The humiliating sight of Doflamingo being forced to his knees, utterly powerless to resist-
In an instant, it seared the eyes and hearts of every Donquixote Family officer like a red-hot branding iron!
To outsiders, the Donquixote Family might have seemed capable of every conceivable evil, but within their ranks, they shared an extraordinary unity and an almost blind loyalty and devotion to Doflamingo.
Doflamingo treated them as family, giving them power and status, and they had long since come to value their young master's dignity as much as their own lives!
"Doffy!!!"
"Bastard! Let the young master go!"
Two furious roars erupted almost simultaneously!
Diamante, a tall man dressed like a tribal warrior in a red cape, roared as he swung his Rapier, the Snake Sword. Its blade twisted like a venomous snake as it thrust toward Gern!
On the other side, a shrill, grating roar came from within the wall. Pica, the wielder of the Stone-Stone Fruit, manipulated the masonry beneath them, instantly forming a gigantic stone fist that hurtled toward Gern!
Yet their attacks failed to come within even three meters of Gern!
An intensely concentrated Dark Green Slash, swift as a phantom, was launched afterward but reached them first!
Whoosh! Whoosh!
There was no earth-shattering crash, only two dull impacts!
Diamante felt an utterly irresistible force slam into his chest. He spewed a mouthful of blood and flew backward, smashing into a distant wall and becoming embedded in it, unconscious on impact!
Meanwhile, Pica's enormous stone fist shattered the instant the slash struck it!
Without losing momentum, the slash struck Pica's true body, hidden within the stone, squarely in the chest as well!
"Aaargh!" Pica's shrill scream cut off abruptly. Blood spilled from his mouth as he, too, flew backward like a kite with its string