One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

Then, a burly man with a chestnut-colored head, dressed in armor, rushed in, ignoring the guards' attempts to stop him. He was so startled that he trembled and felt his whole body convulse, almost unable to get off his beloved concubine.

Upon seeing the person who suddenly rushed in front of him, Sid was furious. Without even putting on his pants, he pointed at the person's nose and started cursing.

"Cred! Who gave you permission to trespass into the palace without my permission? Do you want to end up like your ancestor Noland, executed in the port of Meruz? Promoting you to be the kingdom's Grand General was a huge mistake!"

The burly man with chestnut hair named Craig was sprayed in the face with spittle, but his rock-hard, square face showed little panic.

It was clear that Craig was very calm.

However, if you look closely into his eyes, you'll find that his gaze towards Sid is filled with disappointment and sorrow.

The catwoman, lying sprawled on the floor, looked like a lump of rotten flesh to him, utterly unattractive.

Faced with Sid's questioning, Kreid replied quickly in a low voice, "Your Majesty, according to reports from the patrol ships I've deployed in the open sea, Germa's warship fleet has crossed the high seas and is heading towards the kingdom's territory..."

Before Kled could finish speaking, Sid's eyes widened, his face turned deathly pale, and he screamed, "What did you say? Germa's army has already attacked? How dare they? How could they do this? We are all member states of the World Government!"

“When they forced us to relinquish thirteen trade routes to the port of Meruz last time, today’s outcome was already predetermined. The Germa evil legion is always insatiable; even the serialized stories in the World News Daily make this clear. I warned you long ago that if you chose to back down, they would definitely take advantage of you,” Kled said, bowing his head.

He was tall, standing at 2.5 meters, with a broad back and a muscular build. He was a descendant of Montblanc Nolando and the patriarch of the Montblanc family.

Strictly speaking, Kreid is Kurike's cousin.

As a descendant of Noland, who deceived Sid XVII's ancestor four hundred years ago, Cred should not have become the general of this kingdom.

However, his personal strength was too great, making him the number one warrior in the Kingdom of Lubnilu.

Not only did he perfectly inherit the talents of his ancestor Noland, but he also possessed a calm and steady personality, was extremely loyal to the kingdom, and worked tirelessly without complaint.

Although Sid was very unhappy with Kred's straightforwardness, he still appointed him as the kingdom's general, in charge of guarding the palace.

Upon hearing this, Sid panicked. "What should we do?"

"We must act immediately, gather the army, and defend the capital. Your Majesty, please give the order, allowing me to lead the Kingdom's Guard to mobilize artillery and prepare for war."

"no!"

Cred was interrupted by Sid as soon as he opened his mouth.

"The evil legion is so powerful, it's far beyond what our Lubnilu Kingdom can handle! Do you still want to go to war with them? Once we anger them, destruction will be our fate!" Sid pulled up his pants haphazardly, tugged at his beard, and paced back and forth. Suddenly, his eyes lit up and he said, "How about we give them some money and send them away? Aren't they just after money?"

Kreid's eyes dimmed. "Your Majesty, we have no money."

Sid frowned and said, "What do you mean there's no money? Didn't the 'Heavenly Gold' tax already start being collected ahead of schedule this year? I remember the national treasury has already prepared two billion Berries..."

"Your Majesty! That's Celestial Gold! We can't touch it!" Kred exclaimed urgently. "If we don't pay the Celestial Gold in time, our kingdom will be kicked out of the World Government's membership. Then the Germa Kingdom will be even more unscrupulous in its attempts to invade us, and we won't be able to reason with them at all, because the World Government doesn't care about the affairs of non-member states."

"If this won't work, and that won't work, what am I supposed to do?"

Enraged, Sid kicked Crad in the shin.

He originally wanted to vent his anger.

But it was he who cried out in pain after that kick.

Sid felt as if he had kicked a piece of iron, and cried out in pain, falling to the ground with a thud, clutching his foot and groaning in agony.

A guard immediately went to call the doctor.

Seeing this, the cat queen crawled over and approached Sid. "Your Majesty, are you alright?"

"Snapped!"

Sid slapped Catwoman hard across the face, making her cheek swell and bleed, and her body flew several meters away.

"Don't bother me! If you bother me again, I'll sell you to the entertainment district!"

Hearing Sid's shrill roar, Catwoman trembled with fear, curled up on the floor, and desperately covered her mouth, daring not to make another sound.

"Bastard! Bastard!" Sid sat on the ground shouting like a madman, completely unlike a king of a kingdom.

After venting his anger for a while, he got up again, rushed to Cred, grabbed his trousers, and pleaded, "Cred! You are the kingdom's greatest warrior, don't you have the confidence to defeat Germa's army?"

Kled shook his head bitterly: "No, Your Majesty. Even if I could defeat a hundred or a thousand Germaclone warriors, I couldn't stop the Germa army's advance. The Evil Legion's equipment is far more advanced than ours, their firepower is fierce and abundant, their warriors are fearless of death, and several members of the Vinsmoke family even possess high-tech combat suits, capable of flying and diving. In the North Blue, apart from the Donquixote Family, no one can stop their attack. And the Donquixote Family left the North Blue more than a decade ago for the New World."

Sid released Kred's trousers, a maniacal, grotesque laugh on his face, his lips trembling: "Then isn't our Kingdom of Lubnilu finished? Am I going to become a king of a fallen kingdom?"

"No, there is still a glimmer of hope."

"What hope?"

Cred said solemnly, "Your Majesty, please contact the World Government immediately and have them stop Germa's actions. As a member state that has paid the Celestial Gold, we are entitled to the World Government's mediation services should any friction occur between the alliances."

Sid's eyes lit up, and a look of joy appeared on his face. He exclaimed with delight, "That's right! That's exactly it. I'll contact the World Government right away and have them stop the Germa Kingdom's invasion of us."

He immediately had someone bring him a Den Den Mushi (a type of electric scoop) and began dialing the World Government's contact number.

However, the Den Den Mushi kept ringing for more than ten minutes, but no one from the World Government answered.

"What's going on? Why isn't anyone answering?" Sid asked, looking completely bewildered.

As the king of a member state, he has the right to communicate directly with the World Government.

Although he wasn't speaking directly to the Five Elders, his calls would be received by CP officials immediately and prioritized for further processing based on urgency.

Normally, when a kingdom is attacked by pirates and needs the navy's help, he can simply make a phone call and the World Government will dispatch the navy from various branches in the North Blue.

But now, I can't get through to the Den Den Mushi.

Kreid's expression changed slightly as he considered a possibility.

He pulled a Den Den Mushi from inside his armor and casually dialed the number of one of his guards.

"Puff puff..."

The Den Den Mushi rang for a while, but no one answered.

"Oh no! Your Majesty! Communications in the capital have been cut off; we can't make calls via Den Den Mushi. It must be Germa's doing! They've made up their minds to attack us!"

"Huh?" Sid was immediately terrified and turned pale.

"I will go and gather the royal guards to fight. Your Majesty, have the city sealed off and stay in the palace!"

Kreid turned and walked away, his tall figure disappearing from Sid's sight in a few steps.

Sid stood there blankly in the hall for a long time before he came to his senses and rushed out of the palace with a drastically changed expression.

"Come back here! Kred! I won't allow you to go into battle without permission! Do you want Germa to destroy us?"

Chapter 428 I can become anyone

"This is Meruz Town. It is indeed a prosperous place."

Luo Xia and Yun Que walked along the bustling port streets, looking at the merchant ships loaded with goods moored on the sea and the endless stream of pedestrians, their expressions somewhat complicated.

He had heard of the town of Meruz many times since he was a child.

I heard all of this from his parents and the villagers.

In the hearts of the villagers of Hongye Village, Mairuzi Town is the most prosperous place in Beihai.

This place boasts excellent medical resources, abundant minerals, ample food, and a powerful army. It is the capital of the Kingdom of Lubnilu and the place that all the villagers dream of moving to.

The night before his mother Elizabeth died, his father, John, cried and said that if they could go to the town of Meruze, his mother's illness could be cured.

To the villagers of Hongye Village, this place is simply paradise.

Unfortunately, everything has changed, and the past is too painful to recall.

A soft little hand suddenly grasped his palm, causing Luo Xia to turn his head to look.

He saw Hibari looking at him tenderly.

Clearly, she sensed the sadness and desolation that had suddenly surfaced in Luo Xia's mind.

Luo Xia smiled, took his hand out and ruffled her hair, saying gently, "I'm fine."

Lark is always quick to notice his emotional changes and thoughtfully offers him the most direct warmth.

This feeling is like having a telepathic connection.

After walking a few hundred meters along the wide street by the sea, Rorschach stopped and looked back at the distant sea outside the port of Meruze.

The lark followed his gaze but found nothing.

"Brother Rorschach, is it... the Germa army?"

Hibari knew that Rorschach's Observation Haki had an extremely wide range, more than ten times that of hers.

With the added power of lightning, this range would be even more exaggerated, easily covering hundreds of kilometers.

Rorschach nodded. "Yes, I saw Judge's eldest son arrive with twenty warships and a total force of about five thousand men."

“Five thousand Germa clone warriors.” Hibari was startled and whispered, “If these clone warriors are all at the same level as the batch we encountered before, then the Kingdom of Lubnilu will definitely not be able to withstand them.”

“No need. Ichiro alone is enough to wipe out half of the Kingdom of Lubnilu.” Rorschach shook his head.

He hadn't expected that Ichi's strength would increase so quickly.

Even from a distance of over a hundred miles, he could already sense the powerful physique and the dual-colored Haki contained within Ichiji's body.

Compared to a year ago, when he first met Ichiji after leaving the North Sea and used his newly learned lightning to defeat him, Ichiji is now at least ten times stronger.

However, in Rorschach's view, Ichi's body, though seemingly strong, was not the result of rigorous training.

It's like awakening Armament Haki; suddenly, they become stronger.

"Has the bloodline factor that Judge was researching awakened?"

Just then, I heard a lark's surprised cry.

"Huh! Why is Uncle Chestnut Head back in the North Sea? Wasn't he supposed to stay on Sky Island?"

Rorschach withdrew his Observation Haki, which he had been releasing in a specific direction, and looked ahead at the street.

A tall, burly man with a chestnut-colored head, wearing heavy armor and holding a broadsword, was seen shouting and directing thousands of soldiers as they charged into the harbor. He ordered the merchant ships anchored there to leave immediately, and had cannons and flintlock muskets set up throughout the harbor, carrying out war preparations in a tense but orderly manner.

Seeing this, Luo Xia couldn't help but shake his head and chuckle, "Look closely, that's not Uncle Kulikai."

"Huh? Isn't it Uncle Kulikai?" Hibari tilted his head, his gaze falling on the chestnut-shaped head on Kred's head.

Luo Xia's forehead creased with a few black lines as he said with a headache, "What exactly are you using to distinguish the other person?!"

With his Observation Haki covering the entire area, Rorschach quickly learned Cred's identity and name.

"His name is Montblanc, and he is a descendant of Noland. Uncle Kulik might be his relative."