For pirates who could lose their lives at any moment, time was an especially precious thing.
This was particularly true for pirates who entered the New World.
They came to this final sea of chaos carrying their own dreams.
As time passed after the start of the Great Pirate Era, many pirates of the new generation also stepped into the New World. Driven by their covetousness for the Pirate King's treasure and their determination to pursue their dreams, they joined this great maelstrom.
Two years passed swiftly amid such chaos.
The Red Hair Pirates remained as high-profile as ever. As their overall strength grew, they clashed with countless forces over those two years: Whitebeard, Big Mom, the newly risen Kuja Pirates, and even the Navy's three Admirals and Garp, who had come here.
Yet in none of those battles did the Red Hair Pirates ever fall completely into a disadvantage. The strength and potential they displayed astonished everyone.
Shanks in particular improved at an especially terrifying rate. In a recent clash, he faced Akainu and Aokiji, two of the Navy's three Admirals, alone and still held the upper hand. Only when Garp arrived did he have no choice but to retreat.
Because of this, his position as an Emperor of the New World was completely established.
Besides him, there was also Hancock of the Kuja Pirates.
The might of the Phoenix Fruit was displayed to its fullest in the New World. The five flames each possessed different effects, and to this day, no one had found an effective way to counter them. Hancock was unbeatable on her path.
As one powerful pirate crew after another fell, the Pirate Empress Hancock became one of the strongest forces in the New World. With her increasingly frequent clashes against Whitebeard, Red Hair, Big