On the azure sea, the sea breeze howled, and the waves rose and fell unpredictably.
On the Dog - Headed Warship, the sails on the three masts billowed, propelling the ship forward.
In the crow's nest on the second mast, in the middle of the warship, a naval soldier holding a monocular telescope shouted urgently downwards:
"Report! Thirteen pirate fleets have appeared on the horizon ahead!
Based on the pirate flags, it's preliminarily judged to be the Lion Grand Fleet of Pirate Commodore Paul Flood!!!
Pirate Commodore Lion Paul Flood, with a bounty of 365 million berries, is also in the fleet."
"Ha~! Pirates!?"
Hearing the lookout's cry, old Garp suddenly felt wide awake. He reached into the box, took out a doughnut, stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it.
"Bogart, tell them to bring up the cannonballs."
"Yes!"
Bogart, who had been standing beside Garp with a sword in his left hand, nodded slightly and quickly walked into the cabin. He ordered a group of naval soldiers to push the trolleys with conveyor belts one by one onto the bow deck.
On the distant horizon, on a huge three - masted sailing ship with a lion's head in the group of thirteen pirate fleets.
The pirate lookout on the mast looked ahead and shouted down:
"Commodore Flood, a naval warship has appeared in the distance.
There are the words 'Navy hq3' on the sails. It should be the warship of Vice Admiral Garp, the Navy hero."
On the lion - shaped prow, Paul Flood, a bearded giant over three meters tall with bulging muscles all over his body and long golden hair cascading over his shoulders, heard this. He drew out the large machete from his waist and laughed heartily:
"Navy hero Garp!? What are you panicking about!
He only has one warship, while we have thirteen. Sink him for me!
It's just right. It can completely enhance my reputation before I head into the New World.
As long as I defeat Garp, I'll be one step closer to the throne of the Pirate King... Open fire!"
"Long live Commodore Flood!"
"Long live Commodore Flood!"
"Long live Commodore Flood!"
...
After the bearded giant's impassioned speech, the pirates were immediately filled with high morale. They howled and loaded the cannonballs into the cannons, getting ready to fire.
Under Paul Flood's command, all the pirate ships lined up in a row on the sea. The cannons on the sides of the ships all aimed at the Dog - Headed Warship charging straight at them from afar...
When the two sides' ships were three kilometers apart, hundreds of cannons of Paul's Grand Fleet fired in succession.
Boom! Boom! Boom! ...
On the bow of the Dog - Headed Warship, Garp stood at the very front. A smile of excitement spread across his face. He casually picked up a nearly twenty - kilogram black cannonball and tossed it in his hand.
Fist Bones: Meteor Shower!
As Garp roared, his hands immediately began to wave, transforming into several blurry afterimages of his arms.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
...
One by one, the pitch - black cannonballs, each weighing twenty kilograms, were tossed out by him as easily as volleyballs, hurtling towards the thirteen pirate ships three kilometers away.
Boom! Boom! Boom!...
One by one, the cannonballs fell into the sea near the warship, creating huge splashes. The seawater kept splashing onto the warship's deck.
Sephiroth turned to look at the deck he had just mopped clean. He couldn't help but let out a soft sigh.
I'll probably have to mop it again later...
Every cannonball that was about to hit the warship with a dog - head figurehead was struck in mid - air by the cannonballs thrown by Garp. They detonated instantly, creating violent balls of fire.
Garp, you must have gone easy on Luffy when you were fighting him, right? ...Sephiroth murmured to himself.
While single - handedly dealing with hundreds of cannons, Garp still managed to throw out a few cannonballs from time to time, hitting the pirate fleet ahead. The enemy pirate ships were damaged and slowly sank to the bottom of the sea.
This terrifying speed of throwing cannonballs was comparable to a human Gatling gun!
If there were no master in physical combat or effective means of interception on the enemy pirate ships, they basically had no choice but to take a beating.
No wonder the Roger Pirates were chased all over the world by Garp!
Under such terrifying firepower coverage, it was basically hard for an ordinary person to have the desire to engage in battle...
Under Garp's crazy barrage, the thirteen pirate ships sank to the bottom of the sea one after another.
In a short while, only one huge three - masted sailing ship with a lion figurehead remained on the pirate side. This was the result of Lion Flood desperately blocking the cannonballs...
Garp stared ahead, ready to continue throwing cannonballs to sink the flagship. His right hand instinctively reached out, but it grasped nothing.
He looked down and found that he had already thrown all the cannonballs on the cart.
"Keep bringing up the cannonballs! Don't be so slow!"
Beside him, the logistics officer quickly stood at attention and reported loudly:
"Report, Vice Admiral Garp. Those were the last one thousand five hundred cannonballs on our ship..."
"Ha!? Didn't I tell you to always keep five thousand cannonballs on board?" Garp turned around, looking dissatisfied.
"You threw away the other three thousand five hundred cannonballs when you encountered pirate ships in previous battles..."
"Then why didn't you replenish them?" Garp widened his eyes, his tone dissatisfied.
Hearing this, the logistics officer's eyes twitched slightly. He weakly explained:
"When we just arrived at Water 7, before we could replenish... you urged us to set sail and return to G3 Base..."
"Ahahaha! So that's the deal! Never mind then...
It seems I need to prepare some iron ball cannonballs that can be recycled in the future..."
Hearing this, Garp let out a hearty laugh, barely getting away with it, and then issued a new order:
"Forget it! Don't worry about those details!
Get ready to board the pirate ship for a close - quarters fight!"
"Yes!"
Upon receiving the order, a group of naval soldiers immediately sprang into action, raising their weapons. Some soldiers holding long - guns began to fire under the command of the officers.
Bogart scanned the deck and spotted a silver - haired teenager leaning on a mop and looking into the distance by the ship's railing.
"Recruit, you can't just take part in the upcoming battle. Get down to the cabin right now and don't come out without permission."
Hearing this, Safiros couldn't help but pout. His body instantly transformed into a vampire form, and he drew out the Akiba sword from his waist.
"Even though I'm a recruit, I'm not weak!"
Bogart was about to say something else, but Garp interrupted him.
"Ahahaha! You little guy, you've got some nerve! Don't get yourself killed when the battle starts later!"
Since Garp had agreed to let the silver - haired teenager join the battle, as the adjutant, Bogart had no choice but to stop persuading him.