I can only achieve nothing and become the Pirate King.

Chapter 686: The Ordinary World's Strongest

He definitely wouldn't avoid it, even though he knew he could win the easiest way by following Lily's instructions.

But in this ocean, the easiest win is not necessarily the most ambitious win.

Doing something knowing it is impossible often happens on the ocean because it involves willpower.

Some things can be done with convenience and compromise, because no one cares or it doesn't affect your mentality, but some things cannot. Once you compromise, it is the beginning of decline.

"Even that guy Teach chose the New World and hollowed out Impel Down to fight me. I can't lose to that guy in terms of courage!"

Sager grinned and said, "One fight will determine the winner!"

The best option for Teach should be to enter Paradise and find a place to continue to accumulate strength, or even wait for himself and the World Government to become hostile again. The safest way is to achieve the greatest balance among the government, the Revolutionary Army, the pirates, and Saga in the chaos.

But he didn't do that.

In this world where will is supreme, intelligence means nothing. Even the top wisdom that created ancient weapons may not be as strong as top-level domineering power.

If Tikki really did that, Sarge would never take him seriously again.

His morale is low and his subordinates are all so dangerous. It is estimated that Sag does not even need to take any action. In a few years, no, maybe in less than half a year, he will hear the news that Shiliu or Deppen has killed Teach.

It is impossible to retreat, whether it is Sage or Teach.

"Understood. I'll send out the notice right away."

Lily responded and said, "As for Doflamingo's Impel Down, it's empty. Should we bring him up? If we only consider his ability in the black market and business, he should be useful to us. After all, he is also a high-end talent."

Again, not enough talent.

Recruiting 200,000 soldiers and preparing 200,000 soldiers is only in the near future. Although a group of people have been trained, the number is still far behind.

Force is the basis, but above force, there are many things to consider.

Not to mention the second half of the New World, even the islands in the first half require experienced officers to govern this matter, but there are not enough people.

The main reason is that they have too little time. Even if they lower the standards, the number of talents that meet their requirements is far from enough.

In addition to the island chief officer, there must also be assistant officers. We can't choose all of these assistant officers from locals. In this unconnected ocean, some places are still inhabited by primitive people. It would be good enough to hire a local to understand the local customs and resources, but someone still has to do the rest of the work.

The larger the territory, the more difficult it is for Lily to manage it.

The Sivir she was paying attention to was still undergoing training. It was estimated that in another half year, she would be able to mature in the heavy workload and then be transferred to her side as an assistant officer.

Talent is hard to come by.
Now Link is overwhelmed with the black market, and he needs an elite to share some of the burden.

As for the impact of Doflamingo
unimportant.

He is a smart guy and he won't do anything unnecessary as long as Sag is around.

The Calamity Pirates have never been afraid of ambitious people. In their eyes, as long as they can be used, it's fine, let alone being useful.

What's more, their core strength is getting stronger and stronger. Moria, King, and Katakuri can be on par with Doflamingo, and Lily is now confident that she can deal with Doflamingo, not to mention that she has many elites under her command.

Doflamingo is not yet capable of fighting against an entire pirate group alone.

It's not considered bullying the weak. So far, there is only one person on the sea who can take on the entire group alone.

There it was, right in front of her, her captain!

Doflamingo does not have the main advantage, and as for other advantages, such as conspiracies and plans, they are all useless. As long as Sag is there, everything is not a problem.

I can outlast Doflamingo!
That guy definitely didn't live as long as Sag, he's old enough.

As for Sarge's death
It doesn't matter whether Doflamingo is there or not, O'Hara will inevitably fall into chaos, and now is not the time for a smooth transition.

In comparison, it is more important to find an experienced person to use.

Lily had studied Doflamingo's methods. After all, they had several former Doflamingo subordinates who had surrendered to them, and these people had been trained since childhood.

No matter it was swordsmanship, gunmanship, artillerymanship, navigation, knowledge, or even killing, infiltration, theft, robbery. Good or bad, all kinds of things were taught!

The most typical example is Trafalgar Law, who was killed by Sage.

He was trained by Doflamingo as his successor. He was taught everything and given everything.

I have heard Doflamingo mention this before, that if Law had not eaten the Operation Fruit, they would have cured Law's illness after obtaining the Operation Fruit, and then trained him to be the leader of their family's younger generation, replacing Vergo who infiltrated the navy and becoming a Heart officer.

After getting the fruit.
Although this has not been said, we can probably guess it by now.

If he could awaken, he could rely on this ability to achieve immortality, and in an alternative way, regain the same power and strength as the Celestial Dragons, or in other words, gain the same strength as the Five Elder Stars.

"You go and make the arrangements. It'll be fine as long as he's willing. After all, he's been here for so long, maybe he's still waiting."

Sarge thought for a moment and smiled, "You know, the ocean is not peaceful right now. Our lack of manpower is a positive thing. But the world government's lack of manpower is a negative thing. They have to face many forces, including me. It is very likely that I will be pulled in, the Knights of God."

"This organization seems to be a bit troublesome. After all, it has a very high foundation."

Lily frowned and said, "The World Government has existed for eight hundred years, and this organization has always existed, and it is the fruit of it."

"It's been passed down from generation to generation, right?"

Sager said: "Maybe it is like this. If the demons are determined, they may be passed down from generation to generation and only appear there. After all, some demons are very adaptable to the environment where the Tianlong people are. Of course, it is also possible..."

He looked towards the window in the other direction. If he continued moving forward in this direction, he would eventually reach the Red Earth Continent.

"They sent it directly to me, hehe, but I'll know what it looks like when I accomplish my goal. Don't worry about the Knights of God. These guys will never pose a threat. How destructive can an organization of a dozen people be when they take action? Are they as powerful as me? Go and prepare."

"Yes."

Lily nodded and walked out, leaving Sage alone in the bedroom.

B'llana and her men were carrying out routine cleaning of the palace. Sag didn't need her service for the time being, so sometimes she could think about countermeasures quietly by herself.

After all, he also needs to make plans, and some contingency plans need to be prepared in advance.

You can't just do whatever you want.

Seeing Lily retreat, Sager shook his head and smiled, then picked up the bottle and poured himself a glass of wine.

"It's a complete mess, but there is order in the chaos. Never mind. During this period of time, don't say I can't remember it. I may not have even seen it."

Sager said to himself, took a sip of wine, and fell into deep thought. Although I have never had any impression of the plot, I could still remember the general idea before, such as the war on the top and the battle of Wano Country.
Now there is absolutely none.

Even Pluto was dug out and used by him.

But at this stage, no impression can play a dominant role. Instead, it is his own actions that will affect the world.

With this size, every move can make the world nervous.

"I can't lose. No matter how many people I have, it's useless. Do I treat those guys as a lifeline? No. There are many people with special abilities in the city. I am going to find some who can restrain me, even if they are very small. But sometimes, no matter how small, as long as there are enough of them, they can still have an impact."

"For Teach, a tiny impact might be enough for him to gain an advantage. Really, you're treating me like a boss."

Sager looked at the chessboard that had been placed on the table, pulled the chessboard over, and without using any chess pieces, lightning gathered on his fingers, turning into a lightning star that floated above the chessboard.

There are dots of lightning stars scattered around the chessboard, and the biggest lightning is at the front.

Representing himself.

The lightning dissipated at the fingertips and gathered into a ball of fire. Sparks flew to the other end of the chessboard and also became dense. The largest suspended fire represented Teach, but it was not as big as the lightning on the chessboard.

"In terms of numbers, they are being used as cannon fodder. As long as they can win, Teach shouldn't care. I can't do this kind of thing here. Talent is hard to come by, huh."

Sager thought about it, then waved his hand and wiped out half of the lightning on the chessboard.

"Soldier, don't move."

That represented his original preparation, to not allow the conscripted soldiers to go to this level of battlefield.

When they fight, their level is no different from that of ants, and they will be destroyed in a single shake.

"At least we should release them at the captain level. Otherwise, they won't be able to survive this kind of battle. We have to kill half of them. If they all die, it will be even more troublesome for me to hire more people."

Sager wiped out another patch of lightning in the back row.

There is no other way. He can't just bring a few strong fighters with him. It will easily lead to a situation where the ants are too numerous to eat the elephant. His main focus must be on dealing with Teach. But if he goes alone, although he is confident, he is not stupid. There is no need to add to the burden.

Teach can ignore the people he brought out of Impel Down seriously, he has to consider this issue.

There are quite a lot of people pushing forward the city, plus there are some strong men, so he is at a disadvantage as he brings fewer people with him, but if he brings too many people with him, they will easily be taken away indiscriminately by Teach.

As for destroying the island in advance
He has no intention of breaking the agreement with the World Government not to use ancient weapons first, and he will abide by this agreement.

This is also the reason why the World Government is willing to talk to him, even if it is just a verbal agreement. Once the talks are over, they can immediately transfer their main forces back to deal with the Revolutionary Army and other pirates.

Sager has a good reputation.

Even if you are a bad person, you still want to be friends with good people.

By the same token, the world government, which is fickle, would like nothing more than to be able to communicate with people like Sage, who keep their promises.

If you ask them to communicate this with Teach, it would be totally unbelievable.

After all, he has a criminal record. When it comes to his promises, Teach has no credibility at all. No matter he voluntarily withdrew from the Battle of Marineford as one of the Shichibukai, or he attacked O'Hara some time ago, he has lost his credibility long ago.

"That's enough. For captains and above, including those soldiers who have performed well, it's no problem to get several thousand of them. They are basically good fighters who can fight one against a hundred. They also have enough mobility and won't die that easily. There aren't many of them, so not many will die if Teach attacks them indiscriminately."

“As for the remaining main issues”

Sager smiled, and the golden wristband on his hand suddenly squirmed, and it transformed directly without the need for lightning to undergo "thunder metallurgy". It first transformed into the shape of Hachijyou's mace, and then transformed again into the red-haired Griffin, and then transformed again into the pirate's scimitar with a serrated blade on the back that Sager had used a long time ago.

Yes, he melted the weapons.

Although it is a gift from Kaido, it is essentially a trophy. The Eight Rings is already hosting Homies, who was put in by Sag, the one who has lost his mind and has become the 'Napoleon' under his exclusive control. Now there is nothing wrong with having one more Griffin.

This weapon took Aqiang a lot of time to make. Originally, Sag wanted to melt it into a pirate scimitar, but because of the addition of mother steel and the help of Vegapunk, its shape changed completely.

After all, he is a great scientist who can put animal elements into weapons. Now Homies itself is in the weapon, so the ability is also in the weapon. There is also a rare steel called mother steel. Combined with the scientist's technology and the swordsmith's strength, the characteristics of Homies are fully utilized, making this weapon a universal weapon.

As long as Sag wants, he can transform the weapon into any shape.

At the same time, it is also very suitable for him to display his abilities.

Originally, Vegapunk's original intention was to see that when Sage fought, he always liked to destroy the precious jewelry he wore, so he conducted this research for this purpose.

However, although it is useful, Sag still likes to destroy jewelry.

Others don’t understand.

Only Sager himself understood.

He likes extravagance now.

As for gold and treasures, he has already passed the stage of "collecting". If he wastes them alone, he will waste his whole life. Even if he spends them every day, they will only be a drop in the bucket.

After all, this stuff can be returned after being given out, and it has liquidity in itself. As long as something is liquid, within O'Hara's territory, no, as long as it is within the scope of his business, it will eventually return to his hands.

money?
It's just a tool.

“I am the biggest force.”

As the weapon changed, it finally formed a chessboard cover, which was taken by Sag and covered on the chessboard fiercely.

"Titch"

Sarge licked his lips and said, "Don't let me kill you, otherwise, I won't be able to study you, and the time it takes for me to devour Momo's related abilities will be extended. In that case, I will just be an ordinary person."

"The strongest in the world."

……

half a month later.

Doflamingo arrived at O'Hara by boat.

At the same time, the main cadres who were promoting the conquest in various places, as well as the people who were summoned, all gathered in this royal city.

“Hey, hey, hey, hey! The war has begun!”

(End of this chapter)