A storm is brewing!
Almost all the elite Pirates from the entire New World have gathered at Blood War Island.
The sense of oppression this brings to the World Government and the Marines is immense.
This time, the military strength is nearly double that of the last Bloody Battle.
Furthermore, Pirates are constantly being attracted, even those from the Four Seas and the First Half of the Grand Line.
For example, "Moonlight" Moria is leading his subordinates from the West Blue, charging straight through towards the New World.
As the main force of the Marines has been almost entirely drawn to the New World, there were indeed not many Marines capable of stopping him, and hardly anyone was sent to the Sabaody Archipelago.
Similar situations are occurring in many places.
Originally planning to challenge those Sword Masters, "Hawk-Eyes" Mihawk, after receiving news of the Bloody Battle's outbreak, turned around and rushed to Blood War Island.
This is a hard-won opportunity to witness firsthand the Great Pirates on the Great Sea who stand at the pinnacle of all Pirates, suppressing numerous Factions and making it difficult for them to rise.
There are also quite a few other Pirates who have been similarly attracted.
Such opportunities are truly too rare.
As for those Great Pirates who shake the Great Sea with their might, many people on the Great Sea have only heard of their names but have never met them.
And what about the Marines? Once again, they mobilized Army from various Marine Bases capable of resisting the New World Pirates.
They formed an Army of 200,000.
Even these 200,000 are almost the limit the Marines can muster.
Trade Routes need maintenance.
And the vast majority of Marine Soldiers from the Four Seas, if placed in the New World or the Bloody Battle, would just be sending them to their deaths; they would be completely and utterly cannon fodder.
Now, aside from the Trade Routes and the most basic order within the Sea Routes' range, the Marines and the World Government no longer care about the rest.
When the Marines learned of the World Government's idea, they truly believed the Five Elders had gone mad.
The Marines' role is to maintain the World's order.
And now, according to the World Government's idea, it is equivalent to giving up the entire World.
Under the circumstances of the Great Pirate Era started by Roger, God knows how chaotic the entire Great Sea will become.
Who knows how many people will have their families destroyed and lives lost.
This is a struggle between the World Government and the Member Nations.
The purpose is to increase the share of the upcoming Heavenly Tribute.
To make the Member Nations clearly realize the current strength of the New World Pirates and the limited strength of the Marines and the Government.
If they want to rebuild order, they must increase their support for the World Government.
Otherwise, let them face such a chaotic situation alone, and face the potentially expanding Pirates.
Since they themselves established the Marines, then let them try!
Can they withstand the Pirates' fierce impact?
Facing the constantly incurred losses, can these Member Nations still hold on?
As for those losses, what connections do they have with the World Government?
The Marines wanted to stop such a decision by the Government, but it was useless; the Marines are ultimately just a subordinate organization of the World Government.
Moreover, the current Marines truly need to use all their strength to be able to resist the Pirate Alliance Army formed by Shiki "The Golden Lion".
200,000, it is difficult for the Marines to squeeze out any more military strength.
In the last war, tens of thousands were sacrificed, and the injured were even more countless.
Some people even became physically disabled and left the Marines.
For those with too severe injuries, even the Marines had no way.
Those less severe could still be saved.
As the war progresses, the happiest is the Eternal Kingdom; the business of Mechanical Bodies is simply too booming.
These were originally high-end products, and compared to profit, the cost is simply nothing.
The Marines have always been short on money, especially after the war ends, there is also a large amount of aftermath work.
In these years, the total military strength of the Marines has not increased; instead, it has been continuously decreasing.
Many Marines who can stand on their own in terms of strength all require many years of cultivation time.
But the speed at which the Marines cultivate young Marines is far less than the speed of losses.
The current Marines are still strong; what is needed is just enough time for restoration.
But the situation on the Great Sea simply does not give the Marines a chance.
Just when things get a little better, they immediately return to square one overnight, needing to be cultivated again.
Such an overall picture makes it difficult for the Marines to ever become dominant.
In terms of high-end combat power, the Marines are actually getting stronger.
Thanks to the Elite Training Camp being held, numerous young Marines are rising.
But in the overall situation, the Marines are showing a decline.
Towards the World Government, they adopt a policy of weakening.
Continuous weakening.
And towards the Marines, it is mostly suppression, continuously suppressing the Marines' development.
They can only suppress; if the Marines' Top Tier Combatants don't suffer losses, then their deterrence will not decline.
Maintaining order on the Great Sea does not rely on Top Tier Combatants, but on the vast number of Navy Soldiers and mid-tier combat power.
And the Army this time even sent out an Army of 500,000.
Although the number is large, most are cannon fodder; their strength might be slightly better than ordinary humans, or rather, they are just ordinary humans.
Compared to the Marines, the Army's losses in recent years are greater.
On the Red Line, there hasn't been much tempering through battle, and internal corruption is also a major factor.
The combatant strength available for battle is simply not much; most are still veterans who survived the last Bloody Battle.
However, this is not a big deal; the Army has plenty of people.
Or rather, the World Government simply does not regard these ordinary Army soldiers as people.
In the sky hundreds of meters high, thirteen Small Islands collided with each other, sticking tightly together, forming the current Blood War Island.
As the scale of the war grew immense, Blood War Island, which originally possessed three Islands, was clearly no longer able to satisfy the needs of the war.
Therefore, Shiki used the ability of the Float-Float Fruit to bring ten Small Islands to supplement Blood War Island.
Mountains and Rivers, and even complex terrain.
What is most special is the harsh weather formed by the collision of magnetic fields between different Islands.
As the number of Islands increased, Blood War Island's magnetic field has become very chaotic.
The weather changes strangely.
On Blood War Island, different areas sometimes have different weather, and it changes unpredictably.
Sometimes heavy rain falls, sometimes wind and snow blow.
Originally thought it was just a war of similar scale to the last Bloody Battle, used to consume the strength of the World Government and the Marines.
Even Hades did not expect Shiki could actually achieve this step.
Making him even suspect the Flying Pirates plan to take advantage of the situation and directly launch a decisive battle with the World Government and the Marines.
By doing so, crush the World Government and the Marines.
After all, the current Shiki is at his peak, not like those three Peak Combatants, John, Wang Zhi, and Silver Axe, who have only been at their peak for a few years.
If he goes all out in one go, Shiki might truly succeed.
This is actually what Hades hopes to see.
Then, the Kronos Kingdom would not need to take action against the World Government, and Shiki also does not have the ability to control or manage the World.
However, this situation has a low probability of happening.
The current development, instead, greatly suits the intentions of Hades and these Superpowers.
The larger the scale of the war, the greater the losses for the Marines and the World Government.
The World Government's action of giving up the maintenance of order to force the Member Nations is not a secret to Hades and them.
If one does not consider the negative impact this strategy brings, one must admit that the probability of success is still very high.
Most Member Nations will yield; they do not have such a strong ability to bear risks.
After all, Pirates come and go without a trace; any direction could be subjected to Pirate Invasion.
Relying solely on the number of Kingdom Navy, how could they possibly protect the coastline from being exploited?
Once the Heavenly Tribute increases, the World Government can do much more.
What currently restricts the Marines' development is none other than the military budget.
As long as there is sufficient military budget, the Marines can conduct World Military Draft, expand military strength in a short time, and rapidly increase their troop numbers.
It is very clear that the World Government plans to do this.
And in order to restore order on the Great Sea, the World Government and the Marines will certainly also have to pay a greater price.
For the World Government, all of this is worth it.
The more chaotic the Great Sea is, the more the Member Nations will need the World Government, and the World Government can to some extent regain the initiative over the Member Nations.
Knowing all of this, the Kronos Kingdom and these Factions hidden behind the scenes did not do much more.
They just secretly increased their support for the Pirate Alliance Army.
Even they do not know what the outcome of this battle will be.
(end of chapter)