The Tyrant Pirates, led by Gurado the Tyrant, lay low in the waters east of the Kronos Kingdom.
The waters ruled by Goenitz, Breath of the Gale, were also east of the Kronos Kingdom.
Through them, the Kronos Kingdom's reach was extending into waters farther to the east.
To the north, the kingdom's Army had swept through the region in just a few years, bringing it entirely under the Kronos Kingdom's control.
At only eighteen years old, Tartarus Barrett was already acknowledged as a monster within the Army and held several titles, including Vice Admiral, Admiral Candidate, and pillar of the kingdom.
He was unquestionably the leading figure among the Army's young commanders.
As for the west, the Big Mom Pirates lacked the ability to govern such vast waters, so interference from the Kronos Kingdom was inevitable.
They did not obstruct the kingdom's trade activities.
Some islands and the forces on them had already secretly come under the Kronos Kingdom's control and only needed to pay protection fees regularly.
This also saved the Big Mom Pirates a great deal of trouble.
Besides, the Kronos Kingdom would not openly send people into the Big Mom Pirates' territory.
Although those vast waters belonged to the Big Mom Pirates, they were not part of their core territory and could hardly be called completely peaceful.
Clashes between factions and bloody battles between pirates were common, and the Big Mom Pirates did not go out of their way to intervene.
Whatever happened, tribute ultimately had to be paid to the Big Mom Pirates.
As time passed, most of Hades's second batch of children had grown up.
Some had even set out to make their way on the sea early on.
His twenty-second son, Kaz, had begun traveling around the world at fifteen, venturing across the