The full moon was in the sky, and the night wind carried a slight chill.
King's Heights, this is the highest place in the Kingdom of Dressrosa and the location of the royal palace.
The time was 9:30 pm, and a black shadow crossed the night sky and flew to the top of the palace without anyone noticing.
King Riku felt a chill in his sleep. It was not the kind of physical cold, but the bone-chilling chill that emanates from the ancient instincts of unarmed humans when they encounter predatory beasts.
He woke up suddenly, sweating profusely and sat upright from the bed, only to find that a window in the bedroom had opened at some point. Under the floating curtains, a tall man wearing a pink feather coat was leaning against the bed with his legs crossed.
On the large windowsill.
"Who are you!?" King Riku asked loudly in surprise. You must know that this is the highest point of the palace and the top of the entire Dressrosa. How did this person get up here?
The tall man raised his index finger and shook it slightly, and said loudly: "...don't be so loud...and don't call anyone over..."
"My name is...Donquixote Doflamingo." The man's face turned towards King Riku, but his originally handsome face was distorted by weird sunglasses and a ferocious smile: "I just came back, it's this country
The legitimate king."
King Riku's face immediately turned pale, and he murmured: "...I just recently heard about a pirate named [Don Quixote]. I have been quite worried about this..."
Doflamingo snapped his fingers perfunctorily: "Yes, your anxiety has come true. I am the [Don Quixote] you thought of."
"I heard that you attacked the [Celestial Gold] transport ships shipped to the Celestial Dragons by various countries!" King Riku said with a heavy expression: "And used this to threaten the World Government, this became the 'King Shichibukai'."
"Are you very well-informed?" Doflamingo tilted his head: "Ah! Those guys have a headache. They don't know what to do with me. They are not afraid of a 'Celestial Dragon' like me.
The mere existence of them is enough to make them miserable..."
There was undisguised malice in his tone: "Since you know my strength and background so well, it's easy to talk to me."
Doflamingo sat up suddenly, his malice evident: "I will offer [10 billion beli] to sell this country to you, King Riku."
"...How can we have so much money!" King Riku was sweating profusely and his face was pale. For the poor Dressrosa royal family, this amount was an astronomical sum that was difficult to raise without eating or drinking for several years.
"Don't make that face." Doflamingo sneered and said, "I could have just grabbed you instead of giving you this chance."
As he spoke, he stood up on the spacious window sill, his pink feather coat fluttering in the wind: "The time is limited to before sunrise tomorrow. You are not allowed to ask for help from other countries! Come and try it, what is the ability of the king of your country?"
How big is it?"
Sitting on the bed, King Riku could only watch Doflamingo easily jump off the window sill and fly into the night sky, leaving only one sentence floating into the room on the wind:
"Remember, you are not allowed to reveal my existence to the people..."
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The time is 10:21 pm.
King's Heights, King's Chamber.
Many ministers and kings were urgently summoned to the king's chamber. When they heard what the king said to them, they were in disbelief at first, and then they were all filled with indignation.
"Your Majesty the King! Can't we choose to go to war!?"
"That's right! With the help of the King and neighboring countries, even the King Shichibukai will not be able to succeed!"
"No!!" King Liku crossed his arms and sternly stopped everyone's suggestions: "It sounds like [war], but in fact it is [killing]! That is an inhuman act!!"
"The 800 years of war-free history in Dressrosa is proof that we are not [beasts]!!" King Riku loudly advised the ministers and kings: "Don't lose to the wild! We must maintain our 'humanity'
!Never kill each other!!”
He looked at the clock above his head, gritted his teeth and said loudly: "There is no time... rush to various towns in the country immediately to collect [10 billion beri] in cash! If we can't do this, this country will become
For the 'Kingdom of Pirates'! Although this will temporarily lose the trust of most citizens, it is only for a few hours! When everything is over, we will sincerely compensate everyone. Now there is only this way!!
Lies and perfunctory tactics will not work!"
"But we don't have so many rich people in our country!" Tegu Repante, the commander of the king's army, asked.
"Anyway, try your best within the time limit. This is related to the life and death of the country!! Everything is for Dressrosa to continue to exist!"
After saying that, Wang**'s soldiers immediately took action. The captain of the Taigu army was about to leave, but was held back by King Liku.
"Taiko, listen up." In the deserted corner, King Riku said solemnly: "If the fund-raising fails, I will use this to end things with Doflamingo!"
He took out a string of extremely powerful explosive bombs from his arms: "Then you go and seek assistance from the surrounding countries. You must not let this country fall into the hands of Don Quixote again... I beg you!"
The commander of the Taigu Army nodded solemnly: "Your Majesty, please rest assured!"
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The time is 10:58 pm.
The captain of the Taigu Army rushed to the square of Talosa Town with several soldiers and was asking the people to hand over all their property.
"Hey! Captain Taigu Army, what do you mean?"
"You actually did such a thing...His Majesty the King will not spare you!!"
Naturally, the people refused. They asked us to hand over all our property without saying any reason. Robbery wouldn’t be so cruel, right?
"This is the king's order!!" The commander of the Taigu Army said bitterly, and could only persuade the people loudly: "There is no time to explain to everyone! Please believe in His Majesty King Liku and quickly take out all the cash.
Turn it all over to us!!"
"Even if you say so..." The people were arguing with each other when suddenly the huge screen in the square made a buzzing sound, and then the image of King Riku was reflected through the image phone bug.
"All of Dressrosa, please listen to me." On screens across the country, King Riku said with a serious face: "I know this request comes too suddenly! It can even be said to be an unreasonable request! But
Please don’t ask too many questions. All citizens, please lend me all your property...please lend me all your money!"
As he said that, King Riku on the screen fell to his knees with a thud, and his forehead hit the hard floor hard.
The entire nation stared at the screen dumbfounded, unable to understand why His Majesty the King, who has always been kind and kind, would issue such a puzzling order.
"Your Majesty the King! How can you kneel down and kowtow!" Many ministers around King Liku hurriedly grabbed his arms and tried to pull him up: "This is absolutely impossible! You are the king of a country! Show yourself to the world.
Such an ugly behavior... you will become the laughing stock of the whole world! Please get up quickly!!"
King Liku suddenly broke away from the pull of the ministers, knelt on the ground and begged loudly to the video phone bug: "Please everyone!! This is definitely not a joke!! To show my sincerity, even if I chop my hands and feet on the spot, it won't matter.
question!!"
The struggle on the faces of the people gradually disappeared, and some people began to yell: "Everyone, act quickly! Do what the king says and take out all your property!"
"King Liku loves his people like his own son, he will not harm us!"
"This happened suddenly, there must be something unspeakable."
"Quick, quick, quick! Go get the money!"
Regardless of men, women, old or young, people all over the country began to take action. Paper money, gold coins, wallets, and the people contributed all their property and handed them over to soldiers across the country one after another.
The captain of the Taigu Army looked at this shocking scene in front of him, and he could not suppress the excitement in his heart. This is the people's heart of King Liku... and it is also the people's trust in the Liku family for 800 years! What a beautiful country,
She will definitely be able to get through it successfully!
"I'm sorry..." the army commander wiped the tears from his eyes and said loudly: "We borrowed the money first!"
As he spoke, he turned to the soldiers and ordered: "Quick! Send all the property in the country to the palace! Quick!"
"Wait a minute! Captain of the Taigu Army!!" A soldier pointed at the screen and shouted: "His Majesty the King has gone to Sebio Town, and it is being played on the screen!"
"What!?"
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Run away quickly...
Dressrosa, the southern town ‘Sebio’.
A galloping horse rushed into the town of Sebio carrying the heavily armed King Riku.
Run away quickly...
The soldiers and the people had just handed over the money and were very excited to see His Majesty the King in person.
"Your Majesty, there is no need for you to come in person, we will... eh?"
Before a male citizen who greeted the king could finish his words, King Liku swung his long sword and chopped him down to the ground!
Run away quickly...
King Liku drew the long bow from his back and fired the fire arrows tied with explosive bombs into the residential areas in the distance. Then, the explosive flames soaring into the sky destroyed the residential areas of the town and the people inside.
"Run away..." Under the live broadcast of the video phone bug, King Liku kept slashing people and soldiers with his sword. His face was filled with tears, and his throat was bleeding, struggling and shouting: "Run away... his body moved on its own.
Get up...you guys run away..."
In front of the screens in other areas, both the people and the soldiers were stunned.
The commander of the Taigu Army, with tears on his face, fell to his knees in despair and murmured: "Your Majesty the King...this is what you are doing?"
And far away on the top of a building on King's Heights, a tall figure wearing a pink feather coat was laughing wildly.
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah... what a... cruel king..."
Doflamingo raised his right hand, with his thumb, middle finger, and little finger slightly raised, as if pulling a puppet: "Come on, the night has just begun... lovely soldiers, jump up too..."
…”
"Parasite thread!"
Invisible threads fell from the sky like raindrops, accurately landing on every king's soldier.
Then, the tragedy began!
Regardless of gender, the soldiers drew their swords and began to kill all the people in sight!
The soldiers shed tears, but their bodies did not obey their orders at all. They became the villains of this tragedy like puppets on strings.
"Your Majesty King Riku! Why would you do such a thing!?"
"Your Majesty will not make such a mistake. There must be some mistake... ah!"
"Did we commit some crime?"
Crying, struggling, and fleeing in vain. The unarmed people were only unilaterally beaten by the king and the king!
King Riku, with blood and tears in his eyes, could no longer scream. He understood that it was useless to say anything at this point... This country was finished.
This is a trap set by Doflamingo!
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King's Heights.
Three figures appeared next to Doflamingo, one was covered in mucus, one had a face painted with oil paint, and the other was a strong figure wearing a cross helmet.
‘Club’ Trebol, ‘Diamond’ Diamanti, and ‘Spade’ Pica! The three of them are the top leaders of the Don Quixote family and Doflamingo’s most trusted confidants.
"I said! I said! It should be okay, right? Dover——" "Snot Man" Trebol said in a unique annoying tone.
"Idiot! Don't be so impatient!" Doflamingo, who was squatting on the roof, had a ferocious and bloodthirsty smile on his face, showing the madness in his heart: "It's still far away... When this country is surrounded by fear...
…When this country hates King Riku from the bottom of its heart…”
He licked the corner of his mouth, not concealing the malice radiating from the bottom of his heart: "It's the hero's turn to appear!"
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The time is 11:48 pm.
Dressrosa, port town ‘Acacia’.
The fierce fires burning in the town reflected the night sky red. There were cries, bangs, and the terrible sound of swords cutting into the flesh! This town, like other towns in Dressrosa, fell into complete madness.
among.
The unarmed people either ran away or knelt down to beg for mercy, but they were still killed by the tearful king's soldiers with swords.
A wailing little girl stood in the middle of the street looking for her mother. Behind her, several royal soldiers appeared, holding long swords stained with blood in their hands.
"Run away! Little girl!" Their faces were filled with tears, but they helplessly 'watched' themselves approaching the crying girl with a knife.
Suddenly! These soldiers' eyes turned white and they fell to the ground with foam at the mouth. Not just a few of them, but all the controlled king's soldiers in this port town lost consciousness at the same time and collapsed on the ground.
In the night sky, a black shadow flew towards the King's Heights at high speed, with the black velvet cloak behind him fluttering in the night wind.
The battle to determine the fate of Dressrosa is about to begin!