The New World was calmer than ever before, and beneath that calm, the Gallagher Family rose rapidly.
The Gallagher Family began expanding like mad.
Merely securing the support of the Underworld Kings and controlling a Dark Island was not enough.
The Gallagher Family needed to grow faster.
Gallagher Carl had already been through this.
Submit or die.
Destroy the other factions and swallow up their businesses.
Subjugate more factions and expand at a snowballing pace.
Gallagher Carl already understood the New World's law of survival: the strong devoured the weak.
The winner took all. The faster they grew, the better. With absolute strength, they could crush every voice of dissent.
In the past, the Gallagher Family had been far too cautious in its growth.
Its leader, Gallagher Carl, had also kept his abilities hidden and maintained a very low profile.
Few people knew his true strength.
Only a handful of Underworld Kings and those who knew his identity as the "Spider Emperor."
However, as the situation in the New World stabilized, Carl knew she had to develop quickly.
The once-discreet Gallagher Family became brazen and domineering.
Gallagher Carl personally destroyed several underground factions and pirate crews that threatened the Gallagher Family.
Although the Gallagher Family's territory did not grow, its influence expanded, its reach extending into every region of the New World.
With the backing of the Gallagher Family in the North Blue and access to its many local specialties, Gallagher Island held considerable appeal for certain Dark Merchants and underground factions.
In a short time, Gallagher Island had become one of the foremost Dark Islands in the New World.
As the Gallagher Family grew and expanded, it inevitably offended more factions.
Many of those factions had other powerful forces behind them.
This was unavoidable for any rising faction seeking