Arc 3The Tribute Trap
Dimon gathered new allies, trained his Haki, and led the Seven Deadly Sins to Sky Island for gold before pursuing a Devil Fruit shipment tied to the Heavenly Tribute. The mission proved to be a trap, and Gunko, a Holy Knight, appeared as Bethany fought to escape with the fruit.
- Kizaru interrupted Samael’s battle with Katakuri at Green Bit, but Samael held him off long enough for Katakuri to escape and later returned to the ship.
- Dimon animated the Devil Fruits into Lycaon and Bethany, then Bethany’s hallucinations helped Dimon awaken his Haki.
- Dimon animated One-Eyed Dragon Rogers’s corpse for Samael to inhabit, gathered the demons to plan their next moves, and Sigma returned with the captured Hanafuda.
- The Seven Deadly Sins traveled to Sky Island, where Bethany and Sigma fought Enel while Lycaon secured Gan Fall’s help in finding the gold, and they destroyed the Ark Maxim and carried off the treasure.
- Dimon sent Samael and Bethany to Doflamingo with gold to seek Devil Fruits and information about the tribute, then investigated a Devil Fruit shipment from the Ifris Kingdom.
- Momousagi fought the pirates attacking the tribute fleet while Lycaon battled her, and Dimon realized the mission was likely a trap aimed at the Seven Deadly Sins.
- Bethany subdued the Marines and found the Devil Fruit chest inside a pentagram, but black lightning summoned Gunko, who identified herself as a Holy Knight and attacked Bethany.
- Bethany’s illusions and fragrance confused Gunko, and the fruit disappeared as Bethany escaped toward the deck, and Gunko broke through the deck and found the crew turned into berserkers.