At the next mansion, Dragon followed the same routine.
He knocked out the servants inside, dealing with anyone stronger first.
Once everything was taken care of, Dragon began looting the treasure.
In terms of efficiency, Dragon simply could not compare to Ignis.
As Ignis grew more practiced and familiar with the layout of each mansion, he could even guess which areas held valuable treasures.
He could head straight for those areas.
As for the few treasures he passed over, Ignis did not care.
This greatly increased Ignis's efficiency.
By the time he had looted five or six mansions, Dragon had only finished looting a single Celestial Dragon Mansion.
The vast quantities of treasure did not excite Ignis.
He had seen plenty of treasure.
When he had stolen the heavenly tribute back then, he had acquired an enormous haul.
NESTS still had not spent it all.
As its various industries flourished, NESTS continued to develop at an accelerating pace.
It earned enormous profits every year.
In truth, stealing from the Celestial Dragons' treasure vaults would not contribute much to NESTS's development.
Only the Devil Fruits might be of some use, as they could improve his subordinates' fighting strength.
And fighting strength was something NESTS did not lack, either.
There was Ignis himself.
There was Goenitz, who concealed his identity as a core member of the Flying Pirates.
There were the powerful clones.
Zero Garp and True Zero.
His younger brother, Abraham.
Rugal, the "King of Underground Fighting."
And Buckingham Salama, who had yet to reach his full potential.
NESTS possessed many powerful fighters, including the elite members it had recruited over the past few years.
They were scattered around the world, helping NESTS develop rapidly.
Though NESTS had only been established for ten years, Ignis could confidently say that it was