Thus 11 months passed in which the entire crew had been training non-stop.
During those months the Germa Kingdom reached the New World, thanks to the snails that held the kingdom, also the Skypiea Kingdom had reached the New World, right now Markland Island became an impregnable fortress, it had the strong tribe of the Onis, scattered all over the island, it was also surrounded by the moving parts of the Germa Kingdom, and above all they had the prisoners and the army of them, in the air with the bombers and the balloon ships ready for any attack.
The movement of the Germa Kingdom caught the attention of the world government, so they sent CP5, which was their espionage division, to follow the Germa Kingdom, but when they arrived at Markland Island they informed the high command about the Oni tribe.
On holy ground Mary Geoide.
In the Hall of Authority in Pangea Castle were 5 elders.
First elder is a tall, thin man with a pointed mustache and beard,
Second elder has a large moustache and is partially bald, he has a large birthmark on his forehead,
Third elder, the oldest, and is the only one who wears a white gi leaving his chest bare and wears sandals instead of some black suit and shoes. He carries a sword. He is also the only one without facial hair.
Fourth elder, apparently the youngest member. He has blond hair and beard. He has a scar on his chest. He also wears his suit with his shirt buttons open and no tie.
Fifth elder has a regular beard, his hairstyle consists of several curlers, he has a scar on the left side of his face, he wears a hat over his gray hair, and he wields a cane.
First elder: No, let's hurry, let's observe the situation.
Third elder: We must have more information about them, now that they have returned after two centuries, disappeared.
Fifth elder: We must send the Cp0 to make the first contact.
First elder: I agree, sending the Cp0 is the most logical thing to do.
Fourth elder: I agree.
Third elder: I agree.
Second elder: I agree.
Fifth elder: It is decided, the Cp0 will be sent to Markland Island to contact the Onis.
Meanwhile on the island Si no.
Katahara: How many decided to participate in the selection of commanders, Laffitte.
Laffitte: About half of them captain ....
Katahara. That's a lot of numbers... then we will do the following...Create 16 blocks, in which Battle Royale battles will take place.... put these specific names in each block...
In the meantime, all of Katahara's men were preparing almost his entire fighting force was in Skypiea, but he had allowed as many people as he wanted to come down, to compete as well as to observe the battles.
How could he have imagined that more than 5,000 people would come down to Markland Island, including those who wanted the position of commander, as well as those who wanted to watch the battles and of course, see the big blue sea.
Luckily the coliseum was gigantic, making the large coliseum of Dressrosa look totally overshadowed in size and capacity.
Thus began 16 battles of all against all, divided into 16 blocks ranging from block "A" to block "P".
All the people had been entering and taking their seats in the coliseum, of course the high command of Skypiea were in the box, along with the royal family of the Germa kingdom, the commanders of Katahara, and the high command of the Oni tribe.
Little by little the competitors were entering, approximately 800 competitors could be seen, it had added up to more than 12,800 competitors, 800 in each block, murder was not allowed and anyone who wanted to attempt it would be disqualified and sacrificed instead.
In another part of the new world, 7 boats were sailing.
Izou: Marco... we've been looking for those fuckers for 1 whole year and still we have no idea where they are.
Jozu: There are rumors... About a new island inhabited by Onis.
Rakuyo: The Germa kingdom is actually in that place.
Marco: The Germa Kingdom was attacked by the Darks Crows, more than 1 year ago.
Ace was furious when he heard the name Darks Crows.
Ace: Marco, do you think that bastard is on that island? ....
Marco: I don't know.... But we don't have any reference, they disappeared a few weeks after arriving to the new world...
Jozu: Maybe they are hiding like the rats they are.
Ace: I think we should go to that new island...
Marco: We don't lose anything.... I hope to find some clue about them.
Jozu: I'll talk to some people, so they can give me an approximate location of the island....
Meanwhile in the new world, in the new Marine Ford.
Aokiji: Repeat what you said.
Sengoku: What do you want me to hear Aokiji.... Now you're the one carrying all that marine Ford.
Soldier: There are rumors about a new island... that is inhabited by Onis.
Causing Sengoku's face to change.
Sengoku: Impossible, they all disappeared...the last of them is kaido....
Aokiji: The Germa kingdom crossed the red line a few months ago.... They took their kingdom to that new island, since then strange clouds were also seen in the place.
Sengoku: Yes they reappeared.... Then we must get them on our side as soon as possible.... before Kaido reaches that place.
Aokiji: I must go to Marijoise, I have to talk to those geezers.
At that very moment.
"purupuru!"
"purupuru!"
Aokiji answered the den den mushi.
Aokiji: This is the admiral at .....
First Elder: Aokiji, you must have heard the rumors about the return of the Onis, just like us.
Aokiji: That's right, I was about to contact me....
Second Elder: CP0 will take care of meeting with their leader.... They are on their way right now...but if they refuse to talk, we must eliminate them...every last one of them.
Fifth elder: Prepare the entire navy....
Fourth elder: We will send out a Buster Call.
Third elder: If they refuse to talk, they will attack with all their might.
Aokiji: One Buster Call is equal to that of an entire nation's army.
First elder: You will receive news, in 2 weeks....
After that they hung up, while Aokiji sighed from exhaustion.
Sengoku: A Buster Call is the best.... Having Kaido's race out there, they would destroy everything in their path.
Back in the Oni Coliseum, the battle of "G" block was winding down, where 50 Skydians with some prisoners were up against Shiryu, who had taken out ¼ of the competitors hurting them badly, but not enough to kill them.
Shiryu: So 50 against me... that's not fair... to you guys.
As he lashed out at them attacking so fast it looked like he was just running alongside them.
A few minutes later Shiryu was the winner of Block "G".
Laffitte: Our winner of Block "G" Shiryu of the rain.
While shouts of motivation were heard, as Shiryu came out of the coliseum, hundreds of men lifted the eliminated competitors, to take them to Drust and Hogback, who were in charge of healing all the injured.
Thus the confrontations progressed, until the last competitors of the "P" block arrived.
Laffitte: The last battle of the day... the brave competitors of Block "P"... begin...
While a bloody battle began, much more merciless than the last battles.
Meanwhile in the box.
Katahara: Looks like your daughter is here Ragnar.
Ragnar: She will come out the winner of this block....
Laxus: She is a fierce fighter, although there is also that other one....
Dabi: Amahiro... this battle will be interesting... the winner will be decided between those two.
Katahara: The die is cast... anyone can win... you saw it in the previous battles, it's not always the strongest that wins.
Van Augur: Captain... I don't understand why I didn't call the Kujas for this...
Katahara was silent for a moment.
Katahara: If Boa brought his strongest warriors, the government would know that something is going on here, Amazon Lily is constantly watched, we were lucky that at the time we went there, the government had all their attention on their war against Shirohige otherwise they would have found out about our arrival at Amazon Lily.
After that about 30 minutes passed in which only 2 people were left standing in the combat arena.
One was Amahiro turned into his intangible cloud form.
And the other was Ragnar's daughter Aslaug, she is a tall woman with shoulder length reddish hair finished in ringlets She wears a short light dress of the same color under a dark feathered coat, a pair of black gloves, and has a pair of grayish horns sticking out above her ears towards the front and ending upwards at the top of her head.
Aslaug: So a user... But this battle already has a winner from the moment I set foot on this stage.
Amahiro had no time to respond, Aslaug had appeared in front of him delivering a powerful Haki imbued punch, sending Amahiro flying.
Aslaug kept hitting Amahiro without Amahiro being able to respond even once, until he was defeated shortly after by a powerful kick that knocked him unconscious.
Aslaug: I told you this battle already had a winner.
Laffitte announced Aslaug the winner and thus had finished the battles, to qualify for the round of 16.