Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
The sounds of battle rang out without pause.
Five men surrounded Rocks and attacked.
With his chest pierced through, Rocks grew increasingly agitated.
Fighting alone, Rocks gradually fell onto the back foot.
The island was also growing hotter and hotter.
Everyone finally realized something was wrong.
The temperature was rising too fast!
In that brief span, it had climbed dozens of degrees, turning the island into a furnace.
"What is this?!"
The officers on the coast on the other side also noticed the unusually rapid rise in temperature.
While they were still wondering what had caused it,
Sakazuki's expression suddenly changed, and he murmured:
As though he had realized something, Sakazuki's face plainly showed his "shock":
"This feeling!..."
"All hands! Get everyone aboard immediately!"
"Get away from this island!"
"Hurry!!!"
He shouted, his expression drastically changed!
The soldiers along the coast were utterly baffled by Sakazuki's shouting.
Most froze where they stood. Only the soldiers from Sakazuki's ship boarded immediately without question.
"All hands, get everyone aboard immediately!"
"All hands, get everyone aboard immediately!"
"All hands, immediately..."
After a moment of stunned silence, the officers quickly began issuing orders.
As order after order rang out, everyone finally grasped the urgency of the situation and quickly organized the boarding.
Once the officers had finished giving their orders, they all turned toward Sakazuki, whose expression had changed so dramatically.
"What's wrong, Sakazuki?"
Vice Admiral Morris voiced everyone's confusion.
"It's the presence of magma."
"There's no mistaking it!"
"It's coming from the center of the island."
Sakazuki spoke with a grim expression.
"It's intensifying too quickly."
"I'm afraid there's an enormous underwater volcano beneath this island."
"It's about to erupt."
"Judging by how quickly the magma's presence is intensifying, and how strong it is,"
"Once it erupts, it'll destroy this island in next to no time and trigger tsunamis and hurricanes."
"Vice Admiral Morris, can you reach the Fleet Admiral?"
"We have to evacuate."
With every sentence of explanation, Sakazuki's face grew a shade "darker," and everyone else's expression grew grimmer along with his.
"Get everyone aboard immediately. I'll contact him right away."
Vice Admiral Morris's expression had now changed drastically as well. The other officers quickly went to organize the boarding.
"Buru-buru, buru-buru."
The Den Den Mushi in Sengoku's pocket rang as he guarded the perimeter, and he answered it.
The Den Den Mushi vividly mimicked Morris's anxious expression:
"Admiral Sengoku, is Fleet Admiral Kong there?"
Seeing this, Sengoku's face turned solemn, and he asked seriously:
"Morris, what's wrong?"
Morris's voice came through rapidly:
"Magma is causing the abnormal temperature on this island."
"I'm afraid there's an enormous underwater volcano beneath it."
"It's about to erupt."
"Once it erupts, it'll destroy the entire island in next to no time!"
Morris's words shook Sengoku as well:
"All right, understood!"
"Get everyone organized and evacuate immediately."
"I'll go tell them."
After answering Morris, Sengoku charged toward the combatants.
At the battlefield.
The clang of metal rang out without pause, and explosions thundered one after another.
"Buddha Shockwave!"
Sengoku transformed into a hundred-meter golden Buddha.
Seizing an opening, he struck with all his strength.
An enormous golden shockwave hurtled toward Rocks.
Unable to dodge in time, Rocks stepped forward.
He raised his fist and coated it in Haki.
He slammed his fist into the shockwave, which drove him steadily backward.
Boom!
The shockwave exploded!
Roger immediately closed in with his sword.
Rocks coated both arms in Conqueror's Haki, blocking with one hand and driving the other toward Roger.
Without dodging or retreating, he met Roger head-on and sent him flying.
At the same time, he charged at Garp, who was nearby.
Sengoku seized the chance to reach the others.
Kong's somewhat weary voice rang out:
"Sengoku, is something wrong?"
Sengoku relayed what Morris had just told him.
Their expressions darkened:
"This..."
They struggled to choose between retreating and fighting to the death, but the sword-wielding member of the Five Elders reached a decision in an instant.
"Let Roger know."
"Go bring Roger's men over."
"We'll force Rocks into the deep pit in the Palace in one push."
"That's where the abnormal heat is coming from."
"Set-it-off!"
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