"Don't get too cocky!"
Garling, his face burning red from the mockery, barked furiously at Oak.
"You're nothing more than a pathetic survivor who barely escaped Oden's hands. This is not an era where you can run wild.
Know your place and leave the Sabaody Archipelago at once, or else..."
Garling glared at Oak. Following Imu's previous instructions, he intended to drive Oak out of the Sabaody Archipelago if possible, but before he could finish his threat, Oak cut him off.
"Or else what?"
"A piece of trash like you thinks you can threaten me? Go back and send Imu instead!"
Oak looked utterly disdainful. Even though Garling had brought the entirety of God's Knights, Oak did not take them seriously in the slightest.
In his eyes, the only person on this sea qualified to speak to him as an equal was Imu.
It might have meant something if Imu had said those threatening words. As for Garling? He was nothing but a pure, unadulterated Speed Bump. Oak felt his eyes would be dirtied by looking at him once more.
The moment Oak said that, countless furious glares turned toward him.
"Impudence!"
"Arrogant!"
"What are you supposed to be, daring to call Lord Oden by name?!"
"Kneel and accept your death at once!"
Furious rebukes rang out from God's Knights opposite him. To these Celestial Dragons, Imu was the supreme existence, the god in their hearts.
Oak's audacity in calling their god by name filled them with rage.
However, those rebuking Oak were all unfamiliar faces—people who had either not participated in the God Valley Incident or had joined later. Among them was Shanks's twin brother, Shamrock.
As for those who had dealt with Oak before, or had even been taught a lesson by him, every one of them remained