Meanwhile, near the coastline at the edge of Egghead Island.
A large, sleek Marine warship, stripped of most of its markings,
lay quietly at anchor a little farther out to sea.
This was the warship Gern, Hawk-Eye, Kizaru, and Enel had arrived aboard.
The Marines aboard had orders to stand by here and not approach the battle-ravaged island without permission.
The Marine soldiers on deck remained on high alert, their tense gazes sweeping the sea and the island.
The terrifying tremors that kept coming from deep within the island, the flames soaring into the sky, and the turbulent currents of energy,
along with the multiple heart-stopping waves of pressure, all reminded them
just how harrowing a showdown was unfolding on that island.
Suddenly, a Marine soldier watching the sea pointed toward the distant sea fog and exclaimed in bewilderment,
"Look! The water... something's wrong with the waves! It looks like something's approaching!"
"Hmm?" His companion narrowed his eyes. "Could it be some leftover artificial sea beasts Dr. Vegapunk built on the island? This is his territory, after all."
"Impossible!" a sergeant flatly rejected the idea.
"Before Lord Mihawk and Admiral Enel went ashore,
they personally wiped out every mechanical sea beast detected in the surrounding waters!
I saw it with my own eyes!"
As the Marines murmured among themselves, uncertain and alarmed...
"Report from the lookout!!"
From the lookout atop the mast, a soldier's voice rang through the loudspeaker, so terrified it nearly cracked:
"They're not sea beasts! They're... they're ships!!
Huge ships!! More than one!! They're coming out of the fog!!"
The Marines on deck shuddered in alarm and rushed to the rail, raising their binoculars toward the fog.
Within the hazy sea fog, several ship silhouettes as enormous as small mountains, rugged in design
and steeped in an