People are pirates, creating Cthulhu

Rossinandi still underestimated the appeal of gold to the residents of Algina.

Before he even left Algina, word spread throughout the city that there was a crimson desert buried with countless gold near the trade route to Eluma.

Even the carriage driver who had originally agreed to take Rosinandi to Rapeseed Flowers abandoned him. Fortunately, the other party gave him the entire carriage in order to escape smoothly, which saved him from leaving. The embarrassment of leaving Algina.

In the palace, Kobra lay half-lying in a chair, a little haggard.

Standing in front of him was the first minister of the kingdom. He had just entered the palace urgently to report to Cobra the sudden outbreak of the Crimson Desert Incident.

"Your Majesty, no matter whether there is a deep red desert with gold buried on the trade road to Eluma, if so many people gather in the desert, if something unexpected happens, the king's army will probably have to clean up the mess. That's right. It’s better to kill this trend as soon as possible.”

What the minister said is not unreasonable, but forcibly sending the king's army to suppress the people involved in this matter may lead to greater conflicts.

Cobra had to take this into consideration.

The best way is to allow the people to continue their gold mining journey under strong protection, which can prevent the entire incident from sliding into an unpredictable direction without causing a strong backlash from the people.

But who should be assigned this “powerful protection”?

A figure jumped out of Cobra's heart.

Not long after, Crocodile stood at the door of the palace again.

This was the third time the king summoned him in just two days. Crocodile narrowed his eyes slightly, took a puff of his cigar, and then exhaled a large sheet of white smoke that enveloped his face.

Does this guy Kobra really regard himself as a tool that can be manipulated at will?

A flash of light flashed in Crocodile's eyes, and the guard who went to report quickly returned and led him all the way to the king's study.

When Crocodile entered the study, the king seemed to have just finished discussing something with the first minister.

"Your Majesty, we have checked all the hotels near the two streets and found nothing suspicious."

Although he really wanted to take advantage of Krasson's ability to haunt people with nightmares, after some testing, the palpitating feeling in the other party made him feel that cooperating with such a person was tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger.

On the contrary, maybe I can make good use of the sudden outbreak of the crimson desert.

Gold is not of much use to him, but it is a very important resource for Kobra who needs to pay a large amount of heavenly gold every year.

But I still don’t know what Kobra’s attitude is towards this matter.

After reporting the progress of the nightmare incident, Crocodile stood quietly aside, as if he was really a loyal hero who only wanted to share Kobra's worries.

"Thank you for your hard work. We can let the nightmare matter go for a while. I will let the guards continue to keep an eye on those hotels. However, the First Minister just informed me of another matter, which has reached the point where there is no need to delay."

coming!

Crocodile was shocked, knowing that Kobra was probably going to tell him about the Crimson Desert.

"What about the Crimson Desert?"

"That's right, phew, as expected, this matter has spread throughout the entire royal city." Kobra smiled bitterly.

"What is your majesty going to do?"

"I just discussed it with the First Minister, and we all agreed that you are still needed to help protect those citizens who are panning for gold in the desert."

"There is no shirking the responsibility." Although Crocodile was dissatisfied, as a hero of Alabasta, his character still needs to be maintained. After a pause, he continued: "However, I heard that the total amount of gold in the desert is very huge. It even exceeds the total assets of this country. Such a large amount of money falling into the hands of the people may cause greater turmoil."

"This……"

Cobra was shocked. Although he knew that this matter was widely spread, he never expected that the total amount of gold buried in the desert would reach such an astonishing amount.

"If this is the case, it seems that the army must be used to forcibly expel the gold-mining people. But how to solve the conflicts caused by forced suppression?"

"If His Majesty and Lord Crocodile go to persuade him together, there should be no problem."

Crocodile's eyes lit up after hearing the First Minister's words. Kobra has been staying in the palace for these years. It would be hard for him to explain his sudden disappearance, but if something happened to him in a dangerous place like the Crimson Desert, I believe that no one will doubt me.

"I think there is nothing wrong with the plan mentioned by the First Minister. If I guarantee it with His Majesty's credibility, I believe the people can understand it."

Seeing that Kobra was still hesitating, Crocodile immediately added a heavy weight to the still swinging balance.

"Okay, let's leave immediately before things get too big."

Cobra was also a decisive person. Now that the method had been decided, he no longer hesitated and immediately summoned his guards to head towards the legendary Crimson Desert.

The trade road from Algina to Eluma.

The originally sparsely populated sandy road is now crowded with people, and the eyes of everyone walking on this path are full of enthusiasm and longing.

After walking about one-third of the way along the commercial road, the gold diggers climbed over a huge sand dune nearly [-] meters high and saw that the other side of the dune was filled with flaming red sand and gravel.

This deep red desert like a sea of ​​fire shimmered with golden stars from time to time under the sunlight. In the distant depths of this desert, they could still vaguely see golden pillars standing in the sand dunes.

This place is simply a gold digger’s paradise.

Everyone will be attracted by its magnificence and magnificence when they first see the spectacular scene here. Then they will rush into the desert with a face of ecstasy, pick up the washbasin and water they brought back from home, and keep rinsing. Red sand with golden light.

As more and more people squeezed into this deep red desert, when those coming behind climbed onto the sand dunes, all they could see was the vast expanse of gold diggers' backs almost buried in the desert.

At this time, people who had already found the first batch of gold sand had also discovered that the deeper into the desert, the higher the proportion of gold sand mixed with red sand, so the ambitious people began to bravely move towards the depths of the desert. Go ahead.

The sun sets gradually and the night rises.

With the faint moonlight, little golden lights still shine in the crimson desert.

Even at night, the gold diggers who were in high spirits were unwilling to leave just now, but a cold atmosphere enveloped this red desert.