Boarding Dream Island

"Welcome, everyone." The first to arrive at the Hera Palace was a guest of honor, Lafitte gave a Gentleman bow.

Hersi stood to one side, along with Anne and Kaguya, who had escorted them all the way.

On one side was Big Mom's eldest son, Perospero, licking a giant lollipop with his long tongue sticking out. "Now, please board Dream Island."

The reception was handled jointly by the Night Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates. In addition to Perospero, Big Mom also sent her tenth son Cracker.

This important member of the Big Mom Pirates, whose body is hidden within the biscuit warriors he created, is known to only a few people. Even the portrait on his wanted poster is of the biscuit warrior.

The reason for all this was simply that Cracker was afraid of pain, but no one doubted his true strength.

As the sky darkened slightly, under Anne's control, the giant bubble carrying Dream Island descended from a height of a thousand meters, reaching a point approximately two hundred meters below the ground.

Otherwise, Dream Island is too high, and it would take quite a while to Dream Island up from below.

As soon as Perospero finished speaking, he used his ability to create a vast amount of sugar water that covered the cloud tunnels connecting Dream Island to the ground, forming moving platforms, just like elevators.

An elevator made of colorful candies connects to Dream Island, and it looks beautiful and matches Dream Island perfectly.

"Every time I see it, it's so dazzling; there's always something new and exciting to see," Stussy exclaimed with a smile.

Stussy attended the weddings and tea Big Mom Pirates many times, and Perospero was always the one to greet them. Perospero was very familiar with this job.

As one of the strategists of the Big Mom Pirates, Perospero is an intelligent man who considers himself an artist. Combined with his highly adaptable abilities, he can accomplish most things if he sets his mind to them.

"Thank you for your kind words. Please step onto the platform, and I will take you to Dream Island." Perospero smiled as members of the underground forces walked toward the platform made of candy.

Immediately afterwards, the platform continued to rise into the air, like an elevator. Standing on the platform, Ming Doflamingo looked down at the surroundings, or looked up at the ever-approaching Dream Island in the sky.

After all, they needed to find something for the Big Mom Pirates to do.

This matter had been discussed beforehand. If it weren't for the Big Mom Pirates, or if the Big Mom Pirates didn't have something to do, the Night Pirates would definitely have used other methods to send these guests to Dream Island.

There are many alternative methods, such as cloud tunnels, flying machines, and Anne's bubbles. Since Perospero has volunteered, it's natural to leave it to the Big Mom Pirates.

"The others are here too, baboons!" Doflamingo's gaze drifted into the distance. Now, from this vantage point, he could see clearly that the guests from the Purple Water Palace had just arrived after they boarded the Candy Elevator.

Currently, some people on their side have not yet logged onto the platform.

The massive formation was impossible to hide; it was clearly visible from a high vantage point.

The conspicuous mermaid king made it immediately clear to them that the group came from the reception point at the Purple Water Palace.

After all, the iconic cloud path can be seen from afar.

Pirates from the Combat Pyramid also approached in cable cars.

A little further away, towering giants, guests from the Giant race, walked towards this place along the wide road.

A wide field of vision, with no view in sight.

Perospero's abilities created platforms that smoothly transported the wedding guests to Dream Island.

"Is it up there? I've never been to an island in the sky except for the Divine Tree." Prince Loki looked up at Dream Island high in the sky.

The other giants behind them were also very curious.

The Tree of God, also known as the Adam Tree in the ocean, is located in Elbaf.

This is a tree that is more than ten times taller than the Tree of Knowledge, with its branches extending to a height of ten thousand meters.

The Giant race are also a race that lives under the sacred tree.

The branches of the Adam Tree on the sea all came from the Giant race. The Giant race were not completely isolated from the outside world. There was a way to enter the Sky Island in the New World. They traded with the Giant race at an altitude of 10,000 meters, Treasure Tree Adam branches fell off.

But this is the first time for an island in the sky, because there is no land on the Sky Island. The situation like Angel Island is an exception. The super-large Knock Up Stream that can lift an island into the sky is rare even once every few centuries.

"Then I can grant your wish today, Your Highness." Lafitte flew into the air and bowed politely to Prince Loki's side.

For our distinguished guests, we should make them feel the sincerity of the Night Pirates.

"Are you... called Lafitte? I think I've seen your bounty poster, but it's too short, I've forgotten it for a moment." Loki looked at Lafitte and asked thoughtfully.

Before arriving in the Night Sea Domain, Loki himself had done some preparation work, including the names and appearances of some of the main members of the Night Pirates.

After all, the only people he truly knew besides Dark Emperor Teach, Shadow Dragon Rediat, Slada Elbaf, Mog Radon and Ares, and of course, Sarika.

And a small number of familiar faces who frequently appear in Elbaf, members of the Night Pirates.

Without spending a long time together, Loki couldn't guarantee that he remembered it clearly.

"It is an honor for Your Highness to remember my name," Lafitte said with a slight smile.

"It's quite high. Are we going up via that slide?" Loki pointed to the candy elevator built by Perospero.

Loki had no idea what an elevator was; from what he saw, he thought it was a slide, albeit one that went upwards.

"You can go up. This is a creation of power; it can easily send you up."

"Of course, you can also use the bubble method, which should be faster," Lafitte said, looking at Anne.

Anne received the message, reached out, and created a bubble from her palm that was larger than a giant.

"Oh, I can give it a try." Loki's eyes lit up as he looked at the giant bubble in front of him. "How do we get in? Like this?"

As he spoke, Loki reached out and gently placed his hand on the bubble, as if afraid of popping it.

However, the Giant race have relatively little entertainment.

Suddenly, his hand reached inside the bubble, and under Anne's control, the bubble gradually enveloped Loki.

Loki stood inside the bubble, curiously looking around. His massive body was easily lifted up by the bubble, already four or five meters above the ground.

Seeing Loki like this, Mog Radon joined Anne in entering the bubble she had created, standing beside Prince Loki.

To reassure the Giant race, bubbles floated out from Anne's body, enveloping the members of the Night Pirates.

Then there are the giant warriors, members of the Giant Soldier Pirates.

One by one, the bubbles rose steadily into the air, and in a short time, they passed through the giant bubble that enveloped Dream Island and landed on Dream Island.

The bubbles that enveloped them gently left, shrank, and disappeared.

Once everyone had arrived, some guests boarded the bubble to reach Dream Island. Lafitte approached Perospero and said, "Let's go up too."

"Hmm." Perospero nodded, and the two of them quickly reached Dream Island in their own way.

Soon, Dream Island will take off and return to an altitude of thousands of meters, isolated from the outside world.

Not all members of the Night Pirates can attend this wedding. Each area of Night Sea Domain needs to be guarded, and the Night Pirates, after being meticulously divided, will have a more strict system in place.

Of course, one cannot be required to guard a territory forever; that would be far too boring, especially for pirates.

The territory is rotated, with each crew guarding it for a period of time each year, and then other legions take over. Even the affiliated pirate crews use this rotation system, Night Pirates naturally follow the same approach, though for a longer period.

After all, Teach viewed his subordinates primarily as members of the military.

The islands that need to be guarded are the more important ones, and some troops are dispersed to the surrounding islands so that they can provide support at any time if something happens, radiating outwards to cover the entire Night Sea Domain.

However, the entire Night Sea Domain was filled with a joyous and lively scene. Although they could not attend the wedding, members of the Night Pirates in various places, as well as residents of the Night Sea Domain, held grand banquets to celebrate the marriage between the Night Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates.

For the members of the Night Pirates, this signifies an increase in their influence and a further step forward in their strength.

For the residents of the Night Sea Domain, the stronger the Night Pirates, the safer they are. Although there are quite a few pirates and foreign forces in the Night Sea Domain, most of them dare not attack them.

Even if they did make a move, they would be stopped by members of the Night Pirates immediately.

Having the technology to monitor the entire sea area, it's impossible to hide any operation or sneak around, meaning there's simply no way to escape afterward.

For this reason, there are virtually no people who dare to plunder in the Night Sea Domain these days.

Most of these incidents stemmed from conflicts between pirates, which eventually escalated out of control, leading to serious mistakes.

With the Night Pirates' excellent management, their influence has long since extended to all aspects of the Night Sea Domain.

Even ordinary children can voluntarily enroll in the Dark Night Military Academy and train for four hours every day to gain the ability to protect themselves in this chaotic sea.

After all, the training methods of the Marine Six Styles are already common knowledge, so there's no need to worry about any secret information from the Night Pirates.

Moreover, the Six Powers are actually quite simple; they are merely the application of techniques. The so-called secrets that are not passed on are just empty words. For a strong person, they can see through them at a glance.

More importantly, one becomes stronger during the practice of the Six Powers, and through one's own efforts, eventually possesses superhuman physical abilities.

Even if one cannot reach the level of a superhuman, one can still enhance one's strength. No one would refuse strength, especially the residents of the New World.

In the Night Sea Domain, a large number of pirates and foreign forces gather. Although protected by the Night Pirates, they still bring a sense of oppression to the local residents, making them clearly feel their own weakness.

Coupled with the intense battle atmosphere in the Night Sea Domain, and with the expansion of territory, the number of arenas has increased from thirty-six to seventy-two, all built on important islands in the Night Sea Domain, each guarded by an army led by one of the Seventy-two Demon Pillars.

Except in special circumstances, these islands must be guarded by at least one deputy commander.

These islands are all large islands similar to Pagila Island, and have great development potential.

The Night Pirates subconsciously drive up the average combat strength within the Night Sea Domain.

Unlike other pirate crews, the Night Sea Domain only has a small core territory. The rest of the territory is nominally theirs, and they collect protection money. They have no intention of governing it and don't care about the comings and goings of ordinary pirate crews, except for very powerful ones.

With 500,000 people guarding such a large territory, the manpower is actually somewhat insufficient.

However, such problems have not yet become apparent, or rather, they have been suppressed by the powerful forces of the Night Pirates.

Although Teach and his crew didn't care, because the problem was easy to solve, the Night Pirates would continue to grow stronger over time.

Having acquired so much territory, it's understandable that we might feel a little overfed.

The ascent of Dream Island signifies that the wedding is one step closer to its official commencement.

The invited guests arrived at the wedding venue and took their seats according to their assigned locations.

Most of the members of the Night Pirates and the Big Mom Pirates were already at the scene, chatting and greeting each other with people they knew.

Due to the sheer size of the Titans, apart from Loki, the other Titans were placed in a relatively remote open area, where tables, chairs, and food were prepared specifically for them.

What's particularly striking is Big Mom's children; it's unexpected that she brought so many of her young children along.

Most of them were over ten years old and quite mature, so they sat in their prepared seats, not daring to be too casual.

After all, this isn't Totto Land, it's not their territory.

The Night Pirates' band began playing soft, soothing music as a prelude to the official start of the wedding.

Big Mom has also appeared, sitting in one of the two main seats, chatting with familiar Dark Lords while enjoying delicious desserts.

Before the final wedding cake arrives, let's fill our stomachs first.

Even without deliberately radiating pressure, Big Mom's aura still instilled fear and dread.

This is the Sea Emperor, a power that is irresistible. The moment you see him, your body instinctively warns that you are no match for him.

Even many of the monsters in the Night Pirates were secretly watching this smiling woman as she enjoyed her delicious dessert with a serious expression.

The enormous gap was clearly foreseeable.

Many forces present were also observing the Big Mom Pirates. They realized that the Big Mom Pirates were actually quite powerful, not as weak as they had imagined.

The power of the Big Mom Pirates is naturally unmatched by most of the forces present; the term "weak" refers to their ranking among the Four Emperors.

The rise of video content also gave rise to a group of bored individuals who analyzed the strength differences between various pirate crews and then ranked them from top to bottom.

The ranking of the Sea Emperor is naturally very interesting. No matter how you rank them, the Big Mom Pirates are the weakest of the four Sea Emperors.

If this is said too often, it will form a fixed impression in many people's minds that the Big Mom Pirates are easier to bully than other pirate crews, and that they are more difficult to challenge, not to mention that Big Mom is a woman.

This is also what makes Big Mom unhappy. Ultimately, it's because she has too few achievements. Big Mom's achievements after the battle to become an emperor are too few, as are those of the Big Mom Pirates.

Unlike the Beasts Pirates, which repelled Wano Country, expanded their territory, fought against the Navy, and challenged Whitebeard multiple times on their own, the Big Mom Pirates were far more active.

Generally, Big Mom doesn't cause trouble; she stays in her own territory and doesn't personally intervene in external expansion.

He has only personally intervened twice, once half a year ago when he appeared on the battlefield between the World Government and the Flying Pirates and destroyed the Ancient Weapon 'Uranus'.

Five years ago, after the end of the Golden Sea Battle, Big Mom single-handedly invaded the territory of the powerful Weird Pirates, forcefully defeated the Trickster Akane Rixter, and kidnapped a Three-Eyed Tribe.

Faced with the stronger Big Mom, in order to protect his people and the survival of his pirate crew, the Three-Eyed Tribe member yielded.

The Weird Pirates was not wiped out; they survived.

A year later, Big Mom gave birth to a pair of the Three-Eyed Tribe twins, a boy and a girl.

Some things have changed, while others haven't.

The Three-Eyed Tribe survived and was not killed; he returned to the Weird Pirates.

Not long after, the Weird Pirates announced their disbandment, which was quite a significant event at the time.

However, the hype didn't last long, as the Weird Pirates had no ambition to dominate and remained very low-key, content with their own territory.

Moreover, unlike the Great Pirate Era when there were only ten dominant forces.

Of the original ten dominant forces, only half remain today, due to the downfall of three veteran overlords: John, Silver Axe, and Ochoku.

The strongest pirate crew, the Flying Pirates, the Sea Emperor, were also wiped out. The Weird Pirates fared better; at least they didn't die, but they disbanded.

Whitebeard, Kaido, and Big Mom, who still exist, have become Sea Emperor. Demon Caesar and Apep the Sword Demon are still active, and their strength is not weak among the sea rulers.

Big Mom's power is undeniable. In the shadows, the members of the Big Mom Pirates are also deliberately displaying their strength to intimidate some who underestimate the power of the Big Mom Pirates compared to other Sea Emperor.

The results were satisfactory to both parties. The combined strength of the two companies made them even more convinced of the ship's stability and its ability to sail further.