant Marine warships were the sturdiest and most offensive vessels in the entire navy, all built by the exclusive shipyard of Water Seven.
Even Mongge's Black Pearl was constructed by shipwrights from Water Seven.
Each giant Marine warship carried one thousand Marine soldiers, while standard large warships carried five hundred.
Combined.
The number of Marines participating in this encirclement approached fifteen thousand, nearly matching the number of pirates in the port town.
These soldiers were hardly ordinary fodder; their skill level at least matched that of Rocks from a year ago. If Newgate faced two or three such Marine soldiers right now, he probably wouldn't be able to fend them off.
Not to mention the generals and officers aboard the warships.
"Ten vice admirals and two admirals? Does dealing with an old fogey like me really require such a huge fuss?"
Under the perception of his Observation Haki, the lineup aboard the Marine warships lay fully exposed, and the Marines hadn't bothered to hide it in the least.
As long as they confirmed Mongge was still on this island, all they needed to do was righteously destroy Sphinx and wipe out the pirates upon it.
One could say that all the pirates on Sphinx were now coerced by Mongge; they either fought alongside him to repel the Marines or surrendered and awaited imprisonment inside Impel Down.
Want to run?
Ask those more than twenty Marine warships first!
"Hahahaha, everyone, it seems our luck isn't very good. With so many Marines coming to encircle