Holy Knights

"You mean you suspect those guys?" Buggy asked, holding a bottle of liquor as he looked at Shanks in confusion.

Where was the anger from when they had first met? The two were now sitting at a drinking table, each with a bottle in hand, drinking freely!

The relaxed atmosphere at the table showed just how extraordinary their relationship was! It made sense—having known each other since childhood, their bond was surely unbreakable! As for Buggy's anger whenever he saw Shanks, it was probably just resentment over Shanks causing him to accidentally eat a Devil Fruit! If Shanks ever faced a life-or-death crisis, Buggy would absolutely be the first man to lend a hand!

And their following conversation proved exactly that!

"The Holy Knights! Only those people have the ability to silently infiltrate someone else's territory! And only they possess the strength to effortlessly destroy a country!" Shanks's tone became incomparably grave. What were the Holy Knights? To ordinary civilians, it was likely a name they had never even heard before! But to Shanks and Buggy, who retained fragments of childhood memories, it was a familiar yet terrifying name!

The Holy Knights, as the name implied! It was an organization that served only the Celestial Dragons!

The entire order was extremely mysterious. Other than a few powerful figures in control of the World Government, no one knew their identities! The legendary Holy Knights had nineteen members in total. For some unknown reason, there were nineteen Admiral-level powerhouses among them—though comparatively weaker Admirals, according to the author's setting. No matter where they were placed, they were a force that could not be ignored!

And only Shanks and Buggy, who had once been Celestial Dragons, knew these things!

"If it really was those guys, then it really is possible!" Buggy said in