Chapter 979: Gildarts Joins the War
The war has reached a white-hot stage. Both the navy and the Whitebeard Pirates have suffered heavy casualties. The number of the navy defending justice and the brutal and rampant pirates is slowly decreasing in the constant fighting.
Suddenly, Gildarts stood up, his face heavy, "Sorry, I have to leave for a while."
"Are you going to rescue Ace?"
Kira didn't even raise his head, his eyes continued to look down at the changes in the forces of all parties on the battlefield, his eyes calm.
He knew in his heart that Gildarts came here just to save Ace. The fact that he stood by and watched, and sat with him until now, showed that he was patient.
"No, I'm going to the bathroom."
Kira: “…”
In the original plot of the Battle of Marineford, the number of helpers Luffy brought from Impel was actually very small, less than 250 people in total. Among them, there were only three people with names and strength: Ivankov, Crocodile, and Jinbe. So at that time, the ones who were really fighting against the navy were the members of the Whitebeard Pirates.
But now it’s different, there are too many pirates coming out of Impel!
These criminals formed a powerful force and carried out crazy revenge on the navy, which relieved a large part of the pressure for the Whitebeard Pirates and provided great help to Luffy's single-handed action to rescue his brother.
So, even though Luffy now did not have the help of Ivankov, Jinbei and the Empress, he still quickly broke through many obstacles and came to the bottom of the square.
But it was at this time that the Navy began its second-hand preparations.
All the navy soldiers fought and retreated until they retreated to the square. Then, with the sound of "dong dong", iron walls rose from the ground and surrounded the square of Marinford, completely separating the square from the ice surface.
Then, one after another, pacifists who looked like Bartholomew Bear came out.
The pacifists of the first generation machine surrounded the pirates fighting on the ice. With their mouths open and their hands raised, they locked their attack gazes after scanning with their eyes, and fired powerful lasers at the pirates.
boom……!!
Boom! !
Lasers swept across the battlefield, and explosions rose and fell one after another, making all the pirates tremble with fear.
At the same time, Akainu began to spray magma into the sky.
With a "big fire breath", countless magma fists shot up into the sky. When they saw the wind, they transformed the gravitational potential energy into kinetic energy, greatly increasing the killing range.
After falling onto the ice, the frozen seawater immediately melted and evaporated, turning into seawater that was impossible to stand on. Some of the seawater even became extremely hot, easily burning the pirates' skin.
In an instant, screams rang out one after another.
It was at this time that Zhan Guo used the radio to issue a new order: "If the criminals voluntarily return to Impel, or help the navy deal with Whitebeard now, their sentences can be appropriately reduced after the war; but if they continue to resist the navy, the navy will not hold back and will choose to execute them on the spot. Even if they don't die, they will be punished more severely if they are caught later!"
The voice of the Warring States drowned out the sound of fighting, echoing throughout the battlefield, and the hearts of many criminals began to waver.
"Really... can I get a lighter sentence?"
"Idiot! Don't believe the Navy! They won't let us go!!"
"But before I came here, I was just a pirate with a bounty of less than 8 million berries. I can't even defeat a colonel, let alone an admiral or vice admiral. I will definitely die if I continue like this! It would be better for me to go back to prison and stay there..."
"The Navy claims to be righteous. Now that they have made a promise on this occasion, they should not lie, right?"
"That Sengoku said that helping to capture the Whitebeard Pirates can reduce the crime, otherwise we..."
"Shut up! If you want to die, don't drag me into this! That's the Whitebeard Pirates!!"
"Hahahahaha... I don't mean to commute your sentence, but it would be nice if I could take off Whitebeard's head now! Maybe I can even have a second spring in my pirate career!!"
“…”
For most criminals, life in Impel's prison had worn away their ambitions long ago. Now they had no choice but to take up arms and resist because they wanted to go home and be free.
They originally thought that if they followed the big guys, they would have a chance to escape, but when they found out that those powerful criminal bosses who could lead them were either doing nothing or had their own opponents and were simply unable to take them alive, these criminals with ordinary strength suddenly hesitated.
The cold and ruthless war made them realize their own weakness and knew that with their own strength, they would not be able to cause much trouble in such a war. They were even ready to accept the arrangement of fate calmly.
Now that the pacifists have joined the war and demonstrated their formidable strength, Sengoku is trying to persuade them to surrender. With a combination of kindness and force, these pirates with lower strength see a chance to survive, and many of them immediately choose to give up resistance, or even turn against their own side in the battle.
Although these people were Level 1 to Level 5 pirates and not very strong, they were numerous. With the increase and decrease of their numbers, the Navy solved its urgent problem, but the Whitebeard Pirates began to feel troubled.
In the sky, Kizaru, who was fighting Marco, sighed : "As expected of the Marshal of the Warring States, he can persuade these pirates to rebel with just a few words. Now Whitebeard will have a headache~"
Then he was kicked by Marco.
Marco was in orc mode at the moment. His arms had transformed into wings with bright blue flames burning on them. His voice was slightly sarcastic: "Are you getting carried away with the reinforcements? Don't forget, there are three other legends above you!"
“…This kick really hurts~”
“Who would believe that?”
On the ground, the ice that was shattered by the huge bullet fragments slowly flowed, and finally condensed into the image of Aokiji: "It's really sad that you have to rely on the power of pirates..."
As soon as he finished speaking, several huge bullets attacked. Aokiji immediately stretched out his hand and released cold air, and the huge bullets were instantly frozen and fell to the ground.
"But at this point, there is no other solution, right?"
On the other side, magma rolled on Akainu's body. He reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth and said lightly: "Let's call it recycling!"
In fact, Akainu did not agree with what Sengoku called "mitigating the crime", but when he thought that those pirates might not survive, he felt relieved.
What's more, now that those pirates have escaped from Impel, logically speaking, this crime is punishable by direct execution. Even if their sentences are reduced later, the most they can get is a pardon.
Whitebeard on the opposite side grinned and mocked Zhan Guo's behavior without any hesitation: "This guy Zhan Guo only knows how to use some conspiracies and tricks!"
As he spoke, he hammered with both hands again, causing the space to vibrate. The previously frozen waves were shattered into countless ice cubes that poured down and hit the pacifist.
It's a pity that the pacifists' defenses are so strong that the ice cubes can't hurt them much.
At this moment, another mutation occurred!
I saw a burly figure falling from the sky, falling straight to the center of the battlefield.
Before the man hit the ground, he suddenly lifted his cloak and stretched out his right hand. An indescribable huge energy, accompanied by white light visible to the naked eye, shot out along his strong arm and hit the ice surface faster than a free fall.
boom!!!
The super-high-level shattering magic that destroyed everything not only blew away the people standing on the ground, but also cut the hard ice surface into pieces, stirring up a large amount of ice chips and smoke.
The navy, pirates, ice, smoke, and the energy that shattered magic were all wrapped up together and swept out in all directions, instantly plowing a huge dent in the battlefield.
When the aftermath died down, people around could see clearly what was in the pit: a sloppy middle-aged man was standing there.
It was Gildarts!
Noticing the gazes from all around, Gildarts smiled awkwardly and used his big hands to scratch his orange hair which had become a little long because he hadn't taken care of it for a long time.
"Sorry, I got lost on my way to the bathroom!"
The air was silent for a moment, because many people didn't know Gildarts at all.
It's okay for criminals, as they can hardly see newspapers in prison, so naturally they don't know Gildarts.
The navy and Whitebeard knew that although Gildarts had only recently emerged and had only appeared once in the newspaper, his heroic deeds of helping Buggy the Clown escape and fighting against the navy admiral Kizaru were legendary in both the black and white worlds.
Not to mention, behind him stood the "Magicians", the strongest and most popular organization at the moment, so both sides of the battle did not dare to underestimate his participation in the war.
