With Olivia's introduction, Titi did not linger long; she strode toward the World Government building.
There were many people still to enter today, she didn't want to wait too long.
After all, being the first to enter looked impressive, but it also meant waiting the longest.
After Titi's entrance, one luxury carriage after another, pulled by various strange beasts, stopped before the World Government building.
["Now approaching is the King of the Goya Kingdom..."
["The Flower Country is located in the West Sea..."]
["The Ballywood Kingdom..."]
["The....."]
Each time a monarch from a member nation entered, Olivia gave a brief introduction, covering the king's background, basic history and situation of the country, and even a few small stories about each royal family.
For a pirate world starved for entertainment, who had ever heard anything like this?
Even if Olivia's tone was a bit like a history teacher lecturing, her wealth of knowledge made the viewers thoroughly enjoy it.
After all, for many viewers this was the first time they'd ever seen a king, let alone heard related facts about them.
The only regret was that so many people heard it at once; it couldn't become private talk among friends, which left some viewers a little disappointed.
All fifty rulers of the member nations had entered the World Government building within less than two hours.
In the atmosphere of intense attention and eager expectation, the previously soothing music suddenly changed key and the tempo sharply quickened.
BOOM!
A godlike, ethereal sacred music filled the sky. Just listening to the piece, performed with full force by a dozen or so players who all possessed instrument-type Devil Fruit abilities, made people involuntarily feel the urge to prostrate in worship.
Staring at the temporarily empty live-screen, all the viewers instinctively held their breath, knowing that the people about to enter next were the truly pivotal figures.
["Now entering is the head of the Nerona family, one of the nine great Celestial Dragon families, and also Commander of the God's Knights, Saintess Nerona Vanessa!"]
At the mention of a Celestial Dragon's name, even Olivia's voice became a bit more solemn.
Under the breathless, expectant gaze of everyone, the imagined luxurious carriage did not appear. Instead, a tall, mature woman suddenly appeared at the end of the red carpet.
Her appearance was silent, as if she had teleported, hard to grasp.
Vanessa's expression was cold; she had no intention of interacting with the camera. She merely walked past Olivia with indifference and, as if going through the motions, strode into the World Government building.
In truth, if not for Rosse's orders, she would have been too lazy to follow the protocol.
Today she would not participate in the World Conference; after the entrances were over she would follow Olivia around other parts of the Holy Land, introducing more Celestial Dragon-related deeds.
The World Government had done many monstrous things, but after ruling the world for nearly 800 years, if you wanted to find good deeds to speak of, you could talk for days and nights without finishing.
Rosse permitted Olivia to speak some "truths", though those truths were mostly the crimes committed by the ten families that had been wiped out.
Anyway, since they were already destroyed, blaming those bad deeds on the fallen families could be counted as contributing to the stability of the World Government.
If there were only eight families left now, Rosse thought about simply pinning all the bad deeds on the other eighteen families.
After all, the Jaygarcia family was one of the nineteen families, and its members rarely left the Holy Land, unlike some families that ran around everywhere and committed massacres at most during hunts.
But whenever they slaughtered, they did it cleanly; there weren't many direct enemies left.
After Vanessa entered, three ordinary Celestial Dragon families followed.
Then Saint Sommers, Saint Mars, and Saint Nusjuro, the three Five Elders, entered in sequence, walking into the World Government building under the watchful eyes of all.
From Vanessa onward, every appearance was inscrutable; all used various Devil Fruit abilities to assist their entrances.
Even casual viewers could see the difference compared to the monarchs of member nations entering earlier.
Each monarch's entrance, paired with the accompaniment of instrument-fruit users, allowed everyone to imagine the prosperity of those rulers and their countries.
But their greatness was still within the realm ordinary people could comprehend.
The Celestial Dragons' appearances, and an aura that could be felt even through the screen, made many viewers instinctively drop to their knees.
Kneeling before the Celestial Dragons had become a memory etched into their bones.
Even separated by thousands of miles, most still chose to kneel.
When Saint Garling finally finished walking the red carpet, he did not enter the World Government building; instead he stood at the gate, quietly staring toward the entrance.
Most viewers assumed the four Five Elders had appeared, so the final person should be next.
But many wondered why, among the representatives of the Celestial Dragon families, the most talked-about one of the past two years was not present.
Could it be that person had already become a Five Elder?
Only some informed types, like Saint Garling, wore expressions tinged with gloom.
This grand display, even internally among the Celestial Dragons, was meant to showcase their divine might by contrast.
Saint Garling did not oppose that.
But one thing made him very uneasy.
Up to now, his Observation Haki had not detected the positions of Saint Saturn and Rosse.
He did not know who would represent the Jaygarcia family. If it was Saint Saturn, everyone would be overjoyed; but if it was Rosse, then things would get interesting.
Having the Jaygarcia family appear last would be unopposed.
But if the one who appeared was not a Five Elder, some of the other Five Elders would be displeased.
Appearing last easily made people associate that position with the highest current authority in the World Government.
If the final entrant were Saint Saturn, then all five being the Five Elders would raise no issues.
But if the final entrant were Rosse, wouldn't that imply Rosse stood above these Five Elders?
Even if people thought the Jaygarcia family ranked above the others, it would still make Saint Garling and others uncomfortable.
["Now making the final entrance is the Jaygarcia family, one of the nine great Celestial Dragon families!"]
["Warrior God of Science and Defense, Saint Jaygarcia Saturn!"]
As the voice fell, black smoke rolled across the venue and Saint Saturn's huge figure appeared inside.
Before Saint Garling could breathe a sigh of relief, Olivia continued, ["And also, the head of the Jaygarcia family, the Celestial Dragon's supreme power, Saint Jaygarcia Rosse!"]
As Olivia's words fell and Saint Garling fixed his face into the utmost gloom, the black smoke that accompanied Saint Saturn's entrance suddenly dissipated.
Immediately, a surging, roaring sound of ocean waves, like an ancient summons, exploded in everyone's ears.
Even through distant broadcast screens, people felt as if they were plunged into a deep, mysterious abyss beneath the sea, experiencing a suffocating pressure.
While everyone immersed in a dark, underwater illusion, a dazzling light suddenly poured down from above like a sword cutting through the darkness, illuminating the whole world.
A towering figure slowly emerged at the edge of that light, growing from blur to clear, until finally it became Rosse' imposing body.
As Rosse's gaze swept across, all watching the broadcast trembled inwardly.
Even thousands of miles away, they involuntarily prostrated themselves, as if facing an irresistible deity, losing even the courage to lift their heads.
A god cannot be looked upon!
And now, the god has DESCENDED!