Intercepting CP0!

"Oh, so it was you lot—CP0's little rats!"

The sudden voice made Rock's entire body jolt.

"Stay alert!"

He growled and looked up.

When he saw the figure sitting on the tree branch, disbelief appeared on his face, and even his voice trembled slightly.

"White Wolf Magnus!?"

Rock had never expected his premonition to come true. The White Wolf Pirates really were in Elbaf!

"Retreat!"

The instant he saw Magnus, Rock gave the order without hesitation.

Since Magnus was here...

Then where were the other members of the White Wolf Pirates?

The White Wolf Pirates' crew might not have been as strong as Magnus, but none of them were weak. As long as Magnus stalled them, they would not be able to escape.

At the same time, Rock was deep in thought.

Why was Magnus here? Had he just arrived in Elbaf like them, or had he been here ever since the White Wolf Pirates vanished?

Rock immediately ruled out the former.

It was currently Elbaf's Winter Solstice Festival. During this period, unless outsiders were trusted by the giants, anyone entering Elbaf would be treated as an enemy.

Then the conclusion was...

Had the White Wolf Pirates joined forces with Elbaf's giants?

At that thought,

Rock instinctively pulled out a Den Den Mushi, but before he could speak, a flash of blade light flew over and sliced the Den Den Mushi in his hand in two.

"Wha—"

"Hey, hey. Trying to send word out right in front of me? You really don't think much of me, do you, CP0 spies?"

Magnus rose from the tree branch, the longsword at his waist already drawn. From the moment he spotted these CP0 agents, he had not intended to let them leave alive.

After all, the system had finally issued another mission.

December 7th, Sea Circle Calendar 1480. Having remained in the Land of Giants for half a year, you had gradually mastered the use of Haki. However, good times did not last. You accidentally discovered several CP Organization members who had sneaked into Elbaf and learned that they were CP0, the shields of the Celestial Dragons.

As the world's strongest intelligence organization, every CP0 member possessed the strength to take on a thousand men and effortlessly defeat an adult giant.

Having only just mastered Haki, you stood no chance of winning.

Mission: Awaken the giants and assist them in repelling the CP Organization members.

Mission Reward: Unknown (the reward will vary according to your contribution during the battle)

He directly ignored the option to request the giants' support. They would definitely notice once the fighting began anyway. He just needed to deal with these CP0 agents before then.

"Damn it!"

The moment Magnus attacked, Rock understood that they would not be getting away.

"Sean, Ellie, stay with me."

Rock looked at the tall figure and the short figure beside him, then spoke to the last person.

"Milo, you must get the message out!"

"Understood!" x3

The three CP agents each carried out their roles. The one ordered to flee turned and ran without the slightest hesitation.

Naturally, Magnus saw it all.

"Hmph, trying to run?"

Parts of his body transformed into beast form. Magnus had never been one to hold back against an enemy; the instant he moved, he went all out.

"Stop him!"

Seeing Magnus vanish from the tree branch, Rock shouted and charged at him first.

Magnus was fast, but as the leader of this CP0 operation, Rock's strength was comparable to that of some Great Pirates with bounties exceeding a hundred million.

With his two companions, even Magnus would not be able to take them down easily.

But in this world,

only the strong deserved the right to choose.

Rock and the other two were clearly about to collide with Magnus, yet Magnus stepped on the air in midair and traced a Z-shaped path through the sky.

Rock's pupils shrank as he missed.

"Milo!"

But it was already too late. Everything had happened within mere seconds. Milo, the one chosen to escape, was undoubtedly the fastest of the four.

Yet no matter how fast he was, he could not outrun Magnus's blade light.

"Frostfall!"

The already frigid forest seemed to be struck by another heavy snowfall. The power of the Mythical Zoan allowed Magnus to generate cold air within his body, and after forty years of development, he could wield his Devil Fruit's power as naturally as his own limbs.

One could even see rings of cold air coiling around Magnus's body.

This was the sign of a Zoan Devil Fruit Awakening.

Six months ago, constrained by his age, Magnus would not have dared to use his Devil Fruit Awakening casually. The drain on his stamina had been too great.

But things were different now.

Magnus's strength had already come infinitely close to his prime. In fact, even the so-called prime of his past might not have been able to defeat his current self.

After all, he had undergone Devil Fruit Awakening when he was nearly sixty. Though his combat skills and Haki had been honed to their peak, his most fundamental physique had begun to decline.

Thus, Magnus had never truly had a prime.

But the arrival of the system had reversed time. Not only did Magnus now look ten years younger, even his body had recovered to the state it had been in when he was fifty-five.

And the peak of his physique had been at forty-five!

He had kept up his training during this period, so the gap had already become very small.

Perhaps

he would not need to learn Conqueror's Haki coating before stepping onto the world's highest stage.

"Milo!!!"

Milo was destined not to hear Rock's cry, because faster than Rock's voice was Magnus's blade light. The icy glint chased behind him and effortlessly shattered the young man's final attempt to resist as he used the Six Powers: Iron Body.

The blade light tore through Milo's body, and the freezing air completely sealed him in ice.

It took only one second.

Milo became a lifelike ice sculpture.

"What a pity."

Only then did Magnus turn around and look at the remaining three CP0 agents, including Rock. His somewhat aged voice slowly rang out.

"He should have stayed. If all four of you had joined forces, perhaps you could have caused me some trouble."

The terrifying pressure of Conqueror's Haki made the three CP0 agents struggle to breathe. Magnus's Conqueror's Haki was not particularly powerful, but his method of freezing a CP agent with a single slash cast a shadow over the hearts of the remaining three.

Rock regretted it beyond measure. Why had he bothered overthinking things?

Now they were finished, weren't they?

Magnus had no intention of giving these CP agents a chance to struggle. What if they had some other trump card? Just thinking about it sounded troublesome.

However, as if to confirm the ominous feeling in Magnus's heart,

a cool female voice rang out.

"Oh? Then what if you add me?"

She had been completely absent from Magnus's perception, like a cold venomous snake. The moment you saw it was the moment it launched its attack.

Clang!

Blades collided.

Along with it came Rock's delighted voice.

"Admiral Scarlet Snake!"

One of the Navy's three Admirals, Scarlet Snake.

She had arrived in grand fashion!