Hearing Hera's arrogant words, Jack looked at her in disbelief. Did his boss's title as the'Strongest Creature' carry so little weight?
Ulti said to Hera, "I will pass your words on to Kaido."
She then pulled away the nearly-furious Jack and left the area.
Under the watchful eye of Little Hera, who had emerged from the shadows on the shore, the Sea Stone and Berries on the Mammoth were thrown onto the beach and sank into the City of Devouring Time.
Only after Little Hera nodded did Jack and Ulti command the Mammoth to depart.
Doflamingo, who had failed to block Kuina's sword strike and was merely kicked aside by Jack, still wanted to struggle.
He thought that with his Birdcage and Jack's strength, he might still have a chance to defeat Hera. However, after seeing Hera effortlessly sever Jack's ivory with a casual slash,
he realized the gap in their power and abandoned any thought of resistance.
As the battle concluded, many citizens of Dressrosa approached and gathered in a crowd.
They saw the defeated Doflamingo and the Marines; the uninformed citizens began to whisper among themselves.
Under Doflamingo's deliberate control, the people of Dressrosa believed he was the hero who had saved the country.
He had supposedly defeated the suddenly maddened Riku Dold III, and the entire nation lived in peace and prosperity under his rule—some didn't even need to work.
Therefore, seeing their beloved King knocked to the ground by the Marines left the surrounding citizens unsure of how to react for a moment.
Slumped on the ground, Doflamingo laughed, "Fuffuffuffu... so what if you've defeated me? I am one of the Shichibukai, and you are a Marine. Under what authority can you arrest me?"
"Soon, orders from the World Government will reach your hands, and I will still be the King of this place."
Hera raised her index finger and wagged it twice in front of Doflamingo's eyes. "Don't worry, they won't be thinking that for much longer."
Doflamingo suddenly thought of something and asked Hera, "Are you saying... you know about *that* place too?"
Suddenly, the toys on the streets of Dressrosa turned back into humans, and many memories concerning them were remembered once again by the people of Dressrosa.
Reiju, Perona, Nami, and Theseus walked over. Perona was carrying the unconscious Sugar, while two ghosts followed behind her, carrying two other members of the Donquixote Family.
The undercover Rosinante and Monet also followed the four of them.
Upon seeing Hera, Perona commanded her ghosts to throw the Trebol they were carrying onto the ground, saying with a look of pure disgust:
"This person is so gross. My ghosts feel dirty just from carrying him; his mucus is truly disgusting."
Reiju flicked Perona's forehead. "You have the nerve to complain? You were just asked to help transport him and you're already whining; what about me, who had to actually fight him?"
Perona said defiantly, "I scared this brat unconscious, okay? My contribution is huge too!"
Only Theseus was extremely happy. "Bombarding the stone man was fun! Theseus loves fighting these large-scale enemies."
Nami said to Hera, "There are three other family members; when we found them, Monet had already frozen them into ice blocks."
"Rosinante and Monet also guided the way for us."
Hera nodded and sank the three they brought, along with the previously defeated Jora, into the City of Devouring Time. She also reached out and grabbed Gladius, who was still trying to struggle after seeing Doflamingo's defeat.
The Paramecia Beta Beta no Mi, Paramecia Art-Art Fruit, Paramecia Pamu Pamu no Mi, Paramecia Ishi Ishi no Mi, and Paramecia Hobi Hobi no Mi appeared within Hera's fruit storage.
The other four died within the City of Devouring Time as their fruits were extracted. Looking at Sugar, who had grown a bit after losing the Hobi Hobi no Mi but still had tear stains at the corners of her eyes, Hera couldn't bring herself to kill her.
"Sugar's personality was also steered this way by Doflamingo. The mistakes made by a child should be borne by the adults."
Having found an excuse for herself, Hera sighed and released Sugar, who had lost the Hobi Hobi no Mi. The Zafkiel appeared according to Hera's will.
As her memories of the Donquixote Family were wiped away by Zafkiel's white light, her deliberately cultivated personality was also erased along with the memories.
"You take care of this child, Baby-5. I hope she can escape her previous shadows."
Baby-5 caught the Sugar handed over by Hera and nodded.
Behind Nami and the others followed a group of residents from the Little Peoples Kingdom, celebrating the return of their princess.
While Kuina was engaging Doflamingo, the four of them hadn't been idle. Once the soldiers of the Little Peoples Kingdom were ready, they followed Little Hera's guidance and charged into the palace occupied by Doflamingo.
Having been warned by Hera about the existence of the Hobi Hobi no Mi, Perona turned into a ghost and scared Sugar unconscious in her room.
After Reiju defeated Trebol, who was guarding Sugar, she found herself unable to touch the mucus-covered Trebol and could only have Perona summon ghosts to take him away.
Pica, sensing trouble in the castle, also arrived. Having consumed the Paramecia Ishi Ishi no Mi, Pica used stone to form a giant,
intending to rescue Sugar and Trebol from their hands.
Seeing the castle stand up, Theseus's eyes lit up as if seeing a target. The mechanical dragon circling Theseus opened its large maw, revealing the cannon barrel inside.
After a bout of frantic venting from Theseus, the stone giant turned directly into a pile of rubble. Pica probably hadn't expected someone to specifically avoid his main body's location,
relying entirely on raw firepower to exhaust his stamina until he fainted.
The people who had changed from toys back into normal humans excitedly searched for their relatives, and familiar memories slowly emerged in the minds of the residents.
Sensing the atmosphere was right, Hera teleported Rebecca and Viola over, along with a tall, masked gladiator and a toy soldier who was slowly turning back into a human.
The mask on the gladiator's face was gently removed by Hera's spiritual power, revealing his hidden face—it was none other than the former King of the Dressrosa Kingdom, Riku Dold III.
As the toy gradually restored its original appearance, Rebecca and Viola also remembered this man with a missing leg. He was Princess Rebecca's father and the husband of the Riku Royal Family's Princess Scarlett.
The legendary gladiator of the Dressrosa Colosseum with 'three thousand undefeated matches,' Army Commander Kyros.
Hera's spiritual power gently nudged the dazed Riku Dold III, and Uta's Sound-Sound Fruit condensed a microphone, handing it to his hand.
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