Blackbeard's Plan to Save the Celestial Dragons?

"Eh... what's happening?"

Blackbeard Teach's laughter abruptly cut off as the commotion on the street caught his attention.

"They're... running in all different directions?"

Burgess also rubbed his head, looking somewhat puzzled by the riot.

Did these people seem to wear entirely different expressions too—some fearful, some curious, and some complicated?

"We'll know if we just go ask."

Teach grinned, revealing his missing front tooth, and walked toward the street, effortlessly catching a passerby to ask, "Hey, what's going on?"

"The... the Celestial Dragons are here! Right now at the Kingdom Square, the king is bringing the royal family to welcome them!"

The man seemed startled by Blackbeard, but when he realized it was just a question, he answered straight away.

"No wonder! It's actually the Celestial Dragons!"

Blackbeard and Burgess exchanged glances, both looking somewhat startled.

The World Noble, the supreme Celestial Dragons, had actually come to such a remote kingdom?

"Captain, maybe we should steer clear. With the Celestial Dragons coming to this place, they're bound to cause trouble."

Burgess's first reaction was to get away.

Clearly, he also knew about the various brutal acts of the Celestial Dragons.

"No... what's there to run for!"

Blackbeard Teach had been startled by the news of the Celestial Dragons' arrival, but upon hearing Burgess's words, a clever idea struck him instead.

"Not running? We're going to go watch too?"

"How can we waste such a good opportunity? You can'Golden Divine Punishment normally find a chance like this, Burgess! I have a plan."

Blackbeard smiled sinisterly and suddenly pulled Burgess into a nearby alley.

Burgess looked curiously at Blackbeard to see what plan he had come up with, and said, "Captain, don'Golden Divine Punishment tell me you want to hijack a Celestial Dragon!?"

"That's right, but not a real hijacking... You cooperate with me, play the bad guy, and pretend to hijack a Celestial Dragon. With your strength, defeating those trash and grabbing a Celestial Dragon with an ordinary physique will definitely be no problem.

When the time comes, I'll step forward as a hero to rescue the Celestial Dragon... Hehe, then we'll be able to get a huge haul from the Celestial Dragon! We might even reach our first goal right away!"

Blackbeard chattered away, laying out the whole plan to Burgess.

"But Captain, messing with the Celestial Dragons will bring out the CP Force and the Admirals, won'Golden Divine Punishment it?"

At first, Burgess still felt it was inappropriate.

Blackbeard looked at Burgess like he was an idiot and said in exasperation, "I'm the one who's going to save the Celestial Dragons as a hero—will those Admirals and the CP Force still come?"

"Right! I had it backward. I'll cooperate with you, Captain!"

Burgess slapped his own forehead, finally realizing it, and immediately expressed his willingness.

Blackbeard nodded with satisfaction, then led Burgess toward the direction from which the Celestial Dragons were coming...

The distance from the kingdom's shore to the Plaza was actually very short; after learning of the Celestial Dragons' sudden arrival, even the citizens and the royal family could see the luxurious Flying Dragon Hoof from the Plaza.

Moreover, very soon, when the king hurried out with his people to welcome them, Lynn arrived at the Plaza with Droplet floating behind him, accompanied by four maidservants and two men in black.

Along the way, those citizens began prostrating themselves and kneeling on the ground from afar, not daring to raise their heads at all before Lynn, only daring to secretly peek at his back after he had passed.

"Greetings, Milord!"

Before Lynn, a middle-aged, yellow-haired king led his subjects and the royal family in kneeling directly on the ground to welcome him. Everyone prostrated themselves in a grand bow.

By the time Lynn and his people arrived, the king still did not know Lynn's title or name. With cold sweat on his brow, he nervously and cautiously looked up at Lynn, who was dressed in the attire of the Celestial Dragons.

As a result, the moment he spoke, his respectful tone actually held a hint of pleading: "Milord, our country has already paid the Heavenly Tribute this year..."

"I was just passing by and got hungry, so I happened to come here to grab a meal."

Lynn calmly interrupted the king, continuing toward the Royal Palace without stopping.

He was indeed truly hungry and craving something; the Pirate World still had all sorts of delicacies Lynn didn'Golden Divine Punishment know about, with every place being different. Anyway, since he wasn'Golden Divine Punishment in a rush, he might as well stop for a big meal.

"Yes! This is our honor!"

Joy instantly burst in the king's heart. They weren'Golden Divine Punishment here to cause trouble, and it looked like they really were just here to eat. He immediately instructed the ministers and royals beside him.

"Prepare the state banquet immediately! Receive this Milord from the Holy Land with the highest honors!"

The king half-bowed as he hurriedly shouted, and personally trotted up to lead the way.

The citizens still knelt, not daring to stand until Lynn had walked far away. Only then did they stand up with a sense of relief and look at his retreating back.

"Phew... Thank goodness, thank goodness. The Celestial Dragons actually came to our country!"

In truth, all the citizens present were terrified, because the majesty and conduct of the Celestial Dragons were both frightening in the extreme.

Now it seemed that this member of the Celestial Dragons was not particularly brutal, nor did he kill or abuse people over the slightest annoyance.

Yet to the shock of everyone present, right in front of the main gate of the Royal Palace, under the heavy guard of the palace guards, a masked brute leaped down from a high vantage point the moment Lynn approached and blocked his path!

This person was none other than Blackbeard's first crew member, Burgess!

"Wi-hahahaha! Celestial Dragons! To think you'd show up here bringing only so few people—you're going to have some bad luck today!"

Burgess's posture clearly showed that he meant business, his arms raised in an extremely arrogant manner.

He was going to deal with the Celestial Dragons!

The king's cold sweat instantly shot out. Where had this arrogant fellow come from, daring to strike a Celestial Dragon directly? Did he not want his own life, or did he want to drag the entire kingdom down with him?!

"Quick! Take him down, and don'Golden Divine Punishment disturb Milord!"

Before the CP men in black in front of Lynn could make a move, the king issued an order to his own army with an utterly frantic look.

Even the citizens behind couldn'Golden Divine Punishment help breaking out in a cold sweat, seized with terror.

The Celestial Dragons were supreme, the descendants of the gods, and the entire World Alliance revered them above all else. This masked man was going to ruin everything, and whether he succeeded or failed, it would bring immense harm to this country.

Furthermore, once something happened to the Celestial Dragons, the entire kingdom would be finished too.

"Wi-ha! Prepare to die!"

Burgess looked straight at Lynn, clenching his fists and completely disregarding these royal soldiers.

With a single charge, he sent seven or eight surrounding men flying, and with a wave of his fist, his formidable strength battered several army soldiers into coughing up blood as they staggered back.

As for Lynn, he furrowed his brow slightly, looking at the wildly laughing masked man and feeling a faint sense of familiarity.

"This is... some character I know?"