The large-scale battle at Marineford, which had drawn the attention of the entire world and was fought mainly between the Whitebeard Pirates and their forty-three allied pirate crews on one side, and the Navy's hundred thousand elite troops and the "Seven Warlords of the Sea" alliance on the other, had come to an end three days ago.
The cause of the war was, of course, the Whitebeard Pirates—one of the "Four Emperors" of the New World—trying to rescue the second division commander, Portgas D. Ace, also known as Gol D. Ace. And the result was beyond doubt: the Navy had suffered a crushing defeat, while Portgas D. Ace had been successfully rescued.
It was reported!
In that large-scale battle, widely known throughout the world as the "Paramount War," the Navy had gathered a full hundred thousand elite officers and soldiers, one Fleet Admiral, three admirals, fourteen vice admirals, dozens of commodores, the entire Navy Science Unit, fifty large warships, and nearly a hundred thousand troops originally stationed at Marineford. It had also summoned five Seven Warlords of the Sea. Such strength and splendor were truly rare in this age!
But the result...
According to certain internal Navy statistics that were not released to the public, after the battle ended, fewer than fifteen thousand of the hundred thousand elite officers and soldiers who had been assembled were still alive, including those lightly and seriously wounded. The rest were either dead or had vanished completely.
The situation was much the same for the other hundred thousand troops originally stationed at Marineford. Their casualties had been extraordinarily heavy!
Of the three admirals, one—Akainu—was seriously wounded, while two—Kizaru and Aokiji—were missing. Of the fourteen vice admirals, three had died, two had gone missing, and one—Onigumo—had been petrified. Nearly all of the rest were injured.