Recaps

Dunn and Annie considered how to advance their classes when Engels proposed exploring ruins discovered by Captain Grant. Grant met with Dunn but refused to let his crew join the expedition, leaving Engels embarrassed in front of his new captain.

• Annie explained that advancing to Weather Master required surviving and recording several kinds of disastrous sea weather, while Dunn asked the crew for ideas about where to go.
• Engels said Captain Grant of the White Shark had found ruins believed to belong to an ancient Pirate King and was recruiting captains to explore them.
• Dunn agreed to meet Grant, and Engels went to bring him to the Sea Warrior Bar.
• Grant told Dunn he had already recruited three other captains and did not need Dunn's crew to join the expedition.
• Engels looked distressed at Grant's refusal, Annie frowned, and Dunn remained composed.

Dunn and the other captains sailed from Cutlass Harbor on a joint expedition, while Dunn drew more Devil Fruits and a sailor on another ship accidentally unleashed the Flame-Flame Fruit’s power. The five ships reached the edge of a potentially natural-disaster-class storm, and Dunn ordered the [Black Pearl] to press on.

• Dunn accepted Engels’s agreement to join the expedition, and Engels said the ships would depart in three days.
• Dunn sailed with four other captains and drew the Spike-Spike Fruit and the Spring-Spring Fruit during the voyage.
• A pirate captain and his Navigator forced a sailor to eat a cursed fruit, which caused flames to engulf their ship.
• Annie warned Dunn that the five ships were approaching a dangerous storm, and Dunn learned that the [White Shark] had ordered them to follow.
• Dunn ordered everyone aboard the [Black Pearl] to prepare to face the storm.

Dunn and the other pirate crews survived a supernatural storm by reaching an island where the weather calmed. The five captains met on shore and began looking for a sheltered campsite.

• Annie told Dunn that the unmoving storm seemed to have been created by an exceptionally powerful fourth-tier professional or spell.
• A lookout spotted an island, and Dunn ordered the Black Pearl to follow the White Shark's exact route through the reefs.
• The five pirate ships entered a sheltered bay, where the wind and waves subsided, and anchored safely.
• Dunn left Hans and several sailors to guard the Black Pearl while he took the rest of the crew ashore.
• Dunn met Feishman, Astor, Hawkins, and Grant, assessed the other crews' strength, and joined them in searching for shelter from the rain.

The captains confronted Grant for hiding the unnatural storm and its casualties, but their dispute was interrupted when Green reported that another group had reached the ruins first. Grant revealed that the group belonged to Angry Whale Jaeger, a newly advanced third-tier Great Pirate, leaving the captains to reckon with a powerful rival already at the ruins.

• Feishman, Astor, and Hawkins accused Grant of concealing the danger of the storm, and Grant called it a test of the captains and their crews.
• Feishman and the other captains rose angrily against Grant as the gathering neared a fight.
• Green returned from the joint scouting party and told Dunn and Annie that dozens of people had reached the ruins before them.
• A scout confirmed that the group had been waiting at the ruins' entrance, and the captains turned their suspicion back on Grant.
• Grant revealed that Jaeger had discovered the island with him after their past clash and explained that Jaeger had recently advanced to the third tier.

Dunn and the other captains debated whether they could resist [Angry Whale] Jaeger, who had arrived at the ancient Pirate King’s ruins. After tensions flared between the captains and Annie’s group, Dunn asked Grant about Jaeger’s profession, but Grant did not know Jaeger’s new third-tier path.

• The captains dismissed Jaeger as a threat, while Annie rebuked them for underestimating a third-tier professional.
• Feishman threatened Annie, prompting Green to reveal [Red Beak] and Engels to ready his longbow.
• Grant urged Dunn to preserve their cooperation, and Dunn asked for information about Jaeger’s profession.
• Grant identified Jaeger’s former profession as [Whaler] and named his three second-tier subordinates, but could not say what Jaeger’s third-tier profession was.

Dunn learned that a third-tier [Whaler] became a [Sea Beast Priest], whose abilities included [Mutation], and weighed the danger of confronting the newly advanced [Angry Whale]. He agreed to join the captains’ attack, but insisted they first devise a careful plan.

• Annie explained that [Sea Beast Priest] was the third-tier advancement of [Whaler] and that its core ability, [Mutation], created sea monster tentacles.
• Annie told Dunn and the captains that [Sea Beast Priests] could also use beguilement and sound waves, and estimated that [Angry Whale] could produce at most three tentacles.
• Dunn considered the strength of sea monsters and the risks of fighting a third-tier professional while the captains urged him to decide quickly.
• Dunn agreed to join the venture against [Angry Whale] and called for a detailed plan.

Dunn and the other captains captured [Angry Whale]'s people and learned from [Whaler] Elvin that Jaeger had been trapped in the ruins for months. Elvin's account left them debating whether to trust him before they decided they still needed him.

• Dunn ordered his pirates to seize the people at [Angry Whale]'s settlement, and they quickly defeated the outnumbered defenders and captured Elvin.
• Elvin told Dunn and the captains that Jaeger and dozens of men had entered the ruins months earlier and had not returned.
• Elvin explained that the Navigator had gone with Jaeger and that a living tentacle inside his body showed Jaeger was still alive.
• Elvin said he had disclosed the situation because he could not get past the ruins' mechanisms and hoped the newcomers would affect Jaeger's predicament.
• Astor suspected Jaeger had prepared an ambush and drew a dagger, but Grant stopped him, arguing that they should keep Elvin alive.

Dunn and the other captains entered the underground ruins, where they found ancient murals and the remains of an earlier expedition. Grant led them onward past looted rooms, while Dunn began to suspect that Grant had concealed who had taken their contents.

• Grant persuaded Astor to stand down, then organized the captains to take four people each into the ruins.
• Dunn left Annie and Lewis to manage the camp and entered with Green, Engels, and two classed pirates.
• The captains descended through a cave and passed through a carved stone doorway into the ruins.
• Dunn studied murals telling the story of a man who became a sea king and noticed that the underground air remained fresh.
• The group found the remains of crew members from Grant and Jaeger's previous expedition in a large hall.
• Grant said the side rooms had already been looted and led the group onward, prompting Dunn to wonder whether Grant or Jaeger had taken their contents.

Grant led the pirates to a doorway opening onto a bottomless abyss and suspected a mechanism waited on the far side. Engels successfully fired a rope-tethered arrow across and anchored the rope, giving the group a way to cross.

• Feishman challenged Grant for leading the group through empty rooms, and Grant insisted the real treasures lay farther ahead.
• Grant showed the group the abyss and said he had found nothing suspicious on their side, so he suspected a mechanism was across the gap.
• Dunn held back from crossing because the far side was unknown and Jaeger might still be nearby.
• Astor proposed searching the other rooms, but Engels spotted protrusions across the abyss that could secure ropes.
• Engels repeatedly fired a rope-tethered arrow across the gap until it caught on the far side, and the pirates cheered as the rope went taut.

Dunn and the other captains crossed the abyss and found a hall containing a glowing purple orb, a crowned corpse, and the bodies of the [Whaler] crew. Astor determined the crew had been crushed by Transcendent-level strength and likely killed by someone they trusted, leaving the group to face an unknown threat.

• The five factions agreed to cross the abyss in turns, with Astor's people first, Grant's last, and Dunn's fourth.
• The pirates crossed safely and cautiously followed the corridor to a hall illuminated by a purple orb.
• Dunn spotted a crowned, withered figure seated on a lavish stone chair as the pirates eyed the orb greedily.
• Engels identified the [Whaler]'s captain and Navigator among a heap of bodies, while Astor noted the number matched Elvin's account.
• Grant sent Elvin to inspect the bodies, and Astor concluded the crew had been crushed by immense force and killed by someone they did not expect.

Astor identified [Angry Whale] Jaeger as the likely killer, and the group found him alive but emaciated beneath the stone chair. When Elvin rushed to his captain, Jaeger killed him and revealed monstrous golden eyes, leaving the others to face the truth that Jaeger had become something inhuman.

• Elvin rejected Astor’s conclusion, but Grant struck him down before his outburst could alert anyone further.
• Engel spotted a figure beneath the stone chair, and the group discovered Jaeger kneeling there, withered and barely alive.
• Elvin broke free and ran to Jaeger, while the others noticed a quiet voice that only those with heightened perception could hear.
• Jaeger seized Elvin’s wrist and said one had slipped through the net.
• Jaeger plunged his arm into Elvin, pulled out a struggling tentacle, and revealed golden vertical pupils as Elvin died.

Jaeger ate the tentacle and transformed into a monstrous mass of tentacles, attacking the pirates in the underground space. Dunn tried to shield himself and his men, but Jaeger struck him and sent him flying.

• Jaeger swallowed the tentacle despite Dunn ordering the pirates to stop him.
• Jaeger clutched his head in pain and complained that his Career Ability was poisonous.
• Jaeger transformed into several enormous tentacles covered in fanged mouths and yellow eyes.
• Jaeger’s tentacle smashed a Navigator and sent several classless pirates flying.
• Dunn activated Rokushiki: Tekkai to block Jaeger’s attack, but the tentacle sent him flying as Green and the others dodged.

Jaeger transformed into a tentacled monster and attacked the captains, killing several people and badly injuring Dunn. Engels observed that Jaeger seemed unaware and was attacking instinctively, giving the group a possible chance to kill him.

• Dunn was sent flying by Jaeger, while Green warned the pirates to stay focused on the fight.
• Jaeger’s eerie laughter overwhelmed the group, and his tentacles crushed several people as Feishman, Astor, and Grant questioned his strength and the information they had received.
• Green explained that Jaeger’s number of tentacles suggested he had been stronger before advancing than Grant had claimed.
• Dunn returned after recovering from his injuries and revealed that his stamina was 22 points, with defense equivalent to 25.
• Engels reasoned that Jaeger lacked awareness and was attacking instinctively, then said this gave them a chance to kill him.

Dunn and the other captains tried to distract Jaeger's five tentacles so Engels could shoot Jaeger's human head, but the plan grew less promising as the tentacles attacked. After the captains injured the eyes on their assigned tentacles, Dunn reluctantly moved in to draw his tentacle's attention while worrying about Jaeger's true condition.

• Engels proposed keeping all five of Jaeger's tentacles occupied so he could shoot Jaeger's head, and the captains split into five groups to carry out the plan.
• Dunn's tentacle singled him out, and its Impact ability sent him flying even though it did not touch him.
• Hawkins, Astor, Grant, and Feishman approached their assigned tentacles, while Dunn realized his tentacle seemed to target him alone.
• Astor injured an eye on his tentacle, and the captains followed his example, provoking the tentacles into furious attacks.
• Dunn noticed the tentacle roared independently of Jaeger's head and the other tentacles, then stepped forward to draw its attention rather than flee.

Engels and Grant struck Jaeger's exposed head, but Jaeger survived and rose high above the group, making his head impossible to reach. Green proposed stalling until Jaeger's career ability ran out of energy, and the group fled past the doorway as Jaeger crashed into its wall.

• Dunn drew the tentacle's attacks away from Jaeger while Engels shot an arrow through Jaeger's right eye, provoking a roar but failing to kill him.
• Four tentacles wrapped around Jaeger's head while the fifth continued attacking Dunn, and Grant shot Jaeger's head through a gap in the tentacles.
• Jaeger braced himself on two tentacles and rose several dozen meters above the ground, leaving the group unable to reach his head.
• Astor urged everyone to flee, but Green proposed stalling until Jaeger's enormous body depleted the energy sustaining it.
• The group ran toward the stone doorway, then turned and fled in another direction, and Jaeger crashed into the wall around the doorway.

Dunn and the pirate captains tried to wear Jaeger down while fleeing, but Grant proposed splitting up, and Jaeger immobilized Dunn with its whispers before landing a direct hit. Dunn was sent flying nearly a hundred meters and lay badly injured as the others realized their designated shield was gone.

• The pirates rejected Green’s proposal to leave and continued fighting Jaeger as they fled through the dust.
• Astor explained that hiding in the corridor would not stop Jaeger and could leave the group arguing over who crossed the pit first.
• Grant proposed that the pirates split up and let whoever Jaeger targeted fend for themselves, and the other captains agreed.
• Jaeger’s tentacle fixed its many eyes on Dunn and used eerie whispers to immobilize him.
• Jaeger struck Dunn directly and sent him flying nearly a hundred meters; Dunn landed with severe injuries while the captains stared in confusion.

Badly injured and unable to escape, Dunn was used as bait when Astor led Jaeger toward him. Jaeger's tentacle nearly crushed Dunn, but the monster's energy ran out at the last moment, leaving Dunn alive.

• Dunn lay immobilized while his Supernatural Recovery slowly healed his injuries, and he feared the pirates would lure Jaeger toward him.
• The battlefield sounds receded, but Jaeger soon approached Dunn, led by someone fleeing across the battlefield.
• Dunn's two pirate underlings shouted at the culprit, but Astor leaped over Dunn and mocked him before running away.
• Jaeger noticed Dunn and struck at him with a tentacle, driving him into the ground and worsening his injuries.
• The tentacle stopped just centimeters from Dunn and turned to ash when Jaeger's energy ran out.

After Jaeger crumbled, his spectral blue apparition entered Dunn and confronted him in his Consciousness Sea. The Ancient Pirate King began crushing Dunn’s will to take over his body, and Dunn grew weaker with each attack.

• Jaeger’s remaining head crumbled to powder after Dunn struck it, and a spectral blue apparition entered Dunn’s body, knocking him unconscious.
• Dunn awoke in a pitch-black space and learned from the apparition that he was in his Consciousness Sea and that the figure was the Ancient Pirate King.
• The Ancient Pirate King revealed that Dunn’s physique was the only one strong enough to contain his soul and said he intended to possess Dunn’s body.
• The Ancient Pirate King struck Dunn and explained that battles in the Consciousness Sea depended on will, while Dunn repeatedly tried to fight back.
• As the Ancient Pirate King knocked fragments from Dunn, he explained that they were pieces of Dunn’s consciousness, will, and soul, and Dunn’s thoughts began to grow hazy.

Dunn was beaten nearly to death in the consciousness space by the ancient Pirate King, but his fury awakened a domineering power that destroyed his opponent. After regaining consciousness, he stood to face the hostile captains, only for Engels to attack him with a concealed dagger.

• The ancient Pirate King battered Dunn until he could barely resist, and Dunn reflected on his life and feared he was about to die.
• Dunn’s defiance erupted into a domineering will and black-and-red lightning that shattered the ancient Pirate King.
• As Dunn regained consciousness, he heard the captains threatening the two pirates who had stayed by his side while Green was being attacked.
• Dunn checked his injuries, stood up, and told the captains he needed an outlet for his anger.
• Engels rushed toward Dunn as if to embrace him, then stabbed at Dunn’s waist with a concealed dagger.

Dunn exposed the pirates’ ambush and killed Engels, Astor, and Grant as the fight erupted. He left Hawkins standing and Green still battling Feishman and the other pirates.

• Engels tried to stab Dunn with a Transcendent poison-coated dagger, but Dunn caught his wrist and killed him with Shigan.
• Dunn checked on Green, then used Soru to attack Astor and killed him with a second Shigan to the throat.
• Grant urged Hawkins to attack while he fled, but Dunn intercepted Grant before he reached the doorway.
• Dunn blocked Grant’s sword with his arm, seized the blade, and decapitated him, while Hawkins remained motionless.

Dunn killed Grant, captured the surrendering Hawkins, and helped Green defeat the remaining pirates while Fisherman escaped wounded. After Green admitted he had considered letting Dunn die to protect Annie’s interests, Dunn forgave him and went to check on Hawkins.

• Hawkins dropped to his knees and surrendered to Dunn, who ordered two pirate underlings to guard him.
• Fisherman fled when Dunn approached, and Dunn struck him with Rankyaku, but Fisherman used the blow to reach the corridor and escape.
• Dunn returned to Green’s battlefield and joined him in killing the two remaining pirates.
• Green apologized to Dunn and confessed that he had been tempted by Engels’s suggestion to let Dunn die so Annie could become captain of the [Black Pearl].
• Dunn told Green he understood, urged him to rest, and went to check on Hawkins.

Dunn spared Hawkins after learning he could bring several hundred pirates and their class holders over to Dunn's side. Dunn then claimed the Ancient Pirate King's crown and six Attribute Potions, while one of his men asked whether they should pursue Fisherman.

• Dunn ordered Hawkins killed, then stopped his men when Hawkins offered to bring his pirates over.
• Hawkins warned Dunn that several hundred pirates and at least four or five class holders remained outside, and Dunn reluctantly accepted him under threat of punishment if he betrayed him.
• Dunn recalled that the Ancient Pirate King had been a Fourth Tier Wizard whose memories revealed how Wizards had been driven from the New World.
• Dunn removed the Calamity of the Sea crown from the Ancient Pirate King's remains and found six Attribute Potions hidden beneath the throne.
• A member of Dunn's crew asked whether they should leave Fisherman alone.

Dunn and his companions escaped the ruins after Fisherman cut the rope across the pit, while Annie’s forces captured the pirates outside. Fisherman’s attempt to seize control failed, leaving him surrounded by professionals and facing defeat.

• Hawkins warned Dunn that Fisherman could endanger their crew and strand them in the ruins, but Dunn led everyone back with the Orb.
• Dunn leaped across the pit after finding that Fisherman had cut the rope, astonishing Hawkins.
• Fisherman emerged from the cave and falsely claimed that Dunn had killed the other captains, then charged at Annie.
• Lewis and more than a dozen professional pirates blocked Fisherman, who realized he was outnumbered.
• Annie had used surprise and her professional subordinates to subdue the pirates outside while Dunn’s group explored the real Ancient Pirate King's ruins.

After the pirates killed Feishman, Dunn explained that he wanted to recruit Hawkins for his valuable [Wave Chaser] class. Dunn then checked his Career Card and discovered that he had awakened Conqueror’s Color Haki and gained Transcendent will, leaving him poised for a sudden interruption.

• Dunn and the others emerged to find Feishman hacked to death by his own men, while Annie teased Dunn for letting one pirate escape.
• Annie questioned why Hawkins was still alive, and Dunn said he planned to recruit him because [Wave Chasers] were rare and useful at sea.
• Annie asked Green to explain what had happened in the Ruins while Dunn checked his Career Card.
• Dunn learned that he had awakened Conqueror’s Color Haki and gained the Iron Will feat, with his Will attribute reaching twenty and becoming Transcendent.
• A sharp smack interrupted Dunn’s celebration, and he turned toward the sound.

Dunn dealt with the aftermath of Green’s mistake and learned that two captured ships had sunk, then showed Annie the treasures recovered from the ruins. The chapter ended with Annie trying to persuade Dunn to give her the three Intelligence Attribute Potions.

• Annie scolded Green for endangering Dunn, but Dunn said Green’s later efforts had helped save him and considered the matter settled.
• Hans reported that Grant’s demonized shark had gone berserk, and the battle had sunk the [White Shark] and the [Flying Fish].
• Dunn ordered Lewis to take Hawkins to recruit prisoners and sent Hans to find the [Angry Whale]'s ship.
• Dunn showed Annie a sea treasure that could alter the weather and revealed six attribute potions from the ruins.
• Annie asked Dunn to give her the three Intelligence Attribute Potions, using a cloyingly sweet tone.