Even Middle Camino and Louis Cajo, who had remained fairly composed, were shaken now.
Middle Camino narrowed his eyes and murmured, "I never thought Milo Teach would break the seven-hundred-million-Beli mark!"
"His bounty jumped that much all at once..."
In the Pirate World, a bounty was an important measure of a pirate's strength.
That was why many pirates took pride in receiving a high bounty from the World Government.
Countless people spent their lives chasing one.
Among the great pirates of the New World, there was also an unwritten rule.
Two hundred million, five hundred million, seven hundred million, one billion, and one and a half billion Beli were all distinct thresholds.
Pirates with bounties of at least two hundred million but less than five hundred million Beli were considered "newcomers" capable of carving out a place in the New World.
They were hardly weak, but in a place crowded with powerful figures, they were not especially important.
People like Morantesi had made a name for themselves, but few paid them much attention or feared them.
Once a pirate's bounty passed five hundred million Beli, though, they became a regional power like Middle Camino.
At the Pudora Kingdom meeting, Morantesi and the others had clearly shown them fear and respect.
Pirates whose bounties exceeded seven hundred million Beli were renowned figures in their own right.
There were not many such pirates in the entire New World.
Almost anyone with a bounty above seven hundred million Beli was a major power who dominated their territory.
Even the Four Emperors Pirates would not provoke someone like that lightly.
Surprise filled Middle Camino's eyes. "For the World Government to put such a high bounty on him..."
"The Bull Pirates must have done something huge, right?"
Louis Cajo clicked his tongue. "No one with