I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

However, despite their arrogance, they still retain basic rationality, unlike Barrett who suddenly unleashed a barrage of attacks on her own side during a battle, disrupting the overall situation.

Nobody likes someone as troublesome as Barrett.

Crocus saw this scene and sighed silently in his heart.

He also understood that Barrett had angered many people this time.

"Barrett..." Whitebeard said from the side:

"At his age, his strength certainly gives him a chance to win the title of the strongest on the high seas."

"I heard he also wants to inherit Roger's name and become the Pirate King?"

Whitebeard chuckled softly as he finished speaking:

"The title of Pirate King is not something superficial... He can't become king right now."

Golden Lion nodded in agreement, while the other pirates remained silent for a moment.

That man was indeed quite dazzling back then, and even decades later, his name still circulates on the sea.

"I understand."

At this moment, Sieg narrowed his eyes again and interjected from the side;

"The person you're missing is Roger."

The joyful atmosphere of the banquet froze slightly as everyone turned to look at Sieg.

Golden Lion glanced at Sig, coughed lightly, and tried to smooth things over:

"Roger may be gone, but you, Sig, have come into our lives."

"Hehehehe... Sig, you've been quite active in this war too..."

Although Sieg was already somewhat dazed, he still subconsciously shook his head upon hearing these words:

"No, that's not true. I only did a small amount of work."

"Without Whitebeard, you held off the main force of the Marine fleet at the main gate of Impel Down; without Shiki's Float-Float Fruit ability that allowed you to move freely, this war would never have had such an outcome..."

The atmosphere at the banquet eased a little.

However, Whitebeard's gaze lingered on Sig.

Yes.

In this era, there was no Roger, but there was one more, Sieg.

More... Sig?

In the old days, they had never heard of someone like Sieg.

Whitebeard narrowed his eyes and glanced at the other pirates around him. Sure enough, he noticed that several of them were also looking at Sigurd.

Sig's existence remains a mystery.

According to Golden Lion, Sieg is likely to have experienced that era as well as people like them.

Strangely, none of the people present, including Whitebeard and Shiki, recognized Sigurd's past identity.

Some pirates who were not well-informed even thought that Higuma was a newly risen rookie.

Sig, who exactly are you?

At the banquet, countless people harbored designs on Sig's presence.

"Hehehehe... This feast reminds me of the time I spent on the Rocks ship. Sig, what do you think of Rocks?"

Golden Lion clinked his glasses with Sieg's and asked with a smile.

This made Whitebeard's heart skip a beat, and he listened intently.

Golden Lion's words seem to be a test of Sieg... It seems Golden Lion has the same idea as him.

Rocks was different from Roger.

Both were legendary figures whose fame once resounded throughout the seas, but the name Rocks had long since disappeared, and most of the new generation of pirates had never even heard of it.

Only those who, like them, have lived through the old era, can truly understand Lox.

"Rocks..."

A look of reminiscence appeared in Sieg's eyes, and like everyone else, he recalled the glorious past.

"That's such a nostalgic name, it reminds me of my youth."

Sieg smiled slightly and downed the wine in his glass in one gulp.

"Rocks, the former sea tyrant, actually wanted to become the king of the world and dared to attack the Celestial Dragons. This was tantamount to trying to shake the foundation of the Celestial Dragons' rule, so it is normal that his name was deliberately forgotten."

Chapter 558 He drank his wine and talked about the past.

After finishing his drink, Sieg started rambling on about Lox.

There was the God Valley battle, and there were the Four Emperors of the world who also came from the Rocks Pirates.

Rocks...

This pirate is special; he has transcended the realm of pirates, and his most famous feat was the God Valley Incident, where he attempted to kidnap a Celestial Dragon.

What Sig said matched what Shiki and the others knew quite well, and in some aspects, he even knew more than some of the great pirates.

After all... Rocks lived before Roger, and many of them didn't really know much about Rocks.

However, as Whitebeard and the others listened, their expressions gradually became a little strange.

Rocks, a special pirate who dared to attack the Celestial Dragons, attempted to shake the foundation of the Celestial Dragons.

Hearing these words from Siegfried always gave Whitebeard a strange sense of déjà vu.

Back in the East Blue, Higuma's name first became famous on the seas because of his attack on the Celestial Dragons... And just before that, Higuma had caused a great disturbance in the Holy Land, a commotion that even Whitebeard, who was in Impel Down, could feel.

"The era of Lox... that was a long time ago."

Golden Lion chuckled and picked up the conversation, continuing to exclaim:

"After Roger's death, people called this era the Great Pirate Era."

“Every year, countless pirates flock to the Grand Line, and the number of pirates is probably greater than in any previous era.”

"However, the era when there were no pirate emperors seemed more magnificent and cruel to me."

"This so-called Great Pirate Era is a little too heartwarming."

"It's funny to think about it."

"The pirate emperors who will rule this new era are mostly from the Rocks Pirates, and the only remaining member is a member of the Roger Pirates..."

"It is called the Great Pirate Era, but those who rule this era and stand at the top of the sea are none other than us... the remnants of the old era."

Golden Lion looked at Whitebeard and said with a smile.

These words made the pirates nostalgic, as they were mostly pirates from the old era, and they also reminisced about the past.

After a moment of reflection, the Golden Lion's gaze fell once again on Sieg.

“Sig, don’t you think so? You’re just like us, reminiscing about that bygone era, aren’t you?”

After hearing his explanation, Sieg shook his head slightly.

"The old era? That wasn't a good time. Although there weren't as many pirates as there are now, it was definitely more brutal and chaotic."

The Golden Lion nodded, and was about to ask further questions when he heard Sieg continue:

"Whether it is a year of shining stars or a year of Ragnarok, neither is a golden age."

The golden lion was momentarily stunned. Wasn't the topic just now the old era?

Why did two words I'd never heard before suddenly come out of Sieg's mouth?

Sieg shook his head and sighed:

"I don't want to see those scenes from the old days anymore."

"Steel warships thousands of meters long burned fiercely on the boundless earth, massive stars fell and collapsed, galaxies shattered, and even the Great Dao itself was obliterated..."

"The authority of the gods has fallen to the mortal realm; black wings blot out the sky; the shadows of antiquity engulf the earth; war sweeps across the world; and great kingdoms crumble..."

"In comparison, this warm era is ultimately too cramped."

"But these past events have all vanished, completely sealed away, and erased from history."

The atmosphere at the banquet froze again for a moment.

Wald listened in a daze, and the wine he was about to put in his mouth spilled into his collar.

These words don't seem quite right, do they?

Are we talking about the same old era?

Only a handful of people, including Whitebeard and Golden Lion, felt a slight tremor in their hearts.

They barely understood what Sieg was saying, except for a few words that they vaguely remembered.

An endless land? A massive war?

Whitebeard pondered in his heart:

"I'm afraid what Sig is referring to isn't the era we live in, but... something from an earlier time?"

"Is he discussing the vast kingdom that Roger once mentioned existed during the lost 100 years?"

The golden lion narrowed its eyes, raised its head, and looked up at the sky.

He recalled again the drunken conversation he had with Sig on the sky island when they first met.

"The war in the outer... infinite land? What is Sig trying to say? We're talking about the old era, why is he bringing this up?"

Crocus froze. He had accompanied Roger to Laugh Tale and knew more than Shiki and Whitebeard.

Aside from a few people, Crocus had never heard of any of the things Sieg said.

So there's only one answer left.

"Is this an old story that happened in another dimension? It certainly sounds epic!"