One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

As Darius hurried down the mountain, he discovered a detail that he had not noticed while climbing up - the island was full of snakes! He saw dozens or even hundreds of snakes entwined on the branches, forming a huge snake swarm. This scene made Darius exclaim: "Is this a snake island?" He carefully observed these black snakes and found that they all seemed to be of the same species.

Darius quickly activated his Observation Haki to capture the surrounding atmosphere. He clearly sensed several human auras and was sure that there were other people on the island besides himself. At this time, in a hidden cave on the isolated island, a man lay pale in a haystack, with three women beside him taking care of him carefully.

Half a month ago, their cruise ship encountered a shipwreck, and four people escaped to the lifeboat. There were originally ten people on the boat, but due to the shipwreck, only seven people survived and came to this island, and the other three died in the sea. These seven people were both lucky and unfortunate, because this island is a snake island, and there are countless black vipers on the island. Three men were bitten by venomous snakes while catching black vipers and eventually died. Two days ago, the last man was also bitten by a black viper while looking for food. Although he successfully killed the venomous snake that bit him and made it into snake soup, the snake venom had spread all over his body in just two days.

"How is Rossi doing now?" a woman asked anxiously.

The other two women shook their heads helplessly, tears on their faces, and said in despair: "His breath is getting weaker and weaker..." Three people have died in just half a month on this snake island. Rossi may not survive tonight. The black viper is extremely poisonous. No one can survive more than three days after being bitten. They are just ordinary people. Even if they can kill a few poisonous snakes occasionally, there are countless poisonous snakes on this snake island. Once bitten by mistake, it will be a dead end.

Now, they have lost their boat and cannot contact the outside world. They are trapped on this island full of poisonous snakes. What awaits them is despair and death. When the food runs out, they will have to go out to find food themselves, and the most abundant thing on this island is deadly poisonous snakes. Faced with such a predicament, they have fallen into deep despair.

"Found it. I didn't expect there are still people alive on this snake island!" Just when they were almost desperate, a man's voice suddenly sounded, which surprised the three women. They all looked towards the cave where the voice came from. They saw a man with ragged clothes and a full beard, who looked like a beggar, but his tall stature made people dare not underestimate him. This was Darius, who had lived alone on another isolated island for two years. The long-term life in the wild made him look almost like a savage.

"You..." The three women looked at Darius with surprise in their eyes. They didn't expect that there would be humans on this snake island, and they didn't expect that his appearance would be so rough. However, Darius became interested in their looks. Although they looked a little haggard and listless, he could still see that these three women were extraordinary. A trace of desire flashed in his eyes. He hadn't touched a woman for two years. Now after seeing the woman, the fire of desire suddenly appeared in his eyes, but he quickly covered it up.

"It seems that the unfortunate guy will not live long." Darius noticed the pale and weak man lying on the haystack, and sighed in his heart.

One of the women anxiously asked Darius for help: "Please, save Rossi, he was bitten by a poisonous snake!"

Darius shook his head and said bluntly: "There's nothing I can do." It's not that he didn't want to help, but he really had no way.

"You've been on this island for so long, is there no solution?" the woman asked anxiously.

However, Darius just shook his head. He had actually just arrived at the Snake Island today. The three women were disappointed and retreated cautiously, fearing that Darius would harm them.

Darius looked at them with a playful smile on his face. "To tell you the truth, I haven't touched a woman for two years. But as long as you listen to me, I will guarantee your safety."

When the three women heard this, their faces suddenly changed and they glared at Darius. They were all daughters of nobles or wealthy businessmen. How could they accept having a relationship with a savage?

"What do you want to do?" "Let me tell you, the navy will come to rescue us soon!" "If you dare to come over, we will never let you go!" The three women picked up wooden sticks and prepared for battle.

Darius saw this and chuckled, "Since you don't want to, I won't force you." Then he turned and left. However, halfway through, he suddenly turned around and picked up some clothes on the ground, which frightened the three women and they shouted loudly. Darius comforted them, "Don't worry, I'm just taking something." Then he turned and walked out of the cave.

After leaving the three women, Darius tied up the sleeves and collar of his clothes to make a simple bag. He walked into the woods and saw black vipers everywhere on the trees and the ground. He sneered and thought to himself: "Are these snakes considered wild monsters?"

Darius decided to test his idea. After all, he had caught a big fish on an isolated island and gained experience points. He quickly grabbed a black viper and tore off its head. Although the snake was still twisting, Darius stomped it mercilessly. At this time, a semi-transparent group of words "Experience points +0.1" appeared in front of him, which made him overjoyed - the black viper was indeed regarded as a wild monster!

Although each snake only provides 0.1 experience points, Darius knows that there are a large number of venomous snakes on this snake island. Even if each snake only provides the minimum experience points, the accumulated experience points are enough for him to level up. He did not rush to act because the black viper posed no threat to him - he had the armed color domineering, which was enough to resist the attack of the snake's fangs.

Darius quickly hardened his hands with Armament Haki, reached out to grab the snake knot, and threw it into his homemade bag. Although there were snakes trying to attack him during this period, he reacted quickly and immediately used Armament Haki to protect his body, making the poisonous snakes helpless. Soon, he filled several bags and returned with a full load.

In a deep and dim cave, three women sat around a fire, with little snake meat left in their hands. When the last bit of food was consumed, they knew that if they wanted to survive, they had to bravely walk out of the cave and go out hunting. However, the island was occupied by poisonous snakes, and every negligence could lead to death.

The atmosphere in the cave was extremely depressing, and the three women fell into silence. No one cared about Rossi, the dying man. They were more concerned about their own survival, and each of them had complicated thoughts in their hearts.

Suddenly, a sharp hissing sound broke the silence. They were all very familiar with this sound, it was a snake crawling. The women looked over in horror and saw a snake moving slowly a few meters away. "There's one over there too!" a woman screamed and pointed to the other side. "There's one here too!" After a closer look, they were surprised to find that the cave was full of snakes. They wanted to escape, but the entrance to the cave was blocked by more snakes. The three women were so scared that they screamed again and again.

"What is going on? Why are there so many snakes!" Fear and despair spread in their hearts.

At this moment, Darius walked out of the darkness holding a bag. He reached in, grabbed a few more black vipers, and threw them at the three women without mercy: "There are still a lot here!" The three women were so scared that they ran around, screaming one after another.

Darius followed closely behind, throwing out poisonous snakes continuously, and the three women became even more panicked. He looked at their terrified expressions and couldn't help laughing: "Ha ha ha, have you thought about it? Do you want to be obedient?"

The three girls had no way to retreat, so they could only beg for mercy: "We are obedient, we are obedient... Please get rid of these snakes quickly! I will listen to you in everything." "Me too, we will listen to you."

Darius was satisfied when he saw how scared they were: "That's good!" He summoned the axe called "Black Cleaver" and swung it at the black viper on the ground. This axe was given to him by the system and had its own system space. With just a thought, he could control "Black Cleaver" freely. At this moment, he was just like cutting vegetables, chopping off the poisonous snakes with the axe. Seeing this, the fear in the hearts of the three women finally dissipated a little.

After killing all the poisonous snakes, Darius looked at his experience points and smiled with satisfaction. This Snake Island was much more interesting than the previous isolated island. Although there were no large monsters, at least there were small monsters like poisonous snakes that could give him experience points.

Although each venomous snake has only 0.1 experience value, there are venomous snakes everywhere on this island. What we can see are only a small part of them. There must be more venomous snakes hiding in the dark.

"Rosie..." At this moment, the three women looked at the unlucky man lying on the haystack. He was very unlucky when the poisonous snake came in just now. He was bitten several times by the poisonous snake. This time he was completely dead.

Darius looked at the three women and grinned, "Well, forget about that man. There's so much snake meat here! Let's light a fire and get ready to eat."

The three women looked at Darius with some fear at this time. Darius was different from the men they had been with before, but on this Snake Island, the law no longer had any binding force, so they had to listen to him obediently.