Pirate: My Piltover technology is far ahead!

Chapter 452 The Homecoming

This world conference proceeded faster than any previous one, without the bickering among the kings or the blame-shifting among incompetent officials.

It was less of a meeting and more of a one-sided notification.

The conference covered a wide range of topics, including abolition of slavery, human rights, trade and economics, environmental protection, and people's livelihood.

This day is considered the prelude to the end of the Great Pirate Era and the beginning of the Great Reform Era.

The new set of rules and regulations could be revised into a book just by looking at the table of contents. In this extraordinary world, many things have gone beyond the bounds of conventional law.

When the king of a country is the strongest person, he is the lawmaker. Unless a stronger external force emerges, it is extremely difficult to break the deadlock from within.

The World Government is a prime example. An overly powerful World Government doesn't care about petty squabbles below. As long as it can safeguard its own interests, everything else is irrelevant.

Now that the World Government has been destroyed by a terrifying external force, Piltover, who accomplished this, has naturally become the new leader.

At this moment, all the nations on the high seas became members of the constituent republics. The extra celestial gold was abolished, leaving only ordinary taxes to maintain the navy's presence and to safeguard the stability of the seas.

Although the root cause of the pirate turmoil is the existence of the World Government, human ambition is also terrifying. Oran can send troops to quickly clear the seas in a short period of time, but no one can say for sure whether new pirates will be born in the future.

We can't just abandon the weapons used to maintain order.

No one raised any objections to these provisions. After the reform, the navy's obligation was to combat pirates. When the country needed the navy to deal with pirates, it no longer needed to pay extra fees; it only needed to submit a regular application.

However, some subsequent changes touched upon the interests of some kings. Although they did not show anything unusual at the meeting, they were secretly plotting something else.

The collapse of the world government also means a reset of power, and they also want to take the opportunity to seek greater benefits, such as becoming the "King of the World".

However, before they could act, their idea was discovered by unknown means and they were subsequently dealt a devastating blow.

The pirates who once ravaged the seas now face three possible outcomes: expulsion, destruction, or disbandment.

Most of them were destroyed, and the Overlord Mechs that had been airdropped into various parts of the sea were the most effective mobile bases.

The revolutionary army was reorganized and integrated into the NEO Navy.

With the cooperation of the new navy, most pirate crews have completely disappeared on the sea.

Akainu put in a tremendous amount of effort into this matter, working even harder than a robot. Declaring war on all pirates has always been something he wanted to do, but the World Government has been suppressing him and preventing him from doing so.

The disbanding was aimed at a small number of pirate crews. Although these pirates were called pirate crews, what they did had nothing to do with piracy. They were more like pure explorers.

Some were even regional protectors, safeguarding peace in their respective areas during the perilous era of great pirates.

The methods for dealing with such pirates are also different. One way is to control them and turn them into legitimate adventurers. There are still many unknowns on the sea, and these people can explore these unknowns.

Disbanding the pirate crew would be even simpler. In a stable order, there would be no need for pirates to protect a country. All non-member countries would be formally incorporated into the membership, and the Navy would be responsible for protecting these people. A very small number of pirate crews would also be incorporated into the Navy, so they wouldn't need to fly the pirate flag to uphold justice.

Expulsion, on the other hand, is targeted at specific individuals, such as the "Four Emperors" who are still active in the New World.

It's not because we lack the military strength to handle it, but because there were some prior deals that these forces could be utilized when we are at odds with the World Government.

When using Whitebeard's power, he also made a deal with Whitebeard, such as the development of Sphinx Island and the handling of the remnants of the Whitebeard Pirates.

After the new order was established, many things changed. Because of previous connections, Oran gave these pirates a new route, a star route that had never been heard of before.

The method was simple: after using new technology to locate Laugh Tale, which the pirates had been pursuing, a single main cannon shot destroyed the place, extinguishing the pirates' hopes. After that, many things became simple.

As for the Whitebeard Pirates, before returning to the underworld, Whitebeard had a talk with his sons, and the Whitebeard Pirates were disbanded. Some of them stayed on Sphinx Island, while the rest went to the stars.

Charlotte Linlin didn't think much of it after hearing that there were more races in the universe, and continued to pursue her dream.

When Caesar heard about this, he thought he was finally free, but Charlotte Linlin hadn't forgotten him at all. She took him with her to the stars to continue his unfinished research.

In a sense, Caesar would never have been able to complete this research in his lifetime.

Kaido, however, was very interested in his adversaries in the starry sky, and together they embarked on a journey.

The cost of achieving this was minimal, consisting of just a few ships capable of navigating the pirate universe.

After witnessing the destruction of Laugh Tale, Shanks smiled helplessly and made the same decision to disband the following day, effectively dismantling the core pirate force.

Some lone travelers, such as the Golden Lion, also embarked on a journey through the stars, while others who resisted stubbornly met their destruction; Wang Zhi of Beehive Island is an example of this.

The path of reform continues, and Oran is not doing anything like becoming the world's king; he is tinkering with some kind of beacon-like device on a tower in Piltover.

After dealing with these things, Oran also entered his own book world. In addition to the people who had packed their luggage and were ready to go out together, there was also a strangely styled book - the Magic Grimoire.

Its owner is Nora, a witch of the Yordles. However, Nora has been missing for a long time, and no one knows where she went. But Yordles cannot die, so Yuumi, the magical cat, has been searching for Nora's whereabouts with the Grimoire.

That grimoire was quite special; it could be seen as a unique gateway that led to all sorts of places. Compared to Oran's dream world portal, this grimoire's gateway was much more stable.

As Oran's abilities stabilized, he used the power of book assimilation to finally find Yuumi, the magical cat.

"Oran? Long time no see. Where am I? Have you found my master?"

"Not yet, Nora isn't here, but don't worry, Yordles don't die, she must have her own things to do. But now, could you open a door for me?"

(End of this chapter)