I am the Bandit King of the East Sea.

"Do I really need to bother with these small fry?"

Sig asked calmly, his gaze neither joyful nor sorrowful, as if neither this siege nor the questions from the bandits before him could cause the slightest fluctuation in his state of mind.

"The boss is right!"

The bald man's familiar voice rang out, and his eyes seemed to be burning with two raging flames:

"We understand that this is a test for us, his men!"

"If you can't even defeat this few people, what right do you have to be Boss Sig's subordinate!"

Sig's expression softened slightly.

"Besides, with the boss there to keep watch, if something really happens, can the boss just stand by and watch?"

The bald man continued.

Sig’s eye twitched slightly.

Chapter 43 Positive Energy

At the foot of the mountain, the allied forces of the Kingdom's army and navy are gradually tightening their encirclement.

Colonel Kavin, the naval branch commander located behind the front line, looked up in the direction of the cabin. In his field of vision, a large group of bandits was rapidly emerging and rushing towards them.

"They've organized the first wave of attack and attempted a breakout? It's a bit faster than I expected."

Colonel Calvin nodded slightly and offered a couple of comments:

"However... this is meaningless. The disparity in troop strength is too great."

"A bandit gang of a mere two hundred people dares to call themselves kings? That's laughable."

Soon, the first wave of bandits had reached the front line of the encirclement.

The outcome was exactly as Colonel Calvin and others had predicted.

After a brief stalemate, the smaller bandit group gradually fell into a losing position.

Parker, the commander of the Kingdom's army, glanced contemptuously at the bandits who were already in a losing position, then turned his head and laughed:

"We really owe a lot to your navy for helping us in this bandit suppression campaign."

"This way, our Kingdom's army can also get back as soon as possible to carry out the next mission."

As they spoke, they acted as if the bandits who were still fighting didn't exist.

"Another mission? Oh, by the way, is your kingdom's army planning to rush back to welcome the world's nobles?"

Colonel Calvin smiled and started chatting with the other party.

"I guess so. After all, they are Celestial Dragons, the true nobles of the world. You might not see one even once in your entire life."

Commander Parker smiled, his smile relaxed and carefree, not at all like someone on a battlefield.

Both commanders of the allied forces clearly did not take these bandits seriously.

.........

Meanwhile, on a hilltop further away, several pairs of eyes were watching the commotion on the battlefield through binoculars.

"The battle has begun..."

The dragon, draped in a dark green cloak, put down his binoculars, stood up, and walked outside.

"Wait, Dragon, where are you going? Aren't you going to watch the fight? Maybe we'll get to see Sig Boy make a move this time."

The transvestite king Ivankov quickly called out to the dragon, who was about to leave.

"Now that this battle has begun, there is no suspense left."

"But... Sigboy's men are clearly about to give up, even though the battle has only just begun."

The dragon did not stop its steps, but merely shook its head slightly:

"As a revolutionary, I could probably guess what he was thinking."

"Sig did this simply to train his men; otherwise, what would have been the point of his previous large-scale and rapid expansion?"

"After all, that Sigurd is a top-tier Conqueror's Haki user. If he gets serious, he can bring down this so-called allied forces with a single thought."

"This kind of boring battle is not interesting to watch. We might as well do something more meaningful."

"I see. You're planning to deal with the Bursam Pirates, right?"

Ivankov grabbed the hem of his cloak, as if clutching the hem of a ballerina's skirt, and twirled around in place in his high heels, quite excitedly:

"However, I still want to witness Sigboy's Conqueror's Haki, complete with its own sound effects, once again here~"

The Bursam Pirates, as Ivankov mentioned, were the pirate crew that ignited the Uncertainty Terminal and caused a massive fire.

After learning from Sig that the Kingdom of Goa was preparing to ignite the terminal station, the Revolutionary Army attempted to evacuate the residents around the terminal station in advance.

But their operation failed.

The residents of the uncertain destination were mostly homeless people, unemployed, and criminals—not exactly benevolent individuals.

Even when warned that a fire might break out at the terminal station, the other party didn't believe it at all, simply thinking that the revolutionary army was trying to recruit them.

Therefore, the revolutionary army decided to change the plan.

They intervened just as the Bursam Pirates were about to set the fire on fire, quietly preventing it from happening.

After a few words, the revolutionary army, which had been observing from the shadows, split into two groups: one group left with Long, while the other group continued to watch the battle.

.........

As time passed, the situation gradually turned unfavorable.

"Boss, we really can't hold on any longer!"

"Please, boss, help us! The allied forces are too numerous!"

"Boss!!!"

One by one, the bandits, covered in blood, kept running back, and the front line was on the verge of collapse.

"Now is the time for me to take action. What use are you if I keep you around?"

Sieg's voice remained low and indifferent, without the slightest inflection.

The engine of the Emperor, however, was now even louder.

"No, boss, we really can't hold on any longer! Boss..."

More and more bandits fell wounded, forcing the battle lines to shrink continuously.

Sig remained standing still, like a statue.

Bang bang bang bang bang....

"So...is this the end?"

Sig’s somber words invigorated the bandits who had retreated to his side, but also made them feel somewhat ashamed.

Yes, that's the end for us subordinates.

The boss's words probably mean that he's about to take action.

But this also means that we did not pass his test.

Many people lowered their heads in embarrassment, looking somewhat dejected.

"No! Boss Sig, we can still fight!"

With a loud roar, the bald man, his head covered in blood, stood in front of Sieg.

He stood there covered in blood, the flame in his eyes still burning brightly.

"Boss Sig, I'm going to make you king!"

His once shiny and clean forehead was now soaked with streaks of blood, like a red hard-boiled egg, yet still dazzling.

"...You've done enough."

Sieg's deep voice rang out, accompanied by the increasingly loud roar of the Emperor's engine.

The bald man stopped arguing and instead looked at the bandits beside him.

"Brothers, have you forgotten the teachings our leader has always given us?"

The bald man roared:

"No matter what difficulties we encounter, we must not be afraid!"

The bald man's shouts were mixed with the sound of the Emperor's engine, each sound deep and powerful.

The sound mingled with the bald man's shouts, like the whispers of an ancient god, infusing the soul.

At that moment, everything suddenly fell silent, and everyone stopped breathing.

A bandit who had fallen to the ground struggled to his feet, using his long sword for support, and roared after the bald man:

"Face it with a smile!"

"The best way to eliminate fear is to face it..."

More and more bandits instinctively joined in the shouting.

"Persistence is the key to victory!!"

In the deep forest under the cover of night, the bandits' eyes widened, and their faces all broke into smiles full of positive energy, their faces seemingly swelling up at that moment.

"Awesome!"

"Awesome!"

The shouts of everyone merged into one, instantly drowning out all the screams and gunshots, the sound shaking the mountains and forests!

Amidst the background noise of the Emperor Engine, over a hundred people, their faces beaming with positive energy, shouted "Oli Gei!" and launched their final charge!

........

On a distant mountaintop, the binoculars in the hands of Ivankov, the transvestite king, trembled and nearly fell.

"What is this thing? Their faces... seem to have gotten bigger? Like ability users of the Hormone-Hormone Fruit?"