"Whoosh..."
Chaos engulfed the battlefield along Elbaf's western coast. Pirates surged forward like a tide, madness gleaming in their eyes, their battle cries drowning out the waves crashing against the reefs.
The salty sea breeze mingled with the echoes of clashing blades and furious roars, turning the entire battlefield into an outpost of hell.
"Kill them!"
A burly pirate charged at the head of the pack, brandishing a great cleaver still stained with blood from earlier fighting.
His eyes brimmed with greed and excitement. Elbaf's treasure was the stuff of legends, wealth enough to drive any pirate mad.
"Break through their defenses!"
Another pirate shouted as he stepped over fallen bodies, his voice trembling with excitement. His musket had run out of ammunition, but he paid it no mind, drawing the curved sword at his waist and slashing viciously ahead.
More pirates surged forward, greed and fanaticism flashing in their eyes. Cursing and howling without pause, they thought only of breaking through the defenses before them and storming into Elbaf, the kingdom of giants said to hold endless treasure.
The World Government's promise acted like the strongest stimulant imaginable, driving these outlaws to charge forward regardless of the cost.
They were no regular army. They had no discipline, no formations. Their only faith lay in the money and power that drove them mad.
Yet just as they charged forward in excitement, Elbaf's defenses finally bared their fangs-
"Boom!"
Deafening cannon fire erupted from the defensive line. Flames swallowed the entire beach in an instant, blasting countless pirates into bloody mist before they could react, sending severed limbs flying in every direction.
Screams rose one after another, mingling with the earth-shaking roar and turning the charge into the prelude to a massacre.
"You insects dare covet Elbaf's treasure?"
An enormous warrior