"As expected of the Heptarchy, the wealth is truly immense."
After arriving at the Heptarchy's national treasury, Nox finally understood what the wealth of a world power truly meant.
A quick glance revealed at least 80 billion Berries worth of treasure.
He also saw several Fine Grade Swords among the various precious calligraphy, paintings, antiques, and famous swords, but no Great Grade Swords.
However, even with over 80 billion Berries worth of treasure, Nox didn't spare it another glance. Instead, he walked directly to the innermost part of the treasury.
There, there were four small boxes, locked and containing 3 Devil Fruits.
"Sealed within is one of the Supreme Grade Swords, the Twelve Works: Futsu no Mitama!"
"It was the personal sword of the Heptarchy's first King. It was that King who, with this sword, carved out a path through Blood Sea."
"He killed until blood flowed like rivers across the land, creating mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and only then established the Heptarchy."
"But because the sword itself carried excessive malevolent energy, coupled with the first King's unrestrained slaughter, the sword's malevolent energy became even heavier."
"Even the first King, in his later years, had to abandon this sword and seal it here. Otherwise, he would have been consumed and killed by it."
"Since the first King, no one in the Heptarchy has been able to subdue this sword, not even my uncle."
Eleanor said solemnly.
"The Supreme Grade Swords Twelve Works Futsu no Mitama, huh? As expected of a strong sword road nation."
"I knew it. How could a nation like this not have a Supreme Grade Sword?"
Nox looked at the stone coffin before him, his eyes immediately gleaming with golden light.
One must know, this was the first Supreme Grade Sword he had truly acquired.
His Seven Star Sword was a demonic sword. Even if it was comparable to a Supreme Grade Sword, or even stronger in some aspects,
it still wasn't listed among the Supreme Grade Swords.
As Nox approached the stone coffin, the Seven Star Sword within him couldn't help but excitedly leave his body.
Appearing in Nox's hand, it seemed to be a provocation towards the Futsu no Mitama sealed within the stone coffin before him.
Nox could feel the Seven Star Sword's immense arrogance and strong fighting intent. This was a clash between two swords.
"How interesting!"
"Crack!!!"
Seeing this, Nox became even more interested in the Futsu no Mitama and immediately opened the stone coffin.
"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~~~~~"
The moment the stone coffin opened, the vast, empty treasury suddenly filled with the sound of wind.
The eerie, whooshing wind carried a bone-chilling coldness, like the wails of ghosts and wolves.
Nox looked inside the stone coffin and seemed to see a chaotic darkness, as if endless dark, strange energy was brewing within.
Gradually, wisps of scarlet, blood-like mist rose from the stone coffin.
Like the claws of a devil, they constantly tore at the air, condensing into various distinctly strange shapes.
There were Shura with countless masks, evil spirits with faces covered in blood, and shocking mountains of corpses and seas of blood.
The black and red blood-fiend energy and strange aura gradually covered the golden light emanating from the 50 billion Berries worth of treasure in the treasury.
The entire space, at this moment, seemed to turn from day to night.
"This... this is Futsu no Mitama!!"
When Nox approached the stone coffin, Eleanor wisely ran to the edge of the treasury, keeping a safe distance from it.
But the scene before her still left her terrified. It was just a sword, not even held by anyone, yet it could cause such phenomena!
"Hahahaha, as expected of the Supreme Grade Swords Futsu no Mitama!"
"I am your master, submit to me!"
Seeing such a scene, Nox couldn't help but burst into hearty laughter. The stronger Futsu no Mitama was, the more excited he became.
As Nox's laughter rang out, the Haoshoku within him also soared, filling the entire treasury and completely suppressing all the phenomena emanating from Futsu no Mitama back into its sword body.
Three kinds of Grand Swordmaster's Sword Intent were integrated into his Haoshoku and also forcefully poured into Futsu no Mitama.
The Sword Intent within the Futsu no Mitama sword was instantly defeated by Nox's three kinds of Sword Intent, completely submitting to Nox!
"Futsu no Mitama, as expected of Futsu no Mitama!"
After picking up Futsu no Mitama, Nox was very satisfied.
It was a very long single-edged straight sword. The blade length reached seven shaku four sun, about 224 cm, and with the handle, it was a full 270 cm.
The entire sword possessed a sense of majesty different from ordinary long swords. Moreover, the sword body was relatively slender, the guard was only 4.2 cm wide, and the tip of the blade was 2.8 cm.
It was roughly the same length as Hawkeye's black blade, and also similar in length to Nox's Seven Star Sword.
"Buzz!!!"
Seemingly sensing Nox's appreciation for Futsu no Mitama, the Seven Star Sword felt dissatisfied and kept transmitting the idea that it was better to Nox.
"Alright, alright, Seven Star Sword, you are my strongest personal sword."
Nox was very surprised by the Seven Star Sword's reaction. He didn't expect the Seven Star Sword's sword spirit to be so strong that it could even express its dissatisfaction?
"However, in the original work, even ships have ship spirits. My Seven Star Sword should also have a sword spirit, and its level should be relatively high."
"I didn't notice this before. Could it be that as the blood groove within the Seven Star Sword filled up to the third one, the Seven Star Sword's sword spirit became stronger?"
Nox pondered a certain possibility in his heart.
"Never mind, I'll know later!"
Nox hung Futsu no Mitama at his waist. After appeasing the Seven Star Sword, he let it merge back into his body.
Futsu no Mitama was an unexpected gain for him. He wasn't a dual-wielding Swordsman and didn't plan to use two swords.
But a Swordsman without a sword at his waist always felt a bit off, so Futsu no Mitama became the sword he wore at his waist.
"You... you really subdued Futsu no Mitama?"
Eleanor looked at the Futsu no Mitama at Nox's waist and said somewhat disbelievingly. This was a Supreme Grade Sword that only the first King had been able to subdue since the Heptarchy's founding!
"It's just a mere sword. If I can't even subdue it, how can I control your Heptarchy?"
"Let's go. The treasure here can stay put. I'll come back for it later."
"Make sure you guard the treasure here well for me. If I come back next time and find any missing, it won't be fun."
Nox felt it necessary to warn the woman before him. One should know that sometimes when women go crazy, they are much more terrifying than men.
"Since I have submitted to you, I naturally know what I should and shouldn't do,"
Eleanor said after regaining her composure.
"Good. Let's go!"
Nox took Eleanor and returned to the palace.
Kano and Marley led their subordinates in wantonly plundering the nobles' treasures in the Heptarchy, as well as the treasure from the national treasury, loading all the treasure onto the ships.
Nox didn't plan to take the treasure in the hidden treasury. Instead, he left it there, only taking the Devil Fruits stored within.
Under Nox's orders, all the nobles on the list that Eleanor gave him were killed, ensuring Eleanor's rule in the Heptarchy.
In just under half a day, Nox completely handled the affairs within the Heptarchy.
Finally, Nox took Eleanor's life card, and only then was the plundering of the Heptarchy considered finished.
"Little ones, let's go!!!"
After all the treasure was loaded onto the ships, Nox stood at the bow and said cheerfully.
"Let's go!!"
"Hahaha, hurry to the next place to plunder!!"
"I want more treasure!!"
"..."
The Pirates under Nox cheered excitedly. This time, plundering the Heptarchy went too smoothly.
In this plundering of the Heptarchy, Nox alone dealt with all the enemies. His subordinates just needed to move the treasure.
As Pirates, who wouldn't want something like this?
Looking at his subordinates, Nox's mouth curved up slightly.
Being happy now was too early, especially for the Pirates who held ill will towards him. When they reached the next island, they would have something to cry about.
Thus, in the subsequent plundering wars, as long as there wasn't any super-standard combat power, Nox didn't finish everything himself.
He specifically sent all the Pirates who held ill will towards him to the very front to act as cannon fodder.
Meanwhile, the Pirates who were friendly towards him stayed behind, doing the most comfortable job of plundering treasure.
After the Heptarchy, Nox continued sailing along the route. When passing by some non-World Government member states, he would also stop to plunder.
This was a golden opportunity that came once in a thousand years. If he didn't seize it, there wouldn't be a next time.
Since the Heptarchy, he hadn't entertained any thoughts of conquering kingdoms.
He simply plundered the treasure and left, just like other Pirates, without wasting any time.
The second World Government member states was the Kingdom of Christopher. Compared to the Heptarchy, a strong sword road nation,
it was much weaker, and its wealth was also much less. Even the Kingdom's Great General was only at the Vice Admiral level.
The Rocks Pirates continued their brutal plundering in the West Blue for a full ten days and nights. Under the deliberate propaganda of the World News Economic Society, everyone in the World knew that the Rocks Pirates were carrying out a large-scale plunder in the West Blue.
Previously, people in the Four Seas, even if they heard how the Rocks Pirates committed all sorts of atrocities and how powerful they were, had no real concept of it, as they were essentially people from two different Worlds.
But when the Rocks Pirates broke through the Calm Belt and entered the Four Seas, everyone in the Four Seas panicked.
They feared that after the Rocks Pirates finished plundering the West Blue, they would set their sights on the East Blue, South Sea, and North Blue.
Especially the people of the West Blue who were currently being plundered, they truly witnessed what it meant to be a ferocious and evil Pirate!
Holy Land Mary Geoise:
"Ten days, it's been a full ten days."
"Now, 17 World Government member states have been plundered by the Rocks Pirates."
Scientific Defense Warrior God Saturn Saint said, holding the intelligence report in his hand.