The king of Ryugu Palace, who had descended from the sky, had extended an invitation to Maud in front of countless Fish-Man Island residents.
With that, the final piece of Maud's plan to conquer Fish-Man Island had been firmly fitted into the last remaining gap.
"Sure."
Maud looked at Neptune and accepted the invitation.
Neptune nodded lightly to Maud, then shifted his gaze toward the pirate corpses scattered across the plaza.
Although he had already watched the entire process through the live broadcast from the Image Bug, seeing the corpses covering the ground with his own eyes still gave him a different impression.
More than ten thousand lives had been killed just like that, vanishing in the blink of an eye.
Seeing Neptune inspecting the pirate corpses in the plaza, Maud thought for a moment before taking the initiative to suggest, "Neptune, just throw these corpses into the sea to feed the fish. As for these weapons, they're fairly well made. You can use them to arm an elite army."
In the world of One Piece, weapons were an extremely important resource.
For a nation, even more so.
An ample supply of weapons could, in itself, display powerful military strength and support victory in a war.
Many countries caught in turmoil had suffered crushing defeats and ultimately been destroyed precisely because their weapon resources could not meet demand.
This showed the value of weapons in this terrible world.
The original owners of the weapons scattered across the plaza were pirates who had come from distant seas. They possessed a certain level of strength, so the weapons they used were naturally of decent quality.
Yet Maud had given away these extremely valuable spoils with just a few words.
Neptune was extremely surprised.
"Mr. Maud, you're giving these weapons to us?"
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