Ace Rescued, Battle Halted

"Rules, huh."

On the ice, the eerie glow in Ryan's eyes faded. He watched Albedo put away her axe and sighed softly.

He was still far too distant from that realm. Right now, he could not even observe it.

Suppressing that disappointment, he turned to watch the battle taking place not far from him.

They had already shown what needed to be shown, and the plans they had laid out beforehand had all been completed. Continuing the war would not bring any greater benefit to his plans.

To make it to his meeting with Dragon, leader of the Revolutionary Army in Loguetown, as close to schedule as possible, it was time to end this war.

He extended a hand, and a faint black magic circle began to glow.

Aura and Mare were currently working together to attack Momousagi, Chaton, and Zephyr, the three who had previously tried to assassinate him. Meanwhile, Demiurge had used the time-based spell he had recently learned, Self Time Acceleration, to counter Kizaru's imperceptible speed, and the two were locked in a fierce battle.

His and Albedo's intervention might not be enough to decide the battle near the execution platform in one stroke, but here, it was more than enough to end the fight quickly.

And once the battle here ended, the scales of victory would inevitably tip in his favor.

Sengoku's eyes widened atop the execution platform.

Naturally, he had thought of what Ryan could think of. He had been worried about this happening all along, which was why he had kept extra attention focused in that direction.

Now that what he had feared had truly happened, he immediately picked up a Den Den Mushi and roared, "Zephyr, Kizaru, Momousagi, Chaton! All of you, get over here!"

Although concentrating the battlefield in one place would