Pirate's Swordsman

After half an hour.

Xia Nuo, who figured out the general situation, left the town. Before turning on the back of an eagle, he slashed a few swords at will and wiped out all the zombies in the entire town area in an instant.

This scene immediately stunned all the residents of the town, including the well-informed old mayor. They were stunned for a long time before they came back to their senses.

The corpse tide that had been plaguing the town for a long time was actually solved so easily. They suddenly realized that they had seemed to have underestimated the strength of this foreign guest.

of course.

If they knew Xia Nuo's true identity, the shock would probably be countless times greater than this...

…………

in the night.

On the back of the eagle flying towards the royal capital Albana, Xia Nuo touched the stubble on his chin with a look of deep contemplation in his eyes.

Before leaving the closed shelter, he had already asked the old mayor about Crocodile's whereabouts.

What surprised him was that since the drama was almost coming to an end and the throne of king was approaching, Crocodile had already changed his original secretive behavior and appeared frequently in front of the public in a high-profile manner. .

The last time this guy showed up was just five days ago. Due to the appearance of a large number of zombies in a small town in the north of the royal capital, he fell from the sky and rescued thousands of residents, pushing his already high enough reputation to the top again. New peak.

"It seems to be almost as expected. The plan is about to be completed. This guy will never leave the area near the royal capital easily in the near future."

Xia Nuo's eyes flashed slightly. Since Crocodile's general scope of activities has been reduced and he acts in a high-profile manner, it will naturally be much easier to find him than he originally expected.

On the other hand, if like in the original timeline, this guy is still secretly the boss behind Baroque Studio, then it will undoubtedly take a lot of effort to find him.

speak up.

As if he suddenly remembered something, Xia Nuo took out the three tarot cards obtained from Hawkins from his arms, glanced at them, and landed on the front of the first card.

Against the dark background, two vines of yellow and black intertwine and support each other.

Xia Nuo thought about it for a while. The yellow vine undoubtedly refers to Crocodile, and the black one corresponds to Moonlight Moria.

The intertwining of the two happened to refer to the secret cooperation between the two people in Alabasta, which cast a bleak black mist over the entire Shengting Island.

The divination was quite accurate. Xia Nuo turned his attention to the other two tarot cards. If the first one had come true, what did the remaining two mean?

…………

Alabasta is a huge territory, but it cannot compare to the vastness of the sea.

Although Xiao Luo's flying speed was limited in the night, Xia Nuo arrived near the royal capital [Albana] about two hours later.

"It's quite majestic."

Looking at this desert city that looked particularly mysterious and majestic under the moonlight from a distance, Xia Nuo thought for a moment and found a hotel near the Acropolis outside the city wall to settle down, planning to have a good sleep. Wait until dawn tomorrow to get down to business.

He saw no trace of zombies in this area.

According to what I heard from the hotel owner, the corpse tide in the royal capital of Albana, as well as several nearby acropolis, seemed to have been cleaned up by Crocodile, and the people had initially escaped from the fear of the whole day. status and is on the right track to resume daily life.

And probably tomorrow, the "Lord Crocodile" as the boss calls him will lead his troops to launch a final attack on King Kobra's family trapped in the palace, and completely rescue the entire Kingdom of Alabasta from this "selfish and cruel king" come out.

Naturally, there is a high probability that the handover of the throne will be completed on that day, and countless people around the royal capital will be on hand to witness that scene.

What a disgusting trick.

Crowned as king?

Xia thanked the hotel owner and walked towards his room.

No, I sneered in my heart.

He originally planned to take Robin away by force and be done with it, but now it seems that he may have to find trouble with Crocodile, an old acquaintance.

…………

The next day.

When the east becomes white and the first ray of dawn falls on the earth.

Many people in the Arabana area got up early and gathered spontaneously within the walls of the royal capital.

The reason why they went to the royal capital was simple, they wanted to see with their own eyes that the abominable King Kobra and Moonlight Moria, who had joined forces with him, were brought to justice by Lord Crocodile and executed on the spot.

Almost everyone agreed that after getting rid of the remnants of the king's army trapped in the palace, Lord Crocodile would take over the king's position, and by then, their country would finally have a great wise king to lead them. Transform Shengting Island into a prosperous country again!

And at the same time.

Inside the heavily besieged palace, the atmosphere was gloomy and gloomy.

The 12th king of Alabasta, Neferutali Kobra, was standing on the terrace of the castle, looking worriedly at the people gathering in the distance.

"His Majesty."

The captain of the royal guard, Ikarem, stood behind Kobra. Seeing that the king's expression became increasingly ugly, he hesitated for a moment before softly persuading:

"Why don't you consider my suggestion? With Bell and Jaka protecting them, and if you let me stay to break up the rear, I still have a chance to break out of the siege."

Bell and Gaka are both deputy captains of the Alabasta royal family's guard. They are respectively the bird fruit-falcon type ability user of the animal type, and the jackal type ability user of the dog fruit fruit type.

The two happened to correspond to the two guardian gods of the desert in myths and legends. They were quite powerful and loyal to the royal family.

"There is no chance."

Cobra shook his head with a wry smile and sighed: "Of course I can trust you three, but what about the soldiers in the royal city? Now that things have happened, how much power do you think the entire country still has in the hands of the royal family?"

Hearing this, Ikarem remained silent and his expression became darker.

As the captain of the guard, he naturally knew that the king's army, which had the highest loyalty to the royal family, was no longer the king's army in the past. Under the secret control of Moonlight Moria, many soldiers in the royal city had been secretly transformed into zombies.

And unlike ordinary zombies who are killing people outside, these modified zombies look like ordinary people and are extremely difficult to distinguish. They are hidden in the army, like time bombs that can be detonated at any time.

Not to mention that Moonlight Moria himself has most likely been hidden in the royal city for a long time. If the other party did not need Kobra to cooperate with Crocodile's performance to stage a drama in which the tyrant was executed on the spot, how could the entire royal family survive safely? By now, they were probably all slaughtered.

"This country has become like this. In the end, I still have to blame the king."

Kobra looked at the city gate in the distance and said quietly:

"It's all because I believed in Crocodile too much and didn't see through that guy's ambition. Now all the people have turned against him, and the royal bloodline is about to be destroyed. Everything is just the consequences of this king's own fault."

Icarem opened his mouth, trying to comfort him, but he was so clumsy that he didn't know where to start. In the end, he could only sigh helplessly.

And at this time.

"How can you say that, Father!"

An angry voice suddenly came from behind.

Cobra was slightly startled, turned around and looked around, only to see a beautiful girl with long blue hair appearing on the terrace at some point, gritting her teeth and walking over step by step.

"Vivi?"

"your Highness?"

Cobra and Icarim's expressions changed drastically at the same time. The former couldn't help but rush forward, grabbed the blue-haired girl's shoulders, and roared in a low voice while trembling all over:

"Why are you back again! Didn't I ask someone to contact you before and tell you not to return to the capital and to go to sea as far as possible! Weiwei! Why, why didn't you listen to your father?"