The Conqueror's Haki erupting across the Sabaody Archipelago had an exceptionally wide reach.
That terrifying Haki was sensed not only by powerful figures like Tsugikuni Yoriichi; even the ordinary civilians on the islands were deeply affected.
On several nearby islands, people gathered in the plazas to watch the Marine battlefield broadcast did not even have time to understand what had happened before the Conqueror's Haki swept over them, instantly knocking them unconscious.
Across the vast plazas, civilians lay sprawled in every direction, senseless. The once-noisy squares had fallen utterly silent.
Aboard the warship Dawn, Tsugikuni Yoriichi slowly rose to his feet, turning into a streak of light and vanishing from the soldiers' sight in an instant.
Not long after Tsugikuni Yoriichi left, a sea of golden flames suddenly rose from somewhere in the Sabaody Archipelago.
Golden fire encircled the small island where Shakky's bar stood, shrouding the entire island and cutting it off from several neighboring islands.
On the empty shore, Mihawk and Rayleigh stood facing each other with swords in hand, seemingly locked in a standoff.
Suddenly, golden flames blazed up at the island's edge, illuminating the dim sky. This unexpected change immediately drew the attention of both Rayleigh and Mihawk.
Mihawk had clearly seen Tsugikuni Yoriichi fight before. He merely swept his gaze over the distant golden flames, then calmly looked away without paying them any mind.
But when Rayleigh saw this, his expression shifted slightly and his brows furrowed.
"You seem to know the person who created those golden flames?"
Rayleigh was troubled, not because he feared for his own safety, but because he was worried about the ordinary civilians of the Sabaody Archipelago.
Many pirates were hidden throughout this archipelago. Though Tsugikuni Yoriichi's New Marines had put great effort into eliminating the pirate threat after coming