"Something that already exists can also cease to exist?"
"Just as I thought, just as I thought! Your World Government is desperately hiding something..."
Olvia said excitedly.
"Do you really want to know about the Void Century that badly?"
Shaya looked at Olvia and asked.
"Yes!"
Olvia had yet to realize that Shaya had already stirred up her emotions. She had originally sworn never to reveal a single word in front of Shaya, yet now she had completely forgotten that vow.
"Then I'll tell you..."
Shaya seemed to have thought of something interesting. Looking at Olvia, he spoke softly.
"Hm?!"
At the very instant Shaya's words fell...
Every expert in Observation Haki aboard the warship covered their ears with both hands at the same time, ensuring they would not hear a single sound of what came next...
After all, were words like these something agents like them could hear?
They could.
But hearing them meant death...
"The so-called Great Kingdom was formed nine hundred years ago—or perhaps even earlier—when the Moon People came to the planet we live on in search of energy after the moon's resources were depleted..."
"At the time, our planet's technology was unimaginably backward, nowhere near theirs. The gap between us was like that between apes and modern humans—perhaps even greater! Thus, we regarded them as gods..."
"Seeing how backward and insignificant we were, the Moon People used their powerful technology to conquer most of the races and nations on the surface. They created a country dedicated to searching for energy for them. That country was the predecessor of the so-called Great Kingdom..."
"But you know how it is! Wherever there is oppression, there will be resistance. In the end, the kings of twenty nations awakened from their long enslavement. They joined forces and created an