I really don't want to be the pirate king

The Kingdom of France, a country in the first half of the Great Line, is located on Spring Island, with spring-like weather all year round.

Because it is rich in gemstones, and gemstones are sought after by the upper class all over the world, even the Celestial Dragons can't put it down, so they make a lot of money through the sale of gemstones.

But they are not limited to gems. Instead, they restrict the export of gems, increase the price of gems, and develop other industries at the same time.

Traditional industries such as clothing, wine, and leather products are very developed, especially wine, which is famous all over the world and has the largest luxury brand in the world.

The Kingdom of France was very wealthy, but the royal family did not indulge in pleasure. Instead, they spent money on national defense and the army.

The number of troops alone reached 40. Although it was far inferior to Alabasta, which had an army of 60, the population was only one-half, that is, 500 million people.

Not only that, there are many powerful people sitting in charge, and they even paid a lot of money to hire a retired naval vice admiral to serve as a defense consultant.

But the Kingdom of France was not satisfied. Today, as its national power became increasingly powerful, they began to set their sights overseas.

They plan to build a fleet. They currently have six warships and are still short of a flagship. The royal family, which is not short of money, plans to build the best warship.

So they focused on this 60-meter-long Adam tree wood, planning to use it back to make the keel to build a 70-meter-long warship.

At the auction, the royal family repeatedly raised their cards and spent a full 15 billion beli to buy this piece of wood, and then sailed towards the country under the escort of the fleet.

Escorting the wood was a fleet of four warships, with the cargo ship carrying the trees placed in the middle.

The commander of the fleet is defense consultant and former Navy Vice Admiral Howick.

After being defeated by the Conqueror Pirates eight months ago, he chose to retire and was then invited to serve as the defense adviser to the Kingdom of France.

"Everyone, please be serious and stay vigilant."

Hawick stood on the deck, looked around at everyone and said, "Don't slack off."

"Mr. Hawick."

A young man stood not far away with a long knife on his waist and said with a smile: "You are too careful. With you in charge, will anyone really dare to snatch the goods?"

"Lorne, you can never be too careful."

Hawick said with a straight face: "The value of the treasure tree Adam is very high, so no big pirates will be interested in it. Moreover, the sea conditions of the Grand Route are critical. Manpower cannot compete with the sea. If something happens, we cannot go back and explain." .”

Hawick has a serious personality, and he will complete any task assigned to him meticulously, even if he puts himself at risk.

"What the teacher taught you is that I am too undisciplined." Lorne said quickly, looking very humble.

"I'm not teaching you a lesson, I'm just explaining the pros and cons to you."

Haovic said with a smile that he had a good feeling about this boy. He was a prince but had a humble personality. Moreover, he liked swordsmanship, so he accepted him as a disciple and taught him some swordsmanship.

He wanted to say something else, but suddenly he looked into the distance, his eyes turned into eagle eyes, staring at the sea, his expression changed drastically.

"what happened?"

Lorne looked in that direction and found that above the waves, a group of black mist was floating towards this side.

"Notify all battleships."

Hawick immediately shouted, "Prepare the artillery to bombard the black fog,"

Along with his words, the order was passed on. The artillerymen of all the warships controlled the artillery, locked on the black fog, and when ready, opened fire.

"what is that?"

Lorne couldn't help but ask: "It's just a fog, why are you so afraid?"

"That's not a natural fog."

Hovik said with a serious expression: "A month ago, the prisoner transport ship of the G4 branch was hijacked. It first encountered a high-speed moving black mist, and in the black mist was the Conqueror Pirates."

"The Conqueror Pirates?"

Lorne opened his mouth and couldn't help but said: "Are you talking about the pirate group where Aaron is the captain?"

"They were the ones who beat me up and kept me in the hospital for a few days."

Howick drew his katana and came to the side of the ship, staring at the black mist in the distance.

Three warships stood in front of the black fog, their artillery fire roared, and shells were fired one after another. However, it was difficult to shoot accurately due to the opponent's high speed.

The cannonball that accidentally aimed at the warship was also detonated in the air and exploded halfway.

boom.

The black mist approached at an extremely fast speed and directly hit the warship on the right side of the lumber ship. After the loud noise, the black mist dissipated, revealing the appearance of the Charge.

"I'll stop them and let the other two warships stay to help me. You can leave with the transport ship."

Hawick immediately rushed over there, jumped up, jumped onto the warship, and rushed towards the Charge.

As he moved forward, his figure continued to expand, turning into a huge hawk-man about five meters tall. His arms turned into wings, and the armament color was injected into them, like the strongest double swords.

He locked his eyes on Aaron and pounced directly. He knew that he was no match for an enemy who could fight Kuzan at a [-]-[-] level, but he was not afraid at all, because this was his duty.

He stepped on the deck with the soles of his feet, disappeared, and appeared in front of Aaron, with his left wing slashing towards Aaron.

Zira.

Aaron raised his arm to resist, and the hardened feathers fell on his arm, making a harsh sound, but unable to cause any damage.

Immediately afterwards, Aaron raised his right hand, holding the ax and hammer, and smashed it towards Hawick's head.

Howick raised his right wing, injecting his armed domineering energy into it, turning it into a solid wing shield, blocking it in front of the shield.

clang.

With a loud noise, the strong wings were directly smashed, the muscles and bones were broken, and they hung limply, unable to be lifted.

"Come again."

Aaron raised the hammer again, holding it with both hands, about to smash it out.

Hawick did not dare to block, stepped on the ground with both feet, jumped back, and distanced himself, only to find that where he was standing just now, Aaron had also disappeared.

Where did he go?

The next moment, Hawick felt a strong wind behind him and a hammer hit his head.

boom.

With a loud noise, Hawick rolled his eyes and passed out.

"Compared with my speed."

Aaron's body was wrapped in black water. In microgravity mode, his speed was about the same as that of a tea dolphin.

Moreover, he could predict the opponent's movements based on his knowledge, approach in advance, launch an attack, and knock Havik to the ground.

"Others have nothing to fear."

Seeing that Lafitte and Bowness were blocking many people, Aaron jumped up, crossed a long distance, and landed on the transport ship in the center.

"This is the precious tree Adam."

Aaron looked at the huge and thick wood, raised his hand and knocked it. The material was extremely hard, harder than steel, but it also had a lot of toughness.

"Are you mine?"

Aaron patted the tree, and black water filled the air. After wrapping around the entire wood, he let the weight lighten, hugged the center, and jumped.

Aaron flew into the sky, crossed the warship in the middle, landed on the Charge, and placed it on the warship, but a large part of the front and rear were exposed.

"Now that we have the stuff, let's leave."

Aaron shouted, and Lafitte Bonis and others pushed back the enemy and returned to the ship.

Then the black mist swallowed up the Charge, and the warship turned around and disappeared into the distance carrying everyone.

Treasure tree 'Adam', successfully obtained.