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Greenleaf Town, the mayor's residence.
The mayor of Greenleaf Town was a tyrant who extorted his people and bled them dry.
He relied on his Royal Bloodline to look down on ordinary people. To him, citizens had to obey their king, and townspeople had to obey him. He was only slightly less arrogant than the ruler of the Drum Kingdom.
So when news of his death spread, the Dora Pirates were surprised to find that the townspeople were not as frightened as they had expected. Some were even happy, just short of throwing a feast to celebrate.
Humiliated and furious, the Dora Pirates killed several respected elders. The people of Greenleaf Town finally submitted to their rule. The pirates then held their families hostage and ordered them to attack Big Snail City.
Retreat, and their families would die. Advance, and at worst, only they themselves would die.
Faced with such a simple choice, the able-bodied townspeople found their answer easily.
When Tony arrived, they were mobilizing the Militia and planning their next attack. A loudspeaker hanging by the entrance blared the pirates' rambling rallying cries.
While he was alive, the mayor of Greenleaf Town had considered himself above everyone else and refused to live among the townspeople.
So he had built a Manor on a hill outside town, with only one road connecting it to Greenleaf Town.
Once, that road had been a grand avenue proclaiming the mayor's authority. Now, it had become a death trap for the Dora Pirates.
Not a single pirate could escape Tony's sight and make it down the road to warn the others. Anyone who tried was hacked into pieces and scattered across a hundred-meter radius.
The pirates