"Their god has come to collect their taxes in person."
As Yas delivered that cold judgment with a trace of mockery, every Marine soldier aboard the warship felt their blood ignite!
Fear?
There was none!
After witnessing the miracle of Yas holding up the heavens with one hand and purifying everything, the most fanatical worship of this "God of Azure Thunder" had already been branded into the depths of their souls!
The Five Emperors of the Underworld? An S-rank bounty? A hunt for God?
To them, it was nothing but a swarm of insects courting death, roaring ridiculously at the sun!
"Hurrah!!!"
No one knew who roared first, but waves of cheers erupted across the warship, surging from the depths of their souls with religious fervor!
"Give everything for Lord Azure Thunder!"
"Purge evil! Let Divine Punishment descend!"
"Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!"
Watching these fanatical soldiers, whom he had thoroughly "brainwashed," the Marine major shook his head with a wry smile, yet fierce flames burned in his eyes as well.
He knew there was no turning back.
From the moment he boarded this ship, his fate had been irrevocably bound to the man named Yas before him.
He could follow him and witness the birth of an entirely new era.
Or he could be swallowed by the darkness of the entire world alongside him.
He had chosen the former.
"Pass down my orders! Overload the power furnace! Full speed ahead! Destination: the Sabaody Archipelago in the New World!"
The major roared his orders.
He knew that every pirate, merchant, and hunter entering the New World had to pass through that place. It was also where the Underworld's intelligence and dark dealings were most concentrated!
Lord Yas had no intention of hiding!
He was plunging straight into the center of the world's