After resolving the child's matters, Nox familiarly came to Athena's office. Seeing Athena in her professional attire inexplicably improved Nox's mood.
Nox naturally walked over to the extended sofa where Athena was sitting and lay down, resting the back of his head on Athena's long legs not covered by her black stockings.
"Wife, you've worked hard recently. Managing the South Blue remotely must be very difficult."
Nox said comfortably, squinting his eyes.
"It's not as difficult as I imagined. I've been training subordinates all these years, and now sending them to manage the South Blue has lightened my burden considerably."
Athena put down her work, and her delicate hand gently massaged Nox's head to help him relax.
"Oh right, where did that kid Ares run off to again?"
When Nox saw Athena, he remembered their second son, Valent's younger brother.
He was named Ares at the time, hoping he would be like a God of War, killing anyone who stood in his way. But he never expected that Ares would grow up to be a prodigal son, flying into the sky with the Comet Fruit.
Others roam the Sea, but he's good, he directly roams the sky. Sometimes he can't even be reached by phone, he's simply a standard prodigal son.
Or perhaps, Nox's sons are all prodigal sons. They don't come back to inherit the good family business or enjoy it; instead, they all like to run off after growing up. Not a single one of them gives Nox peace of mind.
Thinking about it now, daughters are better. After all, daughters are at least not as wild as sons. At the very least, they are willing to stay in the Limitless Pirates, staying by their side.
Perhaps this is the helplessness of a Father towards his child. Even he, the strongest man in this World, doesn't want to restrict his child's freedom.
"Oh, him. I heard he found another Sky Island in an unknown sky. He's currently on that Sky Island. He has already notified me and asked me to send people to move that Sky Island back."
Speaking of her child, Athena radiated maternal glory.
Nox knew without thinking that Ares must be deeply loved by Athena. All his sons are like this, having enjoyed too much motherly love, which makes them all want to leave home when they grow up and make a name for themselves outside.
"Tell him I'm giving him a task. If he can't complete it, he should obediently come back to me and stop wandering around outside all day!"
"He flies around outside all day. After flying for so long, he still hasn't found the whereabouts of uranus in the sky."
Nox said.
Ares ate the Paramecia-type Comet Fruit, which allows him to fly in the air at the speed of a comet. That's why Ares likes to fly around all day, especially at night, treating himself as a comet flying in the air. According to his idea, this feeling is very free and cool!
"Husband, is that task difficult?"
Athena asked affectionately.
"Not difficult. It's just asking him to capture someone alive and bring them back."
Nox couldn't help but show a smile with an unclear meaning.
Casino on Gerlant Island in the Grand Line:
"No more bets, no more bets! It's about to open! Those who have finished betting, quickly take your hands off!"
"Big, big, big! It must be big this time! It's already been small six times, it's absolutely impossible for it to still be small this time!"
"Damn, it's actually a leopard! Hahahaha, I'm rich! I'm really rich this time!"
"..."
In this bustling casino, various gamblers were shouting crazily. Here, there were Marine, Pirates, merchants, civilians, nobles, and so on. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say it was a mixed bag.
"Did you hear? The World Government and the Marine were defeated by Pirates again! Now even the entire South Blue, one of the Four Seas, has fallen into the hands of Pirates and will become another New World!"
"There's nothing we can do. The World Government is in decline now, and Pirates are incredibly strong, especially with the Limitless Pirates. Nox, the strongest man in the World, fought one against four in this war and ultimately strongly killed two top-tier powerhouses. No one can restrain him at all. Anyone who fights Nox will surely die!"
"Hahahaha, isn't this even better? In that case, our Pirates' power on the Sea is even greater!"
"..."
While a group of gamblers were bragging, a blind man with chips next to them was listening very carefully, leaning on his cane.
"The entire South Blue has fallen? It seems this World is truly getting worse and worse."
After listening, Issho casually gave the chips in his hand to the gambler next to him and then directly left the casino.
Hearing such sad news, he no longer had the mood to continue gambling.
After walking out of the casino, Issho suddenly felt someone watching him, so he walked directly towards the suburban wasteland.
"Everyone present, listen! I announce in the name of the Limitless Pirates Vice Captain that a catastrophic strike will occur here! Everyone immediately leave this place and move towards the north of the island, or directly leave this island, otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
Not long after Issho left, a Limitless Pirates Vice Captain led numerous members and appeared in this town, using a megaphone to start broadcasting.
"The Limitless Pirates Vice Captain said so, run quickly!"
Instantly, upon hearing that they were from the Limitless Pirates, almost everyone started running. After all, that was a Limitless Pirates Vice Captain! Even if nothing would happen here, their presence here was a signal that danger was coming.
"Sir, there's no one here anymore. You can come out!"
Issho came to the suburban wasteland. After confirming that there were no ordinary residents here, he turned to look to the left. Although his eyes were blind, his heart was not.
"Your opponent is not us. We are just small fries. Your opponent is in the sky!"
When those Limitless Pirates members saw that Issho had discovered them, they immediately took off running. They didn't forget to remind Issho, diverting his attention and saving their own lives.
"Indeed, in the sky!"
Issho subconsciously sensed the sky and immediately discovered that there was a presence rapidly descending from above. This reminded him of the attack method he used to like, the falling meteor, but this time it was being used against him, and what was falling was not a meteor, but a person!
Upon realizing this, Issho immediately sprinted to change his position and direction, but no matter how he moved, the person falling from the sky would also change their direction of descent according to his movements. This meant he couldn't avoid this attack with such a simple method.
As a meteor expert, Issho knew how terrifying the force of a falling meteor was, let alone the force that a person could generate by falling from the air like a meteor. Therefore, he did not dare to underestimate the opponent at all.
Fortunately, he himself was a meteor expert and had a lot of experience dealing with this kind of falling meteor attack method.
"Anti-Gravity Barrier!"
Issho drew his Supreme Grade Swords, Black Road Fire Line. The gravity within his body surged out, transforming into an elliptical gravity barrier protecting himself.
At the same time, a gravitational arc that reversed gravity upwards spread into the sky, preventing the person descending from above from continuing to increase their momentum by using gravity. Instead, they would be subjected to anti-gravity resistance as they descended.