Chapter 211: Foolish Political Struggle
An hour had passed since the Rocks Pirates invaded God Valley.
Meanwhile, the World Government had already lost four Top Tier Combatants in succession.
At this moment, Vice Admiral Garp, who was stationed at G-1 Fortress, finally arrived.
The World Government dispatched reinforcements again, totaling seven Top Tier Combatants and numerous Strongmen.
Two were from the God's Knights Reserve, and five were from various World Noble Families.
The Celestial Dragons located in Mary Geoise were closely monitoring the situation on the Battlefield.
Due to the blockade by the Den Den Mushi Jammer, information could only be transmitted via Den Den Mushi after leaving the Jammer's range.
Upon learning of the situation in God Valley, they were all shocked.
More than half of the Celestial Dragons were dead; it was the first time in history they had suffered such heavy losses.
This was followed by rage.
They wanted revenge; they wanted to completely bury the Rocks Pirates.
Even if they weren't that angry, they had to put on an angry expression, such as the Fiorella Family and the Ruwens Family, who hadn't lost any family members and had received some vague information from Hades beforehand.
The so-called 'some treasure' was merely a drop in the ocean compared to the losses of other families.
For this reason, every family had to send Strongmen as reinforcements to God Valley.
However, from the combatants dispatched by these families, one could vaguely discern their attitudes.
Different families also primarily lived in different environments.
Several families, led by the Ferland Family, although their main strength was in Mary Geoise, had more family members living in God Valley.
And the losses they suffered were absolutely the greatest.
To rescue their clansmen and save their property, they had to dispatch powerful combatants.
It also showed their foundation.
Those who sent Top Tier Combatants showed that the family still possessed a strong foundation.
Those who couldn't even send a single Top Tier Combatant showed that the family had completely weakened.
For bottom-tier World Nobles like the Charmark Family, pressure could be applied to them, plundering some of the interests that originally belonged to them.
It was better for them to just honestly act as mascots.
Celestial Dragons were also divided into different ranks.
For families that had already weakened, it was very difficult to rise again.
Of course, it wasn't impossible.
Becoming one of the Five Elders, the most top-tier Celestial Dragons like the Five Elders, might not mean having the absolute highest strength, but they could use the World Government's strength to obtain unimaginable resources.
Even if other families also had members in God Valley, the number wasn't large.
Some were already dead, and for those still alive, the Strongmen sent were enough to protect them.
Unlike them, the World Nobles who had more members residing in God Valley were bound to suffer the greatest losses.
The heavier the losses, the more interests they could gain afterwards.
Some weaker families could take advantage of the situation to rise.
They had been waiting for such an opportunity for a long time.
Especially Top Tier Families like the Ferland Family, who had always monopolized the position of Commander-in-Chief of the Holy Knights.
Some people had been secretly dissatisfied for a long time.
The Rocks Pirates' target was merely God Valley.
If it were Mary Geoise, they would definitely go all out.
World Nobles were never a unified block; it was just that very few people could reach this level.
"Foolish political struggle." Feeling the situation on the God Valley Battlefield, Hades couldn't help but sneer inwardly.
If these Celestial Dragon Families truly united, what kind of storm could the Rocks Pirates stir up? Unfortunately, this was impossible.
This situation was within his expectations; in fact, the strength dispatched was weaker than he anticipated.
Part of the reason was the delay in their information.
After all, they didn't know that four Top Tier Combatants had already been sacrificed in such a short time.
Among them were three Holy Knights members who were also Celestial Dragons.
They were still too confident in their own strength.
It might be decent within the World Government, but on The Great Sea, compared to the Division Captains of the Rocks Pirates, most of them were ranked at the bottom.
What did that amount to?
The arrival of the seven Top Tier Combatants caused a slight change in the war situation.
Two God's Knights Reserves protected the Celestial Dragons and some of their property, resisting the constantly attacking Pirates.
The immense treasure attracted the attention of many Pirates, and the deceased World Nobles made them completely unrestrained.
A large number of Pirates continuously surged forward, charging towards these Celestial Dragons under the leadership of those High-Ranking Cadres.
With terrifying combat strength, even these three Top Tier Combatants found it difficult to break free.
Each one faced the ambush of several High-Ranking Cadres.
The immense stress put the World Nobles in a dangerous situation.
With themselves being held back, it was difficult to provide protection to the Celestial Dragons.
In a short time, quite a few Celestial Dragons were killed.
After the slaughter by Lyon 'Death Gun', the World Government's high-end combat power suffered heavy losses, and the Rocks Pirates had many powerful Pirates who were free to act.
Some Slaves had even begun to resist, freed by individual Great Pirates who were powerful and had learned haki emission.
The Rocks Pirates were a Monster Haven.
Even if they weren't as powerful as Division Captains, the number of second-tier Monsters was only greater.
The group of Monsters rescued from Impel Down had already begun a frenzied slaughter.
High in the distant sky, dense dark clouds continuously swirled like a vortex centered over God Valley.
Purple lightning constantly flashed, and a gale raged.
Of the remaining five Top Tier Combatants, one had targeted Lyon 'Death Gun', while the other four rescued the four Holy Knights members who were caught in an ambush.
The battle situation was restored to a state of balance.
However, in the battles across the major top-tier Battlefields, the World Government was mostly at a disadvantage.
The balance could be broken again at any moment.
(end of chapter)