The beginning of the Battle of Aethelwall

Sikal looked around with his binoculars, "The number is, ten, no, twenty, no, thirty, forty ... over forty pirate ships, suddenly descending on the waters around us!"

"How can that be!"

Bucky, who had put down a huge bird's leg in his hand, cried out in disbelief, "How could so many ships appear around us without a sound? Didn't the Captain and the others notice?"

Roger poured a whole bottle of rum, "The only one who could have done such a thing seems to be Skye the Golden Lion!"

The sea that Roy and Roger were in was called the "Aethelwall".

The Golden Lion Shiki, who has the power of the Puffy Fruit and is currently the world's number one swordsman, has the ability to make his ships move freely in the sky, which is the biggest problem for people.

And not just by himself, or one of his ships, but by making dozens, if not hundreds, of fleets of 10,000 or more float in the air, making the navy a tricky existence.

It's fair to say that before Roger was found researching the body of history, the Golden Lion was the biggest headache for the Navy, no, the Navy had nothing on him at all.

He was more powerful than Roger's easy-going nature, more ambitious than Whitebeard's comfort, and more united with all the pirates in his fleet than Raider's solitude.

Originally, the Golden Lion had always seen Roger as his greatest enemy, and after the collapse of the last negotiations, he had been looking for an opportunity to draw Roger in, and had been disastrously rejected.

He was ready to find a chance to send Roger on his way, however, through today's newspaper, plus the Navy's deliberate revelation, the Golden Lion has learned that Roger has information about the ancient weapon and where he is.

He couldn't wait to use his powers to reach this place.

I don't know if it was the Golden Lion's powers that affected the weather, or if it was because the heavens were terrified by this meeting of the century, but what had been a clear sky was instantly filled with dark clouds, wild thunder booming and torrential rain falling.

Before Roy had a chance to disembark from Roger's Pirates' Jackson, the Golden Lion fleet of over fifty ships was already up and down, left and right, encircling Roger in the waters of Aethelwall.

"Really, what bad luck, I'm fucking tired after days of fighting, don't get me involved!" Roy stood on the side of the ship as if he was about to jump on board his ship, the Sea King.

When Bucky saw that Roy seemed to be leaving, he had the courage to shout at his back, "Hey! Roy, you bastard, do you want to run when you see danger?"

Roy turned his head and looked at Bucky, this guy was definitely the first son of fate in the Pirate King world, maybe Roger had such good luck all the way, it was all thanks to the big captain Bucky, but Roy still waved his hand, "Bucky, since when am I in your gang?"

With that said, Roy led Planck and Gianna both in a long leap and instantly appeared very securely on his big iron ship, travelling out in the opposite direction to the Jackson.

On the side of the main ship of the Golden Lion fleet, a warship with a large golden lion's head, a man with beard, sideburns and hair, entirely golden and dressed in a samurai kimono, stood in awe.

Beside him, a member of the Golden Lion Pirates, armed with binoculars, ran over and said, "Boss, a strangely shaped ship has left the range of Roger's pirate ship and is moving further out, should we sink him!"

"Eh?"

The golden lion with the cigar in his mouth raised an eyebrow, "It can't be Roger and the others escaping inside, can it? The man I know is definitely not that kind of stuff."

"No... not, he is Roy, the pirate under the legend, the one you mentioned before!" The subordinate with the binoculars in hand immediately reported.

"Oh? The angel boy who just fought with Whitebeard ah, actually so coincidentally with Roger!" The Golden Lion said in a flash of realization.

"Then boss, we should ..." Faced with the sudden appearance of Roy and an enemy of such a high rank, the men could not decide for a moment and had to leave it to the captain's judgment.

"Pretend you didn't see it, just a brat known as Under Legend, I'm not interested right now, this time my target, only Roger!" The Golden Lion spoke with great bravado.

The meaning was simple, regardless of Roy.

"Yes!"

...

"Captain Roger!" Seeing the dense fleet around him, Bucky said with his hands on his head, tears and snot flying together, about to piss in fear, "Lives are the most important thing, for now let's just obey the Golden Lion for now!"

He thought he had a better chance of winning with Roy around, but then he just left without any regard for the "party".

The Golden Lion, you should have fucked him, Bucky yelled inwardly.

But when he saw the Golden Lion ignoring him, Bucky was devastated.

"You've become impossible to cut down, what's there to be afraid of?" Shanks was in the mood to tease Bucky.

"How dare you say that, what if the opponent uses his sword as a blunt weapon? And there are plenty of weaknesses, idiot!" Bucky growled, showing his teeth.

"Trust us mate, this Jackson." Riley wrapped his arms around Roger's back and sighed, "Roger's time, too, is running out!"

At that moment Roger stood on the bow of the Jackson, facing Skye above him with his arms open, yelling with his cigar in his mouth, "How many times do I have to tell you, Roger, that now that you have mastered the ancient weapon, the Hades, along with my army and the perfect plan I have constructed over the years, you will soon rule the whole world!"

With that, Skye made a fist with her big hand and said excitedly, "Become my right arm, Roger."

A look of rejection was written all over Roger's vaguely green face as he shouted, "No matter how much pressure you put on me, I will reject your naive ideas, Golden Lion!"

"So, what you're saying, then, is that I should kill you right here and now, right?" The Golden Lion, knowing that there was no longer any way to talk, gave a direct ultimatum.

"It means to crush you, all of you!" Roger responded with a swing of his sword.

All at once, the bombardment of shells, and the sound of the crowd killing each other rang out.

Dozens of kilometres away, Roy crossed his arms on his knees and stared far out at the battle-scarred sea, smiling lightly as he spoke to the two men behind him, "Well, let's have a good look at this good show!"

"Grand Lord, aren't you going to go and help Mr Roger? Didn't you say that he is the key to unlocking a new era? What if he ..." asked Gianna, puzzled.

"Oh! That's precisely why I won't help him, because he's the Son of Heaven, and besides, besides Roger, that Red Nose, who is a god with the luck of the Hegemony, will be absolutely fine with him!"

"Hey~~" Gianna didn't understand Roy's meaning at all.

"Watch what it means to be a protagonist!" Roy cracked up.