"Let's put aside the matter of becoming Celestial Dragons or Holy Knight for now."
"Welcome to my wedding."
"Becoming Holy Knight now is far too dangerous. I don't want the Goa Empire to be sunk into the sea by Whitebeard."
"Also, could you ask the Five Elders to make an exception and allow my woman to become Celestial Dragons? I also want to retain the throne of the Goa Empire."
"Of course, I promise I will continue to pay the Heavenly Tribute."
"At worst, I don't want to be Holy Knight; I just want to be a normal Celestial Dragons."
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Wang Shi continued speaking, it somehow turned into a situation where it seemed like Shamrock and Gunko had to invite Wang Shi.
"You think you can just become Holy Knight whenever you want?!"
"You don't even qualify to be an ordinary Celestial Dragons!"
Gunko's tone was sharp; he was genuinely angry. They were the ones who came to give Wang Shi a chance to become Holy Knight.
How did it become like they were begging the Wang Shi to become Holy Knight and Celestial Dragons?
This is simply fooling them.
Gunko instantly launched an arrow attack, heading towards Wang Shi.
If the mission to invite Wang Shi fails, so be it. Let's complete the mission of testing whether Wang Shi is injured first.
"Let's see how strong your bandage arrow is."
When Aramaki saw that this woman dared to attack their emperor, he immediately used Armament Haki vines to block her attack.
"Your Excellency, Holy Knight, it seems rather inappropriate to resort to violence at my wedding."
Wang Shi questioned Shamrock with exaggerated gestures, looking furious.
The Baron of the Goa Empire surrounded them, looking like a dangerous group of reckless thugs.
"Gunko, stop! The Goa Empire is the most important Affiliated Nation of the World Government!"
The powerful aura of the Three Dukes of the Goa Empire greatly shocked Shamrock; they did indeed resemble the Three Admirals of the Navy.
He can't just push a powerful Affiliated Nation into rebellion for no reason.
Otherwise, not only would he and his father be criticized by the Five Elders, but their value in Lord Imu's eyes would also decrease.
They might even be personally punished by Lord Imu for incompetence.
If inviting Wang Shi to become Holy Knight fails, then so be it.
This was Wang Shi's own loss.
He missed his chance to become a god and gain immortality.
However, the World Government will have plenty of opportunities to gradually take control of the Goa Empire in the future.
It can even issue decrees to forcibly conscript the fighting forces of various Affiliated Nation to serve the World Government.
He believed that the terms offered by the World Government were definitely better than those offered by Wang Shi.
Perhaps the Three Dukes will have the opportunity to join the World Government directly.
This Wang Shi refused the invitation to become Holy Knight, citing reasons such as his woman not being able to become Celestial Dragons, his fear of Whitebeard and Fire Fist Ace, and the issues of Marine heroes and the two Admiral.
These reasons are indeed quite reasonable.
Shamrock originally thought that solving the problem of Nefertari Vivi becoming Celestial Dragons would be enough.
But unexpectedly, a newspaper article gave Wang Shi even more reasons to...
But will chaos really break out at Marine Headquarters?
If the Marine Headquarters can't handle Whitebeard and Fire Fist Ace, then should the Holy Knights really step in?
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"Snort!"
Gunko stopped the bandage attack with a flick of his sleeve.
Aramaki didn't take it seriously and quickly put away the vines.
After all, his past offense against the Duke's daughter, which led to his imprisonment, left him with a slight trauma.
He didn't want to offend this high and mighty Holy Knight, lest something else go wrong.
"My two Holy Knights, if you allow me and my queen and empress to become Celestial Dragons, our Goa Empire will certainly pay the Heavenly Tribute and serve the World Government wholeheartedly."
Wang Shi smiled greedily again, his meaning very clear: he didn't want to become a dangerous Holy Knight, he only wanted to be a normal Celestial Dragons.
"I'll report this to the Five Elders."
Shamrock spoke calmly, but inwardly he held Wang Shi in utter contempt.
Does the Holy Land Mary Geoise need Celestial Dragons just loaf around and do nothing?
What they need is strong combat power, preferably with a large existing force, and the ability to dedicate everything to the World Government.
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Wang Shi immediately thanked Shamrock excitedly, though his expression was somewhat mercenary and greedy.
This filled Shamrock with utter contempt.
He had initially thought the Emperor of Exile of the Goa Empire was somewhat capable, but now it seemed he was nothing more than a cowardly, greedy, and foolish king.
This aligns with his preconceived notions about those Affiliated Nation.
"And also, Your Highness, Holy Knight, my men stole a Devil Fruit weapon from Sand Crocodile."
I don't know how to make it stronger?
I've heard that Your Highness's sword is extremely powerful.
Wang Shi summoned the Dachshund Cannon and shamelessly asked it a question.
Even Gunko and Laffitte admired Wang Shi's thick skin, as thick as a city wall.
"A lowly common race!"
Shamrock didn't even want to glance at that piece of trash Dachshund Cannon.
In his eyes, ordinary Devil Fruit weapons were worthless; they would not only dirty his hands but also his eyes.
Like his Cerberus, he keeps it in Cerberus original sword form when it's not necessary.
These low-level Devil Fruit weapons spontaneously manifested their beast forms, making them difficult to control.
"I've heard that Your Highness's Devil Fruit weapon has reached its Awakening state. Is that true?"
"Even normal ability users find it difficult to Awakening their abilities, yet His Highness's weapon can Awakening as well."
"His Highness is definitely more powerful than Red-Haired Shanks."
Wang Shi knew that Shamrock actually cared quite a bit about the comparison between him and his brother Shanks.
"I heard? Who told you that?"
"But you're right, I am indeed stronger than that pirate."
Shamrock looked at Wang Shi with admiration. This greedy and cowardly Goa Emperor seemed quite easy to control.
Perhaps we could speak to the Five Elders and ask them to grant Five Elders Wang Shi's wife one or two spots to become Celestial Dragons.
Of course, Nefertari Vivi is an exception.
"I heard it from Doflamingo."
Wang Shi sold the Flamingo directly.
"That poor bastard."
Shamrock smiled. He admired Doflamingo quite a bit, but it was a pity that the unfortunate man's father had led them to give up their Celestial Dragons status.
Otherwise, Doflamingo would have been one of the Holy Knight.
After all, Doflamingo had considerable talent, possessing Three-Color Haki and being able to develop his Devil Fruit ability to the Awakening.
"As long as your weapon develops a little bit of sentience and resonates with your mind, you can replace the weapon's sentience, catch up with and match the Devil Fruit's power in body and mind, and directly Awakening the Devil Fruit weapon."
"Of course, you yourself must have a very good understanding and compatibility with this Devil Fruit ability in order to achieve twice the result with half the effort."
"However, there aren't many weapons in this world that can generate spirituality."
"Weapons that give birth to true weapon spirits are even rarer; these Devil Fruit weapons are the most powerful."
"With the materials of your piece of junk cannon, it will never be able to develop any spirituality."
"Besides, how could you, as an emperor, possibly be compatible with a dachshund!"
Shamrock actually spoke up, leaving Gunko somewhat stunned.
No, buddy.
At that Wang Shi did was praise him, saying, "You're better than Red-Haired Shanks."
You actually fucking teach me?
You're even Beast Kaido!
Can I call you Teacher Xia?