Before the Golden Bell.
Ares hammered his fist against the bell again and again. The swaying Golden Bell rang out with a deafening, sonorous peal.
The first to arrive was naturally Gan Fall, riding Pierre.
"Lord Ares!"
The pink-spotted winged horse landed in front of the Golden Bell. He greeted Ares first, then turned his attention to the enormous bell before him, clearly shaken.
He was tempted too, but the moment he thought of Ares's strength, the flames in his heart instantly went out!
The bell was made entirely of gold. Its monetary value alone represented immense wealth, and on top of that, the Golden Bell contained a high degree of "artistic value."
How high was its artistic value?
It was naturally as high as a three-story building!
Gan Fall wondered to himself, "I've been on this island for so long, yet I never discovered this Golden Bell..."
"Could what Lord Ares said really be true?"
He had still been somewhat skeptical about Upper Yard, but the appearance of the Golden Bell seemed to confirm Ares's words.
This island originally belonged to... the Shandia people.
"Lord Ares, is this Golden Bell what you were looking for?" Gan Fall asked.
Ares did not turn around. He said calmly, "That's right."
He did not want anyone else to know that he was searching for the Rumble-Rumble Fruit. If they found out, they might develop "selfish motives" as well and eat the Rumble-Rumble Fruit themselves.
That Logia, the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, would then be wasted, leaving Ares without a major combat force!
He did not particularly value Vice Admiral-level combat power, but Emperor-level combat power was something that appeared only once among tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions, of people. To oppose the World Government, Emperor-level combat power was indispensable.
A single