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087: 'God Attendant,' The 'Weapon' Left Over From The Ancient Kingdom? Destroy!
At this moment, standing in the center of an abyss hundreds of meters wide caused by the attack of 'Uranus,' Bai Ye ignored the shock of the outside world. Holding the flaming Ryūjin Jakka, he looked towards the projection of Im above the World Government's Mariejois. "If it's only this level, it's my turn now," he said, with an indifferent coldness in his eyes.
Boom!
The moment Bai Ye exerted strength under his feet, a scorching high-temperature heat wave erupted like a torrent, engulfing the entire Mariejois. The vegetation burned up, and the only support beneath Bai Ye's feet collapsed instantly.
In the next second, Shunpo!
"M... disappeared!" exclaimed the fluffy-bearded Five Elder in horror, suddenly noticing the blurred figure of the man disappearing on the spot. He looked around frantically, asking, "Where will it be?! Where?!" His eyes darted around. Then, his pupils narrowed, and he lost his voice as he looked up, wondering, "Heaven, is it in the sky?!"
Bai Ye's muscular frame loomed above Mariejois, facing the huge projection of Im. "Pretending to be a ghost!" disdain flashed in Bai Ye's eyes. He aimed the Ryūjin Jakka in a direction deep within the World Government's Mariejois and cut down instantly.
From the outside world, this was an extremely terrifying scene. With the swing of Ryūjin Jakka, an endless torrent of bright fire poured down across the skies of Mariejois. From under the Red Line, looking up, the entire sky seemed to be smothered by a sea of flames above Mariejois.
Just when countless forces from the outside world were shocked by the mysterious figure that was almost equivalent to a "god," the fiery torrent directly engulfed the projection overlooking the World Government Mariejois. The air, unable to withstand the high temperature, set off a massive explosion, cutting the huge projection in half over Mariejois.
At this moment, the mysterious figure that made the Five Elders kneel and surrender showed a flicker of coldness in his eyes, like the anger of the ultimate being. The projection raised its hand as if to grab something, but it disintegrated and vanished. Numerous World Government buildings began to collapse in pieces.
Everyone could now clearly see the fall of Ryūjin Jakka. It created a line beginning with Bai Ye and cut through the World Government Mariejois. From the gate, the terrifying slash marks spread nearly a kilometer to the deepest part, burning with soaring flames. It seemed as if all the buildings of the World Government were split into two parts by a sea of fire.
At the end of the nearly thousand-meter-long slash was the "Pan Gu City," hidden deep within the World Government. Its true appearance was now laid bare for the world to see. Staring at the mysterious palace unknown to the entire Grand Line, the outside world once again fell into deathly silence. People's pupils widened, and cold sweat dripped down their faces.
"What is going on? Are you kidding me?!" people thought. Inside the World Government, there was still a hidden city, a royal palace!
And then, "What is that...?" In front of Pangu City, where Mariejois was forcibly torn apart and revealed to the world for the first time, someone noticed something. On both sides of this ancient city, there were huge stone buildings resembling guards. But that wasn't the point; when Pangu City was revealed, the two enormous stone statues standing three or four hundred meters tall seemed to have moved! Yes, they had moved, just like the legendary "giant soldier." With one step, the whole Red Line shook and trembled.
"Is that similar to the pacifist weapon used by the Marines?" someone asked, bewildered at the sheer size.
"Too scary..." The thought made countless people from outside forces shiver, and they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.
The Marine at Naval Headquarters was completely astounded, beyond words.
They were familiar with pacifists,
But what they were witnessing was far beyond their understanding.
The World Government...
Is this the same World Government we know in the Marine?
Or are we dreaming?!"
One could say, the events of today are destined to shatter the long-held worldviews they have known.
Perhaps this "upheaval" will send shockwaves through the entire Grand Line and even the world!
"What on earth is that thing?!"
During the Summit War, Marco of the Whitebeard Pirates opened his mouth wide in disbelief,
Staring at the projection screen in astonishment.
He tried to look for guidance from his father.
Suddenly, Marco realized his father was just as astonished as he was,
His heart trembled and his expression darkened, looking at the projection screen in Mariejois with a sense of horror.
"How is this possible? Even the well-informed old man doesn't know what that is?!"
At that moment,
Aboard the violently shaking Mariejois,
"Yes... Lord Im's 'God Attendant' has been dispatched!"
"It's over, it's all over!"
The Five Elders with their fluffy beards witnessed the scene and collapsed to the ground.
The 'God attendant.' As the name suggests,
Is the guard of "God" and the guardian deity.
Yet, this "God Attendant" does not serve the Celestial Dragons, known to the outside world as the "God Clan."
It exists solely for Lord Im.
Though the Five Elders had never seen a 'God Attendant' take action since the founding of the World Government,
The legend of the 'God Attendant' was already known!
They had never imagined that Lord Im's "God Attendant" actually existed!
At this time,
The world was in shock.
Facing two titanic stone figures with glowing red eyes,
Bai Ye floated in the air with a thoughtful gaze.
"Could this be a 'weapon' from the ancient kingdom before the World Government was established?"
As a time traveler, he recalled hearing about Vegapunk who could develop technologies like giant "shark robot" weapons and artificial creatures based on the remnants of ancient civilization technology from the so-called "ancient kingdom."
It proposed that
Before the World Government came into power,
There might have been a vastly advanced kingdom in the world of One Piece,
And now, there were no records of that original hundred-year history.
After the ancient kingdom's fall,
All its residual technology, including those materials, must have come into the possession of the World Government, served by the Five Elders and controlled by "Im."
However, when faced with two red stone behemoths, each footstep shaking and collapsing the Red Line and their eyes reminiscent of Im's,
Bai Ye's eyes remained calm and detached,
Because as one of Im's "God Attendants" lifted a massive, moss-covered stone foot,
Threatening to crush Bai Ye on the trembling Red Line,
Those outside held their breaths.
But in the next second, the 'God Attendant' froze mid-movement!
"Useless,"
Bai Ye said, appearing before the colossal "God Attendant."
Then,
Against the scorching heat akin to the surface of the sun at 6000 degrees,
Whether made of steel, stone, or housing precise machinery within, none would withstand what was to come.
With a slash of Ryūjin Jakka, a horrifying, burning scar hundreds of meters long appeared on the titan's chest.
The stone-shaped titan, a 'Servant of the Gods,' suddenly collapsed, engulfed in flames, adding to the destruction of the World Government's Mariejois!
The construction of these 'God Attendants,'
Bai Ye turned his gaze to the figure on the 'Void Throne' in Pangu City.
Then, pillars of flame erupted throughout Mariejois!
Before the other "God Attendant" could act, it too was consumed by a pillar of fire and fell with a 'Boom!'
From the beginning,
It was clear they could never be an obstacle for Bai Ye when he set out to destroy Mariejois!