Boom!
A clap of thunder echoed across the sky, and the previously torn clouds had somehow healed. The torrential rain caused the dust to fall back to the ground.
On Portochana Island, the part where Leriana and Whitebeard fought has become fragmented, with only the part where Whitebeard was standing intact.
The surrounding seawater surged into the broken parts of the island, and the torrential rain in the sky was like a celestial river overflowing its banks.
"Gulalalalala, these young people nowadays are really something else."
"Now I'm going to get yelled at by the ship's doctor again."
Whitebeard could see the shadows of many people in Lyriana, including his old rival Roger and the people on Rocks' ship.
Whitebeard was confident in his judgment; Lyriana definitely had some kind of connection with them.
"But I have a white beard!"
boom!
With one heavy step, the last stone pillar in that area collapsed with a deafening roar.
Whitebeard couldn't determine the other person's exact age, but although Lyriana was tall, her face still showed some youthfulness, and she looked to be no more than 20 years old.
I was known as a monster when I was 20, but I didn't reach this level.
What started as a battle of pride may have been just a matter of saving face, but now it has become a fight between the strong.
Even Whitebeard valued this level of combat highly.
The battle continues. If the two of them want to determine a life or death, it will probably take more than a day. If they want to determine a winner, it will take even longer. This is not a battle that can be ended in a few moves.
However, both Whitebeard and Lyriana were thinking about the same thing: it was about time to stop fighting at this point.
If Whitebeard were alone, he wouldn't mind continuing to fight, but in the current situation, if he were gone, those children wouldn't be able to survive.
Whitebeard felt that Lyriana didn't intend to fight to the end either, which was evident from the fact that she threw Gamenne back onto the ship instead of killing him outright.
In fact, Lyliana had thought about the same thing. She had already given the lesson that needed to be taught, but she wanted to think a little more. Lyliana wanted to use Whitebeard to test her strength and establish her authority at the same time.
Fighting is for the sake of face, it's necessary. If you want to establish yourself on this high seas, being a good person is useless.
Good people end up with guns pointed at them, and the only way to survive is through their fists.
Whitebeard is known as the strongest in the world, so this defeat is enough for Lyriana.
If Piltover is willing to gather its top-tier forces here to cooperate with the Navy's operations, it won't be a problem to keep the Whitebeard Pirates here.
Although Redfield may not be willing to participate in external battles right now, he can still defend the home base. After Project Shiki is deployed, he can deal a devastating blow to the Whitebeard Pirates with the help of the Navy.
However, this does not seem to do any good for Piltover's development.
The New World is far from Piltover, so the rise and fall of a pirate crew there won't affect them much; in fact, it might make the World Government more secure.
At this point in time, it seems incredibly unwise to expend our own manpower to eliminate destabilizing factors for the world government.
Leliana is not a reckless brute; she is well aware of the "dirty deals" between nations and powerful forces, and how interests and future goals influence specific decisions.
Of course, she wouldn't say she didn't want to fight anymore. Although if she did say that, Whitebeard would probably give her a way out and end the fight, but that would seem like she was afraid.
"Whitebeard, are you really going to risk the lives of even more sons for a son who only sponges off his parents and causes trouble?"
What are you trying to say?
"It's nothing. If you want to fight, I'll fight you to the end. But if we keep fighting, the Navy will be here soon, right? We won't be able to determine a winner in a short time, but how many Navy soldiers can your sons handle?"
If it were Garp or Sengoku who came, how would they deal with them?
The navy is not afraid of any single emperor of the sea, but because of the World Government's policies and the extent of the navy's deployment, they cannot gather a large force to launch an offensive against other emperors of the sea.
It's not that we can't beat them, but we have to consider the casualties. Those sea emperors are all monsters, and the navy has to consider the consequences when they go berserk.
Moreover, the World Government would not agree to that, as it would disrupt the balance in the eyes of the World Government. If other sea emperors and pirates joined the war to avoid mutual destruction, the war would escalate into an uncontrollable situation.
Leriana's supermodel prowess has disrupted this balance; as a princess of a member state, she is not part of the navy's combat order.
The navy would not ignore such an opportunity presented to them.
Just as Lyriana said, if the Navy takes action at this time, the Whitebeard Pirates will surely be defeated.
It doesn't need to cause too many casualties to the other members. As long as Whitebeard is no longer the leader, the destruction of the Whitebeard Pirates is only a matter of time.
Even if others persist in upholding Whitebeard's name, they will not be able to recreate his fame.
"There were naval warships around here before. Do you think they've reported the news to Navy Headquarters yet?"
"Whether you continue or leave, whatever your choice, I will stand by you to the end."
Lyliana held her warhammer in one hand and picked up her greatsword in the other.
Oran is a dual-wielder, and she could be considered one as well.
Since she's wielding a weapon in each hand anyway, and some people can use a three-sword style even while biting a scythe, she can naturally use a two-sword style with a hammer and sword.
Things unfolded much as Leriana had predicted.
Not long ago, a navy officer strolled into the street.
"Hiccup~ Looks like I drank too much, the ground is shaking."
"Colonel Lukedo! Wake up! That's Whitebeard fighting someone!"
"Whitebeard?!"
Luke seemed to suddenly come to his senses. The colonel of the headquarters was nothing in the New World. In the high-intensity battles of the New World, he was just a big cannon fodder. The name Whitebeard was enough to terrify him.
"Wait, who is Whitebeard fighting? Big Mom? Kaido? Or Wang Zhi from Beehive Island?"
"No, the one he was fighting was... Dr. Siddire's daughter!"
"What did you say?!"
At the Naval Headquarters, the newly delivered intelligence made Sengoku somewhat uneasy; the world seemed to be developing so fast that nothing had changed.
Of course, if Sengoku knew that some people became one of the Four Emperors at the age of 19 and even awakened the Nika Fruit, which the World Government wanted to erase the traces of, he would be in a different situation.
Finally, he could even hold down two people with one hand each—the Five Elders and the Navy Admiral—and this person was the grandson of the person in front of him. I wonder what kind of expression he would have.
"Garp! Put down the senbei and stop making noise! Didn't you see this important information?!"
"Where's the intelligence? Didn't you feed it all to the goats?"
In his shock, Sengoku inadvertently lowered his arm, a gesture he usually made when destroying documents. As a result, the little goat ate the documents.
"Enough talk! Get to work! Something big might be going to happen!"
Roger was executed, Redfield retired, and although the Golden Lion escaped from prison, he has now vanished without a trace, as if he had disappeared into thin air.
If they could seize this opportunity to end Whitebeard's reign, it would be a great victory for the Navy; they could even say they had ended an old era.
Whitebeard was unaware of what was happening at Marine Headquarters, but the facts recounted by Lyriana silenced him.
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