Chapter 77: Sabaody Archipelago: Defeat, Heavy Navy Losses

Whitebeard had no ambition to conquer the world, and Golden Lion was unable to win him over despite his repeated persuasion, and he even lost territory.

Now, I can only come to my old friend Captain John and try.

Shiqi's face was full of smiles, and his thick long golden hair fluttered in the sea breeze.

He looked at the Honeycomb Island Port ahead, where a large number of pirates were quickly gathering at Rocky Port.

Under John's order, they boarded the ship fully armed and waited for good news from John.

Today, Beehive Island, where pirates from all over the world gather, is controlled by Captain John.

Even a figure like Shi Ji would be cautious when coming here to negotiate with John.

No matter who comes here to cause trouble, it will be impossible for them to leave safely.

"Lord Shiki, they are starting to mobilize. They don't look like they want to negotiate with us."

"That scene looks like they are preparing for war..."

"As long as we can reach the island, I can activate my devil fruit ability." Shiki stared at the distant Rocky Harbor and said to the captains of the first, second and third squads.

"But we are here to negotiate. We will take action only when the negotiations break down!"

John, Wang Zhi, and Silver Axe, putting these three names together, any figure on the sea today would be wary of them.

"If the negotiations break down, we can capture the island, right?"

"That's right! I wish I had come here first after the battle of God Valley." Shiqi regretted not occupying this important place.

When the siege incident occurred in the Sabaody Archipelago, Shiki, who failed to win over Whitebeard, came to win over John and others.

Various wars are happening all over the world and they never stop for a moment.

……

As the last rays of the day fell, the azure ice fields were filled with melted red seawater and hot lava.

Looking at the limbs and blood all over the ground, Arthur finally understood that even the conflict between Roger and the navy in this era was not just a passionate game.

Passion belongs only to the strong, while the weak can only become nutrients and nutrition.

"Big Spitfire..."

Boom! Akainu mobilized the natural power in his body and gathered it in his arms, turning it into a fist like a small volcano and blasting towards Arthur.

Instantly, a slash so fast that it could not be captured by the naked eye instantly pierced through his arm, cutting off the huge fist along with it.

This caused Sakaski's moves to become disconnected from his body and he lost control.

The magma fell onto the ice surface in clumps, melting and evaporating the ice bit by bit.

"Damn it..." Sakaski murmured, and his broken right arm recovered in less than a few seconds.

However, judging from his expression, Arthur found that he seemed to be in great pain. It should be that the slash that he had just made with a little bit of Armament Haki had taken effect on the Natural System.

"I said, we will have a fierce battle sooner or later!" Arthur took the opportunity to rest and pointed the blade in his hand at Sakaski: "But it seems not now."

"Looking at the battle situation, even if we can't wipe you out, at least we can defeat all of you and then strangle you one by one in the cradle!" Sakaski's speech was recognized by everyone.

In this encirclement and suppression, under the fierce offensive of the navy, the Roger Pirates and several pirate ships led by Wang Zhi were caught in an unimaginable hard battle.

At this moment, Arthur neutralized Akainu's move with one sword, and with squinting eyes, he saw many familiar yet unfamiliar figures on the ground.

At this stage, there are still many unknown pirates who have joined Roger's pirate group. He doesn't know most of them and has never taken the initiative to contact them.

Arthur blamed all of this partly on himself and his previous identity.

If they hadn't joined Roger's pirate group, the navy would definitely not have been able to find them, and they might be having a party in Shaqi's bar right now.

But then, he would probably not survive...

"Arthur, what happened to you?" Gion, who was almost exhausted, held on, holding the knife in both hands and asked him: "Before, you were a guy who made people feel that you were full of righteousness!"

"Why do you feel so cold now?"

Hearing these words, Arthur gritted his teeth secretly, not thinking about what had happened, and looked at Gion indifferently:

"People change. Maybe I am just like public opinion, a wolf in sheep's clothing?"

"Impossible!" Gion denied it outright, thinking back to Arthur's previous appearance, which was completely different from what it was now.

She had completely forgotten about the many times Arthur had almost killed her.

Arthur didn't want to talk any more, so he rushed towards them with a knife in hand: "Cooper, help me!"

Originally, I didn't want Cooper to take action and launch a sneak attack on Zhan Guo at the critical moment, but now it seems impossible.

"Ice and ice have a canceling effect. It seems that you can't release the power of freezing on a large scale like me. Is it limited to releasing it from the sword?" Kuzan learned from the battle that Arthur's extreme ice power depends entirely on his blade.

"Kaji and Gion seem to be exhausted. I will provide remote cover for them while you guys go and fight them in close combat, slowly draining their strength. You should be able to defeat them soon!" Borsalino shot a laser at Arthur, very leisurely.

"I will never fall...Cooper!" Arthur murmured to himself and shouted to Cooper in front of him.

"You won't fall down? If I burn and pierce all your internal organs, I don't believe you won't die!"

"Why not just chop off his head with the ice blade on your finger?"

Cooper flew down from the sky and stood in front of Arthur, spreading his wings. The iron block and a layer of black skin instantly covered his wings. He found the right moment and used his wings to deflect the incoming laser beam onto the nearby ice surface.

"Armament Haki... Has even the eagle beside you who only knows how to follow orders learned it?"

Everyone was shocked and began to launch a continuous attack on Arthur.

Sengoku was dragged into this by Rayleigh.

Cap and Roger are in a 1-on-1 duel and the result is still undecided.

Arthur, facing the attack of five people who will become admirals and admiral candidates in the future, was exhausted and had to let Cooper take the risk.

"Cooper!" (I'll fall asleep if I keep flying and waiting, Arthur!)

Cooper flew down from the dark sky, waving his eagle claws wantonly to assist Arthur.

"That guy will really bring us disaster!" Bucky has been fighting among the Marines for a whole day, brandishing a clown knife.

Buggy, who has always been a coward, is extremely brave in battle and dares to confront and scold anyone.

"Two damn brats from Roger's Pirates!"

"Baki, you'd better stop being so careless, or I won't be able to save you. This isn't a friendly sparring match between pirates!"

Shanks, standing back to back with Buggy, held the knife in one hand and chopped down the approaching marines one by one.

“You don’t know!” Buggy said to Shanks behind him:

"Except for Captain Roger, and the deputy captain, Mr. Jabba, who led the officers to fight against the vice admirals of the Navy Headquarters, other places seem to be in a tough battle!"

"Huh?" Shanks was puzzled. With Wang Zhi's help, he felt like he had an advantage...

"Over there..." Buggy pointed at the messy left and right fleets of the navy: "And over there!"

"That Barrett has gone on a killing spree among the navy! Arthur is surrounded by three nature-type ability users, a mythical beast, and a female swordsman. He may not be able to hold on."

Shanks listened to Buggy's analysis, looked at Cooper who disappeared in the sky, and murmured: "Cooper who was flying in the sky just now has also fallen down. How about... we follow the direction to look for that Arthur?"

"Are you crazy? We can't even protect ourselves now, why are we looking for him?" Buggy cursed Shanks, thinking he was stupid.

"Hahaha, let's go and see what kind of battle he's going through. Anyway, we're just dealing with some miscellaneous soldiers."

The two children followed the leaders of Roger's pirate group and King Arthur's pirate group and began to break out towards Arthur's location.

Because they were children and there was no bounty on them, they were mostly ignored by the Navy.

This fierce battle at sea in which the navy encircled and suppressed Roger's pirate group should not have happened.

The information of Seagull, Arthur's life card and identity have disrupted their original adventure.

"Now, can't you just use the power of the navy?" Sengoku, who was fighting fiercely with Rayleigh, was repelled by the domineering impact.

He couldn't believe that even after mobilizing almost all the elite troops in the current navy, they had caused so much damage to the Roger Pirates.

Now, Rayleigh, the vice-captain, can fight him to a draw, which makes Sengoku understand that after the Battle of God Valley, the overall strength of Roger's pirate group has improved.

The battle lasted for two full days and two nights...!

With the help of Wang Zhi, the Roger Pirates were defeated in the sea by the navy led by Sengoku and Garp.

The whereabouts of the crew members are unknown, and those who survived only remember Roger's final captain's order to retreat, saying that they should regroup at a place called "Maintenance Yard".

It's a code word.

In this encirclement and suppression campaign, the Navy's elite troops were almost wiped out by the two major pirate groups, and the vice admirals suffered heavy casualties. The Navy eventually had to retreat at the cost of heavy losses.

This battle is known as the Chabaoti Archipelago Incident.

……

After the Sabaody Archipelago incident.

GR No Man's Land No. 23, on a grassland in the Yarqiman mangroves leading to Area 13.

"Why should I go with you to find them, Shanks? Let's see what bad idea you come up with!"

"How do I know that the eagle suddenly dived into the deep sea and disappeared!"

Shanks yelled at Buggy behind him.

They walked quietly through the Alchiman mangroves, carrying the bruised and battered Arthur.

"You have no brains, why would Captain Roger give that straw hat to you and not to me!"

"What did you say! You want to fight me?" The two men threw Arthur, who was almost fainted but could hear their words, onto the sticky grass.

Then they started fighting each other, and neither of them was willing to give in.

"Captain Roger, Mr. Rayleigh, and everyone else are missing in order to cover the retreat. Where is the repair shop?"

"Bucky, you bastard, don't bring up my straw hat! This is a treasure given to me by the captain. Besides, isn't that repair shop Mr. Tom's? How could you forget it!"

Arthur, who had his eyes closed, listened helplessly to the two people quarreling. They had been fighting since they were on the ship. Within the scope of their own abilities, they also performed well in the battle.

They are only 8 years old now, and they will continue to quarrel for nearly 7 to 8 years before they stop.

Tom… Hearing the key words, Arthur slowly opened his eyes and looked at the sky:

"The Seven Water City? Before Roger falls into the deep sea of ​​the ice crack, shall we go to the Seven Water City to gather?"

In this battle, Arthur fully realized that having domineering power without quantity is not enough.

A protracted war consumes too much of your domineering aura and physical strength, and the two are closely related.

He felt that he had to focus on improving his domineering skills unilaterally in the future.

But I don’t know why I feel so tired and weak.

Hearing Arthur's hoarse voice, the two stopped fighting, walked up to him at the same time, and asked in unison:

"Arthur, are you okay? Where did you let Cooper go during the retreat?"

"My money. I asked him to go to the ship and take my fifty million Baileys away. It should find me soon."

That was the first time Arthur met the Five Elders. He would never give up the money he had earned at the risk of his life.

He felt that in this damn world, he could trust Bailey instead of anyone else.

"Thank you so much, Mr. Arthur. That Ice Dragon Flying Move really saved everyone, but it also exhausted your physical strength..." Shanks' eyes now became clear when he looked at Arthur.

"Sir..." Buggy curled his lips and stared at Shanks in disgust: "Didn't you look down on Arthur before?"

"What did you say? Why do you always go against me, Bucky? I'll kill you!"

"Come on, Shanks, let's see who's afraid of who!"

This battle made Shanks respect the boy who was eight years older than him even more.

Arthur, lying on the ground, suddenly frowned: "You two, be careful, there are people on the branches nearby."

Someone? Buggy and Shanks realized that these areas were originally unsafe areas.

The illegal criminal groups, smuggling groups, slave traders and others in the Chabao Archipelago all gathered in the undeveloped area.

Shanks and Buggy, who were only eight years old, had to put aside their argument, draw their weapons and be alert to their surroundings.

“It seems like there really is someone here.”

A large group of people appeared on the roots of the Alkiman mangroves, staring at Buggy, Arthur, and Shanks below with ill intentions.

"Bounty: 4 million Baileys. That's right, it's him."

"The Ice Sword Master!" When talking about Arthur's title, the criminal gangs all broke out in cold sweat. "Now that he's in this state, let's pick him up, haha."

"Look at how injured he is. Now, the money to expand the Water Wolf smuggling Group is definitely secure."

For the sake of the bounty, whether it is bounty hunters or criminal groups, they will most likely risk their lives to fight for it.

The way of the world in this ocean is the law of the jungle, and this is a rule that can never be changed.

"Cooper~" In the sky nearby, Cooper grabbed a suitcase soaked in sea water with his claws and spun it in the air.

"Where did the eagle come from...?"

"Knock him down, quick!"

“Hehehe, as for these two little brats, leave them to me.” A fat man flexed his fists and approached Buggy and Shanks.

Bang, bang, bang, his companions shot at Cooper in the sky.

Cooper dodged all the attacks by twisting his body, then randomly selected a man and swooped down at an extremely fast speed, knocking him off the thick trunk of the Yarqiman.

Cooper's beak pierced his body, ripped out his flesh, and killed him mercilessly.

"That eagle...! Could it be Cooper the Condor? It must be this guy's pet!"

"Cooper." (Don't want to eat human flesh, tui~) Cooper spat out the blood, flesh and a bone in his mouth, then placed the Bailey box under his eagle claws on the branch, and swung his eagle claws fiercely towards the lawn where Arthur was below.

"Kubo!"

Boom! A blue slash burst out of Cooper's eagle claws and instantly flashed through the fat man near Shanks and Buggy.

The fat man's body shook, and his body split into two halves from the center of his eyebrows, and he fell on the lawn.

This scene frightened the other members of the smuggling group so much that they quickly knelt down and apologized.

"Kill them all, Cooper!" Arthur refused to buy it. They came out to take his life when he was at his weakest. He would never let these people go.

Even though it's cruel...

"Wait, Arthur, they've already surrendered. There's no need to kill them all, right?" Bucky looked at Arthur, who had sat up on the lawn and was playing with the sticky bubble liquid, and persuaded him.

"It is necessary. It is precisely because of my decisiveness in killing that I have survived until now."

After hearing Arthur's words, Cooper spread out his one-meter-long wings, his eyes became cold: "Cooper..." (Treat the enemy with no mercy...)

Looking at the large number of scattered wind blades swung out from Cooper's wings, the members of the smuggling group stared in fear, watching the last scenery in their lives piercing through their bodies.

Their world was split in two, and their bodies began to split left and right, up and down.

No resistance, total destruction.

Arthur sensed the disappearance of the hostility around him, and relaxed again, falling exhausted on the aerial lawn:

"Since I left the Navy, I've probably taken tens of thousands of lives on my hands... I can't stop!"

Now that Arthur is regarded as a pirate by the world, why should he still do normal things?

When it comes to dealing with people other than your own people, lawlessness is the best way to start.