While the battle on the shores raged on there was another battle happening. It was a long-range battle between Frantz and Gumi. Frantz was firing crystal spikes at Gumi who was on her ship in the ocean. She would wave her hand and the crystals would vanish.
"This is getting bothersome."
Gumi grumbled. She started looking around.
"There it is."
She erased the crystals closest to her before running to a corner of her ship and taking up something. She turned around and the crystals were once again close to the ship. She stretched her hand out and clasped them together.
"Void!"
A deafening noise resounded. Crystals were swallowed by an invisible force. The force charged at the walls Frantz was hiding behind.
"?!"
Frantz dove to the ground. The crystal walls crumbled as a giant hole opened up in them. Frantz immediately checked on his surrounding using Observation Haki. Crystals were hitting the waters around Gumi's ship. Gumi's attack didn't swallow up all the crystals he fired but only those on path to hit her ship.
"Did she concentrate her attack to make it more powerful?...But why isn't she attacking after creating this opening?"
He cautiously sat up.
"If she's not attacking after creating an opening then she's preparing an attack."
He looked behind him.
"Did she figure out I was preparing a weapon to destroy her in one go?"
There was a giant structure made of crystals. It consisted of several giant magnifying glasses positioned over a cube structure with holes in the roof. Inside the cube were dozens of large mirrors. The magnifying glasses were directing light through the holes to the mirrors. The light would then bounce off the mirrors as it travelled around the room becoming more and more concentrated.
"Should I attack now?"
He looked in the direction of Gumi's ship. He saw something leaving the ship and rapidly approaching. He focused and his eyes widened. Gumi was traveling across the sea without a ship. Frantz looked through his telescope to get a better picture.
"How is she...!"
He noticed she was wearing something on her feet. It looked like skates with shells attached to them.
"Are those Shooters from Sky Island?! Dammit!"
He started firing his gun at Gumi. She evaded his shots and waved her hands. Parts of the wall protecting him were swallowed.
"Shit! I can't let her turn this into a close-range fight!"
He sprung to his feet and placed his hand on what remained of his walls. The walls morphed into cannons. The cannons fired one after the other. Gumi swung her hands again. Frantz did the same. Gumi's eyes widened as the crystal cannonballs started moving as they like had a mind of their own. They evaded her attacks and came at her. She jumped and twisted in the air. The cannonballs past her and she swung her hands at them. They vanished. Another round of cannonballs was fired. They flew at her with unnatural movements. Gumi weaved through the cannonballs destroying what she could.
"Damn, it's hard controlling the balls from a distance."
Frantz was covered in sweat and was breathing heavily.
"Gumi has the Gouge-Gouge Fruit. She can devour anything with a wave of her hand, even air. Fighting her close-up is suicide."
He looked at the weapon he created.
"It's not finished but I have no choice."
The cube started distorting and a cannon appeared at the front. Inside, the concentrated beams of light were all directed at the same spot.
"Please work!"
The spot where the light was being concentrated vanished.
"God Killing Light!"
A beam of light was fired from the cube cannon. An overwhelming heat spread out. The ground became scorched and the sea started boiling. The beam flew straight at Gumi. She quickly clasped her hands in front of her.
"Void!"
A deafening noise erupted as the beam stopped in front of her. However, that was only momentarily.
"?!"
*BOOM*
An explosion of steam erupted as the beam hits the water. Gumi shot out of the steam with clothes and skin covered with burns. Some of her flesh was hideously burnt.
"The beam can move too!"
The cube moved and the beam followed after Gumi creating explosions of steam as it traveled across the water. She raced towards the shore trying her best to evade the beam.
"Shit! She is getting too close to the shore!"
She used her fingers to form a gun.
"Gouge Bullet!"
An invisible force shot past Frantz and gouge out a huge chunk of the cube, destroying a few of the mirrors inside. The beam quickly disappeared. Frantz looked at his weapon in shock. He then started gritting his teeth as he faced the ocean. Gumi was flying towards him. He took a deep breath and all of the weapons and structures he created sunk into the earth.
"So, it comes to this."
Gumi reached the shore and kicked off her skates. She looked up at Frantz who took off his coat and threw it to the ground. He was wearing a black tank top that showed off his surprisingly lean physique.
"I don't usually get angry, but you pissed me off big time."
Gumi said with bulging veins in her neck and temple.
"Really? Then I should be honoured."
Frantz wore a straight face as he eyed her.
"You look ready to take me on. Aren't you a sniper? Can you even fight close-up?"
"I've been saying it over and over."
He stomped the ground and a crystal erected out of the earth and hit Gumi.
"Don't underestimate the Supreme Five."
The crystal crumbled and Gumi dusted herself off.
"Then, I'll say the same to you."
Gumi punched out and Frantz dove to the side. A massive chunk of the building behind him disappeared.
"Don't underestimate us."
The two grinned at each other and then charged at their enemy. Gumi swung her hand. Frantz erected a wall in front of him. The wall was swallowed up but Frantz wasn't there. Gumi leaped back and a giant crystal burst out of the ground. Frantz emerged from that crystal throwing crystal knives. Gumi twisted her body and evaded them. Frantz encased himself into a crystal and sunk into the earth.
"So that's what he's doing."
Gumi slammed both hands on the ground.
"Big Bite!"
The ground vanished and she fell into a crater. Frantz was in the crater with a frightened look on his face.
"I thought I had you."
"You nearly did!"
Dozens of crystals rushed at her from every direction. She spread her arms.
"Void Expansion!"
An invisible force spread out and swallowed everything coming at her. Frantz leaped out of the crater. He started running.
"Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!"
Behind him, the crater was expanding rapidly as the ground, buildings, and everything was being devoured.
"This is why I didn't want to fight her close up!"
He turned his head and the expansion had stopped. The crater before him had stretched nearly over 100m.
"....I want to switch opponents."
He mumbled. He sighed and ran towards the crater. He jumped and a crystal burst out of the ground and propelled him into the air. Gumi looked up and saw him.
"Are you suicidal?"
"I don't know."
Frantz grinned.
"Let's find out!"
He coated his fists in haki.
"Your funeral."
Gumi spread her arms again.
"Void Expansion!"
An invisible force spread out again. It stretched towards the falling Frantz.
"I'm borrowing your technique, Boss!"
He thrust his fists down. It clashed with the invisible force.
"Dragon's Breath!"
A burst of energy clashed with the invisible force. Sparks flew as a thunderous noise reverberated. The sparks grew as large as lightning bolts. They hit the surroundings and caused mass destruction.
"What the hell?!"
Gumi couldn't believe her eyes. Her powers were being pushed back. As for Frantz-
"Dammit, I should've trained this technique more!"
Agonizing pain ran through his hands. His bones rattled and his muscles were on the verge of splitting. However, he held on and kept pushing. Eventually, the force shattered with a deafening noise. Gumi fell to her knees and Frantz fell to the ground. Both of them were breathing heavily. Frantz slowly got to his feet.
"You're tired? Of course you are. I forced you to use your powers over and over without rest when you were on the ship. Then you used such powerful attacks back-to-back. Of course, you'd exhaust yourself."
"The same can be said for you."
Gumi stood up.
"Yeah, I have to conservatively use my powers now."
He grinned.
"But you're in the same boat!"
He sprinted at Gumi. She waved her hand and an invisible force rush at him. Crystals appeared at Frantz's feet. It moved him out of the way. He made the crystals move him toward her. He moved his feet like he was skating to move faster. Gumi fired the invisible force at him. He leaped into the air. She gathered the force around her fists. She punched out. He formed a shield in front of him. She craved holes in the shield and it crumbled. He fell towards her with crystals around his fist. He slammed his fist in her face.
"Ugh!"
She stumbled back with a bust-up nose. He charged at her again. She punched out. He slid under the punch and rose with an uppercut to her chin. She punched out while stumbling back. A chunk of his side was carved out. He held his side and gritted his teeth. He stomped the ground and a crystal spike hit Gumi in the stomach. She was blown back. She coughed up blood while flying through the air. She formed a gun with her fingers.
"Gouge bullet!"
A hole opened up in Frantz's thigh.
"Ahhhh!"
He screamed and fell to his knee. Gumi hit the ground hard. All the air left her body. Frantz slammed his hands on the ground. Gumi did the same. Crystals burst of the ground to skewer her. They vanished after penetrating her body a few inches. She gritted her teeth as she grimaced from the pain. Frantz made crystals cover the holes in his body and stop the bleeding.
"Argh..."
He struggled to his feet and saw Gumi doing the same. He ran at her while creating a blade out of crystals. Gumi ran at him with an invisible force gathering around her hands. The two entered each other's range. Gumi was faster. She swung her hand and the invisible force severed Frantz's arm holding the sword.
"Die!"
She screamed as she swung her other hand.
"?!"
However, the attack didn't come. Her body froze before she could attack. She looked to her side and saw the sword in Frantz's severed arm stretch from the ground and penetrated her side. She looked at Frantz. He was wearing a weak smile on his face as he lifted his remaining hand. He snapped his finger.
"Shelly..."
Crystal spike burst out of Gumi's body as she whispered. Her blood drained on the ground and stained the earth. Her lifeless body hung on the crystals as they sparkled under the sun.
"I can't believe it....I actually won."
Frantz mumbled. The crystals covering his wounds disappeared. His blood flowed from the holes in his thigh and side. The stump that was formerly his right arm leaked blood nonstop.
"I won..."
His body started swaying from side to side. His vision became blurry and he started feeling cold.
"I won, so somebody..."
He fell to his knees. The sound of a seagull reached his ears causing him to look up at the sky. He strangely had no difficulty looking directly at the sun. His eyes slowly started to darken.
"Somebody, please save me."
He collapsed to the ground unable to move his body.
"Huh, what's this? It looked like a death battle happened here."
He heard a new voice and a pair of feet appeared before him. He wanted to look up, but his eyelids were too heavy.
"I can't die yet."
His eyes closed.
"I got a lot I need to tell...my boss."
Frantz's consciousness faded into darkness.