Chapter 252 Kill all the pirates in front of you
Saint Stettin greeted the new Saint Betali with a smile. With Quinn’s head, the guilt of not being able to save Saints Baldora and Valvaro was finally offset by more than half.

As long as he makes some more contributions in the future, Saint Betali won’t have to feel too guilty even when facing Ancient Saint Green.

“My luck today is really bad…”

Saint Betali couldn’t help but smile bitterly. Only five Divine Knights had died in total, and two of them had died in front of him. Even if Ancient Saint Green would not vent his anger on him, Saint Betali didn’t know how to face the other Divine Knights.

It is not difficult to imagine that in the next many years, he would probably become the most unpopular unlucky person in the Knights of God.

Even if the other divine knights would not blame him, they would subconsciously stay away from this unlucky guy.

“Yes, five knights of God were sacrificed. This is the first time in eight hundred years…”

Saint Stettin’s expression gradually turned ugly. Every Knight of God was the backbone of the Celestial Dragons. The Knights of God, which had a total of 20 members, lost a quarter of them in one go. This was an unprecedented blow to the Celestial Dragons.

In comparison, what the fish-man adventurer Fisher Tiger did at that time was at most just a smear on the face of the Celestial Dragons, which was nothing at all.

While the Knights of God were still lamenting the heavy casualties, Kaido on the other side watched helplessly as his three biggest men died one after another at the hands of the Knights of God. His rationality, which had originally calmed down a little, was once again burned out by the raging rage.

The Beasts Pirates, which he was so proud of, were annihilated. What was the point of him, the governor of the Beasts Pirates, continuing to live? !

“Fire Dragon Torch!”

The blazing flames burned fiercely on Kaido’s body, and a huge fire dragon hovered in the sky of Marijoa. The furious roar could even be heard clearly by the Overlord far off the coast of Red Harbor.

Yamato, who was imprisoned on the Overlord due to Kaido’s order, suddenly stood up and looked in the direction of Marijoa in a daze.

In her memory, Kaido has always been the evil and wanton governor of the Beasts Pirates. The sadness hidden in his furious roar is something Yamato has never heard before.

Even Boros, who was sitting on the throne of the temple, finally opened his eyes.

Borsalino did not force Boros on when to take action, but just let Boros make his own judgment. If he was too lazy to judge, he could wait for Borsalino’s notification.

However, after sensing that the powerful aura above Mary Geoise was gradually decreasing, Boros finally couldn’t suppress his eagerness to fight.

“Borsalino?”

The moment Boros closed his eyes again, his mental power contacted Borsalino who was still on the moon through the mental realm he created.

“Hmm? It’s Boros, what’s wrong?”

Borsalino is watching the show from the perspective of the Five Elders. With the ability to perceive malicious intent, whenever the Five Elders become malicious towards Borsalino, their thoughts will be shared with Borsalino for a short period of time.

The problem is that Borsalino’s malicious value in the eyes of the Five Elders is too high. Almost every minute and every second, the Five Elders are malicious towards Borsalino, so that Borsalino, who is on the moon, can know all the movements of Marijoa through the perspective of the Five Elders without any hindrance.

“Kaido is the top fighter I think is the best.”

There was not much fluctuation in Boros’ tone. In fact, he did not really care about Kaido’s life or death. However, if Kaido died, it would not be easy to find a high-quality punching bag with such thick skin and flesh that could fight back.

If we only consider hard power, the three top fighters of the former Universe Dark Matter Pirates, Melzagardo, Gloribas and Goryuganshoop, are actually not much inferior to Kaido. The problem is that the three of them do not have the courage to fight Boros.

Although both of them are hitting “sandbags”, the difference between the sandbags that can fight back and those that can’t fight back is huge. Boros has finally met such an excellent “talent” as Kaido, and he is reluctant to waste him.

“Well… let’s go ahead and give the World Government a little space pirate shock.”

Borsalino spoke nonchalantly.

It just so happened that the Five Elders seemed to feel that the situation was settled, and their hostility towards him grew stronger and stronger. They had even begun to give orders to the CP organization, preparing to eliminate the pirates that attacked Marijoa, and then take action against Marinford.

Of course, the Five Elders were not prepared to fight directly with the Marine Headquarters. Their plan was simply to use the power of a great victory to stimulate the Knights of God, force Borsalino to bow to the World Government, and allow the Navy to completely wipe out all the pirates in the New World.

In this way, the pirates are eliminated and the headquarters of the navy is consumed. If the casualties of the navy are heavy enough, the World Government will take the opportunity to go a step further and completely control the headquarters of the navy just like it controls the army.

Anyway, without those countless powerful pirates in the New World, there is no need to maintain a strong navy. The size of the navy can be reduced to a point where it can no longer escape the control of the World Government.

“I see……”

Boros nodded, disconnected the mental power connected to Borsalino, and gently tapped the armrest of his throne. The dome above the temple opened automatically layer by layer, revealing a cloudless sky washed by countless momentum on the battlefield.

Just as Boros and Borsalino were talking, the Mary Geoise War was gradually coming to an end.

As all the Knights of God joined the battlefield one after another, the battle lines of the Beasts Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates were directly broken.

Those New World pirates who were caught up in the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates have been fighting bloody battles all the way to the present, and only a very few pirate groups can barely maintain their existence. The rest have either been broken up or wiped out including their original captains.

The Universe Dark Matter Pirates had over 200,000 members at their peak, but now, excluding the few thousand pirates guarding the ships, there are less than 10,000 people left alive.

If the World Government had not intended to let them go, the mentally broken pirates would have found a way to escape long ago. The problem is that if they continue fighting now, they still have a chance of survival. If they take the initiative to leave the battlefield, they will become the first target of the Knights of God.

However, the situation on the World Government side was not much better. The temporary reorganized Holy Land Guard Corps was completely wiped out, the reinforcements from the allied countries were all wiped out, the navy brought by Akainu and the navy originally stationed in Red Harbor were also completely wiped out, the slave army was completely wiped out, the generals and general candidates of the Army Headquarters and the main forces sent were all wiped out, and even the army of the gods was almost annihilated. Even the Knights of God, which was the trump card of the World Government and the Celestial Dragons, lost five Knights of God in the battle, equivalent to a quarter of all members. Such a loss is almost unbearable for the World Government.

This is also the reason why, despite their hostility towards Borsalino, the Five Elders only want to subdue Marinford after the war and then slowly settle the score. Given the current state of the World Government, it no longer supports them breaking off relations with the Navy.

On the contrary, the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates who had just landed on Marijoa were able to stay out of the incident. Although two Divine Knights had specially freed up their hands to guard against them, neither the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates nor the World Government had any intention of taking action against them.

From the perspective of the pirates of the Cosmic Dark Matter Pirates, no matter what Red-Haired Shanks is here for, they are pirates after all, and even if they do nothing, they can force the World Government to distract its attention.

From the perspective of the World Government, Saint Shanks is obviously one of their own, especially now that the Knights of God have suffered heavy losses. No matter how willful Saint Shanks is, for the sake of his fellow Celestial Dragons, he will definitely have to join the Knights of God after the war.

In this way, the pirates brought by Shanks can be considered as members of the World Government camp. They can be absorbed after a little screening after the war, and they can be used to fill the gap in the World Government’s insufficient military forces.

“Find a chance to retreat, Ace. This war is not something we can interfere with…”

Seeing the three biggest figures of the Beasts Pirates die in battle one after another, Vista was amazed at King’s swordsmanship before his death, but it didn’t take long for him to come to his senses.

If this was a world where Whitebeard was still around, the Whitebeard Pirates would naturally be fearless, and no matter which side they stood on, they would have the final say.

But now that the Whitebeard Pirates have lost their father and many elite members, their actual combat power is less than one-third of what it used to be. If they continue to stay, they will only be used as key bargaining chips by the two fighting parties.

In this situation, even Red-Haired Shanks does not seem so trustworthy. At least before Red-Haired Shanks explains clearly why the World Government looks at him differently, the Whitebeard Pirates need to be more vigilant against Red-Haired Shanks.

“Aren’t you going to explain yourself, Beckman?”

Ace turned to look at Beckman, the vice-captain of the Red Hair Pirates.

As a temporary ally, the Whitebeard Pirates could not accept an ally who was hiding something.

“… Shanks was a baby picked up by Pirate King Roger in the Valley of the Gods. Initially, no one knew how special he was. It was not until Shanks founded the Red Hair Pirates that the World Government found him and told him his true identity… He is a Celestial Dragon, and the only child of a big shot among the Celestial Dragons.”

Beckman took a deep puff of the cigarette. After learning Shanks’ identity, he once turned against Shanks, but later accepted Shanks’ apology.

Shanks also proved with his actions that he is Red-Haired Shanks, not some inexplicable son of a Celestial Dragon.

But Beckman did not expect things to develop to this point. The World Government and the Celestial Dragons were hit hard and could no longer tolerate Shanks, a powerful Celestial Dragon, to continue to roam around.

However, few pirates would accept the fact that Shanks was a Celestial Dragon. In fact, even Beckman felt that he had been deceived and almost had a fight with Shanks.

“…So, the red-haired guy tricked us into boarding Marijoa. Is he planning to join forces with the World Government to completely destroy us, or is he trying to force us to be dogs for the World Government?”

Marco spoke coldly, although his father died at the hands of the navy, in the eyes of the pirates, the navy was nothing more than a running dog of the World Government. In other words, the World Government was also the sworn enemy of the Whitebeard Pirates!
“I swear on the Pirate Flag that I don’t have the idea you said…”

Before Beckman could open his mouth to explain, Shanks’ somewhat tired voice rang in everyone’s ears.

Shanks, who didn’t want to be caught by that cheap old dad, chose to run away as soon as he got rid of Kaido. However, he didn’t expect that when he returned to his companions, he heard a conversation that made him a little overwhelmed.

If possible, Shanks would wish he had never had anything to do with the Celestial Dragons and would rather be just an ordinary orphan.

However, both his strength and his biological father meant that the World Government could not ignore his existence. Ancient Saint Green, who loved his compatriots to an almost insane degree, also needed a successor who was strong enough, and Shanks was the only choice.

“So you are really a Celestial Dragon?”

Marco took half a step forward, calmly protecting Ace behind him, then he narrowed his eyes and spoke to Shanks.

“If possible, please believe me. I have never thought about having anything to do with the Celestial Dragons. Compared to the Celestial Dragons, I would rather be an ordinary child of civilians.”

Shanks answered in a very heavy tone. When he knew that he was a Celestial Dragon, he even fell into autism for a while. Shanks couldn’t imagine how Captain Roger would feel if he were still alive and knew that the person he had high hopes for was the son of a Celestial Dragon.

This made Shanks feel guilty for betraying Roger, so much so that during the Battle of Marineford, he was willing to participate in it at all costs, even at the risk of angering the World Government.

After hearing Shanks’ answer, even the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates, who were dissatisfied with him, fell silent.

Everyone present had no good feelings towards the Celestial Dragons. Many even became pirates because of the Celestial Dragons and hated them almost to the core.

But if they had the chance to exchange identities with Shanks, I’m afraid few people would be able to resist the temptation of becoming a Celestial Dragon.

However, as the atmosphere gradually eased, just as Shanks, who was secretly relieved, was about to say something, the two Knights of God, who originally just wanted to come over and say hello to Saint Shanks, couldn’t help but interrupt at this time.

“We can’t pretend we didn’t hear what you said, Saint Shanks. You are the child of the respected Ancient Saint Green, a noble Celestial Dragon with the blood of the Creator flowing in your veins. How could you degenerate and associate with such lowly people?”

The ones responsible for supervising the Whitebeard and Red Hair Pirates are Saint Leopold and Saint Arden, who had previously participated in the siege of Kaido. They chose to join the Knights of God out of respect for Ancient Saint Grimm. When they heard Shanks’ disdain for Ancient Saint Grimm and the bloodline of the Celestial Dragons, they couldn’t help but get furious.

If it weren’t for the fact that Shanks was the only son of Ancient Saint Grimm, the two divine knights might have been unable to hold back and took action, or at least would have killed all the pirates in front of them to vent their anger.

(End of this chapter)