Almost everyone felt a jolt of shock upon hearing Lott's words.
They knew what great war Lott was talking about.
"What! Has this great war continued to this day?"
"What do we do? What do we do?"
"Is this world going to be destroyed?"
Some civilians were more skeptical upon hearing Lott's words.
There was no evidence for any of this. It was all just coming out of Lott's mouth.
"This Lott is just fearmongering. Where's the war?"
"This Lott is just finding a high-sounding excuse for wanting to become the King of the World!"
"Exactly, exactly! I think this Lott has sinister ambitions!"
"I think Lott is the one who wants to destroy the Pirate World."
"He's the strongest person in the Pirate World now. Destroying the world should be a piece of cake for him!"
"So this is what the World Government is really like. My uncle once studied in Ohara, only to perish in the flames."
"Hey! Keep your voice down. Government officials are in this village!"
South Lucia Island.
An elderly man with graying hair had tears streaming down his face.
"I knew it! This World Government isn't just at all!"
His daughter, Bosi Lucia, was extraordinarily beautiful, one of the foremost beauties in their village and on the entire island.
He often boasted to everyone about how sensible and obedient his daughter was.
Until one day, a group of Celestial Dragons wearing glass helmets arrived on the island and took a fancy to his daughter at first sight.
No matter how he tried to stop them, the Celestial Dragons still took his daughter away.
Things like this had happened on the island before.
He knew that once his daughter was taken to Mary Geoise, she would endure a fate worse than death.
She might