The Poker Pirates' Demise

A man's name is like the shadow of a tree; its reputation precedes him.

The title of King of Exile alone was enough to glimpse the leopard through the tube and know that Wang Shi was absolutely not someone to be trifled with.

"To drift through My territorial waters and actually dare to take the initiative to attack the Imperial fleet."

"Tell Me, how should I deal with a pirate as sinful as you?"

"Shall I sentence you to one hundred years of imprisonment? Or perhaps the torture of Lingchi, slicing you three thousand six hundred times until you die?"

Wang Shi appeared on the bow of the Exile Emperor, looking down at the sweating El Drago with an incomparably murderous aura.

Lingchi torture? What kind of punishment was that?

Why had none of them ever heard of it?

El Drago was a bit bewildered; even the Guard Army and officials of the Goa Empire had never heard of such a thing.

However, to be sliced three thousand six hundred times before dying—how terrifying!

"Kaya, you're a doctor. Tell me, can a person really be sliced three thousand six hundred times before dying?"

Nami shivered and whispered her question to Kaya, who was standing beside her.

When His Majesty Wang Shi turned evil, he felt truly terrifying.

"I... I don't know either. I seem to have read in an ancient book that there was once a super pirate who was killed only after suffering 267 sword wounds, 152 bullet holes, and 46 cannon hits."

"I don't know which is more painful compared to being sliced three thousand six hundred times..."

Kaya looked at His Majesty Wang Shi, unsure if he was joking, and responded to Nami's whispered question with a hint of fear.

"How terrifying! I would be dead after just a few cuts."

Nojiko clutched her chest, discovering that His Majesty Wang Shi, who was threatening the pirate, was so cruel and cold-blooded.

It was completely different from how he treated them.

Hearing the new term "Lingchi torture," Eric, Jango, and the Cat Brothers—all pirate slaves—felt a chill run through them.

It was fortunate that Wang Shi hadn't used the Lingchi torture on them.

"One hundred years of imprisonment? Execution by Lingchi?"

"No! I don't want to die! My gold hasn't been hidden yet, and I haven't found Woonan's gold..."

El Drago, nicknamed the Golden Dragon, was still obsessing over gold at this very moment.

Indeed, there are only wrongly given names, never wrongly given nicknames.

This was a ruthless man who loved gold so much that he would risk his life for it.

"It seems you have quite a lot of gold on your ship."

"The most pitiful thing about a person is when they die and the money hasn't been spent."

"I will give you one chance to submit."

"Otherwise, this Emperor will put a slave collar on you, turn you into a pirate slave, and distribute your gold to others."

Wang Shi looked at El Drago, who was abnormally obsessed with gold, and struck at his vital point by threatening to divide his treasure.

"Yes! Yes!"

Hearing that Wang Shi was going to distribute the gold, Nami shouted excitedly, and Eric also looked eager to try.

"No! My gold! It's all mine, it's all mine!"

"Don't divide my gold, I'll listen to you! I'll listen to everything you say, I submit!!!"

Hearing that Wang Shi intended to divide the gold he had scavenged over several years, El Drago felt even worse than if he had been turned into a slave.

The pirate captain El Drago was actually subdued by Wang Shi in just a few short sentences.

Van Augur and Zoro looked at Wang Shi in disbelief.

He truly is like a devil who can see through human nature.

Van Augur sighed inwardly. He had used both soft and hard tactics on Eric, threats and temptations, and had seduced Zoro directly with the dream of becoming the world's greatest swordsman...

And now, he had targeted El Drago by exploiting his obsession with gold.

"Consider yourself sensible! Serve this Emperor well. What is this fake treasure of Woonan? This Emperor even knows the whereabouts of the Golden City, Shandora."

"If you perform well, I will let you see what the Golden City is like in the future."

Wang Shi tossed the slave collar back to a Guard Army officer.

He really hadn't intended to put much effort into subduing El Drago.

In any case, El Drago, having become a pirate slave, could still charge into battle for Wang Shi.

But since the guy had already submitted, he would exempt him from the status of a slave.

"Your Majesty Wang Shi, I also submit! I am willing to go through fire and water for Your Majesty."

Seeing that their boss had already knelt, the fallen swordsman Golas shouted in panic.

As a result, the surviving pirate underlings of El Drago all followed suit, kneeling and begging for mercy, wanting to join under Wang Shi's banner.

"Do you really think my Guard is a place where any trash can just walk in?"

"Go sign up for the army yourselves!"

"Do not let me find out you continue to act as pirates, or you will die a miserable death!"

Wang Shi did not execute these 'lucky' survivors; instead, he gave them a chance.

These pirate underlings were likely citizens of the four kingdoms, and in the future, they would be his subjects.

"Yes! Your Majesty Wang Shi, we will absolutely never be pirates again, we will surely become excellent soldiers of the Guard!"

Golas felt incredibly fortunate that Wang Shi had chosen not to slaughter them.

He had heard that the Arlong Pirates, the strongest in the East Blue, had been wiped out to the last man, dying a truly wretched death.

Under the terrified gazes of these surviving pirates.

The Goa Empire fleet set sail cleanly and efficiently, slowly drifting away with their Captain El Drago.

"Captain Golas, are we really going to join the army?"

"Don't talk nonsense! A great emperor like His Majesty Wang Shi is worth following with our lives!"

"But, I want to go back home and farm..."

"I heard that taxes have already been reduced back home..."

"Get lost! Anyone who doesn't want to join the army can crawl back home!"

Golas cursed at these stunned pirate underlings.

It was fine if these losers went back to farm; he, at least, was going to join the Goa Empire Guard to prove his own judgment.

Two days later.

Sasba Kingdom waters, Clockwork Island.

"Kill them all!!"

The Poker Pirates, who had entrenched themselves on Clockwork Island for years, were actually breached by the Goa Empire fleet.

The Poker Pirates, whom neither the Sasba Kingdom nor the local Marine branch could handle, were thus slaughtered by the army of a foreign nation.

The five powerhouses of the Poker Pirates and their eight pirate ships were completely annihilated.

The Paramecia Steel-Steel Fruit user, [King] Bear King, with a bounty of 11.6 million Berries, was blasted half-dead by El Drago.

[Joker] Sword Clown, with a bounty of 9.9 million Berries, was cut down by Zoro.

[Queen] Honey Queen, with a bounty of 7.8 million Berries, was personally captured by Wang Shi and locked inside a bottle.

[Ace] Skunk A, with a bounty of 6 million Berries, was flying around with a gas-powered flight device when he was slashed down by Eric's wind blades, detonating the device and leaving no corpse behind.

[Jack] Pijack, with a bounty of 3.2 million Berries, was also hacked to death by the silver-haired Saka.

A large number of pirate underlings were shot or cut down by Van Augur and the Goa Guard.

As the flag of the Goa Empire slowly rose over Clockwork Island.

The Goa Empire had actually invaded the territory of the Sasba Kingdom just like that.

This news scared the King of the Sasba Kingdom half to death.

Could it be that the Goa Empire, which had been quiet for only ten days, was starting another war?

Didn't King Ba Dodeshinai of the Flaws Kingdom say he had already curbed the expansionist ambitions of the Goa Kingdom?

How could they have invaded now!!

The King of the Sasba Kingdom hurriedly called King Ba Dodeshinai to beg for help.

The Sasba Kingdom was under the leadership of the Flaws Kingdom, after all; King Ba Dodeshinai could not just stand by and watch them die!

When King Ba Dodeshinai heard that the Goa Empire had mobilized again, he was instantly infuriated.

He was determined to teach that bastard Wang Shi a lesson.