The forces affiliated with the Overlord Dragon Pirates also joined the war.
Before the war began, "Overlord Dragon" Zack had summoned them all.
No one could escape.
Now, faced with the Silver Axe Pirates, they had no choice but to fight.
Of course, with Zack leading them, they weren't afraid of going to war with the Silver Axe Pirates either.
But no one wanted to die.
The crews of these forces couldn't be replenished so easily in such a short time.
Before the battle, Zack had also promised that the Overlord Dragon Pirates would reward them generously if they drove back the Silver Axe Pirates.
Promises meant nothing when their lives were on the line. Dead men couldn't collect their money.
Once the Overlord Dragon Pirates began losing ground, they would retreat without hesitation to preserve their strength.
For now, however, they were still fighting hard under the Overlord Dragon Pirates' command.
Those caught up in this war actually knew very little about it.
Had they truly understood the Silver Axe Pirates' strength, they might already have backed out.
News didn't spread quickly, either.
Only a small number of people still knew that Katakuri and Oven had appeared.
Nor had anyone made a deliberate effort to pass that information on to the battlefields in other areas. They simply couldn't spare the effort.
After all, outnumbered and surrounded, how could they spare a thought for passing on other intelligence?
Naturally, Kurozumi Hachinosu led the charge.
He had transformed into Yamata no Orochi and rampaged across the battlefield.
The poisonous mist he released kept everyone at bay. Its corrosive fumes had already claimed the lives of many pirates from the Silver Axe Pirates.
His opponent was likewise a veteran officer of the Silver Axe Pirates.
In terms of high-end combatants, the Overlord