Marco, who had transformed into the form of an immortal bird, suddenly rose into the sky and flew straight towards the execution table.

Clusters of dark blue flames pulled two brilliant streamers behind him.

From the moment the island fell, Marco knew that this large number of troops appeared like rain in time, and it was not pure reinforcements.

Golden Lion ......

This man, who was in the same era as his father, did not hesitate to sink them to the bottom of the sea with Marin Fando in order to achieve his goal.

So, before the worst happens......

Successfully saving Ace is the real chance of winning!

"Marco the undead bird is going to the execution table!"

"Stop him!"

Seeing that Marco took the opportunity to rise into the air and rush to the execution table, the surrounding navies immediately poured fire on Marko.

however

Whether it was a shot or a slash, when it hit Marco, it only caused an insignificant ripple in the faint blue flames.

Other than that, nothing worked.

"Damn, it won't hurt him at all!"

"Can't stop ......"

The navies in the square fought hard to attack Marko, but they couldn't even limit Marko's mobility.

This kind of damage immunity ability, which even the Yellow Ape General felt tricky, was of the greatest value at this moment.

"Just seize this opportunity......"

Ignoring the many attacks coming from behind him, Marco's eyes reflected Ace's figure, and he flapped his wings violently, turning into a streamer of light and swooping towards the execution table.

Sengoku raised his head, looked at Marco expressionlessly, rolled up his sleeves three or two times, and a cold luster flashed in his eyes.

Just as he was about to transform into the Golden Buddha, a figure rose from under the execution table and crossed Marko's swooping route.

That figure is Karp, the legendary hero of the Navy!

"Huh!?"

Marco's heart was shocked, and he slammed the momentum, leaning his body backwards as he brought his claws together to kick Karp who came to get in the way.

however

Karp moved faster and punched him directly in the face.

"Bang!"

With a deafening explosion, Marko's body fell to the ground like a meteor, smashing a large hole in the square floor, and a large amount of smoke and dust rose into the air.

Seeing Karp's move, the surrounding navies suddenly lifted their momentum, and while feeling excited, they couldn't take their eyes off the location where Marco fell to the ground.

Whew-

A pair of dark blue flame wings emerged from the smoke, and the wind generated between the turns swept the smoke to the sides.

Half of Marko's cheek was swollen high, and a dark blue flame of regeneration ignited out of thin air, quickly repairing his injuries.

He looked up at Karp, who had fallen straight from the sky to the execution table, and his tone was full of unwillingness.

"Naval Hero Karp ......"

First the Fuji Tiger, then Karp.

Failed to take both chances.

Marco gritted his teeth.

On the execution table.

Sengoku looked at Karp who fell straight from the sky, and said calmly: "I said that if I wanted to fight, I would fight myself, but I still made a move, Karp ......"

Karp landed steadily on the execution table and said in a muffled voice, "I also have my position. ”

“……”

Sengoku calmly stared at the old guy in front of him who had been side by side for decades, and said no more.

"Grandpa......"

Ace tilted his head slightly, looking at Karp.

Karp tilted his head away from Ace's gaze, clenched his fists, and said in an inexplicable tone, "Why don't you live as I say?" Stinky Boy ......"

“……”

Ace was silent, and many images of his time with Karp flashed through his mind.

With the blood of a world-class criminal in his veins, how could he survive in the way Karp had planned.

After all, most things should be decided by yourself.

Moreover, in the process of finding answers, he has found his own life.

In the wordless silence, Ace first looked at Marco in the square, and then at the falling island above the harbor.

Now—

There is no point in saying more.

It seems that they felt some changes in Ace's mood, and Karp and Sengoku couldn't help but look at Ace.

At this time, the situation in the harbor changed slightly.

Karp and Sengoku looked away and looked straight at the islands above the harbor.

The island, which was pulled by Maude, smashed straight down towards the harbor.

It's just that the golden lion who is angry in his heart will not let Maude easily get his wish.

He looked down coldly at Maude below, his tone full of murderous intent.

"Is my 'stuff' something you can mess around?"

Before the words could be spoken, the falling island suddenly hovered again.

However, it was the golden lion that restored the island's [buoyancy] in the air and stopped the island's downward trend.

With the island hovering, the crisis seems to have been resolved.

But Whitebeard didn't stop there, and the circle of light around his fist became stronger and stronger.

At the moment when the sea water in the harbor was frozen by the pheasant again, Whitebeard's judgment was correct.

The crisis, in fact, is not really resolved.

Maud first silently praised the pheasant's timely assistance in freezing the waters of the harbor with the Ice Age, and then looked up at the golden lion standing in the sky.

"Your stuff?"

As he spoke, Maude raised his right hand, and the shadow waves on his palm surged, condensing into a black ball in an instant.

"Heh, how can I say that I'm also a pirate, stealing other people's things...... Isn't that the norm? ”

As soon as the words fell, Maude threw the black ball at the shadow of the island reflected on the ice of the harbor.

This black ball, which is condensed from his [All Shadows], has 100% control strength when concentrated at one point.

The black ball smashed on the shadow of the island, and it blended into it in an instant.

With the intervention of the Shadow Fruit's ability, this island, which should have been controlled by the Golden Lion, has an uninvited guest.

In a sense,

The power of Piao Piao Fruit is not only that it makes the objects it touches lighter and protected from gravity.

The most powerful thing about it is its ability to control objects freely.

In this regard, one of the most powerful things about the Shadow Fruit is actually the control of objects.

Strictly speaking, one of the most attractive advantages of the shadow fruit is to intervene in the shadow of the target, so that the target itself can produce some changes beyond common sense and cognition.

In the original book, Moria's [Shadow Revolution] was also developed following this characteristic.

It's a pity that Moria, who was destroyed by Kaido, only focused on creating a zombie army with low actual value, so that the true value of the Shadow Fruit was not carried forward.

But Maud is different.

From the moment he decides to eat the Shadow Fruit, it means that he will take the Shadow Fruit to a height that has never been attained by generations of users.

That's exactly what it is...... The biggest advantage of the traverser.

"So, is it your 'control' that is strong, or my 'control'?"

After letting all the shadows intervene in the shadow of the island, Maude's face was calm, and his open five fingers suddenly clenched into a fist.

"Rumble—"

The island hovering in the air shook inexplicably, and in an instant it showed signs of falling.

"It seems that my 'control' is stronger."

Maud looked at the island that was beginning to sink, but there was not much surprise.

If it is said,

Piao Piaoguo's ability to control objects is to be able to knead an object with a volume of 1m3 into various shapes freely.

so

The Shadow Fruit's ability to control objects is not only to knead an object with a volume of 1m3 into various shapes, but also to make an object with a volume of 1m3 into a 2m3 or even 3m3.

The most important thing is that the difficulty of the Shadow Fruit to control objects is far lower than that of the Piao Fruit.

For this alone, the Shadow Fruit is by no means weaker than the Piaofu Fruit.

"So, can you take it back? Your stuff ......"

Maude turned her gaze to the golden lion standing in the air.

At this point,

The golden lion's face became very ugly.

He finally learned about Maude's abilities.

It's just that......

Is the Shadow Fruit such a strong existence?

The Golden Lion, who has a certain understanding of some Devil Fruits, doesn't remember that the Shadow Fruit has such a strong power!