Meanwhile, battle had broken out in the Royal Palace of the Mozartel Kingdom's Royal Capital.
The enormous crater in the center was where Kaido had slammed into the ground.
As dust billowed outward, Kaido's massive figure slowly emerged, a Spiked Club resting on one shoulder.
The violent impact had not hurt him in the slightest.
He strode forward, the ground trembling beneath every step as he closed in on Hamza.
"What a monster!"
Hamza had heard the stories about Kaido, of course, but this was his first time seeing him up close.
The force of Kaido's dive had been far more terrifying than that Dragon Breath.
Hamza still thought of Kaido as a mere apprentice Crew Member of the Rocks Pirates.
Even among the Rocks Pirates, the young Kaido had been nothing special.
He had never imagined Kaido would grow so powerful in just a few years.
"But since you've dared to come after me, prepare to die. This is the grave I've prepared for you."
Hamza felt no fear. He sneered at Kaido.
The charging Wild Beast Corps came into view. Massive beasts dozens of meters tall drew closer, gathering one after another.
The enormous beasts were a spectacular sight even from afar. There were even ancient dinosaurs among them.
They were an overwhelming force. Maintaining them alone consumed most of the Mozartel Kingdom's resources, with food costing tens of billions of Beli every year.
Only the Mozartel Kingdom's thriving livestock industry could barely keep the beasts fed.
Hamza had brought them all from Beast Island and other islands like it.
There were also tens of thousands of smaller beasts.
Hamza had built a fairly complete ecosystem to sustain the giants at the top of the food chain.
Answering Hamza's summons, they gathered around him under the control of