"The results are about what I expected." Reiner hovered high in the sky, observing the battle below.
The mutated beasts Golden Lion had painstakingly cultivated might have been dreaming if they thought they could overthrow the world, but they were still a force not to be underestimated.
The army formed from the powerful beasts Reiner had selected was also playing a considerable role in this massive battle.
Any one of them alone possessed strength comparable to at least a colonel or major general. Scattered across the battlefield and coordinated under his control, they displayed devastating lethality.
Ordinary soldiers were completely helpless against them. Sengoku had no choice but to dispatch the vice admirals to deal with them, or the casualties would become unacceptable.
"The balance seems to have been broken."
Below the execution platform, Vice Admiral Tsuru furrowed her brow, making her wrinkled face look even older as she worried about the situation in the plaza.
They had originally relied on their numerical advantage to gradually lure Whitebeard's men toward the Encirclement Wall Plan, but the sudden arrival of these beasts had greatly accelerated the advance of the front lines.
Vice Admiral Tsuru stood still with her arms folded before her chest. Thoughts churned through her mind, as chaotic as the Justice cape fluttering behind her.
After a moment of silence, Vice Admiral Tsuru looked up toward the execution platform. "More than half of the vice admirals have been tied down, and Whitebeard's commanders are advancing much faster;
"By the time the front reaches the plaza, the pirates in the rear may not yet be deeply trapped inside the encirclement. Should we still raise the iron walls immediately then?"
"Raise them once those beasts have mostly been dealt with."
Sengoku nodded and said heavily, "War is unpredictable by nature. There's