Chapter 188: Bloody Announcement, Destroying the Beast! (2-in-1)
The Dawn warship sails very fast, and the excellent hull design and power system make it easy for the warship to ride the wind and waves in the waters of the New World.
Although there is no genius navigator like Nami on the ship of Jikokuenichi, the navy's seafaring experience accumulated over the past hundreds of years is enough for them to achieve twice the result with half the effort when training navigators.
The crew members who are at the helm and responsible for navigation on the ship of Jiguoyuan are also transferred by Karp, and they are all "old fritters" who have followed Karp for more than ten or even twenty years.
The journey, which would have taken months to complete, took less than two months to complete the journey.
In March 1500, the army to which they belonged was finally coming to an end of their months-long voyage.
In March in Dressrosa, the weather has begun to warm up.
In the middle of the night, the sky was pitch black, with heavy clouds obscuring the stars and the moon in the sky, and a thick fog enveloping the harbor of Dressrosa.
On such a night, the harbor of Dressrosa was silent, and the people who had been tired from a long day were sleeping soundly, and the lights of the harbor were all turned off, except for the lighthouse on the coast in the distance, which was still shining towards the sea.
A huge ship slowly broke through the layers of dense fog and silently approached the port of Dressrosa under the cover of night.
This is a huge black ship, with a height of more than ten meters, which is the standard medieval giant sailboat style, and at the bow of the ship, is a young golden eagle carrying a giant lantern.
The giant lantern glittered with fire, emitting a dim light that illuminated the sea in front of the giant ship.
The sails on the ship had been retracted, and the ship slowed down even more as the giant ship slowly sailed into the harbor.
A middle-aged man wearing a pirate hat stood on top of the golden statue of the girl in the bow of the ship with his hands on his hands, looking coldly at the dock.
The man is about 40 or so, more than three meters tall, with a majestic figure, and his breath is long.
The weather in the middle of March was still a little cold, but the middle-aged man was shirtless, just wearing a black coat, bearing on his arms on his chest, his muscles bulging, and his green tendons were like dragons, attached to his arms.
Seeing that the ship was getting closer and closer to the dock, the middle-aged man's face was also full of desire.
"Scattering !!"
"Little ones! Let's go! ”
"Bring me the woman, the treasure, to the ship! Hahahaha!! ”
A wild laugh broke the calm of the night, and with the order of the middle-aged man, a sharp cheer instantly sounded on the deck, and in the next second, the ship docked on the shore, and countless black shadows jumped on the pier under the cover of night, and rushed towards the surrounding houses.
A little, frightened exclamations, screams, and cries filled the entire dock.
It was more than ten minutes before the alarm bell sounded on the pier.
"Bell! Clang! Clang! ”
As the bell spread into the distance, more and more people in Dressrosa were awakened from their sleep. The people in the city also heard the bell ringing from the dock, and looked out the window to see the burning houses in the distance.
In the royal palace, the commander of the kingdom's army, who was in charge of the night guard, anxiously tapped on the door of King Riku's room.
Not long after, Riku Dold III, dressed in thin pajamas, opened the door, frowned, and looked solemnly at the army commander who knocked on his door in the middle of the night.
Knocking on the door of his bedroom in the middle of the night, I am afraid that something big has happened.
"King Riku! The docks have been attacked by pirates on a massive scale! ”
When the army commander saw King Riku opening the door barefoot in his pajamas, he immediately knelt on one knee, and after making a big salute, he anxiously reported to King Riku.
“!?”
"Pirate attack?!"
"Where's the garrison at the docks?! Isn't it imperative to get the garrison at the dock to be dispatched immediately?! Immediately let the garrison at the dock send out to clear it, do you still need to ask my opinion on this kind of thing?! ”
"Tenkure Pound, what are you doing with this army captain?!"
The royal palace of King Riku is located in the very center of Dressrosa and is built on a hill. Directly opposite the bedroom of Riku Dold III is a platform with no walls around it, allowing a direct view of the sea.
Hearing the report of his subordinates, King Liku's eyes were already looking towards the location of the port at this moment, although there were layers of dense fog obscuring it, but the fire at the location of the dock could not be blocked by such a dense fog at all.
Although the light of the fire in the distance looked a little blurry under the mist, when King Riku saw such a scene, he immediately realized the seriousness of the situation, and a bad feeling rose in his heart.
"I have already given the order of King Riku, but. . . The dock garrison had completely lost contact with them ten minutes earlier. ”
"So. I have to come and disturb you, I feel that the Self-Defense Forces need to be dispatched! ”
As a member of the world government, the king has the right to prepare his own army, and the entire Dressrosa has a total of tens of thousands of troops.
This army is divided into three parts, one part is the royal army that guards the palace and is stationed in the palace, the other part is to deal with enemy aggression, suppress riots, daily patrols, and is stationed in the outskirts of the city, called the self-defense army, and the other part is to deal with pirate attacks, and the garrison is stationed at ports and docks.
Of these three troops, the Wang Cheng Army has the smallest number and the most elite, and those who can join this army are at least elites who can fight one against three.
The largest number of people is the Self-Defense Army, and although the number is the largest, the quality of the soldiers is the worst.
As for the garrison, the number is in the middle, but the quality of the soldiers is seriously polarized, because they often have to fight with pirates, the turnover is very large, and the veterans are the elite of the elite, but there are also many, many recruits, and the combat effectiveness is actually not as good as the Wangcheng army.
These three troops, including the Wangcheng Army and the Self-Defense Army, need to be ordered by King Liku himself if they want to move in large numbers. Due to its special attributes, the garrison is often able to act on its own, and Tankure Pound, the army commander, can also mobilize the garrison.
In fact, the attack on the docks had been going on for some time before Tenkure Pound reported to King Riku. Dressrosa, located in the New World, is often attacked by pirates, but there are nearly 10,000 guards in force, and generally speaking, the bounty of 8 million small pirates has long been sent away.
But with the development of events, Tankure Pound found that the pirates who attacked the dock this time did not seem to be a general person, not only were the pirates on the dock not successfully suppressed, but the garrison actually lost contact, and the riot seemed to be rapidly extending towards the city
"Self-Defense Forces?!"
"Bastard! Is this still a matter of dispatching the Self-Defense Forces?! ”
"Let the Wang Chengjun take the initiative to prepare!"
King Riku glanced at the scene in the distance, and immediately scolded angrily, then quickly turned back and entered the bedroom.
"What's going on?!" The young woman who was lying on King Liku's bed heard the movement outside, and at this time she had already woken up, looked at King Liku who hurriedly walked back to the bedroom, and asked worriedly.
"Nothing happened!"
"You go back to sleep, I'll go out and I'll be back soon."
King Riku didn't say much, but was relieved, and then took out his armor from the cupboard, hurriedly put it on, and then grabbed the long sword on the shelf, and left the bedroom directly.
Looking at King Liku, who was leaving with a long sword, how could the young woman still be sleepy, got up and walked to the door, and noticed the scene of the dock, and the worry in her eyes could not be erased at all.
The young woman's hands clenched in front of her chest, bowed her head slightly, and secretly prayed for her husband.
"Hahahaha!"
"Guys, get rid of these guys! Don't linger here, go to the city, where there will be more treasures, and more women will be tender! ”
On the edge of the city of Dressrosa, the pirates who were charging towards the city had been intercepted by the reacting Self-Defense Army. The middle-aged man in the pirate hat looked at the guards who were surrounding him, and a wild smile appeared on his face.
As he spoke, he threw a punch directly at the guards in front of him, and in the next second, the terrifying fist wind directly knocked away several guards who were closer, and as the guards' bodies fell back to the ground, the blood instantly stained the ground red.
"Hahahaha!"
"Uncle Ben is a powerful person who has eaten the fruit of strength, how can you waste stop me?!"
The man looked at his masterpiece and laughed heartily.
"Who the hell are you, you bastard?!"
The guards all looked at the tall man with horror on their faces when they saw their companion being killed so easily. Some guards hid their fear with angry scolding and questioned the man.
"Oh?!"
"You don't even know me?!"
The man turned his head to look at the guard who questioned him, his brow furrowed, and his face was full of gloom.
In the next second, the man suddenly disappeared in place, and with a dodge of kung fu, he had already come to the guard's body, his arm quickly stretched out, grabbed the guard's neck directly, raised his hand flat, and lifted the other party's whole person off the ground.
"Uh-ho." The guards were grabbed by the neck and struggled hard, groans of pain emanating from their throats.
"Remember, Uncle Ben is Lou Winter with a bounty of 550 million Bailey."
"Those people call me . Destroy the beast! ”
As he spoke, Lou Winter crushed the guard's neck with a force of his hand, and then threw the body away.
The corpse smashed directly into several guards in the distance. The guards, who could not dodge, were hit by the corpses of their companions, and their sternums were also shattered, and they soon fell silent.
"Isn't it good to live well?!"
"Why did you stop me?"
"As long as we have enough, we will go, don't resist, obediently obey us, and we will survive."
Winter looked around at the guards surrounding him and his men, and smiled and threatened.
And when his words fell, there were really guards who began to retreat in cringe, and it was clear that his words had some effect.
In the face of an enemy who cannot resist, if they are not really forced to a dead end, the vast majority of normal people will not dare to make a desperate bet.
The word heroic has always been used to describe a small number of people!
"Hey, hey!"
Seeing that the guards began to retreat, Winter had a sinister smile on his face, clenched his fists, and after a sprint, he directly entered the crowd of guards.
Although these guards are not strong, if the other party resists stubbornly, it will really waste some of their hands and feet.
It's like now, if they don't have the will to fight, they really become fish on the board and let others slaughter them!
Winter, who entered the guards, opened his bow left and right, and with the power of the fruit of strength, his every punch became a scythe in the hands of the god of death, harvesting the lives of the guards.
Guards who were hit by his fists often had no way to get back up after they fell to the ground. Even if you just get rubbed by your fist, you will still be injured.
But in the blink of an eye, the guards who surrounded Winter and the pirates all fell to the ground, and none of them survived.
"Let's go!"
Winter looked at the corpses of the guards on the ground, smirked, beckoned to his men, and walked towards the city.
Soon, the outskirts of the city began to cry out for help from the people, and the flames began to burn at the edge of the city.
Killing people and setting fires are two of the most skillful things for pirates to do.
Soon, the pirates carried a full "harvest" on their shoulders.
Winter's team has less than 200 people in total. In a rich country like Dressrosa, it only takes a few "rich people" to find it, and the pirates' desire for wealth can be quickly satisfied.
In less than half an hour, Winter began to retreat towards the port with his men, without entering the central area of the city at all.
Just looting on the edge of the city has already made a lot of money.
And not long after Winter and the others faded, King Riku led the royal army to arrive, but when they arrived here, in addition to leaving them all over the ground with messes and wailing and screaming people, where were the pirates?!
The fire burned at the edge of the city, and with the wind blowing, it began to spread in all directions. The surviving citizens saw the pirates disappear and ran out to put out the fire.
King Riku and his men questioned a few survivors, and when they learned that the pirates were beginning to retreat towards the port, they immediately ordered them to chase after them.
However, when King Riku and his royal army chased to the harbor full of corpses, the pirate ship with the golden statue of the maiden standing on the bow had already disappeared into the thick fog.
On the sea, the fog was obscured, and when the Riku Dynasty looked at the sea, he could only see a faint light on the sea. There is no sign of the pirate ship at all, let alone the flag of the pirate ship.
Knowing that this group of pirates had left, King Riku didn't know who the enemy was attacking his kingdom was.
This group of people is like evil ghosts in the thick fog, coming and going quickly.
All that was left was the "pain" all over the ground.
“.”
"Damn bastard! I won't let these guys go! ”
King Riku dismounted, stood at the bow of the ship, and roared through gritted teeth as he watched the light fade from the fog. After venting his emotions for a while, King Liku began to send people to appease and rescue the people and count the losses.
This night is destined to be an unquiet night.
In the early morning, the tired King Riku returned to the palace under the escort of the royal army. The losses suffered by Dressrosa last night have been almost counted.
Aside from the unmeasurable number of property, the casualties of the army numbered in the hundreds, the vast majority of which were garrisons at the port.
The number of people who suffered was five or six thousand.
Seeing that his subordinates reported this data, King Liku's face was unusually ugly, and the commander of the garrison and countless officers were summoned early in the morning.
You know what?! The middle and high-level members of the garrison who could not be contacted last night were actually contacted by the vast majority of them early this morning!
"Fear of war."
"You bastards dare to fight?!!!"
"With the offerings of the people, he actually retreated at such a time! Bastard! You guys are all assholes!! ”
On the throne, King Liku clutched the paper in his hand tightly, looked at the group of officers at all levels of the garrison kneeling below, and said angrily.
Contrary to King Liku's imagination, these guys in the garrison were not completely wiped out by the pirates, but retreated.
Except for a few hot-blooded and upright squad leaders who led the attack, most of them were ordered to retreat to the camp and defend them. The Troop Commander and his family.
Just as King Riku was investigating the damage caused by the pirate attack last night and holding him accountable, a warship slowly docked on the shore of Dressrosa.
"What's going on?"
"Was it attacked by pirates?!"
On the bow of the warship, Cyrus's face was full of excitement, and after seeing the tragic situation at the dock, his face also sank, and he couldn't help but whisper.
Soon, Cyrus left the bow of the ship and hurried towards the cabin.
Not long after, Ji Guoyuan led a smile and Mihawk and others to appear at the bow of the ship, and under the guidance of Cyrus, they looked at the dock.
At this time, there are still traces of the pirates after last night's madness on the docks, the blood on the ground has coagulated and oxidized, and the victims are grieving and digging through the rubble, trying to remove the bodies of relatives and friends.
The road in front of the houses was covered with white cloth, some of which seemed to be a little small, revealing the heads or feet under the white cloth.
Cries of grief filled the entire dock.
When Ji Guoyuan, who was called to the bow of the ship by Cyrus, saw this scene, his brows were also tightened, and he couldn't help but muttered to himself in a deep voice:
"Looks like it's the work of pirates."
"And it's a big and evil character!"
(End of chapter)