Enies Lobby, the place where the World Government touted its procedural justice, was still engulfed in battle. A war that could decide the future of the seas was erupting around the island.
Clouds of bloody energy enveloped the island of eternal daylight, making it impossible to see what was happening inside from the outside.
Yet the island had long since been shattered. Aside from Gunko, who remained frozen by Iron Thunder, the four people left on the island had brought the battle to a stalemate.
Imu and Nereus were locked in a situation where neither could easily kill the other, but that stalemate had just begun to change.
Rocks, who had originally ignored Shamrock and attacked Imu as well, suddenly changed his primary target. As though carrying out some task, he began launching frequent attacks at Shamrock.
Even with the enhancement of demon qi, the gap between Shamrock and Rocks was hard to bridge. At most, it kept Shamrock from dying quite so quickly against Rocks.
[Shamrock...]
[My lord, I...]
[It matters not. Thou art indeed no match for Davy. Leave this place, and do not hinder Mu.]
Shamrock was not "guilty of countless offenses" like Saturn. At least in Imu's eyes, Shamrock had merely failed to do his job properly and mishandled his mission in Elbaf.
Under these circumstances, Imu had no intention of blaming him. As long as Shamrock did not die here and affect Imu's contract, that was enough.
And part of the reason Shamrock had managed to hold out against Rocks's attacks until now was that Imu had intervened to block them.
Gunko remaining in an invulnerable state while frozen was actually a good thing.
However, this situation did not last long.
"Blood Fang: Crimson Moon!"
As Imu moved to block an attack for Shamrock, Nereus