Chapter 114: Rubbing the Heat
Kingdom of Alabastan, Rainland.
The Kingdom of Alabastan is a vast country, but most of the area is desert inaccessible, and 80 percent of its population is concentrated in the oasis area on both sides of the Sandora River.
Abundant water, dense population, and convenient water transportation have made the cities along the Sandora River extremely prosperous, and they are the economic center of the Kingdom of Alabastan.
Known as the "Dream City", Yudi is a pearl in the Santa Rolla River basin and the hub of the Kingdom's economic artery.
Regardless of political and historical factors, Rainland is in every sense more qualified as the capital of a country than Albana, which is located in the royal family.
But here's the funny thing:
Rainland, an extremely important economic hub, was managed by the sand crocodile Klockdal as a base camp, becoming a de facto independent kingdom that was not subject to royal rule.
As the king, Kobra not only did nothing about this, but instead followed the public opinion and regarded Klockdahl as a hero to protect Alabastan, which further fueled Klockdahl's arrogance.
Under the careful management of Klockdahl, the people of the Rainland have long been ignorant of the king of Alabastan, and only know that the king has been "protecting" them, His Majesty the Seven Martial Seas.
However, at this moment, the Rainland Lord Klockdahl was not very happy.
According to Galen and Vivi's plan, they should rush to Albana, the capital of the kingdom, as soon as they arrive in Alabastan, and then inform King Kobra, who is still in the dark, of the truth about the sand crocodile's theft.
However, the plan could not catch up with the change, and the sand crocodile falling from the sky caused the hostile sides to directly enter a state of face-to-face, and because of the presence of Hawkeye and Galen's performance, they fell into a delicate stalemate.
And for Klockdahl, the situation is much more awkward.
I can't fight, I can't run, so I have to stalemate with Galen in a daze.
With his recklessness, he would not admit that he had come to attack Galen but stopped from his heart.
Klockdahl would only put on a non-angry and self-righteous appearance, staring at Galen with a cold gaze, and then avoiding his intentions.
In order to break the embarrassing situation and to get in touch with this opponent who was much more than he expected, Klockdahl simply extended an invitation to Galen as the host, allowing the East Sea Knight to take a break in his base camp rain for a while.
Then, something happened to make Klockdahl unhappy.
In the past, when he walked alone on the streets of the rainy land, he would always receive the admiration and longing of countless rainy citizens.
Although Klockdahl didn't really care what the fools thought of him, this reputation as a kingdom hero was the basis of his plan to steal the country, and it was the perfect character he had to carefully maintain.
But today, there is a nasty guy who rubs his reputation that has been hard work.
When the dreadnought Saber landed in the Rainland Harbor, the huge size first attracted the attention of many Rainland citizens.
When the people above walked down, the emotions of the citizens became even more excited-
I saw three people walking in front of the small team:
First of all, there is Klockdahl, the hero of the kingdom worshipped by the people of the Rainlands;
Secondly, there is an Eagle-Eyed swordsman armed with a black sword.
As the most well-known man in the Seven Martial Seas, anyone with a little insight can recognize this famous world's number one swordsman.
The two kings walked side by side with the Seven Martial Seas, and they were eye-catching wherever they went.
And the men who are qualified to walk with these two strong men have naturally gained countless curious or awe-inspiring eyes.
"Who's that man?"
"I don't know, but the armor on his body is so handsome!"
"To be able to walk with Lord Klockdahl, he must also be a hero with good strength!"
The populace whispered and discussed Galen's identity.
And there will always be some insiders among these people:
After all, Galen is also a well-known overlord of the sea, and his external appearance is very unique and conspicuous, and his name has been in the newspapers of the Great Passage along with Comrade Clown, who abandoned the darkness and turned to the light.
Galen, who is not famous on the Great Passage, has become the focus of attention of the citizens of Rainland with the reputation of the sand crocodile in the rain and the reputation of the eagle eye in the world, and it only took ten minutes to make his name known.
Klockdahl was very ashamed of Galen's behavior of rubbing the heat.
And what made him feel even more shameless was that the other party was shameless:
Behind Galen, he was closely followed by several accompanying reporters with valuable video worms, faithfully recording the picture of Galen, the knight of the East China Sea, and the two kings of the Seven Martial Seas walking side by side, talking and laughing.
After the reporter took the appropriate image, he sent the information to the newspaper office presided over by Wallace Tokai through a special remote communication periphery on the spot.
Klockdahl immediately figured out why the Tokai newspaper sent by the intelligence officer was full of head-numbing praise for Galen, who was simply a hype expert with his own reporter's newspaper.
"Awesome!"
Klockdahl silently sighed in his heart.
Compared to Galen's brazen propaganda tactics, his method of catching a few pirates and publicly executing them in front of the citizens was too crude and inefficient.
He has only been able to control the public opinion of one country for so long, but Galen has spread his good reputation to the entire East China Sea in just three months.
It was less than a thirty-minute walk from the port of Rainland to the hotel that Klockdahl had arranged for Galen.
But in this short half an hour, Galen became a news figure spread by word of mouth among the citizens of Rainland, leaving a deep impression of "a friend of the great hero Klockdahl and a strong man on an equal footing with the Seven Martial Seas".
So by the time the group reached the palatial hotel, Klockdahl's face was already gloomy.
"You can stay here first!"
With a face that wanted to eat people, Klockdahl stared at Galen with a sinister gaze and said:
"Tomorrow, I have something I want to talk to you about in person."
After saying that, Klockdahl immediately left Galen and his party and turned to leave, not knowing where to run to vent his embarrassment and frustration along the way from the boarding attack.
"It's still a big city style!"
Galen did not have the slightest consciousness of being targeted by a Seven Martial Seas, but the old god admired the abode where he was staying.
Unlike the traditional architecture of Intraolopoli Goa, which is rich in history and purity and nobility, this hotel blends the culture of the desert kingdom with the money mania of the casino, and the design and decoration are extremely luxurious and commercial.
In this way, two columns of fiery desert girls are placed as welcome guests, and the hotel almost has no money on the wall as decoration, which is undoubtedly the best place for the rich to get drunk and spend their days drinking.
Galen has experienced the trenches of the Klick nouveau riche and the elegance of the old nobility of the Goa Kingdom, but he has not yet accepted the corruption of capitalism.
So he pushed open the door of the hotel with great interest, and prepared to enjoy the sugar-coated cannonball arranged by his nemesis, the sand crocodile, without hesitation.
Princess Vivi, who shoulders the responsibility of her family and country, can't be as heartless as Galen, she has been tense since the sand crocodile boarded the ship, and she has never relaxed her vigilance from beginning to end.
Vivi grabbed Galen, who had walked into the hotel, and whispered in his ear:
"Galen?"
"This is the base camp of Klockdahl! Are we really going to stay in the rain? ”
"No problem."
Galen's expression was still relaxed and indifferent:
"If he dared to do it, he would have done it on the ship before."
As he spoke, Galen also subconsciously set his eyes on the eagle-eyed Mihawk who was carrying the black knife.
With this top powerhouse by his side, how could he be afraid of Klockdahl, who was only the last of the Seven Martial Seas?
Previously, Galen agreed to Klockdahl's invitation, in addition to being confident that he could save his life in front of this half-hung Seven Martial Seas, a large part of the reason was Mihawk's sentence "With me, you can't kill him".
Such a domineering declaration and such a tough protection moved Galen to want to bow down to Mihawkner's head and call him big brother.
And at this time, Hawkeye Mihawk also felt Galen's gaze.
He gently examined the palatial hotel lobby in front of him, his sword-sharp brows furrowed slightly, and then said to Galen:
"I'll go first."
Galen froze.