As soon as the gunshots of the uprising were fired, the people of the royal regiment immediately reacted and mobilized the nearest troops to suppress the uprising army.
But the rebel army is a force with a clear goal of struggle and will not be defeated.
The fighting lasted two days, avoiding crowded areas of the city, and the gunfire barely stopped.
"Victory!" After two days of fighting, the rebel army finally captured the last position of the old army, which also represented the completion of the liberation of this port city.
"Victory!"
"Ouch~~"
"Long live!!"
Saori was also on the front line, with a smile on her face, "Commander, please inform us that our rebel army has liberated this city. Please ask the soldiers not to disturb the citizens and maintain order."
"Yes!" The messenger couldn't hide his smile.
The first step is finally completed, now we have to see how many cities will respond.
The news quickly spread to every corner of the city and continued to spread outwards, making the whole country boil.
Revolutionary activists from all over the country responded to the call of the insurrectionary army, either directly revolting, or rushing to the first holy city to complete the revolution.
For a time, there was turmoil everywhere in Alabasta, and some of the great nobles who originally supported the king took advantage of the situation and began to associate with the revolutionary party.
And the loyal royalists began to feel in danger.
At this time, the king issued a confusing order, that is, all the nobles and city leaders who still belong to the king's influence must organize their own troops to surround those lands and not let the rebels seize them.
The king did not have an army. Originally, Alabasta was vast and sparsely populated. Later, after Duran injected capital, the king's life was very comfortable. Duran built an airship base to connect the entire country. He also invested in the establishment of several
New cities. The king only needs to collect money. As for the construction of the army, it is only in a few new cities. And now the newly established new army has become a rebel army. The remaining army establishments were all from a long time ago.
The army is better said to be the escort team that protects the royal city.
So now the king's army only belongs to the royal city, and that army cannot be mobilized.
So with this, leaders from various places can organize their own armed forces. However, it can be difficult because of the lack of weapons. Although Alabasta is not poor now, it still lacks an industrial base. Even the guns have been donated by Duran.
But the quantity Dulan sent was only enough for the king.
Therefore, if leaders from various places want to build their own armies, they must purchase weapons from other countries. And the most convenient one is the full-time hunter guild.
Not long after the rebel army succeeded, the Hunters Guild received many orders to purchase weapons. Duran's orders were not accepted. They were not arms dealers, and they bought weapons against their own daughters. Of course they could not give them to their daughters.
It's causing trouble.
Without the hunter's guild's out-of-service weapons, some capable person actually contacted Sand Crocodile, one of the Shichibukai.
At the same time, Robin announced to the country the establishment of a new coalition provisional government, announcing that six cities including Port City would break away from the rule of the Kingdom of Alabasta and establish independent regimes.
In short, this country is in chaos, and several forces have emerged. Of course, the strongest one is the rising New Alliance. Although the New Alliance only has six cities, they are all very wealthy cities, and the New Alliance also has several new armies and powerful forces.
Strong.
There is also the royalist group, with the king as the core, ruling most of the land and people in Alabasta. Although the military strength is weak, those people are used to the king's rule.
The third strength is the nobleman who possesses the ultimate combat power fruit ability, Sand Crocodile.
Others are just some that can be ignored.
In this case, Princess Weiwei came back. She was sitting on the Golden Meri and had become Luffy's friend.
Luffy and the others did not stop at Haikou City, but directly entered the river that ran through the kingdom.
"If you want to take the exam, this is the nearest road. Land on the east coast, then take an airship and walk northeast for half an hour to the Hunter Arena." Princess Weiwei often used different roads to visit the Hunters.
take an exam.
"Airship?" Luffy was confused.
"That is our most famous means of transportation in Alabasta. No matter where you go, you can arrive by airship." Princess Weiwei said proudly.
"Really? It's so awesome. Can we go to the end of the Grand Line?" Chopper asked stupidly.
"I'm talking about anywhere in Alabasta." Princess Vivi smiled.
"I haven't seen a real airship, but my senior sister told me about it!" Luffy said. To Luffy, Robin is the same sister as Maginot. When he was a child, Luffy liked listening to Robin the most.
Her experiences.
"You will be able to sit on it soon, and then I will treat you to a feast in the kingdom."
"yeah!"
Everyone was happy to hear that they could have a big meal.
Luffy and the others didn't eat any big fish or meat all the way from Drum Island. Although Sanji's cooking skills are very good, it's hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice.
This river is the motherland of Alabasta. The interior of the kingdom relies on this river for life, but even so, most of the interior is still desert.
There are several big cities on the river bank, and the place where the Golden Meri docked is such a place. The appearance of Princess Weiwei was not discovered immediately, because no one thought that Princess Weiwei was not making her own ship, but
Sit on a pirate's ship.
Fortunately, at Princess Weiwei's request, the pirate flag was lowered and slowly slid into the small port.
"Welcome to Alabasta!" Princess Vivi serves as the host and will be the guide for the rest of the journey.
"Let's go take the airship." Luffy shouted.
"Okay!" Princess Weiwei responded, but soon felt pressured, "Do you have money?"
"……"silence.
Nami covered her money bag in an exaggerated manner, "We're not going. Aren't you a princess? You're not short of money, are you?"
"Of course I'm not short of money, but I don't have any money!" Princess Weiwei said embarrassedly.
"Nami, take out the money." Luffy stared at Nami.
"No!" Among the people on the boat, only Nami had money.
"Nami, when I return to the palace, I will return the money I spent to you." Princess Weiwei said.
"No, interest must be calculated."
"Okay, let's calculate the interest!" Princess Weiwei agreed simply.
One pet for five people doesn't cost much, but it's the hunter exam time now, so tickets to the hunter arena are in short supply.
Later, they still found a scalper to get the tickets, but of course Luffy and the others did not pay, but punched the scalper away. Because Princess Weiwei was there, there was no problem at all, and he was a scalper who broke the law anyway.
Then they got on the spaceship and went to the Hunter Arena.