43 Marine And Mercenaries

When Basire heard the name Warship Island, he thought of the thousand-year-old dragon, but he did not believe that the bones of the thousand-year-old dragon could be used to make the elixir of life.

If there was such a thing, the Celestial Dragons would have come to snatch it long ago!

Only people from East Blue, the weakest sea, would believe this legend.

As for Apis, who has the ability of the Whisper fruit, she is of no use to him.

This Devil Fruit's ability is very useless. It can only talk to animals, and it can only convey her own voice to the animals' hearts.

She cannot read the thoughts of all animals, she can only hear the voices and thoughts of animals if they voluntarily communicate with her.

It doesn't have any power to control the animals either. This is simply too weak to be considered for the crew.

The key is that Abis is also weak, has no special abilities, and is too young. So she is not suitable for the cruel pirate group that is the Big Daddy Pirates.

Basire was too lazy to waste time looking for them, not to mention that the thousand-year-old dragon might not have flown back to Warship Island yet.

"Go directly to Reverse Mountain!"

Basire has no intention of landing on Warship Island, and it is no longer interesting to stay in East Blue. There are not many qualified opponents at all.

Moreover, the atrocities committed by the Big Daddy Pirates may have attracted the attention of Naval Headquarters. So they must leave East Blue and enter the Grand Line as soon as possible.

This way, Marines won't be able to trap them in the East Blue.

Otherwise, Naval Headquarters will send a Marine Vice Admiral to stop them in front of and behind the Reverse Mountain, and the Big Daddy Pirates will have no option other than sinking into the sea.

"Clear!"

Although Nami also wanted to check Warship Island and see the characteristics of this island, she did not dare to disobey the order after Basire ordered it.

The Dreadnaught Saber sped towards Reverse Mountain.

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A few days ago, Commodore Nelson Royale of the 8th branch of the East Blue Marine received an order from the Naval Headquarters to dispatch all warships in front of the Reverse Mountain to intercept any pirate group that wanted to pass through the Reverse Mountain in the next few days.

He was also told to directly bomb them and sink any pirate group he sees.

The obese man Nelson Royale is already familiar with this kind of mission. Their 8th branch is East Blue's last line of defense.

Like Commodore Pudding Pudding of the 77th Branch, he has the highest Commodore rank in the East Blue. Although the rank of the branch Marine is three levels lower than that of the Marine Headquarters, he is still one of the most powerful people in the East Blue!

Theoretically, even Smoker, a strong Marine who was demoted from Captain of the headquarters to Captain of the Loguetown branch, would salute when he saw him.

Although within Naval Headquarters, his East Blue branch Commodore rank is only equivalent to the rank of a Lieutenant Commander.

"Call those bastard mercenaries. This time we will conduct a week-long interception and bombardment!"

Nelson shouted that, because he knew that there were some strong people among the pirates, so in order to reduce Marine's losses, he would recruit some pirate hunters or mercenaries who wanted money rather than their lives to help defend.

"Yes, sir!!"

The Marine fleet of the 8th branch immediately began to dispatch, and some mercenaries who were well-known in East Blue also boarded the warship.

If they independently hunt down pirates with bounties on their heads, they will not only get the bounty from the pirates, but also receive employment money from Commodore Nelson Royale.

This has also made some pirate hunters and mercenaries become Nelson's regular customers, and they like this refreshing Marine leader.

In the eyes of these mercenaries, this job is a hundred times better than being a Marine. After all, for a Marine, hunting pirates is just a task, and it does not have as much extra income.

Although some Marines were a little envious of the generous income of these mercenaries, every time they fight pirates, mercenaries are always the first to fight, and the mortality rate is very high, so it is not uncommon for Marines to take advantage of these people.

Among the bounty hunters hired by Nelson, the most powerful one is Eric the Whirlwind. He is a user with the Paramecia Sickle Fruit ability, which can highly compress the air to produce flying slashes.

He is more famous in East Blue than pirate hunter Roronoa Zoro. After all, he has been in the industry for several years and is very powerful.

Eric is also a lawless person who puts interests first. As long as the interests are sufficient, he will dare to do anything.

In the original work, he ruthlessly killed Commodore Nelson Royale and a large number of branch sailors in order to obtain the keel of the dragons.

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At this time, in front of Reverse Mountain.

A large number of pirate ship wrecks appeared on the sea. The Marine fleet and mercenaries of the 8th branch had defeated seven or eight pirate groups from Loguetown in the past two days.

And Eric was counting his profits from this employment. In just a few days, he had already received more than 20 million beri in bounties and employment payments.

He was very satisfied with the bounty. It would be great if those Marine wastes could organize such siege missions more often.

Although he is relatively strong, he has to admit that Marine's warships and firepower, coupled with a large number of marine soldiers, are too beneficial for encircling and suppressing pirates.

If he were to hunt down pirates alone, his efficiency would be very low. It usually takes several weeks or even months to hunt down a pirate group, and sometimes he even misses the mark.

He didn't dare to grab the faster Marine warships, so he could only reach a certain cooperation with the Marine, so that he could not only make his own money, but also take advantage of the Marine's warships and military strength.

He didn't want to become a pirate, lest he be chased by Marines all day long, and he didn't even want to be a Marine and be bound by various rules. He just liked being a bounty hunter mercenary like this now, freely.

Not only has he gained great fame in East Blue, but even the Commodore of the 8th Marine branch has to show some courtesy to him.

"Eric, the main target this time is the Big Daddy Pirates. Are you sure you can deal with them?"

"If that doesn't work, we can just cover them with firepower first and then accidentally let them leave. Anyway, this mission has been completed well!"

Commodore Nelson said with some concern, because according to the intelligence obtained in the past two days, the captain of the Big Daddy Pirates may be stronger than Captain Smoker of the Loguetown Marine branch.

This made him a little jealous and scared.

You must understand that he knows Smoker's true strength. Smoker is a true Captain of the Naval Headquarters. He studied under the headquarters' chief Instructor, Black Arm Zephyr, and he is also a Logia Devil fruit user.

If even Smoker can't deal with Basire, this weakling East Blue branch Commodore has absolutely no way to deal with the Big Daddy Pirates.

"Don't worry, Commodore Royale! With the firepower of your Marines, plus my fruit ability, we will definitely be able to blast the pirate ship of the Big Daddy Pirates into the sea. Then we only need to beat up the drowned dogs!"

Eric smiled sinisterly on his mean face, he knows that as long as they destroy their ship, their strongest fighter Big Daddy Basire will be done for!

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