"Charge!"
"Into East Blue!"
At last, when the waters before Reverse Mountain could barely hold any more pirate ships, the pirates from around the world could no longer restrain themselves and surged into East Blue en masse.
The two forces responsible for guarding the passage through Reverse Mountain looked so outnumbered before this enormous army. Many ordinary soldiers paled at the sight of the pirate ships filling their vision.
Even Kizaru and King looked grim. They really had underestimated these people.
"Open fire!"
Even so, neither fleet had any intention of retreating outright. At Kizaru's and King's commands, the warships began firing their cannons at the pirate ships.
Compared with these small-time pirates, both the Navy and the East Blue Allied Forces enjoyed considerable advantages in their warships. Whether in firepower, speed, or size, they were far beyond those small-time pirates who had simply found a boat and set out to sea.
Amid the roar of cannon fire, ships among the pirate vessels pouring down from Reverse Mountain began to fall one after another, sinking into the sea.
Apart from a few relatively large pirate crews, most of those pirates did not even have cannons aboard their ships. Even when they did, the cannons were little more than decorations and posed no threat to the standard-issue warships of the Navy and the East Blue Allied Forces.
Thus, when faced with return fire, powerful fighters might block a few of the more powerful cannon shots, but most cannonballs were simply ignored and allowed to fall into the sea or onto the warships.
Although the exchange of cannon fire was fierce, the pirates' advance did not slow in the slightest. Soon, the first wave of pirate crews was about to collide with Kizaru's naval positions.
Kizaru hesitated for a moment before saying