First came "Black Emperor" Teach. Now there was "Spider Emperor" Gallagher Carl.
Many could already sense that a new generation of Pirates was on the rise.
Teach was its leading figure.
Gallagher Carl was close behind him.
The ranks also included "Hawkeye" Mihawk.
After the Swordsmanship Tournament, he remained active at sea, challenging renowned swordsmen wherever he went and rapidly rising to become a top-tier swordsman.
The golden age of swordsmanship born from the tournament was a blessing for swordsmen like Mihawk.
There were so many powerful swordsmen at sea to exchange ideas with and spar against.
And what of "Storm" Etalgar, whose name was often mentioned alongside Gallagher Carl's?
They might be mentioned together, but Gallagher Carl was still more famous than Etalgar.
After all, Gallagher Carl had her identity as Sky Arena's "Spider Emperor" behind her, and now she had clashed head-on with the Beasts Pirates.
By contrast, Etalgar's connection to Mobius had yet to come to light.
Nor did he have battle records as astonishing as Carl's.
Even so, no one dared underestimate them. Before Carl's clash with the Beasts Pirates, Etalgar had been every bit as famous as she was in the New World.
The Storm Pirates were a young crew led by "Storm" Sagros Aitalga. Every member was formidable, though they numbered only a little over twenty.
They had already shown their strength.
Several Great Pirates had now become stepping stones for the Storm Pirates.
Etalgar's name had naturally drawn the attention of many factions.
Some things were easy to foresee.
Etalgar was not a Devil Fruit User. Unlike Carl, he had no powerful Mythical Zoan Devil Fruit to bolster him, so he needed more time to grow.
In the New World, where most monsters were Devil Fruit Users, that made Etalgar, who had no