Sea Calendar 1081, July. You received news that the giant nation Elbaf was under invasion. This operation was a secret action led by the World Government and jointly executed by the Marines and CP organizations.
The Marines deployed 103 general-rank officers, including one Marine Admiral, 32 Marine Vice Admirals, 70 Marine Rear Admirals, plus hundreds of field-grade officers to assist. Some old granny said she wanted people to help her get revenge, and she meant what she said.
Additionally, there was one CP organization supreme action commander and several CP organization senior intelligence officers. All of Elbaf was in grave danger.
As just an ordinary supernova, you seem powerless against this?
This was the system information that appeared after Silas decided to head to Elbaf ten days ago. Regarding system information, Silas always liked to view it from a dialectical perspective.
The system's timeline projected twenty years forward from now.
The retired old granny should refer to Rona.
The Marine Admiral was definitely Kong.
Since Rona had retired, the other current Admiral probably had one foot in the grave and could not possibly continue serving as Marine Admiral.
As for 103 general-rank officers?
Ridiculous. Had the Marines concentrated all the high-ranking officers from the entire New World here?
Half that number would be impressive.
Most should be field-grade officers with outstanding abilities.
Those with potential for future promotion to general rank.
However, even halving the Marine forces assembled this time, this was still a terrifying number.
Rona and Kong, plus one CP organization supreme action commander.
Very likely three Admiral-level fighters.
If he encountered them, Silas would be beaten to death by the three of them in less than an hour.
The only hope was Giant King Harald.
As long as he could join forces with Giant King Harald, a two-on-three fight was not impossible.
But Harald had been captured.
Not only was he captured, but his leg was broken. He was now barely breathing. Forget joining forces, whether he could survive another week without treatment was questionable.
This was why the Marines dared to wait directly on Elbaf for him to arrive.
Because it would be useless even if he came.
With the Giant King defeated and captured, though the Marines and CP0 had various injuries, their top-tier combat power was undamaged. Even one Admiral-level fighter could stop him.
Let alone three!
However, one of them seemed slightly inferior compared to Rona and Kong.
At this moment, twenty kilometers from Elbaf on the sea surface, a palm-sized small boat was bobbing in the waves.
At this distance, Silas could just use his Observation Haki to sense the situation on the island.
"The situation is very unfavorable!"
Not only was the Giant King captured, but roughly half of Elbaf's capable giants had fallen to the Marines and CP0.
A group of defeated remnants.
Even if he really rescued them, they were all wounded and could not form combat effectiveness in the short term.
But should he rescue them?
Definitely yes.
If he did not rescue these giant warriors with just Ripley, Rocks, and the others, even if Silas contained all the Admiral-level fighters, the three of them could not handle those dozen Marine Vice Admirals!
In fact, the Black Pearl had already reached Elbaf's nearby waters a day ago.
By using the Mini-Mini Fruit to shrink the ship's size, no one could possibly spot a palm-sized boat in the vast ocean.
And during this time, Silas had Rocks carry the Black Pearl around Elbaf in a complete circle.
The Marines' outer perimeter forces were basically clear.
Seven Vice Admirals, sixteen Rear Admirals, and around two hundred various field-grade officers.
Even if Silas contained three Admiral-level fighters, so many general-rank officers could overwhelm Ripley and the others through sheer numbers.
So they had to contact the giants hiding in Elbaf's Midgard.
"Ripley, I want you to infiltrate Elbaf with Rocks and the others and contact those giants hiding deep in Midgard."
"Once battle begins, I will help you contain the three strongest fighters. Then you need to get the giants to mobilize during this time and rescue Giant King Harald and those captured giants."
"Remember, you only have half an hour!"
One hour was the most optimistic estimate, but truly no one in this world could withstand attacks from three Admiral-level fighters.
Not even Zoan fruit users.
Observation Haki's sensing ability would be disrupted by the Adam Tree's powerful life force, so even Rona and Kong could not find the giants hiding in Midgard. Only Ripley, who had lived in Elbaf since childhood, could.
As long as Ripley convinced the giants to attack and rescue the Giant King and others, retreating deep into Midgard, even Rona's Observation Haki could not find them.
The only consideration was how Silas would escape.
After half an hour, would he still have the stamina to flee?
Seeing the worry in Ripley's eyes, Silas smiled.
"Do not worry, I do not fight battles I am not confident about."
Silas pulled Kozuki Toki over and smiled. "As long as Miss Kozuki Toki is here, no matter how severely injured I am, I can escape."
In a sense, Silas was fortunate.
Because both Ripley's Mini-Mini Fruit and Kozuki Toki's Time-Time Fruit had very powerful functionality.
The Mini-Mini Fruit not only made people smaller but also weakened their presence.
Combined with Silas teaching Ripley, Rocks, and the others how to reduce their presence and avoid Observation Haki detection, under this double enhancement, even future-sight level Observation Haki could not discover the miniaturized Ripley and others unless carefully sensing a small area.
The only concern was Kozuki Toki.
"Miss Kozuki Toki, this battle will be very dangerous. During combat, I will not be able to protect you. Relying solely on Ripley's fruit ability might not completely prevent enemies from discovering you."
"Even so, are you willing to risk danger to help us?"
Silas would not deceive Kozuki Toki.
Even he was not confident about this battle.
Admiral-level combat, even the battle's aftershocks could kill Kozuki Toki.
"Of course I am willing!"
Kozuki Toki looked up at Silas and said solemnly.
"If Mr. Silas is willing to place himself in a trap to protect others, then why cannot I risk my life to accompany a gentleman?"
Saying this, Kozuki Toki smiled.
"Besides, I am very timid. If I really encounter danger, I will definitely time travel. Then those Marine soldiers will not be able to find me, right?"
With the Time-Time Fruit plus the Mini-Mini Fruit's additional abilities, even someone proficient in Observation Haki could not immediately spot an ant that suddenly appeared in their field of vision, right?
Thus, when Ripley and the others had all infiltrated Elbaf, Silas's body, miniaturized by the Mini-Mini Fruit, gradually returned to normal size.
Beast-human form. White wolf fur grew on Silas's body.
Fruit awakening. White cold air rings floated around Silas.
"ROAAAAR!"
A deafening roar rang out in Elbaf's sky.
"Kong, Rona!"
"Come fight!"