Whoooosh—
A violent wind swept across the sea.
Arthur stood calmly at the bow of the ship, his sharp gaze fixed on the distant horizon.
"Lord Arthur!"
Bullet walked over, gripping his greatsword, his voice grave.
"Three million allied soldiers… Can the Rocks Pirates really win against that?"
To Bullet, the number alone felt insurmountable. Three million was not a number you could simply fight against.
"Heh… heh heh…"
Arthur chuckled lightly and replied, "Bullet, remember this—numbers mean nothing in this world. You'll come to understand soon enough. When strength reaches a certain level, sheer numbers are meaningless."
"Yes, Lord Arthur!"
Bullet didn't fully understand, but he nodded earnestly.
And it was true. In the future, he himself would destroy an entire country, earning the World Government's highest-level bounty. For Bullet, millions of lives would one day amount to nothing in his eyes. That was the reality of overwhelming power.
Suddenly—
"Skyquake Slash!"
"Drawn Sword—Strike!"
The sea roared violently in the distance.
A colossal wave rose to swallow everything in sight. Arthur raised his hand, and countless cutting winds cleaved the wave apart in an instant.
"The battle has already begun…" Arthur muttered. He glanced at Bullet.
"Bullet… stay alive. My knight must not die here."
"Yes, Lord Arthur!"
Bullet's body shifted, his Clank-Clank Fruit already forming into a massive sword. His determination was absolute.
Elsewhere, Edward Newgate had already joined the fray, his bisento shattering the sea with his tremors. Arthur wasted no more time.
No hesitation. No words.
This was war. And in war, the first step was to cull the enemy's numbers.
"Ex—!"
"CALIBURRRR—!"
Twin golden beams of light tore through the battlefield, Arthur's sword of promised victory unleashing destruction. Entire fleets shattered—dozens of ships obliterated in an instant. Thousands of soldiers turned to ash in the searing light, without a chance to resist.
Numbers? Doesn't do any shit.
Arthur smirked coldly. A single king, with enough power, could shatter empires. Just as the King of Knights once fought Rome with only 150 Knights of the Round Table—strength, not numbers, decided battles.
Arthur's Excalibur could only fire twice in succession, but that was more than enough.
BOOM!
Leaping high into the sky, Arthur raised his arms wide.
"Wind King's Spear!"
From the sky, countless lances of wind materialized, blotting out the sky. In a rain of destruction, they plummeted down, piercing through ships, soldiers, and fortresses alike.
The war had begun in full.
The Rocks Pirates numbered only about 120,000 after recent campaigns, yet against the so-called 3,000,000 Allied Army, they crushed them with overwhelming force.
The alliance had numbers.
The Rocks Pirates had monsters.
And Rocks himself? The captain remained unmoved, seated upon his throne, calmly watching as the sea turned crimson with blood. He hadn't even lifted a finger.
"Lord Arthur!!!"
Bullet's eyes blazed as he witnessed Arthur cutting through the battlefield like a god of war. His heart pounded with excitement.
"So strong… Lord Arthur is too strong!"
Then he gritted his teeth.
"But… as Lord Arthur's knight, I must not fall behind!"
With that, Bullet charged forward.
"RAAAH!!!"
The Clank-Clank Fruit whirled into motion, crafting weapons of destruction in his hands—cannons, blades, and armor. The so-called "allied soldiers" stood no chance.
And then—
BOOM!
Bullet's body surged with energy. A wave of overwhelming will burst out of him, sweeping across the battlefield. Soldiers dropped like flies, fainting in terror.
"What?"
Ochoku, one of Rocks' commanders, raised a brow in surprise.
"That brat Arthur brought back… he's awakened Conqueror's Haki?"
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Meanwhile, another clash raged.
"Hyahh!"
Young Charlotte Katakuri, wielding his trident, fought with ferocity. And as if pulled by Bullet's momentum, a similar burst of conqueror's will exploded from his body.
"MOMOMOMOMOM!!!"
Big Mom cackled with delight.
"As expected of my son! Charlotte Katakuri! You truly are my finest child!"
"Mother…"
Katakuri clenched his trident, but his eyes turned toward Bullet. He refused to lose. If Bullet had taken the lead now, then he would surpass him in the future—no matter what.
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High above, blue flames blazed.
Marco the Phoenix soared, his Mythical Zoan awakened form spreading its wings. Yet even as he fought, frustration gnawed at him.
"Do I… lack the potential to be a king…?"
His fists crackled with fire, his will battling his doubts.
Then—
"Murakumogiri: Skyquake Slash!!!"
Edward's quake-infused strike shattered the enemy before Marco. He turned his head, bellowing at his "son":
"Marco! Stop comparing yourself to others! Even without Conqueror's Haki—if you master Armament and Observation to their peaks, that's more than enough!"
"Yes, Pops!!!"
Marco's eyes blazed with resolve. He nodded firmly, his doubts burning away in the heat of his father's words.
And so, the so-called Three Million Allied Army was nothing more than fodder. Against the monsters of the Rocks Pirates—Arthur, Bullet, Katakuri, Marco, Edward, Linlin, Kaido, Shiki, Ochoku, Silver Axe—
They would all be annihilated.
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