The empty assertions, under the rendering of identity and strength, seem extraordinarily powerful.

But in fact,

Even with the predictive information brought about by the plot of the original book, Maude didn't think Luffy would be able to defeat Klockdahl.

This was the judgment he had come to after coming into contact with Luffy.

However, outside of this turmoil, there was a group of uninvited guests - the revolutionary army.

With that man also surnamed Monchi, Klockdahl's [Theft Plan] will most likely become a pipe dream.

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Now that Maud is here, she won't miss out on the precious experience points related to Devil Fruit proficiency.

Not to mention the cover of the Straw Hat Pirates.

As long as you do it cleanly, it's okay to get Klockdahl's [XP] in your pocket.

The Bailey chariot pulled up a long dragon of smoke in the desert and headed towards the capital city of Albana.

Two hours later.

The crowd who came in the dust finally saw a huge rocky mountain standing on the desert.

From a distance, you can see the silhouettes of buildings on the rocky mountain.

On the cliff of the rocky mountain, there is a majestic staircase carved out by hand, from high to low, like a giant sword cutting through the side of the rocky mountain, obliquely against the sand.

There are four of the same staircase passages around this rocky mountain.

The stone staircase seen by Maude's party is located in the south direction, and it is also the entrance to the passage where the rebels choose to attack the capital city of Albana.

"That's the capital Albana......"

Looking at the national capital built on the top of the rock mountain from afar, Nami and the others were shocked.

But now that 100,000 are in a hurry, there is no effort to sigh.

The Bailey chariot was still some distance from Albana, and with Nami's eyes, they could only see the scale of the stone staircase and the outline of the complex on the top of the rocky hill.

But Maude, with the help of seeing and hearing, clearly saw a large number of corpses lying on the stairs.

Bloodstained knives, guns, and other weapons were scattered around the corpse.

The blood that flowed from under the corpse was like a red carpet, and it was laid down the stairs, which was extremely dazzling.

"It's already started......"

Taking the scene on the stairs into her eyes, Maude's eyelids drooped slightly, and she didn't take the initiative to remind Vivi.

In a war that mobilized nearly a million people, one can imagine that every second someone falls and loses their lives.

"Something is wrong!"

Usopp exclaimed.

In the entire Straw Hats, Usopp was the only one who could use the Seeing and Hearing Color.

Thus, at a distance, Usopp barely managed to see what was going on the stone staircase.

Corpses, blood, remnants.

The cruel corner of the so-called war broke into Usopp's [insight] in this way.

Usopp's expression immediately changed, and his voice trembled slightly: "The country, the king's army, have already fought with the rebels......

"What!?"

The crowd was shocked.

Vivi's face turned pale and muttered, "I still haven't been able to catch up with ......."

Thinking of how many people would lose their lives in this war, Wei Wei was at a loss, and her heart was as painful as a knife.

But maybe it was because there was a group of companions who escorted her all the way by her side, or because she was tenacious, her eyes were fixed, and she quickly cheered up.

Since you can't catch up, you can only do everything you can to stop this war!

After a few moments, the Bailey chariot finally reached the stairs.

At the bottom of the stairs, blood was already flowing here.

When the eyes were raised, one could clearly see the hideous expression on the face of the nearby corpse that had frozen in the face of death.

Looking at the corpses on the stairs, the Straw Hats' hearts shook.

Maud unfolded her eyes and sensed it around.

Didn't detect the expected breath.

It was thought that Klockdahl would send a few high-ranking agents of the Baroque Workshop to ambush the Straw Hats here.

It didn't.

Probably because the front line has extended into the city of Albana.

Maude turned his gaze to the Straw Hats in front of him, and said, "If you are mentally prepared, then run to the battlefield as fast as possible." ”

When the straw hats heard this, they suppressed the shaking of their hearts, and they all looked at Maude in silence.

Usopp's lips moved slightly, but he was speechless.

Nami and Bartolomeo looked hesitant, but didn't say anything after all.

"Thank you, Maude......"

Vivi thanked Maude solemnly, and immediately jumped out of the chariot and ran to the blood-soaked staircase.

Before leaving for Juba, she let her mount run as fast as she could, delivering the letter to Albana, not knowing if it would be effective.

Deliberately ignoring the uneasiness that flowed from her heart, Vivi sped up her feet.

The Straw Hats quickly followed Vivi.

Usopp looked back at Maude, who looked unwavering, before he stepped forward.

"Master, will you 'sit idly by'?"

Before leaving, he finally asked the question that was held in his chest.

And this question is actually something that Nami and Bartolomeo want to know.

Maud replied, "Usopp, protect yourself." ”

Usopp's eyes lit up, as if he had received the answer he wanted.

He nodded heavily at Maude, then turned and hurried after Vivi and the others.

Maud watched them ascend the staircase.

Perona came to Maude's side, and also silently looked at the back of the Straw Hats, and her eyes quietly showed a little loss, as if recalling some things in the past, and whispered:

"If wars could have been easily stopped, not so many countries would have perished in wars."

"Indeed."

Maud glanced at Perona, who was suddenly depressed, in a slightly surprised light, and then looked up at the sky where the sun was high.

"But this country ...... In fact, all it takes is a heavy rain to stop the war. ”

"Heavy rain?"

Perona didn't know why, so she could only look up at the clear and cloudless sky like Maud.

Even if heavy rain can really stop the war in this country, but in such weather, how can it rain?

Perona thought to herself.

Maud withdrew his gaze from the sky, turned to the staircase passage directly ahead, and said to himself, "Let's find a suitable vantage point first." ”

Ten minutes later.

Maud walked through empty neighborhoods to the square in front of the palace.

The deafening sound of fighting reached my ears in an instant.

The dense gunfire mixed with the violent clash of swords is always interspersed with terrible screams.

It is a metaphor that the owner of the voice is on his way to death.

In the face of a war of this magnitude, human life is nothing more than a string of cold numbers.

Maud looked in the direction of the square, his nose filled with the smell of gunpowder wafting from the square.

Even if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, Maud could have imagined the general scene of the square at this moment, which must have been extremely tragic.

Maud silently withdrew his gaze, and then looked up at the tallest building in all of Albana, the Tower Bell Tower.

At that height, it only takes a long gun to bring all targets within sight of within range.

"There it is."

After selecting the gun point, Maude directly used the moon step, and his body flew up in the air, shooting like an arrow towards the tower bell tower.

Now.

The two mid-level agents of the Baroque Workshop, who specialized in sniping, stationed in the bell tower, were keenly aware of the sense of crisis.

They are a man and a woman, Iko codenamed Mr. 7 and Iku on Miss. Father's Day.

"Huh? What's coming......!? ”

Iko and Iku, who were always paying attention to the situation around them, suddenly saw a figure volleying into the sky.

The strong sense of crisis that came with them made their hairs stand on end in an instant.

"Yes......"

A white smoke hole suddenly appeared on Aiko and Iku's foreheads, and their expressions froze, and their voices stopped abruptly.

I...... Shot?

At the last moment of their lives, they who were good at firearms sniping had the same question.

Puff Tom –

The bodies of Iko and Iku fell to the ground.

Before taking on this mission, they never dreamed that they would die so sloppily.

Moments later,

Maude came to the bell tower, first looked coldly at the corpses of a man and a woman lying on the ground, and then looked at a strangely shaped oversized cannon behind the clock.

After seeing this artillery, Maude remembered that when Klockdahl officially implemented the [Thief Plan], he had arranged a special bomb in advance that could easily destroy the king's army and the rebels.

So it's here.

Maud thought to herself, and took out the special bomb.

Tick, tick......

The special bomb was inlaid with a moving clock, apparently of the timer type.

Maude glanced at the clock.

The minute hand has already gone half a circle.

This means that there is still half an hour before the bomb explodes.