Chapter 222, the black knights with fierce reputation
Time flies, time flies.
As soon as I close my eyes and open them again, a month has passed.
The World Conference ended in a harmonious atmosphere. I don't know what kind of promises the Five Old Stars made to the royal families. Everyone was smiling before leaving, and they unified the front to encircle and suppress the revolutionary army.
This means that in the next four years, the revolutionary army will face an unprecedented cold winter.
The great alliance of interests from more than 170 countries around the world may not be as cruel and hot-blooded as the current navy, but its pervasiveness and penetration into the bones are enough to crush the will of most people.
The counterattack of the revolutionary army that the owl promised has not happened yet. Perhaps it is because the more than two months of continuous siege and suppression operations have caused heavy losses to the revolutionary army. They have more than enough ambition and lack of strength, so they can only hide and lick their wounds.
In the new world, Big Mom inexplicably led troops into Kaido's territory and attacked and occupied several islands. An angry Kaido fought with Kaido on a certain winter island. After seven days and nights of fierce fighting, both sides were injured, and they were snatched back by subordinates of both sides.
, currently in a state of cold war.
Then there was the reorganization of the giant pirate group that shocked the world a hundred years ago. When the news came out, the whole world was excited!
The year 1518 has only just passed halfway, but judging from the current situation, there is no hope that the sea will calm down in the second half of this year.
At the same time, the Grand Line, the Third Route, Tots Island.
This is an ordinary-looking island.
The environment is somewhat similar to Cigu Country. There is only one town on the island, and scattered villages are built around the central snow-capped mountains. Some are hidden deep in the snowfields. People who are not familiar with the island can only stand on the top of the snow-capped mountains in the evening and look down.
The lights on tell where the villages are.
But this is just an appearance.
Totes Island is actually one of the largest trading centers in the dark world!
It was also the base camp of the original "Sea Transport King" Umit.
Of course, now, the owner here has been replaced by King Shichibukai, "Black Earl" Francis Lovett.
Through the cave on the periphery of the island, a merchant ship crossed the underground river and reached the central port of the island.
The atmosphere is instantly different as soon as you enter. There are few people outside and the sky is full of wind and snow, but inside it is bustling with people coming and going.
Businessmen, pirates, and bounty hunters are constantly coming and going on the plank road built along the stone wall; at the platform port, labor coolies are busy carrying goods and supporting their families; the portly businessmen hold cigars in their hands and are dressed exquisitely
A butler-type character was chatting and laughing nearby.
Boxes of arms, treasures, illegal drugs and even living people are gradually moved into the warehouse and shipped to all parts of the world.
Then the sailors shouted the slogan and drove the boat away from the underground river corresponding to the number.
The appearance of the entire Totes Island actually looks like the mythical beast Baxia standing on the sea, and the snow-capped mountains are the inscriptions it carries. However, on Totes Island, it has six legs, branching out from the sea, forming six underground rivers.
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The underground rivers No. 1 and 2 are only accessible but not in, the underground rivers No. 3 and 4 are only accessible but not in. The underground rivers No. 5 and 6 are not open on weekdays and are only allowed to be used when the cargo flow is heavy to avoid congestion.
The huge mountainside space in front of us, which is comparable to the Navy Headquarters Fortress, is only part of Port No. 1, and there are six underground port islands as large as it. It can be seen that the amount of materials handled by Totes Island every year is absolutely astronomical.
number.
As the owner here, the profit earned is also an astronomical figure.
It's a pity...
At the edge of the port, an old man with white hair, his hair neatly combed back, looked back at the bustling area before boarding the ship. He stepped on the steps and held the railing with one hand, sighing.
"It's a pity that it already belongs to the Black Earl."
"otherwise……"
"What else?"
"Otherwise I really want to get involved... hmm?!"
Turning around suddenly, the old man shuddered suddenly as he looked at the elegant young man in a black tuxedo suit in front of him.
"Ah... Lord Aka!"
As soon as these words came out, the busy flow of people around him suddenly stopped.
With fear and apprehension in their eyes, everyone looked at the man in black standing by the port.
There is no doubt that the visitor is Azkatatek, the head of the three black knights who was sent here by Lovett to deal with the confidants left behind by Umit and to maintain the normal operation of the route.
Of course, after he came here, the world gave him a nickname full of awe.
【Skeleton Lord】!
"Why is Mr. Bones here?!"
"I don't know! But something big must be happening!"
"Leave quickly, otherwise he will take action and won't care who is behind us."
Everyone shuddered, and the merchants did not care to continue loading goods and quickly ordered the ship to sail.
Ignoring the breathing sounds coming from around him, Aka stared at the white-haired old man calmly and said, "You can call Aka too?"
The latter was sweating profusely, his aristocratic demeanor instantly dissipated, and he bent down.
"Yes... I'm sorry, Mr. Bones!"
no respond.
A drop of cold sweat slid down the tip of his nose and fell to the ground, wetting the stone slab.
But the old man did not dare to raise his head.
He has never seen how terrifying the Black Earl is, but everyone here knows clearly how terrifying the Skeleton Lord is in front of him.
In the days when Earl Black first took over Umit's industry, many subordinates loyal to Umit went on strike across the sea and even gathered in crowds to cause trouble.
Everyone is waiting to see the Black Count joke, and maybe they can get a piece of the pie.
But then, a bloody massacre silenced everyone.
There was no negotiation, no advice, and no stance.
Mr. Bones directly chose to take action.
That was also the first time that the world saw the Skeleton Man take action. He transformed into a huge, skinny and ugly beast and charged into the crowd with extremely violent movements to reap lives.
Those bone-edged flying knives that are stronger than steel can easily pierce through the bodies of hundreds of people when thrown out. They still have enough power to spare. The power and speed are perfectly combined. In the last move, the arm is inserted into the earth, in a space as big as ten football fields ahead.
Infinite bone spears extend from the center, clearing the area with one move.
Just ten minutes.
There were a total of 1,700 rioters in the base camp of Totes, and no one was left alive!
Blood stained the entire port red, and even now the blood stains remaining on the walls have not been removed.
Even their family members were killed one by one by killers who received a reward within a month after the incident.
At that time, before the onlookers could recover from their shock, the same bad news came from another location. Although the golden bald man's methods were not as violent as the Skeleton Man, he was equally ruthless and caused a second massacre.
Then came the third one, the fourth one, the fifth one...
The three black knights under the Black Earl took action at the same time and killed all the resisters.
There is no begging for mercy, no remorse, this is massacre, not suppression!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Doesn't the Black Earl need workers?
If he keeps killing people like this, no one will work for him soon.
But what happened next once again refreshed their understanding, that is, the three black knights gathered together the corpses of the people who died in the previous five massacres, and jointly used some kind of ability to kill those corpses...
Resurrected!!!
To be precise, he turned into a zombie, not really resurrected.
Some of them returned to their posts and continued to work, while others took the butcher's knife and went to other places carrying the rotten stench and deadly plague.
After the sixth massacre caused by the undead army, everything settled.
Because the rest of the people understood one thing.
That is, the Black Earl only needs them to exist, not to live.
Either obey or obey after death.
Life and death make no difference to him.
"The Necromancer who controls death"!
Everyone thought of the name announced to the public when the Black Earl became the Shichibukai, and they were suddenly speechless.
As the most outstanding performance among them.
The name of Lord Skeleton spread like wildfire, leaving the entire dark world in silence.
But what really makes all parties in the black market fearful are the methods of the Skeleton King.
The guys who become zombies can only do some hard work, and there still need to be living people at the decision-making level.
So while promoting new living people to take charge of various shipping lines, he distributed zombies to each fleet. In the black market, a world that holds grudges but not gratitude, he easily solved the problem of people's hearts wandering after the massacre.
In this way, in less than a month, the property left by Umit completely changed its owner.
The old man did not dare to be disrespectful to such an existence.
At this moment, he couldn't help but want to slap himself.
Why are you so talkative?
He heard the nickname "Aka" from another black knight under the Black Earl. Did he subconsciously call him this name? Did he anger him?
It must have angered the other party?!
Die, die, die!
Hurry up and think of some way to beg for mercy!
Just when the old man felt out of breath, Aka suddenly said softly: "I want to give you 50% of this business, do you have any objections?"
call!
Heaving a sigh of relief, the old man quickly replied: "No... no, of course not!"
"Well, let's go."
Akan nodded his chin: "Next time, I will dig out your soul and torture you for a hundred years."
The fifth-level black knight indeed has this ability.
Devouring life energy and soul energy is the instinct given to them by Lovett, a necessary condition for growth. As long as the instinctive digestion process can be controlled, a complete soul can be separated.
Hearing this, the old man nodded as if he had been granted amnesty.
I saved my life!
Standing on the deck, looking at the lights gradually disappearing behind the wall, he pulled up his clothes and felt lingering fear.
"Hey, when did that ship come?"
Looking back, the old man suddenly discovered that a new merchant ship was docked at the location where he left.
And the hanging sign looks familiar, it seems...
"hiss!!"
Taking a sharp breath of cold air, the old man didn't care to continue observing and ordered to speed up repeatedly.
For a moment, the merchant ship ran rampant in the underground river at flying speed, splashing up large white waves, and fled quickly.
"What happened? Why did the three monsters get together!"
At the port, those who had no time to escape or had no place to escape looked with fear in their eyes as they looked at the huge mountain of flesh that walked out of the cabin and cracked the hard stone slabs step by step.
And the strong golden man with a ball hanging from his waist and eyes as cold as ghosts.
The Skeleton Lord, the Golden-Faced Buddha, and the Six-Armed Ape Demon.
Why did these three people come here together?
After all, Lord Skeleton doesn't kill people randomly, but the Golden-faced Buddha and the Six-armed Ape Demon are completely vicious!
Then, what frightened them even more was that the three of them did not say hello after meeting.
Instead, like an ordinary coolie, he moved the stairs and put them on the edge of the deck, then knelt on one knee on the stone slab and lowered his head.