Starting as a pirate, he rose to become the strongest Shinigami in Soul Society.

Chapter 299 The Holy Land Guards and the CP Organization's Combat Strength!

Stusi then recounted some information she had personally learned about the Knights of God.

However, there wasn't much substantial information; much of it was just speculation based on clues and details.

This also shows that no matter how strong the Knights of God are, they are indeed mysterious enough. High-ranking Navy officials, such as Sakazuki and Kuzan, have also participated in those disgusting things, but they have not obtained any useful information.

As a senior operations commander of CP-0, Stussy had almost no contact with the Knights of God.

After the presentation on the Knights of God was finished, the slides quickly turned to the next page.

"The Holy Land Guard, I believe everyone is quite familiar with that," Stussy said with a smile.

Even relatively junior naval personnel like Bane and Issho had some understanding of the Holy Land Guard.

After all, when they participated in the World Conference in Mary Geoise, the main guarding force there was this Holy Land Guard.

"The Holy Land Guardians are not numerous, totaling 10,000 men. Due to the special nature of the Knights of God, they are not part of the regular combat forces. Therefore, the Holy Land Guardians are known as the strongest combat force in Mary Geoise," Stussy said, pointing to several photos.

Judging from the photos, the Holy Land Guards do look quite formidable.

First of all, everyone has armor!

Furthermore, it was fully armored, from head to toe, covered in metal armor, even its fingers were protected, with only a slit for its eyes to be visible.

For army combat units, wearing armor is already a very high threshold, let alone full armor. In the armies of ordinary countries and kingdoms, only generals are likely to wear full armor like this.

Often, the heirloom of many impoverished nobles is a full set of armor.

The Holy Land Guard of Mary Geoise, numbering ten thousand, all wore such fine full-body armor, demonstrating their immense wealth.

"All members of the Holy Land Guard are equipped with exquisite full-body armor for protection, earning them the reputation of the 'Iron Legion' in the Holy Land. They mainly use cold weapons in combat, such as long swords and spears, and are also equipped with firearms. Basically, everyone is a strong and powerful warrior with relatively excellent combat skills, making them very difficult to deal with," Stussy explained.

Take the original Naval Headquarters as an example. Although firearms were relatively common, their lethality was not very high. The vast majority of them were still muskets that used round lead bullets.

Because the navy's primary targets have always been pirates, and the battles are fought at sea, it's rare for naval forces to wear heavy armor, and pirates are even less likely to do so—they simply don't have the means.

Therefore, even a very ordinary lead bullet musket can inflict effective damage.

However, for these heavily armored combat units, the Navy Headquarters' firearms were indeed not very effective in causing damage, while heavy artillery was more efficient.

However, to the Mervian navy, this was a joke.

"A dull, easy target," Smoker said dismissively, exhaling a puff of smoke.

While the Melvure Navy may not be as well-equipped as the Flame Force, with every soldier carrying an advanced submachine gun, they have generally made this kind of firepower widespread. Every combat squad has at least one Type 96 machine gun, which Dr. Genus calls "industrial junk."

Both its rate of fire and power are far superior to ordinary muskets. Against such heavily armored troops, it's a complete massacre!

This is how times progress. Mary Geoise has been high and mighty for too long, playing the aristocratic game too deeply, and still having all this knighthood and armor stuff.

The Revolutionary Army members were even more disdainful. Sabo immediately said, "Perhaps they enjoy a reputation as the Iron Legion in Mary Geoise, called a 'tough and difficult force with excellent combat skills,' but in reality, after our Revolutionary Army's testing, they are just a bunch of noble soldiers with extremely low morale. They are not worthy of their reputation at all."

Upon hearing this, Stussy immediately nodded and said, "They are indeed a group of noble soldiers. All members of the Holy Land Guard are noble sons from various member states. They hope to reside in Mary Geoise for a long time in this way, and to establish connections with higher-ranking nobles such as the Celestial Dragons, thus benefiting their respective families. Judging from the riots at last year's World Conference, their fighting spirit was indeed quite weak. However, as far as I know, after the World Conference riots, the Five Elders ordered a thorough reorganization of the Holy Land Guard. Perhaps there have been some results in the past year?"

"If it were an ordinary civilian army, it might be able to transform itself in a year, but an army composed entirely of noble sons, a year? "Drag sneered and said, "It might not even improve in ten years."

After saying this, Dragon raised his hand and said, "Marshal Zephat, our Revolutionary Army is fully capable of taking care of the Holy Land Guard."

"The main force of the Holy Land Guard is responsible for protecting the abode of the gods, right?" Boa Hancock spoke for the first time in this meeting, and for a moment, everyone's attention was completely drawn to her, and no one paid any attention to Dragon.

Stussy, unable to resist Hancock's charm, immediately nodded and said, "That's right. Although there are private armies of various Celestial Dragon families inside the Divine Abode, the main force is still the Holy Land Guard. They are responsible for guarding the Divine Abode on weekdays."

"In that case, let's count it as a share for Amazon Lily as well," Hancock said, a murderous glint in her eyes.

She didn't intend to find the Five Elders or the Knights of God when she went to Mary Geoise. She just wanted to slaughter all those damned ordinary Celestial Dragons in the House of God!

Marshal Zephyr glanced at everyone and, seeing that no one else intended to speak, said directly, "Smoker, Dor, you two are responsible for leading your respective combat units, cooperating with Dragon and Hancock, to wipe out this so-called Holy Land Guard."

"Yes! All for justice!" Smoker and Dol immediately replied.

Mary Geoise's combat forces are mainly the Knights of God and the Holy Land Guard.

The rest were some private armies of the Celestial Dragons. The number of them was unknown, and most of them were composed of the Celestial Dragons' servants and slaves, so they were not considered regular troops.

"Besides that, there's also the CP Agency, but before I left Mary Geoise, the CP Agency had basically all withdrawn from Mary Geoise," Stussy said softly.

"Oh? Isn't CP supposed to be the Celestial Dragons' direct force? Why did they withdraw first?" Kuzan asked, somewhat surprised.

"Yes, Mary Geoise previously launched the East Blue Project, intending to transfer all of Mary Geoise's important assets to the Tachira Wolf in the East Blue, also known as the 'Bridge-Building Country.' The CP's organizational structure is very loose, divided into various separate systems from 0 to 9. Apart from CP-0, all other CP organizations are located around the world. For example, Enies Lobby is the headquarters of CP-9. After the East Blue Project was launched, CP-0 on Mary Geoise was appointed by the Five Elders to take full charge of organizing and leading the project. Except for a very small number of members, like myself, who had other missions at the time, the rest have already left Mary Geoise to arrange the East Blue Project," Stussy explained.

"So, that means we're unlikely to encounter any obstacles to pairings on Mary Geoise, right?" Kuzan asked, stroking his chin.

"To be precise, you won't encounter a large group of CP members, but several key members are still there. As far as I know, among the senior operations commanders of my rank, Spandam and Guernica are both still in Mary Geoise. Spandam lacks combat ability; he's a very cunning person. However, precisely because his personal strength is extremely poor, he often has skilled bodyguards he's recruited. One worth mentioning is Who's-Who, who joined the Beasts Pirates many years ago and became one of the Flying Six, was Spandam's subordinate." Stussy pointed to Spandam's photo with his pointer.

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After a slight pause, Stussy continued, "As for Guernica, he is very capable on his own, and his mission completion rate has been 100% ever since I met him."

Bane vaguely remembered this guy; it was he who led him to meet the Five Elders.

Meanwhile, in the original story, Guernica also performed well, defeating Apoo and Drake, and with the help of his subordinates, killing Izo, the captain of the Whitebeard Pirates. He even dared to interfere in the final battle between Kaido and Luffy.

He is indeed a formidable expert in the CP. While it's not accurate to say he possesses the terrifying combat power of an Admiral, he is certainly close to being a Yonko Vice Admiral.

"Besides them, there's also CP Chief Night Owl." Stussy's expression turned serious as he continued, "Even we high-ranking commanders have never seen Night Owl's true appearance. It's said that only the Five Elders know what he looks like. His specific image is that of a slender male, about 1.95 meters tall, wearing a Night Owl mask. His age is unknown, and he possesses a Zoan-type Mythical Beast ability. Because he's extremely protective of his personal information, the name of his ability is unknown. His specific appearance is that of a bird-type Mythical Beast, seemingly related to his name 'Owl.' Without even needing to mention it, he possesses combat power absolutely comparable to a Marine Admiral. He has repeatedly completed personal missions that our CP internally considers 'impossible.' Furthermore, he never teams up; he always acts alone!"

As soon as Stussy finished speaking, everyone turned their attention to Zeff, Sakazuki, and Garp.

Upon seeing this, Zefa immediately shook his head and said, "I have never met him and know nothing about him. The only thing I know is that he only began to gain fame within the world's government system about twenty years ago, and was known to a very small number of high-ranking officials."

Karp shook his head and remained silent, clearly indicating that he didn't know anything about this guy either.

Sakazuki, a former Admiral of the Navy, stroked his stubble and said with a serious expression, "I did see him in the Hall of Power in Mary Geoise."

"Is it very imposing?" Bane asked with a hint of curiosity.

"No, I should say there's almost no sense of him," Sakazuki said with a grim expression. "It's as if he's standing right in front of you, yet he could disappear at any moment. Even Observation Haki might overlook his presence. Of course, I couldn't just use Observation Haki there, but it's precisely because of this strange situation that I believe what Stussy said: he must possess extremely formidable strength."

"No matter what, he is the Chief of the CP. At headquarters, that's on par with the Fleet Admiral. It's not surprising that he has enough power," Bane said after thinking for a moment and then nodded.

"Leave it to me," Kuzan unusually volunteered. "If we meet in Mary Geoise, I'll handle him."

Zefa had no objection and was just about to agree when he saw Dragon raise his hand and say, "Count me in. I've known him for a long time, and it's time to put an end to our relationship."

"Didn't you say you were going to fight the Holy Land Guard and the Abode of God?" Bane teased upon seeing this.

Dorrag laughed and said, "With Eva and Sabo leading the team, I'm quite at ease. I'm just idling around anyway; who knows, maybe my son is being held captive by them?"

Garp was somewhat tempted by this, but then he thought that it might not be the case. If Dragon chose one path, then he chose another, which would be a better solution, so he remained silent.

(End of this chapter)