Hades knew that the dawn of victory was already shining on the World Government.
Still, he had no intention of intervening.
This time, the Pirate Allied Forces had indeed gone a little too far.
They had dealt a particularly severe blow to the Kronos Kingdom. Commerce had ground to a halt, disrupting an entire trade network, and getting it back on track would take some time.
The Kronos Kingdom had already drawn up a comprehensive development plan.
After all the trouble Shiki had caused, most of the Kronos Kingdom's development plans needed to be revised, or even scrapped and rebuilt from scratch.
Countless members of the kingdom's General Staff were working late into the night.
After being suppressed for so long, it was time the World Government won a victory of its own.
In fact, the World Government had consistently come off worse in its clashes with pirates over the years.
Even the operation to wipe out the Monster Legion, hailed as a great victory, had cost it considerable strength.
During the public execution of "Titan" Atlas, for instance, the appearance of the Wild Beast Corps had inflicted devastating losses on the Navy.
Had Cyrik not killed Atlas.
Had Atlas been rescued, the Navy and the World Government would have become complete laughingstocks.
Besides, it was a victory in name alone.
What would the World Government actually gain? Nothing.
Even if there was gold left in the Golden Sea, it would get very little of it.
Instead, this operation had caused devastating losses. The deaths of six Top Combatants at Mary Geoise alone were enough to cause the World Government unbearable anguish.
Heaven only knew how shocked Hades had been when he learned what Red and the others had accomplished.
And what about the aftermath? Who knew how much effort