The Great Pirate Era.
The great seas surge and churn, powerhouses destroy and annihilate, each fighting their own battles. It's utterly—
Demotivating!
I, Russil Kuro, age tw...
The Navy's appointment of a new Fleet Admiral is a major event for the world. By this time, the World Conference had already concluded, and the member states were very satisfied with Kuro's ascension to the position of Fleet Admiral. There was not much else to discuss at the conference.
Because of the revolutionary army, they had no intention of holding a meeting. What a joke! If they went to a meeting at this critical juncture, they might not be able to go back... no, they might not be able to go back at all. Who knows when they would hear the news that the revolutionary army had overthrown their country.
Those revolutionary soldiers had weapons from who-knows-where, and it was unclear why there were so many of them, but their uprisings were clearly more powerful than those of previous revolutionary uprisings.
They knew the tricks of revolutionary dramas. In the past, there were other people connected to them in those overthrown countries. At that time, they found other people to be kings. At that time, they were actually not too bothered. They had only lost their thrones. Other losses were not significant. The revolutionary army would just search their accounts to find more favorable 'evidence of crimes'. They could only find superficial things like gold and silver treasures, which could not cause any damage to their core interests.
They still had land deeds, real estate, and businesses, all of which the revolutionaries ignored. What they cared about was how much wealth those 'criminal' kings had amassed. If some kings didn't have money on the surface, they would even subsidize the next one themselves so that the common people could live better lives.
Therefore, the Revolutionary Army was an enemy of the World Government at that time because it overthrew the country, which was equivalent to automatically withdrawing from the member states.
They weren't enemies of those kings, and although they might lose their thrones, it was fundamentally different from what they were doing now.
The revolutionary army at the time wanted their positions.
The revolutionary army now wants the lives of all of them!
They no longer seek opportunities from nobles, as if they've lost hope. They'll take matters into their own hands. Not only that, they'll kill all the nobles, especially those with assets. While they won't kill indiscriminately, once they discover that your wealth is enormous and doesn't align with the nobles' public income and expenditure, they'll question you and convict you based on the people's testimonies, no longer seeking 'ironclad evidence'.
They didn't care anymore; they didn't care whether the country would be stable without these nobles.
What's amazing is that after the kings lost their nobles, the common people, after the initial discomfort, became even more enthusiastic. Every time the revolutionary army conquered a country, their power would increase. Now, even they themselves can't say they don't care, because the scale is too big.
They had weapons and personnel, and those personnel seemed extremely excited, like pirates, shouting that they would twist the heads off these nobles.
panic...
This time, these kings, especially those under the influence of the revolutionary army, felt panic for the first time.
It's different now, completely different.
In the past, even if some of them were overthrown, they didn't really care when they heard the news. They would just say something like, "The Revolutionary Army is really despicable." After all, the Revolutionary Army would remove them from the throne. But now, what does that matter?
Their bloodline remains, and legally they are still the kings of that country. They will always have a chance, as long as they are strong enough. Even if the common people no longer recognize them, they still have a natural status, and the common people will still have a natural sense of awe towards them. Perhaps their children, their descendants, will still have a chance to ascend the throne.
Because, in their view, the actions of the revolutionary army could not last long, especially since the revolutionary army had existed for nearly thirty years and its drawbacks had already become apparent. In the countries that were overthrown first, the people who were put on the throne by the revolutionary army also had the same problems as their kings.
When they were young, they also thought about what they could do for the country. They were young people with dreams in their hearts. They wanted to change the harsh conditions and protect the common people. But as time went by, they became powerless. After they tried to change things, they found that it was better to change things. Although they didn't know why, they eventually gave up. They thought that it was good for the king to just be like this.
Some of the kings who were put to power by the revolutionary army gradually became like them, and in the end, those countries remained the same as before.
But this time it's completely different!
The revolutionary army no longer needs them!
The revolutionary army wanted to slaughter them all, and their slogan was to let the people rule their own country. They claimed that the revolutionary army was dedicated to the happiness of the people and that they would guide the people in governance.
This is completely heretical!
Such a situation has never occurred at sea before.
At a time like this, who would dare to stay here for a meeting?
Their purpose in holding the meeting was to urge the Navy to prioritize dealing with the Revolutionary Army, especially since Sakazuki had already been defeated by pirates. Instead of continuing to entangle with pirates, they should focus on fighting the Revolutionary Army first.
What?
To disrupt the situation?
What situation is there to disrupt? So what if the pirate situation picks up again?
Even if we really did return to the Great Pirate Era, so what?
Pirates don't threaten their thrones; at most, they just rob them. Even the famous Crocodile spent so many years in seclusion for the sake of a country, but in the end, he still didn't get it. It's too difficult for pirates to steal a country, and they can only steal it. Their status naturally makes them hostile to the common people.
The revolutionary army is different. The civilians like the revolutionary army, and the revolutionary army doesn't steal; they directly rob, and they do it in a way that makes it seem justifiable. At this critical juncture, how could they possibly let the navy continue fighting?
But they still continued fighting.
Because the next person to take the throne is Lucilfer Kuro, the Golden Lion.
They had all heard of this navy officer.
He was famous long ago, having defeated many notorious pirates and carried out massacres of civilians in several countries in his struggle for power, perfectly fulfilling the mission assigned to him by the World Government.
Especially recently, the era of the Four Emperors has come to an end!
Unlike Akainu, who doesn't care about the member states, Lucilfer Kuro, the "Golden Lion," seems to care, because he cares more about the World Government's reputation.
They are willing to give such a man a chance.
If it were him, he might quickly resolve the war with the pirates.
In that case, we can turn our attention back to dealing with the revolutionary army.
But this is on the premise that the war against the pirates can be resolved quickly, at most within a year. They will give him a year to fight the pirates because of Jin Ni's reputation.
If this still doesn't end, then we'll have to let the Golden Lion deal with the Revolutionary Army first.
Before that, they were able to hold on because they had adopted David's methods...