The Black Throne of Pirates

Chapter 114 Ice and Snow Town

Cassia City, the capital of Magnetic Drum Kingdom, in the royal palace.

Gresham, with a tired face, frowned after listening to Chancellor Herbert's report, and then looked at the antique wall clock hanging on the wall. The time on it showed that it was still half an hour before midnight.

"Cough cough cough~"

Suddenly, there was an uncomfortable feeling in his chest, and the old king couldn't help but began to cough again, his face quickly turned pale, and the nearby guards immediately took out a potion for the old king to take.

After a while, the old king gradually stopped coughing, and his face gradually turned rosy.

Herbert, who was also gray-haired, couldn't help showing deep worry on his face when he saw this. As one of Gresham's most trusted people, he knew very well that His Majesty's body was almost exhausted. It is only supported by precious medicines.

However, if the drug is used too much, the human body will develop drug resistance. Recently, Gresham needs more and more drugs, which undoubtedly means that the drug is no longer effective.

"Your Majesty, you might as well agree to that shameless businessman's request. Although the financial aspect is a little tight, we can still support it by reducing a little expenditure, but we can't suffer too much. Since that shameless businessman has the ability to collect devil fruits, let that shameless businessman The merchant will help you find a turtle fruit of the animal family."

Herbert knew the importance of Gresham to this country, and he, who loved this country deeply, took a deep breath and said to the old king.

Now that the medicine is almost unable to support the old king's survival, the only hope in the world that can keep the old king alive may be the magical sea treasure such as devil fruit.

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When Gresham heard Herbert's words, a hint of anger appeared on his face, but he soon became helpless again, with deep exhaustion on his face.

He knew very well what Herbert meant, and he just wanted him to use the Devil Fruit to continue living.

According to the doctor's words, the vitality of his body is almost exhausted. Even the continuous stimulation with drugs and external supplements are of no avail. to fight.

If he can eat an animal-type devil fruit, maybe he can use it to gain more vitality, especially the turtle-type devil fruit, which can increase the user's lifespan by a lot, although it can cure the symptoms but not the root cause , but it does allow him to live longer.

It's just that he is in too much pain. He has been fighting against the disease for seven years. During these seven years, he has been in pain almost all the time, and the disease has almost driven him crazy.

The pain of bereavement even made him think of ending his life early.

He is tired, he has dedicated his life to this country, and now he just wants to take a good rest.

"Please persevere, Prince Mushulu is already on his way back, and I believe he will be back soon."

Of course Herbert was aware of the pain of this old friend, and he also knew very well that the old friend was indeed very tired and didn't want to live for a long time. He couldn't help showing shame on his face, but he still said firmly to the old king.

At least Gresham can't die until Mushulu, the only remaining legal heir of the Drum Kingdom, returns. Once he dies, the hearts of the people in the country will be scattered, and the morale of the king's army will also be greatly reduced.

Gilbert, the leader of the rebel army, will definitely not miss this golden opportunity, and he will definitely launch a full-scale attack immediately.

At that time, even if Mushuru comes back, the overall situation has already been settled, and all the people and forces who stand on Gresham's side in the country will be purged. No one can afford to lose this war.

"I see, you can step back."

Gresham was silent for a long time. Seeing that the time was about to pass 0 o'clock, he finally sighed and said helplessly.

For this country, he still needs to continue to carry forward for a while.

Hearing this, Herbert bowed and left.

"Furfurfur~~"

Not long after Herbert left the room, Doflamingo's incomparably arrogant and triumphant laugh came from the room.

Bingxue Town, a seaside town located only a dozen kilometers away from the east of Snow Wind City, although there are no special products or important resources here, but as an important window for foreign exchanges for the military center of Snow Wind City, here is also Prosper because of its unique geographical location.

There is a good port here, which is a rare deep-water port in the Magnetic Drum Kingdom. Although the area is a bit small, it can still accommodate more than a dozen large ships at the same time.

Relying on the merchant ships that come in and out every day, Bingxue Town gradually prospered, and quickly developed from a small town with a population of only a few thousand people to a large town with a population of tens of thousands.

Unfortunately, with the outbreak of the civil war, the rebels completely destroyed the wharf here in order to prevent the king's navy from landing here and rapidly increasing their troops, and even plundered this relatively wealthy town like pirates, causing this place prosperity ended.

In the next two months, the place was often harassed by rebels, preventing the king's army from successfully restoring the port here, causing a large number of residents to flee here, and the once-bustling town quickly became a place full of robbers and enemies from time to time. A run-down town infested with thieves.

The next day, the sun rose as usual, and the remaining residents in the town who could not leave their homeland woke up from their sleep.

Humans are a very resilient creature, very adaptable to the environment.

The same is true for the residents living in the winter island of the Magnetic Drum Kingdom. The harsh living environment has allowed them to forge their indomitable will since childhood.

Although it was difficult for the residents in the town to adapt to the suddenly harsh environment in the town at first, they began to flee in large numbers, but as time went by, the residents who stayed behind quickly adapted to the new life, and they began to rely on fishing and hunting. The animals in the forest come to make a living, and some shrewd and bold people even go to the nearby army to do business.

But in any case, the peaceful and beautiful life in the past is gone forever, and they live in fear every day, for fear that the rebels, robbers and pirates will bring disaster to the town again, and take them away. raised food and wealth.

Due to another heavy snowfall last night, the streets and alleys were filled with a lot of snow. In order to facilitate walking, people had to organize some people to shovel the snow.

In the winter sun, the residents chatted while shoveling snow, enjoying this moment of peace.

"Clang clang ~"

Suddenly, a loud bell sounded in the direction of the town's pier.

Hearing the bell, the residents all showed panic expressions, dropped their work, and then quickly ran back to the house, carrying some food in bags to the woods outside the town.

At the same time, a large pirate ship was rapidly approaching the pier.

Due to the severe damage to the wharf and wrecks of ships everywhere, it took a little effort for the pirate ship to dock successfully. Then, led by a pirate captain wearing a captain's hat, a large number of pirates disembarked from the ship and headed towards the town. run up.

"What kind of broken place is this? Is it just this little thing? Did you keep it private!"

An hour later, the captain of the pirate looked at the pitifully small pile of wealth and food on the ground, and scolded the surrounding men with a dissatisfied expression.

"Absolutely not, Captain. There seems to be no one living in this town. Some people in the town found us in advance and fled. This is all we found." An old pirate said with a depressed face.

When the other pirates heard the words, they also echoed, with the same depressed expression on their faces.

This plunder was the worst they had gained since they came to the great route.

"Damn it, what a broken town, burn it down for me."

Although the pirate captain knew that what his men said was true, he was still very dissatisfied. In a fit of anger, he made a terrible decision.

But when the other pirates heard what he said, they screamed excitedly, obviously wanting to vent their depression by destroying the town.

Soon, many houses in the town were set ablaze under the arson of the pirates.

When the residents hiding in the nearby woods saw the smoke coming out of the town, they all showed despairing expressions. In fact, they almost had nothing, and now they even lost their own homes.

"Bang bang bang~"

A burst of intensive gunfire suddenly came from the discovery of the town, making the residents in the woods tremble, and then a loud charge horn made their eyes sparkle with hope.

Then, an eight-year-old child shouted with joy, "It's His Excellency Masefield coming. This is the charge horn of his army. I will never hear it wrong."

　Recommend a pirate fan.

　　Book title "King Chaldea in Pirate Shape" Introduction: [Transformation: Huge Peacock]

　　[Element Modeling: Flame]

　　[Composite modeling: Yan Peacock]

　　"This thing is getting more and more interesting."

　　Chaldea closed the book, recalling the new abilities written in the devil fruit modeling catalog, so her body turned into a giant peacock, and then surrounded by flames.

　　The flames burned, the sea boiled, and a powerful creature comparable to a mythical species [Flame Peacock] came out.

　　


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