The awakened pirates and Shandia warriors all wore baffled expressions.
Clearly, they still did not understand what had just happened.
Yet the battle between two Logia Devil Fruit users had already ended.
They had actually watched a battle between Logia Devil Fruit users from beginning to end?
They could brag about this for three lifetimes!
The pirates who understood what that meant were invigorated.
The Shandia warriors who did not understand kept asking Wyper and the others what had happened.
Wyper, Kamakiri, Raki, and the others were equally clueless.
But that overwhelming aura had definitely been real.
"What did they do?" The Shandians could not help asking Mont Blanc. Mont Blanc had also been among those who fainted—he still had not reached the level of an elite.
Mont Blanc shook his groggy head. "That was Haki, a top-tier ability on the seas below, on par with Devil Fruits. Conqueror's Haki like hers is one in ten thousand, the mark of a king. As expected of the Pirate Empress."
Although he had joined Leo and the others and become one of them, their relationship was ultimately based only on shared interests.
Mont Blanc was also tied to them by shared interests. He knew nothing about Leo's goals, ambitions, or plans, but as long as they brought him to Sky Island, he would be a natural ally who would never betray them.
"Is the Blue Sea... really that powerful?" Wyper muttered to himself, feeling like a frog at the bottom of a well.
"Lafitte!" Leo called out.
"I am here." Gripping his cane, Lafitte flew over to Leo on his wings, growing ever more respectful.
"Inform the people below that we have arrived at Sky Island safely and have successfully taken control of it. Also, find somewhere that can receive a Den