Before long, Hody Jones and Vander Decken led the New Fish-Man Pirates' elite in driving Neptune's three sons back step by step. They successfully stormed into the palace's great hall, where they faced King Neptune and his still-shaken ministers.
"Hm?"
"They've been wiped out?"
"Tch!"
As soon as he entered the hall, Hody Jones saw the human pirates' bodies floating motionless in the seawater, bobbing with the current. He sneered contemptuously.
"Neptune!"
"You're truly useless. You had to flood the palace just to deal with a few lowly human pirates? Looks like you really should step down!"
It was obvious that Hody Jones didn't care about the human pirates who had been wiped out.
As far as he was concerned, they had already completed their task by opening the palace passage and letting the main force inside. They had no further use, so their deaths were all for the best. That way, he wouldn't have to worry about what to do with them.
"Hody Jones..."
"So it really was you!"
King Neptune, wearing a crown and holding a golden trident, had clearly recognized the culprit who'd led the attack on the palace and made it all the way into the great hall. When he saw that it was indeed Hody Jones—the captain of the recently active New Fish-Man Pirates and a former elite guard of the Dragon Palace Kingdom—Neptune sighed as if everything had finally become clear.
"!!"
"Father!"
"They're strong! You and the ministers need to get out of here. The three of us will hold them off!"
"Quickly!!"
At that moment, the eldest prince of the Dragon Palace Kingdom on Fish-Man Island, the oldest of Neptune's three sons, Prince Fukaboshi, stepped in front of Hody Jones and his men with his brothers Ryuboshi and Manboshi. He urgently called