"Hey, hey, have you heard? Roy of the Five Emperors has made an announcement."
"As long as we leave his territory, meaning the territories of the Whitebeard Pirates and the Red Hair Pirates, he promises not to attack us."
"He might even cooperate with us. Then we wouldn't have to worry about him settling scores."
"What? No way. Can we trust Roy's word? He kills indiscriminately."
"He didn't even blink when tens of thousands died in the Sabaody Archipelago. Why would he care whether we live or die?"
"If you ask me, he's trying to sow discord in our alliance so he can crush us."
"Heh, are you kidding? Someone as world-famous as Roy wouldn't lie to nobodies like us."
"What do we have that's worth deceiving us over? Our lives or something? Give me a break."
"Anyway, I think we can cooperate. Think it over yourselves."
The news spread from one person to ten, then from ten to a hundred.
In an instant, all the forces on Greenland Island, along with those under the Whitebeard Pirates,
as well as the Kings of the Underworld coming to support them and the pirates who had joined later, had heard the news.
At first, they did not believe it.
But as more and more people learned of it, many no longer wanted a major battle, and the entire Greenland Island camp all but fell apart.
Some pirates even slipped away quietly.
Once one person left,
those behind only grew more anxious and eventually followed.
In just a short while, several pirate crews that had joined later all left.
Their departure reduced the thirty thousand troops originally gathered on Greenland Island by several thousand.
These people were powerful fighters from the New World, in particular. Fleeing at this critical moment, when morale was