Austin wandered the New World,
traveling while taking in a few famous sights. More importantly, he had worked through the knots in his heart and dealt with the two people who annoyed him most,
Milk Dragon and Taotao.
He had not killed them, but wasn't it more interesting to play with them slowly?
And while Austin was roaming the New World, the rest of Austin's crew continued their own journeys.
Sabaody Archipelago.
In the bustling Red-Light District, newly arrived pirates constantly came to visit.
Some were quite honest, while others had no idea of their own limits and wanted to make a name for themselves with nothing but their fists.
Without exception, they all came to understand just how vast the sea was here.
And the powerful stability maintained in this area owed much to a legendary figure: a blond middle-aged man sitting at the bar, drinking rum.
Those who knew the seas well might recognize him.
He was the man who had retired years ago and no longer sailed the seas,
the Vice-Captain of the Pirate King,
a man named after an Ancient Weapon and known as the Dark King—
—Silvers Rayleigh!!!
Ever since Roger disbanded his pirate crew and Austin, Shanks, and the others began making their names on the seas,
unlike the other crew members who had completely retired and vanished from public view, Rayleigh still had some fame within a certain circle. After all, he had to watch over Austin's territory.
His payment was nothing more than some Beli and free access to every industry in Sabaody.
But for an old man like him, that was more than enough.
After all, whether he was eating, staying somewhere, or buying things, Rayleigh practically never had to spend money on the Sabaody Archipelago.
The job was simple.
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