In Sabaody, Doors Were Left Unlocked and Lost Items Went Unclaimed / Gild Tesoro

The staff sensed that the navy in front of them seemed to be serious, and they panicked, shouting sternly.

"Do it!"

Majors didn't bother with further words and directly ordered the navy to storm the auction house.

As for less than a minute?

That's it!

Can't he just say it casually?

Snap! Snap!

At Majors' command, Kyros, sword in hand, stood with his sailors behind him, their expressions a mixture of seriousness and excitement.

Justice...

Now it's not just on the surface, it's being truly put into practice on this island!

And for the navy, regardless of rank or strength, Justice... has never been forgotten!

"Justice! Justice!"

In a moment of heightened emotion, someone took the lead, and the group of navy men suddenly shouted with excited expressions, their cries of Justice echoing throughout Area 1!

Soon, under the navy's strong offensive, Auction House No. 1 was completely destroyed, and a large number of slaves were rescued. Many of them were 'goods' that had failed to sell in the previous days. They were basically only fed and drunk to ensure their survival, and they were all emaciated and thin.

Even worse, some were covered in wounds, and some even had their tendons in their hands and feet severed, leaving them practically disabled.

Among this group of people, you can see all sorts of tragic scenes.

"Hateful!"

The naval personnel present were all outraged by this scene, not only by their sense of Justice but also by their inability to tolerate such behavior due to their conscience as human beings.

"Lieutenant Vice Admiral Atlas is indeed a powerful figure worthy of following..."

The same thought suddenly arose in the minds of the navy personnel present.

To wield power yet possess conscience—perhaps that is the greatest fortune in this world.

Achoo!

Sitting in his office, Atlas couldn't help but rub his nose, muttering to himself in confusion.

What happened?

Who's talking about him?

Was it that old man from the Sengoku period cursing him?

Chapter 113 Doors Left Unlocked at Night, Lost Items Not Picked Up on the Road Sabaody

After cleaning up the auction house in Zone 1, Majors and his team turned their attention to sweeping through all the auction houses, large and small, in the Sabaody Archipelago.

In an instant, the entire Sabaody Archipelago was filled with fear and paranoia. Large numbers of slaves were freed, and even the deepest night could not conceal the crimes that were exposed.

However, the cleaning did not stop.

"Reporting Colonel Majors! Areas 1 through 10 have been cleared, 12 human trafficking dens have been destroyed, and a total of 800 people have been rescued! (I made up these numbers, just take them with a grain of salt)"

Majors was somewhat surprised, not expecting that there would be so many slaves in just areas 1 to 10. Moreover, these were probably only the ones recently gathered; the number of people who had been sold before was likely countless.

What about casualties?

"The navy suffered no casualties, but many of those rescued were injured or maimed, and over a thousand criminals were killed!"

More than a thousand!

Behind those seemingly insignificant numbers lie mountains of corpses.

That night, blood flowed like rivers. Almost everyone who witnessed the scene was terrified, and most likely couldn't sleep at night. The entire atmosphere in Sabaody was shaken; whether they were committing crimes or preparing to do so, they trembled with fear and abandoned any thoughts of winning a new bid.

"Perfect timing! Now we'll begin sweeping through areas 11 to 29!"

The navy has approximately 2,500 personnel in the Sabaody Archipelago, but it is impossible to deploy all of them. Therefore, only a few personnel can be assigned to patrol, with a main force going out to attack. This way, the gains can be maximized.

Knock knock knock!

"Open the door! We're from the Navy, and we suspect you're harboring Pirates!"

"Are you kidding me? We're nobles! What right do you navy have to scrutinize us?!"

The owner of the house seemed very impatient, clearly dissatisfied with the navy's actions, and openly intended to use his noble status to avoid cooperating with the navy's operations.

"Bang!"

Without a word, Majors led his navy straight in, roughly pushing aside the two seemingly aristocratic couple, and began to scan the room with his sharp eyes.

"What are you doing? Who gave you permission to do this? I am a nobleman from World Government Member States!"

The woman screamed like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, her ear-piercing scream echoing through the air, her entire face contorting in anger.

They are nobles from legitimate World Government Member States. Having heard that the scenery of the Sabaody Archipelago is extremely beautiful, they specially spent a fortune to travel here. Perhaps they can even establish connections with the Celestial Dragons, win the favor of the Celestial Dragons, and thus escape their current status as political outcasts in their home countries.

"Who is he?"

Majors ignored the woman's screams and pointed to the boy in the living room with the bomb collar on his arm.

The boy looked very thin, with dull, lifeless eyes. He was about to fall asleep in the living room when he was awakened by the commotion from the navy. He looked at Majors, who had a serious expression, without any will to live.

"He was a slave we bought!"

The nobleman spoke up, and unlike the woman, he did not lose his composure, responding to Majors' question with a calm tone.

"Is that so?" Majors's lips curled into a cruel smile. "Where's your identification?"

What kind of identification do slaves need?

The nobleman was taken aback.

"No identification? That's easy. Our navy will take him back to verify his identity to prevent Pirates from infiltrating."

"Hey! Do you know what you're saying? We are nobles with legitimate rights!"

The nobleman could no longer contain himself. These were slaves he had just bought recently, worth a fortune in Beli. For nobles, slaves were a symbol of status, and these were their only slaves. He hadn't even had a chance to show them off yet, so how could he just let the navy take them away?

"Remember!" Majors looked at the couple with a grim expression, his tone completely flat. "I'm informing you, not discussing this, otherwise..."

"It's quite reasonable to believe that two nobles died in a Pirates attack... Hahahaha!"

It wasn't that Majors was too arrogant and cruel, but rather that he had witnessed too much darkness that night. These so-called nobles were nothing but beasts in human skin. There was no need to be too polite to such things; after all, if the sky fell, there would be tall people to hold it up.

"You..."

The nobleman knew that Majors was threatening them, but he was helpless and could only stare intently at Majors' face, as if trying to memorize his appearance.

"Tch~"

Majors naturally noticed the nobleman's undisguised expression, but he didn't care at all. He had seen at least eight hundred, if not a thousand, expressions like that tonight, and he was confident that Lieutenant Vice Admiral Atlas wouldn't let him suffer.

"Hey! You over there, it's time to go!"

Majors turned to look at the somewhat dazed slave boy, who seemed to have a moment's lapse in judgment, standing there blankly, showing no intention of moving an inch.

"This..."

The boy finally realized that the arrogant navy man in front of him had come to rescue him, and pointed helplessly to the explosive collar around his neck.

Oh! I almost forgot!

Majors slapped his forehead as if in annoyance, then his expression turned cold as he looked at the noble couple beside him and extended his calloused hand.

"Um?"

The nobleman's face was somewhat unpleasant, but remembering the threat Majors had just made to him, he reluctantly took the remote control from his pocket.

Snap!

Majors snatched the remote control and crushed it, the broken parts slipping from his hand.

The slave boy didn't know why, but his eyes felt a little wet, as if a shackle in his heart had been broken. Perhaps... this was freedom.

"May I have your name?"

"That doesn't matter anymore, from now on I'll be called Erbis!"

The boy—no, Erbis— seemed to come alive, and his eyes shone with a different light. For him, this was perhaps a rebirth.

"Alright! Let's go first, we still have patrol duties to complete."

Majors then led the group of marines outside.

"Sir!"

"Hmm? Is something the matter?"

Are you still recruiting in the navy?

"The navy is very dangerous. Are you sure you can overcome it?"

"Of course, I just walked out of hell..."

Why? Give me a reason.

"Perhaps... I saw Justice!"

Hope flickered in Erbis's eyes, as if he had seen some beautiful belief.

"... Okay, report to the base tomorrow!"

The boy and the navy figures disappeared into the darkness during their question-and-answer conversation...

Chapter 114 Gild Tesoro

The next day.

The morning light was soft and hazy; dawn broke through the darkness.

A new day dawns on Sabaody Archipelago, and... a new life begins!

"Vice Admiral Excellency, the Lawless Zone from the 1st to the 29th have been cleared, all human trafficking dens have been destroyed, and nearly two thousand slaves have been provided with relief."

Area 66, Sabaody, Naval Base Commander's Office.

Two figures sat at the front and back of the desk, Atlas leaning back in his soft office chair, facing Majors with a respectful expression.

What will happen to these rescued people?

Atlas sat up slightly, his gaze falling on Majors' face, and asked softly.

"Approximately... 800 people expressed a desire to join the Navy, 600 wanted to go home, but during identity verification, we discovered over 100 Pirates with bounties on their heads, who were executed on the spot. The rest..."

Majors reported his statistical results without hesitation.

"The rest of them are free to do as they please. Those who want to go home... their travel expenses will be covered by the property seized from the auction house, and the remainder can be divided among them as a small compensation."

"But what if the rest of them go out to sea and become Pirates?"

Atlas looked at Majors with a serious expression. "Majors, you need to understand that they are civilians now, within the protection zone of our navy. Whatever they do in the future, you just need to remember to judge by their actions, not their intentions."

"Yes!"

"Sir! What should we do with that merman?"

"Let the warships send them back to Fish-Man Island!"

"Alright, I understand the general situation. You can go back to what you're doing." Atlas paused, looking at Majors with admiration. "And you did a fantastic job!"

"Thank you for the compliment, sir!"

Majors' face lit up with delight upon hearing this, and he then left the office with light steps.

Thump thump thump...

"Please come in!"