After the war ended, Mary Geoise was shaken to its core.
Its central complex lay in ruins, and six Top Combatants had died in the horrific explosion.
The Revolutionary Army was responsible for it all.
The news had been kept quiet during the war to avoid affecting the Golden Sea War.
One could imagine the shock that awaited the World Government's many Top Combatants when they returned to Mary Geoise, saw the ruins, and learned the scale of the losses.
After all, even the month-long Golden Sea War had cost them only four Top Combatants.
Yet six Top Combatants had died in Mary Geoise alone.
Worse, Lady Imu had been disturbed again and had even fought Monkey D. Dragon herself.
In the end, the Revolutionary Army had still escaped.
If the losses in the Golden Sea were barely acceptable, the losses in Mary Geoise were utterly unacceptable.
Someone would inevitably have to take the blame for the war's losses.
Three Holy Knights had died, and the Holy Knight Candidates had been almost wiped out. Only two remained.
How could the Celestial Dragon families accept such an outcome?
They could not obtain the gold in the Golden Sea, either.
If they needed somewhere to vent their rage, the Revolutionary Army was the obvious target.
For now, no one wanted to pick a fight with the Pirates.
The Pirates were united. How could the World Government withstand another war?
Most Affiliated Nations had suffered grievous losses in the turmoil. Meanwhile, the gold in the Golden Sea was nearly impossible to salvage: Whitebeard had devastated the region, shifting the entire stretch of sea.
The Revolutionary Army was different. It had used the war as an opportunity to operate everywhere, even openly raising its banner in some regions.
The Navy and World Government had