Starting from pirates and conquering all worlds

"What...what's going on?"

"Sand? Sand?"

The survivors on the various streets of Iwato Station looked at the gravel spinning rapidly around them in shock.

No matter how the Kabane outside rushes towards them, they will be thrown away by the powerful centrifugal force as soon as they touch the surface of the sand layer, which makes the people inside feel an unparalleled sense of security.

‘Ah, it’s a god! ’

"Did the gods finally come to the world to save us mortals? The sand and the wind...could it be the Shukaku God from Nara!"

They were just crying with joy, and their running footsteps stopped unconsciously, which aroused someone's dissatisfaction.

"You idiots, get up and run to the east toward the station!"

Crocodile, who turned into gravel and hid in the vast sand, recovered his upper body in the air. He was seen holding a smoking cigar in his mouth and shouting at the entire city.

I don’t know how he managed to keep the cigar in his mouth from falling while shouting. Isn’t this considered a stunt?

"Lord God is angry!"

"Quick, quick, follow the command of the Shukaku God. We are saved! We can survive!"

Thousands of men, women and children were suddenly awakened by the angry shouts, and hurriedly gathered towards the east. Protected by the rotating sand layer, they did not need to pay attention to the Kabane along the way, which made their expressions more and more serious. I was excited, and at the same time I became more and more convinced that the gods were coming.

There is no way, it is a country with many gods and ghosts, and what is happening in front of you is indeed too fantastic.

At this moment.

If you look down at the entire Iwato Station from above, you will find that the entire city is filled with light yellow sand. This is of course caused by Crocodile's own ability.

Although his natural Shasha fruit has not yet awakened, these so-called 'stations' are actually not that big, just an ordinary ancient city.

With his current strength, it is no problem to cover only a small city.

"Tsk, what a troublesome task~~"

Crocodile looked down at the crowd of people running like ants below with an unhappy expression. Before arriving, Senior Director Addison asked their army to ensure the safety of most people as much as possible on the grounds that "population is the labor force".

He is now a lieutenant general in the army. Of course, he must stand in the interests of the world government, and he also understands that what the other party says makes sense.

The subsequent development of this world will definitely require these indigenous people to work hard for the construction of their homes. Otherwise, if all the people die, won't they have to bring in people from the mainland?

What a loss!

"Stop!"

"keep alert!"

"Stop!"

"keep alert!"

The black-clad soldiers from the World Government's home army headquarters spread out along the railroad tracks on both sides after walking out of the station.

They first cleared the Kabane along the way, then stopped under the order of a famous general, sealed off the outer perimeter of the main built-up area from the east, and then aimed their guns at the city shrouded in wind and sand in front of them.

Soon, various shouts of surprise or panic reached the ears from far to near, and then people with yellow sand surrounding their bodies rushed out.

Among them was a young soldier guarding the city, holding a steam gun that turned into a stick because the high-pressure boiler behind his waist ran out of steam.

There are also young mothers holding young children, their faces are pale and out of breath, but they still grit their teeth and keep running, and there are even adult sons who are sweating profusely and carrying their old father on their backs as they move desperately.

"Yeah, it's the army!"

"Hahahaha, didn't the adults of the shogunate give up on us and send troops to rescue us?"

"Idiot, look at their black uniforms, they must be members of the Karkata Clan!"

"That's not right. I heard before that it was the Karikata clan that led Kabane into the city!"

Some young people who still had some energy left were running, looking at the black army in the distance in surprise and shouting, venting their emotions after the disaster.

First, the gods came to the world, and then the troops came to help. How can we not make people happy?

"Eh?!"

But strange things started to happen. When they were about thirty or forty meters away from the first row of army soldiers, the sand layer that had been silently protecting them actually started to prevent them from moving forward, which made the people panic.

"Idiots, stand still where you are, or sit down and rest. If you dare to move again, I will throw you back!"

Crocodile's voice sounded again. Although his tone was full of impatience and his attitude was not very good, the surviving people did not feel anything was wrong.

Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief with a happy face, which showed that the Lord God had not given up on him, and Crocodile issued orders to his troops from the air.

"The first column, enter the city in groups, allow free fire, deprive all Kabane of their ability to move, and clean up the area!"

"yes!"

Upon hearing the order, the Army soldiers in groups of five first put on the tactical goggles around their necks, and then moved forward quickly with the heavy assault rifles in their hands in a formation of two in front, one in the middle, and two in the back.

Walking past the survivor who was forcibly isolated by the wind and sand, I paid no attention to the complex look of surprise, gratitude, and admiration in the latter's eyes.

Because within their sight, the living dead with purple-black skin, dark eyes, and fire-like pupils and chests ran out chasing the people who followed.

"Uh-huh——"

"Roar!!"

"Aha--"

There were a lot of them, especially so many. For a while, the unknown roars of these Kabane could be heard in my ears, but immediately as the first soldier pulled the trigger, the louder and denser gunshots arbitrarily suppressed everything.

[Da da da da da...]

All the army soldiers in the first column began to fire fiercely, and bright flames continued to appear from the muzzles. Bullets with a caliber of seven millimeters formed a fire net in the air, knocking Kabane at the front to the ground in the blink of an eye, and then Continue to 'bite' the Kabane behind.

The power of these bullets is extremely terrifying. As long as it 'bites' Kabane's body, a huge bloody mouth will definitely appear at that location.

If the limbs are hit, the limbs will be broken. If the neck is hit, the neck will be broken. If the face is hit, it will instantly turn into an exploding watermelon.

This is the terrifying firepower of a heavy assault rifle on the human body. It's just that the effective range of this gun is shorter, but its penetrating power is very strong at close range.

It can be regarded as a firearm carefully selected by the Army Headquarters based on the characteristics of Kabane.

However, the price of strong firepower is strong recoil and a higher weight than ordinary rifles, but this does not have much impact on these starfish native soldiers.

Judging from the current effect, they are indeed satisfied. Although the incoming Kabane is like an incoming black tide, under the alternating firing of the three lines of troops, it is like hitting an invisible cliff.

The soldiers didn't need to aim at the glowing heart. They only needed to hit the legs or brain to stop them from moving. Gradually, they began to push back.

The people in the front row were responsible for giving each Kabane who fell to the ground a shot to smash his head, while the people in the back provided cover fire.

Not to mention, the army trained by Barrett himself has some elite temperament, but the number is too small. The total number is only 5,000.

Crocodile only brought one thousand of the five thousand people this time.

In fact, most of the land forces left in the mainland have not changed much. In terms of psychological quality during combat, they are not even as good as those Karri soldiers who have been fighting in close combat with Kabane all year round...