"Whatever you do, don't let the will of 'D'... consume you!"
When Roger's eerie warning, spoken as though he had seen through everything, reached him on the sea breeze, the expression on Yas's face-which had remained as cold as an ancient glacier from the very beginning-changed drastically for the first time, like a sheet of ice shattering!
Boom!
A killing intent more terrifying, more pure, and more bone-chilling than ever before erupted from Yas's body, like the most extreme cold current in the depths of the universe!
There was no black-and-red lightning, no world-shattering blast of air.
Yet this invisible killing intent froze the entire sea in an instant!
The air seemed to turn into thick glue. The wind stopped, and the waves stilled. Even the seagulls circling overhead stiffened in an instant and plunged straight into the sea like kites with severed strings!
"Urgh!"
Aboard the Leviathan, Bullet's body, which had only just recovered a fraction from the weakness left by his desperate battle with Roger, suddenly stiffened! To his horror, he discovered that an irresistible fear rising from the deepest recesses of his soul had seized his heart like countless icy hands!
He felt as though an ancient evil god, startled awake from its slumber, had fixed its gaze on him! Before that gaze, his so-called pride as the "Devil's Heir" and his strength that rivaled the Pirate King's seemed so laughable, so insignificant!
He had no doubt that a single thought from that man would erase him completely from existence in an instant, leaving not even a trace!
"G-gulp..."
Not far away, Vice Admiral Pokato could no longer even stand steadily. His legs shook violently like chaff in a sieve, his eyes bulged with utter terror, and meaningless rattling sounds escaped his throat.
Then a warm liquid