The sea churned violently, countless snapped masts and shattered planks bobbing among the waves.
When the dense threads finally dispersed in every direction, they revealed the undamaged ship and the people standing on its deck.
"How far were we pushed?"
As far as the eye could see, the sea remained turbulent.
Broken hulls, faded flags, and many lifeless bodies floated with the waves. Wreckage and devastation filled their view.
The two sides that had been exchanging roaring cannon fire and battle cries moments before had now mostly become scattered remnants on the sea.
"Unforgivable!"
A furious roar descended from high above.
A man in a specially made combat suit landed heavily from the air. He surveyed his surroundings, his body trembling slightly with intense emotion.
Although his family's warships were as sturdy as mobile fortresses, before that wave that defied all reason, they had been completely swallowed and crushed like ordinary wooden boats.
"Rossi... Doflamingo!"
The man turned his bloodshot eyes toward the two aboard the ship and stared fixedly at them.
Rossi merely spread his hands calmly.
"I'm sorry."
"Our strength was only enough to protect our own ship-"
"Fufufu."
"Life and death are part of the battlefield.
You came here as hired soldiers. Did you expect your employers to take responsibility for your lives?"
Doffy's words were sharp and cold, but after closing his eyes and taking several deep breaths, the man slowly opened them and nodded.
"You're right."
"An employer has no obligation to protect mercenaries.
It's just..."
Looking out over what had once been more than two hundred ships and tens of thousands of people... after that destructive wave, there probably weren't even a hundred survivors.
"It's all over... everything's gone..."
"Damn it! My brothers... my ship..."
"Gamenio! I won't rest until I've avenged this!"
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