Pirate: Hades! ( One Piece)

Chapter 295: The Sword Tournament Begins

"Then let's begin.

The food and drinks are plentiful.

After enjoying this lunch, have a good time playing around on Paros Island."

Hades took the main seat, announcing the official start of their banquet.

"Uwoh!

I can't wait any longer, let's eat!"

Roger reached for a large steak with one hand, but a thick arm directly grabbed his wrist.

Newgate, who was beside him, turned his head, a look of displeasure flashing in his eyes.

"That's not cool, Roger!"

Roger's hand had reached towards his table.

"Then let's compete.

If you can't finish it, let me help you eat."

Roger grinned, showing his big white teeth.

Always up for fun, he started competing with Newgate at this moment.

As soon as he finished speaking, Roger's hands turned into a series of illusions, grabbing the gourmet food in front of him and eating heartily.

"Then come on!

I won't lose, Roger!"

Newgate followed closely behind.

The two of them seemed to be having an eating contest.

Influenced by the two, everyone else also began to enjoy the gourmet food.

In reality, under the temptation of the gourmet food, they were already starving.

Even Rayleigh, who was on Roger's other side, couldn't help but speed up his movements.

After enjoying the gourmet food, the Pirate Crew scattered across the Sky Arena and various parts of Paros Island to have fun.

There were too many places to have fun on Paros Island.

As the local power in the Pluto Sea Area, the base camp of the "Witch's Feast" was located on Paros Island.

A large number of tycoons, Pirate, and even Noble were constantly going in and out of the "Witch's" club.

The large entertainment complex covered casino, sauna, hot spring, gourmet food, massage, and various other services, making it simply a paradise for countless people.

The base camp of Witch's Feast was located in the western part of Paros Island.

A cable car from the tenth floor of the Sky Arena could directly reach the entrance of Witch's Feast.

The fame of Witch's Feast also began to spread through this sword tournament.

According to the Kronos Kingdom's plan, the sphere of influence of Witch's Feast needed to cover the entire northern part of the New World Center, plus parts of the New World Center's Sea Area.

In short, it was to strengthen the control over the Kingdom's Surrounding Seas.

The Kronos Kingdom and the Eternal Kingdom were located in the New World.

Unlike the Superpower in the Four Seas, they did not have a stable Great Sea environment, and the Sea Area was also much vaster.

For this reason, the two Superpower needed to control more Territory.

The Eternal Kingdom secretly controlled the Eternal Sea Region, developing its faction through the Ouroboros Group in secret.

The Kronos Kingdom had the advantage of economy and trade, but its faction expansion had been obstructed by the World Government in the past, only able to conduct infiltration in secret.

With the weakening of the World Government and the strengthening of the Kronos Kingdom, relying on its powerful military and the Pluto Pirates, the Kronos Kingdom officially listed the Surrounding Seas under its rule, secretly controlling numerous Island.

The Marines' base responsible for monitoring the Kronos Kingdom was located within the Kronos Kingdom's sphere of influence.

Who was monitoring whom was yet to be seen.

Soon, it was late night.

The Sky Arena shone with dazzling light under the night sky.

Inside, however, it was empty.

Fifty thousand cleaners wearing uniforms and carrying cleaning tools entered various Area of the Sky Arena.

Starting from midnight until the next day, for a full day, they needed to conduct a thorough cleaning of the entire Sky Arena, including the external glass.

This was to ensure the Sky Arena welcomed the arrival of the sword tournament in its most perfect state.

They were like warriors, stepping into the Sky Arena under the gaze of countless people.

After one day, each of them would receive a salary of thirty thousand Beli.

This meant that the Kronos Kingdom would have to spend 1.

5 billion Beli just for this cleaning of the Sky Arena.

The next day, the Sky Arena was temporarily closed, but Paros Island remained lively.

What was available inside the Sky Arena was also available outside.

Some people simply preferred strolling outside and didn't want to be confined inside the Sky Arena.

As the entertainment capital, commercial capital, and combat capital planned by the Kronos Kingdom, it could not rely solely on the Sky Arena.

The entire city was built by the Kronos Kingdom, and all the industries belonged to the Kronos Kingdom.

Everything earned belonged to the Kronos Kingdom; this was a goose that laid golden eggs.

A happy day quickly passed.

Finally, the day of March 1st arrived.

The sword tournament officially began.

By seven in the morning, the Sky Arena was already packed with people, even though the sword tournament didn't officially start until eight.

Tens of thousands of participating Swordsman, based on their registration time, each received an identity card and a serial number.

Due to the large number of participating Swordsman, the elimination round alone required two rounds.

The battle rules were similar to the promotion rules of the Sky Arena.

Each Swordsman would be randomly matched for a duel.

If they won eight or more out of ten battle, they could advance to the next round.

Two elimination rounds meant that each Swordsman would need to fight at least twenty battle.

The sequence would be determined based on the number of wins.

Ultimately, one thousand and twenty-four Swordsman would enter the first round, which was the official sword tournament.

It could be said that the chance of participating in the sword tournament was only a few percent.

Strongman naturally wouldn't worry, but the competition was very fierce among the Swordsman with weaker strength.

During the duels, getting injured was normal.

If the injury was severe, it would also affect their strength performance.

Ten battle also required scheduling in terms of time.

If some people were injured, they also needed time for restoration.

If the injury was truly too severe to recover from, then you could only consider yourself unlucky.

This was a massive undertaking, keeping those in charge of hosting the sword tournament very busy.

Apart from the members of the Pluto Pirates, many were transferred from the Kronos Kingdom.

Although the opponents were randomly selected, they still needed to avoid Strongman meeting too early.

Some unlucky individuals would be eliminated prematurely, which would be a pity.

The main mission of the Pluto Pirates was to maintain the primary order of the Sky Arena and Paros Island.

The Sky Arena, just the elimination round, attracted considerable attention.

To prevent the elimination round from being too boring, under the secret manipulation of the Pluto Pirates, battle between Sword Master would occasionally occur.

These were what everyone paid attention to.

For stronger Swordsman, fighting for half a day was normal.

battle between Great Sword Master had not appeared yet, and the Pluto Pirates would not let them appear too early.

Various battle, Hades did not pay attention to, and neither did the other Strongman.

At this level, it was difficult to attract their attention.

Only later, when the truly powerful Swordsman appeared, would they take a look.

Meanwhile, Hades's Observation Haki constantly enveloped the entire Island, preventing any accident from happening.

Once discovered, they would be nipped in the bud.

(end of chapter)