Facing the Great Angel and Gunko's joint assault, Bondrewd weathered it with his shield. Explosions erupted around him one after another.
Now!
Gunko stepped onto an arrow, about to chase York.
"-!"
A powerful interference signal suddenly emanated from Bondrewd's direction, scattering chaotic signs of life across the battlefield.
Gunko's Observation Haki also picked up the "sensation" of various large, nonliving objects moving. For a moment, she could not tell what was real.
But her sixth sense for impending danger still worked normally.
Whoosh!
A rocket descended from the sky. Its main compartment broke apart, ejecting an Obelisk.
Bondrewd emerged amid the dust and halos of light left by the explosions. At the same time, the falling Obelisk swept past him.
"Transmutation-"
Bondrewd pressed his palms together, and transmutation light flashed. As the Obelisk flew past, he touched its speeding shell with one hand.
"-One good turn deserves another-"
Sparks struck from the passing Obelisk mingled with transmutation light against the Carapace of the Dawn's gauntlet. The "tower script" on the Obelisk lit up with a hum.
"-Black Spear Formation."
The shell disintegrated into countless jet-black throwing spears. A sky full of spears rained straight toward Gunko.
She frowned at the sight. This was Hina's Cage-Cage Fruit, which possessed a certain ability to "lock" things in place.
With no other choice, Gunko temporarily abandoned her pursuit of York and devoted all her arrows to defense. Getting "locked" would leave her in an even worse position.
"-Poison Dragon."
Bondrewd's voice rang out again.
Once the Obelisk broke apart, the substance inside "flowed" out. Under the transmutation light, it instantly became a vast mass of purple fluid.
Three dragon heads surged through the pungent, viscous torrent, charging toward the Great Angel.
"-So this is the 'magic trickery' Shining and the others mentioned."