Time Rewind:
G-5 Fortress, First Half of the New World
The G-5 Fortress, one of the few rge naval fortresses in the New World, is located near its entry. It frequently engages in brutal battles with vicious pirates on the front lines.
As the number of pirates increases year after year, the casualty rate among G-5 soldiers has risen, creating immense pressure.
To other naval branches, G-5 is sidered an anomaly. It often resembles a group of pirates more than marines. Sometimes, not only do they disregard direct orders from Marine Headquarters, but they also engage in harsh and questios, including the brutal killing of pirates.
“Hm, bad weather today. Looks like it’s going to rain.”
At the top of a tall watchtower, a lookout zily leaned against the railing, yawning as he gazed at the gray sky. “It was just sunny a moment ago!”
Muttering to himself, he grabbed his telescope and casually sed the surrounding sea.
“Front: clear; rear: clear; left: clear; right… wait, what?” His expression suddenly ged.
A shiver ran down his spine as he focused more ily. “What is that?”
In the distant sky, a bck dot rapidly grew rger as it approached G-5 Fortress. It was a massive serpent with golden horns and two pairs of enormous wings—one blue and one bck.
“That’s... there’s something out there!”
He quickly shouted to the group of marines lounging beloere gathered in small, undisciplined groups: “A massive creature with two pairs of wings is approag from the sea! It’s ing in fast... get to level one alert status immediately!”
“What!?”
“A huge creature?”
Bang—Bang—
The marines below were shocked. Sharp arm bells rang out, eg throughout the G-5 Fortress.
Though startled, the marines quickly assembled in a te orderly fashioe their casual sailor uniforms and unruly appearahey moved with deadly precision. These men, though g discipline, were fierd experienced warriors—the elite of the front lines.
“What’s happening?”
Hearing the otion, G-5 Fortress’s base ander, Vice Admiral “Swift Foot” Bolte, rushed out of his office, his face flushed. Tall and nky, he wore a suit on his upper body and casual shorts below, draped in the navy’s signature justice cape. His legs were unusually long, a trait of the Loribe, giving him a strange proportion.
Before the marines could respond, Vice Admiral Bolte instinctively followed their gaze.
“What is that?” His eyes widened in shock.
“It’s the Fallen Angel El!”
One of the marine officers reized the approag figure and shouted in arm, “Though his appearance has ged—he’s much rger and now has golden horns—but it’s definitely him!”
“All units, prepare for bat! The enemy is El, the Lunarian survivor with a bounty of 600 million Beli!”
Whoosh—
Boom—Boom—
Strong winds began to whip across the sea. Dark clouds gathered above, with lightning fshing and thunder rolling. The G-5 marines, still assembling, looked up in horror.
A massive serpent, hundreds of meters long and covered in gleaming greenish-blue metallic scales, soared through the sky, its two mismatched wings beating with immense power. In a fsh, it had crossed several kilometers of o and hovered above the fortress, darkening the skies.
Merely fpping its wings, the creature exuded a terrifying pressure, causing the mario pale, sweat breaking out on their foreheads, filling them with unease.
“Hm, the numbers are a bit low... only about five thousand?”
High in the sky, a powerful Haki enveloped the G-5 Fortress. El, having transformed into a massive winged serpent, stared down at the nervous marines, a hint of disappoi in his eyes.
“Hehe, El Onii-, ever since you ate the golden horns from the Isnd of Rare Animals, you’ve bee even more imposing!”
A green-haired giantess sat on the serpent’s enormous head, smiling as she touched the shimmering golden horns.
“These horns are said to grant the power to bee a ‘master.’ Though for El, the power they ht be mediocre, it’s better than nothing!” Gerd, also sitting on the serpent’s back, ughed. Beside her were two Homies: Thundercloud Zeus and Sun Prometheus.
Ihe golden horns on El’s head were not a natural part of his Devil Fruit powers. They came from the Isnd of Rare Animals in the first half of the Grand Line.
Three years ago, the Hell Trading pany had obtained a treasure map reted to this isnd. El personally traveled to the isnd, searg for half a month before finally finding it. After defeating the isnd’s guardia, the Kirin Lion, he cimed the golden taining the mysterious power.
After ing the , his body underwent a straransformation. However, wheransformed into the massive winged serpent, his strong will and powerful Haki allowed him to suppress the mutation. The golden horns then fused with his Devil Fruit ability.
Now, whenever he transformed, the horns would appear, enhang his powers even further. In his serpent-dragon form, he had bee even more fearsome.
“There are people on its back…”
“Wait, are those giants?”
At this moment, the marines below finally noticed the two figures riding on the serpent’s back. pared to the creature’s massive size, the figures were tiny, almost negligible. But to normal humans, these twiants.
“Enough talking… Let’s begin!”
In the sky, the massive, imposing serpent calmly spoke: “We’ve still got a long journey ahead.”
“What are you pnning, El!?”
Vice Admiral Bolte was drenched in cold sweat, but he mustered the ce to shout at El. He had heard the stories—how El had once joihe giants in attag G-12 Fortress, and how he ter attacked a marine fleet, leaving even Steelbone Kong, now an admiral, uo capture him. Instead, Kong’s fleet suffered heavy losses.
At that time, El had been only nine years old.
Now, eight years ter, who knew how much strohis monster had bee? Certainly far beyond what a vice admiral could handle.
“What am I pnning?” El’s cold, slit-pupiled eyes gred down at Bolte. He sneered and replied, “You’ll find out soon enough.”
“Hehe, watch this... bine!!”
At that moment, the giantess Lily, full of excitement, grabbed Gerd’s hand and pced the other on the giant serpent.
Fsh—
In an instant, the two of them vanished in a burst of light.
