Seeing their missiles explode when hitting the two boats, a centaur affirmed.

"Yosh! We got them."

"No." Brownbeard retorted. "They sliced them."

" What ? "

Coming out of the smoke, they saw the two boats intact, as well as Gajeel flying through the sky with Lily. On the first boat, Zoro had been able to easily cut off the missiles, while Erza had jumped into the other boat in order to destroy the missiles that were hurtling towards it. As for Gajeel, he had transformed his arm into a huge saw to get rid of the projectiles that threatened to hit him.

" So weak. " Zoro growled.

"Let's be on our guard though." Erza retorted. "This ground is not favorable to us! A false step and they send us sinking into the water."

"ERZA!" Lucy and Usopp cried, eyes full of gratitude, seeing her standing in front of them.

Being, as for him, always on the boat of Zoro and Robin, Natsu had more and more nausea due to the enormous tremors caused by the explosion.

"Drop me in the water." He begged, trying to get off the boat, despite Robin's hands holding him back. "I'd rather drown than stay here."

"Hey, stop shooting, I'm one of you." Luffy asserted, trying to show them his second pair of legs.

Ignoring him, the centaurs could only cringe when they saw that their attacks were useless.

"Damn it, the samurai isn't the only threat! Altogether three of them have swords."

"In that case, fire in a curve." ordered Brownbeard.

Immediately, five new missiles were sent into the air, before falling in the direction of the boats.

"Tsss! They're annoying." Erza stated, running to the front of the boat to gain momentum and leap to meet the projectiles.

However, she was suddenly hit by a huge mass that had appeared at that moment.

"GOMU GOMU NO CENTAUR FUSEN!" Luffy shouted, making his body swell.

"What is that?" Lucy wanted to know, feeling herself backing away with Usopp.

"And why did you add " centaur "?" Asked the sniper.

Projected, meanwhile, back, Erza ends up going overboard and fell into the water.

" Erza ! "

Unaware of this, Luffy intercepted all five missiles with no problem and threw them back into the air. Exploding not far from them, one of the missiles narrowly missed Lily and Gajeel, who had to move away as quickly as possible to avoid it.

" Hey, are you crazy ? " Shouted Gajeel.

"Sorry! Sorry!" Luffy sneered, before feeling a hand land on his shoulder.

Turning around, while Lucy and Usopp had cowered in the bottom of the boat, he saw Erza, soaked, glaring at him.

" You … "

Grabbing him then, she plunged him into the water and put her hand on his head to prevent him from coming back up.

"Help… gasp… I can't swim! HELP!"

"Shut up and die in silence."

Seeing her do this, Usopp said, shaking.

"She...She's scary."

"And again, you haven't seen the state she is in when someone touches one of her cakes."

" Luffy, stop being silly and get back on the boat. " Zoro ordered him, despite the fact that his captain didn't have the slightest chance of doing so, if Erza didn't agree with it.

"Damn it! Are they making fun of us?" A centaur wanted to know, seeing them arguing.

"Keep shooting." Their leader ordered them.

" Huh ? "

"That guy who made his body bloat...that red-haired woman who made a sword appear and the guy flying around using his cat...all three of them used some strange power! They must be Devil fruit users! If we can knock them down, it'll be a win-win situation."

Readying his rocket launcher, he ordered.

"Create a diversion by shooting them! I'll take care of the rest."

" D'accord. "

"Argh!" Luffy said, managing to hoist his head on the boat! You almost drowned me. "

"It was to teach you to pay more attention to what's around you." Erza retorted, wringing out her hair. "If it had been something more dangerous than boiling water, what do you think would have happened when I fell?"

"To me, boiling water is already a dangerous thing." Lucy retorted.

"Hey, they're about to fire again." Usopp remarked, seeing them aim their rocket launchers a third time at them.

"I think they're totally stupid." Robin stated.

" It's just that they can't do anything else. " Zoro retorted. " Already they have little chance of shooting us down while we are on the water... once we are on dry land, it will be mission impossible for them! They know if they want to kill us, it's now or never. "

Seeing the missiles hurtling towards them, Gajeel, annoyed by this, took a deep breath before creating a gray tornado.

" IRON DRAGON'S ROAR ! "

The attack detonated the missiles, creating a large cloud of smoke.

"Perfect." Brownbeard sneered, having spotted Lily perfectly before the cloud of smoke hid him.

Firing in turn, the huge centaur took advantage that the duo could not see anything to shoot them down.

"Gajeel, they're aiming for you." Lucy warned.

" Huh ? "

Not having time to move, Lily felt the projectile hit him. The explosion caused by this, forced him to let go of Gajeel. Falling, the dragon slayer crashed into the middle of Luffy's boat and broke the boat in two.

"AHHHHH!" Shouted its passengers, before sinking at the same time as their boat.

"Luffy! Usopp!" Zoro yelled, starting to row towards them.

"Zoro, watch out." Robin warned him.

Too late. Firing a second time, Brownbeard managed to hit the hull of their boat and damaged it without issue. Then exploding, the boat was reduced to small pieces, disappearing under water with its three passengers and Happy.

"Great! We got them." " Rejoiced the centaurs.

"No, not yet." Brownbeard retorted. "Some must have survived by jumping into the water! So keep shooting until their bodies are just body parts."

" SUUUUUPPPPPEEEEERRRRR ! " Cried Franky.

Rolling at full speed, while his legs now had the wheels of a tank, he made sure to catch up with the group of children. Clinging to him, Sanji, Gray and Juvia jerked around every time he turned or took the stairs.

" Hey, slow down. " Sanji demanded.

"Huh? It was you who asked me to catch up with Nami as soon as possible."

"I would especially like to join her in one piece."

Looking ahead, Juvia noticed.

"Juvia sees a room wide open as her door is on the floor."

"The others must have been there." Grey understood. "Here we go, tin can."

"For the last time, I am a cyborg."

However, rushing into the room, he quickly began to chatter his teeth, noting that the room was frozen.

"Are we out already?"

" No, it looks like a hallway. " Sanji retorted. "There's even a door at the back."

"AHHHHH!" Kin'emon suddenly shouted.

"What? What else do you have?"

"Look at the walls." The head advised them, while not being able to hide some form of unease.

"Walls?" Franky wondered, slowing down a bit.

Finally, after a few seconds, Gray ends up asking.

" What is this madness ? "

"Damn it! Are we really in a hospital?" Sanji wanted to know, seeing the many bodies surrounding them.

"Looks like a morgue." Juvia affirmed.

Eventually walking out of the room, Sanji declared.

"I have a bad feeling! Franky, go ahead, we have to catch Nami and the others quickly."

"That won't be necessary." The cyblorg asserted, seeing figures in front of them.

Finding themselves now about fifty meters in front of them, Chopper's group had finally been caught up.

"Hey, kids." Franky shouted.

"Wendy! Carla! We're behind." Gray told them.

Turning around then the children began to shout.

"Cat-san! Tanuki-san! Robot-san and Ice-san are right behind us."

"Huh?" The mages and pirates said, seeing Franky pass the children before slowing down to their level. ""

"It's okay! The guards will be busy for quite a while." Sanji affirmed. "You can be proud of your Sanji, Nami-swan."

"The most important thing is that we have discovered the man who may be running this island." Gray affirmed.

"Ah, and who iiiisssssss…? Nami wanted to know, while lengthening her last syllable as she noticed that Gray was in his underwear. "Why are you naked? "

"Huh?" He said, lowering his gaze. "Where are my clothes?"

"As if I could know."

"Careful, we're going out." Chopper shouted, smashing through another door.

Indeed, giving on the outside, it gave way to a winter landscape while the snow fell behind.

"Brrr! It's even colder than the hallway earlier." Wendy remarked.

"Really? I barely feel a change." Grey and Chopper asserted.

"You're just monsters." Nami shouted.

"Huh…there are people ahead of us." Carla told them.

Opening their mouths, upon catching sight of the group's entrance, the members of G-5 began to stare at them strangely.

"Mugiwara's crew?" Tashigi wondered. "Children?"

Looking around, Nami finally jumps when she sees Law.

"HEY! I recognize you, you're the one who was in Sabaondy, when Luffy hit a celestial dragon."

Looking, thus far, at the men of the G-5, Trafalgar Law ends up giving them a brief look.

" Mugiwara's crew ? "

"Wait! Were you the one who locked those kids away?" Nami questioned.

"Huh… I think there are some people we should be more wary of." Sanji stated, pointing at Smoker. "I recognize you! You were the colonel of Loguetown, and also the one who tried to get us in trouble in Alabasta."

"Who are these guys?" Grey wanted to know.

"The Navy." Chopper told him. "They're our enemies because we're pirates! And the guy with the cap is another pirate! He's captain of his own crew, if I'm not mistaken."

"Never mind, we'd better run." Nami asserted, turning back. "Let's try to find another exit."

Seeing the pirates leaving, the children immediately followed them. Nevertheless, Fairy Tail Mages didn't really know what to do since they didn't consider the Navy as their enemy.

"Grey-sama, what are we going to do?"

Weighing the pros and cons, Grey decided.

"Let's follow them! Either way, our primary objective now is to get these children to safety."

But as the girls went back inside the building, Law asked him.

"Hey, who are you?"

"Grey Fullbuster! I'm a Fairy Tail mage." Gray informed him, before passing him by.

" Fairy … Tail ? "

"Wait." Smoker ordered suddenly, rushing toward the door opening. "You pirates, in the name of the law, I arrest you."

Nonetheless, placing his saber in front of him, Law retorted.

"I will not let you pass and enter my residence."

"What? Do you realize that you're obstructing the law in this way? Would you try to help the Straw Hats get away?"

" ROOM ! " Shouted Law.

Suddenly hearing a loud crashing noise, Grey stopped halfway before turning back towards the entrance. Widening his eyes, he could see deep in the landscape, a boat being lifted by an invisible force. Raising his finger, Law seemed to be the one who performed this miracle.

"But what the…?" Grey wondered, seeing the boat leave the river entirely where it was stationed. "Is this a joke?"

Feeling a bead of sweat descending from his forehead, he finally resumed running to join the others.

Damn it, but what's this guy's power? Does he control gravity or what? more to this guy."

Lifting her head above the water, Lucy took a deep breath, before grabbing one of the pieces of her old boat that was floating in the water. Shivering uncontrollably, she affirmed.

" The ... The wa ... water ... is ... is ... cold. "

"AHHH, it's frozen." Gajeel shouted, getting out of the water, while having Lily on his head. "Hey, how are you, Lily?"

"Yeah." He affirmed, despite a tuft of burnt hair on his forehead. "I was just surprised."

"WOOHHHH!" Usopp suddenly shouted, stepping out of the water. " It burns. "

"I'm pissed." Natsu roared, as the water boiled around him.

"Natsu…you're getting too hot." Happy affirmed, finally unfrozen.

Appearing in turn, Zoro came out of the water with Robin in his arms while Erza had placed Luffy on his shoulder.

"What a puff." The mage growled, looking at Brownbeard.

The centaur, seeing them, raised his saber in the air before ordering.

"Finish them."

"Lily! Get us out of here." Gajeel ordered him.

"I… My body is frozen." Her cat confessed to him, barely able to move.

"Okay, then I'll take care of it." Natsu assured. " FIRE DRAGON'S... "

Suddenly he felt something grab his leg and pull him underwater.

"Natsu!" Erza yelled, immediately dipping her head underwater.

Starting to struggle, she saw the salamander fending off a shark, while others began to swim around them.

"There… There are sharks everywhere." Lucy gasped, seeing their fins protruding above the surface.

" Usopp, hold me Robin. " Zoro asked him, entrusting the young woman to him.

"Huh? What are you going to do?"

"Release the dragon-man and allow him to turn those centaurs into roast." He asserted, suddenly plunging into the water.

"No, wait Zoro."

"What a fool." Brownbeard sneered. "These sharks are real carnivores that can even attack huge sea monsters! Underwater, this samurai will not have a chance! And even if he has one, we will be there to finish him off Guys take aim..."

"No!" Usopp shouted, starting to head towards an iceberg. "You have to hide."

" READY ... "

"I have to… transform." Erza asserted, trying to transform, despite the cold numbing her body. "I have to do it."

" FIRE !"

"NOOOOOO." Lucy cried, closing her eyes.

Getting ready to intercept, as best he could, the missiles, Gajeel was surprised to see the centaurs' bazookas suddenly explode in front of their faces, seriously burning them.

"What…?" he said, along with Brownbeard.

Seeing most of his men fall to the ground, the latter panicked as he asked.

"Hey, what's up, guys?"

"What just happened?" Happy wanted to know.

Suddenly, crying tears of joy as he saw a figure walking towards the centaurs, Usopp cried out.

" It's Brook. "

Indeed, on the other bank, the presence of the skeleton could be confirmed, while he advanced, sword in hand. Seeing him in turn, Lucy suddenly began to scream. "

"Wait...that's a real skeleton."

"Yes! He had said it, during our conversation."

"I thought it was a bad pun."

"A skeleton that moves and speaks?" Erza wondered, seeing him chatting with Brownbeard and explaining to him that he had frozen the cannons of his men.

"We've seen some crazy stuff." Gajeel confessed. "But never anything like that."

"I'd say it's in the top ten most unlikely things to see." Lily remarked.

"Wait, is there anyone worse than him?" Usopp wondered.

Suddenly the body of a shark rose to the surface and remained motionless, with a huge wound in its belly.

"A huge fish." Happy enthused, starting to drool.

"Do you really think it's time to eat?" Asked Lucy.

Reappearing on the surface, Zoro spat water and held Natsu in his other hand, on the verge of nausea.

"What happened to that idiot again?" Gajeel wanted to know.

" The shark that caught him started circling in the water. " Zoro explained to him. "He got sick because of it."

"Tsss! What a annoyance. "

"Okay, guys." Usopp suddenly shouted, climbing onto an iceberg. "Let's take advantage of Brook distracting the centaurs to get out of the water."

Arriving towards him, Erza had to tow Luffy again while Zoro was still struggling with Natsu. For Gajeel, he had to swim, pulling both Lucy, whose legs were frozen... Happy, who had turned into an ice cube again and Lily who was hanging on his head.

"I swear, I'm not helped." He growled, feeling his muscles stiffen.

As soon as he got out of the water, Luffy suddenly sat up, sneezing.

" Cold. "

Suddenly he could hear. "

"Damn it, where did the pirates go?"

"Huh?" Luffy said, noticing that the centaurs seemed to be looking for them. "Hey, we're here."

"Why did you say that?" Usopp wanted to know, seeing the centaurs staring at them.

"Tsss! They really thought they were going to beat us with this?" Gajeel wanted to know.

" I think they really underestimate us. " Zoro affirmed.

"We fear nothing, not even the cold." Erza declared, as she had just changed her clothes for a huge fur coat.

"Erza, you cheater." Lucy cried, wanting to grab her clothes. " I'm cold. "

"Co… How did they manage to get away with it?" A centaur wanted to know.

"Good, now that I'm fit to fight again…" Natsu started, banging his fists. "I'm going to be happy to give back a hundredfold what they did to us."

But, unfortunately, noticing that the iceberg was moving somewhat, Natsu dropped to the ground, victims of new nausea.

" Are you going to stop with that? " Zoro got angry.

However, Gajeel also felt sick from the movement of the piece of ice and fell at his feet.

"DON'T IMITATE HIM!"

"It...It...It's cold." Happy remarked.

" Even… Even though we're strong… we're not at… safe from the… f… cold. " Luffy remarked.

"Maybe, but we're lucky." Robin affirmed. "We are lucky to have encountered these centaurs."

"Damn it, are these guys really human?" an angry centaur asked.

"Wait." Brownbeard said suddenly, staring at Luffy. "It's strange but this pirate tells me something."

" I made my choice. " Zoro affirmed, looking at the small group. "I'm going to tackle the eighth centaur from the right."

" Me, I'll take the one on his left. " Luffy added.

" Leave me the centaur on the right of the giant. " Gajeel said, trying to get up.

"I chose the deer woman, far left of the group." Robin finished.

Suddenly the centaurs could see their four faces looking longingly at their cloaks.

"Wait… they still don't want to…?

"I think that's it! They want to steal our coats."

"Your coats look really warm." The four companions affirmed.

"You… You… Are you serious?" Usopp wanted to know.

Suddenly a demonic aura appeared right next to him, while Lucy was also watching the centaurs. Still shivering with Happy, Usopp could see the pair staring at the centaurs with such longing that he could have sworn they would kill to steal a cloak.

" You too ? "

"It's…It's on." Luffy announced, putting his hat back on his head.

Seeing him do this, Brownbeard ends up backing down before declaring.

"It's... It's him! The Straw Hat Supernova! Monkey D. Luffy!"

"What?" His men wondered.

"Let's run." Their boss ordered.

Barely having time to leave, one of the centaurs felt Luffy's hand grab him, as the pirate had stretched his arm towards him.

"Give me your clothes." The pirate ordered him.

Seeing him getting ready to leave, Natsu suddenly grabbed him before begging him.

"Take me away from this iceberg."

" Huh … okay ! GOMU GOMU NO … "

"Wait, Natsu." Lucy wanted to stop him, afraid he'd fall in the water.

However, barely having time to take his shoulders, she too felt taken away by Luffy when he rushed at the centaur.

" … ROCKET ! "

The poor animal then felt three people bump into him before Luffy's arm wrapped around his neck.

"Give me your coat."

Flying then in the air, under the impact, Natsu ends up landing perfectly on his feet, while Lucy's head is buried in the snow. Ignoring this, the salamander slammed his fists before conjuring up flames around him.

"Come on, I invite these gentlemen to come forward."

" Who is this guy ? "

"Looks like Ace at the fiery points."

"Let's run away!"

Seeing them running away, Natsu affirmed.

"You are the one who started the fight, so assume your gesture! IRON DRAGON'S ROAR !"

"Ahhh!" the centaurs shouted, while getting charred.

Finally getting her head out of the snow, Lucy began to shiver again when she realized that it was no warmer here than on the iceberg. The only difference was the centaurs surrounding him now.

"Take the girl hostage! They won't do anything if we capture her."

However, neither of them made a move, when Lucy's demonic aura reappeared as she looked at their coats.

"Coat! Coat! Coat!"

Grabbing a key, she says.

"Come to me...Scorpio."

Immediately, coming out of the ground surrounded by a barrier of sand, a man with the appearance of a scorpion and a cannon as a tail made his appearance.

"A problem, Lucy?"

"Wow, too cool." Luffy shouted, seeing Scorpio appear. "Is it a spirit?"

"Scorpio, get rid of those bastards." Lucy ordered him. "And get a coat at the same time. "

"Huh… ok." He finally said.

Pointing the tip of his tail towards the centaurs, he prepared his attack.

" SAND BUSTER ! "

Immediately, a sandstorm hit the centaurs and ejected them far away.

"What… what?" a survivor wondered, noticing that the storm had spared him.

"Here's one, Lucy." Scorpio told her, advancing towards the centaur, with Lucy at his side.

"Ah… AH… AHHHHH!" the centaur shouted.

Seeing them knock out their comrades without a problem, the other centaurs had already fled. However, Natsu had no intention of letting them go so easily.

"Happy!" He called him.

"I'm coming." Her cat assured him, starting to fly.

Nevertheless, he felt restrained, when a hand gripped his cock.

"What…?" he wondered, turning around to see Zoro holding him back.

"Take me there." The swordsman ordered him, putting on such a bloodthirsty look that made the cat shiver. "It's going to be a bloodbath."

"Ahhhh!" the cat cried, starting to run away, while unconsciously pulling Zoro. "Natsu, there is one who is too dangerous."

Letting him go then, Zoro found himself standing in front of three centaurs, including the one with the cloak he wanted.

" SANTORYU! " He shouted, before rushing at them and slicing them.

"Run! Run!" Repeated Brownbeard, fleeing with his remaining men.

However, he stopped short, seeing a few people falling from the sky.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Gajeel questioned him, as Lily let him go in front of the group of centaurs.

"You're the one who attacked us." The exceed affirmed, changing into its warrior form, before grabbing its sword. "So now we will counterattack."

Appearing in turn, letting Usopp fall at her feet, Erza changed clothes and put on the armor of the Flame Empress.

"For you attacked Fairy Tail, you will receive the lesson of your life."

Immediately, the three mages attacked the centaurs head-on while Luffy, Natsu and Zoro took them from behind. Sandwiched, the monsters got slaughtered one by one, while Brook watched the show.

"Yohoho! You needed to warm up, I imagine! But who are these people accompanying you?"

Walking towards him, while putting on the coat she had just stolen, Robin proposed to him.

"I can explain the situation to you, if you want."