Chapter 1243: Demon God (15k)_2

Chapter 1243: Chapter 724: Demon God (15k)_2

“Master, Master!”

Nusjuro reached out his hand trying to stop it, but the next moment, his body, which had transformed into a half-beast horse bone, also turned into flying ash, drifting away. From the centaur form of horse bone, it turned into a human shape, and the flesh of the human shape also turned to flying ash, then bones were revealed, and finally disappeared completely.

The same happened to the other Five Elders, who also revealed their skeletons and turned to flying ash. But before that, they had already been suppressed by their opponent to an unrecognizable state.

“We’ve won!!”

Be it those fighting below the Red Earth Continent or the Revolutionary Army holding off reinforcements at Mary Geoise, everyone at this moment raised their heads in unison, looking at the figure within the dark clouds, spreading limbs wide and holding onto a Straw Hat, for a moment, everyone stopped fighting.

Next, the Revolutionary Army forces cheered loudly in unison, and half of the Navy also showed relieved smiles, breathing a huge sigh of relief.

In these past years, the Navy, which maintained justice, also suffered greatly.

First, they went through events like the incidents involving Aokiji and Fujitora joining O’hara, which news could no longer be hidden, then more revelations of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons’ deeds at Divine Valley, and the continuous sins committed by them, causing those who didn’t know the truth, who only saw the Navy as justice, to lose faith.

Facing the increasingly righteous Revolutionary Army that wanted to liberate the world, free from the oppression of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, and the Straw Hat Pirates who constantly helped people, spreading warmth and light, the virtuous members of the Navy truly found no reason to fight.

A battle without a cause is inherently meaningless, which is why the Revolutionary Army could progress so quickly.

By now, half of the Navy subconsciously wished the Straw Hats and the Revolutionary Army could win, achieving justice.

Including Smoker…

On the newly reconstructed battlefield of Marineford, Smoker blankly stared at the huge figure in the sky.

“Is it over…?”

It seemed like a question, yet also like a release, Smoker muttered, letting the jitte in his hand hang low.

No reason to fight anymore…

They, the Navy, were merely the surface maintaining world order, and now that order had been transformed, instead of engaging in a meaningless battle, it would be better to calmly accept the new order to come.

After all…

“Striking down evil is enough.” Smoker lowered his eyes.

Near him, Coby, who had been promoted to Vice Admiral, was already giving a speech, persuading the hesitant members of the Navy.

Their current actions were indeed in defiance of the ‘justice’ of most of the Navy, and Coby’s persuasion caused them to waver.

Even for the hawkish Navy led by Akainu, after their Fleet Marshal’s life and death became unknown, part of them lost heart and began to feel lost.

Although they were an iron-blooded, hawkish faction, the essence of many Navy members was still for the sake of justice, only their previous experiences made them less forgiving towards Pirates.

Now that their chief commander was defeated, and the World Government was also defeated, they truly have lost the meaning to fight…

“No, it’s not!”

A Navy member suddenly shouted: “I don’t care about justice or injustice, I don’t care about that!”

He refuted Coby’s words about ‘justice,’ shouting: “If the Pirates win, then there will be no order at all! Our justice is not about whether someone wins or not, it’s about maintaining the world’s order!”

“Without order, the people on the sea will fall into fear, the Revolutionary Army and the Pirates will only bring chaos! Don’t be intimidated by their military power! For the sake of order! For the peace of this sea, we will never surrender!”

There are also parts of the Navy, who follow neither justice nor freedom but simply order.

The true nature of the World Government had been revealed long ago, the Divine Valley incident years ago was a secret to the lower ranks, but not to the high-ranking Navy officers.

Some people knew of the evil deeds of the Heavenly Celestial Dragons, and what kind of urine this world had, but they still stood by the Navy without hesitation, just because order resides here.

Even if the Heavenly Celestial Dragons killed ten people a day, that’s only more than three thousand a year.

If this sea breaks into chaos, who knows how many will die in a year.

After Whitebeard’s death, his territory indeed caused quite a bit of chaos, as numerous Pirates seeking opportunity rushed in to kill.

If not for the intruding Pirate Emperor who also went in and managed to quell the chaos, who knows how many would have perished.

Indeed, some in the Navy don’t have a good feeling about Sage, but it cannot be called bad.

They recognize Sage’s achievements in maintaining order, at least compared to other Pirates and the Kingdoms causing famines, the Disaster Pirates have done a much better job.

And as for the Pirates…

Fighting all the way from the Southeast Two Seas seems like a surge of public opinion, for justice, fighting against oppression, with a great momentum of changing the world.

But they, who have also fought against these people all the way, from the East Sea to the South Sea, from the Goa Kingdom to Marineford.

They have seen many things, and those Kingdoms with Kings replaced did not live much better than when they paid Heavenly Gold before.

Because of the war, they need to provide resources to the Revolutionary Army, and because of the chaos, they also need to guard against other Pirate invasions. Overall, it seems like they’ve gotten rid of heavy taxes, but it hasn’t lightened much of their burdens, and because the Navy couldn’t maintain stability in the Southeast Two Seas, the order there has significantly diminished.

They could keep fighting, continue fighting steadfastly, also because of this matter.

Order should not be destroyed, for the sake of order…

“We will fight until the end!” The stubborn Navy members roared.