Inside the command room of Class One's warship at the Military Academy.
Zephyr stood beside a table covered with a map of Paldia. As he listened to the communications officer beside him report the situation aboard each warship, he issued various orders to the battlefield.
"Have Class Six's warship go support Classes Three and Eight. Leave Class Ten alone. With Sephiroth there, nothing will go wrong..."
Boom!
With a sudden deafening blast, the entire warship lurched violently.
A red gleam flashed in Zephyr's eyes as he instantly activated his Observation Haki, sensing a three-masted sailing ship that had abruptly appeared alongside the warship.
"What happened?... Enemies are attacking? Why didn't the lookout give an advance warning?"
As he spoke, he rushed out of the command room and onto the warship's deck.
At the same time, pitch-black Armament Haki swiftly wrapped around both his arms.
Zephyr swept his gaze across the deck and saw more than a dozen pirates already aboard, attacking the Military Academy students.
The moment the two sides clashed, the battle took on a one-sided trend. The academy students were completely suppressed by the pirates.
Six students, caught off guard, were instantly cut down onto the deck, collapsing into pools of blood.
Zephyr swiftly scanned the deck. Upon seeing one high-bounty criminal after another, he immediately realized something was wrong.
Damn it! These people are a coalition of several pirate crews. They clearly came prepared!
He quickly locked onto the two most dangerous opponents: Strongman Banks and Edward Weevil, the Greatblade!
Banks was the user of the Strength-Strength Fruit, while Edward Weevil was an expert proficient in both types of Haki.
In the future Zephyr foresaw, he saw one of his students, Binz, being cut down onto the deck by Edward Weevil.
So he flashed forward at once,