April 18, 1510 ( Sea Circle Calendar )
The Grand Line, the third voyage to Paradise, the Rudolph Archipelago not far from the fourth node island.
This archipelago was previously a non- Affiliated Nation, but it has now been completely destroyed. The Huazha, King of Lizards, conquered it last year and then transformed it into the Domain of Beasts.
After returning from the meeting in Mary Geoise, Huazha was busy making deals with Doflamingo.
A small, deserted island in the northwest of the archipelago.
Juniper, who was in charge of intelligence work at the Paradise, then crushed a piece of amethyst.
In an instant, a wormhole appeared in the cave.
Noah and his group emerged from the wormhole one by one.
"Long time no see, Juniper!"
"Good afternoon, Lord Noah!" Juniper saluted him.
Where is the Huazha?
"He's currently on Tyrannosaurus Island in the Rudolph Archipelago, but he plans to head to the Sabaody Archipelago tomorrow to finalize Devil Fruit deal with Doflamingo."
Noah's lips curled into a smile, "Oh? It seems we've arrived just in time."
"I'll be going to the Sabaody Archipelago with him tomorrow, along with Leba the Pangolin. The officers staying behind in the Rudolph Archipelago will be Harris the Gecko and Sullivan the Raptor."
"Besides that, Huazha's subordinates also have two junior officers who are Zoan Devil Fruit users: one is Giraffe Devil Fruit User, and the other is Seal Devil Fruit User."
Noah nodded. "You go back first, I'll bring people over tomorrow."
"Yes, I'll take my leave."
Juniper entered beastman form, then blended into the environment by changing her body color, before spreading her Mantis wings and quickly leaving the deserted island.
He joined the Domain of Beasts six months ago as a bounty hunter, and his daily job is to patrol the area around the Rudolph Archipelago.
Noah and his group left only a temporary coordinate in the cave before disappearing into the wormhole.
When they reappeared, they were already above Raijin Island in the New World.
Their goal this time was to take Captain John's treasure, which he had hidden in a place that many people would not expect.
After several jumps, the group arrived at a prosperous island.
Sea Sand Island, a naval outpost attached to G-1 Base in the New World, is less than 120 kilometers from G-1 Base and is also an important shipping lane island.
The base is garrisoned by a Rear Admiral and more than 700 elite marines.
Sea Sand Island is a mixed military and civilian island, and one of the few islands directly under the World Government. The island covers an area of approximately 430 square kilometers, and its outline resembles a staircase, with a higher elevation in the south and a lower elevation in the north.
The southern side features cliffs thousands of meters high, forming a natural barrier for the island.
Captain John's treasure is hidden in the cliffs on the south side.
Thanks to Captain John's memories, Noah and his crew quickly found a narrow crevice hidden in the middle of the cliff. After passing through the crevice, which was more than twenty meters long, the surrounding space began to open up.
However, there were not many traces of human excavation here, Noah estimated that it was a naturally formed cave.
Captain John chose this place as the location for his treasure for two reasons. First, it would be easy to hide it in the dark, preventing many people from making the connection. Second, it was his hometown, and he was familiar with everything here. Carrying Eternal Pose from his hometown would not arouse suspicion.
After passing through a natural cave several hundred meters long, the group arrived at the first fork in the road.
Noah did not choose to go left or right, because the treasure was right beneath his feet.
Using Shiki's abilities, he instantly moved aside the soil and stone slabs beneath his feet, revealing a basement.
Under the lamplight, the long-sealed gold and silver jewelry was covered with a thick layer of dust, but some glittering light still managed to seep out.
"Big brother, we found it." Among a large pile of treasure, Ray pulled out two small treasure chests, which contained the Wheel-Wheel Fruit and the Ankylosaurus Fruit.
Noah casually put away the Devil Fruit, then put away all the gold, silver, jewels, and a large number of swords.
Ray opened the wormhole again.
The group returned to the small cave in the Rudolph Archipelago.
The next day, very early in the morning.
Huazha, along with Juniper and Leba, piloted the Tyrannosaurus to the Sabaody Archipelago.
Just after the Tyrannosaurus left the Rudolph Archipelago, a white cloud followed it for more than ten kilometers in the sky, moving forward together like a shadow.
Seventeen hours later, night fell.
The Tyrannosaurus entered a relatively desolate sea area.
Noah's electromagnetic interference instantly enveloped the area.
Inside the cabin, Huazha, who was fast asleep, suddenly felt a sharp pang of heart palpitations. He sat up abruptly. "Huff... this feeling!"
The next second, a hole suddenly appeared in the ceiling of his cabin, and seawater gushed out.
"Damn it!" Huazha's body went limp, and then a figure emerged from the seawater and grabbed Huazha's neck.
Huazha stared wide-eyed, as if he had seen something terrifying.
Noah used Magnetic Field Shield to isolate himself from the seawater and appeared in the water.
Moments later, the beastmen and Leba the Pangolin Tyrannosaurus also completely wiped out.
After cleaning the seawater from the cabin Noah looked at Huazha and Leba, who were handcuffed with Seastone Handcuffs.
"Cough cough... I never expected someone as important as you to resort to sneak attacks." Huazha mocked weakly.
Noah laughed and shook his head, "What a ridiculous idea. I never talk about fair play when dealing with enemies. If I can win, why can't I launch a sneak attack?"
"What do you want? If you want me to join you, it's not impossible..." Huazha wasn't as tough as expected; instead, he started to soften his stance.
You think too highly of yourself!
Huazha's face was full of confusion. If he didn't want to subdue him, why did he spare his life?
However, the next moment his eyes were filled with terror.
Because of the fact that a hole had been opened in the forehead of the Leba next to him, Noah's scalpel instantly severed his prefrontal lobe. As the prefrontal lobe was removed, the once arrogant person, Leba, began to have a numb look in his eyes.
"Gurgle... What did you do to the Leba?" Huazha cried out in terror.
"This is how you scum are put to good use. You should feel honored to be a part of my power," Noah said, tossing a Minor Arcana card.
Golden flames enveloped the Leba, forming a golden cocoon.
When the cocoon broke open, Noah also took away the Seastone Handcuffs from Leba's hands.
Leba immediately knelt on one knee. "My lord, Leba pays homage to you."
"..." Huazha was so frightened that his face turned pale, he was sweating profusely, and his body was even trembling slightly.
Especially when Noah turned to look at him, Huazha's pupils constricted sharply, and he immediately begged for mercy, "Lord Noah! I am willing to submit! I am willing to submit!"
" The Liberator Organization does not accept scum."
"You bastard... Noah, you'll die a horrible death..."
Huazha cursed furiously.
However, his desperate struggle was completely futile, and Noah quickly transformed him into the Minor Arcana Apostle.
Noah arranged for Huazha and Juniper to continue their journey to the Sabaody Archipelago to complete the transaction, while Huazha used Den Den Mushi to transfer Sullivan and Harris to a secret port on Tyrannosaurus Island.
He then led Ray and others to capture Sullivan and Harris, who had been separately hoisted out, and directly transformed them into Apostle that same night.
Then there were the two junior officers with Devil Fruit abilities, who were also secretly captured and transformed into Apostle.
At this point, all the high-ranking officials of the entire Domain of Beasts had been dealt with.