Wally said with a pained expression, "Our Pirate Alliance originally kept a low profile. We quietly conducted trade in the underworld and quietly developed our own forces. But among the ten fleets, someone was unwilling to remain obscure. He didn't want to keep hiding in the underworld. He wanted to make a spectacular name for himself in the New World."
"Agula Ashil?" Ronglin asked calmly.
Wally nodded. "This year's Dark Exchange was held on Erebus Island. The ten giants of the Pirate Alliance gathered there to discuss how the underworld's affairs would operate going forward, when CP0 and the Navy descended from the sky and crushed our hastily assembled forces in one stroke. Moreover, there was a traitor within the Pirate Alliance during the battle. Poison was slipped into the food, affecting us tremendously. Many elites died under CP0's savage attacks before they could even use their combat strength."
Ronglin recalled what had been written in the Blood Letter. It seemed the Blood Letter had not been talking complete nonsense after all.
"After suffering that devastating blow, we could only abandon some people and flee in panic." Wally painfully recalled the scene. "During our escape, the Alliance Leader strictly ordered a thorough investigation into the traitor's identity. In the end, the Third Fleet, which had been assigned to cover our retreat, caught up with us completely unscathed and directly attacked us. They ravaged the already fragmented Pirate Alliance, worsening our casualties. In the end, we no longer even had any intact units left."
Ronglin slowly recalled the series of events that had happened since he entered the New World, and the pieces began to come together. When he had first encountered Adele Baiyu, the man had been arrogant and utterly disdainful of everyone. That had probably been during his triumphant