Bullet gave a vicious grin:
"Pirates, huh? Nothing unusual."
"Looks like we can have some fun in the South Blue."
Enel chuckled:
"True. We only just arrived, and we've already run into pirates this stupid."
"Hahahahaha."
The ten enormous warships cut through the waves and finally entered the South Blue moments later.
The Holy Land, Mary Geoise.
The Five Elders were stunned when they received the king's plea for help. A band of ordinary pirates had fought their way to the Royal Palace?
Anger simmered in the burly Five Elder with the W-shaped mustache:
"Since when have our affiliated nations fallen to such a pathetic level?"
"A bunch of useless fools."
The sword-wielding Five Elder closed his eyes and took a deep breath:
"Send Cipher Pol to deal with this first."
"An affiliated nation of the World Government being destroyed by pirates."
"That would make us a laughingstock."
"We'll deal with them once this matter is settled."
"We really do need to reassess our membership."
"Honestly..."
The first half of the Grand Line.
The harbor of the Tahami Kingdom.
Flames towered over the harbor. An enormous pirate ship lay docked there, with several smaller vessels alongside it.
Taking advantage of the Great Pirate Era Roger had ushered in, the pirate captain had returned to his hometown to recruit men and plunder the surrounding lands.
His crew had grown to roughly a thousand members. There were no powerful fighters among them; they were all ordinary people.
But they had numbers on their side, along with heavy weapons such as cannons and mortars.
The Tahami Kingdom, another agrarian nation, now stood on the brink of destruction.
Countless royal soldiers fought desperately against the pirates.
Spears, swords, blood, and corpses littered the entire harbor.
A minor pirate leader grinned viciously as