Chapter 53: Landing
On the other side, outside Fenrir Island, Burufaruto was holding a Den Den Mushi.
“Mm, alright, I understand. Are you sure they’ve already gone far away?”
“The brothers who tracked them all the way have already turned back. They should be dozens of sea miles away by now.”
After patiently waiting for several hours, Burufaruto and his group finally saw the large pirate ships parked at Fenrir Island’s port set sail. Now was their time to harvest.
Hanging up the Den Den Mushi, he waved his hand directly: “Haha! Lads, hoist the sails, full speed ahead! Goal—Fenrir Island!”
“Oh!”×n
The Minotaur took the lead, with the other pirate ships following closely behind.
The fleet flying the Beasts Pirates flags cut long white lines across the sea surface, like bloodthirsty sharks swimming toward immobilized prey.
“E-Enemy attack!”
The sentries on the shore quickly spotted the fleet aggressively heading toward the island and immediately sounded the alarm.
“Damn it, of all times! Quickly contact Lord Skipgate and Lord Fogg, tell them to come support us fast.”
The few pirates left behind heard the alarm and immediately took out their Den Den Mushi.
……
Skipgate and Fogg were the executives stationed on the two sub-islands of Fenrir Island—Hati Island and Skul Island.
As the largest territory outside of Hachinosu Island, John placed great importance on Fenrir Island and its surrounding territories, directly assigning three executives to guard it.
But now, the executive originally guarding Fenrir Island’s main island, Foll, was forced to go to Hachinosu Island for support, so the island’s guards had no choice but to call the remaining two executives for aid.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The dozen or so cannons deployed on the shore didn’t idle either, immediately opening fire, with cannonballs launching one after another toward the Beasts Pirates’ ships.
“Roar? These guys didn’t surrender, and they dare to attack us~”
“Counterattack! Hit them back hard for me! Hahahaha!”
Burufaruto stood at the bow, loudly commanding. Cannon fire of this level couldn’t hurt him.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The Beasts Pirates’ cannons showed no weakness either, firing a salvo directly at the shore defense cannons’ positions.
Smoothbore cannons had no precision to speak of; whether a cannonball hit the target the moment it left the barrel depended entirely on luck and fate.
As for luck… asking these pirates who usually rob and pillage to do good deeds before battle, like helping a few grandmas cross the street—that wasn’t realistic.
As for fate, the gunners on the ship were all highly skilled, their rich experience in firing cannons allowing them to draw the red string of fate on the cannonballs as close to the target as the matchmaker.
Of course, except for a certain intern on their first day on the job.
“Aoxi! You damn missed!”
Among the orderly cannonballs, one was clearly off-target, arcing in a bizarre trajectory like the flashiest kid on the training ground during morning exercises, directly hitting a small boat still docked at the port.
The small boat’s mast was snapped clean off, and the violent explosion ignited raging flames.
Soon, the other few small boats left at the port were also set ablaze, John’s pirate flag fluttering down amid the inferno, ultimately burning to ashes along with the boats.
“N-No miss! I-I was aiming at the boat! This is called cutting off their retreat, how about that, pretty awesome~”
The somewhat guilty Aoxi still loudly defended herself upon hearing Burufaruto’s words.
She wasn’t in the right, but she couldn’t afford to lose momentum.
“You! Sigh~ Fine, this is your first time, I’ll count it as a good shot. Be more accurate next time.”
“Hmph~ Just watch! I’m Aoxi, the little flying general who hits wherever I point!”
“Alright, alright, stop bragging. Hit wherever you point… any non-blind person can do that~”
“Hahaha~”
The surrounding pirates were amused by the two’s banter, filling the cabin with cheerful air for a moment.
Just as the big one and the little one were bickering, the lookout on the masthead suddenly shouted:
“Report, Boss! Enemy ships spotted on both flanks, looks like Skipgate and Fogg, those two guys.”
“Ho~ Old acquaintances. Looks like these two didn’t go back for support together~ Perfect, we’ll take them both out today!”
Watching the fleets rapidly approaching from left and right, Burufaruto made his decision.
“I’ll handle Skipgate. One of you two brats can deal with the other, whoever. The one who stays continues landing under cannon fire cover, make sure to take out the shore defense cannons the moment we hit the shore.”
After giving the orders, Burufaruto didn’t wait for a response and shed his outer clothes, leaping into the sea.
As a Fish-Man, he was truly in his element now, swimming toward the distant fleet at an unbelievable speed.
“Mm… so, what now? Rock-paper-scissors?”
Watching Burufaruto dive in and disappear, Aoxi suggested.
“No need, you go. I’ll stay and land.”
Obei waved her hand, unconcerned about such things.
“Got it! I’ll be right back.”
Aoxi didn’t fuss, directly jumping onto a small boat and heading toward Fogg with her men.
Watching Aoxi’s figure gradually recede, Obei slowly withdrew her gaze.
Compared to landing miserably under cannon fire, her choice was to blast the enemies here directly into the sky as astronauts.
“Well then, time for me to pitch in a little.”
With that, she picked up a cannonball and weighed it in her hand.
For Obei, now shrunken to a small size, the cannonball’s volume was a bit too large, somewhat unwieldy.
But no matter…
“Guwu~”
“Big Sister Obei, what are you…”
A pirate swallowed, recognizing the familiar motion, and couldn’t help asking.
Ever since the training ground incident, the pirates’ attitude toward Obei and her companion had clearly become much more respectful.
After all, pirates were the type who most revered the strong, especially in the Beasts Pirates.
Ignoring the question, Obei embedded her fingers into a cannonball’s outer wall, lifted it up, locked eyes on a cannon emplacement, and hurled the cannonball in her hand with force!
“Heaven and Earth Throw!”
The released cannonball flew toward that cannon emplacement at a speed far exceeding a normal cannon barrel.
Speed is power!
Boom!!!
The moment the cannonball touched the target, that emplacement vanished in the explosion, followed by a chain of detonations that left the two adjacent emplacements toppled and scattered.
In theory, this level of power was far beyond what a cannonball’s gunpowder could achieve, but under Obei’s immense strength, ordinary thermal weapons were completely transformed into kinetic weapons capable of destroying everything.
“A-Amazing!”×n
The pirates on the ship were wide-eyed in shock.
“Th-This is too exaggerated!”
“Throwing cannonballs by hand, and with that power!”
“I-I remember, that ‘Navy Hero’ Garp does something like this too!”
“You mean the legendary Navy Hero who killed Rocks?!”
“That’s right, I saw him from afar chasing the Roger Pirates once, throwing cannonballs by hand just like this!”
“So Big Sister Obei’s strength…”
“Hiss~”×n
The temperature on the deck seemed to drop a few degrees instantly.
……
“What are you spacing out for? Hurry and approach shore to land.”
While the pirates were whispering, Obei had already taken out all the shore defense cannons. Now only the pirates hiding behind cover, not daring to show their heads, remained.
“Y-Yes! Big Sister Obei!” The pirates snapped to attention and acknowledged, grabbing their weapons to prepare for landing.
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