Time passed.
Two months flew by in an instant.
The Kukulkan family weled several new members. Sally, Baka, Helen, Lillian, and Callisto—each heavily pregnant—gave birth oer another, bringing new Lunarian-blooded children into the world.
With that, the Kukulkan family’s number of children officially surpassed twenty.
October 9th: “In the first half of the Grand Lihree secret outposts of the Hell Trading pany were wiped out!”
October 10th: “Our forces unched a terattack, eliminating several CP secret bases in the New World!”
October 12th: “A Coating Factory located he end of the first half of the Grand Line, adjat to the Sabaody Archipego, was seized by the Wover!”
October 15th: “We retaliated again—several Wover gold transport ships were raided!”
October 13th: “Intercepted intelligence revealed that the Navy nning an assault on our secret base in the West Blue. Hurrie Camity Helen led a fleet and cshed violently with Admiral Bck Bear’s escort fleet. Both sides suffered casualties!”
October 20th: “Thunder Camity Oka led a fleet to the North Blue stronghold, intercepting the North Blue Fleet led by Admiral Ironbone, which had beee our forces!”
The flict between Totto Land and the Wover was intensifying. Both sides had begun systematic attacks and terattacks, leading to heavy cshes aultiple regions.
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November 27th: “In the first half of the New World, a Hell Trading pany trade ship bound for Dressrosa was ambushed by the Navy…”
December 1st (Five days ago): “Upon disc the Navy’s attempt to establish a new base on Floss Isnd in the New World, Blood Camity Linlin and Heavenly Camity Gerd led an assault there, resulting in an intense csh with Fleet Admiral Steel Bone Kong and Admiral didate Bck Arm Zephyr! Both sides have sireated, suffering signifit losses!”
Sitting in Atntis, the sky fortress of Totto Land, Sally—now fully recovered from childbirth, thanks to Willie’s Angel Fruit healing abilities—was diligently rep the test developments to El, the King of Totto Land.
“El-sama, both sides have suffered great losses! While the Wover has vast resources and mao sustain long-term battles, our foundation is still retively young. If this cycle of retaliation tinues unchecked, it will ultimately put us at a disadvantage.”
Sally sighed. “Additionally, though the first geion of Pacifistas has already entered mass produ—with more than one hundred units pleted—they remain a cssified projed haven’t been deployed in bat yet. Furthermore, the Wover has made its stance clear: they will not cease their reprisals until we hand over the assassin who killed the Celestial Dragon.”
“Tch. So they want t this out forever, huh?”
El, who had been sitting leisurely, stood up. His t er-tall frame radiated an overwhelming aura of dread and power. Fmes flickered behind his head, and the wings upon his back gave him a distinctly divi fearsome appearance.
“Fine. I’ll go to G-1 Fortress myself… It’s been a while since I stretched my legs.” El cracked his neck, his golden eyes fshing coldly. “They seem to have fotten what true power looks like. Let’s remind them.”
Sally’s eyes gleamed with admiration and pure devotion as she watched El prepare for battle. It had been years since he had st dispyed his full strength—no one knew how much he had grow she had no doubt that whatever happened would shake the entire world.
“By the way, El-sama…” Sally smirked as a thought came to her.
“We’ve already traded five thousand artificial Devil Fruits with the Rocks Pirates; they’ve officially formed a five-hundred-man Devil Fruit army. Retly, they eve a message saying they’d help us fight the Navy—but only if we give them ten thousand more artificial Devil Fruits for free!”
“Tell Rocks to stay on Haosu Isnd and keep dreaming,” El scoffed. “If they want artificial Devil Fruits, they pay for them. Period.”
He had no iion of giving away such a profitable asset. Despite the cshes, it was clear the Wover was hesitant to go all-in—if they had wanted a full-scale war, they would have u by now. So long as they remained cautious, Totto Land could tio reap massive gains. Deals with the Rocks Pirates and other fas had already resulted in the sale of over ten thousand artificial Devil Fruits, earning more than fifty billion Berries.
The Navy Sce Division was thrilled by these profits and had already begun developing a new geion of artificial Devil Fruits—ones designed with an internal failsafe to remotely disable abilities if users ever turned against Totto Land. Why quer enemies when you could simply own them instead?
“Father, are you heading to battle?!” A bolt of electricity streaked across the room as Thor appeared, eyes sparkling with excitement. “Take me with you!”
“Dad! Me too!” Another blur whooshed by—Dal g to El’s shoulder.
Sally groaned, massagiemples. “Thor, Dal, this isn’t child’s py. If El-sama is stepping in personally, it means the situation is serious!”
“It’s fine,” El said with a chuckle, ruffling his sons’ hair. “Let them e. It’ll be good for them to see the world for what it really is.”
Sihis mission was meant as a warning, not wholesale destru, bringing his two exceptionally talented sons for real-world experience wouldn’t hurt at all.
Bleam
