"Well, that was an eye-opener."
Ye Chen's blood surged as he watched, his eyes shining with excitement. Lucci, Gin, and the others stopped fighting of their own accord and turned to look at Dragon.
The dragon bared its fangs and claws, a terrifying sight. It looked exactly like the figurehead on the ship Dragon often sailed. No wonder his men called him "Mr. Dragon."
No wonder wind, clouds, thunder, and lightning accompanied him whenever he appeared. Those signs had not come from nowhere.
The dragon fixed its lantern-sized eyes on them, a trace of almost human disdain in its gaze. Then it opened its enormous jaws and swept its body across the Stone Bridge.
Crack, crack, crack...
A gale sprang up, spraying sand and grit everywhere. The sturdy Stone Bridge cracked apart and was wrecked in an instant. Dozens of guards were swept into the sea; some had passed out before they even hit the water.
"Hm?"
Dragon was about to attack again, but Magellan strode toward him before he had gone more than a few steps.
"You may be strong, but as the Chief Warden of Impel Down, I cannot let you destroy this place at will."
"Is that so? Then try to stop me."
The dragon spoke in a voice identical to Dragon's. Yet the force behind it had grown unmistakably stronger. A dragon was the mightiest and most mysterious of creatures; every movement and every word carried the majesty of one that looked down upon all beneath the sky.
"Dragon's Breath!"
The dragon opened its jaws and spat a scorching pillar of fire. Like a crimson dragon, it slammed into Magellan without mercy. Magellan's enormous frame made his movements somewhat clumsy.
The blast left him soot-blackened, with dark smoke hissing from his body. Anyone close enough could