The numbers, at least half of these hundred thousand Navy.
"So exaggerated..."
Hawkins wiped the sweat off his forehead, "Is this what a battle between top forces looks like? We really have too few people."
"The initial target is thirty thousand!"
Sage said, "After entering the New World, I need to recruit at least thirty thousand people to stabilize the territory."
The islands on the sea are typically vast and sparsely populated. Some islands are as big as continents, but they aren't densely populated, but that's not an excuse for Sage to slack off.
He can't be like Kaido, who controls a whole Wano Country, yet doesn't even know what's on his territory.
To control the territory to the greatest extent, he definitely can't have too few subordinates.
If not, this landlord would be useless.
"That guy..."
Lily stared at the screen, gripping the hilt of the White Thunder sword, "The Hawkeye man."
On the screen, a man with a short beard, wearing a black top hat adorned with white fur, a wine-red patterned shirt, and a black coat entered Lily's view.
He had hawk-like eyes and drew out a gigantic Great Tachi, slashing horizontally to cleave open a giant iceberg.
As a swordsman, even though she grew up in the palace, cut off from information, she had heard this name, a name muttered by her adoptive father.
The World's Number One Great Sword Master, 'Hawkeye' Dracule Mihawk!
A name that every swordsman dreams of!
This is indeed the top battlefield.
The world's greatest sword master, the world's greatest destructive power, the world's greatest speed, the world's greatest restraint ability, and... the world's greatest attack power!
A massive meteor shower descended like a volcanic eruption, burning and scorching countless people.
Sage moved his gaze forward and saw the man who had half of his face hidden under his military cap, with his right arm already turned into magma.
"It's you, Akainu..."
Sage murmured, "Thanks to you, I'm not dead yet."
If not for his big fate back then, he would have fallen into the magma.
"Later, let you feel what it's like to have your place overturned." Sage laughed.
Revenge?
It exists, but it's not much.
Sage is quite open-minded about this because he was only two years old back then and couldn't do anything.
But on the other hand, as long as he has enough strength, whatever he does, the other party would probably do the same.
From the moment the meteor began to fall, the battlefield started to get chaotic until a ship descended from the sky, crashing down with familiar Straw Hat, and also...
"Couldn't hold back anymore? Old Sha, still came out, tsk! If you changed earlier, you wouldn't have ended up in Alabasta, Stansen!" Sage shouted.
"Captain." Stansen straightened his gigantic body.
"Go, bring that giant tree down, get me the trunk."
Sage stood up, stretched a bit, and withdrew his foot from Rosward's head, "It's time to get moving!"
The initial battlefield doesn't need to be charged in yet.
The current battlefield is the goal!
Boom!
Boom boom!!
With a rumbling sound, the giant tree with a marking number toppled, and the giant struggled to drag the massive tree closer step by step.
Compared to the giant, that tree was even larger, making the nearly twenty-meter giant look like an ordinary burly man, yet the towering ancient tree remained towering.
"Stop, stop, it's indeed a bit big."
Sage gestured for Stansen to halt, dragging Rosward toward the enormous tree.
"Don't need it to be this big, it's quite laborious, average size will do."
Bang!
He kicked the tree, injecting Haki, causing the base of the tree to crack open, revealing a three-meter-high log from within.
This precise Haki control made Stansen's pupils contract, showing a surprised look.
He knew Sage was strong, but he didn't expect such powerful Haki manipulation.
"It's about right."
Sage raised the tree, aimed it at the direction of Marineford, thought for a moment, and turned to look at Lily.
"One hour." Lily understood instantly.
It only takes this much time to reach Shampodi by boat from Marineford, otherwise, how could it be called under their nose.
"Twenty times!"
Sage threw the tree forcefully, as the tree accelerated rapidly, its size also expanded violently.
At the moment of throwing, his body suddenly accelerated, turning into a flash, and in the blink of an eye, he had already taken Rosward to sit on the soaring tree, flying straight in the direction of Marineford, quickly disappearing from Shampodi.
"Blueno, open your Space Gate."
Lily watched Sage go far, immediately started commanding, "The others, half of you board the ship, take your cannon positions, the other half stay under the ship just in case. Renedia, you need to board the ship, be ready at any time."
"Leave it to me!" Renedia made an OK sign and went on board first.
With Sage not present, Lily demanded stability, ensuring his plan was foolproof, with no mistakes.
...
Marineford was in a state of chaos everywhere.
Damaged ships that crashed into the inner bay's edges and broke the cliff, fallen Navy and Pirates, smoke and icy shards, magma and cracked ground, and the deafening shouts of battle.
The battle was entering a boiling point.
"Grandpa, don't stop me!"
Luffy knocked out Garp who was blocking him, just as he was about to grab Ace, when Sengoku transformed into a Golden Great Buddha sent out a shockwave, causing even the execution platform to collapse under the force.
Falling into the air, he was caught by Mr. 3 who had turned into an execution soldier, using his abilities to meld a key, taking Ace and charging out.
Then...
Got punched through the chest by Akainu.
"Ahhhh!" Luffy knelt on the ground, holding Ace and letting out an unconscious shout.
Garp, who just got knocked down, quickly got up, his face dark and sinister, stepping toward Akainu.
"Garp!"
Sengoku held down Garp's head, yelling, "What do you think you're doing!"
"Just hold onto me, Sengoku, just hold onto me..."
Garp lifted his head stubbornly, looking at Akainu's back, "Otherwise, I'm afraid I can't hold back... Watch out!"
Garp quickly flipped, dragging Sengoku's arm and relocating swiftly.
Boom!!
A shadow shot down from the sky, crashing into their previous location, sending out a gust of air, blowing away the surrounding debris and raising a cloud of mist.
"What is that?" Sengoku steadied himself, frowning at the giant silhouette emerging from the mist.
Looks like a tree?
The dust dispersed, and sure enough, in the cracked ground, a gigantic round log was embedded, not really a tree, more like intentionally pruned.
The appearance of the log also caught the attention of those around, including Whitebeard, who had half his face blown off.
"A step too late, huh, my execution platform is still gone."
From atop the log, a voice unfamiliar to the ears rang.
Just hearing that voice, Garp's expression suddenly changed, as well as the elite Vice Admirals still on the battlefield around the log.
Flying Squirrel, Yamakaji, Strawberry turned their heads in unison, their expressions turning serious.
"Could it be..."
Flying Squirrel's eyes widened, instinctively clenching his sword hilt, fixating on the top of the log.
From there, a figure with white hair gradually appeared.
"But it doesn't matter..."
Sage looked down at the people below, grinning, "This thing is tall enough already, isn't it?"
Flying Squirrel shouted hoarsely, "Why are you here!!"
The battle was brutal enough.
Why does such a troublesome guy still appear!
Before Enies Lobby, the Destruction by Buster Call, twenty thousand Navy plunging into the sea, and those powerful Haki Shocks one punch after another, and that guy who looked down on them with a reckless grin...
A calamity!
Norton Sage!