Chapter 416: Where is the Star Hunting Force, Come Save Us
Mary Geoise, Pangu Castle.
This place, standing at the highest point of the world, had been the most supremely noble location for the past eight hundred years.
Now, however, it was a scene of gloomy and miserable clouds.
The current situation on the sea was no secret—the obvious decline in the living standards of the Celestial Dragons across Mary Geoise and the sense of unease among many defense force members could not be hidden at all.
So it was easily imaginable that the Celestial Dragons, who had always considered themselves higher beings, could not accept this.
After learning that a massive army on the sea was marching towards Mary Geoise, highly likely to send them to the underworld.
The Celestial Dragons first roared in breakdown... "Those bugs, how dare they do this to the noble us... we are descendants of gods."
Subsequently, they learned that after the recent great war at Marineford, let alone them, the so-called "descendants of gods," even their ancestors, the twenty Initial Kings hailed as creators and deities who truly established the World Government, were killed again after being resurrected.
Furthermore, they heard that their ancestors actually served another deity who truly controlled the World Government, which made them find it extremely unbelievable.
This was also the most ridiculous part—after so much time had passed, the entire world, even the commoners and pawns, somewhat knew the truth of world history and the existence of the "Abyss."
Yet, these Celestial Dragons were actually the last to hear this news.
And after learning of this matter, the Celestial Dragons' first reaction was naturally disbelief and an indescribable sense of shame.
"How can there be anyone in the world nobler than us?"
They were almost instinctively angry.
But soon, that anger turned into a thirst for self-preservation.
"Since He is a God, then let Him save us and show us!"
"Yeah, if He can't even crush those bugs, what kind of God is He?"
"Since He is the Abyss, He should swallow this world to show us!"
Clearly, the so-called nobility and pride of the Celestial Dragons were meaningless in the face of imminent and visibly approaching death.
But no matter how the Celestial Dragons complained, as ordinary Celestial Dragons, they never had the chance to meet Imu.
Or to be more precise—let alone them, even the newly appointed Five Elder Stars had no chance to meet Imu.
They only knew that after the war at Marineford ended, that Lord left only one sentence, "Do not disturb Mu," and entered the Room of Flowers, seemingly absorbing the power obtained from the battle at Marineford.
The entire Room of Flowers was completely locked down after that, and the Five Elder Stars had absolutely no way to contact that Lord.
But obviously, as the newly appointed Five Elder Stars, they might not have lived for as ancient a time as their predecessors, but they were somewhat able to clearly recognize the situation among the Celestial Dragons.
"The reinforcement of the defensive structures is almost done, the grand elevator has been completely locked down, and all passageways are..."
For example, right now, they were discussing.
"As long as no internal problems occur, relying on the geographical advantage of the Red Line, even an army of that caliber launching a strong assault can be held off for a period of time."
"Rest assured, there won't be any internal problems... I will send people to suppress those ordinary Celestial Dragons, and they don't have the guts or courage to do anything like 'defecting'."
One of the Five Elder Stars said this, clearly understanding the nature of his "kind" quite well.
"But even so, the manpower and strength are still not quite enough, especially the powerhouses and elites—even with the geographical advantage of the Red Line, we at least need a spear capable of holding up this geographical advantage."
"How is the situation with the Marines? Although Lord Imu did that kind of thing, the Marines have belonged to the World Government for so many years after all, maybe..."
"The enemies will arrive at any time, there's no time—and the current Marine Fleet Admiral is that Garp. That guy just recently did... to Lord Imu..."
"The Star Hunting Force is our only chance."
Another Five Elder Star stated.
And what they said was the judgment they made after careful consideration.
A frontal clash was impossible; the sheer number of their forces was no longer on the same level.
Although Mary Geoise still had a considerable number of residual guards and armies, those were the true royal guards protecting the Celestial Dragons, who had not even participated in the Battle of Marineford.
But this number of guards was completely insufficient to look at against the current Zodiac.
Especially in terms of the number of powerhouses, it was completely incomparable—even with a geographical advantage, if they didn't even have a batch of powerhouses who could hold the front lines, the battle situation would inevitably collapse.
They deeply knew this point.
And for this, the choice they made was naturally a matter of course.
The Star Hunting Force—this unit was originally established in the past precisely to counter The Zodiac.
According to the intelligence they had gathered, this unit was internally composed of a group of loyal marines and powerhouses from the past, an extremely elite force that had also participated in battles against The Zodiac.
Even though during the Battle of Marineford, the commander of this army, Garp, directly attacked Lord Imu.
But hasn't Garp now transferred his position to become the Marine Fleet Admiral?
And the current commander of the Star Hunting Force, Roy Amos, was a very young powerhouse.
According to the Five Elder Stars' analysis, the other party had not experienced as many things as Garp, and was highly likely the type who still held illusions about the World Government—the other party hadn't even explicitly shown dissatisfaction with the World Government during the entire Battle of Marineford. Even if he now explicitly stated he would come to Mary Geoise to seek justice, he hadn't directly declared war.
Simply put, the Five Elder Stars felt there was still room to win him over.
Therefore, not long ago, they had already contacted Roy Amos through secret channels, hoping he would come to Mary Geoise through the only secret passage on the Red Line so they could have a good talk.
The Five Elder Stars had even prepared promises and payoffs—as long as they could win over this powerhouse and the elites of the Star Hunting Force, it was highly likely they could hold out until Lord Imu finished absorbing the power, at which point victory or defeat would still be unknown.
"As long as we hold out, there will be a way..."
But just as one of the Five Elder Stars was about to encourage his colleagues.
BOOM!
A sudden loud noise and the sound of vibrations spread throughout the entire Pangu Castle. The excessively massive vibration even made the Five Elder Stars unable to stand firm—they even heard Pangu Castle let out crisp sounds as if it could no longer hold up.
"Wh... What!?"
"Enemy attack? They've already arrived!?"
"No, it's impossible for them to be this fast!"
The Five Elder Stars instantly realized this was an attack from the outside, so they almost instantly arrived in front of the window of the Room of Authority.
Then, they saw an unbelievable scene.
Just as mentioned before, the Room of Authority was located at the very top of the entire Pangu Castle, serving as a symbol of power.
And relying on this geographical advantage, the Five Elder Stars could clearly see the scene of Pangu Castle and Mary Geoise right now.
Flames.
Flames were burning furiously.
Cracks and destruction were spreading.
Those were the "defensive structures" they had built over this period by mobilizing almost all the resources they could still mobilize.
But right now, they had all been destroyed in an instant.
Even the entire Pangu Castle was tottering right now.
And more crucially...
At this time, they could see.
At the top of Pangu Castle, the instigator of all this was standing above the sky.
On the pure white Marine coat, the unique star pattern of the Star Hunting Force was engraved.
That figure, the Five Elder Stars recognized.
That was the person they had just collectively discussed and analyzed not long ago.
"Roy Amos!"