One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

Looking at the Iron Fruit in his hand, Darius smiled with satisfaction. It was true that after killing the ability user, he could seize the Devil Fruit! In this way, he could seize those powerful Devil Fruits in the future. It was a pity that the cooldown time of the Reincarnation Despair was 140 days, which was a bit too long.

"Someone come." Soon, the maid outside the door heard Darius' voice and pushed the door open. Seeing the corpse on the ground, she was also shocked, but quickly regained her composure.

Then, the two pirates came in, and Darius ordered: "Hand the body over to the Steel Pirates, and call Red Chain Snake over."

"Yes."

After a while, the body was dragged out, and the maids began to clean up the blood on the ground. The red-chained snake also walked in at this time, looked at Darius and said respectfully: "Lord Darius..."

Darius looked at the red-banded snake and said jokingly, "You are really unfamiliar! You are my woman, you should call me master."

"Yes, Master." The red-chained snake also said respectfully, and then sat next to Darius. She also knew Darius' possessiveness, but she also knew that with her own strength, it would be impossible for her to monopolize Darius, so she wanted to show her powerful strength in front of Darius and let Darius see that she was completely different from those vase women. What's more, she was once the strongest woman in Shishiboro City, and her pride would not let her sit on the same level as the rest of those vases.

Darius hugged the red-chain snake's slender waist, took out the devil fruit in his hand and said, "Don't you want to become stronger? This is the steel fruit, eat it!"

"Iron Fruit? Isn't this Iron Sword's Devil Fruit?" The Red Chain Snake was also shocked when he saw the Devil Fruit in Darius' hand.

"Yes. How about it, do you want it?" Darius asked.

Red Chain Snake looked at the white devil fruit in Darius's hand. She was smart and thought about the fact that Tiejian's body had just been carried out. She asked, "Master, do you have the ability to take away other people's devil fruits?"

Darius also admitted it directly: "Well, I guess so! But you have to keep this a secret for me for the time being."

"Yes." The red-chained snake said respectfully. Compared to being a woman, she was actually more like a warrior. She was absolutely obedient to Darius' orders.

Looking at the devil fruit in Darius's hand, Redchain Snake hesitated. If Darius had the ability to take away the abilities of the devil fruit user, then could she go and find the devil fruit she wanted? The Iron Fruit was indeed very strong. If you eat it, you can get a steel body, at least the defense will be greatly improved. However, this devil fruit may not be suitable for you.

Darius could tell at a glance that Redchain Snake was hesitating: "What are you thinking! Although I can take away other people's abilities, this ability cannot be used at any time. If you want to improve your strength, it's best to eat this devil fruit directly. Besides, the Steel Fruit is not too weak. It can only be said that Iron Sword is too useless. If he has Armament Haki and combines it with this devil fruit, both his attack and defense will be greatly improved."

After listening to this, Red-chain Snake nodded in agreement. She was good at swordsmanship, and if she could really get a devil fruit, she wanted a devil fruit that could enhance her swordsmanship or assist her swordsmanship. However, the Steel Fruit was also a devil fruit that could improve defense and attack power in all aspects.

In the end, the red-banded snake took the iron-iron fruit and ate it.

In Kowloon Town, the battle was over by this time. In addition to those who were directly killed, more than 3,000 people were captured. The Roxas Pirates also began to plunder the treasures accumulated by the Steel Pirates over the years.

At this time, Darius also got off the boat and came to the dock of Kowloon Town. As A Shen's deputy and also the financial minister of the Roxas Pirates, Monkey also came to report the situation to Darius.

Monkey is a middle-aged man who is almost fifty years old and wears a pair of glasses. He used to be the boss of the Killer Gang. Although his own strength is not that good, he has a younger brother, Crocodile, who is very powerful. Among all the cadres of the Roxas Pirates, his strength is also among the best. Although Monkey's fighting ability is not good, he has a good brain. Since the Killer Gang was destroyed, he has been working as a staff officer under Darius, handling logistics work.

The cadres of the Roxas Pirates have actually always maintained the same strength as when they were in Boro City, with a lineup of four generals, five dragons, six demons, and seven ghosts, but a challenge mechanism has also been added. If the people below want to rise, as long as they get the approval of Darius, they can challenge the cadres, and if they win, they can take the cadres down. During those years in Boro City, some cadres were pulled down in this way.

"Two billion and three hundred million. This guy is pretty rich!" Darius was amused as he listened to the treasures that were looted.

The monkey pushed up his glasses and continued to answer, "This is just a preliminary calculation of the money in the treasury. There are also many antiques and various weapons in it. Moreover, we also found another ability user, Iron Bull, the captain of the Steel Pirates' combat team. He ate the animal-type Bull-Bull Fruit, the Antelope Form."

Darius was also interested and asked, "A devil fruit user? This Iron Pirates is a large pirate group with thousands of people, but there are only two users! Forget it, let's lock up this Iron Bull first!"

"Yes." The ape received the order and gave an order to his subordinates, and then continued: "Sir, the prisoners are now being held in the square. What should we do with these prisoners next!"

"Go and have a look."

When they arrived at the square, the members of the Steel Pirates were disarmed one by one. They knelt helplessly on the ground with fear in their eyes. Most of them were injured, and in front of them was the body of Iron Sword of the Steel Pirates.

Darius looked at the pirates below and said coldly: "Ah God, prepare a ship for them and let them go!"

"Yes." Ah Shen immediately obeyed the order after hearing it.

The members of the Iron Pirates below were also in disbelief. They had thought they would be killed or recruited! But they didn't expect Darius to let them go. They asked, "You won't kill us?"

"The Iron Pirates are gone. It doesn't matter whether I kill you or not." Darius said calmly, "You are free now. I will give you a ship. You can go wherever you want!"

The members of the Iron Pirates were also somewhat skeptical of the truthfulness of Darius's words at this time, and asked, "What about Captain Iron Bull?"

Ah Shen said coldly: "Do you still have the mood to care about others now? Get out of here! This is our territory now. If you don't want to leave, then go to hell!"

After listening to A Shen's words, all the pirates were glad that they survived. They expressed their gratitude to Darius, and then started to board the ship one by one.

"Captain, are we just going to let them go?" Cheng Hai asked with some confusion.

Bakugui was also somewhat dissatisfied and said: "Captain, are you really going to let them go like this? More than 200 of our brothers died this time, and the number of injured exceeded 1,000!"

"They deserve it." Darius said contemptuously, then glanced at the Explosion Ghost coldly: "Why, do you object to my decision?"

Instantly, the 2.5-meter-tall giant Baogui broke out in a cold sweat on his back. He dared not say anything more and quickly admitted his mistake, "No, I dare not..."

Darius said coldly: "This time the Roxas Pirates had more people than the other side, but they still had more than 200 people killed. This can only mean that there are too many unqualified people in the Roxas Pirates. Let them die! It's too easy to find more people."

"Yes, you are right." Hearing Darius's cold-blooded words and his disregard for the lives of his subordinates, even a cadre like Bakugui knew in his heart that if they died one day in the future, Darius probably wouldn't even look at them, and would be as indifferent to them as a dead dog on the roadside.

But even so, they worshipped Darius from the bottom of their hearts. There was nothing else to it but worship of Darius's power, the kind of absolute terror that could crush anyone no matter who he faced. Although he was sometimes ruthless to his subordinates and didn't care about their lives at all, it was this ruthlessness that made them very awed and more willing to follow him.

"Um, Mr. Darius." At this time, a crew member of the Iron Pirates ran over and said, "Can I join your Roxas Pirates?"

"Hey, Ash, you want to join them, are you kidding me?" At this time, a crew member of the Steel Pirates shouted to the man named Ash.

Ash listened and nodded seriously: "Well, I was a free man in the beginning. I joined the Steel Pirates because I was defeated by Iron Sword. Now Iron Sword is dead, so there is no need for me to stay in the Steel Pirates."

"In that case, I'll join the Roxas Pirates, since they are stronger than the Steel Pirates anyway." "Me too, Captain Darius, please accept us!" "Yes, please accept us!" All of a sudden, with Ash taking the lead, many pirates decided to join the Roxas Pirates. They were the lowest-ranking pirates in the Steel Pirates before, so it didn't matter who they were! And since they were going to be younger brothers, why not find a powerful older brother!

"Okay, but it requires an assessment. Ah Shen, you handle this matter." Darius did not refuse, or rather, these talents made the most correct choice.