Whitebeard stood there looking at the army of giants and Zephyr commanding them. Each giant looked fierce, with scars over their bodies, and each had a demeanor like none other with massive axes and swords.
Whitebeard took steps towards the giants without losing composure, with a proud and clam gaze. An army of giants might be a challenge to defeat, but nothing he couldn't pull off.
One of the giants swung its massive axe, bigger than Whitebeard as Whitebeard blocked the massive force of the attack with one hand with his Naginata.
*Clank...Swoosh...* Whitebeard repelled him with strength and covered his Naginata in Haki as he launched a slash of Naginata.
The giant blocked the attack with his axe, but in an instant, Whitebeard appeared before his face and punched him with his Conqueror's Coated fist.
*Bzz...Boom...* The giant head was damaged as its massive body fell to the ground.
"That's one less, twenty more to go."
In front of whitebeard stood a hundred giants, with unfearful and prideful expressions.
***
"The winds are getting wild all of a sudden. I shouldn't be surprised since it's those monsters that are fighting." Asther commented as he looked at the messy sky.
The ground started to crumble slowly, and a light quake could be felt all over the valley.
He knew that the island won't be existing after the end of the war, although Shouldn't come up as a surprise since there were a lot of things involved within God valley.
"Mama Mama...This is annoyingly holding me back."
"Shihahaha...It won't be that easy to get your hands on those precious fruits that value greater than treasure." Shiki replied back while fighting.
***
After thirty minutes,
"Kaido...You see it, Looks like we have a hell of a fight coming. The army seems terrifying. I remenber that face, he is one of new recurits of Marines."
Asther commented about the army of marines before him, surrounding an area.
The vivre card was pointing in that direction, so they knew why an army consisting of a Logia devil fruit user doing there.
"Isn't he the one with that fire abilities? Seems nothing special to me, A Logia isn't invincible."
Moria assessed the person guarding the area.
He was a previous user of Mera Mera no mi, A Logia devil fruit. And now before them as a guard.
"Fire, Shoot them down."
Marines pointed their guns towards them, and shot barrages of bullets, filling the sky.
"Uh oh...We can say bye to flying, I don't have the stamina for diverting these bullets."
Asther jumped towards Kaido, while Kaido jumped to the ground. He managed to hold it onto his shoulder at the last moment as the mat got holed with masses of bullets.
Moria on other hand was missed by all bullets, and he flew forward. He was lucky in a way, and kept pushing foward/
"Moria, Don't engage now!"
Asther spoke while hanging onto Kaido's body.
*Smash...Boom...*
Asther successfully landed on the ground on Kaido.
"Why not?!"
Moria asked confused, while continuously moving forward.
"Flame arrow!"
An arrow made of flame shot towards Moria, as it hit the Mat in the air.
*Burn...Brrr...Boom...*
A massive explosion took place in the sky that lit up the area, and Moria started to drop with burns all over his body.
"He was supposed to be one of the powerful marines, at least more powerful than the vice admiral."
Asther murmured while looking at his body falling on the ground, and crashing face first.
"Kaido, You think you can handle him or what. Just making sure, I know you can, But just checking."
Asther whispered in Kaido's ear while he firmly held onto his body.
Kaido shrugged his shoulders, dropping Asther to the ground with waves of Marines pointing their guns in their direction.
"What was his name again? Never heard of him, Should I be scared?!"
Kaido raised his club and put it on his shoulder.
'This cocky bastard, He been acting but i six years old kid. I will let it go for now.'
"Same here! No idea who he is. I never saw him gaining a reputation after fighting some Rocks pirates. No idea at all, And I won't tell you to be safe, Go and Die!!"
Asther spoke bashfully while moving his pupils rapidly around the area.
"What are you all waiting for? Kill them."
Around a hundred Marines rushed towards both of them, with their swords.
Kaido took a step forward as his speed started to increase slowly.
"Worororo...You, weaklings, are responsible for guarding the treasure."
Kaido swung his club and sent a dozen marines flying.
Other dozens jumped on his body, but his speed was fast, and hit them before landing on him.
'I should get ready myself, It's going to be hard to simply sneak inside, and getting these stash of Devil fruit out without going unnoticed is plain impossible.'
Asther analyzed the predicament, and it didn't look good. These devil fruits were supposed to be given to his forces in the future to create a group of monsters.
Afterer five minutes,
"Bravo, Bravo...Kaido, One of the promising pirates of the new generation. Call me impressed!"
The marines clapped while relaxingly moving towards him while standing in between the bodies of marines.
"Tch, Huh! Defeating this weakling is supposed to be praiseworthy. You have low standards."
Kaido replied while putting his club back on his Shoulders.
Asther walked towards Kaido and patted his back before speaking.
"Hold him off, I will get the devil fruits. We have a plan to get us out but if you lose here, then I die that means you die along with me."
Asther took steps forward while Kaido looked at him from the corners of his eyes.
Kaido walked along with him, making his way to the Marine before them fearlessly.
"Death, Huh! Wonder what it is like...Worororo!"
Asther smirked listening to his remarks.
The hands on the marine lit up, as fire enraged him. While he dashed towards the both of them.
"You are not going anywhere! Fireball barrage."
A barrage of fireballs launched towards their direction, engulfing the area.
"Not enough to stop me, Reverse Gravity: Push."
Asther reversed the gravity on his foot for a moment and launched himself high into the air, crossing the range of a fireball.
"No no you don't. Flame ar-"
The marine tried to summon a flame arrow and hit Asther in the air but unexpectedly as he greeted on his shoulder with a heavy metallic club.
"Aah...Uuhh...!"
The marine flew away with the hit, smashing a massive tree. The tree crumbled down on the ground.
"Bold of you to ignore me...!"
Kaido stood proudly, looking at him with a dark Expression.
"Whistle...!"
Asther whistles and a mat flew toward him, as he landed on it safely in the air and Soared towards the building before them.
'Kaido is tough one, but even he would need some time before defeating him.'
(A/N: I am release chapters regularly from today.)