Each port island had one Vice Admiral-level combatant.
There were sixteen such islands in all, including those in the Four Seas.
There was little cause for concern in the Four Seas.
A Vice Admiral-level combatant could already suppress the vast majority of forces in the Four Seas.
And forces capable of challenging one would not attack the Kronos Kingdom's port islands.
They understood the Kronos Kingdom's power.
If they actually attacked, the consequences would be devastating for them.
In the New World, Top Combatants stood guard instead.
Even if the goods were stolen, the Kronos Kingdom had the strength to recover most of them.
Losing a small portion was well within acceptable limits.
Ultimately, who could move so many supplies all at once?
Even the Kronos Kingdom needed half a month for a single trip.
Perhaps "Golden Lion" Shiki could, but he would not do such a thing.
He had moved beyond pursuing treasure and now harbored greater ambitions.
To sell those supplies, they would have to enter the market.
The Kronos Kingdom kept records of every shipment.
With the Kronos Kingdom's control over the New World and the seas, it could detect them the moment they appeared.
All of this was theoretical.
At the very least, nothing of the sort had happened over the years.
There had, of course, been pirates who targeted the port islands.
But every last one of them had failed.
They could not even escape.
Once they infringed on the kingdom's interests, the only outcomes left to them were death or a fate worse than death.
The most famous among them was the "Claw Emperor," who had been active on the seas since the Rocks era, a Devil Fruit User with the Paramecia Claw-Claw Fruit and captain of the Razor Pirates.
With a bounty as