Chapter 169 The Secret Legend Human Hunting Competition!
Chapter 169 Hidden Legend-Human Hunting Competition!
"Has things reached this point?"
After a moment of impotent rage, Kobra calmed down and faced the problem before him.
Things are not as bad as they could be, and there is still a chance for recovery!
"If we send a large army to work together to get rid of Crocodile, can the 100 beli be reduced?"
The king of the kingdom asked this question just like an ordinary businessman.
"It's impossible. At least that's what they said. It's almost impossible to kill Crocodile by relying on people in the desert."
Weiwei stood behind Cobra, gently rubbing her father's shoulders, her pretty face full of worry.
"Ron said that Crocodile is a real pirate.
Once he realizes that something cannot be done, he will immediately run away, and then the kingdom will face the revenge of a crazy pirate.
Endless desert storms and endless droughts will completely destroy this country.
If the royal family of the country is separated from Ron and the others, Crocodile will not go crazy even if they fail in the end.
On the contrary, there is still a chance to act again, collect evidence... and ask the navy for help. "
Speaking of which,
Weiwei was suddenly stunned and asked quickly: "Yes, father, why don't we ask the navy for help? We are a member country!"
"It's not as simple as you think."
Cobra gently pulled Vivi in front of him and stroked his daughter's somewhat dry hair distressedly: "Krokdal is a pirate selected by the World Government in the Shichibukai.
He itself represents the authority of a part of the world government, and the navy cannot intervene without sufficient evidence.
Moreover, requiring the Navy to intervene in domestic matters is not without cost.
Paying the sky fee only allows the navy to establish bases in the joining countries and conduct patrols.
If you ask for more, you need to pay more heavenly gold.
We don't have that much money anymore.
Once this hole is opened, it will enter an irreversible vicious circle. "
Kobra actually kept a lot of it, he didn't say anything worse.
For example, the amount of heavenly gold demanded by the world government continues to rise every year.
Some well-known kingdoms requested naval intervention, resulting in subsequent increases in sky gold payments.
If you can't pay, you will eventually lose your status as a franchisee and enter a vicious cycle.
Some kings of Kobra called it the Golden Cycle of Heaven.
The World Government is very wealthy, but the Celestial Dragons, the rulers of the Holy Land Mariejoia, are not engaged in production.
They are born to enjoy, deprive, and exploit and regard this as normal.
So where does the money come from for the world government to support its huge navy, Draconian groups, and various researches?
The answer is the protection fees paid by these franchised countries.
To be precise, the flesh of the franchised countries is cut off to support the entire world government and related organizations.
High taxes are a terrible burden on every kingdom.
The Kingdom of Alabasta where Kobra is located is large enough, so it has never had this fear.
But because of Crocodile's actions, they were already on the red line of the financial chain.
At the same time, Kobra knew.
The rulers of kingdoms in other places are not as honest as him. Those guys want to ensure the enjoyment of the privileged class.
So they all tried their best to search for the people's fat and the people's anointing.
After all, after paying the heavenly gold, the rest belongs to them, the monarchs, kings and nobles.
In the eyes of some far-sighted kings,
The biggest reason for the birth of this great era of pirates is the vicious cycle brought about by the heavenly gold system!
Yes,
Vicious cycle!
Generally, franchise countries have to do their best to pay the heavenly gold, so exploitation is inevitable.
In this case, the heavenly gold is handed over. After the civilians are squeezed, they are desperate when encountering unexpected factors.
There are suicides, prostitution, and crimes, but most of them are attracted by the big secret treasures and take risks.
So there were more pirates.
Not being able to pay heavenly gold is another extreme.
Without naval protection, non-member countries would be frequently attacked and plundered by pirates.
The efficiency of reconstruction could not keep up with the efficiency of destruction, and the decline in prosperity could no longer support the residents. As a result, the ravages of pirates caused the disaster of the kingdom's demise.
Those people couldn't survive and had no choice but to become pirates.
The more pirates there are, the more the navy will expand. The more the navy expands, the higher the military expenses it will demand, and the greater the share of gold from the sky.
Since the share of tribute to the Celestial Dragons cannot be changed, the World Government can only increase the amount of Celestial Gold.
If the participating countries cannot afford it, they will lose protection, resulting in the above-mentioned extreme direction of not being able to afford it, and a large number of pirates will be born.
So an endless cycle begins.
Kobra knows better that the world government also knows the evils of this system.
But those world government officials and even the Five Old Stars didn't want to change anything.
This reminded him of a legend.
An extremely terrifying legend that has been circulated among many kings, but no one has ever dared to prove it true or false.
‘Human Hunting Contest! ’
What is involved is the world's nobles, the descendants of the Creator - the Celestial Dragons!
No matter what the outside world calls these Dracos, Kobra, who was once one of them, knows.
They are just a race that came together from royal families from all over the world. There is nothing special about them.
but,
It is well known that every Celestial Dragon holds the highest authority.
In other words, they feel superior to others and do not treat others as human beings.
However, only the existence of the Celestial Dragon clan allows them to recognize that they and other Celestial Dragons are of the same race.
Since it is a race, there must be some things that everyone agrees on and are willing to implement together.
After years of practice, these things have gradually become a custom.
then,
There is the human hunting competition in Longkou.
It's essentially simple,
Every three years, the Tianlong people will select a country from the non-franchised countries in the world. The selection range is island countries with rich resources.
Then add some things that offend the Tianlong people, such as the geographical name of the country with gods, or other offensive points.
As long as they think it's offensive, it's offensive.
Therefore, it will naturally become the target of the Tianlong people and the target location for holding the human hunting competition!
It is said that
Just said!
After the Tianlong people select a target country, they will use the power of the World Government to dispatch a large number of warships to block all entrances and exits of the country.
Then dispatch CP agencies or Tianlong people to take action in person to kill the upper-level rulers who can organize the people.
For example, kings, nobles, and people of high prestige.
After dismantling the established resistance in this country.
The Celestial Dragons will throw the less obedient but special slaves from their slave collections to this country as part of the participants.
After that, it’s the human hunting contest.
As the name suggests, all non-Celestial beings on the island will be targeted for hunting.
The ‘beasts’ hunt each other, and life is measured by points as part of the fun of the game.
Even the Celestial Dragons will be eliminated, starting from the negative stage according to the strength of the eliminated person.
After victory, this slaughtered country will become a resource island for the world government.
When Kobra first learned about this legend, his first reaction was 'a ridiculous and boring story'
It wasn't until he communicated with other kings with a long history that he slowly discovered a terrifying fact.
The World Government has been promoting to the outside world that the more than 100 countries under the World Government's banner represent the vast majority of countries in the world.
But this concept was not like this hundreds of years ago.
During that initial period of formation of world government.
Neutral countries whose channels and information are blocked by the sea are the vast majority of the world.
However, under the Triennial Custom of the Celestial Dragons, the ‘Human Hunting Competition’, these countries disappeared due to various ‘natural disasters’ over hundreds of years.
Gradually it became the territory of the World Government and became a cornerstone of the Celestial Dragon system.
So, gradually.
The ‘vast majority of countries’ claimed by the world government has really become the vast majority.
After vaguely aware of the truth or the source of the legend.
Cobra deeply understood one fact,
Maybe in the distant future, there will be only one country left in the world.
World government!
In other words, the divine kingdom of the Celestial Dragons!
By that time, there will no longer be any so-called franchising countries. They have long lost their identity as a franchising country due to the pirates.
Then they were slaughtered in a human hunting competition and became a resource island for the world government.
If this is the case, then everything can be explained!
certainly,
Cobra just recalled this part of the memory and hid it deep in his mind.
He was a king, but only the king of Alabasta.
He wants to hold up the sky for his people and protect the survival of this country.
The more distant future, the future that lasts hundreds of years, is not something he can interfere with.
If any bad rumors suddenly appear, it may lead to extremely terrifying things.
It’s not like the world government has never massacred a country!
Rather, its existence is built on the corpses of many kingdoms.
This,
This is the reason why Kobra is unwilling to speak out. There are many reasons for the kingdom's current bad situation.
But this is not Weiwei's fault. She has done her best to bring back an extremely important piece of information.
Now that Kobra understands Crocodile's ambition, how can he ask for more from his daughter?
So, when Weiwei heard this, she showed a frustrated expression.
Kobra rubbed his long light blue hair and said with a warm smile: "It's okay, just leave it to father."
Weiwei couldn't help showing a worried expression, but she was still obedient and didn't ask any more questions.
Ikarem didn't interrupt from beginning to end, just watching silently.
He is just a soldier after all.
Subsequently,
King Kobra began to prepare, although he could not send a large army to encircle and suppress him.
But he didn't mind following the pace set by Ron.
What Weiwei and Ikarem brought back was not only Crocodile's conspiracy, but also part of the plan on how to deal with him.
first,
A heavy rain is needed!
Two 7k bills, they came out all night, so let’s do this for today.
