One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

Soon, thousands of members of the Roxas Pirates put down their work and gathered at the dock, where more than 800 men and women were escorted over and stood in two circles drawn on the dock. These people's eyes were full of fear, and they were mainly divided into pirates and ship prostitutes. Among them, there were only more than 100 pirates, and the remaining more than 700 were all ship prostitutes.

And they all had one thing in common, that is, they had all been traitors. Darius looked at the group of women, who were so scared that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy: "Have mercy! Captain, we didn't betray you!" "Yes! If we didn't get off the ship, the navy would shoot us to death." "And the ship was on fire at the time. If we didn't get off, we would be burned to death, and we didn't escape." "Yes! We are innocent!"

"Alright, alright, stop shouting. I didn't say anything about what I was going to do to you." Darius waved his hand to interrupt the women. They had no fighting power to begin with, and in a sense, although these women were also members of the Roxas Pirates, they were more like slaves of the Roxas Pirates. After all, the combatants in the Roxas Pirates were basically all men, and with so many men on a ship, they would definitely need women if they wanted to vent their sexual desires.

"All the singers, dancers, and boat prostitutes just need to return to their jobs. I know you are forced to do this, so I won't blame you. From now on, you just need to use your singing and dancing to make the crew of the Roxas Pirates happy and joyful as usual. However, this kind of thing will not happen again."

"Yes, thank you Captain, thank you Captain..." Hearing that they would not be punished, these ship prostitutes were immediately overjoyed. After all, their status in this pirate group was very low, and there were more men than women on the ship. Even Darius would not punish them at will.

Darius added, "In addition to this, we will also arrange some training for you to improve your strength. Of course, these trainings are voluntary. If you want to participate, you can participate. If you don't want to participate, we won't force you."

"Yes, we are all willing to participate in the training." "We all want to become stronger." One by one the women agreed.

Darius did not pay too much attention to these ship prostitutes. Although they were also members of the Roxas Pirates, they were too replaceable. To put it bluntly, they were slaves on the ship, so Darius did not care whether they wanted to become stronger or not.

Then, he looked at the group of pirates. Before Darius could speak, one of the pirates said, "Captain, although we did escape before, we all knew our mistakes! Later we also tried our best to kill the navy, so we made up for it!" "Yes! Captain, we didn't escape in the end." "And the real traitors have been killed, and we all fought."

Darius was upset when he heard the noise below. "Shut up! If I hadn't seen your efforts in fighting against the navy, I would have sent you to death. However, merits cannot make up for faults. What I hate most is traitors. All traitors will die."

When they heard this, more than a hundred pirates below shuddered, and Ah Shen at the side wanted to persuade them, but he dared not speak after opening his mouth. Darius looked at Ah Shen and asked, "Ah Shen, if you want to say something, you can speak directly if you want to plead for mercy."

Upon hearing this, A Shen also looked at Darius, and then looked at the more than one hundred pirates below. Most of these pirates were newcomers or pirates from other pirate groups under his command. At this time, they all looked at A Shen eagerly, and A Shen also heard that Darius had no intention of killing them, so he said respectfully: "Captain, they were indeed deserters before, but later they also came to their senses, so, can you give them a chance to redeem themselves?"

Darius had no intention of killing them in the first place. Since Ah Shen had begged for mercy, he naturally took advantage of the situation and said coldly: "Since you have killed a lot of marines, you have made up for your mistakes, but you still have to be punished. Cut off your own left ear to serve as a warning to others."

Hearing this, the more than one hundred pirates breathed a sigh of relief, but when they heard that they were going to have their ears cut off, they were still a little afraid. After all, those who are willing to become traitors are afraid of death and pain. However, this can be said to be a very small punishment. If they disobey Darius' orders, they might even lose their lives.

One by one, the pirates drew their swords, held their ears with one hand, and placed the blades behind their ears, but they did not dare to actually cut.

Darius looked at the pirates hesitating and his face suddenly became colder. He shouted angrily, "Why, you won't do anything? I'll give you 30 seconds. If no one does anything, then after 30 seconds, I will not only cut off your left ears, but also your right ears."

All of a sudden, the pirates who were originally hesitating were frightened after hearing this. Some ruthless pirates swung their knives quickly and cut off their ears: "Uh, Aaaaaah!"

After the screams, the other pirates saw that someone had already cut off their ears. Thinking of what Darius had just said, they dared not hesitate any longer and hardened their hearts and slashed their left ears with their knives.

More than one hundred pirates, their bloody left ears dyed the left half of their cheeks red, and the blood dripped onto their clothes. At this time, they held their left ears one by one, indicating that they had completed the task assigned by Darius.

Darius nodded in satisfaction and said, "Okay, let's treat them! Guys, replenish fresh water and food, and set sail in half an hour."

"Yes."

"The rest is up to you." Darius instructed Ashen and the others.

Ashen and his companions understood what he meant. They nodded and turned to leave. Looking at the maid and several sexy women standing on the deck of the Iron Blood, they quickly got off the ship and left the Iron Blood. The rest of the things were not something they could worry about.

"Thank you, Lord A Shen." "If it weren't for you, we might have lost our lives this time." "We will always remember your kindness, Captain A Shen." The pirates who had just had their left ears cut off also thanked A Shen when they saw him.

And Ah Shen nodded calmly and said casually: "In fact, the captain has no intention of killing you. He just wants to teach you a lesson. Now get on board! Get ready to set sail."

"Yes."

In the cabin of the Iron Blood, Darius looked at the thirty-odd maids and five canaries with a cold look in his eyes and said, "Finally it's you. Tell me, how should I deal with you?"

"Master, we know we were wrong, please forgive us this time!" "Master, please forgive us! We know we were wrong." All of a sudden, the maids and canaries knelt on the deck and begged in a mournful voice.

Hearing their begging and crying, Darius was a little annoyed, and said with a cold face: "Shut up, if you keep crying, I will let you cry enough."

Hearing this, the maids and canaries no longer dared to cry, and there was complete silence. They knew that Darius was not joking. On the ship, the lowest-ranking barque had to serve dozens or even more than a hundred men every day, which could make life worse than death.

Those so-called singers and dancers were actually just high-class ship prostitutes, but their status was far inferior to that of the maids and canaries who served Darius. They did not need to do any hard work, they only had to please Darius. As for the rest of the crew members on the ship, they even had to please them. However, their status was all obtained by relying on Darius, and Darius could take away all their current power with just a word.

Darius looked at these beautiful maids and canaries. These women were picked from thousands of places and sent to Darius' bed. After such a long time, Darius had some feelings for them. He said helplessly, "Look at you guys. You have plenty of time to practice, but you all feel tired and don't want to practice. Then when the war started, you became prisoners of others. Who can I blame for this? I can only blame yourselves. As my women, you surrendered to the navy. Why do you think I will definitely lose to the navy?"

Hearing this, all the girls lowered their heads in silence. At that time, they really thought that the Roxas Pirates were going to be finished, so they were able to distance themselves from Darius, but they did not expect that the navy would suffer a crushing defeat in the end.

Darius was too lazy to scold them. He looked at Liuli beside him and said, "Liuli, tell me, how should I deal with them?"

Liuli was a little surprised when Darius suddenly asked her this, but she still answered respectfully: "Although they betrayed their master because of their stupidity, they are still your private property after all. It is up to you to decide how to deal with them."

Darius was a little troubled when he heard the answer. He looked at the maid and the canary in front of him and said helplessly, "Logically, those who betray me, whether male or female, should be executed together. But you are my women after all, and each of you is such a beautiful woman. It would be a pity to execute you directly. Besides, I am not the kind of ruthless person who would kill even my own women directly. After all, we have been together for so long. Don't worry! I won't kill you."

Hearing this, the girls were delighted and said gratefully: "Thank you, Master. Thank you, Master." "We will definitely work harder to serve you, Master."

Darius stretched out his hand to interrupt them, his eyes cold as he said, "But betrayal is betrayal. If I don't punish you, the people on the ship will think I am biased, so you still have to be taught a lesson."

All of a sudden, the women's hearts fell to the bottom again, and the fear in their hearts resurfaced. Although they knew they didn't have to die, they were still afraid of pain! Thinking of the punishment later, the women shuddered in their hearts. After all, when the stick was raised but not hit, the fear was the strongest. They were in this state at this time.

Darius looked at the three red-chained snake girls and said, "If they are whipped or beaten with sticks, they will definitely be left with scars. Is there any way to make them remember this lesson without leaving scars on their bodies?"