Chapter 122 The Beginning of Change! Dressrosa...

Mariejoia.

Deep in Pangu City.

A room decorated with flowers, with birds singing, flowers blooming, orioles singing and swallows dancing, and the fragrance of osmanthus and orchids.

This is a mysterious place called 'Between Flowers'!

The secrets hidden behind the world, a place that is free from the long river of time!

Today, Mercury of the Five Elder Stars, the God of Law and War - Topman Wochulisheng, entered the Flower Room alone.

"Lord Yim... has given Lex a reply according to your oracle..."

Saint Woqiuli is the world's highest authority and the one with the most say among the Five Elder Stars, but at this moment he is kneeling on one knee, prostrating himself in front of the dark figure.

After a long while, Im finally spoke and asked Mercury who was half-kneeling in front of him.

"Hmm, did I do that right?"

“God is never wrong.”

Mercury finally gave such an answer.

"Hmm,...it can't be wrong?"

Mercury's expression remained unchanged. He kept his head down and kept silent.

Yim seemed to be asking himself a question just now, and then he answered himself:

"Mm, it can't be wrong!"

Mercury heard Im's self-questioning and self-answering, and then he replied respectfully:

"You did it right. There are still 30 years until the date of the agreement. The Nika Fruit has disappeared. Since Rocks was killed, the New World pirates have become stronger. Now we can temporarily withdraw from there and use more manpower in the four seas, which is more conducive to the peace and stability of the sea. Besides, handing it over to Rex does not mean that it is out of the control of our God's lineage. After all, he has that kind of blood."

“Impure…”

Im whispered.

"It's not a big problem. His current achievements can also prove the superiority of God's bloodline."

After hearing this, Yim shook his head slowly, then nodded gently. After a while, Mercury heard Him say:

".....He discovered Mu's existence."

At this moment, Mercury's heart was in turmoil and his shock was beyond words.

"! How could that be? You didn't take part in the last war."

Yimu explained patiently:

"If Mu had not taken action, the holy land would have been destroyed that night. Mu saw that the man was determined to destroy this place."

Mercury dared not question:

"Lex has indeed been against us since he went to sea, probably because of his mother."

After hearing this, Yim stopped talking for a while. He gently stroked the butterfly resting on his slender fingertips and said:

".....It doesn't matter, Mum doesn't care. He is just an ambitious person. Qinghai is so vast that there is no shortage of ambitious people like Lex. He is not even D. The blood of Izambaron and the unknown blood of Leon are not a concern. The person Mum is waiting for is not him. He is not the answer Mu is waiting for..."

Mercury did not fully understand what Yim said, but continued to ask respectfully:

"So we should just let him go but monitor him?"

"....M doesn't matter, it's not him."

After hearing Im's final answer, Mercury had an idea in mind.

I just stood up, bowed again, and respectfully took my leave.

Just before he left the flowers, Yimu did not turn around, but suddenly said:

".....Vegapunk, the highest standard, he is no worse than those people from the outer sea."

"Yes!"

Mercury looked serious.

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This is Dressrosa.

A country in the first half of the New World.

This is the King's Highland, and also the location of the palace of the royal family, the Riku Clan.

However, it is worth mentioning that although it is a royal family, this place is extremely poor.

The contemporary King Liku is young and strong, full of ambition, kind and charitable, and often helps the war-torn countries around him, winning him the love of the people.

However, the only drawback is that King Riku is close to the 'little people', also known as the 'Dontata clan', and is unwilling to use these little goblins as cheap labor, and even condones them to steal in the kingdom.

Therefore, Dressrosa, which was not rich to begin with, was even worse off, with financial constraints and deficits every year.

And today, King Liku received a strange but extremely important notice.

To be precise, there are two notifications!

The first one comes from Marijoa, and it is an ultimatum from the World Government:

"It will maintain its status as a member of Dressrosa, and will have to pay 20% of its original gold. However, its only privileges are to participate in the World Conference as normal and to communicate and coordinate with the government at critical moments. Unless there are special circumstances, the Navy will no longer provide it with shelter. If it refuses, its country will be destroyed!"

This first notice left King Riku confused. He was not a man with political talent, otherwise Dressrosa would not be so poor.

The second notice made King Liku feel even more disheartened.

because--

This is the final ultimatum from the blond man, the king of the new world whose reputation intimidates Qinghai, Leon Lex:

"Respected King Liku, please forgive me for not having time to visit you in person. I can only convey it through a letter. I believe you have received the notice from the Holy Land. I don't know if you are satisfied with the matter of Tianshangjin. In the future, you only need to hand over 20%, which greatly reduces the financial burden. However... you don't have to give me the remaining 80%. After all, that will add another burden to the impoverished country. You only need to give me 50% every year. In addition, I will open a chamber of commerce in your country to support your country's economic development, ensure the well-being of the people, and fight for common peace. I believe you will also support me. - Leon Lex!"

Compared to the government's tough demands of "destroying the country", Lex's tone and manner seemed extremely easy-going and friendly.

Of course, this is without considering letters.

If King Liku tells you at this time.

He read the letter from Rex with tears in his eyes under the gaze of a great pirate, so I'm afraid King Riku wouldn't think Rex was as kind as he said on the paper.

The reality is that——

“Pei! Pepepe~~!!”

A short dwarf is jumping around in the kingdom's palace, his big red nose is quite funny.

It was this little dwarf who seemed to be full of funny points who made everyone in the palace feel as if they had lost their parents and dared not say a word.

because--

This little dwarf is called——Monlala Pepe!!!

The third captain of the Sky Pirates!

Man-eating monster!!!

"Captain Pepe, I wonder if Lord Lex has any specific opinion on this chamber of commerce, and whether he can continue to protect our country from pirates - er... outsiders on behalf of the government."

Realizing that the red-nosed dwarf in front of him was a real pirate, King Riku quickly changed his words and asked in a tactful manner.

Pepe blinked his big stupid eyes, shook his red nose, and his white mustache was fluffy:

"......wear?"

"Um...Captain Pepe, I wonder if Lord Lex has told you how to set up the Chamber of Commerce mentioned in the letter."

Pepe blinked his big stupid eyes again:

"wear.......?"

Young King Riku: “….”

At this time, the minister of the kingdom came close and whispered to King Liku:

"I heard that Monlala Pepe's intelligence is not normal. How about we fool him first? Your Majesty?"

then.

King Liku was thinking about what the minister said, but suddenly he heard a series of exclamations in his ears!

turn out to be--

The minister who whispered had already been beheaded!

And his head was being chewed in the mouth of Monlala Pepe, whose face was covered in blood!

Crack, crack—

The sound of chewing bones makes one's hair stand on end and one can't help but tremble.

The ministers present saw this extremely bloody scene, their legs even trembled and their crotches were wet.

I only heard——

Pepe's innocent question:

"......wear?"

King Riku suppressed his discomfort, swallowed his saliva, pulled the corners of his stiff mouth, and revealed an official smile:

"...Hehe, Captain Pepe, rest assured, please go ahead and set up the Chamber of Commerce in Dressrosa. In addition, we will hand over 50% of this year's Tianshang Gold to Lord Lex right now and take it from the national treasury immediately!"

"wear!"

Pepe then continued to blink his stupid big eyes and stopped eating people.