Target Spotted

The sea was vast. Even a massive fleet looked impossibly small from an island.

The Pirate Army sailed straight ahead, deliberately avoiding routes past islands so spies ashore could not guess the Rocks Pirates' objective.

The Marines and the World Government were still in the dark. The Marines kept sending out patrol squadrons to search their waters for the Rocks Pirates' Pirate Army.

Pirate ships swept across the sea one after another, radiating such terrifying force that even the Sea Kings in the depths dared not approach.

The Godslayer Raven sailed at the center of the pirate ships.

Hades leaned against the railing, letting the sea breeze toss his purple hair.

His mind was calm. Eyes half-closed, he felt the wild atmosphere of impending war all around him.

Excitement, tension, exhilaration—fierce emotions of every kind surfaced clearly in Hades's mind.

The only emotions missing were fear and dread.

The Rocks Pirates were a band of madmen. None of them held anything back.

Unless they faced certain death, they felt no fear, not even before someone stronger.

Even those who had not started out that way were swept up and changed by the atmosphere.

Edward Newgate seemed mild-tempered, but only to people who knew him well and were on good terms with him.

In truth, he was fiercely domineering, and countless members of the Rocks Pirates feared him.

Beyond the crew, he was a notorious and vicious Great Pirate.

In the future, the mere mention of his name would even silence crying children.

Only by being that way could he hold his place in the Rocks Pirates, inspire fear, and claim a greater share of the spoils and treasure.

The kindhearted were preyed upon. There was no place for them in the Rocks Pirates.

Titan stood like an Iron Wall, staying