The world had undergone earth-shaking changes, yet it seemed as though nothing had changed at all. The common people of the Four Seas and the New World still lived as they always had, on the land that raised them, passing their days with three meals and the changing seasons.
If anything had changed, it was probably the nobles. The reshaping of the world order had dealt a heavy blow to their interests. But under the intimidating strength of the Utopia Kingdom, after causing no more than a few ripples across the calm sea, it came to nothing.
Time passed swiftly, vanishing without a trace.
One year later...
Ryan was holding Robin as they basked in the sun on the beach. The gentle sea breeze stirred their hair. Ryan stretched lazily and reached for the wine beside him, only for Robin to pick it up first, take a mouthful, and then kiss him.
Even Ryan had not expected Robin to launch a sneak attack. How could he possibly let that slide?
"Since you have no sense of fair play and dared to ambush me, don't blame me for being rude!" Ryan said with a slight curl of his lips.
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Afterward, Ryan lit a cigarette and took a drag.
Over the past year, the New World had been completely unified. Using his ability, Ryan had relocated every island in the New World, large and small, to the Utopia Kingdom.
If one looked down from the sky, they would find that compared to a year ago, the Utopia Kingdom's territory had expanded by more than a hundredfold.
It could be said that the New World had completely lost the soil needed for pirates to survive. Ryan's former title of Pirate King had gradually been forgotten. Though frictions still