Chapter 378: Killing Intent
The development of the Kronos Kingdom would continue to expand its Sphere of Influence.
With the establishment of the Royal Military Academy, it had over the years provided a large number of outstanding talented individuals for various industries within the Kingdom, especially the Military.
The Pluto Pirates could not expand, but in the North, East, and West of the Kingdom, there were many Island which could be included in their Sphere of Influence.
Perhaps they didn't officially belong to the Kronos Kingdom.
But in reality?
These Island were already under the control of the Kronos Kingdom.
Both the Army and the Marines had to take action; they couldn't remain inactive.
This World possessed ten or twenty million Island, but the vast majority of them had no Resources and were uninhabited.
The number of Island occupied by some Faction on The Great Sea had never included these Island in their count.
For the Marines and the Army, these Island were military merit.
During this period, it was inevitable that other Pirate would appear, which were tasks for the Army and Marines to handle.
By including these Island within the Influence of the Kronos Kingdom, these Island would inevitably belong to the Kronos Kingdom.
These Resources would drive the development of the Kronos Kingdom.
In the Sea Area surrounding the Kronos Kingdom, the Kingdom was also building Marine Base to radiate the Kingdom's Influence.
For some larger Island, the Kronos Kingdom even directly dispatched the Army to be stationed there as self-organized Guard Squad formed by the Island Resident.
Meanwhile, throughout the New World.
The war between the various Overlord-level Force gradually became more peaceful.
A year-long period of training troops was sufficient for all Faction.
This was also a truce, used to figure out the details of each Faction through simple war.
Everyone knew that this was just a brief truce.
After a period of rest, the struggle for hegemony in the New World would directly enter the climax stage.
The title of Legendary Pirate was one who stood out among the numerous who were Overlord-level Great Pirate, a unique existence.
Only strength could prove everything.
This did not mean that the New World had become peaceful.
Various Faction were still expanding, targeting and annexing small Faction one by one, subduing them.
In The Great Sea, interests surpassed everything.
After the Rocks Pirates disbanded, there were no more friends, only enemies.
The Kronos Kingdom had even prepared for the possibility of the Big Mom Pirates and the Monster Legion expanding towards the East.
However, this was unlikely in the short term.
Linlin's Child needed time to grow.
Typhon's Monster Legion needed even more time to develop.
After another five or six years, they would bare their fangs.
The Former Half of the New World's North, plus part of the Middle section's North Sea Area, was enough territory for the Big Mom Pirates.
The Big Mom Pirates were very lucky; no Faction competed with them, giving them a vast Sea Area to occupy.
They could also advance towards the South.
If they were insatiably greedy, then let the war begin.
The Kronos Kingdom never feared war.
For Hades, what I am willing to give you is yours; as for anything else, don't even think about it!
This was the same for other Overlord-level Great Pirate.
And at this moment, in the dark, a storm was sweeping towards Vegapunk.
Looking at some of the intelligence regarding the "MADS" research institute.
Hades was growing impatient, or rather, his thoughts had changed.
The appearance of Typhon, especially Typhon's Blood, had caused some unknown changes in the future.
If combined with the Life Design Blueprint, who knew what terrifying things Vegapunk might discover?
Handing Vegapunk over to the World Government was simply too dangerous.
Hades disliked losing control of things outside his tolerance.
Moreover, with the current ability of the Kronos Kingdom, there was a way to take Vegapunk away without anyone knowing.
Since he could clearly monopolize the results, why give things to others?
Furthermore, the main reason Vegapunk joined the World Government was that only the World Government had sufficient resources to support his research.
And the Kronos Kingdom also possessed such financial strength, even richer than the World Government officials.
Whether the current World Government could even come up with that much funding was another matter.
Moreover, the Kronos Kingdom was more straightforward than the World Government.
From any perspective, the Kronos Kingdom was more suitable than the World Government.
To eliminate future consequences, no matter what, Hades was unwilling to hand Vegapunk over to the World Government.
Since he didn't want to, and was afraid that other Faction learning that Vegapunk was in the Kronos Kingdom's hands would cause trouble, the only option was to kill Vegapunk.
As long as Vegapunk was killed and the Brain-Brain Fruit recovered, everything would naturally fall into place.
Without Vegapunk, it was impossible for the World Government to create stronger energy devices.
Moreover, the current Vegapunk, although he exhibits powerful research talent, has not yet been called a Scientist with "wisdom/intelligence surpassing the world by five hundred years."
Because he has not yet developed Era-defining Technology, which is the Life Design Blueprint.
In other words, the current Vegapunk is not that important.
Although many people have expectations for him, it is merely expectation.
The main reason that prompted Hades to make this decision was that he couldn't imagine what benefits Vegapunk being alive would bring to himself or the Kronos Kingdom.
Hades roughly knew the research progress of the "MADS" research institute.
Under the deliberate guidance of the Eternal Kingdom, numerous top Scientists and researchers, led by Vegapunk, had embarked on the path of researching the Life Design Blueprint.
Everyone was immersed in the fanatical journey of deciphering the mysteries of life, completing this unprecedented subject.
As long as they completed the Life Design Blueprint, they could create life.
Everyone participated in it, and even with the secret support of various Faction, the research progress of the Life Design Blueprint was quite a bit faster, having completed roughly half by now.
In reality, the Life Design Blueprint was basically researched by Vegapunk alone; others were merely assistants.
Seventy to eighty percent of this half of the research progress was done by Vegapunk alone.
As a Brain-Brain Fruit Ability User, Vegapunk's Brain calculation ability was hundreds of thousands of times that of others.
Even the news about Monster Blood on The Great Sea couldn't affect them; in front of the Life Design Blueprint, everything had to step aside.
However, it all ended here.
In summary, Hades did not allow such a powerful person to exist, especially one not under his control.
(end of chapter)