Chapter 456: The Death of Blackbeard

In fact, Saint Saint Saiwen lied about some things.

If he were not a transmigrator, if he had lost the God's Eye view, Saint Saint Saiwen might truly have accepted Blackbeard, letting him become a member of the Morning Star Group.

After all, from every aspect.

Blackbeard was the pirate most like a pirate on this great sea, an intern willing to lie low in the Whitebeard Pirates for over twenty years, doing whatever it took for his dream.

Not only was his own strength formidable, but he was also skilled in scheming.

Such a person, even with differing stances, Saint Saint Saiwen still greatly admired Blackbeard.

However, admiration was one thing; it could not affect Saint Saint Saiwen's resolve to execute Blackbeard.

It was simply because the Dark-Dark Fruit was in hand; Blackbeard had already lost his value for existence, and he slightly hindered the new era's forward march.

Ultimately, their stances differed; the freedom and dreams they chose were two completely opposite paths.

The freedom and dreams Saint Saint Saiwen pursued were to let everyone on this great sea eat their fill, to let everyone obtain relative freedom.

Not to be slaves at the mercy of the Celestial Dragons.

This was also the original intention when the Morning Star Group was first established: Saint Saint Saiwen wanted to abolish the slave system and build a world where everyone could eat their fill.

And Blackbeard's dream was to replace the Celestial Dragons, to become the King of the World on this great sea; essentially, it still belonged to turning history backward.

It was merely a transition from the era of the Celestial Dragons to the era of Blackbeard.

But the world was still that world, still a world where nobles stood high above and commoners were exploited, oppressed, and harmed by them.

This was the reason Blackbeard had to die.

Additionally, even though Blackbeard was about to be publicly executed, Saint Saint Saiwen still did not reveal certain secrets, such as how he knew what kind of person Teach was.

Some secrets are only suitable to be buried deep within the heart.

The public execution of Blackbeard at New Marineford proceeded without a single mishap.

One must know that now, no faction on this great sea could assault the Marine Headquarters like the Morning Star Group did many years ago.

The constitution's clause banning private armed forces in the United Kingdom completely changed the world's landscape; henceforth, it would be impossible for a Yonko-level pirate crew to ever be born on the great sea again.

Although Saint Saint Saiwen was also born a pirate, as the old saying goes: the first thing one does after succeeding is to forget one's roots.

Precisely because he knew the destructive power of pirates, Saint Saint Saiwen would cut off the soil that breeds pirates from the root.

Moreover, no one would come to rescue Blackbeard.

Among the few remaining officers of the Blackbeard Pirates, Vice Captain Lafitte was currently at the Air Force Headquarters, serving as the Air Force Headquarters Grand Strategist.

Let alone rescuing Blackbeard; Lafitte didn't even have the thought of seeing Blackbeard off on his final journey.

Having barely ended his undercover career to become the Air Force Headquarters Grand Strategist, unless he was crazy, Lafitte would go see Blackbeard off on his final journey.

And the core officers Arlong and Lu Bianyi, implicated in Blackbeard's secret plot to rebel, were thrown into prison.

Especially Arlong; not long after getting out of prison, he was locked up again in Impel Down, the underwater great prison, and would spend the rest of his life in Impel Down.

Including the Blackbeard Pirates' interns, Kid and Kira brothers, they were locked up in a re-education labor camp for reform.

The entire Blackbeard Pirates... the Blackbeard Club instantly fell apart, becoming a thing of the past.

As for Blackbeard's new wife, Xia Luote Charlotte Lingling, there was no need for Saint Saint Saiwen to intervene.

Lingling's children, the former ministers of the Whole Cake Island, and children who later joined the United Kingdom like Katakuri, voluntarily volunteered, inviting Marine Hero Garp and Giant Prince Loki to assist, heading to the North Blue to arrest Lingling.

Marine Headquarters, New Marineford.

The scorching sun hung high in the sky, the intense heat burning the air until it shimmered with a hot distortion.

The execution platform stood in the center of the island; surrounding Marines surrounded the entire execution ground so tightly that not even a drop of water could pass, and ten thousand gazes looked straight up at the high platform.

Blackbeard knelt on the execution platform, with an executioner holding a large cleaver standing behind him.

Not far away, the Marine Admiral Sengoku, responsible for supervising the execution, nodded slightly to the new adjutant Brannew.

Receiving the leader's signal, Kai Wang stepped forward.

"Dai Wei D. Teach, thirty-two years old, bounty one billion Berries, captain of the vicious Blackbeard Pirates, who has committed countless evils for many years..."

"Kidnapping and torturing minors... utterly inhumane..."

"Conspiring to rebel... turning history backward..."

"Massacring civilians... reactionaries..."

"Every single crime is too numerous to record; according to Articles Two, Six, and Twelve of the United Kingdom Constitution, the criminal Dai Wei D. Teach is now sentenced to death..."

Hearing these words, Blackbeard laughed.

If the Marines hadn't specifically listed them, he wouldn't have known he had actually committed so many crimes, yet these so-called crimes were normal for pirates.

In previous years, just grabbing any random pirate on the great sea, the crimes they committed were more than his...

Only at this moment did Blackbeard suddenly realize: the era of pirates had truly passed.

It was Barzab Saint Saint Saiwen, the most successful pirate in eight hundred years, who personally buried the era of pirates, replacing it with an era named Rule of Law.

In the past, during the Great Pirate Era, routine operations that pirates took for granted were all illegal criminal acts in the era of Rule of Law.

Want to get rich by burning, killing, and looting like before?

If one did so, not only would they be wanted and captured by the Marines, but all departments under the United Kingdom would go all out to sweep away evil and eliminate crime.

And the founding fathers who established the United Kingdom were mostly born pirates.

Is it ironic? Perhaps.

After all, since the predecessors had already walked the path to heaven, it naturally had to be blocked up tightly, giving no chance for later people to walk it again.

Since the era of pirates has passed, does he, Blackbeard, still have any reason to live?

Regarding death, Blackbeard was instead at peace.

"Zzz hahaha~"

"Little Bai Mao, I am Blackbeard! In the next life, I will still be your opponent."

In this life, he, Blackbeard, didn't even have the qualification to stand before Little Bai Mao.

In his next life, he must defeat Bai Mao.

But is there even a next life?

Blackbeard did not know; Blackbeard only suddenly felt pain, and suddenly saw his headless corpse spraying blood.

"It… hurts… so much…"

Davy D. Teach, former intern of the Whitebeard Crew, son of Rocks, captain of the Blackbeard Pirates, is dead.

Blackbeard did not die alone.

Along with him, publicly executed were the remnants of the old era who had hidden themselves at the founding of the United Kingdom.

This was also the second achievement Lafitte gained; reclaiming the Dark-Dark Fruit was only one part.

Precisely because Lafitte had infiltrated the Blackbeard Pirates for nine years, the United Kingdom was able to uproot the old-era remnants and completely purge the obstacles hindering the era's development.

Blackbeard's death did not cause much stir—it was even less impactful than the execution of the old-era remnants.

Far more significant was the battle between former Four Emperors Xia Luote Charlotte Lingling, accompanied by three hundred followers, and the Marine hero Karp and the Giant Prince Loki in the North Blue.

Even Morgans personally deployed to film the entire event…