Chapter 85: The Army and the Red Line
The most important thing is the significance represented by the personnel dispatched by Fleet Admiral Black.
This is equivalent to giving up on the Member Nation in the Four Seas that might be invaded by the Rocks Pirates, shifting the main focus to clearing out pirates.
The vastness of the Four Seas has become an obstacle to the Marines sending reinforcements.
Even the First Half of the Grand Line requires eight Marine Vice Admiral to guard it, let alone the Four Seas, where each Sea Area is several times the size of the Grand Line.
Marine Headquarters cannot send out more forces; the New World requires reinforcements at any time as the situation changes.
In just one month, during the Battle of Kent Island, all three Marine Vice Admiral sacrificed themselves.
After the Battle of Flame Island, "Golden Lion" Shiki killed a Vice Admiral, and the Marines have already suffered the losses of four Marine Vice Admiral.
If they truly want to protect the Member Nation in the Four Seas, they would need to at least transfer back four Navy Admiral Candidate.
With the strength of an ordinary Marine Vice Admiral, it's very likely they wouldn't be a match for the Cadre sent by the Rocks Pirates.
Unprecedented pressure weighs on Fleet Admiral Black.
Outsiders don't know that his hair has completely turned white and is now just dyed black.
Currently, the overall strength of the Marines is not weak compared to the past.
The three Marine Admiral directly correspond to the Core Members of the Rocks Pirates.
Four Admiral Candidate who possess nearly Top Tier Combatant strength can also resist some of the Rocks Pirates' Core Cadre.
Adding "Purple Lion" Messi and "White Rat" Ronaldo, two Marine Vice Admiral whose strength exceeding the norm, they can match High-Ranking Cadre of the Rocks Pirates like Shiki and Newgate.
However, in terms of the number of Strongman, the Marines are at a huge disadvantage.
Furthermore, at the Level of Marine Vice Admiral, although the Marines have a large number, their overall Quality is still inferior to the Rocks Pirates.
What kind of Monster exactly are the Rocks Pirates?
When they were just established, they didn't seem like much; only Rocks and Jaeger were relatively famous.
But with the addition of the Four Kings, the Rocks Pirates suddenly became an existence the Marines could not resist.
What's important is that the Rocks Pirates constantly have new people rising up.
First, there were the three Monster: John, Silver Axe, and Wang Zhi.
Later, there were three more: Newgate, Shiki, and Charlotte Linlin.
Now, Hades might also need to be counted.
No, it's two.
Titan, who possesses a Mythical Zoan Ability, serves as Hades' Guard and has the potential to be a Top Tier Combatant.
If time could flow backward, Black would definitely use all his strength to eliminate Rocks D.
Xebec and nip the threat in the bud.
Now, Black can only do his best to let the Marines maintain the current situation.
Maintaining the current situation is Fleet Admiral Black's target, which means the Marines still need to constantly make sacrifices.
To truly resist the Rocks Pirates, the Marines alone are far from enough; the World Government also needs to send powerful combatants as reinforcements.
Whether it's the CP0 Agent, the Army with three Top Tier Combatant, or the World Government's strongest organization known as the Air Force, the "Holy Knights".
Unfortunately, the CP0 Agent suffered heavy losses ten years ago.
Besides secret missions, they also need to protect the World Noble.
When needed, the CP0 Agent will also take action.
The "Holy Knights" are the strongest protective force of the Celestial Dragons; it's impossible for them to take action unless the Celestial Dragons' lives are threatened.
The only hope is the Army.
The Army guards the various checkpoints on the Red Line, protecting the stability of the Red Line.
The environment of the Red Line is very harsh; the hard soil is difficult to cultivate.
After a long period of transformation by the World Government, the Red Line gradually became habitable.
After more than seven hundred years of development, the Red Line is now a super Kingdom with a population of one billion, directly controlled by the World Government.
The Resident on the Red Line, besides the Noble, World Government Official, and Tycoons who migrated there, consists only of those Ordinary Humans.
Calling them ordinary Resident, they are actually Slave of the World Government.
These Resident form a massive group formed by generations of World Noble's Slave, and from birth, they are Slave of the World Noble.
And the Red Line is also the Area most severely tormented by the World Noble.
As for the Sabaody Archipelago, Celestial Dragons only occasionally come down to take a look.
However, the Red Line has a massive population of Celestial Dragons, and every day they have to face several, or even dozens, of Celestial Dragons.
One can imagine the terrible plight the Resident on the Red Line lives in.
For Celestial Dragons, who are "Descendants of God", coming to Great Sea is like descending to the mortal realm; ordinary Celestial Dragons do not easily come down.
Unless they have a special mission requiring them to visit a Member Nation, ordinary Celestial Dragons do not come to Great Sea.
They only make a trip to the Sabaody Archipelago to look for Slave they like.
Every year, countless Slave are sent to the Red Line.
The World Noble's demand is only a part of it; what's important is that the construction of the Red Line requires a large amount of free labor force.
In a place with such a harsh environment as the Red Line, building such a vast Kingdom where people can live was achieved by filling it with the lives of countless Slave.
Many people only attribute the source of the Slave Trade to the World Noble because they don't know what the Red Line is truly like.
In reality, the World Noble's demand for Slave accounts for only a small portion.
The true behind the scenes manipulator, the source of the evil, is the World Government.
If it weren't for the World Government, the existence of the Slave Trade system would have been abolished long ago.
A considerable amount of the annual Heavenly Tribute is also invested in the construction and transformation of the Red Line.
To sustain the Red Line, large amounts of supplies and resources need to be purchased from the Four Seas or the Grand Line and sent to the Red Line every year.
The Red Line is directly under the high-pressure rule of the World Government, not only in terms of strength but also the supplies that countless Red Line Resident rely on for survival.
Once this line is cut off, an unprecedented great upheaval will erupt on the Red Line.
One can imagine the terrifying impact such a massive number of riots would cause.
As the Red Line expands, the Member Nation in the Four Seas is gradually gaining control over the World Government's lifeline, whether it's the Heavenly Tribute or grain and supplies.
Agriculture is very important to the World Government.
Because it controls the survival of over one billion people, and precisely because of this, there is specifically an "Agriculture Warrior God" among the Five Elders.
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