The gourmet among pirates

After half a day.

The three Apocalypse Knights arrived hand in hand.

At this time, in a small town outside Greenland Harbor, Ace, under the leadership of Monroe, met the civilians who, with the help of the Moonlight Church, were still living a difficult life, but could barely survive.

In the eyes of these small town residents who may be facing difficulties, Ace saw a vision of the future and expectations for life in their eyes.

But when they disguised themselves and secretly entered the royal city of Moscow.

Ace was surprised to find out.

In the royal city, most of the residents they met were in ragged clothes and had numb eyes, as if they had lost hope of living.

Logically speaking, the residents of the royal city should be wealthier than the residents in the towns.

In the Principality of Moscow it was just the opposite.

Compared with those rural towns, the lives of the residents in the royal city of the Principality of Moscow seemed to be more difficult. There was not even a trace of color on their sallow faces, and some were completely numb to life.

And hesitation and despair about the future.

Even in that dark alley, you can see unmanaged garbage and excrement everywhere.

At the same time, the smell was overwhelming.

Ace also saw several highly decomposed corpses surrounded by flies.

Look at the corpse that was reduced to skin and bones by starvation.

Ace could think of the cause of their death without even guessing.

Starved to death!

In this world, technology and feudalism coexist.

In some countries, black technology has been developed too much, such as Enel's flying divine ship "Noah"; in the New World Germa 66, Vinsmoke Gaji led the team to perfect the bloodline factor and use it to create "Clone Soldiers" and "Clones"; Dr. Vegapunk invented the "Pacifist", an intelligent robot that is so powerful that it can even emit lasers, etc...

All of this illustrates the power of black technology in the pirate world.

But at the same time.

In this world, there are more feudal kingdoms.

And among their rulers, there were many cruel kings.

Therefore, this world is far from as beautiful and beautiful as it seems.

starve.

Countless people died from the disease.

To be honest, Ace was not surprised to see the corpses of people who died of starvation in the royal city of Moscow.

But looking at the degree of decomposition of the corpses, it was obvious that they had been in those alleys for a while.

Can·······

For such a long time, no one has dealt with the corpses.

The people passing by even turned a blind eye to this with numb eyes.

But Ace truly understood the reason why Monroe specially brought him here to see what the royal city of Moskot looked like.

all.

What we are often afraid of is comparison.

In the small town, with the help of the Moonlight Church, the common people have rekindled their hope in life, and the residents of the royal city of Prince Moscow are numb and waiting for death.

The contrast was stark in this moment.

At the same time, he was describing the difference between the Moonlight Church and the Grand Duke of Moscow.

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In silence, they followed Monroe and the others.

After silently leaving the royal city of the Principality of Moskot and returning to Greenland City.

Monroe looked at Ace and said, "Ace, after seeing all this, do you still think our Moonlight Church is a cult?"

Ace shook his head.

When Monroe saw this, her eyes lit up and she said in a brisk tone: "You think we are right! So, Ace, can you come over and help me? If you join us, we will definitely be able to get more people People live a better life..."

At this moment, Monroe seemed to relax her mind and began to think about Ace's bright future after joining the Moonlight Church.

Do not!

Ace doesn't even have to join the Moonlight Church.

With his strength and status in the navy, as long as he is willing to provide certain conveniences to the Moonlight Church at the right time, it will be of huge benefit to the Moonlight Church.

after all.

In the East China Sea, the navy is undoubtedly the most violent force.

Those scattered all over the East China Sea are the major naval bases and branch navies.

Its strength definitely far exceeds the military strength of any major country in the East China Sea.

However, Monroe was obviously happy a little early this time.

When she began to look forward to the future, Ace interrupted her and said: "Help you? No! Although in the Principality of Moscow, the place under the rule of the Moonlight Church seems to be better than the place under the rule of the Grand Duke of Moscow. "

"But why are the residents in the royal city like this? Does it really have nothing to do with your Moonlight Church?"

"When I came out, I sensed that there seemed to be a lot of troops stationed around the royal city of Muscovite... It was they who surrounded the royal city of Muscovite that made the residents in the city so angry. Go numb!”

"Your Moonlight Church did not take the initiative to attack the royal city of Prince Muscovy, but you seem to be planning to trap the city! It is precisely for this reason that Grand Duke Muscovite had no choice but to apply for support from our navy and the World Government. ·······”

Under Maureen's tutelage, Ace had long since learned to look beyond appearances to see facts.

On the surface, the Moonlight Church seems to be a religious force that was forced to resist under the pressure of the Grand Duke of Moscow.

But is it really that simple?

The chill in Ace's words made Monroe, who had been immersed in fantasy a second ago, wake up instantly. She subconsciously retorted:

"That's not the case..."

But before he could finish speaking, Ace stretched out his hand to interrupt her, and continued: "Okay, even if we don't talk about this, then can you tell me why the Moonlight Church, after establishing such a good situation in the Principality of Moscow, didn't do well? In order to run all this and find ways to make the residents of the Principality of Moskot live a better life, they couldn't wait to form four knights and began to conquer several sea areas around the Principality of Moskot."

Four Knights of the Apocalypse, each with a knighthood of 5,000 people, add up to four knighthoods of 5,000 people.

You must know that the Grand Duke of the Principality of Moscow once had only a three thousand fully armed army in his hands.

Even if you include the patrols in major towns throughout the Principality of Moscow, as well as the militia regiments with worrisome combat capabilities.

The number of troops in the Principality of Moscow will not exceed 10,000.

After all, the Principality of Moscow is just a principality.

After paying the heavenly gold, the Principality of Moskot could not afford to raise too many troops.

of course.

The Principality of Moscow does not need too much military force to suppress it.

After all, the total population of this country does not exceed one million, so it is completely unnecessary to raise so many soldiers.

However, under such circumstances, the Moonlight Church armed a total of 20,000 knights in just over a year.

There are 20,000 knights. How does the Moonlight Church support so many people?

Moreover, why would a religion form such a huge army?

Just like Ace said.

If the Moonlight Church is really like what Monroe said.

So after forcing the Grand Duke of Moscow to retreat to the royal city, why did they set their sights on the other major kingdoms around the Principality of Moscow and continue to preach in those kingdoms!

Ace was almost certain.

The knights of the Moonlight Church have definitely done something to the surrounding kingdoms. Otherwise, how could those kingdoms dare to let a dangerous force like the Moonlight Church extend its tentacles into their own countries, given the lessons learned from the Principality of Moskot.

"I·······"

Under Ace's questioning, Monroe's eyes dimmed a little, but she didn't completely agree with Ace's words. Just when she wanted to explain and resolve Ace's misunderstanding about the Moonlight Church.

A faint voice suddenly sounded.

"Your Highness the Saint, why do you need to explain so much to these marines? After all, no matter how much we talk, these marines still listen to us."

At the same time, a rapid sound of horse hooves quickly reached their ears.

Soon, a team of dozens of knights galloped over on war horses amid flying horse hooves.

On those war horses were dozens of knights wearing uniform white knight uniforms.

Among them, a man with long green hair was holding the knight's gun in his hand and looking at Ace with a cold expression.

Obviously, what he said just now was what he said.

After seeing this man, Samuda, who had been following Saint Monroe, said with joy on his face: "Sir Adalyan, you are finally here."

Yes, this man with long green hair is the Plague Knight who has the best relationship with Saint Monroe among the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

The moment he saw the person coming, Famine Knight Perkins, who was standing on the left side of Monroe, without saying a word, grabbed Monroe's waist and retreated in the direction of Plague Knight Adalyan and the others.

The moment Plague Knight Adarian appeared with his team of knights.

To Ace's left, a tall and thin figure with most of his body hidden under a huge white robe appeared silently.

Death Knight Darkseid!

On the right side of Ace, the dust was also flying. From a distance, a pair of knights of ten people were running towards Ace.

This team of ten knights was led by a tall young man with fiery red hair.

He is the Moonlight Church, the most powerful war knight "Alterac" among the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.

unknowingly.

These Apocalypse Knights suddenly appeared around Ace, tightly surrounding Ace in the middle.

After seeing the other two Knights of the Apocalypse arriving, the Plague Knight "Adalion" pulled the reins, stopped the horse steadily in front of Monroe and said: "Your Highness, leave the rest to us!"

"Do not."

Seeing that when Adalian and the others arrived, it seemed that they were about to start the battle with Ace again. Monroe shook his head and said: "No, Adalian, Ace is not our enemy. As long as we take advantage of his influence on the Moonlight Church, Once the misunderstanding is resolved, I believe he will understand us."

Plague Knight Adalyan, who was standing between Monroe and Ace on horseback, couldn't help but shake his head after hearing this: "Your Highness the Saint, you... are too naive. What is there to say between us and the navy? , and...this is also what the Pope means."

What the Pope means!

Monroe, who originally wanted to defend himself, turned pale after hearing this sentence.

Pope.

In religion, the pope is like the king in the kingdom, possessing supreme power and status.

No one can match it.

The same goes for Moonlight Church.

Not to mention, the current Pope of the Moonlight Church has developed the Moonlight Church from a small monastery into a huge religion that now spans several countries and has countless believers.

For Moonlight Church, the Pope makes a decision and no one can change it.

At this time, standing on the left side of Ace, the death knight Darkseid under a big tree also said: "Haha, Navy! A group of people who enjoy such good benefits and treatment, and have so many powerful people. You have the fighting power, but you have failed to maintain peace. What qualifications do you have to live in this world? Death is the final destination of you wastes!"

"Well said!" On the other side, the war knight "Alterac", who was riding his horse, also said from a distance: "A group of people who are supported by the blood and sweat of civilians with peace of mind, but can't even deal with pirates. What qualifications do you have to judge the actions of our Moonlight Church and prevent us from helping civilians obtain this hard-won happiness?"

After mocking the navy from a distance, the war knight "Alterac" ordered Samuda who was standing next to Monroe: "Samuda, take Her Royal Highness away from here. Next, here will be It’s getting dangerous!”

"It's the Alterac Knight Commander!"

After responding, Samuda quickly pulled Saint Monroe of the Moonlight Church and ran towards the distance.

Samuda, who has seen the original power of several Apocalypse Knights, has no doubts about the words of the War Knight "Alterac".

He didn't want to suffer disaster later when the four Knights of the Apocalypse were fighting that navy.

For ordinary people like them.

Even the aftermath of those monster battles was fatal.

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the other side.

After the three Knights of the Apocalypse appeared, Ace's face didn't seem to show any surprise at all.

Instead, he smiled as if he had expected it.

Ace clenched his hands into fists and made a crisp sound. He looked at the people not far away and said:

"Sure enough, we still have to fight again!"

In fact.

Ace was really not surprised by the appearance of these three Apocalypse Knights.

You know, after entering the royal city of the Principality of Moscow, Ace's domineering aura was actually always turned on. Ace sensed the auras of the other three Apocalypse Knights long before they brought anyone closer.

If Ace really wanted to avoid them, he would never give them a chance to surround him.

As for why Ace was waiting for the arrival of these three knights of the apocalypse.

It's just that he finds it troublesome.

I just want to catch all these people at once.