"What a bunch of incompetents. They were discovered already!"
A disturbance that large could hardly escape Ignis's notice.
Ignis frowned, disappointed. He had given the Revolutionary Army this chance, and they had squandered it.
How much treasure could they steal in just a few hours?
Even a hundred billion Beli would not keep an organization as large as the Revolutionary Army going for more than a few years.
Of course, that was more money than countless people could spend in a lifetime.
At sea, a mere four or five billion Beli could buy a small kingdom and make someone its king.
But few people did that.
Becoming a noble would be easier still.
If all they needed was to survive, that money could last them decades.
But the Revolutionary Army aimed to fight the World Government.
They had to withstand the World Government's suppression, and they needed enormous quantities of food every year.
With their poor reputation, they could recruit only from civilians struggling to survive, or even from slaves.
Those who suffered oppression were the source of the Revolutionary Army's future members.
That meant they had to feed not only the Revolutionary Army, but also large numbers of ordinary civilians and family members.
Just like Marine Headquarters, they needed a stable rear base so their fighters on the front lines could fight without worry.
The Revolutionary Army needed to build one, and that would cost a great deal of money.
They needed all kinds of supplies, while pressure from the World Government and its Affiliated Nations made survival harder still.
Few people paid attention, but every so often, news emerged of Revolutionary Army members being captured and their bases wiped out.
It was because of these hardships that Dragon and Kuma had risked this secret operation to keep the