One Piece: Building the Roxas Empire

Darius looked at the fallen Crimean Saint and said coldly: "Can you contact the World Government?"

"Yes..." At this time, the Crimean Saint no longer had the arrogance he had in the past! Now he was extremely afraid of the pirate Darius.

Darius also showed a kind smile: "Call and contact the World Government. Ask them to pay the ransom and I will release you."

Crimea Saint heard this and called immediately. He was willing to pay any ransom as long as he could survive. His life was the most important thing now. But just as Crimea Saint took out the Den Den Mushi, it started to ring. Crimea Saint answered the phone without any hesitation and said, "I am Crimea Saint. Come and save me!"

The voice of the Five Elders came from the Den Den Mushi: "I am the Five Elders, Crimea Saint. Darius should be next to you now!"

After hearing the voices of the Five Elders, Darius took the Den Den Mushi and said, "Your Excellency the Five Elders, I am Darius."

"Hmph, pirate, release the Crimean Saint immediately, or you will pay the price." Saint Jaygolucia Satan, one of the Five Elder Stars, said coldly.

Darius said coldly, "Sure! I didn't intend to kill him when I captured him. After all, he is the creator of the world! All I want is a ransom. How about this! Fifteen devil fruits and I'll let him go, how about that?"

"Fifteen? Kid, you have quite a big appetite!" After hearing so many devil fruits, Saint Jaygolucia Satan was a little dignified, but when he heard that the other party just wanted devil fruits, he was relieved. He was afraid that Darius would directly kill the Celestial Dragons, which would damage the dignity of the World Government.

Darius raised his lips with a hint of amusement, and said in a cold voice: "The price of a devil fruit is about 15 million berries, and I have a bounty of billion berries. A dignified Celestial Dragon can't be worth less than a pirate like me!"

Jaygolucia Satan had a cold face. Of course they had fifteen devil fruits, but they were all very good devil fruits. The World Government had already distributed the poor quality devil fruits to the navy or CP organization as rewards. The devil fruits that remained in the hands of their World Government were all very powerful top-grade devil fruits. Such powerful devil fruits would not be easily granted to pirates, let alone the navy.

He said in a cold voice: "Okay, fifteen is fifteen, but it will take some time. You release the Crimean Saint first, and then I will have someone send it to you."

Darius snorted and said, "Do you think you are so smart? And you treat everyone as idiots. If I let him go, will you still give me the devil fruit?"

Saint Jaygolucia Satan still said coldly: "I guarantee in the name of the highest authority of the World Government that as long as you release Saint Crimea, all fifteen devil fruits will be available."

Darius sneered: "The credibility of your World Government is not worth mentioning. I'll give you three hours. If you can't send me the Devil Fruit, I will kill you." After saying that, Darius didn't give the World Government a chance to respond and hung up the phone directly.

At this time, the Five Elders in the Holy Land looked at the hung up call, and a hint of murderous intent appeared in their eyes. Saint Jaygolucia Satan said coldly: "This lowly insect."

Macas Maz Saint also said immediately: "There are only three superhuman and two ordinary animal-type devil fruits in the world government now. If we want enough devil fruits, we must ask the Navy and CP organization to take the devil fruits in their hands."

Izambaron V. Nasujuro said somewhat unhappily, "If we give these lowly pirates real devil fruits, it will undoubtedly increase their strength. It would be better to give them the newly developed high-quality imitations! By the way, how are the research on those high-quality imitations going now?"

Jaygolucia Satan Saint shook his head and said, "It's still a failure, but you can give it a try. In a short period of time, it can be indistinguishable from the real thing."

"In a short time?" Topman Vochuli Saint was also a little curious.

Jaygolucia Satan nodded and said, "Well, it looks exactly like a real devil fruit, and it tastes exactly like a real devil fruit. It can also gain animal-type abilities. However, after gaining animal-type abilities, as long as the devil fruit ability is used for more than half an hour, the user will soon be assimilated by the ability and eventually become a monster who loses his mind. However, it should be worth a try to use it against these pirates."

After all, it is not uncommon for pirates to capture the navy over the years. Some pirates want devil fruits. In the past, the navy had no choice but to exchange prisoners with real devil fruits. Later, the World Government began to research artificial devil fruits. Although artificial devil fruits have not been successfully researched, it does not matter. They have developed a failed artificial devil fruit that can allow people to temporarily gain the abilities of animal-type devil fruits. However, after gaining the abilities, they will soon be assimilated by the abilities, turning people into complete monsters, and then becoming dead again after just a few hours.

For the World Government, this artificial animal-type Devil Fruit is undoubtedly a failure. It cannot be eaten normally by humans. It is not a Devil Fruit at all. It can be said to be a special poison. However, they have no burden at all when using it to exchange hostages with pirates.

On the side of No. 69 Red Tree, Admiral Kong had also learned about the capture of the Celestial Dragons before, and he was also very anxious, but now facing the Red Count Redfield, he really couldn't spare any effort. Redfield even felt that this was a godsend opportunity. The Noxus Pirates were now helping him attract the firepower of the Navy and the World Government, so he could naturally fight with all his strength and compete with Admiral Kong.

Marshal Kong was also having a hard time facing the Red Earl. He was much older than Kong and was now over sixty years old. His strength was already in decline. In addition, he had been sitting in the office for all these years and neglected exercise, so his strength had also regressed. Now, he was suddenly facing such a strong man like the Red Earl. After only fighting for a few hours, his physical strength was a little exhausted.

At this time, on the side of Mangrove No. 5, Darius had been sending people to monitor the situation on Mangrove No. 69. Originally, Darius wanted to kill Admiral Kong, but Bai Yijun happened to have a conflict with the Celestial Dragons, so Darius had to change his tactics and kidnap the Celestial Dragons first.

On a pirate warship, thousands of sailors had their hands and feet tied with chains or ropes, their eyes blindfolded, and their mouths gagged, and there were several warships around them with their guns pointed at them.

Ah Shen also came to report at this time: "Captain, more than 7,000 navy and Tianlong guard prisoners have been placed on a ship. There are several warships around with their guns pointed at them. If they show any signs of escaping, they will be executed immediately."

"Well, you did a good job." Darius nodded gently, looking at the tied-up Saint Crimea and Vice Admiral Philip next to him on the Fear Nova, and grinned grimly, "Don't worry! Master Celestial Dragon, as long as the World Government abides by the agreement, I will definitely let you go."

The Celestial Dragon made a 'woooo' sound at this time. Because his mouth was blocked, he could only make a 'woooo' sound. Darius didn't pay much attention to it and walked towards the bow. The Red Chain Snake also came to report at this time: "Master, according to the information sent back by Emerald, the battle between Navy Marshal Kong and Red Earl seems to have fallen behind."

"Great, the opportunity has finally come!" Darius smiled.

But A Shen was a little worried because they already knew Darius' plan. Even A Shen thought it was too crazy. Darius had no intention of letting go of these naval prisoners or the Celestial Dragons from the beginning. Even the Navy Marshal was ready to kill him.

This made even Ah Shen, who had a big heart, feel a little overwhelmed, but at this time, Ah Shen did not dare to raise any objections. Any objections at this time would be a precursor to Darius's betrayal. Ah Shen understood Darius's character. If he dared to question at this time, he would definitely be eliminated first. All he could do now was to fully support Darius on this path.

"A Shen, I leave this to you. Don't worry, you are already very strong now. In addition to the admirals, you can actually deal with ordinary vice admirals." Darius patted A Shen on the shoulder and encouraged him.

Then, he pulled Ah Shen and the Red Chain Snake to his side and said softly, "By the way, find a chance to let Philip go later. He is mine."

After hearing this, the two were also shocked. Philip was a real vice admiral of the navy! How could he become an undercover agent of their Noxus Pirates? Darius looked at their shocked expressions and said coldly, "Do you know?"

"Yes."

Darius whispered again, "I will let my clone stay here later, but my clone cannot speak, so whether I can perform this scene well depends on you."

Hearing this, Ah Shen and Red Chain Snake were also a little excited and nodded, "Yes."

Soon, Darius walked into the room, used the skill Phantom, and created a clone. Then he used his natural charm to transform himself into a flying bird, jumped directly onto the shoulder of the clone Darius, and walked out like this.

When Ah Shen and the red-chained snake outside saw Darius coming out, the red-chained snake called out respectfully, "Master..."

However, Darius did not react at all, which made Red Chain Snake and A Shen realize that the Darius in front of them was a clone. At this time, Fei Niao on the clone's shoulder said, "A Shen, Red Chain Snake, don't mess this up for me."

Hearing that the bird actually opened its mouth to speak, and the voice was Darius's, the two were immediately startled and shocked. They seemed to have seen a new ability of Darius, and said respectfully, "Yes."

Neither of them spoke much, and now that the crew and maids on the Dread Nova had been moved to other ships, their actions seemed to others to be like they were talking to Darius.