October 13, 1510 (Sea Circle Calendar )
The Sky Empire is still encroaching on the southern waters of the North Blue. Although the Navy and the World Government have organized several counterattacks, they are facing too many enemies. The Liberator Organization is also conquering territory in the South Blue.
The results of the World Military Draft were also unsatisfactory.
A sense of oppression has always shrouded Marineford.
Sengoku looked at the intelligence report in his hand, rubbed his temples to relieve his headache.
Komei, who had just been promoted to Rear Admiral, reported to Sengoku, " Fleet Admiral, besides that blind swordsman, there is also a Logia Forest-Forest Devil Fruit User. These two are currently the strongest recruits."
"I understand." Sengoku picked up the biography and intelligence of the author and carefully looked through them for a while.
He wasn't doubting Yisheng's strength; after all, the combination of a great swordsman and Press-Press Fruit basically meant he had the strength of Admiral.
However, Sengoku was somewhat conflicted at this moment. He did not want to promote the other party to the Admiral all at once, even if the Admiral was nominal. He felt it was not appropriate.
The promise had already been made: as long as one passed the assessment and could fight the corresponding naval officer undefeated, one could be promoted exceptionally.
Some time ago, he fought Borsalino for several hours. Although neither of them went all out, their fighting abilities appeared to be evenly matched.
If they were to back out now, Sengoku worried that it would make other skilled individuals in the community even more hesitant, further damaging his already precarious reputation and making him even more unwanted.
After Sengoku consulted the Five Elders, the Five Elders also believed that Ikebana and Aramaki should be promoted to Admiral. However, in order to prevent these two newcomers from taking on too much power, the Five Elders agreed to promote Gion to Admiral as well.
In this way, there were four Admiral trained by the original navy and two Admiral from civilian backgrounds, resulting in a 2:1 ratio and protecting the interests of the original navy faction.
The code names for the three newly promoted Admiral were also quickly revealed.
They are Fujitora Issho, Ryokugyu Aramaki, and Momousagi Gion.
With this, the Navy now has six Admiral. Adding Sengoku, Garp, Tsuru, and Kurouma, it has roughly ten Admiral- level combatants.
Of course, Tsuru and Kurouma are definitely not as strong as Admiral, but with the help of other elite Admiral Candidate Elite Vice Admiral, they can barely hold back one or two Admiral- level enemies.
This came right after the Navy announced three new Admiral.
The sea calmed down for a moment.
However, this was merely a period of calm for ordinary forces.
The Sky Empire is still conquering and seizing territory in the North Blue.
The Liberator Organization also launches surprise attacks on various countries in the South Blue every few days.
And on October 28th.
The Germa Kingdom, having just completed the production of 1,500 combat armored vehicles, along with 15 upgraded snail warships, launched a large-scale invasion of an island nation in the northeastern part of the North Blue.
The country is called the Siru Kingdom. It was a former Affiliated Nation that was removed from the Affiliated Nation more than a decade ago because it could not pay the Heavenly Tribute. Now it is a country rife with gangs and human traffickers.
Stone Port in the Siru Kingdom.
The transport ship, laden with a large number of slaves, had just set sail when it encountered the oncoming Germa mechanical fleet.
"Move the boat closer!"
"Yes, Jack!"
The slave trader on the slave ship was sweating profusely, but he dared not order his men to fire, given the notorious reputation of Germa 66.
However, as the snail-shaped boat drew closer...
The slave trader involuntarily rubbed his eyes, then his teeth trembled as he stammered, "Jack... Jack?... Jack the Mammoth!"
Jack glanced down at the slave trader, who barely reached his thigh. "What are you transporting?"
"Slave!"
"Oh? You can go die now."
"Wait a moment..."
*Snap! Jack flicked the slave trader's skull with his finger, and instantly a headless corpse fell onto the deck, blood splattering onto the thugs.
The clone soldiers quickly took control of the entire slave ship.
Soon, the approaching snail-shaped warships were also spotted at Stone Port.
" Army of Evil!"
"What?! A battleship from Germa 66!"
"Hurry up..."
But with their wooden sailboats so slow, how could they possibly escape?
More than a hundred Falcon armored soldiers took off from the deck of the Snail warship, quickly skimmed across the sea, and appeared in the port.
The next second.
Sizzle...
A dozen laser cannons swept across the area, snapping all the masts of the sailboats in the harbor in half. The broken masts, along with their canvases, crashed onto the sea or the decks.
Boom! Jack, who had leaped through the air, crashed heavily onto the stone slabs of the dock, creating a crater more than ten meters wide.
Jack roared, "From this moment on, this is the territory of our Germa Kingdom! You are all slaves of the kingdom! Those who want to die, step forward now!"
"Damn it..."
Are you kidding me?
"I don't want to be a slave..."
These people speaking in hushed tones are all unscrupulous merchants, slave traders, or gangsters.
The local residents, however, appeared indifferent, clearly no longer caring about being slaves, because their current life was not much different from that of slaves.
Soon, more than a dozen snail-sized warships docked at the shore.
Large numbers of clone soldiers emerged from the snail-shaped warships, armed with those same weapons.
Stone Port was utterly powerless against the ruthless clone soldiers.
The entire Siru Kingdom consists of only one main island with six towns, which is simply no match for the massive invasion of the Germa Kingdom.
At this time, the Germa Kingdom was already a force to be reckoned with.
High-level combatants include Yamato, King, Queen, Judge, and Jay.
The mid-level combat force consists of Ladget, Vinsmoke's four sons, and a large number of combat armored soldiers.
The lower-level combat force has a continuous supply of cloned soldiers.
Yamato and King, while possessing combat strength at the level of Admiral Candidate, are both Noah's Apostle and can borrow Noah's Conqueror's Haki and Devil Fruit abilities.
Therefore, when necessary, both of them can temporarily elevate their strength to the level of Admiral.
In particular, Yamato, a Mythical Zoan Fruit user, has a strong physical endurance and can borrow Noah's Conqueror's Haki and the abilities of other Apostle without any burden (only one Devil Fruit ability can be borrowed at a time).
After Germa conquered the Siru Kingdom, other factions received relevant intelligence, but they did not pay much attention to it. After all, Germa used to be mercenaries and often committed acts of annihilation and massacre.
However, the presence of Jack in Germa's fleet has caught the attention of the Cipher Pol, the Revolutionary Army, and underground leaders.
This also means that the navy is aware of this matter.
Marineford, Fleet Admiral's Office.
Komei hurriedly knocked on the door and came in.
" Your Fleet Admiral, there is some special intelligence from North Blue that I believe we should take seriously."
Sengoku, overwhelmed by the Sky Empire's antics, took the documents and sighed, "What trouble has the Sky Empire caused this time?"
Suddenly, Sengoku frowned. " Germa 66 has conquered the Siru Kingdom? Jack of the Beasts Pirates has appeared in the Germa fleet? And there are extremely powerful robots in the Germa army?"
Sengoku didn't pay much attention to Germa's conquest of the Siru Kingdom, since it was a non- Affiliated Nation.
However, the last two pieces of information made him take them seriously immediately. After carefully reviewing all the information, his expression became increasingly solemn.
It possesses extremely strong combat capabilities, can fire laser cannons, and also has flight capabilities, somewhat resembling the Pacifista project that the Navy is currently developing.
The appearance of the Beasts Pirates in the Germa fleet is no small matter either.