I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Bucky, stop making a fuss."

Barrett spoke in a low voice, pushing through the crowd and stepping out to look down at Bucky:

"A coward who fears battle cannot survive on this sea."

"You rascal..."

Bucky shouted something in a show of bravado, then turned to Crocus with an expectant look:

"By the way, Mr. Crocus, Captain Roger is ill and not fit for combat, is he?"

"It's a pity."

Crocus, now armed with a harpoon, was ready for battle.

"He's in great shape right now."

Bucky ran into a wall again, then rolled his eyes and looked at Rayleigh beside him:

“Mr. Raleigh…”

He was about to speak when Jabba grabbed his hat and lifted him up.

"Give up. Over the years, we've never been able to change Roger's mind even once."

"Yes."

Rayleigh nodded, looking at Roger's back, who was wearing a captain's hat, at the very front of the deck.

"Let him be. Roger's time is running out."

"We should also prepare for battle."

After saying this, Rayleigh suddenly remembered something, his gaze shifting through the crowd before landing on Sieg.

Sig stood in the crowd, not particularly noticeable. He stared blankly at the Golden Lion Fleet in the distance, seemingly lost in thought.

"Wang Xige".

Rayleigh walked to his side and spoke softly:

"Wasn't Shiki the Golden Lion a crewmate of yours in the past?"

"I've heard that some members of Shiki the Golden Lion's Flying Pirates are former members of the Rocks Pirates..."

Rayleigh spoke in a deep voice, observing Sieg's changing expressions.

To his slight disappointment, Sieg did not show any expression, as if he were lost in thought.

Rayleigh continued:

“Wang Xige, you are Roger’s guest and should not be involved in the conflict between our Roger Pirates and the Flying Pirates.”

"So... if we start fighting later, you should go and rest in the cabin."

Compared to Roger, Rayleigh was much more meticulous.

Even at this critical juncture of a major battle, he still had the mind to consider the feelings of Wang Xigu, the former vice-captain of the Rocks Pirates.

Upon hearing this, Sieg finally snapped out of his daze.

He turned to look at Ridley, then suddenly asked a completely unrelated question:

"Rayleigh, is this sea area called the Ait Vol Sea?"

"The Aitwal Sea?"

Rayleigh frowned and repeated the name, somewhat surprised by Sieg's question.

He pondered for a moment, then shook his head.

"I don't know, I've never heard of that name."

"However, judging from the voyage, we should already be approaching the waters surrounding our destination, Thor Island."

"I see..."

Sieg nodded, but a little lost in thought.

Judging from the current situation of the two pirate crews, and the conversation between the Roger Pirates crew members just now, this should be the "Battle of Edd War" that took place in the 1497th year of the Sea Calendar.

In this famous naval battle, the invincible Golden Lion Shiki initially held the upper hand, even pushing the Roger Pirates to the brink of defeat.

However, due to a sudden storm, half of the Flying Pirates' fleet was swept into the sea, and he himself ended up with a ship's rudder on his head, resulting in a crushing defeat.

Sig had no idea whether his presence had subtly altered the time and location of the naval battle, or if nothing had changed and Rayleigh simply didn't know the name of the sea area.

"Nothing should have changed. I didn't do anything this time."

Sieg muttered to himself:

“That’s right. I don’t need to do anything. According to the established history, Roger will be the winner.”

Although he thought this way, Sieg still felt somewhat confused.

The Battle of Ait Ward in history was actually quite unreasonable.

Shiki the Golden Lion is a user of the Float-Float Fruit, which allows him and his pirate ship to move freely in the air, giving them far greater maneuverability than ordinary ships.

At the same time, Shiki the Golden Lion can also make the seawater escape gravity and rise into the air by touching it.

To be honest, the Golden Lion's abilities are not really afraid of so-called storms.

The power of the Float-Float Fruit allows him to manipulate localized seawater, making him unafraid of ordinary waves.

His ability to float freely in zero gravity gives him and his fleet powerful mobility, allowing them to take off freely and avoid storms without any problem.

With their overwhelming numerical superiority, how could the Golden Lions possibly lose?

Sieg was also very curious.

Since Roger was destined to win the naval battle, he considered standing by and watching.

To avoid any unexpected complications that might affect the battle, he hid behind the crowd, intending to observe the battle quietly.

He soon realized he had been overthinking it.

From the moment their pirate ships confronted each other, neither Roger nor Shiki had anything but each other in their eyes.

They didn't care about anything else.

Roger!

The golden lion, its paw resting on the lion's head emblem at the bow of the ship, a cigar dangling from its mouth, seems to be speaking out:

"We had a lot of grudges when we were young, but let's just let it go now!"

Golden Lion takes a deep drag on his cigar:

"With your strength, combined with my military force and the massive plan I've spent years developing, we can immediately take this world under our control!"

He clenched his fist and swung it:

"Be my right arm, Roger!"

Roger and the Golden Lion gaze at each other from afar:

"As a pirate, is domination what you desire, Shiki?"

"But I have no interest in domination, no matter how many times you ask!"

"If you can't act freely, what's the fun in being a pirate?"

"Is that so? Is this your answer?" Shiki the Golden Lion showed a knowing look.

He had long understood that Roger would not surrender easily, even if he was at a complete disadvantage.

"You mean you want me to kill you right here?"

"It means to crush all of you here!"

Roger raised his sword and swung it, causing the main cannon at the bow of the ship to roar. A cannonball shot out and struck a pirate ship next to Golden Lion, setting it ablaze.

The legendary naval battle, destined to be recorded in history, has begun!

Chapter 799 The Future Amidst Storms

"Retaliate! Fire!"

Shiki the Golden Lion waved his hand and gave the order.

As the massive fleet gradually closed in, the cannons roared, and a dense barrage of shells rained down on Roger's pirate ship from all directions.

Some of the cannonballs missed their mark, landing on the sea next to the pirate ship, where the explosions sent up towering waves. Others, though they didn't miss, were intercepted by the pirates on board and shattered with guns or swords, exploding in mid-air.

However, there were simply too many cannonballs. Even the Roger Pirates, a crew full of powerful members, were unable to intercept all of them, and several of them hit the main hull directly.

The ship trembled in the waves, but after the smoke and fire from the explosion dissipated, the pirates who had just been cheering fell silent.

The cannonballs that hit Roger's pirate ship only blasted a few small holes in the hull and left some charred areas, but otherwise caused no real damage.

“I had long heard that Roger’s ship was exceptionally sturdy, seemingly made from the wood of Adam, the world’s number one precious tree, and now it seems that is indeed the case.”

The Golden Lion's gaze locked onto Roger, and a thought began to form:

"It seems that ordinary artillery is not very useful."

Although the Golden Lion is strong and its fleet is large, it is still a pirate fleet, and the power of its cannons cannot compare with that of the Navy's high-level warships.

Ordinary naval guns had very limited effectiveness against Roger's ship.

After a brief exchange of fire between the two pirate crews, the Flying Pirates' fleet, which seemed to have a significant advantage in firepower, failed to achieve any success.

The Golden Lion's patience is also gradually wearing thin.

"We'll all get closer, but we still have to fight it out!"

He slapped the pirate ship beneath his feet, and instantly the ship quickly rose from the sea surface, then swooped down towards Roger's pirate ship like a cannonball.

Roger!

"Shiki!"

Two no longer young men roared as they clashed, their longswords and twin swords clashing, the waves being cleaved into huge ravines by the whistling sword light.

This was the peak of both the Roger Pirates and the Flying Pirates. A war between kings can only have one winner, and it is destined to be recorded in history.