"Zack, that lucky bastard, really did claim a prime spot."
The Silver Axe Pirates.
Beneath his silver helmet, Silver Axe made no attempt to hide the greed in his eyes, or the trace of envy and jealousy behind it.
After all, the former Wano Country, now Dragon Island, had an ideal location. It could hardly have made a better base.
Towering cliffs and an upward-flowing waterfall formed a natural barrier.
Without taking the secret passage, the only way onto Dragon Island was to ride carp up the waterfall.
Even that was incredibly dangerous.
Large cannons stood ready around Dragon Island's perimeter. Any outside force that tried to break in would face the Overlord Dragon Pirates' fierce firepower.
In the dangerous surroundings of Reverse Mountain Waterfall, one wrong move could capsize a ship.
And the Overlord Dragon Pirates' members would hardly stand by and watch.
With Overlord Dragon Zack, one of the current rulers of the skies, guarding it, Dragon Island's natural defenses became an uncrossable chasm.
That was how the Silver Axe Pirates had been stopped cold by Overlord Dragon Zack before Dragon Island. They had not even managed to attempt the climb.
Silver Axe knew about the Seastone Mine, of course.
But he had never imagined the Seastone Mine was worth so much.
It was money earned while lying back and doing nothing.
Dragon Island was the foundation of the Overlord Dragon Pirates. A single island was worth a hundred others.
For Silver Axe, territory like that held the greatest appeal now.
He had to admit that although his strength remained at its peak, he was no longer young.
At over sixty years old, his stamina had begun to decline a little.
And the Silver Axe Pirates' territory lay in the center of the New World.
They had once