How could one make a slave willingly obey?
The Celestial Dragons were far too practiced at accomplishing such things.
As a born-and-bred Celestial Dragon, Saint Garling also understood very well how to make someone obediently follow his orders.
Offer them generous terms?!
When someone else offered even better terms, that slave would naturally side with the other party.
The best approach was, naturally, to make the slave understand the consequences of defying his will.
Only by truly making them feel pain and fear could he make them obediently obey.
Just like King Neptune, kneeling before him now. Even if they promised Fish-Man Island all sorts of favorable terms, there was a high chance they still would not abandon the New Marines and turn to his side.
In that case, he would make King Neptune understand the consequences of opposing the Celestial Dragons!
By killing King Neptune's relatives as a warning and controlling his one remaining weakness, this king who had ruled Fish-Man Island for decades would naturally become a vassal of the Celestial Dragons—a slave who obeyed every command.
"Neptune, we're looking for someone. You'd better help us properly."
"If you fail, you'll never see your daughter again."
Upon hearing this, King Neptune blankly raised his head and looked at Saint Garling before him. There was no light left in his eyes. Perhaps due to overwhelming grief, they had become utterly lifeless.
If he had not still been thinking of his daughter Shirahoshi, the successive crushing blows of losing his family would have long destroyed his sanity.
For his daughter's sake, he had to live no matter what.
That was the last belief sustaining him.
"No matter what it is, I'll do it."
The coup within Ryugu Palace quickly came to an end. Under the Celestial Dragons' ruthless methods, power