Marineford War: I Will Stand in the Sky

Faced with the extremely fast attack of the dark rays, "Ark Proverb" had no time to dodge and was directly hit by ten dark rays.

"boom!"

With a loud explosion, the golden airship "Ark Maxim," which had been built by the Revolutionary Army and Enel less than a month ago, was instantly transformed into a giant fireball, with large amounts of gold and mechanical debris falling helplessly to the ground.

invalid?!

Both Yann and Dragon's expressions turned grim, and they no longer had time to care about Enel's injuries.

"This is troublesome..."

Just as Yann murmured something, King Cobra led his guards straight to the front of the ancient weapon, Hades, and shouted.

“Mr. Crocodile, please stop. Enel is dead, the war is over. Thank you for your help to the Kingdom of Alabasta. Please show yourself.”

Upon hearing King Cobra's shout, the Pluto behemoth fell silent for a moment, and then a clump of sand at the bow rapidly coalesced into the image of Crocodile.

"call……"

Crocodile, with his slicked-back hair, wearing a black overcoat and a cigar in his mouth, exhaled a puff of smoke, his slender eyes looking down at King Cobra below.

[Chapter 338 Rapidly Expanding Ambition]

King Cobra, seeing Crocodile's appearance, was overjoyed and felt a glimmer of hope for a peaceful resolution. He spoke again.

"Mr. Crocodile, thank you for your help. The Kingdom of Alabasta will never forget your kindness. From now on, you will be recorded in the history of the Kingdom of Alabasta as a hero. The Nefertari family will forever remember your kindness."

Hearing King Cobra's grateful words, Crocodile suddenly burst into laughter, a laugh so exaggerated that he seemed to be struggling to breathe.

Hahahaha~~

The exaggerated laughter contained a strong undercurrent of sarcasm and mockery, revealing a deep disdain for King Cobra.

King Cobra's expression darkened slightly, but he still forced a smile and said, "Mr. Crocodile, please feel free to give your instructions regarding any requests you may have for the Kingdom of Alabasta."

The next moment, Crocodile's smile vanished, and he looked down at King Cobra and spoke.

"Cobra, do you really think I came to the Kingdom of Alabasta to do charity? To be a great hero?"

Immediately, Crocodile raised his voice and asked in return.

"What a joke! I'm a pirate, a pirate who's going to dominate the seas. Do you think I'd travel all the way to the Alabasta Kingdom just to become some so-called hero?"

"Hehe, I've known for a long time that the Ancient Weapon Pluton is hidden in the Kingdom of Alabasta. So my goal from the beginning was to steal the Kingdom of Alabasta and then slowly dig out the location of the Ancient Weapon Pluton."

"Unfortunately, under Enel's violent lightning strike, I had already given up on the idea of ​​escaping underground, but it just so happened that I found the burial place of the Ancient Weapon, Hades."

"This... is fate! It's destined that I will obtain the ancient weapon Hades, which is powerful enough to destroy the world, and that I will dominate this ocean."

Crocodile's undisguised declaration exudes an almost insane ambition and desire.

Then, Crocodile spoke with utter sarcasm.

"Now you want me to leave the Hades behemoth and go down to talk to you? That's really wishful thinking. Do you really think I can't guess what you're planning?"

Upon hearing this, King Cobra's face turned extremely grim, realizing that it was impossible to reclaim the Hades warship through communication.

This bastard named Crocodile entered the Alabasta Kingdom with the evil intention of stealing the kingdom and seizing the Pluton's giant ship to dominate the seas.

'Damn it, how could I have been so naive, thinking that no one would know about the Hades warship and that no one would be able to find it.'

King Cobra clenched his fists, but still issued a warning with a last glimmer of hope.

"Mr. Crocodile, the Pluton is synonymous with evil, calamity, and destruction. Using it to satisfy one's own desires will only plunge one into an abyss of no return..."

However, before King Cobra could finish speaking, Crocodile raised his finger, and one of the cannons closest to King Cobra turned and aimed directly at him.

"Chirp!"

With a soft sound, a beam of pitch-black light suddenly shot towards King Cobra.

King Cobra, whose physique was only slightly stronger than that of an ordinary person, stared wide-eyed, but had no time to dodge at all.

"Whoosh!"

The next instant, just as the dark light was about to strike King Cobra, Yann swept past him like the wind, grabbing him and pulling him away from the spot.

"boom!"

The next moment, the pitch-black light struck the ground and exploded with a deafening roar, blasting the guards who had been following King Cobra into a bloody mess and scattered pieces.

Along with Yann, Gion also made a move.

A golden streak flashed, and "Kinpira" arrived in front of Crocodile almost in the blink of an eye. The Armament Haki wrapped around the blade was so dense that it could easily cut the Logia-type Devil Fruit user in two.

'Great opportunity!'

Gion, who had been waiting for the right moment to strike, unleashed terrifying speed and power at this moment.

Even though Gion understood that her original mission in arriving in the Alabasta Kingdom was to verify Crocodile's status as one of the "Seven Warlords of the Sea".

However, after Crocodile touched the taboo of the Ancient Weapon Pluton, his position was undoubtedly on the opposite side of the World Government and the Navy.

Not to mention Crocodile's arrogant and boastful remarks just now, which were enough for Gion to list him as a dangerous figure in this sea.

however……

"Swish!"

Just as Gion's "Kinpira" was about to strike Crocodile, Crocodile's body completely turned into a handful of sand and disappeared from the bow of the ship.

"hateful!"

It felt like Gion was just a moment away from stopping at the bow of the ship, and I couldn't help but feel a deep sense of regret.

Immediately, Gion's Observation Haki began to issue warnings frantically, and a sense of danger surged into her heart.

The next moment, several gun emplacements around the bow of the ship instantly fired dark beams of light towards Gion.

Fortunately, Gion had taken cover in advance, and with her nimble, long legs, she quickly moved away from the bow of the ship.

While keeping an eye on Gion's situation, Yann rapidly shifted his position, instantly creating a distance of over a thousand meters before finally setting King Cobra down.

"Lord Yaso, thank you so much," King Cobra said gratefully, still somewhat shaken.

"It's too dangerous, don't approach rashly," Yann said succinctly in a low voice.

King Cobra gritted his teeth and said, "However, I must stop Crocodile! If this continues, not only will the Kingdom of Alabasta be doomed, but the entire ocean will be destroyed."

A thought struck Yann: he realized that the Nefertari family, as the guardians of the Ancient Weapon Hades and a family that had experienced the "Void Century," must know many secrets. He then asked.

"Why? Even if this giant ship is terrifying, it's far from being capable of destroying the entire conference."

King Cobra shook his head, stared into Yann's eyes for several breaths, and then spoke.

"Lord Yasuo, you are right. The power wielded by the Ancient Weapon Hades may easily destroy the Kingdom of Alabasta, but it is not enough to destroy the sea..."

"But it has a mission it must complete. If things continue like this, the Ancient Weapon Pluton will definitely be taken over by the World Government..."

At this point, King Cobra paused, omitting the last word, and said vaguely, "Destroyed, that's all."

[Chapter 339. The Way Hades Manipulates Him]

If we destroy it... then that's it?

Upon hearing King Cobra's last words, Yann was somewhat bewildered.

Yann easily deduced from King Cobra's words that the mission borne by the Ancient Weapon Pluton must be deeply connected with the World Government, or even be an important force that restrains the World Government.

However, precisely because of this, the appearance of the Ancient Weapon Pluton will inevitably invite the World Government's full-scale destruction and attack.

It's important to know that the Ancient Weapon Pluton didn't appear on some deserted island, but rather in the capital city of the Alabasta Kingdom.

In this situation, not only the world government, but even news agencies have probably received the news, right?

Therefore, unless the World Government has become so corrupt and incompetent that it will inevitably send all its forces to destroy the Ancient Weapon, Pluton.

Under such predictable circumstances, King Cobra actually fantasized about preserving the Ancient Weapon Pluton instead of severing his connection with it in order to protect the Kingdom of Alabasta.

Is that too naive?

Or was the Ancient Weapon Hades truly so important that it absolutely had to be protected, that King Cobra would say such a thing?

Then, Yann pointed towards Gion and the group of CP9 agents in black suits who had just arrived at the edge of the capital and said.

"The World Government should have already received the intelligence."

Upon hearing Yann's reminder, King Cobra's expression was one of extreme complexity and despair.

The family had been burdened with the mission of protection for over eight hundred years, but in the end, they never expected to end up like this.

"Lord Yasuo, Lord Yasuo..."

Immediately, King Cobra gripped Yann's hand tightly, as if grasping at the last straw, and said...

"Help me, whether for the sake of the Kingdom of Alabasta or for the future of this sea."

“What do I need to do?” Yann asked.

Now that things had come to this, King Cobra could no longer hide anything and directly revealed some important information about the ancient weapon, Hades.

"The Ancient Weapon Pluton, as the ultimate weapon from eight hundred years ago, possesses the most robust armor defense, the Pluton Cannon capable of shattering an island with a single blow, hundreds of secondary cannons with no blind spots, a continuous source of energy absorption, and a beam that counters Devil Fruit users."

"As a weapon of war, Hades is almost a perfect being."

After a pause, King Cobra swallowed hard and said.

"However, I do know one thing about Hades's flaws: as an ancient weapon from eight hundred years ago, the way Hades is operated is completely different from that of ordinary warships."

"That means the Hades behemoth is piloted through thought, which requires a very high degree of compatibility with the user. Although we don't know why Crocodile has the ability to pilot it, he is obviously still very unfamiliar with it."

Hearing these top-secret details about the Hades warship, Yann's expression subtly changed.

The Hades behemoth... is it controlled by thought?

No wonder, when Yann and Dragon observed the Hades ship up close before, they couldn't find the captain's cabin or the bridge, and they thought they were hidden somewhere.

Unexpectedly, the way the Hades giant ship was piloted was completely different.

However, after hearing this, Yann understood why Crocodile was able to control the Hades ship to launch an attack all by himself.

Normally speaking, let alone a massive warship like the Pluto, which is practically a small island, even a regular warship of the Navy Headquarters requires a thousand well-trained naval soldiers to operate.

Based on its size, it would be almost impossible for the Hades behemoth to operate normally without at least 100,000 people.

However, Yann quickly recovered from this important information and asked a question.

"Your Majesty, do you mean to take advantage of Crocodile's lack of proficiency in piloting the Pluton and breach its defenses?"