A cluster of pristine white and brilliant golden buildings stood embedded atop the Red Line Continent, the highest landmass in the world.
Viewed from afar,
the vast Red Line Continent seemed to have been set with a dazzling pearl.
Mary Geoise.
This was the city where most of the Pirate World's power and wealth were concentrated.
Under normal circumstances, it was called the Holy Land by people across the world and was sought after by the vast majority of the world's powerful and wealthy.
And the reason for that
was not merely because Mary Geoise was the center where the world's power and wealth gathered.
It was also because the Celestial Dragons, known as the descendants of the Creator, lived within the city of Mary Geoise.
They were the race in which all power was concentrated, and the Holy Land Mary Geoise was noble because of them.
Yet today, this city worshipped by the world welcomed three uninvited guests.
"Gurarara! Is this the Holy Land Mary Geoise? It really is shockingly luxurious!"
Looking at the refined, resplendent city below, which seemed like a work of art,
Whitebeard had been stunned by its beauty the moment he first saw it.
But as his Observation Haki sensed everything,
the filth beneath the luxury and the evil underground made Whitebeard's expression abruptly darken.
Although Whitebeard had long known how cruel and depraved the Celestial Dragons were, after witnessing their atrocities with his own eyes today, he realized he had still been too naive.
He had originally believed that pirates were the cruelest group on these seas.
But looking at the countless numb slaves beneath the luxurious city, along with the instruments of torture and entertainment venues created to please the Celestial Dragons,
bloody and cruel
were no longer enough to describe what Whitebeard