In this world, only a handful of names could make people tremble.
The current Four Emperors—Shanks, Kaido, Charlotte Linlin, and the late Whitebeard—were among them.
To ordinary people, even mentioning these names required a certain amount of courage.
That was the effect brought about by the reputation of the Four Emperors.
With the reputation Maud currently possessed, he could already rival Shanks and the others. One could even say he surpassed them.
But that still wasn't enough.
Or rather, what meaning was there in being feared by a bunch of utterly harmless ants?
What Maud wanted was to make the World Government, Marine Headquarters, the Four Emperors, and the countless pirates of the New World—
fear him, look up to him, and dread him.
If they couldn't do that, then he would destroy them.
Shanks looked at Maud with a strange glint in his eyes, ripples stirring in his heart.
He realized—
The junior beside him, who possessed infinite potential, was finally willing to raise his head and look toward the summit.
"D..."
Roger's smiling face flashed through Shanks's mind, leaving him feeling complicated for a moment.
Who would the person he was waiting for ultimately be?
Would it be Maud, who stood beside him and had already reached the same position as him?
Or Luffy, who had said the same thing as his captain many years ago?
Shanks suddenly felt inexplicably lost.
Aokiji, Yasopp, and the others all stared at Maud's back.
Make the whole world fear him...
If someone else had said that, they would only have been laughed at.
But Maud was different.
No one present would question his words.
Because—
Given the terrifying potential Maud had already displayed to the world, even the most arrogant and outrageous things he said were filled with persuasive power.
"Hoho..."