One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

On the other side, in the city of West Sea Boro, Darius quickly drew the pirate flag.

"This is it, have someone make it quickly." Darius ordered Ashen.

A Shen looked at the pirate flag. It was called a pirate flag, but there was no skull on it. The flag was in the shape of an axe, which was very consistent with Darius' identity. After all, Darius' weapon was an axe. However, what Darius drew was not his weapon, Black Cleaver, but the logo of Noxus.

Ah Shen didn't ask any more questions and immediately ordered people to start making the pirate flag.

A few hours later, the Noxus Pirates took all the money of the former Tenho Gang. Because the crew members were former gangsters and had basically never been to sea, they only knew about the sea from hearsay. However, they were also aware of the dangers of the sea, so they also brought enough food and fresh water.

At this time, Darius was standing on the Iron Blood, a medium-to-large pirate ship, 123 meters long, 31 meters wide, a multi-masted sailing ship. The ship was built with wood from the precious tree Adam, and the facilities inside were also the best.

As for the other 55 pirate ships, many of them were transformed from looted pirate ships, so they are of different sizes, but basically they are medium-sized or medium-to-large pirate ships, a total of 56 pirate ships, and the number of people in the Roxas Pirates is as high as more than . Although it has just been established, Darius dares to guarantee that his pirate group is definitely the strongest pirate group in the West Sea.

Although the official crew of the Knox Pirates is more than 17,000, the actual number is indeed more than 20,000, because the predecessor of the Roxas Pirates was the Tenho Gang, and many of those gang members have families. Some of them left their families in Boro City and chose to go to sea alone with Darius, while others directly brought their families to sea. Therefore, although it is said that there are more than 17,000 people, the actual number of people in the Roxas Pirates is more than 20,000.

However, among these 20,000 people, half of them actually have no combat capability, except for the families of some crew members. In addition, many members were seriously injured or even had broken limbs when they were in Boluo City and the Navy. These people cannot fight until their injuries are recovered.

Those crew members who went out to sea with their families all knew that they had become a thorn in the eyes and flesh of the World Government. The World Government would no longer tolerate them, and staying in Boro City would lead to death. So even though they knew it was dangerous to go out to sea, they still chose to go out to sea.

"Set sail..." With the order, fifty-six pirate ships set sail one after another. The members of the Noxus Pirates were also very excited. They were all gangsters before, and they would not go too far away from Boro City even if they took a ship. But this time, they were going to the New World, the great waterway known as the 'Devil's Sea'.

After setting out to sea, everything was relatively normal, but Darius also knew that the more people there were in a pirate group, the more likely accidents would occur. The waters on the West Sea were relatively normal, but once they reached the Grand Line, the waters and weather there would be extremely strange, and only those who could survive at that time would be the elites.

After setting off, Darius quickly returned to the ship to rest. When he was the leader of the Tianfeng Gang, he preferred to be a hands-off boss and leave everything to Ah Shen, Red Chain Snake and the others. It is the same now.

Although A Shen has never been a pirate, when Darius told him that he would go to sea sooner or later, A Shen began to catch up on the relevant knowledge about the sea, so Darius was more confident in handing over many things to him.

Because even if Darius handled it himself, he might not do it better than A-Shin. Although he was a former crew member of the Rocks Pirates, he was just a trainee pirate and had no sailing experience at all.

Back in the room, Liuli immediately began to massage Darius' shoulders. Darius took out a Den Den Mushi and quickly called A Shen, saying, "A Shen, next we need to have the brothers be on high alert to prevent any spies from the World Government from making calls on the ship. If they want to make calls, have them use a public Den Den Mushi and not make private calls."

"Yes." Ah Shen nodded and said, "Now on the sea, if there are really undercover agents on the ship, it won't be easy for them to tip off."

After hanging up the phone, Darius immediately took out the devil fruit. This was the Whispering Fruit that he got five years ago. However, no one was willing to eat this rubbish fruit. After all, this devil fruit could only communicate with animals and was of no help to combat power. Now that he has become a pirate, no one is willing to eat this devil fruit.

"Liuli, come and eat this devil fruit!" Darius said to Liuli.

"Ah! I eat?" Liuli was also stunned when she heard it. She had followed Darius for several years. When they were in the Axe Gang, Liuli was already his maid. It was only because Liuli had no fighting ability that Darius had always treated her as an ordinary maid. After all, after Darius became the lord of Boro City, there were too many women.

"Yes." Darius said seriously: "Although the Whisper Fruit is very useless, it can at least communicate with animals, right?"

Then, Darius said solemnly, "The sea is different from the land. After we enter the Great Channel, the magnetic field there will be different from that of the four seas. There is a possibility that the fleet will get lost. At that time, the Whisper Fruit can be used to communicate with birds and fish, which may be useful."

"Okay, I'll eat it." Liuli nodded, or rather, she couldn't refuse.

After Darius handed the Whisper Fruit to Liuli, he continued, "Besides that, I also hope that you can develop this devil fruit well. Logically speaking, this devil fruit should be able to listen to the inner voice of humans. It will depend on your level of development at that time."

"Yes." Liuli listened and began to peel the skin, and Darius reminded: "By the way, the taste of the devil fruit is not very good. Don't spit it out after eating it, understand?"

Liuli nodded cutely, then took the fruit pulp and started eating it, but it was obvious that the taste of devil fruits was not very good.

At this time, in the New World, Honeycomb Island.

Shiki, the captain of the Flying Pirates, looked at today's latest newspaper and grinned, "Haha, this is really surprising! I thought you were dead a long time ago! I didn't expect you're still alive!"

"Isn't this Darius? I miss him so much! He is still a pirate now!" A middle-aged man next to Shiki was looking at the bounty in Shiki's hand with some emotion. If Darius saw this middle-aged man here, he would recognize him. He is Erkang, a former crew member of the second squad of the Rocks Pirates. After the Rocks Pirates were disbanded, he followed Shiki and is now also a senior officer of the Flying Pirates.

"I'm really looking forward to it! I hope we can meet again in the future!" After Shiqi finished speaking, he threw the newspaper aside and said to Erkang: "Send someone to contact him! Darius was once one of my subordinates, so go ask him if he is interested in joining my Flying Pirates!"

Erkang nodded and said, "Okay, leave this to me!"

However, some problems have arisen in the Roxas Pirates, as many crew members have never been on a ship before, and facing the wind and waves on the sea, many of them suffer from seasickness.

The answer Darius gave was also very simple and clear. Let them spit! They will get used to it over time.

After listening to this, Ah Shen did not dwell on this question any more, and then asked, "Captain, what is the goal of the next voyage?"

"Let's go around the West Sea first. Although the Noxus Pirates have a large number of members, this is their first time at sea. They should first adapt to life at sea." Darius said this, and then said seriously: "Also, naval battles are different from land battles. Once the ship is destroyed, if you can't swim, you will definitely be wiped out."

Ah Shen also immediately assured: "Don't worry about this. Although the members of the Rocks Pirates are not very good at swimming, at least they will not be easily drowned by the sea water."

"Let's build a reputation in the West Sea first! At the same time, we should also recruit some other pirate forces. It won't be too late to go to the Grand Line after three months when we have accumulated enough troops." Darius made a decision very quickly. He planned to wait until the cooldown time of the Devil Sublimation skill was up before marching to the Grand Line. It would also give the members of the Roxas Pirates a period of adaptation to the sea. Otherwise, they would be seasick every day and have no fighting power. If they encountered any emergencies in the Grand Line, that would be terrible!

After hanging up the phone, Darius lay on the lounge chair again, enjoying the sunbath. Even if he was out at sea, Darius couldn't treat himself badly. As for the elite route like the Roger Pirates, the Red Hair Pirates, and the Straw Hat Pirates in the original work, he didn't want to follow it. The so-called elites were all honed in fighting.

Liuli came over with a newspaper and said, "Master, this is today's newspaper, and it also contains your new bounty!"

"Only 500 million berries?" Darius looked a little disappointed, feeling that the bounty was too low. Seeing that his nickname was still 'Axe', Darius was very dissatisfied. What the hell was this title! It was too ugly. Next time he encountered the navy, he must ask them to change their title.

"Is it just me? The rest of the people don't have bounties yet!"

"Yes, at the moment it seems that there is only a bounty on your behalf, Master." Liuli answered honestly.

Darius didn't care too much about it. After sailing on the sea for a few days, he finally arrived at Pamir Town, which is also a small island called Pamir Island.

The crew members of the Roxas Pirates also fully demonstrated their nature as pirates. They used to be gang members, and collecting protection fees can be said to be innate. However, as a gang, in order to achieve sustainable development, they also knew how to exercise restraint when collecting protection fees from those who do business. But now that they have become pirates, they have let themselves go, infinitely magnifying the evil in their hearts, and basically robbing the residents of the island.

Darius did not try to stop them. What are pirates? Pirates are evil. As for pirates being brave sea warriors, free adventurers, etc., it is just a kind of beautification among pirates. Darius never thought of himself as a good person. If his men want to rob, let them go! Anyway, they just need to rob the gold on the island.