Boom!
Boom! Boom!!
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The night was deep. At this hour, when everyone should have been fast asleep, rumbling thunderclaps came from the direction of Impel Down.
Seen from far away, flames shot straight into the sky, their crimson glow lighting up half the heavens. It was a horrifying sight, like the end of the world, so much so that even the Marines on Enies Lobby and the laborers working on Marineford could vaguely see the abnormal spectacle.
Boom! Boom!
Meanwhile, the great battle inside Impel Down continued. Even though it had already raged for three days and four nights, it showed no sign of stopping.
Amid the thunderous explosions of shells and the countless screams of sailors, another battleship flying the white Marine flag slowly listed amid flames and thick smoke. After countless crewmen wailed and leaped into the water, it finally sank inch by inch into the vast inner sea beyond Impel Down's Gate of Justice.
Boom!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Yet the bombardment continued. The three days and four nights of attacks would not stop merely because one ship had sunk.
However, the shells were no longer coming from the fortress batteries atop Impel Down.
The first level of Impel Down above the sea had long since become a terrifying sea of fire and rubble belching thick smoke. It had suffered a devastating bombardment as soon as the Marines entered, and had long since lost the ability to attack.
The remaining Marine flagship was being bombarded from the sky—from the former Impel Down garrison fleet's warships hovering high above in the night, raining fire down from above!
Vice Admiral Tsuru, the Marine Headquarters chief of staff, along with Vice Admirals Gion, John, Jango, and Dalmatian, could only watch helplessly, powerless to do anything.
This time, the ten Marine