Whitebeard wore a smile as he quietly looked at Barn beside him and spoke.
Barn, however, answered with a wry smile.
"I'd like to stay out of this too, but clearly, that's impossible. Up on that tower, the Five Elders have had their eyes on me for quite some time..."
Meanwhile, seeing their captains display their might, the pirates of the Whitebeard Pirates launched another assault!
"Charge! Follow the captains! Wipe out the Marines!"
"Don't be afraid! Push toward the Square!"
Vista and Fossa alone held back three Giant Vice Admirals. Under their resistance, the enormous weapons in the vice admirals' hands could not advance an inch.
Another portly captain pulled an enormous wooden mallet straight out of two pouch-like folds beneath his chin and swept away a great swath of Marines with devastating force!
"Fire! Fire! Don't stop!"
"Don't let them ashore! Storm the Moby Dick! Take down Whitebeard!"
Even under this overwhelming assault, the Marines continued their stubborn resistance. The cannons mounted at Headquarters and the rifles wielded by Marines in the Square fired as though ammunition cost nothing!
"Stop the captains!"
Under the fierce bombardment and suppressing fire, the captains' advance gradually slowed.
Just as the smug Marines were celebrating their success, cheers rose from a group of pirates behind the rearmost warships.
"Go, Little Oars!"
A monster charged forward in a frenzy, looking like a demon straight from hell. He was impossibly tall, only slightly smaller than Oars, the Demon Barn had slain on Thriller Bark!
"That's... a descendant of Oars the Continent-Puller, isn't he...?"
Tsuru's expression grew grave as she watched Little Oars charge toward them.
Beside her, Yamakaji stared in astonishment at the suddenly appearing monster, whose size exceeded everything he understood about Giants.
"He's enormous... far beyond the size of an ordinary Giant..."