Chapter 1010: Guess What I Just Saw?

Chapter 1010: Chapter 1010: Guess What I Just Saw?

Unzan Port, Coastline Dock. Big Mom Pirates Encampment.

BOOM—!

The ground shuddered violently, collapsing instantly into a crater over ten meters in diameter, with deep fissures spider-webbing outward. A powerful shockwave, churning with dust and debris, swept across the docks, flattening the surrounding crowds. A massive full-length mirror nearby, which had been standing just moments ago, nearly toppled over before someone managed to steady it.

"Ah—!"

"What’s happening?"

"A meteor strike?"

"..."

Scores of Big Mom Pirates stood in confusion, eyes fixed on the sky as a dark shadow and a blazing fireball plummeted toward them at breakneck speed.

Suddenly, from the rising dust, a tall figure emerged. The air grew stiflingly hot, and a giant fireball surged out, hovering dozens of meters in the air.

"That’s a huge fireball!"

"Is that... Prometheus-sama?"

"Oh no! Prometheus-sama, have mercy!"

"Wait! No, that’s the Fire God, Zhurong!"

Many had initially mistaken the giant fireball, which wore a twisted, menacing expression, for the sun god, Prometheus. But this entity spewed a torrent of scorching flames downward, instantly turning a dozen pirates into human torches. They shrieked in agony, flailing as they scrambled for safety or threw themselves into the sea.

At that moment, the tall figure stepped out of the haze. He wore a coat patterned with black and white waves, and the gold earrings on his lobes glinted under the harsh sun.

"Gol... Gol... Golden..."

"You’ve got to be kidding me! Wasn’t he just fighting Mama?"

The surrounding pirates stared at the figure in absolute terror. Many felt their legs buckle, some even collapsing to the ground in shock.

"Big Mom Pirates, you scumbags. We meet again!" Aeridar swept his gaze over his surroundings, a savage, predatory smile curling his lips.

"HAHAHAHA! Burn, you losers!"

Zhurong let out a malicious cackle from mid-air, opening its maw to spray spheres of fire, each nearly a meter wide. They rained down like meteors, setting a third of the docks ablaze in an instant, turning the port into a sea of fire.

SHING—

Suddenly, an invisible blade of wind sliced through the air from the side, cleanly severing Zhurong’s body in two and halting its assault.

But in the blink of an eye, Zhurong reformed, its eyes scanning the area below with murderous intent.

"Who goes there? Get out here!"

"You bastard, Aeridar! What do you think you’re doing?"

As Zhurong roared, a massive man stepped in front of Aeridar. He had a long nose, black hair tied back in a topknot with a hairpin, and wore a woolen coat layered over a black scarf with thin stripes. His arms were encased in armor, and he gripped a large katana, his expression dark and filled with rage.

"If it isn’t Snack!" Aeridar looked down, mocking him with a sneer. "The former Sweet Commander who was demoted after being defeated by the ’Mad Monk’ Urouge!"

Indeed, this was the former Sweet Commander, the 25th son of the Charlotte family, Charlotte Snack, with a bounty of 600 million berries.

Snack felt a surge of volcanic fury at the mention of his defeat by Urouge.

"Whatever your objective is, I’ll stake my pride as a former Sweet Commander to stop you right here!" Snack roared. He raised his massive katana and swung it directly at Aeridar.

Being defeated by a rookie like the "Mad Monk" Urouge had led to his removal from the ranks, turning the "Sweet Four Commanders" into the "Sweet Three." It was his greatest humiliation.

"Keep dreaming. You? By yourself?"

Aeridar looked at him with nothing but disdain. He threw a punch, the raw impact crushing the air. A brilliant white light bloomed as the pressure condensed into a massive ring-shaped shockwave. With a thunderous BOOM, it erupted outward.

The ground shattered, and the shockwave tore through the earth, sending Snack flying, coughing up blood. A semicircular trench, over a hundred meters long, was carved into the dock, caught in the wake of the devastation and taking down countless Big Mom pirates with it.

"Snack-samaa!"

"He... he did that with one punch?!"

Panicked screams filled the air as the remaining pirates scattered, fleeing for their lives. If even a former Sweet Commander like Snack couldn’t withstand a single blow, what chance did they have?

"Golden Ring brat! I’m going to kill you!"

A thunderous roar echoed from the sky, vibrating with pure rage.

Charlotte Linlin, her face twisted in fury, descended rapidly while riding the thundercloud Zeus, with the sun Prometheus trailing above her.

She had seen Snack’s defeat clearly from above. While she wasn’t happy that he had lost to a rookie like Urouge, so much so that she had stripped him of his Commander status, he was still her son. No one else had the right to lay a hand on him.

"Heh heh heh... enough with the big talk. If you’ve got the guts, come and get me!"

Aeridar glanced up, offered a cold laugh, and turned toward the massive full-length mirror. With Zhurong by his side, he dove headlong into the glass, leaving behind nothing but ripples like those on a pond.

"You miserable bastard!"

Charlotte Linlin was livid. Ignoring any potential trap, she steered Zeus, with Prometheus in tow, and plunged straight into the Mirror World after him.

"Great, Mama is here!"

"Why did that guy with the Golden Ring head into the Mirror World? Is he planning to ambush Totto Land while it’s defenseless?"

"Whatever he’s plotting, Mama will crush him!"

Watching Linlin’s figure disappear, the mid- and low-level pirates breathed a sigh of relief. To them, "Mama" was an Emperor of the Sea, an invincible force. Some of the bolder ones began to creep cautiously toward the massive mirror.

A hundred meters away, Snack stood up, swaying unsteadily. He was in agony, his clothes soaked in blood.

"Is the gap... really this wide?!"

Snack couldn’t believe that the difference between them was so vast that he couldn’t even take a single strike.

RUMBLE—!

Suddenly, the sky darkened with roiling storm clouds, and thunder boomed as flashes of electricity slithered through the heavens.

The next moment, a brilliant bolt of lightning shot down from the clouds, striking the giant mirror directly.

BOOM!

With a deafening roar, blinding light exploded outward. The mirror was shattered into countless pieces; not a fragment larger than a palm remained of the frame or the glass.

Several pirates who had been approaching were caught in the backlash of the stray arcs; unable to dodge, they were instantly reduced to charred corpses.

Then, the sizzling, blinding arcs of electricity coalesced in the center, rapidly solidifying into a human form, clutching a golden staff.

The pirates stared, their jaws dropping in sheer terror.

"The... The Thunder God... ENEL?!"

"Guess what I just saw? Yahahahaha!" Enel scanned his surroundings, his eyes locking onto a specific spot. He burst into a maniacal laugh, his tone dripping with malice. "A severely wounded former Sweet Commander, Charlotte Snack!"

"I’ll just take your life while I’m at it!"

"Yahahahaha!"