(Most of yesterday's Ancient Gear images got approved. You can go take a look.)
(But every single Ulti image got rejected. I'm honestly speechless.)
Ancient Gear and Zaku were both, fundamentally, part of the Automated Control Legion. But their completely different designs and vastly different combat styles put very different kinds of pressure on the Beasts Pirates.
Wielding firing-pin lances and huge gear shields, the "mechanical knights" launched a frontal charge against the Beasts Pirates under cover from a flock of "Mechanical Wyverns."
On both flanks, mechanical soldiers laid down crossfire, their machine guns forming a net of fire that kept the pirates' heads down.
The pirates could only look for openings to charge, using Haki to weather the barrage and force a breakthrough. Every step forward came at a cost in casualties.
The seemingly endless battle against lifeless things left most of the Beasts Pirates feeling more exhausted mentally than physically.
Then, amid the smoke and gunfire, mechanical engineers lurking in the cloud sea began drilling into their ships with hammer drills.
The overstretched pirates had to turn back and deal with these sneaky bastards attacking their rear.
Zaku weaving through the lines of fire were shot down one after another, but their electromagnetic weapons also punched through some of the pirates. Countless explosions bloomed in the air, then faded.
"Big Sis! Three o'clock!"
Page One's tyrannosaur vocal cords let out a deep roar as his hammer-like tail swept over a dozen ambushing Ancient Gear Knights away.
Blood drenched his barbed scales. Though it looked frightening, it was nothing serious given his ancient Zoan recovery.
Hearing her brother's warning, Ulti shook her head, a little dizzy from repeatedly using the headbutting attack "Headbutt Gun."
Then she saw an Ancient Gear Giant over ten meters tall rise from the wreckage