In the New World, the Vast Kingdom stretched far and wide. It had developed peacefully over the past two years, and even when the Marines relocated to the New World, Reiju and the others had made no move against them.
With its rapid development over those two years, the kingdom had become the power with the largest territory and greatest influence among the Four Emperors.
Both the underworld and the kingdom flourished under Kalifa and Reiju's management. In the underworld in particular, the kingdom now held the largest share of territory.
If all the underworld's holdings were divided into percentages, the resources originally controlled by its dark kings totaled fifty percent. Other kingdoms and factions held twenty percent, while the remaining thirty percent belonged entirely to the kingdom.
Besides expanding in the underworld, the kingdom itself had undertaken major construction projects that had once caused an uproar across the seas.
As everyone knew, the kingdom had been built over the corpse of a former Emperor, and its territory consisted of Totto Land, centered on Whole Cake Island. Over the years, the kingdom had not only reclaimed all those waters but had also begun expanding its borders.
Tes Anges, the Dead Island once belonging to the Grand Line's former underworld king, Big Hand Funeral Director, served as the kingdom's link to the underworld. Under the administration of Chief Kalifa, it had grown from a medium-sized island into a large one.
It could be called one of the most important, prosperous, and massive trading hubs in the entire underworld. Weapons, slaves, women—as long as you had money, you could buy anything in the world there.
Tes Anges was also the safest island for underworld transactions. Anyone trading on the island received the kingdom's protection. No matter how powerful they were, they had