The Orochi Pirates were wiped out with ease.
The Black Emperor Pirates' rise became even more unstoppable.
Without question, the Black Emperor Pirates had become the first choice for countless pirates looking for a crew to join.
"Jahahaha! Looks like the era Roger started isn't so bad after all."
Golden Lion Shiki laughed as he read the news in the paper.
He had always kept up with events at sea.
The rise of the Black Emperor Pirates had caught his attention in particular. Though he never said it aloud, he held the young Monster known as Black Emperor Teach in high regard.
Nor had he denied any of the rumors circulating across the seas.
Black Emperor Teach was even more impressive than Shiki had imagined.
At Teach's age, Hades and Linlin had yet to join the Rocks Pirates, while Shiki himself had only just begun making a name for himself in the crew.
Even at thirty, Shiki had not measured up to Teach as he was now.
The thought left Shiki a little wistful.
As for the Great Pirate Era Roger had ushered in, Shiki had never thought much of it.
Apart from bringing a few more weak pirates into the New World, it had made little difference there.
Shiki had no idea how much the pirate population had swelled or how much disaster it had brought upon the seas.
Even if he had known, he would not have cared.
In any case, Roger's infamy had only deepened with the outbreak of the Great Pirate Era.
Some even considered him worse than the Celestial Dragons.
At last, the so-called New Era had produced a pirate Shiki could take seriously.
There were plenty of pirates who had caught his eye, of course.
Moonlight Moria, Hawkeye Mihawk, and others.
They were impressive,