Shocking! The Celestial Dragons' Tragic Deaths!

"What happened?"

The Sea Waves Swain raised made even the nearest island tremble.

"Look! Was that a seaquake?!"

Everyone on the island panicked.

The Celestial Dragons at the center of the Sea Waves had lost their earlier arrogance.

"How could there be a seaquake in a place like this?" he said in disbelief.

The Sabaody Archipelago was a massive region made up of seventy-nine small islands.

Each island was a gigantic Mangrove, with all sorts of houses built atop its enormous roots.

Because of its unique geography, it had not experienced a seaquake in nearly a century.

"No! That pirate caused it!"

Someone sharp-eyed spotted a clue.

The enormous Sea Waves created by the seaquake seemed to deliberately avoid Swain's position.

And wherever Swain pointed, they surged.

It was truly strange! If he had not caused it, then who had?

Someone aboard the Celestial Dragons' ship finally realized that Swain was responsible.

They immediately opened fire on him.

Yet the bullets passed straight through his chest and head, only for him to return to normal the next moment.

A Logia user!

Terror filled their hearts, and the panic on their faces could not be concealed.

After all, even "gods" feared death.

"My lord, we have already sent a request for aid to Marine Headquarters."

A subordinate reported to the Celestial Dragons aboard the ship.

Smack! A slap landed across the man's face.

"By the time they get here, we'll already be dead!"

"Hurry up and kill that lowly commoner!"

The subordinate did not dare argue. He accepted the order and went to shoot Swain.

Seeing the fear on the Celestial Dragons' faces, Swain felt immensely satisfied.

But his fun had only just begun.

A hundred-meter Sea Waves crashed down toward them.

Faced with an attack like a natural disaster, they had no ability to resist.

Creak! Creak!

The ship's keel began to split apart. Before long, they were thrown into the water.

Some of the guards aboard had their internal organs shattered outright by the pounding waves!

Yet the Celestial Dragons remained alive beneath the waves' onslaught, their bodies carried along by the current.

"Looks like those clothes saved them."

As Celestial Dragons, the noblest race in the world, their clothes were naturally made from extraordinary materials.

It was only natural that they had not died!

The people on the island watched as Swain truly attacked the Celestial Dragons.

This was a sight they would likely remember for the rest of their lives.

"A Marine Admiral will definitely come soon!"

"What would that change? Swain is already as strong as an Admiral. Unless two of them come at once!"

That was the benefit of overwhelming strength. They could neither kill him nor catch him.

But it was only speculation. After all, if two Marine Admirals moved at once, that was treatment only a Four Emperors crew deserved.

Jordi, aboard the Neptune, also swallowed hard.

He felt like he had boarded the wrong pirate ship!

But at this point, he could only pray that his captain survived the coming pursuit.

Norton smiled knowingly when he saw what Swain had done.

It suited his temperament perfectly!

If you didn't submit, then fight!

But—

Swain was far from finished with his actions.

He used seawater to lift the two Celestial Dragons high into the air!

The corners of his mouth curled upward as he smiled.

Didn't they like standing above everyone else?

Then he would let them stand at the highest point!

The seawater held them a hundred meters in the air.

Letting everyone see their ugly state!

One of them could no longer endure it. Swain had utterly shattered his psychological defenses!

"D-Don't... don't kill me!" he said in a trembling voice.

"What are you doing, Saint Haas? How can you bow to a lowly commoner from the lower world?"

He was furious, believing Saint Haas had disgraced the Celestial Dragons!

But the Celestial Dragon called Saint Haas was not thinking about that. He still had so many slaves to enjoy and play with. He could not die here!

He continued begging Swain.

But Swain merely gave him a disdainful look.

Saint Haas was the one who had killed that ship's captain earlier.

Swain looked at the other Celestial Dragon and said, "I'll give you a chance to live. Kneel and beg for mercy, and you can survive."

Then, he covered an area of seawater beneath the man's feet, the size of a floor tile, with Armament Haki.

This gave him something to support himself on as he knelt.

"Hmph! Lowly commoner!" he cursed. He ignored the chance Swain had given him. Even if he died, he would never bow to the man before him.

Swain did not get angry at the insult.

He turned to Saint Haas and said, "I'll give you a chance to live."

Saint Haas was overjoyed when he heard that! He hurriedly nodded!

"Kill him! Only then can you live!"

Swain threw him a gun.

"Saint Haas, don't believe him!"

The other Celestial Dragons said.

But Saint Haas's desire to survive filled his heart.

How could he listen? As long as he killed the other man, he could live.

The more the other man tried to persuade him, the steadier Saint Haas's hand became around the gun.

That was the instinct to survive!

Swain watched Saint Haas's performance with a smile on his face.

Wasn't he a good shot? Didn't he enjoy killing people?

Then Swain would let him kill someone!

"Hurry up!" Swain said impatiently.

To Saint Haas, those words sounded like a roll call from the Grim Reaper.

He cursed Swain countless times in his heart.

Then he hardened his resolve!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

He fired three shots, but only one struck the other man in the arm.

The other man stared at Saint Haas in disbelief, too shocked to speak.

Saint Haas was not stupid. If he killed one of his own kind, he would surely face the judgment of God's Knights upon returning!

He was trapped between advancing and retreating, and had long regretted provoking such a murderous god.

Swain truly feared neither heaven nor earth!

Swain had already lost his patience.

Sea Tentacle Kill!

Several long tentacles shot up from the sea a hundred meters below!

Saint Haas sensed the danger.

"N-No...!" The words had barely left his mouth.

Splat! Splat!

Two wet sounds of flesh being pierced rang out.

The tentacles had pierced straight through the backs of their heads, penetrating their entire skulls!

It was incomparably brutal!

Saint Haas's final expression was filled with unwillingness!

Evil people needed evil people to deal with them! Swain was willing to be that evil man!

Other than Swain and the other two.

Everyone else stared in utter shock, their eyes nearly bulging out of their sockets.

No one knew who shouted, "Run!"

The vast crowd that had come to welcome Saint Haas scattered in every direction.

They truly feared that Swain had gone on a killing spree.

This scene would be recorded in history!

Because no one had ever dared slaughter Celestial Dragons in public!

A bold reporter captured the scene with his camera.

This would become world-shaking news!

Beep beep beep beep beep!

A telephone rang.

"Hello! This is Marine Headquarters! Sengoku speaking!"

"Fleet Admiral Sengoku, I have received shocking news."

"Go ahead." Sengoku prepared himself mentally. What kind of storms had he not seen before?

"Two nobles, Saint Richard Haas and Antonio Fox, were brutally killed by the pirate Swain on Island One of the Sabaody Archipelago!"

The words were utterly shocking!

Sengoku shot to his feet!

"What?!"

"Please give us instructions for the next mission!"

Sengoku sat back down, his mind in turmoil!

He could not understand how anyone could be so audacious.

Even among the dozen or so Supernovas that would appear later, Kid had the highest bounty and the most vicious reputation, yet he still dared not provoke the Celestial Dragons.

Below the Four Emperors, provoking a Celestial Dragon was practically a death sentence!

Yet Swain had become the one to shatter that rule.

A true lone hero!

"Which Admiral is closest to the Sabaody Archipelago right now?" Sengoku asked the communications officer beside him.

"Reporting, Fleet Admiral! It's Admiral Akainu! He is on a mission and cannot arrive until the day after tomorrow at the earliest!"

Upon hearing this, Sengoku smashed his desk apart with one slap.

"Cancel his mission!"

"And in my name, tell him that he must capture Swain by tomorrow!" Sengoku said furiously.

When the time came to use people, there were never enough!

Could it be that he had to personally capture Swain? What would become of the Marines' dignity then?

"Yes!" The communications officer immediately contacted Akainu.