Leave Fate to the Wind!

Ace's Conqueror's Haki blanketed the entire battlefield. This time, he held nothing back. The Conqueror's Haki he unleashed was not merely meant to intimidate.

"Thud—"

"Thud—"

Dull impacts rang out across the battlefield as the Revolutionary Army members of the Pai Pai Kingdom gradually lost their ability to fight under the crushing pressure of Ace's Conqueror's Haki. In the blink of an eye, the revolutionaries fell to the ground in swathes.

"Temporarily under control."

Standing atop the city wall, Ace looked down at the Revolutionary Army soldiers who had lost their fighting strength and quietly let out a breath. A relieved smile appeared on his face.

However, just as he thought the battle had come to a temporary end, several cannon blasts rang out from a section of the wall some distance away.

The Kingdom Army defending the city had seen the Revolutionary Army exposed beneath their cannon muzzles. Spotting an opportunity, they directly opened fire on the revolutionaries who had already lost their ability to fight.

At that moment, all the remaining ammunition meant for defending the city was brought up onto the walls. The City Defense Force, who had previously been conserving shells, seized this chance to wipe out every last Revolutionary Army soldier who could no longer resist.

The sudden cannon fire made both Ace and Sabo's expressions change.

Though Ace had used Conqueror's Haki to render the revolutionaries incapable of fighting in order to protect the royal city, that did not mean the two of them would firmly take the Pai Pai Kingdom's side and allow the Kingdom Army to execute ordinary people who had risen up in resistance.

They had intervened to end this war, not to help the Pai Pai Kingdom massacre those commoners.

Before setting out, they had already received fairly clear instructions