No Savior in the One Piece World
Chapter 402

Surrender (1/3)

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Surrender

As dawn gradually broke, the situation became clearer as well.

The citizens huddled trembling in their homes, not daring to step outside, but the Revolutionary Army wanted them to take the initiative and participate in this movement.

First, they summoned the City Defense Army and had them gather outside the royal palace. These City Defense Army soldiers were even weaker and more incompetent than expected. Clearly, under the Navy's protection, this country's military force had no real reason to exist. If not for the "lowborn" outside the city and the political struggles within it, which required just a little force to handle sudden situations, the country would not have needed any military at all.

And once a militarily organized force like the Revolutionary Army occupied the country and became their enemy, they could not even defeat the Revolutionary Army branch's militia.

The Revolutionary Army specifically organized a force of around fifty men to block the entrance to the King's Army barracks. Apart from the City Defense Army soldiers currently on duty, all the other City Guards were trapped inside the barracks.

They were rank-and-file soldiers, after all. They could never compare in status to the city's citizens and nobles, so their camp had been built in a more remote area. When they tried to rush out, the fifty Revolutionary Army soldiers drove them back with a barrage of gunfire, and everything descended into chaos afterward.

Obviously, they could not possibly have their own Den Den Mushi. The City Defense Army and the king could not communicate directly. That was the drawback of feudal armies. Most of the time, ordinary soldiers did not know their own emperor, and they might not even recognize their immediate superior officers or generals. Generally, the only person they knew was their own captain.

And

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