Chapter 406: Absolute Deterrence
Sacred Land Mariejois · Room of Authority
The air was so heavy and stifling it felt as though it could drip blood.
Saint Nusjuro sprang to his feet, the back of his chair shattering from the sudden force. His fists clenched tightly as his voice exploded like thunder:
"Saint Saturn's aura is rapidly declining!!! Are the Marines... actually going to betray the World Government?!!"
Saint Warcury was enraged. He violently kicked over the desk holding intelligence reports and Den Den Mushi. Shattered pieces scattered across the floor as the wailing Den Den Mushi twitched and convulsed.
"Bastards! All the broadcasting Den Den Mushi were destroyed by Saint Saturn's own hands!! We're completely blind now, we can't see anything!!!"
Veins throbbed on Saint Marcus Mars' forehead. His voice was low, suppressing an uncontrollable fury:
"We can no longer hesitate! We must send someone to intervene immediately, otherwise... the order of the seas will completely collapse—!"
Before he even finished speaking—
"BOOM—!!!"
The heavy doors to the hall were violently thrust open, sounding like muffled thunder. The impact caused the palace lanterns to sway violently, spilling hot oil.
A towering figure stepped inside. A silver-white cape dragged along the floor, and an aura as sharp as a drawn sword pressed down upon the entire hall.
Saint Figarland Garling!
Saint Shamrock followed closely behind, his gaze as cold and hard as iron, his footsteps resolute.
Saint Garling dropped to one knee, holding his longsword horizontally in front of him. His voice was absolute and decisive: "Please allow us to lead the 'Holy Knights' to Marineford immediately—"
"The dignity of the Celestial Dragons... must be defended by our hands!!!"
The four Elders exchanged glances. Their expressions were dark, a mixture of murderous intent, shock, and fury.
Saint Nusjuro swung his arm violently, spitting out a single word through gritted teeth: "APPROVED!!!"
"Depart immediately!!"
Marineford · Execution Plaza
The Buddha's light gradually dimmed.
Sengoku slowly retracted his giant Buddha palm. A mist of blood churned within the deep, hand-shaped crater.
Saint Saturn had reverted to his human form. All four of his limbs were broken, his torso was caved in, and black blood soaked the ruins beneath him. Even his proud, arrogant roars had been reduced to the low, raspy wails of a dying mortal.
"Urgh... ah... I... im... possible..." His voice was intermittent, laced with a terror bred of utter disbelief.
Outside the crater, Shanks was half-kneeling on the ground. He had driven Gryphon deeply into the shattered bricks and rubble just to support his battered body. His eyes were hollow, his lips trembling as he muttered,
"The Marines... actually raised their hands against a 'God'..."
On another side, Buggy had been blasted into a rock wall by Luffy's dragon fist. The severed pieces of his body fell to the ground, struggling to reassemble. He panted raggedly, his vision blurring.
"Shanks... you idiot... stand... up..."
At the edge of the battlefield, Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo flashed with golden light. The blade pierced straight through Bullet's mangled chest, and the hundred-meter-tall Colossus crumbled into iron shavings and dust amidst the collapse.
Aokiji's thousand-foot glacier crashed down, freezing the surrounding area and completely cutting off the surviving pirates' route of escape. It acted like an inescapable net, locking everything down.
The tide of battle was entirely under the Marines' control!
Right at this moment—
A blood-soaked Sakazuki walked forward slowly. Magma churned around him as the fury of a volcano roared toward the heavens. He raised his giant magma fist, his Haki erupting like a sea of fire.
"RED HAIR—YOU'VE LOST!!!"
The blazing magma fist, hot as a melting star, blasted straight toward Shanks' head!
"VROOM—!!!"
The sky abruptly split open!
A pitch-black pentagram array plummeted like a falling meteor, carrying the terrifying might of destruction and judgment, crashing heavily into the execution plaza!
"KABOOM—!!!"
A devastating shockwave swept across the battlefield like an apocalyptic landslide. The sea instantly swelled into hundred-meter-high raging waves!
Sakazuki roared as he was forcibly blasted back a hundred meters. His magma body fractured inch by inch, blood mixing with lava as it sprayed outward. He crashed into the ruined walls and debris!
Dust and smoke billowed; shattered stone flew through the air.
From deep within the pulverized ruins came the sound of steady, imposing footsteps.
Saint Garling and Saint Shamrock walked out side by side, their silver armor glinting coldly in the firelight.
And then, they saw it—
Shanks, severely wounded and eyes hollow;
Saint Saturn, a mangled, dying mess at the bottom of a deep crater;
The remnants of the pirates, wailing on the ground, begging for mercy;
And the golden Buddha silhouette standing tall and majestic in the very center.
Both of their pupils shrank violently!
"BOOM—!!!"
Saint Garling's cape billowed without any wind. His Conqueror's Haki detonated like a monstrous tidal wave, crashing down upon the entire battlefield!
"MARINES—!!! JUST WHAT HAVE YOU DONE?!!"
That apocalyptic pressure swept across the plaza. The newly reignited Marine morale froze instantly. Soldiers gasped heavily for air, nearly suffocating!
Sengoku's Buddha light flared brilliantly. The giant Buddha took a step forward, his colossal frame standing tall like a pillar holding up the sky, forcibly blocking the Haki shockwave.
The Golden Buddha glared furiously, his voice booming like a bell: "SAINT GARLING—!!"
"We are merely executing Justice!!!"
The sky roared, splitting cleanly in two—
One half shone with boundless golden Buddha light, illuminating the earth;
The other half surged with silver lightning, looking like a heavenly tribulation.
Marineford, which was only holding itself together thanks to the spliced glaciers, trembled violently, as if it were about to fracture and sink into the sea in the very next second!
Saint Garling pointed his longsword straight at Sengoku. His eyes were like blades, his voice freezing to the absolute limit:
"SENGOKU!!! You know full well that the Celestial Dragons are sacred and inviolable, yet you dared to attack Saint Saturn—do you have any idea what kind of consequences this will provoke?!!"
"The duty of the Marine Fleet Admiral is to maintain order—not to trample upon divine authority!!!"
Sengoku's Buddha eyes snapped wide open, his voice booming like a grand bell, shaking the firmament: "The Justice of the Marines—is to annihilate pirates and protect the weak!"
"NOT to kneel before so-called 'Gods'!!!"
"The moment Saint Saturn chose to shelter pirates and interfere with the execution... he was no longer a 'God,' but a 'Sinner'!!!"
"BOOM!!!"
Behind Saint Garling, a silver teleportation array suddenly flashed brilliantly.
Saint Figarland Chiringom led eight members of the Holy Knights as they stepped out. Their silver armor was blinding, their killing intent surging like a tidal wave!
They stood ramrod straight, gripping their longswords. Their auras felt like judges walking straight out of a myth, instantly suffocating the air!
Behind Sengoku, magma erupted!
A blood-soaked Sakazuki walked out slowly. Magma covered his entire body, carrying the overwhelming momentum of an active volcano.
Kizaru's Ama no Murakumo shined with golden light, and Aokiji's freezing mist condensed into thousands of ice blades—
Blazing magma, glacial frost, scorching light, and golden Buddha radiance wove together into a terrifying barrier, facing head-on against the forest of silver-armored Holy Knights!
The three Admirals stood shoulder-to-shoulder alongside the golden Buddha silhouette, facing off against the Holy Knights from afar!
Saint Garling laughed out of pure fury. He abruptly raised his blade, his Haki sweeping across the battlefield like a hurricane: "Good, good—! A pack of arrogant fools!!!"
"In the name of the Holy Knights—today I will have all of you..."
However, before he could finish his sentence.
A voice laced with absolute contempt echoed abruptly right in front of him:
"Have all of us... what?"
"VROOM—"
The air instantly solidified. The wind stopped, the fire froze, the ice halted, and the light stagnated!
Even the flow of Haki was completely frozen in that exact moment! Everyone's eyes twitched, their breaths catching in their throats!
Roy's silhouette had appeared directly in front of Saint Garling, no one knew exactly when.
His three-meter-tall, burly frame towered over Saint Garling, looking down at him with cold, indifferent eyes!
Black-red electrical arcs danced silently. The surrounding space fractured like transparent glass, looking as if it could shatter at any moment.
Saint Garling's longsword froze in mid-air. Cold sweat rolled down his temples, soaking his silver armor.
Saint Shamrock's pupils shrank. He instinctively grabbed the hilt of his sword, a chilling sensation washing over his back as if he had been plunged into an icy cavern.
The silver armor of every single Holy Knight trembled silently!
—Roy, merely by existing, plunged the entire battlefield into a dead, absolute silence!
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