What Do You Want?

Late the next night, the gates of Dressrosa's royal palace were thrown open, and strange laughter echoed at the entrance.

"Who is it? What's going on? Why have the palace gates been opened?"

"Invaders, there are invaders! You bastard, you're... Aaaaaah!"

"What... what is going on? Why is King Riku... Why is this happening, King Riku?!"

In the distant towns, raging fires burned. The kingdom's soldiers, once regarded by the people as protectors, and King Riku, once beloved and respected by the people, now raised their blades against the citizens of Dressrosa.

"Why? We already followed your demands and scraped together every last coin we had! Why are you slaughtering your own people? Do you not have even a shred of mercy?!"

Flames continued to blaze throughout Dressrosa. Countless kingdom soldiers moved like cold, merciless machines, ruthlessly cutting down the citizens they had once protected.

The towering flames and smoke dyed the midnight sky red. When Kyros, the former captain of the royal guard, now living in seclusion under an assumed name amid a sunflower field, saw this scene, the flowerpot in his arms fell into the field.

"What happened, King Riku...?"

Without time to think, Kyros turned and gave a quick instruction to his wife and daughter before grabbing the greatsword that had long been sealed away and rushing toward the palace.

"What happened? Please, nothing must happen to King Riku!"

Meanwhile, inside the Riku Royal Family's palace, Violet, Riku Doldo III's second daughter, staggered back again and again until she soon pressed against the cold wall.

"Th-this... what is going on? Miss Monet, why did you open the gates for those people?"

"Ufufufu, naturally because I am Young Master's subordinate, a spy who infiltrated Dressrosa..."

"Now, this country—Dressrosa—will welcome its true master: Lord Donquixote Doflamingo, of the royal