The entire port of Alabasta erupted in noise.
Countless powerful individuals desired to defeat Burgess and seize the Baron's Medal.
Seeing the surging, eager crowd of powerful figures, Burgess felt his blood boiling.
He felt as if he were back in the finals of the fighting championship on Stoia Island.
"Ha ha ha! Come on, you scum! Become my defeated foe!"
Burgess laughed wildly; that feeling of being the center of attention was back.
His fists were itching for a punch!
Soon, someone jumped into the ring to challenge Burgess, and a fierce battle broke out between the two.
Watching the exciting battle on the arena below, Aramaki and Zoro were itching to join in.
"Your Majesty, please open a few more arenas. I want to go up and fight in one of them."
Zoro watched as Burgess sent his opponent flying with a single punch, and suddenly spoke up.
"Oh? Who else wants to step down?"
Wang Shi watched Zoro and the group of Baron with great interest.
"Your Majesty, I do not yet have the Baron's Medal," Laffitte stepped forward.
"I'm not famous enough," Whirlwind Eric chimed in.
"Count me in then, I'd like to hone my swordsmanship." The silver-haired Saka also stepped forward.
Van Augur, a sniper, is not suited for this kind of arena match, Capone Bege, the wealthy treasurer, also remained silent.
It wouldn't be good if I were defeated by an unknown powerhouse and ended up with hundreds of billions of gold coins Belly.
"Then let's have another Viscount challenge the arena, and three Baron compete in the arena!"
Wang Shi gave instructions to Aramaki, while tossing a Baron's medal to Laffitte had recently joined the party.
"Perform well, or I'll take this medal back."
Wang Shi gave Laffitte a meaningful look; this guy was hiding some of his strength.
His Devil Fruit ability is most likely Mythical Zoan.
After all, an ordinary Zoan wouldn't be able to survive in the Blackbeard Pirates.
Laffitte also secured the captaincy of ship number 5.
According to the rule that the longer Oda keeps something hidden and the later it is revealed, the more powerful that ability is.
After all, the abilities of all the Blackbeard Pirates have been revealed, but Laffitte's ability is the only one that hasn't been revealed yet.
In the Blackbeard Pirates, even the captain of ship number 6, Catarine Devon, and Doc Q's sick horse are Mythical Zoan Fruit users.
Laffitte is no ordinary person.
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"I will not disappoint Your Majesty."
Laffitte maintained his composed, professional smile, steadily catching the Baron's medal and confidently pinning it to his chest.
"Haha, no problem!"
"Then I'll set up an Earl's arena and Marquess's arena, and I'll personally guard them!"
Aramaki jumped off the Exile Emperor and quickly built five more arenas around it.
This made the entire port even more excited.
"Three Baron arenas!! One Viscount arena!!"
"Great! That means there's more than just one Baron's Medal from Burgess's ring!"
"I thought a Baron's medal was nothing to us!"
"Now the opportunity has come again!"
"Charge!"
Who is that guy?
"Damn him, that lucky guy who's unknown like Burgess!"
A large number of the strongest warriors in the Grand Line Paradise went berserk.
However, compared to Viscount Zoro, Baron Eric, and Baron Saka, who already have a reputation...
The relatively unknown Burgess and Laffitte have a higher success rate in taking on the challenge.
Aside from Burgess, who has the most challengers in the ring, the next most popular is newcomer Laffitte.
"There's also an arena for Earl Marquess!"
"The defending champion is Marquess of Impalement, Lord Aramaki!!"
As the last large arena appeared, countless shouts echoed through the port once again.
"Hahaha!! If you defeat me, you can become an Imperial Duke; if you fight me to a draw, you can become an Imperial Marquess!"
"Even if you are defeated by me, as long as your strength is recognized by me, I can apply to His Majesty for the title of Earl."
Like Burgess, Aramaki also thoroughly enjoys the feeling of being the center of attention.
He stood on the grand arena he had painstakingly created, receiving the admiration of the people.
He was happy even if no one came up to challenge him.
That means he's so powerful that no one dares to challenge him.
Especially when he saw reporters taking pictures in the crowd, Aramaki struck a cool pose.
Looking at the flamboyant Aramaki, the newly joined Spaden felt a little out of place.
After all, he's in the New World, so he should keep a low profile if possible.
"Ignore him, that's just the kind of person he is."
He smiled faintly and addressed the new Marquess, showing no intention of getting involved.
Because of Issho's Observation Haki, he had already scanned the entire port and had not discovered any hidden top-tier experts.
"Spaden, arrange for your people to board the Snail Warship and the White Iron King. I was just thinking of going back to the Goa Empire."
Wang Shi didn't pay much attention to the battles on the arenas below, nor did he recognize any of the powerful figures.
Previously, Aramaki and his group had wiped out a wave of pirates, which made it less likely that powerful pirates would dare to come here.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Spaden replied gratefully that as long as his people were settled, he could fight wholeheartedly for the Wang Shi.
The current Wang Shi has completely risen to power; they can now roam freely on the Grand Line, unlike when they first set out from the East Blue, when they were weak and cautious.
After Tashigi's warships headed to the Marine Headquarters, the Snail Warship and the White Iron King remained with her, seemingly without any further significance.
Since they were already able to cross the Grand Line and return directly to the East Blue, Wang Shi wanted to transport all the spoils and money inside Capone Bege's body back to the Goa Empire first.
To make room for the gold from the Sky Island.
It should be noted that on the battlefields between the Flower Kingdom and the Mulberry Kingdom, Wang Shi and his forces seized a considerable amount of military equipment and weapons, in addition to the huge reparations from both countries and the great treasure of the Happo Navy.
Capone Bege's internal castle and the Exile Emperor are now basically crammed with stuff.
Even the White Iron King and the Snail Warship had quite a few things on board.
Crocodile, a veteran Shichibukai, also possessed considerable wealth, allowing Wang Shi to eat even more comfortably.
Sand Crocodile lent money to Buggy the Clown, which enabled Buggy to establish the foundation of the Four Emperors 'Cross Guild.
The three ships of the Wang Shi are now overflowing with money and treasures; they must first return to the Goa Empire to digest them.
He also wanted to test the effectiveness and safety of the Seastone Warship.
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Spaden's three dilapidated sailing ships carried very few people, less than two hundred, and could be easily accommodated by the White Iron King.
When these young men and women were aboard the White Iron Ship, they saw munitions and weapons piled up everywhere, as well as supplies and treasures.
Everyone was stunned.
Did they board a treasure ship?
They learned that everyone could choose new clothes from the supplies, and they could also choose their own weapons.
The little ones were extremely excited.
One by one, they put on new clothes and transformed into new soldiers of the Goa Empire.
News of the Goa Empire's recruitment tournament at the port of Alabasta spread rapidly throughout the nearby seas.
The next day, it even made it into the Morgans Economic News Newspaper.
The news that the Goa Empire had produced a third Marquess spread throughout the world.
In particular, those Marquess Fist-Killer Spaden, including Hai-Bo Mao-Lie, Buffalo Atmos, Tobi Roppo Foz-Fou, and Sweet Commander Snack, were questioned by their own crew about the truth.
The entire New World erupted in uproar following the grim responses of these powerful figures.
I never expected that this Spaden would actually be such a formidable person with real skills!