I'm a big pirate, and you said I just went out to sea?

Chapter 213, Year 1470 of the Sea Calendar!
War broke out.

After a brief period of recuperation, the World Government returned to Acropolis Port four years after the Battle of Acropolis, which was also the year 1469 of the Sea Calendar.

The order to conquer was officially issued.

In an instant, the navies of the four seas and the first half of the Grand Line began to gather.

With natural barriers like the Calm Belt and the Red Line, the World Government has no reason to worry about Munger turning around and attacking the Four Seas.
Not to mention.

You attacked a member state, what does that have to do with my world government?

The navy has always been the private army of the world government.

Although the money is spent by the member states, when there is a real need, the navy always prioritizes the World Government.

And the number of naval soldiers worldwide.

Nearly five million!!

It should be noted that those who can become naval officers are considered elite even among ordinary people; these are all true off-the-job soldiers.

For example, a republic with a population of ten million may claim to have a standing army of 600,000, but these so-called 600,000 standing army members are not all full-time soldiers; most of them are militia.

The difference between militia members and full-time soldiers is obvious to most people.

However, in the world of One Piece, what are considered elite, off-duty soldiers in the eyes of ordinary people are not even cannon fodder in the New World, which is full of monsters.

Therefore, even though the navy had a considerable number of soldiers, only about one-fifth of them were ultimately recruited to the front lines.

The lowest military rank is Sergeant.

You should know that above a sergeant is a sergeant commander, and above that is a lieutenant officer.

In such a war, a sergeant who normally commands several men is merely cannon fodder at the lowest level.

One million naval soldiers, which translates to thousands of naval warships, formed a vast force that covered almost the entire first half of the Grand Line.

It took half a year just to recruit soldiers, but thanks to the bubble cable car, these marines don't need to go through the Reverse Mountain to enter the Grand Line like ordinary pirates.

They can sail directly from the safe waters of the Four Seas to the Red Line, and then use the World Government's bubble cable car to cross the Calm Belt and reach the end of the first half of the Grand Line, arriving at Marineford, the Marine Headquarters.

The current Admiral of the Navy, Ortega, is now in a real predicament.

"I really want to quit my job!"

By nature lazy, Ortega had been praying ever since he took over as Fleet Admiral that war wouldn't break out so soon, thinking that he would hand over the position to Kong in a few years and retire peacefully.

And it's only been a few years?
Ortega had not expected that the World Government would suddenly launch a war against the White Wolf Pirates, and not just a probing war, but a full-scale war that mobilized the entire world.

One million naval soldiers is just the beginning.

The World Government even began drawing troops from various member states; in Ortega's view, these million naval soldiers were more like warlords.

Since it is a total war, it is impossible for only the World Government to participate.

Your governments and member states must also contribute!
The World Government's biggest advantage over the White Wolf Alliance, to which the White Wolf Pirates belong, is its manpower, which is enough to bring down the entire White Wolf Alliance.

As long as they have an absolute advantage in the number of troops, they can fight on multiple fronts and wear down the White Wolf Pirates by sheer numbers.

The world government's current thinking is very simple.

Even if you, White King Mengge, are strong, you are still just one person.

As long as they fight on multiple fronts and achieve success at multiple points, they can completely destroy all the countries that have joined the White Wolf Pirates, thanks to their numerical advantage.

Unless the White Wolf Pirates start a war, it will be a decisive battle with them.

But this is exactly what the world government wanted.

Even after destroying the countries of the White Wolf Alliance, the World Government still has to worry that the White Wolf Pirates' members might not have been harmed, and that they might retaliate by running rampant around the world against them.

But what if we go straight to a decisive battle?

Even if Monger manages to escape in the end, the members of the White Wolf Pirates might not be able to escape either. If only White Wolf Monger is left, although it will cause headaches for the World Government, at least it will not threaten the World Government's rule.

That's right.

The world government has made up its mind.

The reason for the previous hesitation was the concern that Monger's escape would cause huge losses to the World Government, and indeed there was no way to deal with Monger when he was at full power.

However, after the battle on Osko Island, and seeing the new crew members of the White Wolf Pirates gradually grow stronger, the World Government finally realized that it could not delay any longer.

Whether it's Rocks or Newgate, they were figures who might only appear once every half century in the past, but now they're appearing in droves.

But Monger somehow managed to bring them all together.

However, it wasn't as easy for the World Government to conscript soldiers from its member states as it had imagined, because Monger declared that this was a feud between the White Wolf Pirates and the World Government, and that no member state needed to join the war.

If they participate in this war, the White Wolf Pirates will also consider them enemies.

Threat!

An undeniable threat!
If it were an ordinary pirate crew, daring to threaten other member states in the face of a World Government's order to subjugate them, they would definitely become the laughing stock of those member states' elites.

But this is a threat to the White King, Mongo!
Since its re-emergence ten years ago, it has never suffered a defeat against the World Government, thwarting their plans every time.

As a result, the world is now divided between the World Government and the Government of the World.

Many member states still have confidence in the World Government, after all, the World Government has stood in this world for eight hundred years and is not so easily shaken.

But whether or not Monger can be completely killed is another matter entirely.

The World Government is too powerful; Monger might not be able to win.

But how could these weak, insignificant member states dare to face the White Wolf Pirates?
What if Monge really remembers it?
Even if he were to destroy a country all by himself, it might not take him half a day.

So when Monger made this tough statement, many member states immediately backed down and began to pull and tug at each other in the face of the World Government's mobilization order.

Either the country's shipyard was bombed by pirates, all the ships were stranded, and the soldiers couldn't set sail, or the king of a certain country suddenly fell seriously ill, and the princes started a civil war to fight for the throne.

There was even a sudden war between two neighboring countries.

Do not ask.

The reason is that there was a long-standing grudge between the two sides, and the other party provoked them first, which made them unable to tolerate it any longer.

In any case, sending troops is out of the question.

How much guts do they have to participate in such a world-class war?
So, after going around in circles...

The World Government was furious to discover that after mobilizing troops around the world for half a year, only one million elite soldiers from their navy and a few scattered, poorly informed, or stubborn, loyal allied nations had actually arrived.

I managed to scrape together the money.

In the end, the total strength, including the navy, was only slightly over 1.5 million.

In short, if you want money, give it to me.

Sending troops is out of the question.

This number of troops still has an advantage against the White Wolf Pirates and their many allied nations, but the advantage is no longer significant.

After all, the countries on the White Wolf Alliance's side are basically fighting on their own soil.

Get a little exercise.

It could even be described as a nationwide mobilization of soldiers.

The people who can survive on this broken land of the New World, if they eat and drink a little better and train a bit, will not lose to those naval elites.

in this world.

Are kings and nobles truly born with a special destiny? You could spend your whole life training and still not be able to match someone's innate bloodline inheritance?
Unless you happen to mutate.

At the beginning of 1469 in the Sea Calendar, the World Government issued a proclamation to subdue Mongols. However, a whole year passed, and by 1470, they had barely managed to assemble an army of less than two million.

The World Government wants Mongo to launch an offensive.

However, Munger, who was trying to stall for time, was not fooled at all.

That year, Charlotte Linlin was sixteen years old.

"Is there going to be another war?"

The tall girl, whose appearance was becoming increasingly heroic and whose beauty was becoming more and more captivating, and who was already vaguely worthy of being called the Pirate Empress, puffed out her cheeks.

"A bunch of bad guys!"

Unlike Rocks and Newgate, who gradually made a name for themselves after going to sea, Lingling had no intention of going to sea at all, even though she had already possessed the combat power of an admiral two years ago.

What's fun about going out to sea alone?

My biggest dream is to have parties at home with everyone every day.

Secondly, it's about eating all the delicious food in the world.

However, this second point changed as early as two years ago.

I used to only want to eat it myself.

Now, I want to make all the delicious food in the world myself.

After all, it's just me eating.

Where can you find a place where everyone can eat happily together?

Meng Ge's years of education have finally paid off, and Lingling, who has grown up, is now able to completely control her food cravings.

It's fair to say that among Monger's crew, Lingling is probably the strongest right now.

It's not just about being strong.

There's still great potential!
Even though Lingling's current strength is almost approaching her peak period on her original trajectory, or even comparable to her peak period.

But her potential has not yet been fully realized.

Because she's only sixteen!

Moreover, now that Lingling is serious, she uses her full Armament Haki for defense, which would give even Munger a headache.

Lingling has always had a weakness.

Her innate talent creates a powerful defense that can almost ignore all attacks aimed at her, but that doesn't mean this defense is invincible.

Just like two years ago.

Even a general-level powerhouse, using ordinary Haki attacks, would probably exhaust himself to death and still be unable to do anything to Lingling.

However, this only applies to ordinary domineering attacks.

Once Lingling can use Armament Haki for internal destruction, then her defense is not invincible, because compared to her external defense, her internal defense is actually much weaker.

Therefore, Monger taught Lingling his technique of strengthening his body with Haki, a technique that only beings with sufficiently strong life force can use.

Although Lingling couldn't elevate her overall physical attributes to a higher level like Mengge, she could improve her defense to another level, while also minimizing the side effects.

After activating this skill, Lingling was even able to fight Monger in close combat for a whole day and night without being at a disadvantage.

There's really nothing strange about that.

After all, Monger's strength lies in his vitality. In one-on-one combat, Monger's endurance is so strong that he can wear down any opponent of the same level.

In comparison, his attack power is not strong enough to overwhelm opponents of the same level.

Moreover, this was just a friendly exchange; Monger wasn't going all out.

Even so, Lingling's growth is still astonishing.

After all, Monger's strength is well-known.

But Lingling was able to fight Mengge to this extent, so doesn't that mean that a fully grown Lingling might even surpass Mengge?

Upon realizing this possibility, Lipley and the other girls immediately surrounded Lingling and started teasing her, saying that if they were ever bullied by Mengge in the future, they would ask Lingling to help them get justice.

Lingling readily agreed.

So during the day, Lipley and the others made Munger lose face in front of Lingling, and when night came, Munger naturally wanted to get his revenge on them.

Of course, the idea of ​​getting it back was just a joke.

Aside from occasional entertainment, even Stussy and Amatsuki are now putting in the effort to exercise, just like students cramming for an exam.

War is about to begin.

They didn't seek to help Munger, so naturally they couldn't hold him back during the war.

Time is on Monge's side.

The longer it is delayed, the more advantageous it will be for Munger.

The World Government’s biggest mistake was overestimating its influence among its member states, ultimately wasting a year after issuing the order to conquer.

But there's nothing we can do about it.

Without military support from the various member states of the government, and without a numerical advantage, Monger would certainly not engage in a decisive battle with the White Wolf Alliance of the White Wolf Pirates.

Whether or not the world government destroys the countries of those traitors is of no importance.

The important thing is to destroy the White Wolf Pirates.

The World Government is well aware that only the members of the White Wolf Pirates are the source of Monger's confidence to dominate the New World and oppose them.

Only if Mongols engages them in a decisive battle will they have a chance to destroy the White Wolf Pirates in one fell swoop.

The arrow is on the bowstring, and it must be released.

Even without enough troops, the World Government ultimately chose to go to war in the face of pressure from the White Wolf Pirates.

Monge can wait, but they can't.

They had received intelligence that the Titans from Elbaf and the new samurai from Wano Country were marching in a grand procession toward the forefront of the New World.

Also appearing were the 50,000 Sphinx Guards under the White Wolf Pirates, the 100,000 elite fishmen of Fishman Island, the 200,000 New World pirates who had been recruited and gathered in recent years, and a total of 500,000 troops from various countries.

Finally, the new navy of 100,000 men, led by Lorna, also joined the war.

Five years ago, they did not participate in the battle between the White Wolf Pirates and the Navy at Akropolis Port.

But this time, they had to make a choice.

The World Government wants to fight the White Wolf Pirates, but the White Wolf Pirates also want to fight the World Government.

A decisive battle is better than being invaded by the World Government's army and landing on your homeland.

Even if they win in the end, it will result in widespread death and destruction.

One million against two million!

In the year 1470 of the Sea Calendar, the largest naval battle in the entire 800-year history of pirates took place.

This is where it all began!

(End of this chapter)