Chapter 222: The Heavenly King's Bombardment
Boom!
The destructive beam of light descending from the sky swallowed God Valley and the Sea Area near the Coast.
What a shocking scene this was.
In front of such an energy impact, they appeared so insignificant.
Everyone was frantically fleeing.
Rocks was swallowed, and the tens of thousands of Pirates and Marines still on the Island were also annihilated.
The final effect of the Magnetic Storm Bomb ensured that none of them, including the World Government's High-End Combat Power, managed to escape.
Many Pirates along the Coast did not escape this calamity either.
After a long time, the beam of light slowly disappeared.
And before them, God Valley had vanished.
In its place was an endless Chasm.
The disaster was not over.
Large amounts of seawater surged into the Chasm, and driven by the seawater, the currents of the entire Sea Area were altered, flowing towards this spot.
If they were late, they would be trapped in the Chasm and swallowed by the seawater.
Hades stepped on the air, standing in the sky, holding a black, blood-patterned long saber filled with killing intent.
That was the "Shura" that Rocks threw out in his final moments.
At this moment, Shura seemed to be letting out mournful cries, as if having lost its master.
This era, after all, was coming to an end.
While feeling emotional internally, Hades was still quite excited.
In this battle, aside from Captain Rocks D.
Xebec who died in battle, most of the Rocks Pirates' strength was preserved.
As for the World Government, it could definitely be said that they suffered heavy losses, with over ten Top Tier Combatants sacrificed.
Aside from the remaining Top Tier Combatants, due to the Magnetic Storm Bomb's detonation, none of the other High-End Combat Power escaped, completely annihilated under the "Heavenly King"'s bombardment.
The World Government suffered heavy damage.
The mysterious organization, CP0 Agent, was nearly paralyzed.
Various World Noble Families lost considerable strength, especially those who lost Top Tier Combatants.
Besides the fifty thousand Army, the Marines also lost many Strongmen.
The Rocks Pirates successfully used this final battle to cripple the World Government and the Marines.
Even if the Rocks Pirates disbanded, it would take the Marines several years to regroup and establish dominance over the Great Sea.
The World Government was even more unprecedentedly weakened.
The use of the "Heavenly King" was also a surprise for Hades.
He hadn't expected that the Rocks Pirates would actually force the World Government to reveal the Heavenly King this time.
Furthermore, the Heavenly King's bombardment did not cause severe casualties to the Rocks Pirates; instead, it heavily damaged the World Government itself.
Now that the World Government had used the Heavenly King, it was no longer a threat.
Given the terrifying energy required by the Heavenly King, there was still one more chance to use it in a short period.
This single opportunity was entirely the World Government's trump card, something they would absolutely not use unless absolutely necessary.
This meant the World Government's threat was reduced.
They could freely probe the World Government's bottom line and test them, as long as they didn't go too far.
Of course, the most important point.
Hades successfully saw the "Heavenly King," a high-tech weapon similar to a space-based weapon, slowly moving in orbit around the Red Line hundreds of kilometers in the sky.
With the Heavenly King discovered by him, the World Government's threat was further diminished.
Regardless of Hades' mood, the Rocks Pirates had successfully completed their historical significance.
Next, they had to return to Honeycomb Island.
The disbandment of the Rocks Pirates was a major event that would shock the World.
Even more importantly were the vast amounts of treasure the Rocks Pirates plundered from God Valley, as well as the Rocks Pirates' own Treasury.
Surrounding this pile of world-shocking treasure, a storm of immense waves was bound to be stirred up.
"Why did this happen?"
On the World Government's side, the surviving Strongmen were on the back of the CP0 Director-General, staring in disbelief at this scene, the terrifying Chasm left behind.
Seawater poured back in, and they didn't know when it would be filled.
They had clearly held the final advantage, yet they suffered such heavy losses.
Such a result was truly difficult for them to accept.
Only a few people knew what that terrifying energy wave was.
However, Sengoku and the others could also guess that this was the World Government's secret weapon.
But the Heavenly King's bombardment, judging from the results, was undoubtedly redundant.
It caused all members except for them to be completely wiped out.
Who could have imagined?
They had thought the Heavenly King could completely destroy the Rocks Pirates, and with their intelligence advantage, they could evacuate before the Heavenly King struck.
However, they hadn't expected that Rocks' Future Sight successfully predicted the Heavenly King's bombardment.
They hadn't expected Rocks would desperately try to stop them.
And they certainly hadn't expected the existence of something like the Magnetic Storm Bomb.
At this moment, their hearts were filled with unwillingness.
Furthermore, there was confusion.
What exactly were those two terrifying explosions, those secret weapons, and who created them?
They couldn't believe it was just a coincidence; the timing was simply too precise.
Without the sudden detonation of these secret weapons, most of the High-End Combat Power could have been preserved.
Not to mention the three Top Tier Combatants killed by Rocks.
With them working together, even if Rocks recovered to his peak in a short time, he wouldn't have been their match.
"Haha! The Rocks Pirates really plundered a lot of treasure! Now it's all ours."
After the great battle with the Pluto Pirates, the departing Roger Pirates targeted some scattered pirate ships.
It was widely known that the Rocks Pirates plundered the World Nobles.
Naturally, this made them a target for many people.
The Roger Pirates, already hostile towards the Rocks Pirates, naturally had no reservations.
In fact, in previous years, the Roger Pirates often did things like robbing the rich to help the poor.
They plundered several pirate ships in a row.
The large amounts of treasure were always pleasing to the eye, lifting the spirits of the Roger Pirates' Crewmates after a great battle.
Continuously moving usable supplies and treasure.
"Hey! Captain, there are two children in the ship's cabin!"
During the process of searching for spoils, a startled cry suddenly rang out.
Inside the enemy pirate ship's cabin, Gaban, wearing sunglasses, ran out in a panic, holding two open treasure chests in his left and right hands respectively.
Inside the treasure chests were two children, both less than a year old.
One child had red hair.
One child had blue hair, but what was special was that he had a red nose.
"Hey! What's going on with these two children?"
Roger grabbed the collar of a Pirate who hadn't been killed yet and was kneeling and begging for mercy, shouting angrily.
If he heard something he didn't want to hear, he would immediately kill this guy.
Roger, who yearned for freedom, hated those who enslaved others the most, and Slave Traders were among them.
"No, no, don't kill me! The blue-haired brat is Queen's child. Queen died in battle during the war, and we found this child. That red nose is the mark Queen left for her own child."
The Pirate said fearfully.
Of course, he wouldn't mention that he planned to sell the child for a good price, after all, his father was.
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Queen was one of the few female Great Pirates within the Rocks Pirates, a Zoan Type Bee-Queen Fruit Ability User.
"Who is his father?" Roger narrowed his eyes, seeing through the Pirate's hidden information at a glance.
He asked in a deep voice, his terrifying aura so oppressive it made it hard to breathe.
"It's Captain John!"
The Pirate no longer concealed it.
This wasn't a secret within the Rocks Pirates either.
"What about the other child?"
"He's a Celestial Dragon's child. We found him as spoils in a Celestial Dragon's Mansion and were planning to take him back to Honeycomb Island."
A sword flash streaked past.
Rayleigh killed him with a single slash, simultaneously dealing with the other living Pirates.
These guys knew too much.
The Crewmates all gathered around, looking at the two children, unsure what to do.
Killing them was something their consciences definitely wouldn't allow.
"Should we hand them over to the Marines?"
"Find an Orphanage?"
"Find a safe Small Island and find someone to adopt them."
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One by one, the Crewmates offered their suggestions.
But ultimately, it depended on Roger's decision.
"Since they appeared on our ship, it's fate. Let's raise them together. Maybe you'll have children yourselves in the future, and this is a good chance to learn some experience beforehand."
Roger clapped his hands and laughed, stating a decision that was unexpected by the Crewmates, yet also reasonable.
(end of chapter)