"...Thanks."
Sengoku could only thank the Konoha Pirates for their mercy, then couldn't help but press on, "What exactly is your goal in breaking through Mary Geoise? To completely trample the dignity of the World Government and the Heavenly Celestial Dragons?"
"Not just that…"
Red Sand Sasori shook his head and spoke calmly, "There are too few Heavenly Celestial Dragons going out to roam this world. We always need a few more of them to get killed by everyone. For example, you and the two Admirals—you ought to get a little Heavenly Celestial Dragon blood on your hands, right?"
"But it doesn't really matter either way…"
Red Sand Sasori continued carelessly, "After all, the biggest reason we could breach Mary Geoise is also because you, the Navy Admiral, lured the Five Elders out…"
"Sengoku the Buddha!"
"That bastard Sengoku!"
"That traitor to the World Government!"
"The Navy betrayed us!"
From the other end of the Radio Snail came a sudden barrage of curses from a crowd of Heavenly Celestial Dragons!
The Heavenly Celestial Dragons captured by the Konoha Pirates heard the conversation on the Radio Snail, and immediately started hurling abuse at Sengoku on the other end, their curses growing more and more vile, with not a shred of so-called refinement.
"..."
Sengoku's expression became particularly complicated.
No…
It doesn't have to go this far…
Did the Konoha Pirates really need to make it this absolute?
After the Navy Admiral had been silent for a long time, he finally spoke slowly, "Are those Heavenly Celestial Dragons you captured right next to you? Our relationship needs to be kept secret…"
"That so?"
Red Sand Sasori didn't care in the slightest about this kind of thing; he continued softly, "Don't worry, only a small portion heard it. We just have to use that portion of Heavenly Celestial Dragons up as experimental consumables…"
"Speaking of which…"
"That King of the World is really good at enduring, huh…"
Red Sand Sasori looked in one direction of Mary Geoise, seemingly a bit surprised. "To think he can still stay as steady as a mountain at a time like this…"
Since the other party refused to come out…
The Konoha Pirates naturally wouldn't go out of their way.
The purpose of their trip was to capture enough Heavenly Celestial Dragons.
The members of the Konoha Pirates wrapped up their journey in Mary Geoise and, taking over a thousand Heavenly Celestial Dragons with them, calmly left Mary Geoise.
Amid the flowers of Mary Geoise.
After the Konoha Pirates left, a mass of pitch-black shadow suddenly emerged from deep within the flower beds, transforming directly into a mysterious and bizarre creature!
This dark creature seemed to have been hiding all along among the flowers, perhaps scared witless by the Konoha Pirates' combat strength, only daring to suddenly surface once the Konoha Pirates had left!
"What is that?!"
"It looks like a monster from hell!"
A group of World Government officials scattered and fled in terror!
They had already been scared stiff by the battle between the Konoha Pirates and the Heavenly Celestial Dragons and hadn't dared move; they never expected that after the pirates left, a hidden monster would pop its head out!
This towering, massive, pitch-black creature standing over Mary Geoise suddenly erupted. Countless black tentacles shot out from its body, and as if venting its rage, those tentacles pierced straight through the bodies of the still-conscious World Government officials, killing them on the spot!
"The enemy… is a bit too strong…"
"Mu has no certainty of victory…"
The mouth of this black creature turned toward the distance as its body rapidly shrank, once again completely hiding itself away.
However…
This black creature did not lay a hand on the Heavenly Celestial Dragons.
A group of hiding Heavenly Celestial Dragons only dared to stumble out of their homes, trembling, after they heard no more movement. Soon, wails began echoing from house to house.
"How could this happen…"
"How could something like this happen to us…"
"Saint Juster, hurry and wake up…"
"Shalria, open your eyes and take a look…"
These lofty World Nobles looked at the corpses and blood scattered all over Mary Geoise, all howling in grief as they called out to their dead relatives and friends.
These so-called gods who once prided themselves on being above all else had done things to ordinary humans even more cruel than what the Konoha Pirates had done, yet they couldn't accept that this kind of fate had fallen upon them. They simply didn't want to believe what was happening before their eyes!
They…
are Heavenly Celestial Dragons standing above all!
The Heavenly Celestial Dragons who can do whatever they please with the entire world!
How could Heavenly Celestial Dragons be slaughtered by a bunch of pirates like livestock?!
A group of Heavenly Celestial Dragons, on the verge of a breakdown, looked at the corpses lying on the ground—those relatives and friends who used to cheerfully hand over slaves they had captured with their own hands as gifts—now lying silent in pools of blood, their bodies even twisted beyond recognition.
Some of the beasts kept by the Heavenly Celestial Dragons even burst out, immediately starting to gnaw on the corpses of some Heavenly Celestial Dragons on the ground. The bodies of these World Nobles, who usually fed them, seemed no different from the slaves they were fed before.
One Heavenly Celestial Dragon stared painfully at the scene before his eyes, unable to accept what he was seeing.
The helmet covering this Heavenly Celestial Dragon's head had already shattered while he was fleeing and hiding. His body slumped in the ruins, involuntarily breathing in the stench of blood that made him want to vomit.
"This place…"
"must be hell…"