When giant Sea Kings surfaced from the sea, the scene was truly horrifying. It was difficult to hold on to hope for a lifeline. A monster of that size had long surpassed any human understanding of the term "Sea King." Most frightening of all, the entire sea area was still surging violently. Huge black shadows flitted beneath the sea surface, suggesting that many more giant Sea Kings had yet to come out.
These colossal beings had completely occupied the sea near Dressrosa. Even if just one of them made a single ripple, for humans, it would be a monstrous wave, enough to destroy an entire fleet. The three Marine Admirals were stunned, staring at Adrian in astonishment. One word appeared in their minds at almost the same time: "Poseidon."
Could Adrian's true identity be Poseidon, one of the three Ancient Weapons? Akainu and the others felt their scalps prickle. Is this guy a monster? First, he has the power of multiple Devil Fruits, and now he was revealing the identity of Poseidon. How are we supposed to fight this?
After the giant Sea Kings appeared, they didn't immediately destroy the World Government's Grand Fleet. Instead, they all looked toward the coast. Over there, Shirahoshi had her eyes closed in deep thought. She hadn't even noticed that her subjects had answered her call.
"Congratulations, Shirahoshi, you did it," Adrian said, stepping in front of her to wake her up with a warm voice. He pointed toward the giant Sea Kings that blotted out the sun and said, "Hurry and say hello to your subjects. They have been looking forward to meet their King for 800 years."
"Ah... Lord Adrian, did I really summon all of them?" Shirahoshi's eyes widened. She couldn't believe she had done such a thing, especially since she hadn't felt anything.
There was no need for Adrian to answer. The giant Sea Kings answered her question themselves.
'Princess Shirahoshi, it's great that we can hear your call...'
'Yeah, luckily we made it!'
Shirahoshi: 'Did I really call you here? But I didn't feel anything at all... I thought I was going to disappoint Lord Adrian.'
'Yes, it is precisely because you were guided by the consciousness of this powerful human beside you that you successfully made your wish.'
'You strongly hoped to help him and contribute to him. This was your strong desire.'
'Our strength is your strength, so under your call, we came to help him.'
'Princess Shirahoshi, we have been looking forward to your official awakening.'
Shirahoshi: Wait for me?
'That's right, originally we thought that as agreed 800 years ago, this power would only be awakened when you needed Noah, but we didn't expect that Noah and Fish-Man Island would rise to the sky ahead of time.'
'We thought you didn't need our power anymore...'
'Yeah, the man next to you... is really strong, enough to protect the safety of Fish-Man Island.'
'And he seems to know something about us.'
A special wave of language beyond human perception passed back and forth between Shirahoshi and the giant Sea Kings. Even for people like Adrian and Redfield, who had developed their observation haki to the ultimate, ha no way to understand it at all.
"Lord Adrian, what should I do?" After communicating with the Sea Kings for a while, Shirahoshi blinked her big, watery eyes, nervously asking.
This "silly girl" already had the terrifying power to destroy the world, but in her mind, Adrian was still the one she asked for orders. Seeing this scene, Bullet and the others around him almost knelt down to ask Adrian for some pointers. The captain is truly amazing. Poseidon is acting cute girl in front of him!
Adrian smiled gently at Shirahoshi and gestured for her to wait a moment. He then turned to look at the three Marine Admirals, who were standing on a warship, "Akainu, Aokiji, Kizaru, the three of you, go back and ask the Five Elders: 'Am I, worthy to be the new king of Dressrosa?'"
The foreheads of the three Admirals went wet with sweat. Ask what? You've the Poseidon! Will the Five Elders dare to say no? Stop being so dramatic!
"Friend Adrian, We have something to discuss first. Why don't you... let this group of Sea Kings retreat and we'll sit down and have a good chat?" Kizaru said with a smirk on his face.
However, Adrian's cold words were his only response. "Shirahoshi, destroy the fleet and let the world tremble under your power!"
BOOM!
There was no need for a deliberate attack at all. The giant Sea Kings simply turned over a few times, and almost all warships were completely submerged in the monstrous waves.
Except for the three Marine Admirals and a few CP members who could use Moonwalk, nearly 50,000 World Government members were buried at the bottom of the sea. This battle be recorded in history.
Kizaru:That bastard's slapping me in the face again! I can't hold my head up around him, can I?!
This war came fast and ended fast.
With the double blessing of Betty's Pump-Pump Fruit and Princess Mansherry's Heal-Heal Fruit, the battle damage to Adrian's army was minimal. But even so, nearly 2,000 common soldiers still died in this battle. This made him immediately put a training plan for soldiers further on the agenda. The only problem was that no one around him seemed to be good at training soldiers.
It seems we'll have to find a "coach."
After thinking, a name suddenly popped into Adrian's mind: "Black Arm" Zephyr!
This old man was as famous as Sengoku and Garp. He had fought countless pirates in his life but had never killed a single enemy, earning him the nickname "The Unkilling Admiral." His life was full of tragedy and irony. After Zephyr's wife and children were killed by pirates, he planned to quit the Marines. However that time Fleet Admiral, Kong managed to convince him to stay on as the general instructor of the Marine elite training camp. He trained the three Admirals: Akainu, Kizaru, and Aokiji, as well as many other key Marine officers.
But it was this chief instructor, so important to the Marines, who quit angrily one year after the Summit War because of a brainless act by the World Government. He then established "Neo Marines" with the purpose of exterminating all pirates. As for the reason... the pirate who had once cut his right arm off and killed nearly a hundred of his students in front of him had now become a Warlord of the Sea with legal protection from marines.
Isn't that ironic?
This proved once again that from the Fleet Admiral down to the ordinary Marine, no one had any say in front of the World Government. But the most ironic thing was yet to come. The person who eventually drove Zephyr to a dead end was Kizaru, a good apprentice he himself had trained. All of his other disciples were present, watching their teacher die in battle with cold eyes.
Marine is truly a warm and harmonious family.
But no matter what, there was no doubt about Zephyr's ability to train troops. He was definitely a good candidate.
After Adrian made up his mind, he began to bury the remains of the soldiers who had died heroically and distributed the solatium. Then, relying on his memories, he drew the faces of Momonosuke, Kin'emon, and Kanjuro. He had people copy the drawings and distribute them throughout the country. Their capture was directly related to whether he could maximize his interests in Wano Country, so there was no room for sloppiness.
After all of this was done, it was late at night. Adrian thought for a while, then ordered someone to call Violet over.
"I have an extremely important task for you..."
Violet's face immediately flushed when she heard this. She kept tugging her fingers at her long skirt, feeling both anticipation and shyness in her heart.
Has the moment of repayment finally arrived?!