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Chapter 792: Ignis's Scheme, The Shadow Enveloping the World
The growth of pirate strength and the opposition of the Flying Pirates against the World Government only served to weaken the World Government's strength.
As long as there were Member Nations providing a large supply of Heavenly Tribute, and as long as the World Government was given time, it would eventually recover.
And among the Pirates, would there always be Great Pirates like "Golden Lion" Shiki dedicated to opposing the World Government?
No, apart from "Golden Lion" Shiki, although other Great Pirates were hostile towards the Marines and the World Government.
None of them had the idea or the courage to confront the World Government head-on.
Because the World Government was a colossus.
They themselves had no advantage, unless all the Monsters of the New World united.
"Golden Lion" Shiki still lagged behind Rocks D. Xebec up to this point.
In Hades's view, this was indeed the case.
Because the Rocks Pirates not only weakened the strength of the World Government and the Marines, but also shook the foundation of the World Government's rule.
They destroyed a large number of Member Nations.
With Member Nations destroyed, the amount of Heavenly Tribute the World Government received annually would naturally decline.
Some Member Nations even suffered heavy losses due to pirate invasion and were unable to provide Heavenly Tribute.
For a period, the amount of Heavenly Tribute provided by some Member Nations decreased, and some didn't provide any Heavenly Tribute at all.
The World Government still didn't dare to strip them of their World Government Affiliated Nation title.
In the past, once Heavenly Tribute couldn't be paid, the title of Member Nation would be stripped, leaving them unprotected against pirate invasion, or even triggering riots internally.
The entire Kingdom would consequently fall.
Many Kingdoms fell this way.
To gather enough Heavenly Tribute, the Nobles and Royal Family of the Kingdom would shift the burden onto ordinary Civilians, increasing taxes.
The more they were unable to pay Heavenly Tribute, the more chaos there would be within the Kingdom, reaching the verge of collapse.
External invasion was merely the fuse that triggered the Kingdom's collapse; at that time, the Kingdom's interior was already a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.
But now, the World Government didn't dare to do that.
Member Nations were very important; losing one meant losing a significant amount of funds annually.
Moreover, with the increased influence of Member Nations, the World Government dared even less to use this as a threat.
The Rocks Pirates destroyed a large number of Member Nations, completely shaking the foundation of the World Government.
This was something the Flying Pirates couldn't compare to.
Even Byrnndi World, leading the Byrnndi Pirates, had a greater contribution in this regard than the Flying Pirates.
In terms of negative influence on the World Government, the Flying Pirates ultimately couldn't compare to the Rocks Pirates.
Of course, the Rocks Pirates were a thing of the past, while the Flying Pirates still existed.
No one knew what the future held.
The Flying Pirates being able to force out the World Government's hidden strength and unite Many Great Pirates of the New World to inflict heavy losses on the World Government was already a sufficiently glorious achievement.
Yet, it couldn't harm the World Government's core.
Because in terms of top tier strength, the World Government was always the number one Faction on The Great Sea.
Judging solely by the combat strength exhibited during the last Bloody Battle, they possessed an overwhelming advantage against any Faction.
The Great Pirates of the New World couldn't unite every time to resist the World Government.
Most people didn't have such a strong ambition and weren't willing to be hostile towards the World Government, becoming chess pieces for "Golden Lion" Shiki to realize his dream.
Furthermore, there was the risk of death.
Captain John was a profound lesson; the number of Great Pirates who died in battle during the Bloody Battle was considerable.
Under these circumstances, the World Government still held a significant advantage.
Against Pirates, they could completely employ methods to divide them, letting them fight among themselves and constantly weaken each other.
Of course, due to internal disagreements within the World Government, the number of forces they could dispatch was limited.
Only when Mary Geoise was threatened, or during a large-scale war, would the Holy Knights be dispatched.
And only when the Celestial Dragons truly felt a crisis would the hidden strength of the World Nobles participate in the battle.
If the scale of the war was properly controlled, it was entirely possible to slowly weaken the World Government without forcing out all of their forces.
However, such a scale was difficult to control.
That Bloody Battle, although its scope didn't match the vast war of the Rocks Pirates' invasion of the Four Seas.
In terms of the overall forces that appeared, it was already the most intense and largest-scale epic battle in eight hundred years.
It was even comparable to the great battle between the Twenty Kings who established the World Government and the Great Kingdom.
It laid the foundation for the subsequent eight hundred years of history.
The mission of the Flying Pirates was to weaken the Marines and the World Government, and they were doing quite well currently.
The World Government sacrificed numerous precious forces and mid-to-high tier forces.
Although the Marines' top tier forces were well-preserved and even became stronger with the growth of Young Monsters.
In terms of mid-to-high tier forces, they suffered heavy losses.
Most of the graduates from the Elite Training Camp since its establishment died in battle during the Bloody Battle.
Even with the World Conscription, which provided a considerable supplement in forces, it would still take several years to develop and re-cultivate talent.
The invasion of Impel Down also killed a World Government top tier force and released a large number of powerful Pirates, especially the Monster Byrnndi World, the World Destroyer.
That operation could be said to have been perfect.
The World Government needed to be weakened little by little like this.
Large-scale wars were difficult for either side to gain an advantage.
Currently, it was not easy for the Flying Pirates to unify the strength of the entire New World.
Previously, the John Pirates, Silver Axe Pirates, and Five Peaks Pirates, three vanquished subordinates, would heed "Golden Lion" Shiki's call.
Adding the Flying Pirates themselves, this amounted to nearly half the strength of the entire New World.
With this confidence, inviting other Great Pirates to join would naturally be much easier.
Captain John died in battle, and the John Pirates faced downfall.
Only three Pirate Crews remained, and their influence would naturally decline.
However, this had nothing to do with Ignis; "Golden Lion" Shiki and the others would figure out how to solve this problem themselves.
As for Ignis, what he was doing was completing the part the Flying Pirates had not done.
Corrupting the World Government Affiliated Nations and The Great Sea, plunging The Great Sea into greater chaos before the World Government could react.
Causing the Member Nations to collapse.
This was easier than imagined.
Not just because of the strength and network of the various agents.
They all knew that to make these Contraband items, which made people feel "euphoric" and could relieve stress, popular within Member Nations and on The Great Sea, they only needed to use financial incentives to collude with those Nobles.
Those Nobles didn't care what happened to the Lower-class Residents, or even what happened to the Kingdom.
If problems truly arose, they could simply take their treasure and go to other Kingdoms.
With the cooperation of homeland Nobles, it was equivalent to having a green light all the way.
Even the Royal Family would participate.
Even if these Special Medicine were later designated as Contraband and banned by the World Government, with the cooperation of homeland Factions, they would still be impossible to suppress.
Furthermore, the World Government could not interfere with the internal affairs of Member Nations.
Some Member Nations might even recognize the legality of these Special Medicine, not believing they would cause any harm to the Kingdom.
Ultimately, they didn't care about the life and death of the Civilians.
And did the Member Nations themselves have the ability to restrict the circulation of Contraband?
Was the amount of Contraband in the Underworld not large enough? As long as there was a market, it was impossible to restrict.
Moreover, it contained vast profits.
Currently, the only restriction was the production scale of the Contraband.
For the many agents, these Special Medicine represented money; the more there were, the more they earned, especially since they were also popular among Pirate Groups and in the Underworld.
Currently, Dark Fighting Island had the largest Contraband market.
And Around the World, a large number of agents were applying to Rugal for more Contraband.
On the surface, they were dealing with Rugal, the King of Underground Fighting, but in reality, it was the people from Sound Nest.
These Contraband items would be traded with them through shipping, the Dark Bank, and various other methods.
The raw material for production was controlled by Sound Nest, making it impossible for other Factions to even imitate.
(end of chapter)
The growth of pirate strength and the opposition of the Flying Pirates against the World Government only served to weaken the World Government's strength.
As long as there were Member Nations providing a large supply of Heavenly Tribute, and as long as the World Government was given time, it would eventually recover.
And among the Pirates, would there always be Great Pirates like "Golden Lion" Shiki dedicated to opposing the World Government?
No, apart from "Golden Lion" Shiki, although other Great Pirates were hostile towards the Marines and the World Government.
None of them had the idea or the courage to confront the World Government head-on.
Because the World Government was a colossus.
They themselves had no advantage, unless all the Monsters of the New World united.
"Golden Lion" Shiki still lagged behind Rocks D. Xebec up to this point.
In Hades's view, this was indeed the case.
Because the Rocks Pirates not only weakened the strength of the World Government and the Marines, but also shook the foundation of the World Government's rule.
They destroyed a large number of Member Nations.
With Member Nations destroyed, the amount of Heavenly Tribute the World Government received annually would naturally decline.
Some Member Nations even suffered heavy losses due to pirate invasion and were unable to provide Heavenly Tribute.
For a period, the amount of Heavenly Tribute provided by some Member Nations decreased, and some didn't provide any Heavenly Tribute at all.
The World Government still didn't dare to strip them of their World Government Affiliated Nation title.
In the past, once Heavenly Tribute couldn't be paid, the title of Member Nation would be stripped, leaving them unprotected against pirate invasion, or even triggering riots internally.
The entire Kingdom would consequently fall.
Many Kingdoms fell this way.
To gather enough Heavenly Tribute, the Nobles and Royal Family of the Kingdom would shift the burden onto ordinary Civilians, increasing taxes.
The more they were unable to pay Heavenly Tribute, the more chaos there would be within the Kingdom, reaching the verge of collapse.
External invasion was merely the fuse that triggered the Kingdom's collapse; at that time, the Kingdom's interior was already a powder keg ready to explode at any moment.
But now, the World Government didn't dare to do that.
Member Nations were very important; losing one meant losing a significant amount of funds annually.
Moreover, with the increased influence of Member Nations, the World Government dared even less to use this as a threat.
The Rocks Pirates destroyed a large number of Member Nations, completely shaking the foundation of the World Government.
This was something the Flying Pirates couldn't compare to.
Even Byrnndi World, leading the Byrnndi Pirates, had a greater contribution in this regard than the Flying Pirates.
In terms of negative influence on the World Government, the Flying Pirates ultimately couldn't compare to the Rocks Pirates.
Of course, the Rocks Pirates were a thing of the past, while the Flying Pirates still existed.
No one knew what the future held.
The Flying Pirates being able to force out the World Government's hidden strength and unite Many Great Pirates of the New World to inflict heavy losses on the World Government was already a sufficiently glorious achievement.
Yet, it couldn't harm the World Government's core.
Because in terms of top tier strength, the World Government was always the number one Faction on The Great Sea.
Judging solely by the combat strength exhibited during the last Bloody Battle, they possessed an overwhelming advantage against any Faction.
The Great Pirates of the New World couldn't unite every time to resist the World Government.
Most people didn't have such a strong ambition and weren't willing to be hostile towards the World Government, becoming chess pieces for "Golden Lion" Shiki to realize his dream.
Furthermore, there was the risk of death.
Captain John was a profound lesson; the number of Great Pirates who died in battle during the Bloody Battle was considerable.
Under these circumstances, the World Government still held a significant advantage.
Against Pirates, they could completely employ methods to divide them, letting them fight among themselves and constantly weaken each other.
Of course, due to internal disagreements within the World Government, the number of forces they could dispatch was limited.
Only when Mary Geoise was threatened, or during a large-scale war, would the Holy Knights be dispatched.
And only when the Celestial Dragons truly felt a crisis would the hidden strength of the World Nobles participate in the battle.
If the scale of the war was properly controlled, it was entirely possible to slowly weaken the World Government without forcing out all of their forces.
However, such a scale was difficult to control.
That Bloody Battle, although its scope didn't match the vast war of the Rocks Pirates' invasion of the Four Seas.
In terms of the overall forces that appeared, it was already the most intense and largest-scale epic battle in eight hundred years.
It was even comparable to the great battle between the Twenty Kings who established the World Government and the Great Kingdom.
It laid the foundation for the subsequent eight hundred years of history.
The mission of the Flying Pirates was to weaken the Marines and the World Government, and they were doing quite well currently.
The World Government sacrificed numerous precious forces and mid-to-high tier forces.
Although the Marines' top tier forces were well-preserved and even became stronger with the growth of Young Monsters.
In terms of mid-to-high tier forces, they suffered heavy losses.
Most of the graduates from the Elite Training Camp since its establishment died in battle during the Bloody Battle.
Even with the World Conscription, which provided a considerable supplement in forces, it would still take several years to develop and re-cultivate talent.
The invasion of Impel Down also killed a World Government top tier force and released a large number of powerful Pirates, especially the Monster Byrnndi World, the World Destroyer.
That operation could be said to have been perfect.
The World Government needed to be weakened little by little like this.
Large-scale wars were difficult for either side to gain an advantage.
Currently, it was not easy for the Flying Pirates to unify the strength of the entire New World.
Previously, the John Pirates, Silver Axe Pirates, and Five Peaks Pirates, three vanquished subordinates, would heed "Golden Lion" Shiki's call.
Adding the Flying Pirates themselves, this amounted to nearly half the strength of the entire New World.
With this confidence, inviting other Great Pirates to join would naturally be much easier.
Captain John died in battle, and the John Pirates faced downfall.
Only three Pirate Crews remained, and their influence would naturally decline.
However, this had nothing to do with Ignis; "Golden Lion" Shiki and the others would figure out how to solve this problem themselves.
As for Ignis, what he was doing was completing the part the Flying Pirates had not done.
Corrupting the World Government Affiliated Nations and The Great Sea, plunging The Great Sea into greater chaos before the World Government could react.
Causing the Member Nations to collapse.
This was easier than imagined.
Not just because of the strength and network of the various agents.
They all knew that to make these Contraband items, which made people feel "euphoric" and could relieve stress, popular within Member Nations and on The Great Sea, they only needed to use financial incentives to collude with those Nobles.
Those Nobles didn't care what happened to the Lower-class Residents, or even what happened to the Kingdom.
If problems truly arose, they could simply take their treasure and go to other Kingdoms.
With the cooperation of homeland Nobles, it was equivalent to having a green light all the way.
Even the Royal Family would participate.
Even if these Special Medicine were later designated as Contraband and banned by the World Government, with the cooperation of homeland Factions, they would still be impossible to suppress.
Furthermore, the World Government could not interfere with the internal affairs of Member Nations.
Some Member Nations might even recognize the legality of these Special Medicine, not believing they would cause any harm to the Kingdom.
Ultimately, they didn't care about the life and death of the Civilians.
And did the Member Nations themselves have the ability to restrict the circulation of Contraband?
Was the amount of Contraband in the Underworld not large enough? As long as there was a market, it was impossible to restrict.
Moreover, it contained vast profits.
Currently, the only restriction was the production scale of the Contraband.
For the many agents, these Special Medicine represented money; the more there were, the more they earned, especially since they were also popular among Pirate Groups and in the Underworld.
Currently, Dark Fighting Island had the largest Contraband market.
And Around the World, a large number of agents were applying to Rugal for more Contraband.
On the surface, they were dealing with Rugal, the King of Underground Fighting, but in reality, it was the people from Sound Nest.
These Contraband items would be traded with them through shipping, the Dark Bank, and various other methods.
The raw material for production was controlled by Sound Nest, making it impossible for other Factions to even imitate.
(end of chapter)
