The next day.
"The funds we received from the World Government have entered, Ars. I've already left it to Kaguya and the others. At the moment they are doing calculations from the funds ."
Hashirama reported the completion of his current task in Ars' room.
"Good job" Ars nodded and continued, "Did you meet the World Government people upon arriving at the Prodance Kingdom earlier?"
"Yes" Hashirama nodded, "Oh, yes. They conveyed to me as well that the World Government from now on will no longer interfere in our kingdom's matters."
"Oh? Was it that they had taken a truce? A good choice. Too lazy to deal with them" Ars paused for a moment and continued, "By the way, can you finish cutting down the trees today?"
"Is there something we're going to do?" Hashirama asked back with interest.
"The head of the Fortis Kingdom's Population Department is coming soon. We have to start the meeting again to discuss visa issues and other things."
"I see" Hashirama nodded, "I will try to finish it today"
"Okay" Ares nodded.
New World, Prodance Kingdom, Royal Palace.
"How? Is there a shipyard that wants to work with us?" Elizabello II asked one of his ministers with interest.
"It's there, Your Majesty" the Minister said excitedly, "They have even placed orders with us in large quantities and are currently in the process of sending the goods to their place"
"That's good." Elizabello II nodded excitedly.
"The name of the Fortis Kingdom has now reached its peak" Dagama said, "With the achievements they gained from their assault on the World Government until the World Government followed their orders. Certainly if there is anything related to the Fortis Kingdom. The public will receive it enthusiastically."
Elizabello II nodded in agreement to this then sighed, "There are even a large number of Kings from several kingdoms who are trying to ask for my help in order to communicate with King Fortis"
"How do you respond? Do you accept it, Your Majesty?" Dagama asked with interest.
"No" Elizabello II immediately shook her head, "The Kings who contacted me are people that King Fortis doesn't like. I immediately rejected their wishes."
"It was a good decision. It's better for us to reject it than King Fortis rejecting it." Dagama nodded.
Suddenly a footstep was heard running very quickly towards the royal palace. The person who entered was one of the Prodance Royal Soldiers, "Report! Your Majesty, the Shichibukai Doflamingo is in front of the royal palace asking for permission to meet with you."
"Doflamingo?" Elizabello II and Dagama's faces immediately became serious.
They had met Doflamingo several times. However, the relationship between them could not be said to be good and could not be said to be bad. The relationship between them can be said to be neutral.
"What is the purpose of Doflamingo coming here?" Elizabello II muttered while frowning.
"There is a possibility of trying to gain direct contact with the Fortis Kingdom" Dagama said seriously, "Isn't Doflamingo also a King of the Dressrosa Kingdom. Doflamingo probably came here because he wanted to talk to us directly and try to establish a cooperative relationship with the Fortis Kingdom"
"Let him come here" Elizabello II ordered.
"Well!" The Troop soldiers immediately walked back.
It didn't take long for Doflamingo to finally arrive in the throne room and he could see himself grinning at Elizabello II, "Fufufu~ We haven't seen each other in a long time, haven't we? Elizabeth II?"
"Doflamingo?" Elizabello II's gaze became very serious, "What is your purpose in coming here?"
"Hey, hey, hey, don't be cold with me, OK? I didn't come here looking for trouble but I want to ask for your help to be able to make direct contact with the Fortis Kingdom. You can definitely do it, right?" Doflamingo said with a smile.
"Why do you want to have direct contact with them? Isn't your Kingdom currently in good shape? Dressrosa is also currently affiliated with the World Government. If they find out about this. Dressrosa Kingdom's status will soon be revoked from affiliation"
"This is indeed quite risky" Doflamingo replied calmly, "However, the risk is also worth the payoff. Even though later my kingdom will be immediately revoked its affiliation by the World Government. However, if it comes to my kingdom being able to establish a cooperative relationship with the Kingdom of Fortis. Isn't that the right thing to do? Even better?"
Elizabello II looked at Doflamingo with a calm gaze.
Simultaneously, footsteps were heard again walking towards the room. Seen the previous soldier re-entered with a face full of cold sweat.
"What is it?" Dagama asked seriously.
"Report! His Majesty is currently the Eagle Eyes Shichibukai Dracule Mihawk is at the front and wants to meet you."
"Eagle Eye?!" Elizabello II and Dagama were immediately shocked to hear this.
"Fufufu~ Eagle Eyes? What is the purpose of this person coming here? It's getting more and more interesting." Doflamingo grinned excitedly and felt that his coming to this place wasn't such a bad thing.
"Let him in." Elizabello II without waiting long gave the order.
"Okay." The squad member immediately returned.
It didn't take long for Mihawk to walk into the room with pride and arrogance.
"Doflamingo…" Mihawk's gaze immediately turned to Doflamingo who was staring at him as well.
"I wonder, what is the purpose of a swordsman like you coming to this place? This place itself doesn't have a strong swordsman you've always been after."
"What I do is none of your business" Mihawk said coldly.
"Fufufu~ How cold" Doflamingo was not angry with Mihawk's attitude since Doflamingo was aware that his current strength would not be able to fight Mihawk.
Mihawk's gaze immediately turned to Elizabello II.
"What is your purpose in coming here, Eagle Eyes?" Elizabello II asked seriously.
"I want to ask you about the Fortis Kingdom" Mihawk said seriously.
"Oh? Eagle Eyes are attracted to the Fortis Kingdom?" Doflamingo muttered.
"What do you want with the Fortis Kingdom? I think for someone like you. You are not interested in the affairs of a royal politics or anything else" Elizabello II added back.
"I really have no interest in such things" Mihawk said calmly, "I want to ask you a question. Is there a very powerful swordsman in the Fortis Kingdom? With Hashirama Senju there, there must be one person with sword skills, right?" Mihawk's eyes are now filled with hope.
"Swordsman?" Mihawk's words then made Elizabello II and Dagama a little surprised.
"If you ask about it, we don't know either." Elizabello II immediately shook her head.
"Don't know?" Mihawk raised his eyebrows.
"Don't hold too much hope on us, Eagle Eyes" Dagama suddenly said, "Even though we've been to the Fortis Kingdom several times. However, we ourselves have never once met with all the higher-ups from that kingdom, especially for the higher-ups who specialize in the field of combat."
"The higher-ups who specialize in combat?" Mihawk asked while frowning.
"The Fortis Kingdom itself divided their kingdom's top brass. The first ranker deals with documents while the second one deals with combat. Hashirama Senju is one of the higher-ups from the Fortis Kingdom who is in the top combat specialist section with the position of Head of the Fortis Kingdom's Intelligence Department." Elizabello II paused and continued, "The Fortis Kingdom has many departments but those related to the battle department are only 4 departments. Intelligence Department, Royal Palace Guard Department, Navy Department, and Army Department. I myself do not know about the higher-ups of each of these departments. However, according to Mr Hashirama's explanation. Every Department Head of each of these Departments has strength that can be said to be on par with him and some are even stronger than him especially for the Royal Palace Guard Department. Each of the higher-ups in this Department has strength equal to him, some even stronger than him."
Doflamingo was immediately surprised to hear this information. Only with Hashirama Senju's presence was the power of the Fortis Kingdom able to stand at the pinnacle of this New World and even hold the position of Emperor of the Ocean. However, nowadays there are more of them…
"In any case… I should be able to establish a partnership with them" muttered Doflamingo.
"Even though we know about this. We don't know if any of the higher-ups are skilled in swordsmanship. Because Mr. Hashirama only said that to us and did not explain in detail about the higher-ups."
"You can contact King Fortis at this time, right?" Mihawk's eyes are now filled with seriousness as well as determination.
For years looking for an opponent. Finally he had the hope of meeting someone who could fight a swordsman with him. Even if it's just a hope. Mihawk didn't want to waste this opportunity.
"I can do it" Elizabello II nodded, "However, don't get your hopes up. Even though I can do it, King Fortis is quite a busy person and will rarely pick up my communications. Usually only the higher ups from their kingdoms raise it."
Elizabello II immediately took out his den-den mushi and contacted Ars. It didn't take long for the den-den mushi to connect.
"Hello, Ars here"
Ars' voice immediately sounded clear to Doflamingo and Mihawk's ears. Mihawk's gaze was currently filled with hope.
"King of Fortis, it's me, Elizabello II"
"Oh? King of Prodance? What is it?" Ars asked with great interest.
"This… I have currently been visited by Shichibukai Donquixote Doflamingo and Shichibukai Eagle Eyes Dracule Mihawk. I'm sure King Fortis knows both of them, right?"
"Doflamingo and Mihawk? Well, I do know them. Then, are the two of them causing trouble there? Do I need to send someone to help solve the problem?"
Cold sweat immediately wetted Doflamingo's body upon hearing this. While Mihawk is very calm and doesn't really have much of an influence on it.
"No, no, no, King Fortis. They didn't cause any trouble" Elizabello II said quickly and added, "Doflamingo's purpose here is to make direct contact with you and for Eagle Eyes he wants to ask about the swordsman"
"Swordsman?" Ars immediately set aside Doflamingo's aim and was more interested in Mihawk's goal, "Is Mihawk looking for an opponent to fight with him? A powerful swordsman? Leave this den-den mushi to him. Let me talk to him directly"
"I see." Elizabello II nodded and immediately held the den-den mushi out to Mihawk.
Mihawk immediately walked towards the front and took the den-den mushi, "Here, I"
"Well, is your goal really to find a strong swordsman to fight with you?" Ars asked with interest.
"Sure" Mihawk nodded, "Does your kingdom have someone strong? I just heard information from the King of Prodance that your kingdom has higher-ups who specialize in combat. Their strength is also comparable to Hashirama's and some are stronger. There must be some of them who wield swords, right?"
"Well, there are indeed some swordsmen even their strength is equal to or stronger than Hashirama's"
Mihawk's eyes were currently filled with passionate emotions. Meanwhile Elizabello II, Dagama, and Doflamingo were shocked to hear this.
"However… If you want to fight with them. You are currently still not strong enough to be able to fight with them. Especially if you only use the sword you are currently using."
"The sword used by me this time?" Mihawk asked while frowning.
"Everyone knows that in this world alone there are 3 levels of swords. Ryo Wazamono, O Wazamono, and Saijo O Wazamono. However, everyone does not know that above Saijo O Wazamono there is one more level and that level is divided into 3 types of swords. Zanpakuto Sword, Noble Phantams Sword, and Ignition Sword. These three types of swords are very, very strong swords and currently only a few people know of the existence of these three types of swords even I believe the World Government does not know about these three types of swords because these three swords have existed since ancient times or can be said to be all three. This type of sword has been around for over 1000 years."
Everyone immediately fell silent hearing this.
"The Zanpakuto sword or it is said to be the sword of the soul. Before this sword was owned by a great swordsman. This sword will only look like an ordinary sword in general. However, if a swordsman could implant his soul into the sword and be able to convince the soul in the sword to reveal its true name to the owner of the sword. The swordsman will later be able to get a power called Shinkai or in the sense of liberation of one third of that power. Then if the swordsman could fight on par with the soul in the sword and the sword soul recognized the swordsman's strength. The swordsman will later get a power called Bankai or in the sense of liberation of half of the full power of the sword. Finally, if the swordsman can defeat the soul in the sword. The swordsman will get the full power of the sword which is called the "End". However, it is very difficult for a swordsman to reach this last level because the soul in the sword is his own soul and the stronger your power, the stronger the soul power in the sword. It can be said that the soul in the sword is you who is in a very perfect condition and you must defeat if you want to get all the power of the sword."
"The Noble Phantasm Sword is a sword that has terrifying power. Unlike the Zanpakuto sword which looks just like an ordinary sword before the sword is inserted into the soul. This Noble Phantasm Sword already possessed extremely terrifying power. One only needed to know the true name of the sword to be able to bring out its full potential. There is even a sword legend called "Enuma Elish". This sword could even destroy entire lands and seas if the one who wielded this sword was someone with an extremely terrifying level of strength. That sword was last used by a King who came from the Kingdom of Uruk 5000 years ago and the whereabouts of this sword itself is currently unknown."
"While the last sword is the Sword of Iginition. This sword is a living sword or a sword that has a soul of its own and will choose a worthy swordsman to use it. If a swordsman is worthy to use the sword. The sword will instantly put all its power to use. Meanwhile if the swordsman was not worthy to use it. The sword won't be fully used in the worst case, that person will be killed directly by the sword."
Ars paused for a moment and continued, "Eagle Eyes" Ars called.
"If you really want to fight a swordsman in my kingdom and get the battle you've always wanted. Look for one of these three types of swords. There are still many types of this sword, the largest in the whole world, for example a sword called Enuma Lish which was owned by King Uruk 5000 years ago, or a sword called Caliburn which is part of the sword belonging to Phantasm, there is also a sword called Durandal. However, it is not Durandal's sword that is included in Saijo O Wazamono's sword. The sword Durandal I was referring to was the sword used by a swordsman named Roland in the past. Or, you can also look for a sword that belongs to the Iginition Waepon sword. There are a number of swords out there called the 13 Moon Sword. These swords are classified as swords in the Ignition Weapon level. Currently the 13 swords there is only one that has been found and the person who found it is one of the higher-ups from our kingdom named Yuri Ha. There are still 12 swords that are currently missing and are in the process of being searched ."
Ars paused for a moment and continued, "If you really want to fight on par with the swordsmen of my kingdom. You should look for one of these three levels of the sword. That is my advice to you. However, if you want to fight right now. You probably can't do it."
"Can not?" Mihawk frowned.
"As I said, there are still a lot of swords in all three types that have now disappeared. My swordsmen are currently looking for them to keep. They are not in my kingdom right now. Although I can call them back. I don't like doing it because I prioritize them looking for those swords. I don't want those swords to fall into the wrong hands especially the "Enuma Elish" sword. I don't want that sword to fall into the hands of evil people because it can destroy the order of this world."
Ars paused for a moment and continued, "However, if you can get one of these three types of swords. I will immediately call someone to fight with you. Even I will summon Arie Hon to fight with you. He is the best swordsman in my Kingdom and uses the sword Iginition as his own. The name of the sword is White Our. What do you think?"
"Best swordsman ?... " Mihawk's gaze was currently filled with a different spirit than before which was empty and aimless.
Mihawk currently has a goal to do which is to find one of these three swords then fight with the strongest.
"Alright" Mihawk said seriously, "I will definitely get one of these three types of swords"
"Hopefully you can find him. If you find it, just come to King Prodance or King Neptune. They both have my contacts and ask them to contact me"
"I understand" Mihawk nodded and immediately handed the den-den mushi back to Elizabello II then immediately turned to leave the room which is currently still processing all the information they have.