The entire sea was inundated with explosive news every day, and everyone who read the papers could only marvel at how badass the people making headlines were.
What they did not know was that one man was behind most of those stories.
Even the original Dragon-Slaying Order had been planned by this man behind the scenes.
At present, Oran Island served as the operations center, where Lind oversaw and directed things every day.
Intelligence from all over the world converged here. Different decisions were then made based on that intelligence, and suitable people were assigned to carry out the plans.
The red-haired young man Redfield had previously met in the Goa Kingdom was one of them.
Robert was a true genius, and one of the people most deeply influenced by Lind.
Despite coming from a prominent family, Robert had somehow avoided all their dubious teachings. His personality was like a blank sheet of paper, easily colored by others.
During Lind's first recruitment drive, he had not chosen to join Lind's ranks.
Instead, he had later enrolled at Oran University, which Lind had founded, becoming one of its first students.
With his formidable strength, mature outlook, and firm convictions, he had been entrusted with the important task of approaching Redfield, the most difficult person to deal with, as part of his fieldwork.
And that assessment had proved correct. Those pirates had complicated minds; although their everyday actions might seem fairly upright, their hearts were rarely as righteous and pure as they appeared.
A relatively straightforward university student like Robert clearly piqued Redfield's interest and earned some of his goodwill.
Lind knew his subordinates all too well. As the saying went, old habits died hard. Turning them into harmless little bunnies was simply impossible.
Even Lind himself was no different. After all,