The colourful draconic scales of Carrot had shone brightly as she was flying in the air.
Her figure suddenly started to sparkle a little and faded away from the view of anyone that had their eyes on her.
Carrot had turned invisible all of a sudden so it was unknown if she had moved from her current position.
Very little time had passed since then and a groan of pain was heard back on the ship wreckage.
The ship was already too damaged and was split apart in many places from the battle.
It was sinking into the sea with every passing moment as the waves knocked into it.
A figure could be standing with his arm holding loosely onto a katana in front of an injured person.
It was like he had previously been aiming to kill that person a moment ago but he had decided against it and was withdrawing his weapon.
There was no caution in his actions and there was something in his eyes that showed how out of focus he was.
Something came out of nowhere as a powerful slashing force had hit him in the back of his legs.
Deep claw mark wounds appeared on the back of his legs that cut so deep that they had reached far enough to cut through the bone.
A single slash from behind him had left Shiryu with both legs that were unable to keep him standing and had almost been completely separated from his body.
The large jolt of pain awoke him from his euphoric state as he had started to fall towards the ground. "Aah!"
He was unable to sense or anticipate a sudden attack in his previous state but once he has awakened, his senses had sharpened a little.
The figure was behind him which he could vaguely sense using his Observation Haki but it was already much too late.
The damage had already been done and he was too off balance.
Even the sword in his hand was not enough to defend or support himself as he was falling.
His grip did tighten a little around the hilt but more pain had been felt as more of his flesh was torn.
The arm holding the katana was cut deep into by an invisible figure behind him so his grip had loosened on it.
He was able to put up a mild amount of Armament Haki at short notice but that had not been enough to save his arm. "Argh!"
His body finally touched the ground and a pool of blood was forming beneath his body as he had bled out.
The katana bounced further away upon hitting the ground far out of his reach so even if he had enough left in him to crawl using his only functioning arm, he would not be able to reach it fast enough.
A small pouch was on the waist of Carrot who had become visible once again in her normal state.
A small set of cuffs was taken out and was placed on the remaining wrist that was attached to the body of Shiryu.
"Argh.. aah!"
"Aaah!"
His pained cries spread out around the surroundings enough to be able to wake up some others that were nearby and in a trance.
The person that had stood in place and was the target of Shiryu's katana had woke up first as he witnessed the gruesome sight in front of him. "Ah!"
A fist was aimed towards the face of the weakened Shiryu who was already too injured and under the influence of the Sea Prism handcuffs which caused him to be further harmed.
Most fists were aimed towards his face until he had passed out and was laid on the deck of the remains of the ship in a pool of his own blood.
Carrot started to wrap the wounds in some pieces of cloth in order to preserve his life for a little longer as fast as she possibly could then transformed back into her dragon form. "Everyone hurry and get to the lifeboats!"
Her body enlarged again as the fairy dust gathered around her body then her large claws had picked Shiryu up along with his sheathed katana that was held by the strap.
A large figure had later emerged back on the deck of the ship and found that it had already been mostly evacuated.
It was Jesus Burgess who had woken up and realised the severity of the situation.
He quickly leaped into the hole left behind by the body of Catarina Devon and swam down towards her.
Once he had grabbed her by the waist, he swam back up but it was already much too late for him to be able to do anything about saving Shiryu.
Once his figure had been within view of others, another person had suddenly appeared by his side and touched his shoulder which caused him to warp to another location.
Van Auger did not feel safe getting near Carrot and trying to get to Shiryu but he had been able to get to Catarina Devon and Jesus Burgess who was carrying her over his shoulder.
His tone was annoyed and a little nervous as he spoke. "The captain should be retrieved by now but the situation does not look too good. If this continues then we will continue to suffer more losses."
They had not been prepared to face such enemies in a battle that lasted much longer.
The specialties and tactics of the Blackbeard Pirates were most suited to surprise attacks and their overall nature was one where they preyed on the weak rather than the strong.
Their main style of fighting was to target those who were already weakened and tired out from a prolonged war or when they most had their guards down.
Alyssia had fit into that category since she had just recently fought Garp and needed time to heal up.
Too many factors related to her present state along with the things she had in her possession were not within the calculations of Blackbeard.
The creatures she had created were much too powerful and many to deal with.
Her crew members were already strong enough to be able to fight against or hold off the Titanic Captains.
The weapons and other tools were much too useful and powerful that they had a big impact on the bigger picture of the battle and prevented more casualties.
It did not help that their biggest support against other Devil Fruit users had been taken out of the battle so early due to his own careless positioning as he flew in the sky on Stronger along with Doc Q.