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The emergence of the mysterious organization Abyss had made the heroes vying for supremacy across these seas wary in secret.

The World Government issued a death order, demanding that the Marines and Cipher Pol agents uncover the mastermind behind it all, no matter what.

Although the Five Elders and God's Knights knew that the mastermind was most likely Rocks himself, they did not make it public.

Because if they did, the blow to morale would be far too great.

Although the God Valley Incident had been erased by the World Government, the Marines who had experienced it firsthand knew what kind of hell it had been. Besides, the World Government had already proclaimed that Rocks had been defeated by the hero Garp.

Thus, both the Five Elders and God's Knights tacitly agreed not to tell anyone this news.

Even the Celestial Dragons believed Rocks was already dead. The public, misled by the news, believed so all the more.

While the situation on the seas changed by the moment, the Heavenly Kingdom also welcomed new travelers.

Because of the series of laws Annus had enacted and policies he had revised, the lives of the Sky Island people had become vastly different from before.

In particular, there had been major changes in how they connected with the outside world.

In the past, the Sky Island people had all somewhat disliked travelers from the Blue Sea, since most of them were pirates or adventurers.

As everyone knew, people in those two professions were rarely law-abiding and peaceful.

Whenever new travelers arrived on Sky Island, they caused some disruption, and the previously tranquil life was often shattered by accidents created by Blue Sea people.

Such situations were especially common in Brian and Rubia, which Sariye governed.

Sariye's former solution had been to send