Julian had waited until all the children were born so he could hold one grand birth celebration and give every worker in the Flame Dragon Kingdom a day off. Now all his sons and daughters had been born—four sons and two daughters. Julian thought to himself, I wonder what Gion's Tenoch looks like. I should go see him next time.
This morning's newspaper from Morgans's news agency had already been delivered all over the world. The strongest Flame Dragon had struck down the captains of the Pegasus Pirates, Steel Fork Pirates, Black Panther Pirates, Mad Blade Pirates, and Great Sword Pirates in an instant. All five were first-rate pirate crews, with the Pegasus Pirates being the strongest. Julian's reputation had soared once again, and he became the most powerful Flame Creature admired by all. Seeing the article, Julian smiled. I can only go farther and farther down this path of praise...
Talilun once again had Dragon One, Passat, Dragon Seven, and Asland take the pirate flags of the crews eliminated by the Dragon Guards this month to the G3 Branch to collect the Berries. It was not yet the Great Age of Pirates, but there were still quite a few pirates around Jaya Island. Including the five pirate crews Julian had dealt with yesterday, they had flags from a total of seventeen pirate crews. The Pegasus Pirates had the highest bounty, while the Cannon Pirates had the lowest, at one hundred million Berries. The combined bounties of the seventeen crews amounted to as much as 3.7 billion Berries. Two Dragon Guard squads escorted them.
At the G3 Branch near Jaya Island, the elite Major General Mole said with a smile, "The people from the Flame Dragon Kingdom will come to our G3 Branch to collect their bounties today. Mister Flame