"It's been ages since we had an adventure. Who'd have thought we'd run into them here!"
Roger stood at the bow, holding his Supreme Great Grade Sword, Ace, and leaped straight off the ship.
"Rayleigh, Gaban, that guy's too strong! He's dangerous. Leave him to me!"
Whoosh!
As Roger dropped from high above, he cared about nothing else. He had sensed a powerful presence, and that meant he had to strike!
"Roger just wants another fight. All that talk about danger-he's clearly stealing our opponent!"
Gaban was helpless. What even counted as dangerous to them?
They simply hadn't encountered any particularly formidable opponents on Sky Island, and Roger was itching for a fight.
He couldn't wait to make his move.
"He says we haven't had an adventure, when we just fell out of the sky!"
Rayleigh slapped his forehead and hurriedly called to the crew:
"Please look after Shanks and Buggy. They've only just learned to walk!"
"No problem, Vice Captain Rayleigh!"
The crew returned to the cabin and picked up Shanks and Buggy, who were still grinning away.
To the Roger Pirates, those two were everyone's children.
Rather than apprentice crew members, they were the successors everyone longed for, inheritors of their will without any blood ties.
At the heart of the island.
All the God's Knights beside Saint Garling charged at their formidable foes.
If the Roger Pirates were joining the fight, then even they would have to commit every member.
Otherwise, this battle would become troublesome!
Even so.
Once Shane charged over as well, the Holy Knights would be at a disadvantage.
Saint Garling was the strongest among them. He was confident he could crush Shane, but with Roger right before him, how was he supposed to deal with him?
Besides that.
As descendants of the original