(Vol 4) CHAPTER - 26 { Might Unleashed }

Rocky stood on the edge of the island, around him were hundreds of pirates from his Division.

"They are here."

Said Rocky. All the pirates straightened their bodies, their eyes fully focused in the front.

Soon, multiple black shadows became visible in the sea horizon.

As the black shadows came closer, they revealed themselves to be the huge pirate fleet from the Devil's Pirates.

More than a thousand warships, and almost a million pirates boarded on them. Among the ships, five belonged to Division Captain's.

At the very front, leading the fleet was a huge ship that carried a similar huge weapon. A multi-cannon with three barrels.

And on the bow of that ship, Devil's Contract, stood a man with long black hair, multi-color eyes, and a tall and muscular body.

Around him was the air of evil and death. It would seem as if the man was in a pool of dark blood overseeing the world.

"Captain."

Rocky greeted with a slight bow. Akuma stepped down from the Devil's Contract and nodded.

Behind him, Mint and Irish followed.

"Split up."

As Akuma ordered, four of the five Division Captain's ships sailed in different directions.

The four Division Captains, Lancelot, Brook, Rocky and Beauty, took a hundred pirate warships together with a hundred thousand pirates each.

The rest of the pirates including Irish and Mint followed Akuma towards the Beast Pirates main headquarters directly, Onigashima.

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In the sea before Onigashima, Akuma stopped all the ships from sailing further.

"Load the missiles."

Under his command, about six hundred pirate warships loaded the missiles in the launchers.

"Get the Blaster ready."

Akuma gestured to the Irish behind him on the right. Irish immediately switched on the weapons on the Devil's Contract.

The multi-cannon started charging up as blue and green lights glowed inside the barrels.

"Also, inform the two in there."

Irish bowed and headed inside the ship to the control room. She soon connected to a device located in Onigashima.

"Hello?"

"It's me, King. Are you all here already?"

The voice from the transmission was slightly rough due to the connection problems.

"Yes. We are about to open fire. Prepare."

"Very well."

The transmission ended as the line beeped in the control room's speakers.

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Onigashima___

Crush.

King broke the device, he stood up from his seat and went towards the underground lab where Queen was researching a brand new virus.

His footsteps rang in the corridors, his figure moved quickly and went in the underground path.

When he reached the lab, Queen was testing the prototype version of the virus.

"Ahhh! Ahhhh! Help! Queen-sama save me!"

The test subject inside the huge glass cube, slammed the glass and shouted for help.

But none were moved. Queen crossed his arms over his fat chest and shook his head in disappointment.

The test subject's voice lowered as he fell to the floor with blood flowing out of his eyes, nose, ears and mouths.

"Tch. Another failure."

Queen turned around to find King standing near the underground path with a solemn expression.

'Is it time?'

Thought Queen. Suddenly, a loud explosion sounded throughout Onigashima.

Red light turned on everywhere, Queen and King seemed to see the location where the explosion happened with observation haki.

"Let's go."

King stepped on the stairs and walked up the path. Queen went to a table and picked up a huge backpack.

"Ah, you guys. Stay here."

Queen tossed a small green colored grenade in the lab while closing the exits and the path.

"Queen-sama? What are you doing!"

"Queen-sama!"

The pirates and researchers were perplexed at Queen's actions.

Boom!

The grenade exploded as green smoke filled the entire lab. All the blood vessels in the researchers and pirates bodies popped out to visibility.

"Ahhh! Burning!"

"It hurts!"

The screams, shouts and cries echoed from the enclosed lab.

Boom!

A huge part of the roof of Onigashima fell down and crushed tens of pirates to their deaths.

"Who is it! Dare to invade my territory!"

From the biggest building inside Onigashima, a huge figure leaped and went out from the gap in the roof.

Kaido, the governor-general of the Beast Pirates. One of the last two Emperors in the New World.

He stood at the roof of a huge skull, of a creature from an unknown time in the past, and watched as hundreds of missiles hit and exploded on Onigashima.

The damage received within a minute, was truly unimaginable to Kaido, who tooks years to build this headquarters.

"De-vil! Come out here!"

Kaido roared furiously and jumped in the sky, his body started expanding and grew a huge blue wingless dragon.

On the Devil's Contract, Akuma smiled and leaped from the deck. His body also grew in size as he turned into a huge dark green sea serpent.

In terms of size, the Eastern Dragon couldn't be compared to the fantastical Leviathan.

The huge Leviathan's body went into a phantom state, white gas surrounded its body from various sides helping it to swim high in the sky.

"Roar! Die!"

Kaido opened his mouth, a dark yellow ball of energy condensed and beamed towards Akuma.

Swoosh!

The air current around the dark yellow energy ball created disorder in the atmosphere.

Akuma didn't try to avoid or dodge the energy beam, instead let it go through his body and pierce the sky.

"What!"

Kaido showed a surprised look before his face turned dark and grim.

It was Akuma's turn as the dark green energy beam didn't miss and hit Kaido's body.

"Face me!"

Kaido charged towards Akuma, his claws wide open as the sharp nails tried to wound him.

Unfortunately, Kaido didn't feel the touch he wanted. His huge body went through Akuma's.

"How! Bastard!"

Akuma twisted and ran his long body around Kaido's to bind him. From almost transparent to slightly opaque, Akuma's body successfully started strangling Kaido.

Boom!

Kaido shot multiple energy beams at Akuma's head which was above his, but all went through.

Kaido resisted the strangle, and wanted to shoot the energy beams at Akuma's body as he just couldn't move his neck.

"Kaido, this will be your end."

Akuma stared into Kaido's eyes and said with a creepy voice. Black smoke started coming out of his closed mouth.

When he opened his mouth, the smoke escaped and a dark green light glowed to blind Kaido.

Multiple phantom dragon hands formed and grabbed Kaido's head. They gripped and opened his mouth.

"Roar!"

But Kaido struggled and broke free from the hands, yet, more formed until he ran out of strength.

The suffocation due to getting strangled, showed the effects. Akuma extended his neck and brought his head before Kaido's.

The dark green energy ball, much bigger than the ones Akuma had used, glowed intensely.

On the side of the Devil's Pirates, Mint stood at the deck while Irish in the control room. Their eyes were only focused on Akuma and Kaido.

At Onigashima as well, the pirates and citizens stopped whatever they were doing and all stared up in the sky.

The battle between Devil's Pirates and Beast Pirates came to halt.

The dark clouds clashed, sparks of lightning appeared with some falling down which was then followed by the loud thunders.

Up in the sky right below the dark clouds, Akuma's eyes flashed in a deep red light.

Boom!

The dark green energy ball blasted and beamed down through Kaido's mouth.

It burned, melted and boiled the insides. The beam went through the mouth and finally came out from the end of the tail.

Almost all the surroundings were lit up in green light due to Akuma's beam.

Puff.

Akuma closed his mouth, the black smoke escaped from the gaps of the razor sharp teeth.

The huge Eastern Dragon started shrinking until Akuma's grip loosened on it.

As the body shrank and turned into a huge dead human, it descended down and hit the sea surface.

Splash!

A huge ripple formed, waves moved on the sea surface as Kaido's dead body sank in the depth.

Silence took over the atmosphere. Even the loud thunders and sharp lightning were unheard and seen.

Akuma glanced at the sea then turned his head towards the huge skull which was already damaged to a great extent.

"You all! Die!"

His voice brought everyone back to reality. On the Devil's Pirates side, the faces revealed joy, confidence, pride and arrogance.

While on the Beast Pirates side, the faces showed fear, terror, shock, despair and helplessness.

And so, the halted battle resumed. But this time, the Devil's Pirates totally dominated from the start to end.