"Cover serial · The three admirals arc · 'Quit sulking. What can I do? This is the fastest way.'"
"A figure wreathed in lightning skimmed across the sea, apparently carrying someone with disheveled hair in his arms. The fellow looked constipated and thoroughly unwilling, clutching his beloved little bicycle as its tires dragged a long trail of ice across the water..."
Dressrosa, a coastal town.
The battle had reached a fever pitch. Smoke filled the air, and many houses lay in ruins. Using their familiarity with the terrain, the kingdom's guards fought desperately to block the pirates swarming ashore.
The situation looked grim.
Besides their overwhelming disadvantage in numbers, the kingdom's army had another fatal weakness: a shortage of top-tier fighters.
As Army Commander, Cyrus was certainly no pushover.
In the original story's future timeline, even after losing a leg, he had personally defeated Diamante, the Flutter-Flutter Devil Fruit User and one of the Donquixote Family's four highest-ranking officers.
Now, he fought valiantly. With his superb swordsmanship, he had driven back several officers in succession and intercepted the pirate with the highest bounty among the three captains worth over a hundred million, barely managing to hold him off.
That was already the limit of what he could do, but it was nowhere near enough.
Cyrus could not stop the other two pirate captains with bounties over a hundred million, and no one else in the kingdom's army came close to his strength.
They could only watch helplessly as those two captains led their men into town with savage grins, easily tearing through the army's defensive formations and driving King Riku and the others steadily back.
This couldn't go on...
As the casualties mounted, Cyrus gritted his teeth, resolve flashing in his eyes. He suddenly tightened both hands around his