I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

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On this night, Sig not only killed the God-King, the ruler of the Sky Island Kingdom, but also stripped the gods of their underwear.

If we include Birka, the sky island above Raijin Island, the entrance to the new world, the Divine Kingdom has a total of nine sky islands.

This is a large air power that is hidden from mainstream attention.

Defeating the God-King would have a huge impact on this country, and Sig still has a lot to do.

Putting the matter of the Black Flame Dragon aside for the time being, Sig led the bandits to escort the defeated gods into the Heavenly Palace within the inner city of the Divine Island, and took over the island.

The gods who participated in the battle were temporarily imprisoned, the wounded were treated, and the streets and houses in the outer city that had been crushed by the God King needed to be repaired... All these miscellaneous tasks were left to the bald man to handle.

Among the gods, nearly a hundred god-type ability users participated in the battle.

The fruit bag that Sig had placed in his inventory for recycling Devil Fruits also recycled two of the Magic Clown's abilities: the Dark-Dark Fruit and the Illusion-Illusion Fruit.

The fruit bag had a limited quantity of fruit; in addition to these two fruits, several fruits of the gods were also recovered.

In addition, the theater of bandits and gods is a small sky island named "Arena of the Gods".

This sky island is a battlefield specifically created for war. Various locations on the sky island, including the cold storage under the floor, are filled with a lot of fruit, which is used to recover the abilities of the gods who died unexpectedly in the arena.

According to the principle of rebirth based on proximity of Devil Fruits, if there are fruits within a certain range around a Devil Fruit user when they die, there is a high probability that they will be reborn.

Therefore, if you prepare a bag of fruit, you can recycle the fruit.

Some of the fruits that were not collected by the Sig Fruit Bag were reborn in the fruit cold storage beneath the Arena of the Gods.

However... that island cracked open.

The fruit cold storage below was also partially damaged due to the fighting.

Even so, after taking stock of the cold storage inventory, Sigurd had more than 20 Devil Fruits on hand, including those he had previously seized.

This is a rather astonishing number. Devil Fruits are known as the treasures of the sea in the Grand Line. Even the most common unknown fruits are worth over 100 million, and they are often priceless.

On the black market, Devil Fruits are relatively rare; otherwise, Kaido wouldn't need to acquire defective artificial Zoan-type SMILE fruits.

Twenty Devil Fruits that were not eaten, including a Logia-type like the Gas-Gas Fruit, is quite astonishing.

Looking at the world, perhaps only the Celestial Dragons or the World Government possess a larger number of Devil Fruits.

As for identifying the specific fruit varieties, that will take time.

Besides Devil Fruits, Sigurd is also interested in some historical information held by the gods.

A few hours later, in the night, Sig received the guardian deity, or rather, the gatekeeper, of the divine kingdom in the heavenly palace.

The gatekeeper is a Logia-type user of the Rainbow Fruit, and his main weapon is a bow and arrow.

However, during the battle, one of his arms was severed, and he could not use a bow with only one arm. So even though his abilities and powerful Observation Haki were still there, his strength was ultimately greatly diminished.

"Sig, you were looking for me?"

The gatekeeper was neutral during the battle, only helping the clown. Later, when the gods fought the bandits, he was already seriously injured, so he didn't help either side.

However, after the God-King died at the hands of Sieg and the gods were defeated, his attitude improved considerably.

“I remember you once told me that there are not many secrets within the entire Kingdom of God that can be kept from your eyes and ears, is that true?” Sig asked.

The goalkeeper gave a slight, wry smile, but did not deny it.

These words were actually meant to be a deal that Siegfried was going to make to get him to give up chasing the Joker, but Siegfried didn't listen to him at the time.

“In this heavenly palace where the God King resides, there is some information about the research on Devil Fruits by the divine kingdom, which I can give to you.”

"I've read some of it too. If you want to know anything, you can just ask me."

The goalkeeper was quite cooperative.

Sieg then asked, "How much do you know about ancient weapons?"

The gatekeeper considered for a moment before speaking: "First of all, the gods were the defeated side 800 years ago."

"The current gods are not the remnants of the ancient kingdoms, but their descendants. During those difficult years, there was a historical break."

"Some of the history we know is passed down orally, so it may not represent the truth."

These words were actually an opening disclaimer; the gatekeeper was afraid of saying the wrong thing and being blamed by Sieg.

After all, Sig was a demon who killed the God-King and overthrew the rule of the gods.

Although the gatekeeper helped the clown, he himself was also a member of the gods.

“It’s alright, speak freely. I believe what Jock believes in you.” Sig looked at the goalkeeper with a sincere expression.

This touched the old man slightly, reminding him of Joker and the Prince of God, and his guard lowered considerably.

"Even a dark sun is still a sun; perhaps it's not as dangerous as I imagine," the gatekeeper thought.

Of course, he didn't know that Sieg was faking it.

On the surface, he said he believed the gatekeeper, but in reality, he immediately summoned Violet to prevent the gatekeeper from lying.

"Of the three ancient weapons, Poseidon is the king of the sea kings..."

“I know that.” Sieg tried to interrupt, but the gatekeeper gave a mysterious smile.

Do you really understand just how powerful Aquaman is?

"The three ancient weapons are said to possess the power to destroy or save the world."

"Although Uranus is the leader of the three ancient weapons, Poseidon is also one of the three ancient weapons. If Poseidon can only command a few sea kings, it would seem too ordinary."

Sieg nodded thoughtfully.

Sea kings are the kings of the sea; they are not a single species, but a collective term for giant marine creatures.

Their main habitats are the calm zone and the deep sea, where the super-large sea kings can easily exceed 5KM in length, and there are also monsters that feed on islands.

However, in the new version, the sea monsters have been relegated to the sewers, and they have basically become large punching bags, prey for the strong to display their power.

A king who commands massive sandbags, comparable to the Pluto warship that can destroy an island with a single shot, and Uranus, is considered an ancient weapon?

“Sig, what is the largest creature you know of?” the gatekeeper asked.

“It’s a giant elephant,” Sieg said.

"Its height exceeds 35,000 meters and its length exceeds 20,000 meters. It can carry a country with hundreds of thousands of people on its back."

This is an incredibly exaggerated number; it sounds like the author made it up.

Keep in mind that the depth of the underwater Fishman Island is only 10,000 meters.

If Zou, the giant elephant, were to reach the waters around Fishman Island, it could stand on the seabed, while its torso above the sea surface would be 25,000 meters above the water, which is 2.5 times the height of Sky Island and far exceeds that of the Red Line.

Such a behemoth doesn't need any imposing presence; it can easily wipe out Jack the Drought's fleet with a flick of its nose.

"You even know about Zou..." The gatekeeper was somewhat surprised and continued:

"Generally speaking, marine creatures are larger than land creatures, just like the difference between an elephant and a whale."

"Of course, reaching the scale of Zou is already an anomaly, an extraordinary event."

"But who knows, there might be super-sized sea kings in the deep sea that are similar in size to the giant elephant Zou?" The gatekeeper's words were laced with deeper meaning.

"The main nesting sites of sea kings are in the calm zone."

"They stand like guards on both sides of the Grand Line, blocking pirates from entering it."

Even in this world teeming with powerful beings, there are very few people who can fight against sea kings and traverse the calm zone.

guard....

The gatekeeper's words clearly imply that it is not natural for sea kings to live in the calm zone.

Considering Aquaman's abilities, perhaps the Sea Kings of the Calm Belt are simply acting on Aquaman's command?

If this is true, then Aquaman's power truly lives up to its name as an ancient weapon, possessing the immense power to reshape the world.

"Tell me about the Heavenly King. How did the Divine Kingdom resist him? Just with the power of the Titan Fruit?" Sigurd asked again.

The God-King had already given Sig the answer during the battle, but Sig always felt that this might be an attempt to glorify himself.

"The God-King's words weren't exactly a lie," the gatekeeper shook his head.

“Sigurd, I’ve heard that you’ve faced Uranus’s attacks more than once.”

"Over the decades, the locations of the Heavenly King's attacks have actually revealed a certain pattern..."

Sig thought for a moment.

Once it was the Holy Land of Mary Geoise, once it was the sunken Valley of the Gods, and most recently it was Marineford, the Marine Headquarters.

As for their patterns....

"Could it be that the Uranus can only fight the Celestial Dragons' own territory?" Sig was both amused and exasperated.

"It's not entirely wrong; the truth is more complicated," the gatekeeper said.

"The God-King's statement wasn't exactly a lie, but he shouted those words on the battlefield to boost morale."

"The one who can stand against Uranus is not the current Titan King."

"In the great war that destroyed the Old World 800 years ago, the Protoss were defeated, but they did not come away empty-handed."

"The current Uranus is incomplete, but during the great war, a part of him was damaged by the Titan King of that time, and his functions are still incomplete. He can be called a castrated version."

"While its destructive power has not been weakened, its energy and positioning systems have been damaged."

"The great war 800 years ago had a huge impact. Not only is there a historical gap among the descendants of the gods, but even the Celestial Dragons who obtained the Heavenly King obviously did not have the technology and ability to repair it."

"In other words, if Uranus wants to strike a target, he needs to deploy a positioning device within a certain range of the target in advance... This is intelligence we obtained hundreds of years ago, and it does not mean that the World Government has not made technological breakthroughs."

"Therefore, although Uranus is powerful, he is more suited to defending his own territory rather than attacking the islands of the gods in the new world."

"This is why the Kingdom of Gods has survived from under Uranus the God of Gods to this day."

"What about the energy and power system?" Sieg asked again.

"The Heavenly King's energy system is damaged. Now, each time the Heavenly King activates, it must come at a certain cost," the gatekeeper said.

"We speculate that the cost might be vitality, or rather... lifespan."

Lifespan? Upon hearing this, Sieg suddenly understood.

Doflamingo has always coveted the Op-Op Fruit, aiming to perform the Immortality Surgery, become immortal, and then seize the "Celestial Dragons' National Treasure."