Under the order of the Galley-La Company employee, the alert people also breathed a sigh of relief and slowly put down the flintlocks in their hands.
They all had injuries; some of them even lost their ears.
They looked haggard, and their eyes were numb.
They had obviously just experienced a huge setback not long ago, and they still hadn't recovered.
Seeing this, Kaku felt nervous: "What happened here? How are Mr. Iceburg and the others? And what about Lucci?!"
"Come with me; you'll know after you go in."
Kaku nodded and then followed the employees of the Galley-La Company in front of him, slowly walking into the basement of the shipyard.
Underground of the shipyard, countless numb survivors gathered around.
After experiencing the attacks of pirates and the massacre of the Big Mom Pirate, everyone was exhausted and had reached their limit.
From time to time, some people in the crowd even sobbed softly, but they didn't attract the slightest attention from those around them.
Now, the only thing that supported them from immediately having a mental breakdown was the Marines rescue that Iceburg had promised.
"Hold on, just hold on!"
"Mr. Iceburg said that the Marines's rescue will arrive in a few days."
"But by then, all the pirates will leave, and we can be reborn."
"But the mayor..."
Soon, on a ship that had not yet been built, Kaku and others saw Lucci again.
At this moment, he was lying on the hospital bed; his legs were almost completely deformed, and a large area of his chest collapsed.
With such injuries, if it weren't for his devil fruit, which has given him much stronger vitality than normal people, and the blessing of the Life Return, he would definitely not survive.
But even so, Lucci was breathing out more than breathing in at this moment.
In addition to Lucci, there were countless wounded people who were severely injured in that battle in the cabin.
"Kaku..."
Paulie, who had lost an arm, looked at Kaku and the other two and wanted to smile as usual but found that he couldn't smile at all.
Kaku couldn't help asking: "What happened here?!"
"Three days ago, Big Mom Pirate attacked here. Lucci dragged them back and bought us time, but he still lost to that man!"
"That devil-like man!"
Recalling the battle that day, Paulie's eyes were filled with unconcealed horror.
He put one hand into his hair, almost pulling his scalp off, but it couldn't bring him any sense of security.
"The leader of the Four Sweet Commanders of the Big Mom Pirate, a monster with a bounty of more than 1 billion!"
"Even Lucci was defeated by that guy in an instant."
"If it weren't for Mr. Iceburg coming forward and lying that the Pluton blueprint was in his hands, I'm afraid..."
Paulie didn't say anything.
But Kaku and the other two had roughly guessed what happened.
In that case, facing an opponent that was almost impossible to defeat, with Iceburg's temperament, the only choice was probably to sacrifice himself and buy time for the civilians of the Water 7.
As long as they can hold on until the Marines arrive, everything will be solved!
Kalifa recalled everything she had witnessed in the World Government, but she felt an indescribable chill in her heart.
Will there really be reinforcements?
She didn't know this.
She only knew that when a tool lost its usefulness, or even just because of a little doubt, the tool would be wiped out.
Will the World Government really spend such a huge price to save Water 7?!
But looking at Paulie in front of her and recalling the numb civilians she had seen along the way.
Kalifa knew this was the last bit of faith that supported them. If even this bit of faith collapsed, these people would undoubtedly go crazy on the spot.
She didn't dare to speak.
What decision would Captain Gawain make after seeing all this?
Half an hour later, after receiving the notice, Kuro and others quickly arrived.
Chopper, Bepo, and a group of crew members quickly organized to provide emergency treatment for the wounded on the scene.
Gin looked at Lucci, who was lying on the bed and dying, with murderous intent in his eyes: "So..."
"It was that bastard named Katakuri who hurt Lucci like this?!"
Zoro stood aside and said nothing, but the fingers holding the handle of the sword turned white due to excessive force.
It was obvious that his heart was not as calm as he looked.
Van Augur stood at the door. His eyes fell on Lucci, and he murmured: "This evens the score."
"But."
"Since they dare to attack us, no matter who it is, they must pay the price."
"With the captain's personality, he should say something like this, right?"
"Isn't that natural?"
Sanji had a cigarette in his mouth, and the light smoke drifted out of his mouth and nose and was blown away by the wind: "Even if it was the suffering of a stranger, that guy would not ignore it, let alone his companions!"
"Lucci, this guy..."
"Well."
"We must rely on our own strength to get back the ground we lost!"
"Ah."
… … …
At the same time, around Water 7.
On an uninhabited island full of vegetation, countless birds and animals seemed to be frightened and fled to the surrounding areas of the island, crowding the beaches around the island.
They didn't stop until the seawater submerged their necks.
However, when they looked back at the center of the island, their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably.
An inexplicable force spread from the center of the island, and it seemed it wanted to completely devour this uninhabited island that nurtured countless lives.
Starting from the center of the island, large areas of trees withered, the land turned into a desert, and the rivers dried up.
All life was dying; it didn't stop until the island completely turned into a desert.
In return, the demon-like figure in the center of the island had an increasingly terrifying energy.
"My guess is right."
Gawain, who had transformed into a Demon Form, raised his arm and looked at the earth's vitality that was constantly escaping from the collar, like a pale blue flame that wrapped his whole body.
A hideous smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "With the improvement of strength, my body is much stronger than before and can withstand it."
"The earth's vitality absorbed this time is probably three or four times more than that of the Drum Island!"
"Maybe I can't wipe a country off the map like an Ancient Weapon, but it is no problem destroying a naval fleet."
"In other words."
"If there is sufficient energy supply, I can become an existence comparable to Ancient Weapons!"
"This may be the correct way to use the red dragon fruit, and why it is praised as an evil god."
"What a pity."
"This is a planet with an ocean area of more than 90%."
Gawain sighed, and then the Den Den Mushi sounded in his arms at this moment.
After connecting the call, Kuro's voice, filled with suppressed anger, came through the receiver.
"Lucci has been found, and he is seriously injured. The one who attacked him was Katakuri from the Big Mom pirates."
"Let's not talk about this guy's self-willed behavior, but he is one of ours, after all."
"Captain!"
Kuro rarely calls Gawain the captain, and the meaning is self-evident.
"I know."
"I will make them pay the price."
As soon as the words fell, the earth's vitality energy swirling around Gawain's body momentarily stopped.
Then, in the next instant, it erupted with even more violence, burning more fiercely, emitting blinding light.
So much so that the creatures gathered on the beach seemed to see another sun.
Then, the sun in their eyes leaped up and disappeared into the clouds in the blink of an eye.