But the world doesn't know this yet.
New world, Pegasus Island.
This is an island with a summer island climate. It is named Pegasus Island because its outline resembles a horse with two wings.
Many years ago, pirates came to Pegasus Island one after another because of a false news of treasure hiding.
Over time, Pegasus Island became a typical pirate den.
Although the Yonko divided up most of the territory of the New World, there were still places that could not be reached.
Pirate dens like Pegasus Island that are not within the territory of the Four Emperors have become gathering places for pirates in the New World who do not want to submit to the Four Emperors.
In the new world, there are actually not many places like Pegasus Island.
After all, even if the Four Emperors came to the new world, they would not be able to recruit all the pirates under their command.
And most of these pirates who are unwilling to rely on the banner of the Four Emperors are not ordinary people.
A pirate who could survive in the new world in this way would be so weak.
But just such a pirate den, which gathered all kinds of experts, was on the verge of destruction within half an hour.
The port, where dozens of pirate ships are usually docked, could only see countless shipwrecks floating on the surface of the inner bay.
On the port.
Hundreds of corpses lay everywhere.
The blood gurgling out from under the corpse turned into long and thin streams, flowing downwards and finally into the sea.
Along the port and deeper into the island, the streets and houses built after years of development seemed to have just experienced a strong earthquake. They all collapsed and turned into ruins all over the ground.
And on the streets littered with building debris, just like the port, corpses can be seen everywhere.
The body of each corpse is basically twisted into a slightly dazzling arc.
It was as if he had been struck by a blunt blow with unimaginable force.
Connected to the center is a small square.
A tall, muscular man in military uniform with long golden hair was standing in the center of the square, holding a dying man in his unusually large hands.
With this strong man as the center point, there were nearly four to five hundred pirates lying scattered on the ground around him.
The dozens of ships destroyed on the sea surface of the inner bay of the port, as well as the corpses and ruins extending from the port to the town square, were all made by this man.
And this man was Douglas Barrett, the evil successor who single-handedly seriously injured Garp, Rayleigh, Thor, and Jabba in the Shampoo Islands.
"Why... why do you want to attack us... I, we... have never provoked you..."
A man with dark skin and many tattoos on his face fell to his knees on the ground. A large amount of blood oozed from his mouth and nose. He raised his head and stared at Barrett a few meters away with a desperate look mixed with doubts.
The evil man in front of him destroyed dozens of ships parked in the port in just five seconds.
It also only took five seconds to turn all the buildings in the town into ruins.
Such a terrifying and overwhelming power that no one, including him, could survive a single round in the hands of this man.
"Why… !!!"
The suffocating despair brought about by death made the tattooed man's eyes appear densely bloodshot.
With a bounty of up to 468 million, he can move forward slowly and orderly in the new world even if he does not join the Four Emperors.
But today will be his end.
Upon hearing the tattooed man's question, Barrett's eyes showed no emotion at all, and he said coldly:
"There are so many reasons. The strong live and the weak die. It is such a simple truth. Do you need others to teach you?"
"You...just for such a boring reason...bastard!!!"
When the tattooed man heard this, his eyes when he looked at Barrett were immediately replaced by anger.
He seemed to have forgotten that he often acted as a strong man to prey on the weak who were unable to resist.
Barrett raised his chin, looked down at the angry and desperate tattooed man in front of him, and said coldly:
"Originally... I have no interest in you weaklings, but unfortunately, the newspaper I accidentally saw just now made me excited."
As he spoke, Barrett squeezed the pirate in his hand with a little force of his fingers.
"Although you are a little weaker, you can use it to relieve your boredom."
"Damn it..."
The tattooed man finally understood Barrett's motive for attacking them. It turned out that he wanted to amuse them and relieve his excitement.
He couldn't accept this motive...
Barrett didn't give him a chance to continue and threw the body towards the tattooed man with his bare hands.
The corpse flew into the air, bursting out with a series of explosions, and hit the tattooed man's chest like a comet.
Bang!
There was a loud noise.
The extremely powerful impact instantly caused the tattooed man's body to twist and deform, and then flew away into the distance together with the corpse.
People are dead before they even hit the ground.
Barrett turned and walked towards the ruins of a building not far away. From a corner of the ruins, he took out an unopened wine bottle covered with sand.
Bo—
Barrett flicked the cork off the bottle and drank the high-strength liquor in one gulp.
"ha-"
After spitting out the breath of alcohol, Barrett suddenly grinned and revealed a ferocious smile.
"D... interesting."
"I have to think of a way to find you."
Barrett squeezed the empty wine bottle, his eyes flashing with a cold red light.
... ... ... ... ..
The Great Channel, the Devil's Triangle.
Above the calm sea, there was a thick fog with extremely low visibility.
The terrifying barque is anchored here.
Covered by thick fog, it looks like a small island.
There is also a large ship parked on the side of the terrifying three-masted ship.
That's the red-haired pirates' ship.
Holding the Morde Life Card, they followed closely behind the terrifying three-masted ship after leaving the battlefield. In the end, it only took them two and a half days to arrive at the Devil's Triangle almost at the same time as the terrifying three-masted ship.
On top of the castle.
Mod and Shanks stood side by side, looking into the hazy distance.
Behind them are Beckman, Jesus Bu, Lafayette, and Qing Pheasant.
In mid-air, Perona was floating.
"About eight months ago."
Maud stared at the mist filling the air and said calmly: "Someone asked me what my position was. Before that, many people asked me what I wanted."
Shanks turned his head and looked at Mod's side face.
Aokiji, Beckman, Jesus Bu, Lafayette and Perona all looked at Maude.
There was a strange color in their eyes, waiting for Mod's next words.
"I told him at that time that I had no such thing as a position. At that time, I couldn't accurately answer what I wanted, but now... "
Maud slowly raised her index finger, and a wisp of shadow shot out of thin air from her fingertips, swaying like a flame.
"I found my position and I know clearly what I want and what I need."
"The Navy will attack Thor and the others without any scruples. That's because they are not afraid of me enough."
“If fear keeps those around me safe from threats.”
"Then I... don't mind letting the whole world start to fear my name."
After hearing Mod's words, everyone including Shanks had different expressions.
Chapter 344: The Four Emperors, Baijia D. Mod.
In this world, there are only a handful of names that can be feared by the world.
The current Yonko Shanks, Kaido, Charlotte Lingling, and the late Whitebeard are among them.
It takes a certain level of courage for the average person to even mention these names.
This is the effect brought about by the reputation of the four emperors.
Now, with Mod's current reputation, it is comparable to Shanks and the others, it can even be said to be even worse.
But this is not enough.
In other words, what’s the point of just being feared by a group of ants that pose no threat
What Mod wants to do is to let the World Government, Navy Headquarters, and even the Four Emperors and countless pirates in the New World—
Be afraid of him, look down upon him, fear him.
If you can't, destroy them.
Shanks looked at Maud with strange eyes, and his heart couldn't help but surge.
He realized—
The junior next to him, who contains infinite possibilities, is finally willing to raise his head and look in the direction of the summit.
“D…”
Roger's smiling face flashed through Shanks' mind, and he felt quite complicated for a moment.
Who is the person who has to wait
Could it be Maud who is standing next to him in the same position as him
Or is it Luffy who said the same thing as the captain many years ago
Shanks had an inexplicable feeling of suddenly losing his direction.
Qing Pheasant and Jesus Bu were all staring at Maude's back.
Make the whole world fear...
If anyone else said this, it would just make people laugh.
But Maud was different.
No one here could question what he said.
because.
With the terrifying potential that Modna has shown to the world, any arrogant and arrogant words he speaks will be full of convincing power.
“Hoo ho…”
Lafayette looked at Maud with eyes full of excitement.
The original choice -
It was undoubtedly the best choice he had ever made in his life.
"The people who can reach the top of the world are only a few that can be counted on one hand."
"But Maude will definitely be one of them."
"I can guarantee you this."
Lafayette's mind flashed through what Saul had said to him in the woods.
The deceased old man was indeed one of the strongest snipers of the past era. In terms of eyesight, he could indeed see everything clearly.