Conqueror's Haki was an innate quality of a king.
It could neither be learned after birth nor inherited from birth. It could only be determined by one's own destiny.
Before actively drawing out his Conqueror's Haki, Maud actually had no idea whether this power was hidden inside him.
Even if he didn't,
Maud could still use the Shadow-Shadow Fruit's dominion to stop this war as much as possible.
Yet the result was that Maud successfully drew out his Conqueror's Haki, causing tens of thousands of people to lose consciousness in an instant.
The entire plaza fell silent.
Everyone stared at Maud at the center in shock.
The pitch-black mass of shadows that followed hung right behind Maud, surging endlessly like wave after wave.
In the eyes of the crowd, this enormous mass of shadows looked like the phantom of a demon glaring at them, making their hearts tremble.
"What... what did he just do?"
"W-why did this happen?"
"What is that mass of shadows?!"
"Monster, monster..."
"Is he... trying to kill everyone?!"
The King's Army and Rebel Army were filled with fear.
The tens of thousands lying around Maud, regardless of which side they belonged to, stood like a towering wall in their minds.
What terrifying power!
Those whose understanding was lacking and who had no idea what Conqueror's Haki was had immediately lost all will to resist.
Clang--
Someone's sword slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.
The sound it made upon landing was as clear as a needle dropping in the silence.
They discarded their weapons and surrendered.
Once the herd mentality took hold, the plaza was filled with the continuous sounds of weapons being discarded.
Maud did not even need to use the Shadow Ghost he had prepared. He had single-handedly crushed the will of