Hades also paid particular attention to the young talents emerging across the seas.
Nine years had passed since the God Valley War and the dissolution of the Rocks Pirates.
In those nine years, no young pirate rising in the new era had yet claimed an overlord's throne.
The great pirates who ruled as overlords, and the pirate crews with top combatants, still belonged to former members of the Rocks Pirates.
But some young pirates had already begun to grow.
One was Xiaer, captain of the Swift Pirates, an affiliated pirate crew of the Flying Pirates.
He was a powerful fighter at just twenty-five.
His formidable swordsmanship approached the level of a great swordsman, and his body techniques were no weaker. He was proficient in color of two Haki and was also a user of the Paramecia-type Speed-Speed Fruit.
Just two months earlier, his outstanding performance in the war had earned him a promotion to the Flying Pirates' fourteenth fleet commander.
Hades knew his history and the path he had taken.
He had probably trained under a master beforehand. He had set sail at seventeen, entered the Shin'o Swordsmanship Academy at eighteen, and graduated three years later at twenty-one.
He had then spent three years honing himself in the Sky Arena, taking just two years to reach the top of its tower.
During his time in the Sky Arena, he had also found some companions he knew and founded the Swift Pirates.
A few months later, before the Flying Pirates went to war, he had joined them.
In other words, he had left the Sky Arena before Goenitz, but joined the Flying Pirates a little later than him.
He was a young monster with tremendous potential.
Looking at him overall, he had no weaknesses.
His Devil Fruit ability was also extremely