One Piece: Blue Scale Admiral

The sculpture is clearly the work of a master, perfectly capturing the knight's flamboyant charging posture, making him seem almost alive.

But everyone, including Rorschach, was looking at the knight statue with a strange gaze.

I wanted to laugh, but I felt it wasn't appropriate.

Because the knight was not riding a magnificent warhorse, but a donkey with a blank expression...

Musgarud was very generous in introducing the statue.

“This is my ancestor from the Don Quixote family eight hundred years ago, one of the twenty kings who created the world.”

He smiled and looked at Cobra, "It's said that he was good friends with Lily, the ancestor of your Nefertari family."

With that, he led the group in single file, heading towards the massive castle ahead.

Curious, everyone looked around and discovered that there were no slaves with collars around their necks in Musgarud's manor. There were only maids dressed in maid outfits or CP personnel in black suits.

To everyone's surprise once again, the gates of Musgarud's castle were locked.

Everyone watched in disbelief as Musgarud pulled a key from his chest, inserted it into the lock of the heavy gate, and turned it to open the castle gate.

Frisis rushed forward and, with his only remaining arm, pushed open the two half-foot-thick carved stone doors, revealing a spacious hall to everyone.

When Neptune, Cobra, and the others who were walking at the front saw the scene in the hall, their eyes widened in surprise.

“This…” Neptune’s eyes widened, his lips trembling uncontrollably.

Shirahoshi, Hibari, Vivi, and the others couldn't help but cover their mouths.

Rorschach, Enel, and the others couldn't help but raise their eyebrows slightly, somewhat astonished.

The Musgarud family's castle did not contain the luxurious gold artifacts, jewelry, and paintings they had previously imagined.

There were no pearls or jades to illuminate the castle.

All that existed were slaves of different sizes, races, ages, and genders!

Yes.

The hall before them was almost entirely filled with slaves of various races.

Rorschach spotted the Long-Armed Tribe, the Long-Legged Tribe, the Long-Necked Tribe, the Fur Tribe, the Fish-Man Tribe, and the Dwarf Tribe at a glance.

Of course, there are also humans.

These people all wore explosive collars around their necks, which were reserved for slaves, but their clothes were not tattered.

Their physical and mental condition seemed to be far better than that of the slaves seen on the main road outside.

When the castle gates opened and so many people burst in, the hundreds of slaves who had filled the hall panicked and scrambled inside.

Some people were so frightened that they burst into tears, knelt down on the spot, and kowtowed repeatedly.

Neptune's massive body trembled slightly.

He saw several mermaids and a dozen fish-men squeezed into the crowd.

Those mermaids and fish-people who were briefly panicked by their sudden appearance, upon seeing Neptune and Shirahoshi's appearance, were immediately moved to tears, crying out incoherently as they rushed towards them.

"It's...it's His Majesty the King! And Princess Shirahoshi! God, am I dreaming? I saw His Majesty Neptune!"

"Princess Shirahoshi! Prince Shark Star! It's me, Nia, Nia from the Fishman Dance Troupe, sob sob..."

Neptune, Shirahoshi, and the others rushed forward and embraced their people, tears streaming down their faces.

"Saint Musgarud, what is this...?"

Rorschach took a deep breath and looked at Musgarud, who was smiling beside him.

Based on what Musgarud had done on the road, Kobra certainly wouldn't believe that all the slaves in this hall were imprisoned by Musgarud.

If Musgarud really is that kind of person.

Then he had no reason to risk offending all the Celestial Dragons by saving Shirahoshi, which resulted in him being beaten and having his Celestial Gold share confiscated.

Although the exact amount of that so-called "heavenly gold" is unknown, the amount of money a Celestial Dragon can control in a year is undoubtedly enormous.

Thinking of this, Luo Xia's gaze towards Musgarud became somewhat complicated.

The Celestial Dragon in front of him did even more than he had expected.

As Rorschach suspected, the hundreds of slaves in the hall were the ones that Musgard had bought from other Celestial Dragons with his own money over the years.

These people were just a portion of the slaves he had purchased over the years.

He also secretly released many slaves by taking them to Bubble Harbor beneath the Red Line or to the Sabaody Archipelago using various methods.

Musgarud walked up a few steps and looked down, a grotesque smile on his swollen face. He chuckled and said, "Gentlemen, I brought you here for these slaves. I hope you can help me take these poor people out, to the sea below, and let them go home."

He peeled his fingers, a wry smile on his face.

"I know this might be difficult for everyone, but... I'm sorry, I... have run out of money. The Five Elders reduced my annual share of Celestial Gold, which meant I used to receive about five billion Berries a year, but now it's down to two billion. All the money from previous years was spent buying slaves from others. I was hoping this year's share of Celestial Gold would arrive soon, but alas... man proposes, God disposes. So, I can only ask you all here to send these poor souls back to the sea..."

"what?"

Everyone was deeply moved after hearing Musgarud's story.

Neptune and his men were so moved that they knelt down on the spot, leading a group of grateful slaves as they looked at Musgarud with deep emotion.

"Lord Musgarud, rest assured! I will risk my life to get them all out of here. We will remember everything you have done forever."

Yun Que, Vivi, and the others were also deeply shocked.

They never imagined that in this seemingly glamorous but actually rotten holy land, there would be a Celestial Dragon who would go to such lengths to serve as a slave.

This had a huge contrasting impact on the negative impressions that Hibari, Law, and even Rorschach held of the Celestial Dragons.

This also made Rorschach even more curious about Shirahoshi's mother, the late Queen Otohime.

This curiosity was tinged with a sense of admiration.

It was Queen Otohime's unwavering pursuit of equality and her consistent actions that led to Musgarud's grateful gesture in return.

That woman, though not particularly powerful, possessed a strong belief that many in this world lack.

People like Queen Otohime might be the true pioneers of the revolutionary army.

"Don't you think this castle looks too empty?" Frisis looked around at the bare walls and sighed. "This place used to be filled with precious treasures from all over the world, presented by nobles from many kingdoms. There were even many valuable items that the Don Quixote family had inherited for eight hundred years. In recent years, Saint Musgarud took them and traded them with other adults for slaves, and kindly kept them in his home. Every now and then, he would take a few dozen people out and let them go."

The crowd was deeply moved, and their gazes toward Musgarud now held a newfound respect.

Musgalud's actions deserve our respect and gratitude.

Even though he is a member of the Celestial Dragons.

"As a CP member of the World Government, knowing about Musgard's actions, didn't you ever think of stopping it? Or reporting it to your superiors?" Rorschach looked at Frisis.

Frisis simply smiled. “I am now the servant of Saint Musgarud, and have no right to interfere with anything my master does, much less to inform on or dissuade him. Whatever my master does, I will unconditionally help him to accomplish it. Whether he enslaves these slaves like Saint Rozwad did before, or shows leniency towards them as he does now, I have no right to interfere.”

Looking at the smile on Frisis's face, Rorschach felt a strange, indescribable feeling towards the man.

how to say.

Frisis was a man of pure, unconventional purity.

He is neither a good person nor a bad person in the fixed sense.

He was loyal to the World Government, the World Nobles, and the master he followed.

It doesn't matter to him how wicked the Rozwad family he used to follow was, or how kind the Musgarud is now.

He only wanted to serve his master wholeheartedly and think of his master's best interests at heart.

"So, what do you want me to do?" Rorschach vaguely guessed what Frisis wanted him to do in exchange for the precious gift he had mentioned earlier.

Frisis did not answer and quickly disappeared into the crowded throng.

A moment later, Luo Xia saw him take out something that looked like a notebook and solemnly put it into Luo Xia's hand.

"Take this, and don't let it slip out, or it'll cause you a lot of trouble." Frisis patted the notebook in Rorschach's hand. "This contains many techniques about how Zoan-type Devil Fruit users can quickly develop their abilities and reach the awakening level. It's valuable experience that the World Government has gained from many awakened users over the past eight hundred years. It also contains some introductions to the Six Powers and other powerful physical techniques."

Rorschach took a deep breath, suppressing the urge to immediately flip through his notes, and looked at Frisis, waiting for him to continue.

“My request is that you, Rorschach, find a way to provide a sum of money each year to help Saint Musgarud do what he wants. This sum of money may not be small, because the slaves from the Holy Land that other adults can buy are not cheap. Moreover, Saint Musgarud's share of Heavenly Gold this year has already been confiscated, and his share of Heavenly Gold in the future has been reduced by another 10%, to only 1.5 billion Berries per year. It will be too difficult for him to do what he wants.”

Frisis sighed. "Alas, as a servant, I cannot dissuade my lord from doing what he wants to do, so I can only try to raise money for him and help him fulfill his wish. My life was also saved by my lord. I know that this request is somewhat difficult for a righteous naval commander like you. But among the friends I trust and the friends I can value, you are the only one left."

He looked at Rorschach earnestly and said sincerely, "So, I hope you can help me, help Saint Musgarud."

Rorschach was stunned for a moment, then a bright smile gradually appeared on his lips. He reached out and patted Frisis heavily on the shoulder, saying solemnly:

"Don't worry, Frisis, leave the money to me. I will definitely help Saint Musgarud fulfill his wish."

"Thank you. I'm relieved to hear that." Frisis smiled and shook hands with Rorschach.

“No, we are the ones who should say thank you.” Rorschach looked at the slaves in the hall, then at Cobra and the others.

“Rorschach is right. We are the ones who should be thanking him.” Cobra, Popbra, and Neptune all came over and said solemnly, “We will continue to provide Saint Musgard with Berries from now on. What he is doing now is a great thing and deserves more investment. However, we are worried that Saint Musgard’s actions may provoke the resentment of the Five Elders.”

"It's alright. As long as it's a normal and legal purchase of slaves, the Five Elders won't interfere with whether the slaves are released or killed after they're bought. Just don't release too many at once and cause dissatisfaction among the other elders."

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Chapter 468 Edward Weevil

New World, Totland Sea, Biscuit Island.

A sharp alarm blared over the port as squads of fully armed Big Mom's pirate crew, led by high-ranking officer Baron Tamago, surged out of the island.

Baron Egg, holding a rapier, strutted along with his long, thin legs, his face contorted with rage. Even before he arrived, his furious voice had already reached the port.

"Who is the attacker? Doesn't he know whose territory this is? I want to see which audacious bastard dares to openly attack my mother's territory!"

The response to Baron Egg was a deafening explosion.

"boom!"

A deafening explosion rang out at the port at the end of the street ahead.

Then came a terrifying shockwave, like a flash flood, rolling in and sweeping across all directions.

The buildings that once stood on the island were as fragile as paper under this terrifying impact, breaking, collapsing, and exploding with a rumble!

The violent impact was like a rapidly expanding giant storm, sweeping towards Baron Egg, who was charging forward. The wind blew so hard that he couldn't open his eyes and had to cover his face with his hands to shield himself.

Feeling the buzzing vibrations of the ground beneath his feet and being involuntarily blown backward by the rolling impact, Baron Egg finally showed a look of surprise on his face.