The chains rattled crisply with the tremors deep in the earth. Garp grinned and chuckled. "That brat Lorne is making even more noise than I expected."
From the shadows of the neighboring cell came a low, hoarse sneer. "Garp, looks like one hell of a madman has arrived outside. Even this deep-sea prison is trembling before him."
"Cut the crap, Bullet." Garp closed his eyes and leaned against the bitterly cold black stone wall. "Stay in your muck. The show's only just begun."
Level Four, Blazing Hell, the Chief Warden's office.
Before the broad solid wood desk, Magellan pressed both hands heavily against its surface. Billowing purple-red poison gas rose from his towering body, his brows drawn into a tight knot.
The several large Surveillance Den Den Mushi hanging in the center of the wall were frothing at the mouth. After a violent burst of static, their screens went completely black.
The final frozen surveillance image showed the ten-thousand-meter dark-gold Divine Dragon blotting out the sky as it unleashed a pillar of destructive lightning, instantly vaporizing twenty heavy warships along with thousands of seastone naval mines.
"Twenty heavily armed Navy battleships, all destroyed..." Deputy Chief Warden Hannyabal's legs shook violently. The long-handled naginata in his hand clattered to the floor. "Even Headquarters Vice Admirals Strawberry and Dalmatian couldn't withstand a single attack!"
"Chief Warden! The Gate of Justice's power hub has stopped responding! The Fearless Legion's lead warships have forced their way through the outer whirlpool currents!" Domino rushed into the office and shouted, her face deathly pale.
"What are you panicking for?! Impel Down hasn't been breached head-on in eight hundred years, and I'm not dead yet!" Magellan abruptly straightened, his low roar making the entire office hum.
The highly toxic slime seeping from his body dripped onto the