The New World, Lilga Island.
Lilga Island lay in the first stretch of the New World, running roughly northwest to southeast. Mountains covered much of the island, and its rich mineral deposits meant most of its people made their living through mining.
At that moment, off one side of Lilga Island, far from the harbor.
A warship lay hidden in the darkness a hundred meters offshore.
Magma flowed across its deck, coated in pitch-black Armament Haki, and surged toward the island.
Moments later, a hundred-meter-long black staircase took shape. Sakazuki and Sengoku were the first to descend.
The soldiers aboard followed the two men down.
They moved to surround the World Pirates Crew's ship at the harbor and lay in ambush.
Sakazuki and Sengoku swept the area with their Observation Haki.
They sensed World and the others holding a bonfire banquet in the center of the ruined harbor town.
The two exchanged a glance and nodded, suppressed their presence, then headed toward the town center.
In the square at the center of town.
Byrnndi World wore a captain's coat and a horned helmet with one horn broken off.
His face sported his signature W-shaped beard, and he held a barrel of liquor in both hands, draining it in one go.
He set down the empty barrel, his face slightly flushed, and laughed at a man approaching from afar.
"Balalalala! Gairam, how's the tally coming along?"
Gairam had a build much like Baron Tamago's.
His upper body was round, his limbs slender, and his hair was tied into the shape of a square hammer.
He approached with a massive square-headed hammer as tall as a man strapped to his back.
Once he sat down beside the bonfire, Gairam set his hammer aside, smiling broadly.
"Things look great. This town has even