The entire world was like a vast grassland, and the World Government, which held the greatest voice in the world, was like the king of elephants on that grassland.
With unrivaled military power, it could do whatever it wanted at its peak.
But on the grassland,
though elephants were invincible, there were no shortage of lions and hyenas.
When the elephant was at its peak, it could use its immense strength to intimidate all directions.
But once it fell into weakness, countless beings coveting its flesh and power would quietly bare their claws and fangs.
Likewise, during the World Government's peak, no one on the seas dared oppose its actions.
But now, after losing its prestige time and again amid major incidents, the World Government had gradually revealed its hand.
The overlords and ambitious figures across the seas were like lions and hyenas on the grassland, their eyes fixed on the benefits controlled by the World Government.
Just as the Freedom Revolutionary Alliance and the Whitebeard Pirates reacted to everything happening in Mary Geoise,
in the New World of the Grand Line, within Blackbeard's territory,
under a sky filled with thunder and lightning, countless pirate ships in the harbor raised their sails amid chaotic preparations to depart.
"Zehahahaha! I never expected Whitebeard to join forces with Kaido and Golden Lion again.
Attacking Mary Geoise, what a grand move! Do those remnants of the old era want to bring dead wood back to life and create a new world? How arrogant!"
Standing at the prow of a pirate ship, Blackbeard looked down at his bloodthirsty subordinates and the core members at his side.
Rumble!
Thunder exploded through the dark clouds overhead.
The lightning made Blackbeard's already vicious face even more terrifying.
Darkness boiled up from Blackbeard's body, as though it wanted