Battle at Hachinosu

Although he had never met Garling, Maffy, or Somaz, Diumil could still sense the three's hostility toward Annus. Since they were enemies, that made things simple.

"Whoever you are, you have already committed the capital crime of defying a god!"

On Sky Island, Annus was revered as a god. But in the eyes of the three God's Knights, he was merely a pathetic imitation of the Celestial Dragons by people from the lower world.

"A mere mortal dares call himself a god? What a joke!"

Only Celestial Dragons were worthy of being called gods. Garling and the others all tacitly agreed on that. Diumil's blatant use of the word "god" to lord over them had already crossed a grave taboo and put him on the list of the dead.

"A mere Lunarian will die here on Hachinosu!"

Though the Ark Maxim had risen into the sky, it had not escaped the attack range of Ochoku and the others. For fighters of their level, aerial attacks were no longer beyond their means.

Whether it was a flying slash that only swordsmen could comprehend, Haki, or Devil Fruit powers, any of them could achieve that.

With things having reached this point, Diumil understood that Ochoku had colluded with these three mysterious people to deal with him.

As for why... it seemed to be because of his race? But Ochoku had long known he was a Lunarian. He should not have acted because of Diumil's race alone, unless...

"You three are from the World Government?"

"Wahahaha! You finally figured it out? That's right! Diumil! The three standing before you are God's Knights, gods even more noble than the Celestial Dragons! The World Government's true trump cards! Are you afraid? Too bad, it's already too late!"

Anyone with even a little knowledge of the