Inside the magnificent royal palace hall.
King Galil Pat sat upon his throne, speaking with four figures below the dais whose faces were covered by demon masks.
They were bodyguards he had hired at great expense, responsible for his safety over the next two years.
Originally, the four of them had only intended to wait for Doflamingo's Adventurers Guild to get underway.
Then they would find an Otherworld mission and see the sights of other worlds.
They would also enter this year's Top Hundred Combat Power Tournament and try to earn themselves a ranking.
So at first, none of them had wanted to accept King Pat's offer.
After all, they would be making an enemy of the World Government. The risks were too great, and if they were discovered, they would surely end up wanted criminals.
But King Pat was offering far too much.
On top of a one-hundred-million-Beli signing fee for each person, each of them would receive ten premium Purple Butterfly Emergency Pills produced by the Medical Academy.
Each would also receive one Shingu from Teigu World, as well as a box containing one hundred ES Drugs.
The ES Drug was a banned substance unique to Fish-Man Island that could greatly enhance the body's functions in a short period of time.
Although it had certain side effects, as long as it was not consumed in excessive quantities,
they were far less severe than Alabasta's Hero Water, which guaranteed death upon drinking it, and thus fell within an acceptable range.
Perhaps it could save their lives one day in a critical moment.
Beyond that, this king had somehow acquired "Kabane blood," along with collar devices that could clamp off the blood vessels in the neck and prevent the virus from invading the brain.
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