Birth and destruction were part of a cycle.
Across the vast sea, whenever one power perished, it also meant another was growing stronger and rising to prominence.
Without the Beasts Pirates, Wano Country no longer had any force capable of stopping Sky City under Roy's command.
The remnants of Wano Country's former upper class had hoped that the new rulers would be like the old ones and rely on them to maintain control of the entire nation.
But as large numbers of Sky City's soldiers and officials set foot on Wano Country's land,
the remnants who had pinned their hopes on the rulers granting them power had those hopes crushed beneath a single stomp.
All the people of Wano Country, whether they had once been nobles or oppressed commoners,
now had only one identity: laborers under Roy's Sky City.
Faced with this situation, Wano Country's former nobles and vested interests absolutely could not accept it, and rebellion broke out across this land.
Large numbers of ignorant commoners and scheming samurai were incited to raise the banner of delivering justice on Heaven's behalf.
But this rebellion ultimately became nothing more than a joke that began with a roar and ended with a whimper.
Under the crushing force of cannons and absolute power, a merciless slaughter and purge began.
This so-called righteous rebellion did not even last a single morning.
Strong soldiers and powerful cannons were forever the best medicine for sobering people up.
For Wano Country, this nation steeped in martial spirit, Roy could not and would not govern through conciliatory policies.
Since he held powerful force in his hands, he only needed to press forward directly.
There were only two choices: submit or die.
Snow-white blades turned the ground into rivers of blood, while devastating cannon fire blasted the corpses