Roaring Cannons

"This is it."

The pirate ship gradually lowered its altitude. Louis's eyesight wasn't weak; he could already see the people on the ship below, their faces clear.

"Gol D. Roger!"

He looked unremarkable. Compared to the rampant Haki of the Golden Lion, whose appearance was like a lion's, Roger looked like the most common pirate in the New World, no, in the Four Seas. He wore a horned hat, sported a large mustache, held a nondescript sword, and his face was neither handsome nor ugly. In contrast, Pluto Rayleigh, standing beside him, possessed more of a great pirate's aura.

Yet, it was this man, this unremarkable man, who had single-handedly created the magnificent Great Pirate Era. The universally acknowledged Pirate King.

"Jiehahahaha! We meet again! Roger!"

The Golden Lion's voice boomed across the distance. "How have you been lately?"

"If I hadn't run into you, it would have been great!"

Roger sneered.

The two men, one high and one low, conversed across the sky.

"Golden Lion, what do you want!"

Roger's voice was incredibly loud, a storm of sound that could be heard even by the pirates on the rearmost ships.

"I've told you many times, Roger. Although many things happened between us when we were young, let's just call it even now! I don't care anymore!"

The Golden Lion extended his right hand and clenched it forcefully, as if grasping the entire world in his palm. "If we join forces, we can use the ancient weapon that can destroy the world, whose whereabouts only you know, combined with my forces and the perfect plan I've spent years formulating! This world,"

"Will be ours immediately!!!"

More pirate ships converged from all directions. Not only the sky but also the sea was blocked by pirate ships. The Roger Pirates were already surrounded.

"I have no interest in ruling! Shiki, you've been mistaken from the start! As a pirate, if you can't do as you please, what's the fun in that?"

Roger's voice was particularly fierce. "Do you still want me to submit? No matter the pressure! No matter how many times you ask! My answer is only one, Golden Lion,"

"I refuse!!!"

Louis felt an overwhelming aura wash over him. It wasn't Conqueror's Haki, but simply sheer presence. This man was a monster who could rival the Golden Lion.

"Wow! Captain! Just humor him a little! There are tens, no, hundreds of ships here!!!"

Louis could faintly hear a sharp voice shouting.

"Jiehahahaha!! What this means is, Roger,"

The Golden Lion's laughter surged. "Are you telling me to kill you right here?"

"No,"

Roger put away his sword, raised his hand, and swung it forcefully. A whistling slash shot up into the sky, like a galaxy dividing heaven and earth, directly cleaving towards the Golden Lion's flagship.

"It means I'm going to crush you here!"

"Jiehahahaha!!!!"

"Wave Slash!"

From the Golden Lion's flagship, a similarly stunning slash descended, colliding with Roger's slash.

"Whoosh"

A fierce wind suddenly swept through the sky and earth.

"Ugh"

Louis shielded his face. The wind and waves generated by just a casual clash seemed strong enough to blow him away. If he were to face such an attack directly, he'd be done for.

"Don't be scared, Mario,"

Beside him, Captain Rhode spoke. "We're not the main fighting force! We just need to provide cannon support now."

"Roger! Since you've refused my goodwill!"

The Golden Lion shouted, "Then, die!!"

"Boom!!!"

Without the slightest hesitation, the giant cannons on the Golden Lion's flagship began to spew flames. The super-large caliber cannonballs were a level higher than fortress cannons, their speed so fast that the naked eye couldn't track them, whistling away with long fiery tails.

As if pulling the trigger of a starting pistol, all the pirate crews under the Golden Lion Pirates began firing cannonballs simultaneously.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

The roar of the cannons echoed through heaven and earth. A dense mass of cannonballs rained down on the Roger Pirates.

"Fire! Fire!"

On the Blood Hand Pirates' ship, Louis shouted, "Don't spare the ammunition! Don't give them a chance to breathe!!"

The numerical advantage was now evident. The Golden Lion Grand Fleet, which had surrounded the Roger Pirates, only needed one volley. The sheer volume of cannonballs fired instantly exceeded the volume of the Roger Pirates' ships. Carrying terrifying impact force, even if only one-tenth hit, it would be enough to blast the Olga Jackson to smithereens, even if this ship was built from Adam Tree.

"Wow! We're doomed!!!"

On Roger's ship, a kid with a red nose covered his face and wailed in despair. "We're definitely going to be sunk this time!!"

"Buggy! Be quiet!"

A red-haired kid wearing a straw hat pressed down on his companion's head. "Be quiet!"

"One on each side, can you handle it?"

Roger stepped forward, swinging the sword in his hand with a more powerful slash than before. The slash transformed into an insurmountable chasm, instantly sweeping away the cannonballs in front of him. Without stopping, it annihilated several pirate ships ahead like a mountain roaring and a tsunami surging.

"Then I'll take the left side."

Rayleigh adjusted his glasses and drew the longsword at his waist.

"I'll take the right."

The man wearing sunglasses and a ponytail looked to the right.

"Then I suppose the rear is left for me?"

The gentle man in a kimono turned around.

"Whoa! What is this!"

Louis exclaimed in amazement. Such firepower was completely blocked by the opponent's single slash, and it even sank more than twenty warships of the Golden Lion Pirates.

"Are the Roger Pirates all monsters? And they all use swords?"

"I have to admit, in terms of top-tier combat power, the Roger Pirates are unrivaled in the New World."

Rhode sighed, then rallied, "But even so, they're dead today!"

"Jiehahahaha! Well done, Roger!"

A yellow streak flashed across the sky as Golden Lion charged into the air. "But what about this!!"

"Boom!"

A spiral slash, twirling and winding, descended from the sky like a tornado, bombarding the Olga Jackson.

"Roger, no, we can't keep this up. We're too passive."

Rayleigh unleashed another slash, causing a series of explosions in the air.

"Hahahaha! I'll handle that bastard Shiki anyway!"

Roger laughed heartily, leaped lightly onto the mast, stomped heavily on it, and shot up into the sky. Moonwalk wasn't a difficult technique; many powerful figures in the New World knew it.

"This bastard!"

Rayleigh cursed with a laugh.

"Hahahaha, Mr. Rayleigh, let us go play!"

With a smile, the Big Cat carrying two tridents chuckled. A Big Dog stood beside him.

"Hahahaha! Then let's have some fun!"

Rayleigh laughed. "Full speed ahead!! Charge into their fleet. Their advantage is firepower, but close-quarters combat is another matter!!"

The Olga Jackson, enduring the terrifying firepower of the Golden Lion Grand Fleet, began to charge towards the Golden Lion Grand Fleet on the sea.