The ability to fly is, of course, troublesome, because the sky lets you move about freely as you please—especially when the opponent doesn't seem to care about anything. That makes him even harder to deal with.
This Zoan-type Ability User showed up out of nowhere after he pushed deeper into the Hyrule Kingdom.
In terms of raw strength, he definitely isn't as strong as Moriah, but his Flying Type ability is unusual, letting him fight with great agility.
Most importantly, he isn't part of the Kingdom's army, so trying to threaten him with the King or whatever is completely useless.
The Hyrule Kingdom itself failed to stop Moriah's advance. The Royal City was easily broken through, a large number of nobles were killed including the King. Logically, someone should have surrendered by then, but some unknown group raised up a royal descendant who had escaped, gathered all the defeated troops from the Magnetic Field Island at the end of the five routes to this place, and forcibly dragged them back into the war, which is why things still haven't ended.
Normally for this kind of faction, you just kill the leading bloodline claimant and it's over. But right when Moriah was preparing to press deeper to find that royal heir and finish him, this guy descended from the sky.
He's also a rare strong fighter, counted among the upper tier even within the Seven Stars.
"Heinrich, Bird-Bird Fruit·Ancient·Argentavis Model."
The eagle-man spoke in a low voice and leveled his spear. "I do not obey the King. I only obey Lady Sivier. She is the Saintess who will save this nation. In accordance with the Saintess's will, I have come here to stop you!"
"Oh... so that village girl's called Sivier? I've heard of her. Very good at rousing people. The current resistance forces are all rallying around her, aren't they? She's clearly just an ordinary person. Our Disaster Pirates don't target ordinary people, so why is she resisting us this hard?"
Moriah laughed. "On the contrary, we're quite fond of people like you. That Sivier woman is very capable—she'd make a fine Assistant Officer. As for you, that little display of controlling the eagles is exactly the kind of ability we need. Really not going to reconsider? We'd give you special treatment, heh hihihihi."
The Hyrule Kingdom today is different. It has various forces gathered together and unified in one place, fanatically resisting them, which is why it still hasn't been completely conquered.
The culprit behind all this is a woman called 'Sivier.'
An ordinary person, said to be some village girl from who-knows-where, yet she inexplicably became the one in command. In barely ten days she's shown extremely high leadership, and now the locals regard her as a hero and a Saintess.
The respect she receives rivals Sage's in O'hara.
A troublesome opponent, but exactly because her talents stand out, even though he hasn't met her yet, Moriah has already started to feel a bit of pity at the thought of wasting such talent.
Rapid expansion inevitably creates a talent gap. Even four million people might not be enough—having a few more strong ones is always better.
"Stop dreaming, Pirate."
Heinrich gripped his spear tightly. "We do not submit to any Pirates. Only Lady Sivier will save this country. Our future will be in our own hands, not handed over to some evil man!"
Whoosh!
Right as he finished speaking, a spray of fireworks suddenly burst in the sky behind him. Heinrich glanced back, didn't linger, and beat his wings to fly off straight away.
Moriah narrowed his eyes, also looking toward that burst of fireworks. "So some plan has been completed? In that case..."
"Buru buru buru!"
Soon, the Radio Snail in his coat started ringing.
Moriah picked up the Radio Snail and connected the call, and Hawkins's voice came through.
"It failed. They pulled out, and we even took some losses among our men."
Hawkins's cold voice carried a hint of irritation. "That village girl is impressive. Her command ability is rare—you can put her on the same level as Lily. This place isn't going to wrap up so easily."