Chapter 210 - Chapter 212 (1/2)
In the distance behind the Moby dick, silhouettes of a fleet showed themselves and the nervous energy on the Marine side increased. This was Whitebeards allies. All of them were New World veterans and people that would die for this emperor.
”This just became more troublesome,” Kizaru spoke lightly and rested his head against the back of the throne-like chair. ”I suppose we should test the waters.” He stood up, and he disappeared as his body shone in brilliant light. He also appeared in mid-air as his fellow Admiral did minutes before. He released a shower of deadly laser-beams.
”Marco!” Whitebeard spoke slowly and a flaming blue phoenix zoomed past him and collided with and stopped the rain of lasers Kizaru sent. Marco pushed even further and delivered a kick to Kizaru which sent him crashing down on the ground, though doing barely any damage to the Admiral.
”Marco the Phoenix.” Bradley's Sharingan spun to life and a literal second later he appeared behind Marco. ”The standard for commanders are embarrassingly low nowadays.” ”What the hell!?” Marco spoke with difficulty. Bradley had now appeared in front of him with his hand now gripped around his throat. ”Don't get cocky on Marine grounds, boy.” He delivered a quick punch to Marco's stomach that sent him crashing towards the ice below. Lucky for him the ice was tough enough so he didn't go through it.
”B-Bradley! Forgot about him,” Marco sat up while holding his stomach that hurt like hell. ”Pops, sorry about that,” He yelled upwards towards Whitebeard. He had landed right in front of The Moby dick so he felt safe in the stretching shadow of Whitebeard that covered the ground.
”Are you alright?” The emperor spoke while glaring at Bradley who had appeared by his chair again. He sat down with a bored expression, but he got questionable looks from his fellow Admirals.
”I'm alright!” Marco said and flew back up on the ship. ”His haki is scary strong. He let me live there, I don't know why, but he could've easily killed me.” There was some genuine fear in his voice.
”No point thinking about that.” Whitebeard gripped his weapon and struck the ground with it. As he did, the rest of the Whitebeard pirates had appeared and the fleet of ships had arrived. ”MEN!” His voice sounded out and caught the attention of his crew and allies. ”Upon that platform, they have my son chained down like some animal. This they will regret, we will make them regret it! NOW! CHARGE!” His voice rocked the ship and shook the ground. Together with his mighty voice, the thousands upon thousands of pirates that he brought with him all jumped down on the ice and started their charge towards the platform.
The pirates and the Marines met half-way and instantly chaos broke out on the battlefield. In just seconds, hundreds of people lost their lives. The smell of blood rose quickly around them and screams of dying soldiers were only overpowered by the warcry of the pirates.
”Stop it! Stop dying for me!” Ace sat with his head pressed against the hard wooden platform. Garp glanced at him with his heart slowly dying inside his chest. The lives of Whitebeard and his allies meant nothing to him, but Ace's crying had his iron-will wavering.
”Garp, don't do anything you'll regret!” Sengoku said sternly. He knew Garp all too well so it wasn't difficult for him to know exactly what he was thinking of doing.
”My loyalty lies with the Marines. You know that!” Garp couldn't look at Ace much longer. He instead looked around the battlefield for signs of that man appearing.
”When is he coming? You think he would miss this?” He glanced at Sengoku and the man shook his head lightly, ”I don't know. He has no relation to either side for what we know. Maybe he doesn't wanna risk his men for this.” Just then, a small dot in the distance made itself visible. No one had yet seen it, but Garp's extreme senses picked it up in the form of someone screaming.