"The earth is trembling!"
"Damn it, what's happening?"
"Could it be reinforcements from the World Government?"
The pirates who had been attacking relentlessly were forced to stop. Feeling the ground tremble beneath their feet, they couldn't help but grow uneasy—obviously, there was only one possibility for the earth to start shaking for no reason at a time like this!
An army was approaching! And it was a massive army!
As the pirates grew increasingly tense and gradually slowed to a stop, the World Government's side finally got a rare chance to catch its breath! The remaining soldiers quickly gathered together, banding up to prepare for the pirates' final assault!
This was a brutal war! The combined forces committed by both sides had already exceeded a million! The World Government had used Army soldiers as cannon fodder, Air Force soldiers as long-range support with their weapons, and Marine soldiers and World Government agents as the main combat force. Of that massive army of 500,000, only a little over 200,000 remained...
The World Government soldiers who had first faced the Pirate Alliance's invasion had suffered the heaviest casualties! Of the more than 30,000 soldiers, fewer than 20 had survived with serious injuries. The war had raged from before dawn until daybreak, and most of the soldiers had long since exhausted their stamina. Their ammunition was running low too, so they could only engage these vicious pirates in close combat from here on...
However, the pirates weren't doing much better!
A total of 300,000 pirates had taken part in this operation, and fewer than 200,000 remained! Although their situation was far better than the World Government's, every one of these people had fought several opponents at once. Their stamina had been depleted even more severely, and quite a few of them could barely