The entire foundation of God Valley started shaking violently, and its very bedrock was getting destroyed from the devastating impact.
There was a massive sinkhole that was made based on the sheer impact of the fully powered strikes of the four strongest individuals in the God Valley.
The entire God Valley hadn't stopped shaking ever since that clash, as it was now experiencing tremor shock.
This was happening not just because of Newgate's vibration attacks, but the entire island as a whole is now shrinking physically due to the sheer destruction that the four's combined attack had done to the landmass.
Borsalino, seeing Thor's lying and wheezing figure on the ground, who was transformed back into his standard two meter form, came to his friend and captain for rescue.
He wanted to see if there is something wrong physically that had happened to Thor after such an intense battle.
Borsalino transformed into particles of light and appeared instantly on the side of Thor. Thor did not mind Borsalino's sudden action, as he had already felt his presence earlier with his observation haki, as Thor is incredibly sensitive about being watched by eyes even when exhausted.
"Are you alright?" Borsalino asked towards Thor, who was still catching up his breath. The physical toll of his Devil Fruit awakening powers is incredibly taxing on his stamina, especially with Thor not mastering its abilities yet.
After a few more minutes of taking in big breaths and consuming as much oxygen as possible into his lungs, Thor managed to reply to something.
"Where's Rocks?" Thor asked for the first time. This question surprises Borsalino, as Borsalino did not know the entire context of the battle.
He just assumed that Rocks had betrayed them and started attacking Thor due to Rocks getting a strange Devil Fruit power that drove him mad.
"Why? Didn't he betray us? I saw Linlin and Kaido leaving earlier, fighting amongst themselves," Borsalino said. He was revealing what had happened to Kaido and Linlin when they disappeared earlier.
Their entire motivation is not really revealed fully, but from what it seems like, they maybe got bribed into leaving by the God Knights.
Unlike Thor, Roger, Garp, and Newgate, these two could be bought with treasure or promises, as they still haven't found their true beliefs as pirates yet.
"No, I'll tell you the entire story later, help me find Rocks first," Thor said towards Borsalino with urgency. Borsalino just sighed at the request and transformed into light, leaving the side of Thor once more. Thor had managed to recover enough strength to sit up straight and wait.
Rocks had been lying on the bottom of the deep sinkhole that their combined attacks had created.
In which Rocks had finally been freed from the controlling effects of the Domi Reversi spell.
Suddenly, three figures appeared near the downed Rocks. He recognized them immediately, as they are the remaining Holy Knights members that Thor had failed to kill earlier in the battle.
"You messed up our tourney. And because of you, the prince of Elbaph became our enemy instead of becoming under our feet. You're the one at fault here; you should suffer before dying," Garling said with spite. He took out the sword from the heart of Rocks, as he just let Rocks bleed out on the ground.
Garling was confident that Rocks would die if they left him, as they knew that Roger and the others would not look down here.
But despite Rocks being stabbed and left for dead, there is nothing that is going on in Rocks' mind except thoughts full of thankfulness.
He was especially grateful for being stopped by the combined efforts of Roger, Garp, Newgate, and Thor before he could do something unforgivable.
'You all need to get up, your journey doesn't end here,' Rocks thought selflessly.
He was left alone in the deep sinkhole that was created from the impact, but then, suddenly, a shimmering light started appearing beside Rocks.
'Borsalino? No, go with Thor, he needs you now more than me, go with him,' Rocks thought desperately.
He couldn't talk due to the sheer exhaustion, as well as the overexertion that happened to him during the possession.
But as Borsalino couldn't hear Rocks' true thoughts, Borsalino lifted Rocks and transformed him into a light once again. He traveled back towards the place where Thor had been lying.
When Rocks came to be at the location, he saw Thor, who now sat up. Thor looked at Rocks' wounds, which were fairly new and deep.
Rocks, who had already accepted that he was dying, closed his eyes to accept his fate.
But then suddenly, he felt something wet touching him. When he opened his eyes, he saw Thor holding a piece of his own flesh, which came from the side of his arm.
"Don't worry, Rocks, you won't die here, but your ambition does," Thor said towards Rocks ominously. He inserted the piece of his flesh into Rocks' wounded area.
And like what had happened to Thor earlier, it started creating maggots into the flesh.
But the difference is that Thor's body, which got repaired by the maggots, is his own flesh, but Rocks' was having parts of him being physically replaced by the Ancient Giant's flesh.
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Meanwhile, on the other side of the devastated battlefield, Roger and Garp got thrown towards a much farther direction than they had anticipated.
As they got caught in the epicenter of the massive explosion, and due to them spending all of their remaining strength in their final combined attacks, they weren't able to resist the force of the explosion at all.
Now, they are just both lying flat on the cracked ground, looking up at the smoke-filled sky, and not being able to move a single muscle in their bodies due to total exhaustion.
"It seems that my punch really sealed the deal on Rocks," Garp proudly said towards Roger, despite his inability to lift his head. Roger, however, didn't seem to agree with his statement at all.
"Are you stupid? My final attack sealed the deal, even without your meddling. Newgate and I could defeat Rocks," Roger said defensively, which made the two argue loudly despite their lack of energy.
Then, the two of them suddenly got silent, as they both heard the footsteps of three people approaching them from the debris.
When the figures got shown clearly through the dust, it revealed the figures of Scopper Gaban, Silvers Rayleigh, and the Marine Bogard, who came to get their friends and superiors out of the wreckage.
"Well, well, well, it seems that I'm more popular than you, Garp. You only got picked up by one of your friends, while I got picked up by two," Roger couldn't help but take a jab at Garp with a grin on his face.
"That's because you're so weak that they couldn't help but worry," Garp replied instantly to the provocation.
As they spoke, they both got lifted by their friends, who just sighed deeply at the childish bicker that the two were throwing at each other, even while injured.
Their injuries are not as severe as those they had gotten in the original fight history. As of now, in this timeline, they were able to synergize more effectively with their attacks.
As well as them having the heavy support of Newgate, whose destructive earthquake Devil Fruit is more than enough to offset the balance of the fight.
The two just really got exhausted physically, as well as hit by the shockwave of the final blow, which meant they weren't able to move temporarily.
Speaking of Newgate, he got thrown to the other side of the island as well by the blast.
But unlike Roger and Garp, he, who had not been hit by the direct center of the explosion that happened, seemed to be fine, relatively speaking.
He was able to move his body, albeit slowly, on his own power. Newgate is exhausted as well from the prolonged battle, but he could still walk upright among the ruins.
And while walking through the debris, he saw a figure that he did not recognize approaching him, which made Newgate wary of the person immediately.
"My my, you're Newgate, right? I'm a big fan of you," The person said with a cheerful tone, which made Newgate's face turn sour at the frivolity in such a situation.
"Who are you?" Newgate straightly asked, as the two then started talking.
The person, noticing that Newgate was slowly walking and stumbling slightly, offered help, which made him support Newgate to walk.
The other Rocks Pirates members had already left the island in the chaos.
In which all of them have their own personal agendas in the Rocks Pirates achieved, marking the end of the legendary crew.
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"What do you mean, my ambition died here? A man's dream would never die," Rocks said towards Thor, with his voice recovering a little bit of its volume despite the severe injuries that he had sustained from the earlier battle.
He refused to let his spirit break, even if his body was failing him.
"You have your family no,w Rocks, it's not your priority anymore, do not be stubborn, and left all of it to the future generation, enjoy your remaining days with your family, as we don't know what kind of side effect that devil fruit ability that was used on you," Thor said towards Rocks with a serious expression.
He was genuinely concerned about the lingering corruption of Imu and how it might affect Rocks' mind in the future.
Rocks, hearing this, suddenly remembered his wife Eris and his kid Teach, and with a trembling hand, he took out the Vivre Card he had of them from his pocket.
The Vivre Card does not have any burn on it, or even damage on the edges, as it seemed that his family got out of the God Valley safe and sound, which brought a moment of relief to the dying pirate.
"But-" Rocks just manage to say before the entire island is hit with another strong earthquake. This time, the entire island started collapsing into the sea rapidly, with the ground cracking open beneath them.
Borsalino, seeing the danger, acted fast and started lifting both Rocks and Thor on his shoulder, as he wanted to go to the ship he had sequestered earlier and put the remaining prizes and his friends to safety.
But before he could do that, Thor saw something interesting from the corner of his vision.
He saw the broken corpses of the Holy Knights that he had killed earlier. As well as strange fruits near their corpses.
It appeared that they had been carrying fruits in their pockets or pouches, and due to their death, the demon inside them had reincarnated into the nearest fruit, effectively turning them into Devil Fruits right there on the battlefield.
Thor didn't know exactly what their specific abilities were, but he knew they were valuable assets that should not be lost to the sea.
"Borsalino, there are fruits there, take them with us," Thor said towards Borsalino. Borsalino turned and saw the three Devil Fruits that were lying near the corpses of someone Borsalino did not recognize, but he just went towards them to collect them as requested.
While Borsalino was busy, Thor felt something that he could use along the corpses of the Holy Knights, a dark urge from his new powers calling to him.
Thor suddenly took out his arm and extended it towards the dead bodies. Then, cyan colored liquid oozes its way out of Thor's hand, moving with a will of its own as it slowly drips towards the corpses.
Then, the entire liquid started flooding towards the entire corpses, covering them completely as Thor could feel the power it brought surging through his veins.
After a few moments, the entire process was finished. The cyan colored liquid started possessing the dead bodies of the Holy Knights.
As it did, their body started decaying rapidly and drying out, the flesh withering away in seconds until what was left for them was purely bones, which glowed with an eerie cyan color energy.
When the decaying finished and the transformation was complete, they all started to stand up with a rattling sound.
They got turned into Draugrs, skeletal monsters that obeyed every order from Thor, as well as their initial combat abilities and skills were still accessible for them to use in battle.
The group then left the God Valley, flying away as the entire island started collapsing completely into the ocean, leaving behind the island that's gonna disappear from the map.