Arkham in the pirate world

Drum Island.

Snow night.

The waves crashed on the shore, and Dalton appeared on the shore.

"Captain Dalton." When the guards at the coastal defense line saw him, they saluted respectfully and asked with some confusion: "What are you doing here?"

"I see that everyone is working so hard all night, so I brought some drinks for everyone. Come on, share some for everyone to drink and warm themselves up." Dalton said in a stiff tone.

Cigu Island is a typical winter island on the Grand Line. It snows and is icy all year round, so the residents on the island like to drink, especially spirits.

Dalton's men opened the wine box and took out bottles of high-strength liquor.

"But, we" the captain on night duty was still a little hesitant.

His team members drooled over the wine and couldn't help but say: "Captain, what's the point? What kind of accident could happen this night? Besides, there's Chief Dalton here."

"Yes, Chief Dalton takes care of us, but we can't live up to his wishes."

The squad leader thought about it and said, "Okay then, just drink less."

His team members couldn't wait to unscrew the bottle caps, let the smell of wine dissipate, and began to drink.

Dalton just looked at them. These guards belonged directly to King Valpo. In other words, there were 3000 troops in the entire Drum Kingdom. They all obeyed King Valpo's orders. Even he could not do anything without King Valpo's orders. Mobilize them.

King Valpo seems to have no control over what he does, but when it comes to military power, he is very tight-lipped.

“This wine tastes really good.”

"Yeah, it's just that I feel a little dizzy."

The team members were laughing, and suddenly, the one who was drinking first fell headfirst into the snow.

Then came the second one, and the third one happened so unexpectedly that the squad leader was shocked. He looked at Dalton and asked, "What's going on?"

"I'm just letting you guys have some sleep." Dalton showed an apologetic expression and said, "Don't worry, everything will be over when the sun comes up."

"You have to carry it"

Before the team leader finished speaking, a fist as big as a sandbag appeared in front of him and he fell to the ground.

"It wasn't me who wanted to betray, it was the king who betrayed us," Dalton said with a painful look on his face.

After getting rid of the night watch team on the coast, Dalton stood on the beach and blew a whistle. Immediately, two large ships came from the darkness.

Gongxi jumped off the boat, and behind him, figures in white cloaks walked down one after another, forming an army of fifteen hundred people.

"How's it going?" Goncy asked Dalton as he glanced at the guard lying down on the snow.

"You just go straight to the castle and drive away King Valpo. Don't hurt innocent people," Dalton said.

Gonsi frowned and said: "Do you think the pirates will not cause destruction? That's too false. Moreover, we must make the people completely lose hope in Valpo, so that you can lead them and build a new country."

"No, I don't want to be the king and drive away Valpo. No matter who it is, I will support him." Dalton said.

Gonsi laughed and said: "Don't be stupid, do you think we are just playing house? If you don't want to be the king, let's find someone more cruel than Valpo. Don't be too naive."

Dalton frowned.

Gonsi patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry, you will be a good king."

As for whether he is a qualified king, that is another matter. Gonsi thought to himself that Dalton is too simple and too idealistic, but what does that have to do with him?

"Don't waste time, go get ready," Gongsi said.

Dalton nodded and left.

"Captain, what should we do with these people?"

"Dispose of them all. We can't let the World Government find out about us."

The men raised their knives and dropped them, and blood was sprinkled on the snow.

"Where can there be a bloodless revolution?" Goncy murmured to himself.

"Everyone, put on your mask and follow me."

Gongxi took the lead, and the troops in white cloaks looked like ghosts in the snowy night. They met sentries along the way. He deliberately let some people go and asked them to go back and inform the villagers.

Dangdang

Alarm bells are ringing.

"The pirates are coming, the pirates are coming," the escaped guards shouted loudly. Soon, the villagers woke up from their sleep. When they heard the shouting outside, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they ran out of their homes in panic.

"What pirates are coming? Please inform His Majesty the King."

Messages are passed layer by layer.

"Your Majesty is not well"

The steward of the castle knocked on the door of King Valpo's palace, and King Valpo came out angry.

"What's the matter? If there's no emergency, I'll chop off your head."

"The pirates are here and are plundering the village at the foot of the mountain," the housekeeper said hurriedly.

"What pirate"

King Valpo was shocked, and then said angrily: "What pirates dare to attack my country?"

King Valpo immediately called his ministers, Cromarimon, Jess, and Dalton, gathered his soldiers, and came to the village where pirates were raging.

When Valpo and the others arrived, the pirates were destroying and looting the village.

"Damn it, these are my king's treasures, kill them" King Valpo ordered viciously.

"kill"

When the war broke out, Gongxi went straight to Valpo and slashed out with a wave of sword. The snow was divided into two halves by him. After all, he was a pirate who had been to the new world and gained experience. In addition, over the years, he had been a substitute for Liszt went about his business, created some scenes on the Cig Island, obtained the domineering method, and learned the armed domineering method.

Although Valpo is a superman with the ability to swallow fruits, and his ability to swallow fruits is certainly not bad, he is still a king and rarely participates in battles. His physical skills are quite rubbish. Fighting relies entirely on fruits, so he will not be able to deal with those who have learned to arm themselves and look domineering. Gongxi was completely at a disadvantage. After a while, he was beaten to pieces.

And the troops under Valpo were not elite. After confronting Gonsi and asking Liszt for instructions, Liszt specially mobilized the Coast Guard Self-Defense Force from the East China Sea. Even though they had the numerical advantage, they were still retreating.

Seeing that the situation was getting worse, Valpo immediately asked Dalton to cut off the rear, and he took Cromarimon and Jace and fled in embarrassment.

As soon as Valbo escaped, his army immediately collapsed, and the residents of the Drum Kingdom were even more devastated.

"Run away"

"Run away quickly, pirates are too scary"

Just when everyone was pessimistic, Dalton stood up. He stopped the retreating residents and said loudly: "Where can we escape? Look at our home. It is suffering from war. Without our home, how can we escape?" Where to escape?”

"Take up arms and fight, not for the country or the king, but for yourself and your homeland."

"Even the king has escaped, what hope do we have?"

"I hope so. There was once a quack doctor named Siruluk who said something before he died. I remember it deeply. He said this."

"When do you think people will die?"

"When you were shot in the heart?"

"No"

"When a terminal illness attacks?"

"No"

"When you drink poisonous mushroom soup?"

"No"

"It's time to be forgotten"

"Even if I die, my dream will come true. The wounded hearts of the people will definitely be healed."

Dalton recalled that night. He couldn't help himself and said loudly: "As long as there is a successor, the country can be cured. If we give up on saving ourselves, who do we hope will save us? Let's fight." "

"Dalton is right. It's time to fight. We have to save ourselves."

"fighting"

Encouraged by Dalton, the residents' enthusiasm surged and they spontaneously gathered around Dalton.

Seeing this, Goncy detached a part of his army to pursue Valpo, while he faced the remnants of the army gathered by Dalton.

After a short battle, the remnant army led by Dalton repelled Goncy's troops and won.

Gongsi retreated with his team and came to the coast.

"Where's Valpo?"

"We gathered some of the defeated troops and fled to the sea by boat." said the sergeant who led the pursuit.

"Have you finished counting the personnel?"

"It's all here."

"Where are the battle losses?"

"Two people were seriously injured and 2 people were slightly injured."

"Retreat first"

Gongxi led the team and left Ciggu Island.

"Damn it, what are the backgrounds of those pirates?" Valpo was wrapped in a bandage, and the other party almost cut him in half with a sword.

"I don't know," Jace said.

"Your Majesty, what should we do now?" Cromarimon asked.

"Those pirates will leave sooner or later. When they leave, we will go back." Valpo said through gritted teeth.

He yawned and said, "That's it, I'll rest first."

Jace and Chromamon exit the cabin.

Early in the morning, Valpo woke up and found that there was a man in the room. He was startled and wanted to get up, but found that he had no strength. He shouted in horror: "Who are you, Jescrom Marimon?"

"Your Majesty the King, you called us" Jace and Chromamon walked into the house.

"Get this man out and kill him!" Valpo shouted.

"Yes, Your Majesty"

Jace finished speaking but didn't make a move.

"Do you want to disobey my king's order?" Valpo asked loudly.

He raised his hand hard and realized that he was handcuffed. Then his not-so-smart mind finally understood what was going on. He looked at his two most trusted subordinates in shock and anger and said, "You have betrayed me." king"

"Hehehe, I'm sorry, Your Majesty, you are no longer our Majesty. If we sell you, we can get million Baileys," Jess said.

"Two hundred million beli, that's a lot of money. We can't get that much despite working so hard under your hands."

Cromarimon said: "I can only blame you for being too greedy. You always take all the treasures for yourself and leave us only a little bit."

"Damn it, I'm going to kill you all." Valpo was extremely angry. He never imagined that his most trusted subordinate would betray him.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand. When Cromarimon and Jess took over Goncy's Bailey, it was only a matter of time before they betrayed Valpo, because people are dissatisfied and greedy. The first time, there will be a second time.

"When you let soldiers hunt doctors, you should think that one day you will be betrayed by everyone." Dalton walked into the room and said solemnly.

"Dalton, damn it, you all betrayed me together."

Gongsi stood up and said, "Okay, this is not the place to talk."

When they came outside, Gonsi said to Dalton: "Valpo can't go back. Don't worry now."

Dalton said: "What will you do to him?"

"He is a king after all. We will definitely not kill him casually, we will just lock him up." Gongsi said.

"Really" Dalton asked.

"I'm going to tell you a lie. You can still save him. We will be the bad guys. Just don't forget our agreement," Gonsi said.

Dalton nodded and said: "Don't worry, as long as it is beneficial to the people, I will definitely support it."

Dalton takes a boat back to the island.

After Dalton left, Jess and Chromamon came around and said with a shy smile: "Brother Gonsi, our share"

"Oh, it's ready. Come with me." Gongsi said.

The two followed Gonsi into the captain's cabin.

On the table, two boxes were opened, filled with banknotes worth ten thousand beli.

Two boxes are million beli. Based on their annual income of almost million beli in the Kingdom of Drum Island, they will have to work for ten years.

When Jess and Chromamon saw Bailey, they breathed a sigh of relief at the same time. They were really afraid that Gonsi wouldn't pay the bill.

"After taking the money, where are you going?" Gonsi asked.

"Of course I want to find a place to live in seclusion. With this money, I can go to the countryside and enjoy the happiness." Cromalimon said.

Jace smiled and nodded.

"Well, let's go. Be careful on the road."

"Goodbye"

Jace and Chromamon each picked up a box of Bailey and left.

"Looks like we were too careful." When he returned to the ship, Chromamon couldn't help but say that his back was covered with sweat.

"Are you satisfied if you get million Beli? Limon." Jace asked.

"Um"

"We now have evidence that the other party colluded with Dalton to murder King Valpo. This is big news. We can definitely get more." Jess said.

Cromarimon's eyes lit up.

On the deck, Goncy watched Chromamon and Jess depart on King Valpo's King Bli.

Boom

Suddenly, a group of faint blue flames, like the flames from hell, enveloped the King of Bulli. A violent explosion occurred. In just a moment, the huge ship turned into countless burning fragments and scattered into the sea. .

As for the crew on the ship, there was absolutely no chance of surviving such a horrific explosion.

After Professor Albert's research, blue flame ice will become a very violent terrorist bomb that will explode when it comes into contact with a large amount of high-temperature oxygen after special sealing and pressure treatment. And this kind of bomb has a very common phenomenon in the New World. Name, Dynamite Rock

"Sorry, you know too much," Gonsi said, looking at the burning sea.

A funny ship sailed on the white sea of ​​clouds. The crew on the ship were lying in a mess, looking like they were about to die.

"Ah, breathe, breathe, I need oxygen." Mochi squirmed like a silkworm on the deck, and his pet lion Leach also opened his mouth wide.

Bucky held a telescope and looked around.

"Captain, let's go back to Visalia, it's too uncomfortable here," Kabaji said.

Visalia is the closest sky island to Qinghai. It is extremely small and the only sky island that allows free access to Qinghai.

Therefore, Visalia has also become the entrance and exit for Qinghai people to enter the White Sea and Baibai Sea. The residents on the island are all meteorological scientists.

"How can I go back? It was so hard for me to find this way." Bucky said loudly.

"I know that on Sky Island, there is an island full of gold, and there is a big bell full of gold on it. Do you want to give up just like that?"

"gold"

"Golden Bell"

The eyes of the crew were all gold. They were liberated from a state of half-death and immediately became full of energy.

Bucky didn't lie to everyone this time. He really knew that there was gold on the empty island. The reason why he came to the empty island to get the gold was to collect enough liquidated damages for himself, terminate the contract with Osborne Arms Company, and then go back to the empty island. Have fun and go treasure hunting.

He, Bucky, is a man of his word.

St.Tin Island.

Maybe the name of this island is not very famous, but if you mention Alabasta, everyone will suddenly realize it.

The Kingdom of Alabasta is located on Sentin Island.

Sentin Island is a desert island with a vast territory, and Alabasta is the largest desert kingdom on Sentin Island.

In addition to Alabasta, there are seven or eight small countries on the island, relying on oasis, one city and one country.

Because it is a desert kingdom, fresh water is particularly important, especially during the dry season, when the price of water is comparable to gold.

Therefore, the countries on Shengting Island often have wars over water sources.

What people living here look forward to most is the next rain.

Therefore, a long time ago, a country where it did not rain invented a green powder that could produce mist-like smoke floating in the air, creating the so-called "artificial rain". People danced and celebrated happily because of the rain, so they called it It is called "dancing powder", but once this powder is used, drought will occur in neighboring countries living downwind. The country that discovered this is furious, you took away all the rain, how can we live?

As a result, a war broke out, and the two countries fought fiercely. From then on, the world government banned the production and possession of this powder.

However, the method of making "dancing powder" has been passed down.

Almaru, an oasis city in Alabasta, is located on the lower reaches of the Santo River.

The sun is dazzling and the temperature is scorching.

On the streets of the port, there were businessmen talking.

"I heard that it hasn't rained in many places for a long time recently."

"Yes, the rainy season that was supposed to come in previous years has not come either."

"But it rains a lot in Albana. I just came back from there, and it rained heavily yesterday." A businessman interjected.

"Isn't it so strange? It's not raining anywhere in the country, but it's raining in the capital Albana."

"Yeah, it's really strange. Look, the Arkham Group's ship is coming."

The merchants stopped talking and gathered around the front. The reason why they gathered here was to wait for the merchant ship of the Arkham Group. On the one hand, they could sell to each other the specialties such as perfume that they had purchased from other places. On the one hand, the wine and other goods brought by merchant ships are sold throughout the country.

The reason why we emphasize wine is because of the drought. In Alabasta, water is an extremely precious thing, and the food that needs water to irrigate has also become extremely precious, so making wine becomes extremely luxurious, and the taste is also not good enough.

Therefore, the merchants who came to Alabasta on the cargo ship of the East China Sea Shipping Company saw the business opportunities and exchanged cheap rum for perfume and other luxury goods. As long as they could take them back, they would sell them to the nobles and ladies of various countries in the East China Sea. , don’t mind spending a lot of money to buy a perfume you like.

It can be said that this is an exchange of dozens of times the benefits.

Compared with high-alcohol wines such as white wine, low-alcohol wines such as rum and wine are more popular among Alabasta people, because such wines can be drunk as water, quench their thirst, and are not expensive. Sometimes It's also cheaper than water.

Those who trade with merchants from all over Alabasta at the port are East China Sea merchants who board cargo ships and dare to take risks.

This is also the trend brought about by the Arkham Group. In the East China Sea now, everyone knows that you can make money by following the Arkham Group. Driven by profit, the Arkham Earldom, which has a highly developed commercial economy, is starting from the East China Sea everywhere. Businessmen who come from all over the country to find an opportunity and have the courage to take risks.

When a businessman goes to sea and brings back ten times or a hundred times the profits, more people will definitely be attracted to go to sea.

This is the power of capital

Of course, this kind of trade is not without risks. Not to mention the pirates, even crossing the windless zone is a dangerous journey. If you encounter a super-large Neptune-type ship, you will have to consider yourself unlucky.

However, if there is a % profit, capital will be ready to move; if there is a % profit, capital will take risks; if there is a % profit, capital will dare to risk hanging. ; If there is a % profit, capital will dare to trample all laws in the world.

Do you want to make money?

miss you

Then go to sea with the Arkham Group

As long as you don't die, one trip can turn you from a country bumpkin to a rich man.

This is a saying that spreads in the earldom of Arkham.

Different from these small businessmen, the Arkham Group's trading partners are all big nobles and large trading houses in Alabasta. The purchases are all in bulk, and each transaction is worth hundreds of millions of beli, and the transactions between the two parties are, It's not perfume or anything like that, but various mineral metals.

Alabasta has a vast territory, and there are rich mineral resources buried under this desert. These happen to be important resources that are lacking in the industrialization process of the Arkham Earldom.

Led by Crocodile, the Arkham Group and the Neferutali royal family successfully reached a cooperation agreement. Alabasta was responsible for mineral mining and preliminary smelting, and the Arkham Group was responsible for the acquisition and transportation.

This is a good thing for Alabasta and benefits the country and the people. The Neferutali royal family has no reason to refuse.

Now in the uninhabited desert of Alabasta, you can see many expedition teams looking for minerals everywhere. As long as you open a mine, you can make a lot of money. At the same time, this has also given birth to a group of black mine owners, as well as the emergence of There was the mining slave trade, and there were violent conflicts over the mines.

Of course, these are the Kingdom of Alabasta's own affairs, and the Earl of Arkham has no control over them. First of all, these are Alabasta's internal affairs. If the Arkham Group intervenes, it is tantamount to interfering in its internal affairs and enforcing the truth. Secondly, these are Alabasta's internal affairs. , anyway, for purchasers, as long as it is a mine, does it matter whether it is a white mine or a black mine?

"Capital comes into the world, from head to toe, dripping with blood and filth from every pore."

Of course, the Arkham Group does not really care about anything. They are also doing charity. They have invested in major cities in Alabasta and built schools, welfare homes, and hospitals. For the local people, Arkham Group The Cam Group has done good things, just like Crocodile drove away the pirates who were harassing the country. They are heroes.

Therefore, in many things, we cannot just look at the surface. People always talk about the word "profit" when getting along with each other. This word cannot be escaped between one force and another force, and between one country and another country.

Would Arkham Group be making these investments if Alabasta didn't have those minerals? Apparently not.

If the whereabouts of "Pluto" were not hidden in Alabasta, would Crocodile come here to fight pirates and engage in some kind of "Utopia Battle"? He was so full that he had nothing to do.

Looking at it from another angle, if Alabasta had a force that even Crocodile feared, would he still dare to scheme like this?

If you fall behind, you will be beaten.

This is best reflected on the sea. You might as well speculate on the world with the greatest malice.

Two months later, the city-states of Alabasta, which had not rained for nearly a year, were suffering from severe drought, especially Elmaroo, located in the lower reaches of the Santo River. It relied entirely on the water source of the Santo River to survive. However, with the drought, the water level decreased , the rivers dried up and water sources were insufficient. After a sandstorm, it was no longer possible to survive. The residents living here had to flee to other cities.

Although the country is experiencing drought, Albasta's capital, Albana, still receives significant rainfall.

This situation finally aroused dissatisfaction everywhere. Why does the capital have rain but we don’t?

And as someone discovered "dancing fans" in the capital, the news spread, and victims from all over the country suddenly realized, followed by anger. In those affected cities, uprisings immediately broke out, and the number quickly expanded to people. .

As the two adjutants of the Kingdom Guard, "Jackal" Gaka and "Falcon" Bell made suggestions to King Nefertali Kobra to lead troops to suppress these rebels, but they were rejected by Nefertali Kobra. The rebels, who were also his subjects, rejected the offer.

Although Naferutali Kobra has taken some measures to solve this problem and made speeches in the hope that the people will believe her, this is of no avail and the situation continues to worsen.

Yuba is the trading center in the western part of the Kingdom of Alabasta, a beautiful city.

Beside the canal.

Young Kosha told his father the rumors he had heard.

"You should know very well what His Majesty the King is like," Kosha's father Doto said with a gentle smile and a white beard.

"Only you old people can say that. To me, it doesn't matter at all. I follow my father and say that Yuba is not for the king." Kosha said while working.

"As long as it rains, people won't be suspicious," Dotto said.

However, the rain that the old people hoped for did not come. The cities in Alabasta dried up one after another, and the people were displaced and slid towards the abyss.