How can I become the Pirate King if you don’t work hard?.

Chapter 466 What does it matter to you if I crush you!

His robust physique, arrogant demeanor, and powerful aura that far surpassed the familiar figure in the minds of the Five Elders made it impossible for them to connect the Blackbeard in their memories with the man before them.

More importantly, Blackbeard's silent appearance in Mary Geoise, without even alerting the Knights of God, suggests only two possibilities.

One is that Blackbeard used absolute force to suppress all of Mary Geoise's enemies.

But on this vast ocean, only Im on the Void Throne and Lionheart, who had just unleashed his ferocious claws upon the world, were capable of such a feat.

The former has no need to do such a thing, and the latter is even less likely to join forces with Blackbeard!
That leaves only the second possibility...

"you……"

Blackbeard plopped down on the sofa, grabbed a bottle of red wine from the table, and gulped it down in a few mouthfuls. His brow furrowed slightly as he looked at the label:
"Luo Kangdi?"

"I'd only ever seen this legendary red wine in the newspapers, but the taste was nowhere near as good as I'd imagined."

"It's...it's like something that's been fermenting in a cellar for decades, with a musty, sour smell."

"Tsk..."

While talking.

Blackbeard glanced around, his gaze sweeping over the five men with somber expressions.

A segment of memory was awakened in my mind.

He still remembered how arrogant these people were when they wantonly slaughtered the David clan in the Valley of the Gods, but now, looking at them...

It's no different from the bottle of red wine in my hand.

Blackbeard immediately felt bored, his expression turned serious, and he said:

"The man who's dealing with a few bugs that have invaded Mary Geoise, I'm here to deliver a message for him."

"After the Britannias incident, it's time for you guys to give up your positions."

"Whether you can save your lives depends on your future performance, but at least for now I think you're not far from death!"

"Thief, hahaha—!"

Amidst wild laughter.

Blackbeard slammed the bottle he was holding onto the table, shaking the entire building and creating a visible crack around the tabletop!

The Five Elders dared not make any move and could only watch silently as Blackbeard turned and left.

The office fell into a deathly silence. The five people stared silently at the blacked-out projection screen, feeling a chill run down their spines. An immense fear filled their entire bodies!
However, there is no solution.

Staying in Mary Geoise and waiting for death is certain, and going to Britannias to face that monster is even more certain death!
"Why!?"

Why can't these reptiles just quietly accept their fate of being enslaved?

"Why resist?!"

"Shouldn't it be their honor to give everything to God?"

Satan's murmured voice rose in the darkness, only to fall silent in the next instant.

This time, apart from the Five Elders, no one could hear his question, nor was anyone willing to listen to it.

……

Off the coast of Britannias.

The bombing of Avalon has ceased, and the endless seawater has evaporated, liquefied in the air, and formed a vast white fog that completely enveloped the near-shore area.

As the sea breeze blew, the waters slowly dispersed, revealing the hellish scene off the coast of Britannias.

The seabed near the shore is exposed to the air, and melting reefs come into contact with the seawater, producing a harsh sound.

Further out at sea, the warships that had stood there like fortresses, baring their fangs and claws to surround Britannias, had vanished.

Only the seawater continued to tirelessly push the pirate ship wreckage, mixed with blood and flesh, onto the beach.

In just a few minutes, the debris on the beach piled up like a mountain, a sight that made one's scalp crawl.

On the sinking pirate ship, the pirates who had miraculously survived were terrified and had no will to continue the war.

Avalon, modeled after Hades, one of the three ancient weapons, reveals its ferocious firepower to the world for the first time.

Its power has already plunged the whole world into silence, a silence in the true physical sense.

It wasn't until a full half hour later that sporadic cries for help and screams of agony could be heard from above the sea.

"I……"

"I want to live!"

On a sinking pirate ship, the wounded man made a pleading sound and struggled to look at his companions on the deck.

All that met the eye were corpses, one after another, already cold—no, burning hot.

Someone was hit by the blue light; half of their body vaporized, and the other half was burned to charcoal.

Someone was cut in half at the waist by pieces of metal thrown up by the explosion.

Some people's eyes couldn't withstand the extremely intense blue light and their eyes exploded on the spot...

He then realized that he was actually the luckiest person on the ship.

No, or perhaps not.

When he looked down, he realized that he had already been cut in half at the waist, and it was a miracle that he had survived until now.

Glug—!
The seawater rose and gradually engulfed the survivor's body.

An immense fear filled his body, yet he was powerless to resist what was happening. At this moment, he only wished that he was the one who had died in the explosion!

Similar scenes occur in every corner of this sea.

The desperate cries on the sea surface contrasted sharply with the silence of Britannias.

After all, what does it matter to you if I crush you?!
This is the most blatant contempt!

"Hiss—!"

Britannia border.

Having narrowly escaped death, Flamebreaker lay on the beach, panting heavily.

Even though he activated his Lunaria bloodline ability and maximized his defense just before being hit, he was still severely injured.

Its wings were burned, and its entire body was severely burned.

Quinn, whom he had dragged down with all his might, was nearly dead. If it weren't for the inhumane modifications he had made to himself, Quinn would have been blasted into dust during the attack just now!
"Quinn?!"

Jin murmured something, and seeing that the latter did not react, he simply closed his eyes.

For him, who had experienced the most horrific experiments by the World Government, the physical pain was hardly torture.

But the resentment in his heart kept gnawing at his flesh and blood.

Originally ambitious and willing to be used by the World Government to avenge Kaido, he was mercilessly crushed before he even saw his opponent.

What an agonizing feeling that must be!

"ember……"

Quinn's weak voice rang out, filled with nothing but frustration and fear:

"listen to me."

"You can't beat Knight Gawain!"

"You've done more than enough for Brother Kaido. Now it's time for you to think about your own future."

Jin opened his mouth, but instinctively couldn't utter a rebuttal.

The two, who usually disliked each other and often bickered, surprisingly spoke their true feelings when they were seriously injured and on the verge of death.

only……

It was too late. Quinn's breath caught in his throat as the words left his lips.

Jhin knew what this meant, but he was powerless to change it.

He was terribly wounded and had lost too much blood. In his hazy state of consciousness, he vaguely saw a young member of his tribe flying towards him...

……

Hundreds of kilometers away.

Akainu stood on the deck, his hand holding the binoculars trembling.

Even under the sunlight, his cold, hard face remained bloodless, and he seemed to be barely breathing!
Despite Drake's warning, the navy retreated dozens of nautical miles in advance, avoiding total annihilation.

However, the navy's fleet was ultimately too large, and nearly half of the warships were inevitably affected by the attack, suffering heavy casualties, with even a vice admiral from headquarters losing his life at sea.

Kizaru and Green Bull are leading rescue teams around the world. Although news keeps coming back, it only makes their mood heavier.

"This is... an ancient weapon!"

Aokiji gazed at the distant sea, where he saw rising steam and the still silent Britannias.

But no one dared to underestimate them anymore. No, no one had ever underestimated that country, that...that group of monsters!

In just over ten minutes, the tens of thousands of warships surrounding Britannias were almost completely wiped out, and the number of pirates who perished under Avalon's cannon fire was astronomical!
This war, which everyone believed would determine the future of the world, was declared over before it even began.

This further demonstrates Britannias' unshakeable dominant position!
"Does that ancient weapon from Mary Geoise really have such power?!"

Aokiji couldn't help but ask a question, but all he got in response was silence.

He suddenly remembered his private conversation with Akainu.

The man's seemingly unintentional remark that Britannias was a better choice than the World Government was gradually becoming a reality!

"Kuzan."

"you say……"

Akainu's voice was hoarse:

"Could Britannias really be a better option than the World Government?!"

Aokiji opened his mouth, but for a moment he didn't know how to speak.

deny?!
Britannias also possesses an ancient weapon, and is further supported by the nearly invincible Gawain and a group of supreme warriors no weaker than himself.

Its war potential is already equal to, or even surpasses, that of the Navy, no, the entire world government.

Compared to the Celestial Dragons who abuse their privileges and leech off everyone in the world, Gawain, who enshrined equality in the Constitution of Britannias, was far superior to the former.

It's fair to say that if given a choice, a world government wouldn't be the better option!

Britannias is the one!

but……

Is there really a choice?!
Akainu stared blankly into the distance, a surge of anticipation rising within him, only to be swallowed up in an instant.

Yes.

Justice, born of humanity, is destined to be destroyed with the extinction of humanity.

Without solving the problem of the world sinking, everything else is meaningless!
"Sakaski!"

The voice of the Warring States period rang out, hoarse and weary.

The two, Chi and Qing, turned to look at the cabin, and all they could see were three figures with white hair. Both Sengoku and Garp had aged considerably in just over a month.

What sustains them now is only their belief in justice!
"Britannias cannot solve the problem of the sea engulfing the land. The moon landing is the only way."

"us……"

"Stop having any illusions, Mr. Sengoku!"

Akainu interrupted Sengoku, each word piercing the latter's heart like a blade:

"Do you really think there will be seats for civilians on the Celestial Dragons' escape ships?!"

"Ah……"

Akainu's lips curled into a sneer, his gaze filled with utter mockery:
"Besides, Sengoku, you don't really think there are a hundred lifeboats, do you?!"

The expressions of the people present changed drastically for a moment, and they subconsciously tried to find evidence to refute Akainu, but unfortunately, they couldn't find any.

The world government's touted one hundred escape ships, carrying the hopes of countless people, if they're fake, then...

"This is impossible!"

The crane opened its mouth to refute:
"Even the World Government, even those few individuals, would not lie about something like this!"

"Is it really impossible?!"

Aokiji countered with:
"Given this situation, what better option do they have to control the power on this high seas than the lure of survival slots?!"

"Furthermore, if the World Government really did secretly build nearly a hundred ships capable of supporting a thousand people's escape to the moon, what an enormous undertaking that would be! How could it possibly be hidden from the Navy?!"

"The number of those capable of maintaining this level of secrecy is probably at least ten times less."

After staggering and barely managing to regain his footing, Zhan Guo fell silent for a moment.

He closed his eyes, clenched his teeth, and remained silent for a good ten seconds before taking a deep breath and speaking firmly:
"If the land is destined to be swallowed by the sea, and if the future of humanity is destined to perish, then even the most brutal group has value if it can survive."

"us……"

"There was no choice."

Akainu chuckled self-deprecatingly, turned to look at Britannias in the distance, and murmured:
"yes……"

"We have no choice."

call--!
The sea breeze howled, dispersing the fog in the scene, and the floating island hovering above Britannias reappeared before Akainu's eyes.

Hundreds of kilometers away, the floating island appears to the naked eye to be only the size of a fist.

Akainu's eyes lit up at that moment, and he pointed to the floating island:
"if……"

"I mean, if there were many islands like those, even if the sea rose and submerged the land, wouldn't humans still have a place to stand?!"

Everyone was stunned and turned to look in the direction Akainu was pointing.

Upon realizing it was the island hovering above Britannias, they couldn't help but feel a pang of disappointment.

"A lifetime's worth of ability?!"

Warring States's gaze dimmed slightly:
"It seems that this is the escape route that Knight Gawain prepared for himself."

"Right."

"Faced with natural disasters caused by planetary changes, even the world's strongest monsters are powerless to resist and can only live a life of ignominy in a corner."

"How ironic..."

Aokiji couldn't help but ponder this possibility, and the more he thought about it, the brighter his eyes became:
"That island is more than ten kilometers wide and can easily accommodate tens of thousands of people."

"Furthermore, after the Golden Lion died, that Float-Float Fruit should have been reborn somewhere in the sea. If we could find it, it could float several islands, perhaps..."

"It's meaningless!"

"Kuzan!"

The crane, who had been silent all along, shook its head:
"Humans only live for a few decades. Even if you find a powerful being capable of supporting several islands and create enough floating islands for tens of thousands of people to live on, you can only prolong the process of destruction."

"A hundred years from now, when our time comes, we will inevitably be swallowed by the sea."

"Going to the moon, going to the moon is the only way."

"To reproduce on the moon, and when the tide recedes and the land rises again, to descend upon this land once more."

"Perhaps this is how the lunar people came to be before the World Government was established."

(End of this chapter)