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Chapter 628: Three Months of Bloody Battle
If the increased Heavenly Tribute cannot be applied to the Marines, then it is meaningless.
Just the World Military Draft, expanding the Military by hundreds of thousands, requires an unknown amount of beli to maintain such a massive Military.
Post-war restoration work requires a huge investment of funds; even these 330 billion beli are not enough.
Building more warships and more Marine Bases is necessary.
Currently, the total number of Marine Bases in the Four Seas is only 400.
There are even less than 400.
Some Navy Branches don't even have the ability to go to sea and clear out Pirates.
They can only passively protect the Island or Town where the Navy Branch is located.
Some Navy Branch Warehouses are even completely empty.
They lack sufficient armaments.
In the Four Seas today, you can even see some Pirate Crews controlling their Pirate Ships to provoke around the Islands where Marine Bases are located.
This is absolutely an insult to the Marines.
Facing this demand, the World Government compromised.
The World Government had originally planned for a World Military Draft and an increase in the Marine military budget, but they hadn't considered it to this extent.
However, as long as the Heavenly Tribute share increases, everything is negotiable.
In this war, the Marines' strength also suffered heavy losses.
If they continued as before, it would take an unknown amount of time to recover.
The Great Pirate Era cannot wait for the Marines to slowly recover.
They must quickly recover and grow stronger in the shortest possible time.
Completely suppress the rioting Great Sea.
Similarly, the increase in Heavenly Tribute can also satisfy the World Nobles who paid a considerable price in this war.
The portion belonging to the World Nobles accounts for 40% of the total Heavenly Tribute share.
With the Heavenly Tribute increase, the Celestial Dragons will also receive more.
This can barely shut them up.
With the weakening of the World Government and the devaluation of beli, the Celestial Dragons were also significantly affected.
The 40% Heavenly Tribute, in the end, is only 440 billion beli.
Divided among the various Celestial Dragon Families, each Family gets just over 20 billion beli.
Over 20 billion might not seem like much.
But a Celestial Dragon Family is just one Family, with only about fifty or sixty Members, yet they can control such a massive amount of wealth.
Of course, from the perspective of the Celestial Dragons' identity and status, this over 20 billion beli might seem a bit meager.
However, the World Nobles' revenue is not just the Heavenly Tribute.
Possessing supreme authority, obtaining so-called money is incredibly easy.
Within Mary Geoise, the annual tributes from various Factions on the Great Sea amount to a huge sum.
The Factions behind them are intertwined.
With the Celestial Dragons' endorsement, some interests are easily obtained.
Especially since some Celestial Dragon Families are backed by Member Nations they control.
The Heavenly Tribute paid by Member Nations is, in a sense, just moving money from one hand to the other, ultimately returning to their hands.
The remaining 30% is also sufficient for the Government.
After all, the World Government's revenue is not solely the Heavenly Tribute.
Arms Trade, Slave Trade, Customs Duty from Red Port, Pleasure Quarter, and even some other industries.
Various revenues combined also exceed 200 billion beli.
Furthermore, the Marines' military budget, which is 30% of the Heavenly Tribute, cannot be reduced within five years.
The Marines didn't know that while they were still fighting on the Front Line, immense wealth was already flowing towards them.
The losses from the war far exceeded the expectations of the World Government and the Marines.
The World Government had originally planned for a protracted war.
But the losses showed no trend of decline.
The meeting in Mary Geoise roughly concluded.
More matters can be discussed at the World Conference a few months later.
That's right, next year is a special year.
Not only was the delivery of Heavenly Tribute moved up, but the holding of the World Conference was also brought forward accordingly.
The World Conference will likely conclude before the start of the second Sword Tournament.
Shirek's ability remained in use for a long time, and its influence deepened with the accumulation of time.
It even made people exceptionally warlike.
Some Pirates, affected by it, rushed directly to the Front Line to engage in fierce fighting and combat as soon as their injuries were mostly restored in the Rear Area.
This is a type of instinct, unconsciously changing others' mindset, not just affecting their emotions.
Even after the war, it would be difficult to return to their original condition without several months.
And no one felt that this influence was unusual.
Charlotte Linlin used the numerous lifespans harvested by her Soul Incarnation to create a massive Homies Army.
Even some ordinary Homies possess the ability to fight against regular Marine Soldiers.
The Undead Legion also continued to expand.
Corpses burned by Undead Fire stood up one by one, transforming into Undead and killing towards the World Government Army.
In a short time, the Undead Legion's numbers swelled to 200,000.
To prevent the Undead Legion from continuing to expand, the World Government had to arrange for people to collect the corpses of those who died in battle and throw them into the Great Sea.
The vast number of corpses instead attracted numerous Sea Kings for a feast.
The Homies Army and the Undead Legion greatly alleviated the war stress on the Pirate Alliance Army.
Even so, they still could not stop the World Government's powerful offensive.
As time passed, the World Government's war advantage slowly expanded, putting increasing stress on the Pirate Alliance Army.
Without the terrifying lethality of Lyon'Death Gun', it is very difficult to kill a Top Tier Combatant.
As long as one possesses Haki, they are difficult to kill.
After leaving the battlefield, if they don't have very serious injuries, they'll be good as new after an hour or two.
The longer the war continued, the more unwilling they were to let go of opportunities to kill enemy Strongmen.
That Holy Knights Member who possessed the Ice Giant Fruit Ability and was hit by four shots from Lyon'Death Gun' was directly and forcefully killed by numerous Monsters.
For this, "Titan" Atlas was heavily wounded by Saint Nusjuro with a single sword slash, his arm directly severed.
He was saved at the critical moment by Shiki "The Golden Lion".
The bloody battle in the New World, which lasted for a full three months, nearly a hundred days, was gradually coming to an end.
It was originally thought that this war could last for half a year.
Both the World Government and the Flying Pirates actually thought this way.
But in fact, the strength lost by both sides in this war was even greater than expected.
When the war was in a prolonged state of fierce fighting, with only fierce fighting and combat in their minds, they unconsciously ignored how many losses they had actually suffered.
No one specifically recorded this process.
The Pirate Alliance Army didn't.
The Allied Forces didn't either.
Because it couldn't be recorded, the war never stopped.
(end of chapter)
If the increased Heavenly Tribute cannot be applied to the Marines, then it is meaningless.
Just the World Military Draft, expanding the Military by hundreds of thousands, requires an unknown amount of beli to maintain such a massive Military.
Post-war restoration work requires a huge investment of funds; even these 330 billion beli are not enough.
Building more warships and more Marine Bases is necessary.
Currently, the total number of Marine Bases in the Four Seas is only 400.
There are even less than 400.
Some Navy Branches don't even have the ability to go to sea and clear out Pirates.
They can only passively protect the Island or Town where the Navy Branch is located.
Some Navy Branch Warehouses are even completely empty.
They lack sufficient armaments.
In the Four Seas today, you can even see some Pirate Crews controlling their Pirate Ships to provoke around the Islands where Marine Bases are located.
This is absolutely an insult to the Marines.
Facing this demand, the World Government compromised.
The World Government had originally planned for a World Military Draft and an increase in the Marine military budget, but they hadn't considered it to this extent.
However, as long as the Heavenly Tribute share increases, everything is negotiable.
In this war, the Marines' strength also suffered heavy losses.
If they continued as before, it would take an unknown amount of time to recover.
The Great Pirate Era cannot wait for the Marines to slowly recover.
They must quickly recover and grow stronger in the shortest possible time.
Completely suppress the rioting Great Sea.
Similarly, the increase in Heavenly Tribute can also satisfy the World Nobles who paid a considerable price in this war.
The portion belonging to the World Nobles accounts for 40% of the total Heavenly Tribute share.
With the Heavenly Tribute increase, the Celestial Dragons will also receive more.
This can barely shut them up.
With the weakening of the World Government and the devaluation of beli, the Celestial Dragons were also significantly affected.
The 40% Heavenly Tribute, in the end, is only 440 billion beli.
Divided among the various Celestial Dragon Families, each Family gets just over 20 billion beli.
Over 20 billion might not seem like much.
But a Celestial Dragon Family is just one Family, with only about fifty or sixty Members, yet they can control such a massive amount of wealth.
Of course, from the perspective of the Celestial Dragons' identity and status, this over 20 billion beli might seem a bit meager.
However, the World Nobles' revenue is not just the Heavenly Tribute.
Possessing supreme authority, obtaining so-called money is incredibly easy.
Within Mary Geoise, the annual tributes from various Factions on the Great Sea amount to a huge sum.
The Factions behind them are intertwined.
With the Celestial Dragons' endorsement, some interests are easily obtained.
Especially since some Celestial Dragon Families are backed by Member Nations they control.
The Heavenly Tribute paid by Member Nations is, in a sense, just moving money from one hand to the other, ultimately returning to their hands.
The remaining 30% is also sufficient for the Government.
After all, the World Government's revenue is not solely the Heavenly Tribute.
Arms Trade, Slave Trade, Customs Duty from Red Port, Pleasure Quarter, and even some other industries.
Various revenues combined also exceed 200 billion beli.
Furthermore, the Marines' military budget, which is 30% of the Heavenly Tribute, cannot be reduced within five years.
The Marines didn't know that while they were still fighting on the Front Line, immense wealth was already flowing towards them.
The losses from the war far exceeded the expectations of the World Government and the Marines.
The World Government had originally planned for a protracted war.
But the losses showed no trend of decline.
The meeting in Mary Geoise roughly concluded.
More matters can be discussed at the World Conference a few months later.
That's right, next year is a special year.
Not only was the delivery of Heavenly Tribute moved up, but the holding of the World Conference was also brought forward accordingly.
The World Conference will likely conclude before the start of the second Sword Tournament.
Shirek's ability remained in use for a long time, and its influence deepened with the accumulation of time.
It even made people exceptionally warlike.
Some Pirates, affected by it, rushed directly to the Front Line to engage in fierce fighting and combat as soon as their injuries were mostly restored in the Rear Area.
This is a type of instinct, unconsciously changing others' mindset, not just affecting their emotions.
Even after the war, it would be difficult to return to their original condition without several months.
And no one felt that this influence was unusual.
Charlotte Linlin used the numerous lifespans harvested by her Soul Incarnation to create a massive Homies Army.
Even some ordinary Homies possess the ability to fight against regular Marine Soldiers.
The Undead Legion also continued to expand.
Corpses burned by Undead Fire stood up one by one, transforming into Undead and killing towards the World Government Army.
In a short time, the Undead Legion's numbers swelled to 200,000.
To prevent the Undead Legion from continuing to expand, the World Government had to arrange for people to collect the corpses of those who died in battle and throw them into the Great Sea.
The vast number of corpses instead attracted numerous Sea Kings for a feast.
The Homies Army and the Undead Legion greatly alleviated the war stress on the Pirate Alliance Army.
Even so, they still could not stop the World Government's powerful offensive.
As time passed, the World Government's war advantage slowly expanded, putting increasing stress on the Pirate Alliance Army.
Without the terrifying lethality of Lyon'Death Gun', it is very difficult to kill a Top Tier Combatant.
As long as one possesses Haki, they are difficult to kill.
After leaving the battlefield, if they don't have very serious injuries, they'll be good as new after an hour or two.
The longer the war continued, the more unwilling they were to let go of opportunities to kill enemy Strongmen.
That Holy Knights Member who possessed the Ice Giant Fruit Ability and was hit by four shots from Lyon'Death Gun' was directly and forcefully killed by numerous Monsters.
For this, "Titan" Atlas was heavily wounded by Saint Nusjuro with a single sword slash, his arm directly severed.
He was saved at the critical moment by Shiki "The Golden Lion".
The bloody battle in the New World, which lasted for a full three months, nearly a hundred days, was gradually coming to an end.
It was originally thought that this war could last for half a year.
Both the World Government and the Flying Pirates actually thought this way.
But in fact, the strength lost by both sides in this war was even greater than expected.
When the war was in a prolonged state of fierce fighting, with only fierce fighting and combat in their minds, they unconsciously ignored how many losses they had actually suffered.
No one specifically recorded this process.
The Pirate Alliance Army didn't.
The Allied Forces didn't either.
Because it couldn't be recorded, the war never stopped.
(end of chapter)
