Chapter 126

???, Somewhere outside of Marine Headquarters

Far away at the edge of the new world the marine headquarters was bustling with activity as war had finally arrived at their doorstep and the preparations for said war ran at full speed.

Just as planned the marines had mobilised their forces and prepared them adequately for war. While the ships took to the sea to take up their positions from where they would confront the nearing enemies, the leaders of the marines had each taken over some responsibility or squadron of their own with which they would command a part of the military might of the marines in order to stay as flexible as possible in a war of such magnitude.

Through such a tactic the leadership had guaranteed that they would not get blindsided or restricted by having only one single leader who may get overwhelmed from too many reports or orders that needed to be given.

Each one of those leaders had command over at least three war ships and a whole platoon of Pacifistas. Said robots, on top of already being strong through the build in lasers won from Kizaru's devil fruit, also possessed the ability to communicate with each other and relay orders from their superiors faster than was possible through transponder snails which would possible be the one thing that secured the marines the win as knowledge and communication were one of the most important aspects in a war, one they had in much more capacity than even the revolutionaries or the emperors.

Unfortunately, the good weather and the confidence of winning this war after observing their troops gather and prepare for war had made the leaders of the marines a little arrogant and careless, something rather unlike the veterans that held the reigns at the top of the food chain but in the end they were only humans and thus prone to errors, no matter how strong they were.

Thus, it came like a shock of enormous proportions when a huge shadow fell over the marine headquarters, plunging it into darkness and silencing the bustling on the grounds of the port where marines of all kinds of ranks ran around, reloading or securing the provisions needed to survive at sea in the new world.

Inside the silence confusion was birthed until said confusion grew and became surprise, then unpolluted fear, voiced and echoed by yells and outcries to grab whatever weapon was near. Though all those actions required courage and order and in the chaos that was the port none of that existed, or rather not any longer, since an eardrum shattering roar crashed into the people inside the port and caused havoc amongst those who heard it.

Whoever had the chance took up a weapon and rallied besides the yelling commanders, all trying to form some kind of battle formation that may help them but no matter what they tried it would not work as the roar and the shadow that had fallen over the port had caused quite a lot of marines to fall weakly to their knees or butts while said marines stared up into the skies with shock, fear and panic written clearly on their faces.

That was until the shadow dove down towards the port and immolated a majority of it in a mighty fiery explosion that echoed like a thunderclap through the headquarter. Once the explosion calmed down and the smoke cleared devastation was all that met the eyes. Dead marines littered the port while ships burned like giant candles under the clear blue sky.

All of these things receded into the background though in the face of the creature that had by then landed inside the giant crater that was the port only minutes ago and slowly began to return to its original form. Scales became skin and claws became fingers until a humanoid being of gigantic sizes was all that remained. With a small hiccup the figure turned around towards the towering form of the marine headquarters and without preamble marched towards it, only sake in its mind. After all, Kaidou really couldn't find any more fun in the world when he was already the strongest being there is. Only battling and sake could amuse him a little which was exactly why he had come this very day. To get himself some sake and his blood pumping…!