Territory and Influence

Was it over?

No. How could a single Iskanbel Island satisfy the Pluton Pirates' appetite?

Early the next morning, before word of what had happened on Iskanbel Island had even spread, the Pluton Pirates made another move.

Led by their officers, they sailed Navy Warships that Titan had devoured and modified, seizing every island nearby.

They raised the Pluton Pirates' flag. The forces already on those islands either submitted, died, or fled.

In the end, thirteen islands, with Iskanbel Island at their center, and the surrounding waters officially became Pluton Pirates territory.

"That guy moves fast."

On Floating Island, at the Flying Pirates' headquarters.

The magnificent golden hall had been brought over whole from a certain kingdom by Shiki.

Seated on his throne, Golden Lion Shiki could not help but marvel.

Some time had passed, and the Flying Pirates had grown noticeably stronger in both numbers and quality.

Their influence still could not compare with the Golden Pirates, and their high-end combatants were weaker than the Werewolf Pirates'.

Even so, the Flying Pirates were rising at an unstoppable pace.

Surpassing them was only a matter of time.

Shiki was still growing stronger. He had another twenty or thirty years of growth ahead of him.

Both Golden King Donovan and Werewolf Queiro, on the other hand, had already reached their peaks.

As overlords of the sea from the Old Era, they too faced the shock of the New Era.

Growing stronger or expanding their influence would clearly be difficult for them.

Given the choice, most pirates would choose Golden Lion Shiki.

His growth was astonishing. If the suddenly emerged Pluton Pirates were left out of it, he was leaving everyone else in the dust.

The pirate crews founded by veterans like John, Silver Axe, and Ochoku could not compare.

Despite that,