Saving Him, Doflamingo Defeated

"I understand!" Violet took a deep breath. "You asked me at the beginning if I was a Gaze-Gaze Fruit user. The Charlotte Pirates must be after this Devil Fruit, right?"

"That's right, that Gaze-Gaze Fruit is indeed our primary target."

"Then what if I'm willing to join the Charlotte Pirates? I don't think you'd refuse a Devil Fruit user like me!"

"I believe my loyalty can earn your Charlotte Pirates' protection for my family!"

"Of course, Miss Violet!" Minos nodded. Although he didn't care much about the Charlotte Pirates, he wouldn't ignore an opportunity to help King Riku's family.

More importantly, the Gaze-Gaze Fruit had many similarities to the Evil Eye on his head, and he wanted to exchange knowledge with Violet.

Just as the abilities of Devil Fruits depend on their developers, the Evil Eye's functions were certainly not limited to just the Thousand Mile Eye and Hypnotic Eye.

Hiei, by utilizing the Evil Eye's summoning ability and his own fire-based Demonic Power, developed powerful ultimate techniques like the Black Dragon Wave. Minos lacked fire-based Demonic Power, or any Demonic Power at all, and couldn't summon the terrifying flames from the Demon Realm. He had to find another way and focus on developing other aspects of the Evil Eye's abilities.

Abilities like illusions and mind-reading were one possible direction. After all, the Evil Eye already possessed hypnotic capabilities, and the Gaze-Gaze Fruit itself had mind-reading abilities. Developing illusionary powers wasn't impossible either.

The rest was simple: they just needed to pick up King Riku and the others.

While others didn't know where King Riku was hiding, Minos and Violet, with their Thousand Mile Eye, could easily locate them.

As for the guards of Dressrosa, they ultimately decided to join the Charlotte Pirates with Violet—they didn't have many other options now.

After all, unless they surrendered to Doflamingo's Pirate Crew, they were surely doomed. They couldn't stay here and had no choice but to follow King Riku.

Fortunately, there weren't many of them, only about twenty to thirty of the most elite guards. Even with the String-String Fruit's abilities, Doflamingo couldn't control too many people back then.

Outside Dressrosa, in a field of sunflowers. Minos and his group soon found them.

"So that's how it is?"

King Riku, despite his muscular physique, sighed with a weary expression. "Violet, you've worked hard."

This was the place where King Riku's eldest daughter and Kyros had been living in seclusion. After rescuing King Riku, the toy Kyros had been on the run, but with Sugar's collapse, they had returned to their original forms. Kyros then brought them here.

At this moment, King Riku's eldest daughter, Scarlet, had fully regained her memories. As they were discussing what had happened with the Donquixote Family, Violet arrived with the guards.

Father and daughters reunited, there was naturally a moment of joy, followed by a tearful embrace. However, upon learning that Doflamingo would not suffer any significant losses and would still remain in the country, their expressions turned grim.

King Riku now looked utterly dejected, lacking any will to resist.

"Your Majesty! Don't lose hope!"

"As long as we report Doflamingo's brutal actions to the World Government and the Marines, I'm sure the World Government will revoke his Shichibukai title and send a Marine Admiral to deal with him!"

At this point, a palace guard couldn't hold back and shouted loudly.

Hearing this, King Riku's bitter smile deepened, and even his two daughters fell silent.

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Kyros sighed. Having become King Riku's son-in-law, he naturally knew many secrets. "Donquixote... was once the ruler of this country, Dressrosa."

"Later... when the World Government was established, the Donquixote Family, as one of the original 20 founding members of the World Government, went to the Red Line, to Marie Geoise... and became Celestial Dragons!"

"What?" All the palace guards looked dumbfounded. "Captain, are you saying Doflamingo is actually a Celestial Dragon?"

"To be precise, he's a former Celestial Dragon who was expelled from Marie Geoise. But even so, he legally still has the right of inheritance to Dressrosa, and his claim is above ours, the royal family of Riku," King Riku said with a wry smile.

This was no exaggeration. If the current situation in Dressrosa were known to those Celestial Dragons, they would undoubtedly support Doflamingo, not King Riku. In the eyes of the Celestial Dragons, King Riku's status was merely that of a servant to the Donquixote Family. Even a discarded Celestial Dragon expelled from the family was far nobler than a servant!

Hearing this, the palace guards exchanged glances and finally fell silent.

What could they do now? Should they ask the Charlotte Pirates for help? Setting aside the cost, if the Charlotte Pirates helped them reclaim their kingdom, Dressrosa's situation might become even worse.

King Riku himself didn't really want to leave. The old king had a certain sense of "the Son of Heaven guards the gates of the nation, the monarch dies for his country." But after looking at his two daughters and his granddaughter, he finally sighed.

If he didn't leave, his two daughters would surely stay here too. But what could they do against Doflamingo's Pirate Crew?

Waaah!

After nearly 12 hours of grueling battle, Doflamingo finally collapsed, spitting up more than ten mouthfuls of blood and breaking seven or eight bones.

"Heavenly Yaksha, you fought valiantly!"

Katakuri's face showed a hint of fatigue, but he had no injuries whatsoever. His Future Sight, a form of Observation Haki, meant Doflamingo had never truly landed a blow on Katakuri. He had been completely outmatched.

"Damn it..." Doflamingo groaned. Looking at his captured subordinates, he gritted his teeth coldly. "Katakuri, huh? You win!"

"I'll prepare the Berries! But I don't have the Gaze-Gaze Fruit here. It's already been eaten."

Katakuri frowned slightly. Suddenly, a pirate subordinate walked up behind him and whispered a few words in his ear.

Katakuri's expression changed, and he turned to Doflamingo. "You're lucky! Whole Cake Island has some matters to attend to. Just prepare 10 billion Berries, and someone will come to receive it there."

"Release the Donquixote Family members, we're leaving!"

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