Beside Gallagher Carl stood a beautiful woman: his wife.
She was Iris, one of the "Witch Three Sisters," a major power in the New World.
Countless people envied Gallagher Carl for marrying one of the Witch Three Sisters.
Some factions knew that the Kronos Kingdom stood behind the Witch's Banquet.
And rumor had it that the "Witch Three Sisters" were the daughters of "Pluton" Hades.
It was entirely possible.
Gallagher Carl was lucky to have married Hades's daughter.
That connection had helped the young "madwoman" from the North Blue establish herself in the New World in no time, standing shoulder to shoulder with the Underworld Kings and the top powers.
Likewise, after the Gallagher Family's growth in the North Blue was restricted,
the "Spider Emperor" Gallagher Carl used her connections and strength to become a Shichibukai, gaining privileges recognized by the World Government.
The Gallagher Family's business had never stopped expanding, reaching across the seas.
It had gradually begun to diversify. How far could a family grow on gangster business alone? The North Blue Navy would never allow it.
With her ties by marriage, Gallagher Carl was not someone to underestimate.
Elsewhere, the many members of Ten Thousand Serpents disembarked.
Thousands of them gathered together, an imposing sight.
Since building the Apophis, Mobius had become noticeably more low-key.
But tales of "Nether Serpent" Mobius still circulated across the seas.
The serpent that devoured everything.
Mobius had more than earned that name.
It was hard to imagine how helpless anyone would feel against countless black tendons like giant pythons.
Defeating "Whitebeard" Edward Newgate had undoubtedly raised Mobius's prestige to its peak.
For a long time, no one at sea had been able to settle who was the World's Strongest.
No matter how they argued, Mobius remained a monument no one could