The war between the Whitebeard Pirates and the Roger Pirates had also drawn the world's attention.
The first day!
The second day!
As the battle entered its third day, people's understanding of the Roger Pirates' strength rose to a whole new level.
"Are the Roger Pirates about to begin their campaign to conquer the New World?"
From the Roger Pirates' successive clashes with Golden Lion and Whitebeard, many people sensed a hint of urgency from them.
However, they did not know the specifics!
They could only infer the Roger Pirates' intentions from the information Roger possessed about the Ancient Weapon's whereabouts, his current actions, and other intelligence.
"If they want to conquer the New World, Eternal City will be an unavoidable mountain standing in the Roger Pirates' path."
Many people dreaded Eternal City's terrifying might, yet secretly hoped Roger could break its suppression of the New World.
To be honest, Eternal City's overwhelming strength had, to a certain extent, kept the New World in a state of peace.
All pirates, even ambitious figures like Golden Lion, could only swagger about within their own little territories.
They all exercised restraint when dealing with outsiders!
Especially in the several nations with deep trade ties to Eternal City, no one dared provoke it.
It could be said!
Although Eternal City had been recognized by the World Government as a neutral zone, for the pirates of the New World—
Nothing had changed. Eternal City still suppressed the further ambitions of countless pirates.
All their development had been firmly confined within a certain range by Eternal City, unable to break through.
That was why they hoped Roger would shatter this state of affairs and give them a chance to grow stronger and bigger.
As for whether the Roger Pirates might emerge to suppress them after