In front of the royal palace plaza.
"What exactly do you want?"
After having King Riku's hands bound behind his back, the pirate did not let down his guard. Instead, he had one of his subordinates take out a pistol and press it against the king's temple.
"What do I want?
"Of course, I want your Dressrosa Kingdom to submit to our Pirate Alliance and become our territory!"
Hearing this, King Riku was filled with fury. He immediately shouted, "In your dreams! Even if you kill me, I will never hand the entire country over to you!"
A mocking expression appeared on Yelick's face, his tone faintly teasing. "Oh? Is that so?
"I advise you to think it over carefully first!"
With that, he vanished from the plaza and reappeared atop the wall by the palace gates, beside the two girls.
He pointed the long sword in his hand at them, and Violet was so frightened that she clung to Scarlett.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!...
The guards all turned their gun barrels toward Yelick.
"Hey, hey, hey! You need to understand the situation right now. Your king is in our hands!
"If you dare fire, your king is as good as dead!"
At those words, hesitation appeared on the guards' faces. They instinctively lowered their guns.
Yelick reached out and grabbed Scarlett by the wrist.
The next moment—
The three of them instantly appeared in the plaza.
"Bind those two as well!"
The blue-haired man waved his hand. Two pirates immediately stepped forward and tied up the two girls with ropes. He also ordered the soldiers on the wall to come down and surrender.
With the king in the enemy's hands, the guards could only look at one another before obediently complying. They walked down from the wall, threw away their