"Admiral!"
"Boss!"
Shiki was truly dead, and countless members of the Flying Pirates could not hold back their tears.
Some even broke into heart-wrenching sobs.
Darkness swallowed Shiki's corpse, along with his two swords.
After years of tempering by Shiki, the two Great Grade Swords, Sakura Tree and Withered Ten, had come infinitely close to becoming Supreme Grade Swords.
They held Shiki's powerful will as a swordsman.
If a swordsman of exceptional talent obtained those two blades, they might be able to grasp Shiki's swordsmanship.
For many powerful swordsmen, their swords were their legacy.
Teach's actions drew no one's attention.
The death of Golden Lion Shiki marked the definitive end of the war.
But was it really that simple?
One Island Battleship after another swiftly pulled away from Mary Geoise.
Yet violent explosions suddenly erupted aboard several of them.
"Trying to leave? It won't be that easy. Let the sea be your grave."
A smile appeared on Saint Shepherd Ju Peter's face as he spoke in a low voice.
World Government agents had been lurking among the Flying Pirates all along.
During the war, they had received orders to sabotage the Island Battleships' propulsion systems at the right moment.
Once their propulsion systems were destroyed, the Island Battleships could no longer move.
They would hang like isolated islands ten thousand meters in the air.
Then, stranded near Mary Geoise with no way to escape, all that awaited them would be death.
The World Government would not let them off easily.
Their only alternative was to jump from ten thousand meters up, but how many could survive that?
Of course, the propulsion systems were not the only targets. The Flying Clouds supporting the Island Battleships had also been sabotaged.
The islands shuddered and slowly sank.
The Flying Clouds gradually dispersed. Once