Meanwhile, aboard a silver-white steel battleship that seemed the polar opposite of the Army's warship.
Young Esdeath stood at the bow, gazing out over the sea, her eyes blazing with fighting spirit.
She wore a tailored white military uniform with a short skirt and white boots.
Her delicate face held a proud, icy expression, like a snow lotus atop a towering peak: beautiful, aloof, and thorny.
She was tall and slender, with long legs.
A sword hung at her waist, and her ice-blue hair fell to her calves.
The soldiers behind her looked at her with nothing but reverence and fervor, not daring to entertain the slightest improper thought.
She was the daughter of Hades, the "Pluton," and a princess of the Kronos Kingdom.
Esdeath, the "Ice Phoenix," held the highest standing in the military!
The moment Esdeath heard that the Pirate Allied Forces were approaching, she had been eager to fight.
This was prey she had set her sights on.
That was why she had specifically asked to accompany Bullet.
Life in the Kingdom was hardly dull. It had professional training methods and all manner of powerful fighters.
She could find an opponent whenever she wanted.
Her older brothers, the warriors raised by the Kingdom, and even her father, Hades.
Ever since she obtained her Devil Fruit, Esdeath had grown stronger at a startling pace.
The Mythical Zoan Ice Phoenix Fruit, a precious Devil Fruit Hades had taken from Rocks's treasury, suited Esdeath perfectly.
It also complemented the Ice-People Bloodline within her. Together, they were a match made in heaven.
Combining certain powerful, unusual bloodlines with top-tier Devil Fruits often produced results greater than the sum of their parts.
Those fruits were almost always Mythical Zoans.
Growing up in such an environment, Esdeath had, unsurprisingly, always ranked among the