October 14, 1512 (Sea Circle Calendar )
The West Blue, the Nubia Kingdom.
This is a vast, uninhabited kingdom, covering an area of approximately 1.53 million square kilometers, but with a population of only 2.06 million.
At this time, in the capital of the Nubia Kingdom, the rebel army and the royal army were fighting.
Inside the glass mirror of a dressing room in the royal palace.
There was a huge palace there.
Mirror Palace!
A palace built entirely of glass.
This is one of the Donquixote Family's secret cores. Carina, codenamed Mirage, is the person in charge of the Mirror Palace.
Inside the quiet Mirror Palace, Carina observed the situation in Nubia City through the mirrors of the All-Seeing Court.
The reason the Mirror Palace was located in the capital of this kingdom is that the Nubia Kingdom is also known as the Glass Kingdom. There are many glass factories and handmade glass workshops within the kingdom, especially in the capital Nubia City, where glass products are everywhere.
This unique environment allowed Carina's Mirror-Mirror Fruit to thrive, while also reducing the probability of her being exposed.
After all, this kingdom itself mass-produces, manufactures, and uses glass, so it wouldn't raise any suspicion.
If a place suddenly starts using a large amount of glass products, the Cipher Pol will secretly monitor it to see if any powerful individuals are causing trouble there.
Carina looked at the various surveillance mirrors for a while.
At this time, in the capital of the Nubia Kingdom, the rebel army and the royal army were already locked in a bloody battle.
However, no one noticed anything unusual.
The rebels were connected by fine threads invisible to the naked eye, while the king's soldiers were covered with gold particles.
It is clear that the masterminds behind this civil war are Doflamingo and Tesoro.
Inside the palace, Tesoro, disguised as the Eighth Prince, led a Distillery informant who had been planted beforehand, along with several hundred soldiers he had secretly recruited, and stormed the palaces of the old king and several other princes.
Tesoro was completely absorbed in his role, brandishing his golden greatsword. "Gentlemen! Follow me into the palace! Cleanse the court of treacherous officials and punish the corrupt ministers!"
"Purge the court of corrupt officials and execute the treacherous ministers!"
"Purge the court of corrupt officials and execute the treacherous ministers!"
The soldiers behind him also raised their weapons and roared.
Before long, Tesoro led his men to the king's bedroom.
The old king, seeing the blood-soaked, murderous-looking eighth prince, was both shocked and furious. "You rebellious son! What do you think you're doing? Are you the one who colluded with the rebels?"
"My father! You are old, it's time for you to step down and pass the throne to a more worthy successor."
"Damn it! Go get him!" The eldest prince picked up his pistol and pulled the trigger.
Bang bang bang...
The bullet was instantly blocked by the golden shield.
Tesoro's face revealed a crazed sneer, "Hahaha... what did you think I've been holding back all this time for? Go report to Hell, my brother!"
The golden sand instantly gripped the eldest prince's body.
"No! Darwin, please..."
In an instant, the eldest prince was crushed.
Blood splattered on the old king's face, and he was so frightened that he wet himself, filling the palace with the stench of urine.
"My father, don't worry, I am your son..."
Tesoro's gold dust instantly seeped into the old king's body.
The kingdom was quickly taken over by Tesoro.
The king's army outside also suffered repeated defeats, and the rebels slaughtered all the nobles and unscrupulous merchants along the way.
More than three hours later, the rebels arrived at the palace gates.
Tesoro, with his invincible power, single-handedly suppressed all the rebels, but he only executed the ringleaders and exiled the more than 20,000 rebel participants to the northwestern desert of the kingdom.
Thus, the entire Nubia Kingdom fell into the hands of the Donquixote Family.
The reason this kingdom was targeted was not only because the Donquixote Family coveted its resources and location, but more importantly because its king and nobles were extremely cruel.
The old king not only levied exorbitant taxes, but also prohibited commoners from reading and writing in order to maintain his rule. He forbade commoners from possessing books, newspapers, or similar items, and if anyone was found to have them, their entire family would be executed.
The nobles here are equally cruel and cold-blooded. In order to produce high-quality glass, they need to mine quartz and extract soda ash from saltwater lakes.
Therefore, they purchased slaves from abroad and pushed the king to enact various harsh laws, making it easy for commoners to break the law, thus turning them into prisoners, and then assigning the prisoners to work in mines and salt lakes.
The kings, nobles, and merchants of the Nubia Kingdom all had the blood of commoners on their hands.
This is also why Doflamingo and Tesoro killed them without any qualms.
Of course, there were too many brutal kings and nobles on the high seas, and another reason why the Nubia Kingdom was targeted by the Liberator Organization was its vast area and high-altitude terrain.
Nubia Island an area of over one million square kilometers, with its terrain mainly consisting of plateaus, and an average elevation of 700 to 800 meters.
Its climate is dry with little rainfall, and its inland areas are covered with deserts, Gobi, and salt marshes.
The majority of the population lives on the coastal plains at relatively low altitudes.
With such a vast territory but only a little over two million people, coupled with the brutality of the king and nobles, the Liberator Organization had long had their eyes on this country.
Three days later.
Tesoro, who resembles the Eighth Prince, manipulates the old king to abdicate and becomes the twenty-fourth king of the Nubia Kingdom.
After conquering the Nubia Kingdom, the Donquixote Family quickly moved into the kingdom and established their headquarters there.
Regarding the coup in the Nubia Kingdom and the actions of the Donquixote Family, the World Government, through CP's intelligence, had already guessed that the Donquixote Family and Doflamingo were definitely deeply involved in this incident.
However, the World Government only warned Doflamingo not to go too far, and did not declare Darwin's throne illegitimate.
This is actually quite normal, because in principle, the World Government cannot interfere in the Affiliated Nation.
Given the current out-of-control global situation, the Five Elders did not want to cause any further trouble, and only issued a warning to Doflamingo and the Nubia Kingdom.
Clearly, the Five Elders did not realize that Darwin, the new king, and Doflamingo, the Shichibukai, former Celestial Dragons, slave trader, arms dealer, and mafia boss, were members of the Liberator Organization.
This stark contrast in their identities led the Five Elders and the World Government to subconsciously overlook the possibility that they were part of the Liberator Organization.
Over the past year, the Donquixote Family has secretly gained control of four Affiliated Nation and five non- Affiliated Nation of the West Blue.
In addition to the 6 Affiliated Nation and 14 non- Affiliated Nation controlled by the Capone Family, and the 4 Affiliated Nation and 10 non- Affiliated Nation controlled by the Gambino Family.
The Liberator Organization has secretly controlled 14 Affiliated Nation and 29 non- Affiliated Nation in the entire West Blue, which accounts for almost half of the countries in the West Blue.
Unbeknownst to many, the strength of the World Government and the Liberator Organization has begun to become roughly equal.
The World Government and the Five Elders have not yet realized the seriousness of this situation.
Noah also did not want to launch a decisive battle at this time.
If a decisive battle were to be launched at this time, it would be easy for both World Government to suffer heavy losses, leaving a third party to reap the benefits.
As for who the third party is, it's naturally the loyal sons and grandsons of Joy Boy's faction.
Whether it's the Ryugu Kingdom, the Elbaf Kingdom, the Alabasta Kingdom, Amazon Lily, the Whitebeard Pirates, or the Roger Pirates, they are all members of Joy Boy's faction.
That's why Noah refrained from taking action.