The blue water was stained red with blood, and the burnt bodies gave off a heinous smell.
Greedy vultures are flying in the sky in circles, waiting for the moment when the war is over.
"Verman, Joseph, you two dare to attack the Marine openly? Aren't you afraid that the headquarters will mobilize the fleet to destroy you? If you retreat now, I can still pretend that nothing has happened."
Commodore Morgan, who glanced at the tragic scene on the warship from his corner eye, felt his heart as painful as being gnawed by a viper. Those young soldiers are the future of the Marine, and they should not worthlessly die as they are now.
He was indeed careless because he simply did not expect that there would be pirates crazy enough to attack the marine forces in the first half of the Grand Line.
It is not uncommon for pirates to openly attack the Marine, at least in the Four Seas and the New World.
But this is the first half of the Grand Line. It's the first half of the Grand Line where the Marine forces really have absolute control!
Moreover, unlike the usual looting of towns, an open attack on a warship is the most serious offense that the Marine will not tolerate.
Any pirate who dares to provoke the authority of the Marine will be eliminated in the shortest possible time to ensure that the prestige of the Marine is not damaged. He believed that these two pirates would not be unaware of such things.
"Look! Look at that! It's so pleasant to see that Commodore Morgan, who chased us around and looked down on scum like us, has gone soft with his threats!" Verman yells with wild laughter and makes the surrounding pirates laugh along with him.
It is a great pleasure for any pirate to see the high and mighty marines turn into this wretched and fallen look now.
"Commodore Morgan, the next thing is not to bother you again. We have decided to finish this job and then march into the New World. If your marine is really capable, you can try to go with us to the sea that only belongs to the strong." Joseph mocked in a frivolous tone, "Only when it comes to the New World, it is still uncertain who will catch who!
On the bloody and cruel battlefield, no one noticed that a gold eagle was hovering lightly above them and a marine who was half kneeling on the back of the golden eagle observing the situation in the sea below.
"Just one warship has a Commodore on board. And most of the marine soldiers on board are not weak..." Longinus clearly saw the large sinister letters marked on the warship - G8. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly while also having a guess, "is the same as us to the Marine Headquarters for further training 'new recruits'?"
"Boss, is the enemy strong? Can we cope with it?" asked the big bird under the legs of Longinus, who suppressed his inner excitement.
"The enemy has ten pirate ships in total, which is equal to three times of a warship in terms of troop strength. However, those pirates seem to be scraped together from the hood. Three times the strength can only barely maintain the battle with those marine soldiers."
Longinus continued, "The key problem is that Commodore Morgan, who is the high-profile battle force, has already shown defeat. Once he is completely defeated, it will be an instant upside down if the two pirate captains are allowed to join the naval battle."
Gregory shrugged off the bird's head, "Can't figure it out, boss. Just tell me if you can fight it."
"Let me put it to you this way. It was a freeload of credit." Longinus said as he took out Den Den Mushi and quickly picked up and asked, "Where are you guys now?"
"Boss, we're right at the edge of the battle area and can already see both sides of the battle."
"Let's attack and try to wipe out those pirates." Longinus is not much worried about it. Under the powerful Kenbunshoku Haki perception, in addition to those two pirate captains, there are no figures found that deserve a little attention.
In the opinion of Longinus, it was evident that the ten pirate ships are temporary cannon fodder scraped together by the two pirate captains after they were all wiped out. Even those marine soldiers of the G8 branch were able to suppress them. Not to mention the elite soldiers he brought out in the past two years.
"Great, boss! We were waiting for your words!" Abraham and the others also had absolute trust in Longinus, which is the absolute respect Longinus had built up through his "leader's aura" and countless battles in the past two years.
"Gagagaga! A freeloading credit? That's the kind of thing this eagle (loser) likes the most!" Gregory let out a strange laugh that definitely did not belong to the golden eagle. He did not need Longinus to say anything more and then swooped down directly from the sky.
Woo-woo-woo-woo-woo
The wind howled down so that the fierce battle of the three men slightly paused.
"Stupid bird looking for death?" Verman frowned slightly.
The sharp-eyed Joseph was horrified, "Watch out, there's someone on the back of the eagle! It's the Marine!"
"Great, it's reinforcements!" Commodore Morgan reacted quickly, and a powerful force erupted to entangle the two men.
Longinus took advantage of the dive speed and leaped straight down from mid-air, rushing towards Verman, who is an ability user.
"Bastard, think I'm easy to bully? Hiiro no Dokubari (Scarlet Poison Needle)!" The half-beast form of Verman steeply drilled out a long tail behind him. It had a poisonous spike at the end that shone with a scarlet light, which made people shudder at a glance.
"Be careful, don't get caught up in his..."
Before the words escaped from Commodore Morgan's lips as if he had warned him, he saw the marine boy easily dodge the enemy's attack as if he had been predicted to do so, while a punch filled with force fell on Verman's head.
The battlefield of the three men was supposed to be on the highest floor in the warship. However, Verman, who suffered a heavy blow, was directly thrown through the tiers of the ship from the top floor and finally fell into the vast ocean.
An ability user who falls into the sea need not say more naturally.
"Gulp!" Joseph swallowed his saliva with no effort. Although there was a sneak attack, but just one punch sent Verman, who was not much weaker than him, into the sea. This marine boy who suddenly appeared was definitely a dragon in human skin!
When Commodore Morgan's gaze cast him with ill intent, Joseph instantly alarmed. It seems that the situation has changed from two to one to one to two; what's more terrible is that the two people on the other side he can't seem to beat.
Thinking about it, Joseph could not help but feel the cold sweat seeping through his body.
This sudden change also caught off the pirates in the heat of battle guard. They did not expect it at all. In just a moment, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
At this time, several shells of the gift from the distant sea accurately landed in areas where pirates are relatively crowded. They instantly killed and injured countless people. However, in this chaotic situation, not a single shell accidentally injured friendly troops.
"Are you kidding me, another one?"
The pirates who they first united, when they saw the reversal of the situation and the presence of a warship, it instantly tore their minds. Many pirates even left their captains and comrades in their ships and ran away with great resolve.
When he saw the ten pirate ships under his flag began to sail away in the opposite direction in just a few seconds, Joseph, who was still on the warship at the moment, shouted with his eyes wide open.
"Get your ass back here; I'm not even on the board yet!"