Several days later, the seas were stirred once more.
World News newspapers spread across the entire sea.
News that Vikengam had defeated Charlotte Linlin and Kaido, and that Captain John had raided Merveille only to be slain on the spot by Shiki, swiftly reached countless people.
Soon afterward, the battle between the Whitebeard Pirates and Red Count Redfield also came to an end.
Count Patrick Redfield had fallen to the Whitebeard Pirates.
According to reliable rumors, however, Whitebeard had failed to take Redfield's life and had let him escape.
Had Redfield died, there would have been nothing more to say.
But he had challenged the entire Whitebeard Pirates alone. Though he ultimately lost, he escaped alive. It was truly an honorable defeat.
Three great battles had erupted and ended in succession in the New World.
They had come too quickly for people to keep up, but at last, they had established one thing.
The previously emerging reign of the Three Emperors had been firmly cemented!
Shiki had slain Captain John and used his blood to seal his throne as a Pirate Emperor.
Vikengam had fought two opponents alone, crushing Charlotte Linlin and Kaido's combined efforts with overwhelming force and stepping over them to ascend his throne.
Though the Whitebeard Pirates had failed to kill the Red Count, they had still won, defeating the renowned Red the Aloof. No one dared question Whitebeard's strength.
After that, the frenzy of public opinion did not subside. Instead, it only intensified.
Golden Lion David D. Shiki had now firmly established himself as the foremost pirate leader in the New World. With the largest force, countless followers, and more than two hundred pirate crews under his banner, he had become the New World's acknowledged strongest pirate admiral, as well as the man closest to becoming