"Ack…" Rhico raised his hand. He had defeated over two and a half dozen of the DX Harbingers…Each of them were as tough as a mountain. His hand was beginning to strain. "I remember my bout with Fire Brand…" He spoke to himself. Looking to the fighting going on with Leroy and Azar.
Two years prior. When Rhico was still a Marshal. He had encountered Azar. And it was his duty at the time to combat the pirate. Their fight lasted days. With Rhico having the upperhand through the entire fight. But it proved to the Rook just how strong Azar would one day become
He could sense now. That Azar was Relative to him. Though given how much both of them had been through. Neither were at their peak performance.
"Rook!" Diva asked. Running up to the large man. She had Mar-Syl over her shoulder "Hows the fighting going?"
"Good. What happened to them?" He pointed to Mar-Syl
"Red Sashes Conquerors Haki knocked him out. Im surprised that it's so potent even without proper training…" She turned and narrowed her eyes at Leroy and Azar making their way to the front of the battlefield
"Make sense. Conquerors Haki can swell in power. Becoming more refined and potent when under distress, like a fires fuel becoming suddenly clean and efficient." Rhico sent another Marine Flying.
"I sensed the Ferry Union showed up. I didn't expect them to-" He shot water from his palm! Washing away another group of Marines, Tanks going with them! "Arrive here…"
"Neither did I. I sense that they are currently within the Underground. Some of them have made it to fortress itself…"
"I'll have to reconvene with them once we Get Redsash and Fire Brand out of here!" They began to run towards the two pirates.
"Quick! You! Get into that room!" One of the Ferry Union Shouted, Commander Zack, the sky leaking in from the massive crack in the fortress from Redbeards quake. Gun shots zipping down the Hallway, some of the Marines dodging the bullets as others laid down covering fire!
The Ferry Union had a goal of their own here. Not only were they attempt to support the Redbeard fleet, Despite the non-Revolutionary actions of the Yonko himself, but they needed to, based upon their ideology, prevent the death of Azar. Showing the world that it was not wrong to be apart of a bloodline. But who you were that mattered.
But- they had gotten a transmission from Tigre himself after S, the Chief of Staff and Secretary Commissar of the Militia, connected them together. Tigre told them that they had a secondary objective. Get and copy as many files from the World Government and the Fortress as Possible.
They were able to snatch quite a few high ranking files; Names of Cipher Pol Ageis agents, their locations, Black Ops Missions, Incident Reports including that of Tovara, and the Assault of the Citadel, some of the Key knowledge they were also able to acquire was a near total roster of current Commissioned Officers from Commodore to Rear Admiral. Above all, they also got access to sparse knowledge and documentation:
Information on the Charles Town incident, Investigations of reports of Poneglyphs, Roger, the Four Yonko, and even
The One Piece. Signed off by the Chief Investigator of the Department of Investigations, Aberline. But the knowledge was minor. It seems that the Marines only looked into minor information regarding the subject
"If you've got it! Lets get the fuck out of here!" A Commander Zack screamed. Filing the Ferry Union out. To the Marines. They did not know just who this group of interest was…
Elsewhere around the island and in the Plaza, Marine sat within dugouts and temporary set ups to treat there wound. San Clemens hadn't been able to get everyone out of the battle. Leaving a few thousand behind… "Why isn't the Fleet Admiral moving?" Asked Captain Gazs.
"Think about it…" A Commodore by the name of Giles spoke. The two of them looking to the Fleet Admiral who stayed floating over the Battlefield. Watching the chaos. Even the Grand Tactician had moved away from the battle to continue her commands. Cannon fire exploding kilometers away from the Marines attempting to take down the Escaping Fleet
"He's the leader of the Entire Marines. Everyone of them. For all we know, he's communicating to outside forces to blockade or even maybe cause a buster call…But above all else. All of us are watching his actions…He's proving his strength and resolve to the entire world by picking and choosing when to and not attack…" Giles spoke plainly. This was a commonly known fact for Fleet Admirals and the Three Admirals alike. They had to choose how they acted carefully
"Right…We need to be reactions to the world when necessary. Especially the top brass. While the rest of us are as proactive as possible…" Gazs remembered the statements and ideals that had been instilled in him since boot camp.
"Zero Tundra!" Nokotori shouted! Shooting his hands out! His Powers of Cold summoned a massive wall of and frigid wind! Whirling towards Azar!
The Brother shoved Leroy out of the way! Causing him to shoot to the side! Rolling across the ground "Azar!" Leroy yelled! Eyes widening!
"Corona Nova!" Azar spewed flames forward! The difference in temperature caused a Massive Explosion! His flames melting through the zero temperature ice and dispelling the frigid wind! Nokotori's face proved the lack of struggle he needed to apply as Azar frustrated his face, forcing as much of the flames forward!
"Dreaming Drake!" Fire Brand Screamed, summoning the ability to zip around the ice wall and attempt to attack the Admiral!
But Nokotori's own unique ability formed. An ironic clash… "King Fisher…" A massive bird resembling its namesake but far more fantastical in its proportion and disposition bared its talons and tore through the construct!
"Azar!" Polo said eyes glancing out of the corner of his eye, sweat burning his eyes as Murasagi slammed his Light mace into him! Polo winced through the pain, and shot through the air! Attempting to reach Azar with the power of his full mythical form!
"I don't think so…" The Purple Hare intercepted! Slamming a brutal crescent kick into the First Commander! Exploding the ground beneath them with Country smashing strength!
Redbeard however. Was able to get away from his Battle. But at a cost… "Son!" He screamed! Taking his eyes off of Kuroryu for only a moment! Letting the Black Dragon-
"Don't get distracted!" He roared!
Shot his fist forward! And pierce straight through the Yonko's Chest! Exploding his plasma through his internal organ! Literally vaporizing one of his lungs and severely burning his guts!
"Grah!" In a gut reaction, a instinct of hundred. No thousands of Battles and Fights across almost a century of life, Redbeard slammed his enormous fist into the side of the Admirals skull! Blood Erupting! His skull cracking!
In the next Nanosecond, Barbossa slammed his hand down, hand glowing as a strange formation of metal and chains forced Kuroryu to his knees! Hands locking behind him! An ability known as 'Adamantine Bind' locking an opponent to the ground for a time! He then combined that with his Fruit power to force a Vibrational Bubble to keep the Admiral in place! Constantly exposing him to monstrous amounts of energy that would destroy the island they were on dozens of times over! "Grah!"
But by the time The Admiral Screamed, Barbossa was moving! His Poleaxe behind him, erupting in power and lightning! Warped again in Fruit Ability!
He was about to send a devastating Ranged Attack to attempt and give Azar an opening! But light shined in front of him!
Murasagi materializing before the Emperor! Slamming his foot into the blade! And causing the attack to be redirected straight into the island beneath them! The force of which caused the entire island shatter again! But it had been concentrated, all focused into a single spot! All of the energy shaking the island was only from the recoil as the blade of the weapon Vaporized a surprisingly small hole in the ground!
"Don't try to interrupt this…" Murasagi snarled. Raising a finger and shooting a mean of light! Straight through Redbeards Face!
The Entire Fleet suddenly felt that something happened. All of them turning! Even those still in the fight at the Plaza! Puma, Spice, Zero, Bailey, Stern. All had the same reaction! "Pa!"
"Hgnh!" Redbeard's vision blurred. Blood pouring. The Light Speed attack pierced his skull! And had taken part of his brain with it! The Face in front of him began to blur, His cognition and spatial awareness dimmed
"You've gotten slow. Even in just this fight…" Mocked the Light User.
But Redbeard. With the strength of his family behind him. The will of himself as an Emperor of the Sea! The Strongest Man on the Planet! He moved! His body using all that it could to overcome even the brain damage!
An explosion erupted from his body! Using his Fruit to shoot a concentrated aura of destruction around him! A perfect crater forming around him and forcing the admiral off of him! Lightning and Streaks of energy forming around him!
Swiping his Poleaxe through the air! He sliced through the Admiral as he moved! But the Admiral zipped away as it had only caused his body to form into light!
In a Microsecond, Redbeard was before Nokotori! Hammer end of his weapon swinging! He had been in an instance offense against Azar! But the Admirals senses warned him! His body forming into Ice and allowing the hammer to smash through him! The upper half of him freezing onto the weapon! A strange and almost grotesque display!
"Still have fight in you…Fin-" He was interrupted as Rowdy Row and Spice Gal suddenly appeared the both of them working in tandem with their Captain! Rowdy slicing with his axe as Spice slammed her fist forward!
All the hit however-
Was a decoy of ice!
Nokotori had blitzed past all three of them! Both of them were frozen! Rowdy's arm began to crack and break, attempting to fight against the temperature with his body heat and Haki!
Spice Gal…Was frozen solid. And Shattered against the ground…
But even as her body released cold wind and mist from the freezing air around her lifeless body. It gave Azar and Leroy the chance to group back with Rhico, Mar-Syl and Diva. Escaping into one of the dug outs.