"Not bad, but none of them can challenge you. Against absolute strength, even the three of them together would be no match for you."
Vice folded her arms, brushed her crimson lips with a finger, and chuckled.
With bronze skin, short red hair, and alluring stocking-clad legs, she had been assigned to Rugal's side by Ignis, but she had never been a mere ornament.
If Mature was a cold-blooded woman, then Vice was a brutal one.
As Rugal's secretary, she helped him manage the enormous Death Fighting Arena and his other businesses. Naturally, she possessed considerable fighting strength to keep the vicious thugs under him in line.
Both during her time at the Sky Arena and after coming to this chaotic island, she had gained ample experience.
To conquer this island, they had faced countless troublemakers, fighting every day in the beginning.
That was why she understood Rugal's formidable strength all the better.
Goenitz was now a Fleet Commander of the Flying Pirates, an overlord of the New World.
Rugal was no slouch either.
The Monster Blood had further unlocked his body's potential, and his regrown blood-red eye had even awakened a special power similar to ghost energy.
Combined with Haki, it could increase its offensive and defensive power. Combined with his presence, it could unleash a terrifying pressure.
His title as the New World's "King of Underground Fighting" was universally acknowledged.
Billy Island, a large Island of Chaos in the New World, had always involved numerous competing interests.
His ability to seize the island was itself a symbol of Rugal's standing.
He had earned that title through killing. Who knew how many renowned figures in the underworld who refused to submit had died in Rugal's crushing grip?
They even included several Great Pirates whom underground forces had enticed into