Night Empire 2

The news of the Night Empire's founding swept across the entire sea in a matter of moments, stirring up a storm.

It was not a kingdom, but an empire. To date, only the Night Pirates had been powerful enough to claim such a title, ruling over a vast stretch of sea that all belonged to the Night Empire.

The kingdoms of the world were now confined, at most, to one large or super-large island and a few smaller islands nearby.

But within the Night Sea Domain were dozens of kingdoms, all of which had now become vassal kingdoms of the Night Empire.

By sheer size, its power was on par with the World Government in terms of the number of kingdoms under its control.

However, although the Night Empire had many vassal kingdoms, nearly half of them were small nations with populations of fewer than five hundred thousand. They could not compare in scale to the kingdoms of the Grand Line.

After all, one was protected by the Navy, while the other was in the harsh environment of the New World.

Still, things had certainly improved in recent years. Under the protection of the Night Pirates, they no longer had to worry about pirate attacks.

The protection fees they paid were also well within their means, unlike the Heavenly Gold, which could undermine their foundations.

There were many kingdoms across the sea. In the past, many had not even qualified to join the World Government because they simply could not afford the Heavenly Gold.

The Night Pirates had already been terrifying, with a powerful grip over the entire sea.

But now, the founding of the Night Empire marked the Night Pirates' transformation, and Teach had begun to become an emperor in every sense of the word.

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