The Dawn sailed at an incredible speed. Its superb hull design and power system allowed the warship to ride the wind and waves through waters like the New World as if traveling on level ground.
Although Tsugikuni Yoriichi's ship did not have a genius navigator like Nami, the navigational experience the Marines had accumulated over several centuries was more than enough to make training navigators far more efficient.
The crew members at the helm and in charge of navigation aboard Tsugikuni Yoriichi's ship had all been assigned by Garp. They were seasoned veterans who had followed Garp for over a decade, even two.
A journey that would originally have taken several months was completed by Tsugikuni Yoriichi and his group in less than two.
In March of Marineford Era 1500, the unit under Tsugikuni Yoriichi's command was finally nearing the end of its months-long voyage.
March in Dressrosa had already begun to warm up.
At midnight, the sky was pitch-black. Thick clouds obscured the stars and moon, while dense fog blanketed Dressrosa's harbor.
On a night like this, Dressrosa's harbor was utterly silent. People exhausted from a day's work slept soundly, all the lights around the docks had gone out, and only the distant lighthouse continued casting its glow over the sea.
A massive ship slowly broke through layers of fog. Under the cover of night, it silently approached Dressrosa's harbor.
It was a gigantic all-black vessel, more than ten meters tall, built in the style of a standard medieval sailing ship. At its prow stood a golden statue of a young girl holding an enormous lantern.
Firelight flickered within the giant lantern, casting a dim yellow glow over the waters ahead of the ship.
The vessel's sails had already been furled, and as it slowly entered the harbor, its