"Well then... I'll just give it a little try..." Issho said slowly.
Suddenly, he drew and sheathed his sword. It took less than half a second, but a purple sword slash had already shot into the sky.
This time, in less than five seconds, countless meteorites began to fall from the sky like fire raining down on a city. But compared to the previous meteorite, these were much smaller, having sacrificed size for a wider area of attack.
"Ahahaha..." Alucard let out a light laugh. Ignoring the meteorites falling in front of him, he charged directly at the three Marines.
Issho's expression tightened for a moment. He said in disbelief, "Oh... To still charge forward without hesitation in the face of my attack. What a terrifying enemy."
Even though he was blind, he could sense the general state of Alucard's body. His life force had clearly vanished, but now it was back. This meant he had died and then come back to life.
Borsalino watched Alucard charging through the hail of fire and rocks, waving his hand. "The machine gun units shouldn't let up either. Since he can revive, we just have to keep killing him, ne~~"
"Yes!" The Marines on the outer perimeter responded in unison. The soldiers with machine guns took a step forward, knelt on one knee, and aimed their weapons at Alucard in the center of the meteorite shower.
Onigumo, who had been waiting for the right moment, gave a sharp order. "Fire!"
Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
In an instant, a flurry of machine gun bullets struck Alucard, turning his body into a sieve.
But whether his body was smashed by meteorites or riddled with bullets, Alucard's charge didn't slow down. He showed no fear, even as the Marines began to feel it themselves.
"How scary, how scary. If it were anyone else facing an opponent like this, they would have probably been petrified with fear, ne?"
Borsalino put his hands together and raised them. A sword of light reformed in his palms. "Ama no Murakumo!"
"Looks like it's our turn to go in, ne!"
With that, Borsalino charged forward first. Normally, he would be lazy and just barely complete his missions, but this time was different. After all, both Fleet Admiral Kong and Vice Admiral Garp were here.
Whoom!!
When Borsalino reached Alucard, Alucard was about to raise his hand to counter, but he suddenly felt his body become incredibly heavy. He looked down and saw that he was surrounded by a cubic purple energy field. Everything within it felt abnormally heavy.
"Issho..." Alucard looked past Borsalino. Issho had his cane-sword half-drawn, his expression grim. This was the power of his Devil Fruit.
"Oh, careful! You're getting distracted, Alucard-san~~"
As soon as Borsalino finished speaking, he stabbed his sword into Alucard's body.
Alucard smiled sinisterly. He grabbed Borsalino's sword arm with his left hand, and his right hand balled into a fist, which he slammed into Borsalino's abdomen.
Thump!!
A massive shockwave erupted from Borsalino's abdomen. The intense pain made his arm go limp, causing him to drop his sword. "This is... really effective..."
"Ice Time Capsule!"
Kuzan extended a hand, and countless streams of ice gathered in the middle. Seeing Borsalino in a bind, the final future Admiral couldn't afford to relax.
The corners of Alucard's mouth turned up slightly. From the pool of blood on the ground, a two-headed black hound that was no smaller than a giant emerged. It was the Hellhound, Baskerville!
After smashing Kuzan's ice, it stuck out its tongues from its two mouths, drooling as it looked at Kuzan.
"In the name of the absolute justice of the Marines..."
Strawberry drew his two swords, which he had just sheathed. With a wave toward Alucard, he commanded, "Destroy him!"
In an instant, all the Marines with a rank of Rear Admiral or higher charged down from the cliff. The only ones left were the ten thousand soldiers in the support unit and Garp, who was in command.
"Arara, don't use such terrifying moves!"
Kuzan flashed away, dodging a paw from Baskerville. He flew into the air and launched two extremely cold ice pillars. "Ice Age!"
"ROAR! ROAR! ROAR!"
The Hellhound Baskerville roared and charged head-on into Kuzan's ultimate attack. Sacrificing one of its heads, its massive body slammed into Kuzan.
"Oh no!"
Kuzan, in mid-air, quickly connected an ice pillar to a nearby iceberg, stabilizing himself to avoid being sent flying again. When he landed, Kuzan looked at the now one-headed Baskerville and raised an eyebrow. "This one's on a whole different level from that last dog."
"Vice Admiral Kuzan, I'll help you." Several Rear Admirals approached Kuzan.
Kuzan glanced at them and then turned back. "Alright, help me distract this little dog. I'll find a chance to take off its other head."
"He's not a 'little dog,' is he?" the Rear Admirals grumbled internally, but they immediately moved into a battle formation.
On the other side, after being forced back, Borsalino was replaced by Issho. Despite his large frame, Issho was incredibly agile, and his unsheathed cane-sword was already pressing against Alucard's gun.
"Admiral Issho?" Alucard sneered.
"I'm just a small Captain now. 'Admiral' is too much praise." Issho used his Devil Fruit ability to add more weight to his attack. Suddenly, he felt his feet being grabbed by something.
"Issho, look out!"
Suddenly, Momonga and Onigumo leaped over Issho's head like lightning, their katanas slashing across the left and right sides of Alucard's neck.
However, when the two of them turned back, they saw that Alucard was perfectly fine. He was still in a standoff with Issho, pressing back forcefully and firing his gun.
"What a violent fighting style."
Issho reversed his grip on his sword. He blocked all of Alucard's bullets with a rapid sword dance, enhanced by gravity.
"Rankyaku!"
"Shigan!"
One attack after another, the Marines were determined to use this operation to eliminate Alucard once and for all.
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