Chapter 264 Compromise x Preparation

After meeting with West Caesar, they tactfully expressed their willingness to compromise.

After a heated exchange of words, West Caesar sent away the gloomy representatives with satisfaction.

Flagship of the Wester Empire's Third Fleet.

Tear it apart!

Elliot tore up the fax sent from the capital with an unhappy look on his face.

"The enemy has not been found! His Majesty the Emperor doesn't allow me to go too far. Damn it!" He had a gloomy face and said nothing.

After a while.

He suppressed his emotions and ordered: "According to the orders of His Majesty the Emperor, negotiate with them."

Upon hearing this, the officers breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that Duke Elliot would disobey the Emperor's orders, which would have disastrous consequences.

Fortunately, Duke Elliot did not do anything stupid.

After receiving the news from the Wester Empire's Third Fleet, Luciano Leo breathed a sigh of relief and a smile appeared on his face.

But soon, when he received the results of his negotiations with the Wester Empire, he could no longer laugh.

Now, the five major mafia families and several forces in the underworld are going to suffer heavy losses.

"Give it to them!" He closed his eyes painfully and said reluctantly.

After accepting the "apology gift" from the Luciano family, the Wester Empire's Third Fleet continued to move eastward.

The relatively "weaker" forces such as the Capone family, the Magadino family, the Kolobo family, the Mangano family, the Perva Kingdom, the Daro Kingdom, and the Lidi Kingdom were all killed.

Although these forces are usually very powerful, they dare not even fart when facing the West Empire.

Among them, the Kingdom of Perva, the Kingdom of Daro, and the Kingdom of Lidi were originally part of the West Empire, but at the instigation of the World Government, they became independent and became member states.

With new hatreds and old grudges, these countries were all slaughtered badly.

It would be useless even if they complained to the World Government.

Because the World Government will only let them spend money to avoid disaster, but will not go to war with the West Empire for them.

Of course, Duke Elliot is not a fool. He did not touch the stronger forces like the Kingdom of Wood and the Kingdom of Flowers.

For several days, wherever the Wester Empire's Third Fleet passed, there were wails of grief.

All the forces were so heartbroken that they could hardly breathe.

This time they were seriously injured.

After leaving the Magadino family's sphere of influence, an adjutant asked cautiously, "Your Excellency the Duke, shall we return next?"

"No!" Duke Elliot said lightly, then looked into the distance and slowly said, "There's still one place we haven't gone to."

"Where?" asked the adjutant curiously.

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands!" Duke Elliot said coldly.

"The Kingdom of the Netherlands?" The adjutant was very confused.

Duke Elliot said unhappily, “If the Kingdom of the Netherlands had honestly handed over the Fruit of the Fortress after bidding for it, my son might not have gotten into trouble.”

"Uh~" Hearing the far-fetched reason, the adjutant groaned and remained silent.

Afterwards, the Wester Empire's Third Fleet sailed towards the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

After learning the news, Magadino Green's mouth corners curled up slightly and he felt much better.

Magadino Green guessed a little about Duke Elliot's thoughts, which were nothing more than taking his anger out on others.

However, Magadino Green did not pity the Kingdom of the Netherlands, but rather felt a bit gloating over its misfortune.

So he quickly spread the good news.

While the various forces in trouble were quietly licking their wounds, they all turned their attention to the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

They planned to seek some solace from the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

But the result may disappoint them.

Xia Jieren received the news as soon as the Wester Empire's Third Fleet set off for the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

"Could it be that the West Empire has discovered some clues?" This was Xia Jieren's first thought after hearing this.

But he quickly rejected it, "Impossible! We did it so covertly, how could they find out?"

Then, he thought about the various strange and bizarre abilities of devil fruits and became unconfident again.

While Xia Jieren was daydreaming, Kerrigan gave the answer: "Master! According to the information fed back by the scouts, the West Empire has not discovered that we are the mastermind behind the incident."

"Then why?" Xia Jieren raised his doubts.

"Uh~, we're just being taken out on." Kerrigan explained, and then she played the conversation between Duke Elliot and his adjutant.

After Xia Jieren knew the reason, he was not afraid, but mocked: "Haha, it's really domineering. Wester Empire."

There was an ambiguous light in his eyes.

"Master, what should we do?" Kerrigan asked.

"Needless to say? Since they have come from afar to have a fight with us, then of course we have to do our best to be good hosts and fulfill their wishes." Xia Jieren chuckled, without any nervousness in his tone.

"By the way, the strongest fighter among them is Duke Elliot, right?" Xia Jieren asked with interest.

"That's right!" Kerrigan nodded affirmatively.

"Tsk~, with the strength of a vice admiral, plus being a famous swordsman, the West Empire really has a deep foundation." Xia Jieren clicked his tongue twice.

Kerrigan reminded: "There must be admiral-level strongmen in the West Empire. Even if we defeat this fleet, I'm afraid the next time..."

Hearing this, Xia Jieren rubbed his temples with a headache: "A great and powerful general...Alas!!!"

He lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly seemed to have thought of something, his eyes lit up and he said, "I got it."

"Hehe~, now is the time when the gold from heaven handed over by our allied countries will come into play." Xia Jieren came up with a plan to divert the trouble away.

Afterwards, he found someone to contact the World Government and explained the crisis facing the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

At first, the World Government tried to evade the issue by saying that it could not interfere in the internal affairs of its member states.

However, the diplomats of the Kingdom of the Netherlands refuted this by saying that the Wester Empire was not a member of the World Government in the strict sense.

The Wester Empire has never acknowledged itself as a member state of the World Government, nor has it paid any Heavenly Gold.

It's just that the world government spread some false information to fool the world for the sake of its own face.

Then, the diplomats of the Kingdom of the Netherlands hinted that if the matter was not properly handled, the payment of Tianshang Gold would be stopped this year.

Upon hearing this, the officials from the World Government immediately changed their expressions.

These people knew very well how much the Celestial Dragons valued Heavenly Gold.

Stopping the payment of Heavenly Gold is a big deal.

These officials looked gloomy and advised the Kingdom of the Netherlands to consider the consequences carefully.

Their tone was calm, but it was not difficult to hear the threat in it.

In this regard, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands took a very tough attitude.

The two sides were in a stalemate for a while, neither side giving in.