"Nox, it really has been a long time. I didn't expect that we would have a day to meet again."
Louis said with emotion.
He knew that as Nox's achievements continued to rise, if he appeared, it would bring a lot of trouble to Nox, so he had already decided not to reappear, but he didn't expect Nox to actively find him.
"Master, on my territory, I have opened many Limitless Sword Schools. I want to invite you to my base camp to continue as the head of the Limitless Sword School."
After thinking, Nox tactfully stated the purpose of this trip. It was too unsafe for Louis to stay here.
"Alright, alright, alright, I also want to see Karoo and Kano."
Regarding Nox's invitation, Louis naturally accepted.
After all, seeing his disciples constantly grow, as their Master, he was also very gratified, which was much better than living in seclusion here.
Afterwards, Nox and Shakky took Louis through the Mirror World and returned to Wano Country.
At the Limitless Sword School in the Flower Capital of Wano Country, Kano, Karoo, and the other Senior apprentice brothers who had followed Nox to sea back then had all gathered here.
"Master!!"
When they saw Louis appear, they all excitedly shouted.
For them, Louis was their true Master. When they were weak back then, it was Louis who taught them, only then did they achieve what they have today.
Many of them were orphans, adopted by Louis.
It can be said that for many of them, Louis was like a father figure.
"Good, good, good, you've all grown up and become successful."
Seeing these disciples in front of him grow to their current state, Louis was very gratified, and his eyes couldn't help but become moist.
"Master, we have prepared a welcome banquet for you. Let's have a good drink and tell you about our experiences over the years."
With a wave of Nox's hand, a banquet was immediately held.
At the banquet, the Senior apprentice brothers and Master all drank heartily, chatting with each other about the past years, as if they had returned to the days when everyone learned swordsmanship together on Asattava Island back then.
"Master, these are my three wives, Shakky, Lesley, and Athena, and my five child."
At this banquet, besides the Senior apprentice brothers who learned swordsmanship at the sword school back then, Nox's family members were also present.
"Master!!" × 3
"Grandmaster!!" × 5
Hearing Nox introduce them, Lesley and the others, as well as the five child, all said very respectfully.
"Good, good, good, Nox, you are sensible. You've settled down and established a career."
Louis looked at Lesley and the others with gratification, and then looked at Nox's five child with satisfaction and said.
"Karoo, Kano, you should learn from your Senior Brother. You're already this old, it's time to start a family."
Then Louis's gaze shifted, and he looked at Kano and the others next to him and said.
"Master, we are still young, no hurry, no hurry..."
Seeing the expression of urging marriage on Louis's face, even Kano, Karoo, and the others couldn't help but blush profusely.
They had never thought about getting married or anything. After all, spending money to enjoy oneself was so much fun, and getting married would be very uncomfortable.
The banquet only barely ended until evening.
Sea Calendar 1486:
Two years have passed since Rocks died. During these two years, all the Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates have been frantically plundering the territories in the New World.
Even Whitebeard, who didn't care about territory at all, began to occupy some islands as his territory under the support of his many sons.
Moreover, these Executive Officers of the Rocks Pirates were very tacit, avoiding the expansion directions of their former comrades, so in the past two years, no conflicts occurred among the many great pirates.
But as two years passed, the territories in the New World had been almost completely divided up by the remnants of Rocks.
Even the remaining territories were just some scattered islands or small islands located in remote areas, with harsh environments, or underdeveloped commerce.
Any islands that were somewhat wealthy had already been occupied.
However, during the expansion process, Golden Lion's mobility was the fastest, so the territory he occupied can be said to be the largest.
Ranking second were the territories of Nox and John. These two had previously completely occupied a World Government member state.
Plus, the locations they first began to occupy were all close to the most prosperous areas in the center of the New World, so their territory was only slightly less than Golden Lion's.
Ranking third in terms of territory were Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, and Violence King Brandon. The territories they three occupied were all similar.
The fourth tier naturally consisted of Whitebeard, World, Charlotte Linlin, and Roger.
Whitebeard and World were people who had no interest in territory. Charlotte Linlin was focused on staying in her base and having child; even her expansion was just a little bit around her base.
Although the Roger Pirates were adventuring everywhere in the New World, they would also plant their flags on some territories and occupy those islands.
"It seems that a great war is about to break out soon!"
Nox smiled slightly after looking at the intelligence brought to him by Shakky.
He was looking forward to that day's arrival. Since the last time he fought with Garp, he hadn't truly made a move; he had been silently cultivating continuously.
And every month, he would beat up those Vice Captains and Executive Officers under him. No, it was to guide them once.
As for the matter of expanding territory, it was all left to Ashura Doji and the many Vice Captains to do.
During the continuous expansion, countless battles and killings made those Vice Captains and Ashura Doji quickly become stronger.
The strength of the Limitless Pirates also grew stronger and stronger as its territory continuously expanded.
Now the territory in the New World is almost completely occupied. If they want to continue expanding, they can only go and occupy the territories of other great pirates.
Fortunately, they were all smart people and didn't make a move immediately.
Instead, they tacitly chose to rest and recuperate for a while. After all, the territories were occupied, but the potential of the territories had not been fully unleashed.
There are many benefits that can only be obtained after occupying the territories.
Therefore, these great pirates all tacitly chose to rest and recuperate while expanding the scale of their Pirate Crew, subduing more subordinates, and preparing for the upcoming great war.
Regarding the turmoil in the New World, neither the Marine nor the World Government showed any indication on the surface.
Even the Marine were only stationed in the front part of the New World and did not continue to enter the central part of the New World, but were silently guarding their own little plot of land.
In reality, the World Government had already sent a large number of spies to infiltrate all the remnants of the Rocks Pirate Crew, and began silently raising their status, and then inciting conflicts between them and other Pirate Crew.
For the Pirate Crew that were frantically expanding, it was simply effortless for those spies to infiltrate and rise to a certain level of status, except for the Limitless Pirates.
"Damn World Government, they took our celestial tribute, and they actually sent the Marine to the New World to wipe out pirates!"
Pirates once again ruling the New World, this was simply a huge disaster for the Allied Nations in the New World.
The last time Rocks ruled the New World, quite a few Allied Nations were destroyed, and the remaining ones were willing to raise the flag of the Rocks Pirates.
They thought their good days would come after Rocks died. Who would have thought that the remnants of the Rocks Pirates would rise up and once again occupy the New World.
The remaining 9 Allied Nations, the pirates tacitly did not touch, but chose to leave them all, so that the Marine would have no excuse to deal with these great pirates.
To be honest, the current remnants of Rocks, these Pirate Crew, if two Admirals were dispatched, they could defeat their Pirate Crew.
But those Marine were afraid that the numerous Pirate Crew would unite to deal with the Marine, so they didn't make a move, but trusted the World Government, allowing the pirates to kill each other.
Whitebeard Pirates:
"Whitebeard, let's continue forward and occupy more territory!!"
"That's right, Whitebeard, are we Whitebeard Pirates still afraid of him Golden Lion and Wang Zhi?!"
Marco, Jozu, and the others who had just occupied an island were extremely excited, eagerly wanting to occupy more territory.
Even if the territories near the Whitebeard Pirates' territory were those of the Flying Pirates and the Wang Zhi Pirates, they weren't afraid. In their eyes, the Whitebeard Pirates were the strongest pirate group in the New World.
"gura rara rara, my sons, I have too few men. Even if we occupy more territory, we won't be able to defend it."
"Let's first consolidate and develop the territories. Until we have more men, and until your strength is greater, Whitebeard will then take you to conquer more territory."
Whitebeard laughed heartily and stopped his child's impulsive ideas.
Although he, Whitebeard, wasn't afraid of Golden Lion and Wang Zhi, these child under him were protected too well by him and didn't know the cruelty of this World.
If they were to go to war with the Wang Zhi Pirates now, even if he, Whitebeard, was confident he could defeat Wang Zhi.
But these child under him would probably, before he defeated Wang Zhi, be annihilated by the pirates under Wang Zhi.
These are all sons he painstakingly acknowledged. He would never let his child take such risks.
"Alright then, Whitebeard, after we grow up, we will defeat the Wang Zhi Pirates, defeat the Flying Pirates, and make our Whitebeard Pirates the strongest pirate group in the New World!"
Marco, Jozu, and the others said excitedly.
"gura rara rara, to celebrate us taking another island, let's have a banquet!"
Whitebeard laughed loudly.
Whitebeard had always known his child's shortcomings.
But facing his child's repeated calls of "Whitebeard" to him, made his heart soften.
He couldn't bear to let his child take risks, he couldn't bear to dampen their confidence, so he tacitly accepted those obvious shortcomings.
At the same time, this was also his own confidence in his strength. Even if his child weren't strong, but as long as he was there, no one could harm his child!
In the bedroom of the General's residence in the Flower Capital of Wano Country, Nox was nervously standing outside the room waiting.
"Nox, with Lesley there, Athena will be fine."
Seeing the nervous expression on Nox, Shakky couldn't help but hold his hand and comfort him.
"Phew, that's right, Athena will be fine."
Nox took a deep breath, but one hand tightly held Shakky.
"Wah wah!!!"
Inside the room, a crying sound rang out, making Nox's nervous heart finally relax.
"Athena, are you alright?"
Nox rushed into the room, looked at the pale Athena, and asked with concern.
"I'm fine, this is our son, please give him a name."
Athena smiled and said, holding the newborn baby who was crying loudly.
"This little guy has bright, round eyes and is lively and active. He will definitely be quite warlike in the future. Let's call him Alucard Ares."
Nox smiled.
Once, a guy known as the God of War was also named Ares. Nox also gave this name to his son.
"Ares, did you hear? This is your name."
Athena playfully and dotingly teased Ares in her arms and said.
With his child born, Nox also reduced his training time by an hour every day to spend time with his child and Athena.
More than half a month later, Nox, who had just finished training and returned to Wano Country to rest, received a call from Golden Lion.
"Gahahaha, Nox, are you interested in King Hasmu next to your territory?"
Golden Lion said with a smiling face.
"Oh? It seems you want to attack the Kingdom of Charlde next to your territory, so you want to, like last time, do a joint attack."
As soon as Nox thought about it, he guessed Golden Lion's idea.
After all, the last time the four of them cooperated, the result was very successful, allowing all four of them to benefit.
Now the territories in the New World have entered a saturated stage. If they don't want to go to war with other great Pirate Crew, they can only set their sights on the Allied Nations.
"Gahahaha, that's right, we had a very pleasant cooperation last time. This time I plan to do it again."
"Call upon John, Wang Zhi, Silver Axe, World, and Brandon. The territories of those few are all close to an Allied Nation."
Golden Lion said.
Whitebeard's territory had no Allied Nations around it.
Charlotte Linlin was focused on staying at home and had no intention of going out at all, so Golden Lion didn't call her.
"Did those few people all agree?"
Nox asked curiously.
"Gahahaha, in the face of absolute profit, no one can refuse my invitation!"
Golden Lion said confidently.
"Since that's the case, then I naturally won't refuse either. You say, when should we make a move?"
Nox said, this kind of thing, how could he possibly refuse.
Even if this time it attracts a siege from the World Government, but in the face of huge profits, they would all take the risk and try.
"Naturally, tomorrow, we'll act together then!!"
Golden Lion said.
"Okay, no problem!"
Nox readily agreed.
In the Rocks Era, they didn't wipe out all these Allied Nations, mainly because the Rocks Pirates had no ability to manage territory.
They could only rely on collecting celestial tribute, just like the World Government, or protection money, to maintain their rule.