"This is the hometown of the 'Bad King' Avalo Pizarro, the Avalo Kingdom? It looks quite prosperous, a pearl of the sea, hehe."
At the front of the Warship, Niji's legs dangled in the air as he looked at the island getting closer and closer. Under the cover of the dark night, the huge island in front of him looked like a giant whale surfacing from the sea, appearing very solid and heavy. The island was dotted with lights, and a continuous stream of laughter could be heard from the island even at night.
The twenty huge Warships were moving straight ahead without any concealment under the dim moonlight. Even though they were already close to the coast of the Avalo Kingdom, no one had come out to stop them. Were they overly confident, or were they completely unaware of their arrival?
Niji didn't care at all and waved his hand. Since they were unaware, he would let them know that the Germa army had arrived. If they didn't surrender, all that awaited them was death.
"Open fire. Give our neighbors a little surprise."
The clone soldiers on the ship faithfully carried out Niji's order. They meticulously loaded the cannonballs and lit the fuses. A tiny spark appeared in the darkness, and then, a deafening explosion shattered the calm night, overpowering the laughter on the island, and echoing like thunder in the air for dozens of miles over the sea.
"Boom! Boom, boom, boom!"
From the castle behind Niji, cannons roared and fired black cannonballs into the sky. The cannonballs flew diagonally into the sky above the island and exploded, creating expanding fire clouds, as if they were setting off brilliant fireworks for a celebration. The bright firelight illuminated the Avalo Kingdom.
The laughter on the island came to an abrupt halt, as if someone had choked them.
"Get closer! Half of the men will land on the island, and the other half will stay on the Warships, ready to bombard at any time!"
Niji leaped off the ship. As soon as he started to fall, he floated up. The blue cape behind him fluttered as he flew toward the shore in front of him. A wicked smile appeared at the corner of his mouth as he led a large group of burly clone soldiers straight toward the brightest area in the center of the island.
"Who is Avalo Pierre?"
Niji looked down from above. His impolite voice arrived before he did. No one answered his question, which made a blood vessel pop on Niji's forehead. He was enraged. But when he saw the situation in the brightly lit square below, the wicked smile on Niji's face slowly disappeared.
"I'm Avalo Pierre. Damn it, you Germa guys really have the guts to come here. It seems you really don't take me seriously. Has Germa gotten brave since my big brother was imprisoned and Doflamingo left? Do you think the North Blue is your Vinsmoke family's backyard?"
The square was crowded with a large number of people who were drinking and eating meat. The person who spoke was a giant who was six meters tall with a pair of curved horns on his head. At this moment, he was buried in a large piece of sea king meat that was taller than he was. Next to him, a group of powerful, two-horned men were leisurely picking up all kinds of heavy weapons that were placed beside them.
Niji frowned. His combat suit wrapped around his entire body as he looked coldly at the giant who called himself Pierre. "A pirate? You're not Pierre. Where's the king of this country?"
Hearing his voice, a short, plump middle-aged man sitting next to the giant raised his head. He had a kind smile on his face and raised the wine glass in his hand. "Prince Niji, I'm here. I forgot to tell you that I'm just the king of the Avalo Kingdom on the surface. His Majesty Pierre is the true master of this country. He is the younger brother of the 'Bad King.' You can call him... the 'Devil King'."
As soon as the short, plump middle-aged man finished speaking, Pierre, who had swallowed a mouthful of the meat in front of him, shrunk his muscular body into a skeletal one. A pair of large bat wings on his back spread open and flapped down.
"Boom!"
A cloud of dust swept in all directions. Pierre's skinny body rushed into the sky with a terrifying aura, charging straight toward Niji, who was floating in the sky. At the same time, the pirates in the square all stood up, sneering as they spread out and charged toward the clone army that was landing on the island.
"Kill! Kill all the Germa clones for me! Let that fool Germa know that their Germa Kingdom only deserves to float on the sea! Do they want to become the ruler of the North Blue and dominate it? With these garbage clones? They must be dreaming!"
Pierre's thunderous voice echoed in the sky. His hands, which had turned into black claws, grabbed down at Niji's body.
"A Zoan user?" Niji's face turned cold. He gave an order through his headset, ordering the Warship fleet waiting on the sea to immediately start bombarding the island. As for himself, a strong electric light appeared on his right hand as he punched toward Pierre.
"Electromagnetic Punch!"
"Boom!"
Cannon fire exploded on the island of the Avalo Kingdom. The thousands of pirates gathered on the island and the clone soldiers who had landed on the island crashed into each other like two opposing torrents, instantly creating a huge wave of blood.
At the same time, in the Lawrence Kingdom, Yonji, who had come to show off Germa's powerful military might, met his own hell.
On the beach where the waves surged, under the bright moonlight, the sea breeze gently blew, stirring up the green hair on Yonji's head. The cape behind him fluttered as he took a step, splashing up flowers of waves and running along the coastline.
"Prince Yonji, slow down. If you run so fast, I won't be able to keep up, aha~."
"You're so naughty. Is this a game of a love chase? I'm truly moved. My heart is completely captivated by you, Prince Yonji~."
"Prince Yonji, look back at me, mua~, please accept my flying kiss of love~."
From the sea breeze behind him came romantic words that sounded like lovers' teasing. Any young person who was in love would be moved by these loving words. If they could only ignore the rough and bold voices.
"Get lost! You monsters, don't come any closer! Get out of my world!"
Yonji cursed, sweating profusely, and panting as he ran forward.
"Ahem~, so heartless. Those hurtful words are like knives piercing my heart. But for love, I'm willing to endure this heartache. This is the price of love."
On the beach behind Yonji, a group of more than a dozen figures with fluttering skirts were twisting their waists and happily chasing him. The big feet that were lifted and then landed from time to time left deep footprints in the sand. The entire beach seemed to be trembling under their feet.
"Wuwuwu, how could this be? What kind of a horrible place is this? Isn't this the Lawrence Kingdom? Why are there these monsters? Someone, please save me! I'm being chased by devils!"
The corners of Yonji's eyes were wet. He looked desperate. The constant sense of urgency and panic in his heart made him even forget to contact the Warships moored on the sea and the fact that he had a scientific combat suit that could fly.
"Prince Yonji~."
"Prince Yonji~."
A rough voice sounded behind his ear. Yonji felt someone blowing on his hair from behind. His scalp tingled, and his muscles tensed. Yonji stiffly turned his head, and what he saw was a heavily made-up face. A thick layer of foundation was applied to the prominent cheekbones. He had thick eyebrows, a big mouth with heavy lipstick, and a stubble of steel-like whiskers all over his chin.
As soon as Yonji turned his head, the sausage-like lips of the other person moved closer, scaring him out of his wits. His body shivered as if it had been shocked by electricity. He let out a ghostly cry, kicked off the ground, and with a pop of the air bubbles on his soles, he shot up dozens of meters into the sky like a rocket.
Yonji, who had escaped from the clutches of the devil, was overjoyed. He looked at the more than a dozen thick-browed, bearded okama waiting below with eager eyes. He was so happy that he cried with relief.
"I... I escaped! I'm saved! Haha, you damn okama, you didn't expect that I, the great one, can fly!"
Before he could finish his words, someone blew on his left ear.
"You're so naughty, but I still caught you, Prince Yonji~."
The joy on Yonji's face froze. This time, before he could turn around, two thick, hairy arms reached out from behind and hugged his body. Then, a muscular body embraced him.
"Get off me! You dead okama!" Yonji panicked. He struggled with his arms, trying to break free from the person behind him. But the other person's strength was too much for him. Yonji felt like he was being hugged by an ancient giant bear. He couldn't move and was completely at the mercy of the other person. He fell from the sky, plummeting straight into the group of more than a dozen brawny men with glittering eyes and wearing colorful skirts.
"No! Don't! Don't!"
Yonji screamed incoherently as he fell into the crowd. He was immediately surrounded by more than a dozen burly men who reached out their big hands to touch him. In addition, there were also mouths full of stubble that were pressed against his face.
"No! Father! Ichiji! Niji! Reiju! Come and save me!" Yonji's figure was swallowed by the dozen or so big men. He stretched out one hand and let out a desperate cry, "I'm in hell now!"
In front of the Lawrence Kingdom island, the roar of cannon fire exploded on the coast. Rows of clone soldiers with weapons rushed down from the Warships. They fearlessly charged onto the island, wielding their swords and guns, and killed the warriors who were blocking them.
A large, rough hand the size of a tabletop grabbed a four-meter-tall clone soldier in mid-air. No matter how the clone soldier struggled, he could not break free from the large hand and was lifted into the air.
"Boys without self-awareness are not cute at all," said the bearded giant, Morley, who was wearing a miniskirt. She pouted her lips as she looked at the clone soldier who was struggling but had a blank expression. She saw that even though his neck was being squeezed, he stubbornly pulled out a flintlock rifle from his waist like a robot and aimed it at her face.
Morley waved her large hand and threw the clone soldier she was holding a few hundred meters away. He drew a long parabola in the sky and crashed onto a Warship moored on the distant sea. A large Den Den Mushi was hit, spitting blood and looking listless with its head drooping, no longer able to move closer.
After throwing the clone soldier away, Morley pulled out the trident on her back, inserted it into the ground in front of her, and flipped it toward the charging crowd of clone soldiers. A strange sight appeared. The ground where her trident was inserted was lifted up like a soft bed and surged forward in waves, flipping all the clone soldiers who were standing on it.
Morley's trident continuously stabbed into the ground, repeatedly lifting the ground up like a soft blanket, flipping waves of charging clone soldiers, and also blocking the cannon fire coming from the sea in the distance. The ground that was surging like waves looked soft and smooth, as if it had no weight, but when it hit the clone soldiers, it was as heavy as ten thousand pounds. A single bump or press could break the bones and tendons of dozens or hundreds of clones, sending them flying back with blood in their mouths. Some fell into the sea, some crashed into the cannonballs coming from behind and were blown to death on the spot, and some were buried by the surging ground and suffocated to death, unable to climb out from underground.
In just a few dozen seconds, the side on the island, with Morley's help, gained a huge advantage. They not only stabilized the war situation but also launched a counterattack, killing the wounded clones one by one.
On the sea on both sides, rafts and small boats spread out, carrying warriors who charged toward the row of moored Warships on the sea. There were also Mermen warriors who jumped directly into the sea, approaching the Warships from the seabed like fish in water, destroying the bottom of the Warships or attacking the bodies of the large Den Den Mushi.
"Swoosh!"
A flock of black crows suddenly flew from the distant sky. On the back of the crows, a young man holding an iron pipe leaped high. He came down from the sky and smashed his pipe on top of the castle of a Warship below.
"Boom!"
The iron pipe wrapped in a black Haki smashed down. The hard shell of the large Den Den Mushi shattered and cracked inch by inch, and the pipe went straight through it. Sabo rushed into the cabin, swinging his iron pipe and wreaking havoc, sending clone soldiers flying.
"Rumble!"
The thick wall exploded, turning into a spray of rubble. Sabo shot out from it, his right hand shaped into a claw. He grabbed a clone soldier's face, held his head, and pressed it heavily toward the deck below.
"Dragon's Breath!"
"Boom!"
The deck shook and cracked, forming four or five large cracks. The next moment, the large Den Den Mushi carrying the warship let out a mournful cry. The huge Warship was shattered and exploded, turning into pieces that fell into the sea, splashing up water.
Sabo stepped on the pieces of rock. He nimbly shot up from the splashing water and jumped onto the flying crows in mid-air. He smiled at the giant on the shore and waved his hand, shouting, "Morley! We're here!"
"It's little Sabo. I haven't seen you for a while. You've become more and more lovable."
Morley, who had flipped over a hundred clone soldiers, straightened up. She looked over and asked with a puzzled expression, "Where's Lindbergh?"
"He went to the Rubuniru Kingdom to investigate the situation. Although it's a member country of the World Government, we still let him go and check on the situation to prevent too many innocent civilians from being affected by the war."
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