After accepting the epic quest from Princess Vivi to save the Kingdom of Alabasta, Garen and Nami immediately...
Left Princess Vivi standing off to the side.
Because there were simply too many trivial matters to deal with after wiping out the Krieg Pirates:
Nami was responsible for checking the Krieg Pirates' account books and inventorying the confiscated assets;
The Krieg Pirates were on an entirely different scale from the Arlong Pirates. Their economic power was comparable to that of a small country.
While counting money until her hands cramped, Nami was also run ragged, dizzy, and constantly on her feet.
And as the leader naturally elected by the laborers, Garen could not avoid handling all the major and minor affairs arising from the purge.
Garen had never had any experience as an administrator. Fortunately, Dexter, the experienced former mayor under his command, handled the arrangements and spared Garen from quite a few trivial matters.
However, some major decisions still required Garen to make them personally:
Standing in the broad square before Krieg's mansion, Dexter said to Garen:
"Lord Garen, the purge has concluded!"
"According to our statistics, more than 550 pirates died. The exact number still needs to be verified. Some pirates fled the island by ship amid the chaos, and their numbers are difficult to determine."
"The Krieg Pirates have over a thousand men stationed year-round across thirty-two territory islands outside this main island."
"How do you intend to handle them?"
Garen found it troublesome, but adhering to the principle of seeing things through, he agreed without hesitation:
"Once matters on this island are settled, I'll lead people to purge all of Krieg's territory islands."
"Yes!"
Dexter nodded, then pointed at the large group of pirate captives tied together in the square.
"Also, there are as many as 3,022