"All the wealth in the king's palace?!"
Filius Vorhan looked at Shanks standing in front of him, his tongue tied, he stammered and repeated something, his eyes full of astonishment and shock.
He didn't expect that this young pirate had such a big appetite and dared to say such words.
"you"
Filius Vorhan subconsciously wanted to scold the other party, but reason ultimately made him swallow back the next words.
He quickly thought about the current situation, paused and said:
"Young man, don't be so impulsive. I suggest you take your 30 million Baileys and leave as soon as possible."
"I promise, as long as you leave now, I won't pursue you."
"And we will not inform the navy of your attack on the palace."
Hearing this, Shanks kept his smile on his face. He glanced at Filius Vorhan, who was pretending to be calm, raised the long sword in his hand, put it on the other's neck, and said:
"Now."
"I changed my mind."
"I think your palace is very nice. This will be the territory of our Red Hair Pirates from now on."
"Could you please leave my palace?"
The cold blade was placed on Filius Vorhan's neck. The sharp blade cut Filius Vorhan's skin, and trickles of blood flowed out.
Filius Vorhan stood in front of Shanks, not daring to move, and his body couldn't help but begin to tremble violently.
"I'm leaving!"
"I'll leave right away!"
"Don't kill me!"
The forced decency can no longer be maintained under the threat of death.
Filius Vorhan's knees softened and he fell to the ground, kowtowed to Shanks, tears streaming down his face, his face full of fear.
Shanks couldn't help but frown when he saw this scene, and then slowly sheathed the knife. Shanks had never been one to bully the weak with a gun, and this scene in front of him didn't make Shanks feel any better.
Filius Vorhan saw Shanks put away his long knife, as if he had granted amnesty, and without caring about his wife in the house, he stepped on his boots and left in embarrassment.
Seeing that the king had fled, the guards did not dare to stay in this place any longer. They followed Filius Vorhan and disappeared in a flash.
"Madam, you should have heard what we said, right?"
"Leave the palace within five minutes. I don't want to see irrelevant people in my house."
Shanks said this, walked out of the room and disappeared in an instant.
In the square of the palace, the sound of weapons clashing could be heard from time to time. The crew members of the Red Hair Pirates were fighting "fiercely" with the palace guards.
Of course, this fierceness only looks fierce. In fact, the Red Hair Pirates acted very relaxed and casual. Facing hundreds and thousands of guards whose number was still increasing, they acted very relaxed.
For some unknown reason, the palace guards of the Kingdom of Goa are all the most traditional armored soldiers. Their weapons are long spears, and they have no firearms.
This also means that these ordinary guards have no way to threaten the safety of the Red Hair Pirates and others.
When Shanks returned to the square, there were not many guards left standing. The entire square was filled with guards lying on the ground and wailing.
Shanks drew his sword and shouted:
"Everyone from the Kingdom of Goa!"
"Your king has escaped!"
"From today on, this palace, no, this country!"
"This is the territory of our Red Hair Pirates!!"
Steal the country.
It sounds like a very big thing, but for some people in the extraordinary world, this kind of thing is actually a very easy thing.
If the "old" king of a country is very popular among the people, then stealing the country is indeed quite difficult and requires some thought and means to accomplish. However, if the old king of a country has a weak sense of existence in the hearts of the people, stealing the country will not make much sense to the people at all.
The day after the Red Hair Pirates entered the Goa Kingdom's palace, Filius Vorhan and his people hurriedly boarded a cruise ship and left the country.
It was the next day that the kingdom's nobles learned the news of the change of ownership of the palace.
In the name of the king, Shanks summoned all the powerful nobles in the country. It was not until those nobles saw the unfamiliar face of Shanks in the palace that they realized what had happened.
What happened next became a little simple. Under the coercion of "Big Knife", although these nobles in power had various thoughts in their hearts, when they were in front of Shanks, these little thoughts were restrained and not revealed.
In order to consolidate his authority, Shanks also pulled out a few "representatives" to make the other "masters" bleed.
Shanks hadn't just been eating, drinking and having fun in the past few days, he had also done some serious work.
It is simply impossible to seize power without bloodshed.
However, there are still some rules for making people bleed. When killing people, one must have a legitimate reason. This can not only make others feel afraid and establish one's own authority, but also let people know that one is not the kind of person who kills indiscriminately.
Only in this way can these people be made "obedient".
The change of power in the Kingdom of Goa didn't affect the common people at the bottom of society at all. Filius Vorhan had never had much of an impact on the kingdom's operations, and now that there was a new "king," he still hadn't made much of an impression.
However, knowing that their country is controlled by pirates, panic will naturally arise in the hearts of the people, and as this panic spreads, it will soon turn into rebellion.
With the deliberate guidance of some nobles, some resistance forces soon formed within the Kingdom of Goa.
Shanks didn't care about this at all. His attention was now focused on the navy's reaction.
Such a big thing happened in the Kingdom of Goa in the East China Sea, and of course the navy also got the news.
The first place the fleeing Filius Vorhan clan turned for help was the East Sea Navy. However, when the East Sea Navy heard that their opponent was the Red Hair Pirates, their first reaction was not to quickly attack and head to the Goa Kingdom, but to report to the higher-ups and inform the Navy Headquarters.
You may not believe it when I tell you.
Not only is the pirate force in the East China Sea weak, but the navy is also not strong.
The highest commanders of the naval bases in the East China Sea were often Lieutenant Colonel or Colonel. The naval branches here could only deal with small pirates and had no ability to deal with pirates with a bounty of 30 million berries.
Even after more than a decade, with the bounty "inflation", the East China Sea Navy could not deal with Creek, the "East China Sea Overlord" with a bounty of 17 million.
Not to mention letting the current navy deal with the Red Hair Pirates.
The bounty inflation is very serious in this era. A pirate worth 30 million berries is not something that an ordinary navy can deal with.
"The Red Hair Pirates?"
"Attacked the Kingdom of Goa? And became king?"
When Navy Marshal Sengoku heard the news, he was also confused. Sengoku had heard of pirates occupying countries and becoming kings in the second half of the Grand Line, that is, the New World.
But in Sihai, such things have never happened in recent years.
The reason is very simple, because the navy has strong control over the four seas. Generally speaking, even if such a thing happens, the navy can often strike at the first time.
Such a thing happened in the East China Sea, which really shattered the three views of the Warring States period.
“Bang!!”
"Assholes! Too rampant! Do these pirate groups think our navy doesn't exist?"
"Strike hard, strike hard!"
While listening to the report from the other end of the Den Den Mushi, Zhan Guo slammed his fist on the desk and roared angrily.
Not long after hanging up the phone, Zhan Guo wanted to call his "old friend" and ask him to come over.
But before he picked up the receiver, he heard a ring coming from the drawer under the desk.
"Blur, blur—"
Hearing the sound of the Den Den Mushi, Zhan Guo's expression froze. He stopped what he was doing, quickly opened a drawer below, took out a snow-white Den Den Mushi from it, and quickly picked up the receiver.
"Sengoku, don't attack the Red Hair Pirates!"
After the call was connected, the first words coming out of the receiver stunned Zhan Guo.
"What?"
After pondering for a long time, Zhan Guo opened his mouth and asked only this question.
"You don't need to know. You just need to know not to attack the Red Hair Pirates!"
The voice on the other end of the line was Topman Wolchulisheng, one of the Five Elder Stars, the God of Law. Hearing this familiar voice, Zhan Guo's brows were filled with anger. He changed his usual humble and polite demeanor and asked in a deep voice:
"Are you telling me to turn a blind eye to pirates?"
"That made a huge impact, pirate!"
Topman Vochuli Saint also clearly sensed that something was amiss with Zhan Guo. He also frowned and said coldly, "Zhan Guo! Are you questioning the decision of our Five Elders?"
Although Sengoku is the Navy Marshal, in the eyes of the Five Elders, the prestige of Sengoku as the Navy Marshal is far inferior to that of the previous Steel Bone Sora.
Topman Vochulisheng also had a very tough attitude towards the Warring States.
Zhan Guo didn't say anything, but suddenly a sentence popped out of his mouth:
"The Dawn Sword's navy seems to be in the East China Sea. I will let Yuanyi go there."
After these words were spoken, the other end of the phone suddenly fell silent. After a few seconds, Satan's voice came from the other end of the phone:
"Zhan Guo, if things really get to that point, there's no way to end it."
"I heard that after leaving the Marine G-8 Fortress, Tsugakuni Yoriichi took his subordinates to the Seven Water Capital."
"There's no need to trouble him with this kind of thing."
"The Navy cannot attack the Red Hair Pirates."
"Some things, if it's you, it doesn't matter if you know them."
Satan took over the conversation in a calm tone, comforting Zhan Guo's emotions.
"Things? What things?"
As expected, Zhan Guo was attracted by Satan's words and asked.
"The captain of the Red Hair Pirates, Red Hair Shanks, is from the Fegaland clan, a Celestial Dragon!"
Satan revealed a shocking piece of news to Zhan Guo.
Zhan Guo grabbed the Den Den Mushi, his pupils suddenly shrank, and his face was full of disbelief.
"That guy is not from Roger's pirate group." Having said that, Sengoku suddenly fell silent, as if he had thought of some possibility.
"Your guess is correct."
"It was the Battle of God Valley that year."
"Just keep this to yourself, don't tell anyone else!"
Sartan did not hide too much from Zhan Guo and directly revealed Shanks' identity. After hearing this, Zhan Guo's face was also full of anger and asked:
"Turning a blind eye to pirates will greatly undermine the prestige of our navy."
"If Red-Haired Shanks's identity cannot be made public, there needs to be another, reasonable explanation!"
"What are you going to do?"
Soon after Zhan Guo finished speaking, the person on the other end of the phone gave the answer:
"The pirates are becoming more and more powerful, and the remnants of the Rocks Pirates have become more and more active in recent years."
"The navy's strength is still too weak after all."
"We plan to implement the system of the Seven Warlords of the Sea."
"Appease seven powerful pirate groups, allow them to plunder legally, and make them a helper of our government."
"This system will be formally adopted at the next World Conference."
"The Red Hair Pirates will be the first pirate group to accept the invitation."
Upon hearing this news, a look of astonishment flashed across Zhan Guo's face, and a storm of anxiety surged in his heart.
The Zhaoan pirates formed the so-called "Seven Warlords of the Sea". Such an outrageous thing was actually proposed by these old men of the World Government?
Obviously, such a system will definitely bring some negative impacts to the world government, but the first to bear the brunt will definitely be their navy.
Bypassing the Navy and forming a "legal" Seven Warlords of the Sea pirate group is undoubtedly a disgrace to the Navy.
Does that mean that the navy will no longer be able to take action against the so-called Seven Warlords of the Sea? Will they just have to watch them commit crimes?
In an instant, many thoughts flashed through Zhan Guo's mind, but he did not express any of his opinions in front of the Five Elders.
Because Zhan Guo knew very well that his opinions could not influence the decision of the Five Elders.
This kind of plan definitely cannot be formulated in a day or two!
Sengoku and the Five Elders didn't talk much, just a few brief words. After the Five Elders got Sengoku's promise not to take action against the Red Hair Pirates, they hung up the phone.
After putting the Den Den Mushi back into the drawer, Sengoku crossed his hands and rested his chin on them, looking a little gloomy.
"Seven Warlords of the Sea System"
"Is it to balance the pirate forces in the New World?"
"I'm afraid the most fundamental purpose is to balance the power of Tsugikuni Yoriichi."
Zhan Guo pressed his temples and felt a little headache.
“Ka-ka—”
Just when Zhan Guo was worried about these things, the Fax Den Den Mushi on the desk suddenly moved. With a slight sound, a fax document was spit out from the Fax Den Den Mushi.
Zhan Guo picked up the faxed document and scanned it, a faint smile appearing on his gloomy face, but the smile did not last long and soon turned into deep worry.
"Successful infiltration, everything is fine."
The fax in Zhan Guo's hand contained only one sentence. Zhan Guo examined the fax for a moment before handing it to the goat beside him.
This fax comes from Rossinante, the adopted son of a great general of the Warring States Period.
(End of this chapter)
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