Chapter 202: The End of the Battle
The Fantasy Species, Natural Water, born from the sea, under Louis's control, entered the area where half the island had collapsed and which was now filled with surging dark currents.
When Louis's command was given, the Natural Water quickly took control of the raging seawater, causing it to gradually calm down. Immediately after, the Natural Water, under Louis's command, rapidly extended itself, swiftly searching for the fallen Whitebeard and Big Mom.
Louis, with the beat of his wings, slowly descended, hovering ten meters above the sea's surface. While the Natural Water searched for the two, he did not remain idle. He spread his Observation Haki, penetrating deep underwater to perceive everything around him.
However, the next moment, Louis's brow furrowed slightly, and a subtle change came over his expression. Because in his Observation Haki, only Big Mom was currently in the sea, rapidly floating up. There was no sign of Whitebeard at all.
Then, Louis expanded the range of his Observation Haki, covering the entire island and the surrounding sea area. But there was still no discovery.
"Was he rescued?" Louis thought to himself as he summoned Avant Heim. Other than being rescued, Louis could not think of any other reasonable explanation. And he had a faint guess as to who had rescued him.
After a moment of contemplation, Louis controlled the Natural Water to attack the Thundercloud Zeus, which was carrying Big Mom and rapidly ascending. He used the seawater to firmly bind the two of them beneath the surface, leaving only Big Mom's nostrils exposed so that she would not drown.
Soon, Avant Heim, which had been at the edge of the battlefield, arrived directly above Louis's head. From it flew more than a dozen beautiful puppets with wings on their waists. In their hands, they carried chains bought at a high price, and Seastone... courteously sponsored by the Marines.
"Tie her up," Louis gave the latest command from mid-air. Although he hadn't managed to capture Whitebeard, getting Big Mom was not a bad harvest.
Soon, the group of girl-like puppets took the Seastone and chains and firmly bound Big Mom. The Natural Water was also released and was once again dispatched by Louis to search the surrounding sea area for any trace of Whitebeard.
After doing all this, Louis turned his head thoughtfully to the side, a hint of confusion in his eyes. "Before I was stunned, wasn't Marco in that direction?"
But soon, Louis shook his head, throwing the thought from his mind. He signaled the puppets and flew toward the main battlefield.
By the time he arrived, the battle between his subordinates and the members of the Whitebeard Pirates was basically over. Those who could escape had already disappeared. Those who had no ability to escape were mostly the seriously wounded, as well as some pirates who had surrendered.
At this moment, the enemies facing the members of the Archangel Pirates had already switched from the Whitebeard Pirates to the forces of the Big Mom Pirates. Just as both sides were in the heat of battle, Louis, carrying the tightly bound Big Mom, descended from the sky, displaying her brazenly before everyone on the battlefield.
In the shattered battlefield, Charlotte Smoothie, Oven, and the others who were in a bitter fight with the Lunarians saw this and were dumbfounded, letting out cries of disbelief.
"That's—"
"MAMA!!"
"How is this possible?!" Perospero cried out.
No one had expected that Mama, who had just been pulled onto that battlefield, would be tied up in the next moment and displayed as a trophy in such a humiliating manner.
After seeing the chain-bound Big Mom, all the members of the Big Mom Pirates lost their will to fight and stopped their movements one after another. This included even the strongest, Charlotte Smoothie, Oven, and Perospero.
On the opposite side, Louis's subordinates, after exchanging glances, also slowly pulled away, vigilantly watching the enemy who had laid down their weapons. They all believed that Louis had his own purpose for bringing Big Mom here alive, and since they didn't know what it was, they did not act rashly, lest they ruin his plan.
The next moment, one by one, the Marine-sponsored Seastone cuffs fell from the hands of the newly arrived puppets, landing directly in front of the members of the Charlotte Family.
At the same time, Louis's emotionless voice sounded, completely announcing their defeat. "If you don't want your mother to die here, then put the Seastone handcuffs on the ability users yourselves! Of course, you can also choose to die here with your mother, and then let the people of Totto Land perish, having lost their pillar of support."
Hearing this, the members of the Charlotte Family, who had already laid down their weapons, looked at each other. In the end, they focused their gazes on Perospero, waiting for their older brother's decision.
Perospero felt the gazes from behind him. The pressure surged, and a lot of cold sweat dripped from his forehead. He could not bear the consequences of this command alone. Although they had laid down their weapons, they still had the strength to fight. It was only a truce. But if they put on the Seastone cuffs, they would truly be like dead fish, to be manipulated at will by the Archangel.
At this moment, Smoothie's brow was tightly furrowed, a thoughtful expression on her face.
In the crowd, Charlotte Oven was already sweating profusely. While most people were looking at their eldest brother, he alone had his head down.
As time passed, the group surrounding the Big Mom Pirates gradually became impatient, turning one after another to look at Louis, who was hovering in the sky.
"Lord Admiral, why don't we just kill them?!"
"Kill them, and then gradually kill our way to Totto Land and take everything there!"
To this, Louis merely glanced at them, making them shrink their necks and say no more.
Seeing this, Perospero's face became paler. He was caught in an increasingly complicated dilemma, completely ignoring the complex gazes of his younger siblings behind him. At this moment, many of the executives of the Charlotte Family finally understood why Perospero, who was clearly not weak, had not become a Sweet Commander. When faced with such a momentous event, he was simply unable to make a decision.
If they decided to resist, they would raise their weapons and fight to the death. If they surrendered, they would also readily accept their fate.
Just as the group was despairing, Smoothie, from within the crowd, slowly sheathed her weapon and stepped forward. She walked straight past Perospero and expressionlessly handed her weapon to the tall, fire-wreathed figure.
"Please do not harm Mama. We surrender."
As her words fell, she turned to look at another non-ability-user executive behind her, signaling her to put the Seastone cuffs on her.
The person locked by Smoothie's gaze saw this, and her mind went blank. She then quickly reacted, tremblingly picking up the Seastone cuffs and putting them on Smoothie.
Nearby, the others first looked at the still-unconscious Big Mom, then lowered their eyes and, one by one, had others, or themselves, put on the Seastone cuffs.
Seeing that the Charlotte Family members had already made their choice, Louis instructed his clansmen, "Go and tie them up. Take them back to Dressrosa."
"Alright!"
"Understood!"
With these words, the members of the Lunarian race silently lit the flames on their backs, picked up chains from the ground, and walked straight toward the executives of the Charlotte Family, who were already bound in Seastone.
When the last executive was tied up, Louis randomly selected a low-ranking pirate leader and said in a deep voice, "You go back and tell Katakuri to prepare a sufficient price to exchange for Smoothie and the others."
Hearing that he could leave, the already terrified low-ranking leader wished he could kowtow to Louis on the spot. He hurriedly turned and left.
However, Smoothie suddenly interjected, "He won't do. He's not a member of the Charlotte Family. He might just flee after leaving this island and won't necessarily deliver your message to my brother Katakuri. Let the youngest among us go back and deliver the message!" With that, Smoothie raised her hands and pointed to a young girl in the crowd who looked to be only in her teens.
However, after hearing this, Louis did not do as Smoothie said. Instead, he once again selected several low-ranking executives from the crowd and repeated the same sentence.
Smoothie: "..."
After a long while, the last battle on the remaining half of the island disappeared.
Yelena, having reverted to her human form, was dragging two frozen men as she walked straight to Louis's side. Beneath the thick layer of ice, one could still clearly see one person in a chest-strap light armor and the other in a pink women's kimono.
After learning of Louis's decision, a strange light appeared in her eyes. She first looked up at Big Mom, who was hanging high in the air, then glanced at the group who had obediently put on the cuffs. After a brief, fruitless thought, Yelena no longer dwelled on Louis's intentions for not killing them.
Soon, everything on the island was over. Louis raised his hand and summoned Avant Heim from the sky, along with the Island Cloud that Yelena and the others had ridden.
When the two giant cloud masses descended, Louis turned to the old man leading the Buccaneers and said, "Put all the Charlotte Family members on board and take them back to Dressrosa."
"Alright!" The tall, burly old man nodded and decisively led his clansmen and partners to take charge of the group of pirates, leading them onto the Island Cloud.
Just then, Uta, who had changed back to her human form, came to Louis's side with a strange expression. "Hey, Louis," she asked tentatively.
"What are we going to do with the more than twenty thousand people who are still alive?"
Not long ago, Uta had easily knocked out thirty thousand of the Whitebeard Pirates' crew. Although she had become a qualified pirate, she still couldn't, like the previous ability user, control tens of thousands of people to commit suicide without any psychological burden. Although the Lunarians had spent a lot of time cleaning up the fallen pirates, they had been interrupted by many accidents, forcing them to leave and keeping them busy until now.
Until the war ended, there were still more than twenty thousand people trapped in a deep illusion, endlessly experiencing one terrifying hallucination after another.
To this, Louis glanced at the pirates lying all over the ground and subconsciously raised an eyebrow. But in the end, he did not criticize Uta. Instead, he replied casually, "Then let's take them all with us. We'll use them as laborers and cannon fodder—"
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