Empress Boa Hancock Battles Kizaru

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

"Pacifistas, fire!"

"Load the cannons! Prepare to fire!"

Twenty large Marine warships lay off the coast of Amazon Lily, each with a new-model Pacifista standing at its bow. The Pacifistas fired Laser Cannons from their mouths. With no need to lock on to targets, they simply fired indiscriminately.

The warships kept launching gunpowder-filled shells. Under the relentless barrage of lasers and cannon fire, Amazon Lily was left riddled with damage.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The bombardment from the Marine warships lasted more than ten minutes. In that time, they fired over two hundred laser blasts and more than a thousand gunpowder-filled shells.

In barely ten minutes, the forests of Amazon Lily were ablaze and hundreds of buildings had been destroyed. Even historical sites that had stood for centuries were not spared.

"Once the first barrage is over, begin the landing operation!" After the initial bombardment, Admiral Kizaru gave the order to land.

The Marines could have kept firing until Amazon Lily was wiped off the map, but Kizaru chose not to.

"Yes, Admiral Kizaru!"

None of the Marines dared disobey him. Their objective was simply to destroy Amazon Lily; how they did it did not matter.

An unbroken bombardment might have been the simplest option, but Admiral Kizaru seemed to have plans of his own.

The twenty Marine warships soon approached the coast. With the island's residents driven into its center, no one stood in the way of the landing.

The warships carried roughly thirty thousand elite Marines. As they began to disembark, twenty Pacifistas leaped ashore ahead of them.

The Pacifistas were machines and could not use Observation Haki, but they had sensors capable of detecting signs of life.

"Yasakani no Magatama!" Kizaru leaped and used Geppo, appearing high in the air in an instant.

**Bang!