Chapter 124 World Shock [Part 1]
Nicholas, using his Sword to prop himself up, stood while looking at Kaido and Charlotte Linlin, who were opposite him and filled with Killing Intent.
Clearly, the Electromagnetic Field he had just used had put a significant burden on his Body. Otherwise, the attack against Conqueror of the Seas would not have been just a Slash, but also terrifying Lightning.
"That's it for here, I had a lot of fun today."
After saying "I had a lot of fun today," Nicholas intended to turn around and leave under the gaze of countless eyes.
In an instant, all the Lines of Sight focused on the Battlefield involuntarily turned to Nicholas.
Not playing anymore?
Leaving?
What does this mean? After causing such a ruckus in Totto Land, he plans to just leave?
Isn't this just rubbing the Big Mom Pirates' face on the ground repeatedly?
As expected, as Nicholas's words fell, Charlotte Linlin's anger immediately surged upwards.
After all, I invited you to attend the Tea Party, but you came to Totto Land and caused a big disturbance, not only ruining the Tea Party but even almost destroying Cake Island, and even almost beheading me, and now you're saying you're not playing anymore? Want to leave?
Did you ever consider my feelings?
Although Charlotte Linlin didn't speak, everyone seemed to see her anger materialize, although it might also be an illusion caused by Prometheus perched on her head.
Nicholas didn't care about the enemies' reactions. For him, his purpose had been almost achieved, and the gains from this battle were quite good. At least in terms of Armament Haki, he already faintly felt signs of a breakthrough.
Nicholas's thoughts flickered, and he saw Kaido directly transform into a Giant Dragon, angrily opening his huge mouth in the Sky, with deep red Radiance lighting up inside, obviously accumulating Energy.
At the same time, visible whirlwinds emerged around the Azure Dragon's Body.
This was Kaido's response, more powerful than any words.
And Charlotte Linlin was the same, raising her left hand high as Armament Haki quickly covered it.
Then.
Charlotte Linlin held Napoleon in her right hand, her left Fist covered in Armament Haki, and stepped on Thundercloud Zeus as she rushed towards Nicholas.
That Body, containing terrifying Power, now exuded an Aura that warned people to stay away.
Obviously, for both of them, wanting to leave after showing off was not going to be so easy!
As Charlotte Linlin stepped on Zeus to cross the Deep Pit created by the previous collision between the two sides, Kaido, who was in the Sky and transformed into an Azure Dragon, had completed his charge.
Heat Breath containing terrifying high temperature spewed out from his open maw, and at the same time, Wind Blade around his Body also shot towards Nicholas with a howl. Furthermore, the Heat Breath merged with many Wind Blade along the way, actually turning into a high-speed rotating fire tornado, and even the high temperature it emitted distorted the Air.
From top to bottom, it swept towards Nicholas.
Facing Kaido's attack, Nicholas looked up, his eyes reflecting the scorching Radiance of the Spiral Heat Breath.
Facing this terrifying blow, Nicholas did not make any move, but instead looked up at the Sky behind the Dragon.
It turned out that at some point, the originally Dark Clouds sky had cleared up, and a ray of warm Sunlight was falling through the gaps in the Dark Clouds.
"The Sun is really nice."
As Nicholas's voice fell, a tall Figure descended from the Sky and directly blocked in front of him. Then, this Figure raised the Great Axe in his hand and directly slashed at the incoming Spiral Heat Breath.
The Spiral Heat Breath, fused with Wind Blade, was actually split in half from the middle, flying past Vistad and Nicholas on both sides.
The scorching airflow made the clothes of the two flutter loudly.
"Boom!"
The Spiral Heat Breath, split and falling on both sides, finally landed far behind Nicholas, causing a violent explosion.
But Nicholas remained unmoved, just calmly watching the Azure Dragon flying in the Sky in the distance.
"Are you sure you still want to continue fighting?"
As Nicholas's words fell, Vistad's Aura was also constantly rising, even giving Kaido and Charlotte Linlin the feeling that Vistad was constantly getting stronger every moment.
Looking at the calm Nicholas and Vistad whose Aura was constantly rising, Charlotte Linlin couldn't help but fall silent.
It could be said that Nicholas had already proven with his actions that he was a powerful Enemy no weaker than herself, and could even fight against her and Kaido's combined forces one against two.
Now, Vistad, an unexpected powerhouse, had suddenly appeared, and judging by his appearance, his Combat Power was comparable to Kaido, which made Charlotte Linlin hesitate.
After all, in a two-on-one fight, she and Kaido might be able to leave Nicholas on Cake Island at a price, but now that the opponent had an additional powerful helper, in a two-on-two situation, she had no confidence at all.
In the end, Nicholas and others could be said to have easily retreated on the Sea King Authority Ship.
Watching the Sea King Authority Ship sailing away on the Grand Line, Charlotte Linlin felt like there was a Volcano about to erupt in her Chest, but she had nowhere to vent it.
Unparalleled anger, unparalleled discomfort.
Making her beautiful face become hideous and distorted.
"Nicholas!!!"
A roar that almost made her grind her Teeth, echoed in the ruined Island Sky.
And all the onlookers who witnessed the whole process could be said to be in shock, looking at each other in speechless silence.
Except for Charlotte Linlin's angry roar, the scene was deathly silent.
Soon, the great battle that took place on Cake Island finally fermented overnight, and from the dawn of the next day, it began to spread to all parts of the world through the Intelligence Network of Major Power, and newspapers one after another.
The Speed at which this News appeared in the newspapers could be said to be quite rapid.
Similarly, the relevant reports about this battle were also extremely detailed, not only spending a lot of space explaining the causes and consequences of the entire War and the final outcome, but also including many first-hand high-definition Photo taken.
In these Photo, there was too much shocking information, not only the scene of Great Pirate Big Mom almost being beheaded by a Sword, but also Photo of Nicholas and Big Mom, Kaido launching a combined technique Conqueror of the Seas against each other, Photo of Vistad splitting Kaido's Heat Breath with an Axe, Photo of the devastated Cake Island...
In an instant.
The whole world was shaken!
...
Marine Headquarters, Marineford.
In the Office at the top of the fortress, Sengoku finished reading the newspaper in his hand and threw it back onto the Office desk in front of him. At this time, a pile of scattered Photo were placed on the Office desk.
Sengoku's face could be said to be extremely ugly:
"What are the guys from the Intelligence Department doing!? If it weren't for Flame Photo Man, would our News still be obtained from newspapers???"
"There's no way around it."
Sitting opposite him was Navy Staff Officer Tsuru, who also looked helpless at the moment, rubbing her Temple and said:
"The scale of the battle that broke out on Cake Island was too astonishing, ordinary people simply couldn't get close to the Battlefield. And over there, if it weren't for the Big Mom Pirates being preoccupied with all their Energy, the people from the Intelligence Department might not have been able to successfully transmit the News."
"Sengoku."
At this moment, another Figure who had been silent on the sofa finally opened his mouth slowly in a low voice: "The Intelligence Department's problems can be put aside for now, let's talk about Serious Business first."
"Yes, Serious Business is indeed more important."
Sengoku nodded slightly, then pushed his Glasses,
and said with a Complex expression: "Now the situation of the New World has become more chaotic with Nicholas's joining. He seriously injured Big Mom, even withstood the joint forces of Big Mom and Kaido, and turned Cake Island into Ruins, causing heavy casualties to the Charlotte Family... and the most important thing is that he was able to withdraw safely in the end."
Hearing Sengoku's words, Zephyr stopped talking nonsense and said slowly in a deep voice: "Nicholas's actions now undoubtedly show that he wants to get involved in the hegemony of the New World. If this continues, it is very likely that a new Major Power will emerge in the New World."
"In my opinion, no matter what Nicholas does in the New World, the impact on us is not significant. Just like Dorag said before, in the New World where those Monsters run rampant, the Marine's Power is ultimately limited. Instead of this, it is better to let those guys fight to turn the New World upside down, and what we have to do is to stabilize the first half of the Grand Line and the Four Seas.
As long as the Four Seas and the first half of the Grand Line are in our hands, the Pirates will not be able to make big waves."
Tsuru said lightly.