"Cover serial · White Town Arc: Greed"
"In the capital of the Aka Kingdom, a supreme military council had just ended. The kingdom's elderly chancellor rubbed his brow, utterly exhausted in body and mind."
"I still couldn't persuade him... Gazing toward the king's bedchamber, the old chancellor sighed with a bitter smile. Since His Majesty had made his decision on the spot and resolved to use this opportunity to send troops into White Town, what more could he say? It was just... the situation wasn't that simple. Wealth stirred greed, after all. The amber lead that had brought White Town a century of prosperity was a prize the surrounding countries were unlikely to surrender easily..."
Hm?
Noah frowned and looked more closely. Only then did he notice that, between the two giant sea kings locked in battle, a ship was indeed struggling to survive the towering waves.
Its design and construction resembled a Marine warship, but the symbol on its white sails was not the blue seagull and scales. Instead, it was five circles linked by a cross.
It really was a World Government ship.
"Should we save them?" Momonga asked hesitantly. He knew his vice admiral had never been particularly fond of World Government personnel.
"Of course we should."
Noah barely hesitated before ordering, "They won't last much longer. Head over at full speed."
Who knew what sort of people were aboard that World Government ship? They hadn't even met yet. He couldn't condemn the whole lot out of hand.
"Yes, Vice Admiral."
Thud!
With a dull impact, the entire ship pitched violently back and forth. Its hull groaned with teeth-grating creaks, as though it might split apart at any moment.
Roalan VI, already past sixty, felt his stomach churn. Everything he had eaten today and yesterday