Impel Down had been completely overrun. No resistance remained.
There were few places in the world that could withstand an attack by the five of them.
Even Marine Headquarters as it stood now could not hold them off.
Aises was dead. Black was dead. Scott was dead too.
Shiki used his power to carry the Warships packed with prisoners away from Impel Down and toward the New World.
They had come in a rush and left just as quickly.
"Titan, go back and scavenge what you can."
Aboard a Warship, Hades gave Titan the order. Titan knew exactly what Hades meant.
He transformed into Taotie and broke away from the returning group.
The others paid little attention to where Titan went, though some guessed he had returned to Impel Down.
Rescuing people had been the Rocks Pirates' goal.
But Hades had another important objective.
Impel Down held one valuable resource: Seastone.
A substantial amount of Seastone had gone into building the prison.
All told, it was an astonishing quantity.
The Kronos Kingdom had no Seastone mines. In the New World, every island with such a mine was strategically valuable and coveted by the various powers.
Seastone could suppress Devil Fruit Users, but it was also an important metal ore. Rich in energy, it had a wide range of uses.
Hades had sent Titan back to strip Impel Down of its Seastone. Beyond that, there were all sorts of Devil Fruit Users there.
Even excluding Infinite Hell and Freezing Hell, the other levels held plenty of Devil Fruit Users.
Titan was also capable of Devil Fruit Hunting. Naturally, he intended to make the most of the opportunity.
He had already obtained a top-tier Paramecia Devil Fruit. After taking Byrnndi World's earth-shaking punch, Titan had secretly stolen his power when Hades sent