This partnership with the Eternal Kingdom meant the two nations now had normal economic ties.
It was cooperation between two countries.
As for their efforts against the World Government and their support for the Hunters Guild and the Flying Pirates,
those had not risen to the national level. More precisely, they were cooperation between secret agencies under several nations.
The Kronos Kingdom lay in the northern part of the New World's middle reaches.
The Eternal Kingdom lay in the southern part of the New World Front. The two countries were so far apart that no conflict of interests would arise.
It meant the Superpowers were forging closer ties instead of keeping all their dealings in the shadows. That was a good thing.
As the news spread around the world, Pirates flocked in from every corner of the New World.
The number of Pirates in the Pluton Sea visibly swelled.
Ships of every size dotted the sea, creating a spectacle of their own.
Even with a month left before the World Expo began, many people were already making their way to Sigli Island.
The rulers of the Underworld and the heads of its dark factions also began to set out.
This was a feast for Pirates, but they would never miss an event of this scale. They had made a tidy profit at the last Pirate Expo.
Because they had received no advance notice, the expo had been underway for quite some time by the time they arrived. Who knew how much money they had missed out on?
They would not let this opportunity slip by, and this time they had ample time to prepare.
The second Pirate Expo captured countless people's attention, bringing fresh energy to the New World, which had grown somewhat quiet.
And beautiful Sigli Island began to