Roya transformed into King Lila XIII.
He sat upon the throne of the Drum Kingdom.
Through the phantoms, he watched Dragon lead the way before the two illusions.
The corners of his mouth lifted slightly.
Just like that, Dragon brought Sanji and Zoro directly out of the palace.
He then prepared to take them to Luffy.
But at that moment, a large number of Mechanical Soldiers slowly surrounded Dragon.
One of them in particular was an enormous Mechanical Soldier standing before Dragon.
This Mechanical Soldier was none other than Wapol, the former king of Drum Kingdom.
Roya had now completely transformed him into a robot.
More importantly, he had retained his original abilities.
By continuously creating alloys, Roya had upgraded Wapol into a Sixth-Generation Mechanical Soldier.
The materials making up his body were absolutely terrifying.
Just standing before Dragon was enough to make him feel a crushing pressure.
But a machine was still just a machine.
In battle, it was far too rigid.
So Dragon did not take it too seriously.
Instead, he said to Sanji and Zoro, "Before they completely surround us, the two of you need to leave immediately."
Upon hearing Dragon's words, Sanji and Zoro immediately nodded.
But the next second, they made a move Dragon found unbelievable.
They stabbed toward Dragon's back.
Since they were phantoms, Roya had deliberately coated them in Armament Haki.
However, to conceal his abilities, the Armament Haki Roya used was not particularly strong.
Even so, accompanied by two muffled splatters—
Dragon felt a sharp pain in his back.
Blood gushed from his back.
Dragon instinctively sucked in a breath.
He had to admit, the feeling was extremely unpleasant.
He turned around in disbelief and looked at Sanji and Zoro.
He could not believe that Luffy's companions had actually attacked him.
He