He held eight kingdoms in his hands.
At present, one-seventh of the West Sea had fallen under Lin Qi's control.
His terrifying rate of expansion made the World Government wary.
Fortunately, Lin Qi had already decided to keep quiet and make his fortune. He would stop expanding for now and properly digest what he had taken.
Seeing how sensible Lin Qi was being, the World Government relaxed as well.
One-seventh of the West Sea was not entirely unacceptable.
Germa 66 had once ruled the entire North Blue for sixty-six days and repeatedly ignored the World Government's warnings. That was why they had ultimately been eradicated.
If the World Government had truly intended to kill them, that weak force would have vanished long ago.
After swallowing seven kingdoms, the population under Lin Qi's rule had reached an astonishing thirty-nine million!
With nearly twenty times more territory appearing all at once, he was once again short on manpower.
With no other choice, Lin Qi could only have Robin select some trustworthy people and send them out first to take over the kingdoms' key positions.
As for everything else, it would have to be handled step by step.
This time, the Kingdom had bitten off far more than it could chew. Calling it a snake swallowing an elephant would not be an exaggeration.
This territory, nearly twenty times larger than before, would probably keep the Kingdom busy digesting it for quite some time.
There were countless issues: handing over the armies, managing the citizens, dealing with remnants of the previous regimes, and more.
Thankfully, Robin and Shikamaru could handle these trivial matters. Otherwise, Lin Qi would have been driven mad by the headache.
Before he knew it, time had arrived at Marineford Era 1511.
During this time, the World Government's spies had